The Rest Is Science

The Rest Is Science

Join mathematician Professor Hannah Fry and science creator Michael Stevens (Vsauce) as they dig into the weird scientific questions that often go unexplored. Welcome to The Rest Is Science, a show that sits in the fascinating space between what we think we know, and what we actually know. Why do we assume we understand things like time, randomness, or even gravity? Once you start questioning these familiar ideas, reality becomes astonishingly strange and completely fragile. Whether you're a lifelong science fan or just naturally curious, The Rest Is Science will change your perception of reality, and prove that the biggest...

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What Happened When We Stopped Squatting?

Oct 21, 2026

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Mathematicians Are The Canary Down The AI Coal Mine

Oct 18, 2026

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The Right Way To Open A Shaken Soda Can

Oct 14, 2026

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Something Weird Is Going On With Placebos

Oct 11, 2026

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What Was A Mammoth Doing At The Bottom Of The Sea?

Oct 7, 2026

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Why Do We Turn on Innocent People?

Oct 4, 2026

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Hacking The Kendama With Physics

Sep 30, 2026

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Why Do We Like Staring Into Fire?

Sep 27, 2026

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The Fluid Dynamics of Fountain Pens

Sep 23, 2026

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Dying In Space, Trapped Water, and What's Hidden In Pi?

Sep 20, 2026

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How Codes Were Used To Hack The Telegram Business

Sep 16, 2026

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Why Your Body Needs Gravity

Sep 13, 2026

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What Is Collagen All About?

Sep 9, 2026

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The Threshold of Human Sensation

Sep 6, 2026

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The Scale of the Universe

Sep 2, 2026

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Why Loud Chewing Makes You Angry

Aug 30, 2026

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How Does Language Change What You Smell?

Aug 26, 2026

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Space Elevators, Skyhooks, and Space Fountains

Aug 23, 2026

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Bizarre Watches and How They Work

Aug 19, 2026

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Why Your Brain Thinks You're Full (Even When You're Not)

Aug 16, 2026

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The Lake At The North Pole That Stops Europe From Freezing

Aug 12, 2026

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The Science of Putting Sunglasses on The Sun

Aug 9, 2026

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Why Is It A Colour Wheel & Not A Line?

Aug 5, 2026

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Why Lithium Batteries SUCK

Aug 2, 2026

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What Happens Inside Earth's Forbidden Zones?

Jul 29, 2026

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The 2012 Maya Apocalypse Myth & Confirmation Bias

Jul 26, 2026

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The Evolution of Colour Vision & Tetrachromacy

Jul 22, 2026

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The Hole In Your Brain That Makes You Doomscroll

Jul 19, 2026

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Forensic Science And The Champawat Tiger

Jul 15, 2026

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All The People You Don't Know

Jul 12, 2026

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An Honest Dad Ranking (Out Of All 2 Billion)

Jul 8, 2026

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Your Brain Invents Pain. Here's Why.

Jul 5, 2026

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The Most Dangerous Rock In Hannah's Collection

Jul 1, 2026

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The Audio Illusion That Proves We Don't Experience Reality

Jun 28, 2026

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The Engineering Of A NASA Space Pen

Jun 24, 2026

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A Paleontology Of The Future: What We Will Leave Behind

Jun 21, 2026

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What Are The Odds You'll Become A Fossil?

Jun 17, 2026

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Why Feet Are Weirder Than You Think

Jun 14, 2026

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How Many Words Do You ACTUALLY Know?

Jun 10, 2026

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Why You Should Stop Using Face ID

Jun 7, 2026

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Nikola Tesla Fell In Love with a Pigeon

Jun 3, 2026

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Michael Discovered A New Way To Make Twins

May 31, 2026

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Why Michael Abandoned Ink For Mechanical Pencils

May 27, 2026

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Do Our Bodies Really Belong To Us?

May 24, 2026

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Hannah Predicted a Pandemic

May 20, 2026

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DARK vs LIGHT

May 17, 2026

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Polymetalic Nodules Are Weird

May 13, 2026

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"A Grim Enemy For Reasons We Do Not Yet Comprehend"

May 11, 2026

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When 0 = 1000

May 6, 2026

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How To Use a Black Hole To See Your Past

May 4, 2026

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