Up Next
Back to Show
It's Okay to Be Smart
The Randomness Crisis Threatening the Internet
Season 13
Episode 9
Coin tosses aren't truly random. Lava lamps help secure the internet. And quantum physics might break encryption—or save it. This is what randomness really means, and why your digital life depends on it!
Support Provided By
19:29
We explore all the questions that teach us what's possible in evolution!
22:36
Let's find out exactly what is it!
20:26
Let’s journey from Einstein’s thought experiments about relativity to answer it.
14:49
We use lots and lots of mousetraps and ping-pong balls to show how this works.
16:43
Explore why we lie if we’re supposed to be the most socially developed species on Earth?
5:42
Glass is made of sand, which is a kind of rock. But glass is transparent. We explore why!
11:20
This is how to make a COVID-19 vaccine.
8:01
Do you know the true story of how his famous experiment changed the world?
15:14
Here’s the true story of one of the oldest human customs still in use today.
8:07
Geckos can grip and climb almost anything almost like they can defy gravity but how?
11:38
The world is going to end and scientists are certain all of this will happen.
12:19
The fastest animal in nature isn't what you think it is. It's way, way smaller than that.