The Rest Is Science

Goalhanger 78 - The Science of Putting Sunglasses on The Sun

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 questions are always the most fun.

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Episodes

The Science of Putting Sunglasses on The Sun

Why Is It A Colour Wheel & Not A Line?

Why Lithium Batteries SUCK

What Happens Inside Earth's Forbidden Zones?

It Wasn't A Hoax After All

Hack Dog Vision To Keep Your Bones Safe

The Hole In Your Brain That Makes You Doomscroll

A Man-Eating Tiger Found In London

All The People You Don't Know

An Honest Dad Ranking (Out Of All 2 Billion)

Your Brain Invents Pain. Here's Why.

The Most Dangerous Rock In Hannah's Collection

The Audio Illusion That Proves We Don't Experience Reality

Will A 25 Year Old Space Pen Still Write?

A Paleontology Of The Future

What Are The Odds You'll Become A Fossil?

Why Feet Are Weirder Than You Think

How Many Words Do You ACTUALLY Know?

Why You Should Stop Using Face ID

Nikola Tesla Fell In Love with a Pigeon

Michael Discovered A New Way To Make Twins

Why Michael Abandoned Ink For Mechanical Pencils

Do Our Bodies Really Belong To Us?

Hannah Predicted a Pandemic

DARK vs LIGHT

Polymetalic Nodules Are Weird

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

When 0 = 1000

How To Use a Black Hole To See Your Past

The Barf Bag Episode

Alan Turing’s Final Theory Was About Leopards

How To Prove You're A Time Traveller

The Reasoning Test Psychologists Still Can't Explain

The Elegant Laminar Flow Of Moroccan Tea

Science Is (Literally) Cool

Are There More Raindrops In Clouds Or Data In THE Cloud?

This Toothpick Contains Everything Ever Said (Infinity Part 3)

Why We Need Zip Lines On The Moon

Two Infinities... And Beyond (Infinity Part 2)

How Evolution Is Shaping Cancer Research

Paradoxes Of Infinity (Infinity Part 1)

Michael's Favourite Science Books

Cognitive Ghosts

Introducing: The Book Club - Never Let Me Go

Why We Cry Out In Pain

What's The Most "Vegetable" Vegetable?

How Words Shape Your Body

You Don't Exist For One Third Of Your Life

How To Fall To Earth (Without Burning Up)

You (Don't) Know Where You Are