How To Fall To Earth (Without Burning Up)
Rockets are built to slice cleanly through the atmosphere on the way up. Coming home, it turns out, requires... not turning into a fireball before a bellyflop When Space Shuttles reenter Earth’s a...
26 Feb 43min
You (Don't) Know Where You Are
If someone asked you to point to yourself, where would you point? Your chest? Your head? Somewhere just behind your eyes? Where are you? In this episode, Professor Hannah Fry and VSauce’s Micha...
24 Feb 1h 2min
How Big Is A Piece Of Chocolate?
At what exact chemical ratio does our beloved chocolate devolve into a mere structure of fats and sugars? How far can you dilute chocolate before its fundamental identity vanishes? And what could a ...
19 Feb 1h 2min
There Are Four Ways To Lie
Is deception a uniquely human trait, or is the natural world built on a foundation of fraud? When a cuttlefish shifts its skin to mimic a female and sneak past a rival male, this may be deceptive but ...
17 Feb 53min
The Evolution Of The Butthole
Topologically speaking, a human is just a donut with seven holes. It sounds like a joke, but it is a fundamental biological reality. Professor Hannah Fry and Michael Stevens explore the strange geomet...
12 Feb 49min
(Finite) Numbers So Large They'd Destroy You
It starts as a friendly challenge: who can name the biggest number? The only rule? Infinity doesn’t count. What follows is a journey through the biggest finite numbers ever imagined. From Ar...
10 Feb 58min
Michael Wrote Some Math Poetry
Can mathematics ever truly be proven? And can Michael's poetry help you remember some tricky equations? In this episode, Professor Hannah Fry and Michael Stevens answer your questions and take a l...
5 Feb 44min
Can We 'Solve' Sports?
Is it possible to make a sport too good? Professor Hannah Fry and Michael Stevens explore how science, data, and optimisation are transforming modern sports improving athletes and teams, while quie...
3 Feb 1h 1min
