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Physics & space (other) Videos Recommended on Hacker News (11)
Physics & space (other) is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 11 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2011 and 2026 — 36 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.
Other physics and space topics: science history, philosophy of physics, metrology and units, miscellaneous science lectures.
Why HN keeps sending people here — on I promise this story about microwaves is interesting.: “The whole story is worth a watch since Tom Scott does an admirable job of explaining” — an HN commenter, 2022.
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7 mo on HNI promise this story about microwaves is interesting.
Tom Scott
9 HN recommender · 2021–2026
6 mo on HNThe Physics and Philosophy of Time - with Carlo Rovelli
The Royal Institution
5 HN recommender · 2018–2022
4 mo on HNWorld's Roundest Object!
Veritasium
6 HN recommender · 2013–2018
3 mo on HNHow We're Redefining the kg
Veritasium
3 HN recommender · 2017–2024
4 mo on HNThe world depends on a collection of strange items. They're not cheap
Veritasium
6 HN recommender · 2023–2026
3 mo on HNAdam Savage's Epiphany on the Science of Measurement!
Adam Savage’s Tested
3 HN recommender · 2022–2023
2 mo on HNA4 Paper Is Too Perfect
CGP Grey
2 HN recommender · 2024–2026
1 mo on HNYou Lose an Hour of Sleep to Save $4
CGP Grey
1 HN recommend · 2011–2019
1 mo on HNMaking an international standard cup of tea
Tom Scott
1 HN recommend · 2018–2023
0 mo on HNThe helical model - our solar system is a vortex
DjSadhu
0 HN recommender · 2019–2026
0 mo on HNIs America Actually Metric?
Veritasium
0 HN recommender · 2017–2022