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Why It's IMPOSSIBLE To Throw a Disc Golf Disc Straight - Smarter Every Day 313

Is This Gyroscopic Precession Demonstration Perfect? - Smarter Every Day 312 & Sticker Team Announcement!

I have long tried to understand Gyroscopic Precession... and if I'm honest been a bit annoyed by the fact that I can't quite understand the bicycle wheel demonstrations. This simple little expriment in the garage is an attempt to understand gyroscopic precession in a little different way. It's n...

2025-2026 Supporter Update & Sticker Announcement!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

I've had quite an eventful 2 months, and I wanted to give you an update on all things that are going on with my personal life and Smarter Every Day. I also wanted to give you this year's sticker team announcement! I hope you love it! This is a Supporti...

Refueling a NUCLEAR REACTOR - Smarter Every Day 311

Thank you so much for supporting Smarter Every Day on Patreon! As mentioned towards the end of this video we're about to do the Patreon Sticker team this year so I'm excited to share that with you!

Here we continue our Nuclear Power Deep Dive with an incredible look into how a nuclear pow...

Ideas for the 2025 Sticker Team?

Hey! We're making this year's stickers for the 2025 Smarter Every Day Sticker Team. I'd love to hear your ideas! We of course started the Nuclear Power series this year... but I would love to know any team ideas for this year! Thank you so much for supporting.
Regards,

Destin

Pompeii Changed the Way I Think About the Roman Empire - Smarter Every Day 310

I believe a lot of us think about Ancient Rome... I certainly do. Two years ago Tara and I visited Pompeii as a part of our 20th anniversary. It was a huge deal for us, and we're incredibly grateful to have had the opportunity. This particular tour has absolutely changed how I think about the d...

Destin's First University Lecture

Thank you so much for supporting me on Patreon.

It really really makes a difference... for example, you're helping me pursue the PhD, which is AMAZING. It's actually quite difficult and a bit hard to balance making Smarter Every Day, the pursuit of the degree...and try to be a good father...

Entering a Nuclear Power Plant

This video is an amazing look in to what Nuclear Plant Workers need to learn to enter a Nuclear Power Plant. I didn't know about Alpha, Beta, and Thank you very much for everyone who supports on Patreon! I'm incredibly excited about this series, and I'm grateful for your support!

I Tried Hard To Make Something In America (The Smarter Scrubber Experiment) - Smarter Every Day 308

Welp.. this is going to be interesting.

I'm grateful that you, the Patrons of Smarter Every Day, have long been aware of this project and have been so supportive. I'm excited to see if we can tool this thing up... but I'm simultaneously scared that we might not be able to figure it out wel...

The Mystery of Impact Flashes - Smarter Every Day 307

Thank you so much for supporting on Patreon! This was an absolutely awesome rabbit hole to go down. What do you think is going on? I'll be reading the comments here on Patreon (and commenting over the next couple of days). I'll definitely be planning for and updated video on this phenomenon. I...

I'm about to tell the email list....

Please forgive me if this is an annoying post. I wanted to let you know that I'm about to tell the email list about the Smarter Scrubber... and I wanted to tell you (the Patrons) first in case you were hoping to get one. The email list is approximately 100,000 people, so I'm thinking we may ru...

CAD Files from Nuclear Power Video

I made a HUGE number of 3D models for the nuclear power video. I have NO IDEA what you might want to do with these files, but I put so much work into them I thought you might enjoy doing something with them! I've included the original Autodesk Inventor files if you're someone who uses Inventor....

NEW VIDEO! World's First Nuclear Power Plant

For years I've wanted to do a series exploring Nuclear Power.  It's time. I recorded this video about a year ago in the wilderness of Idaho at Idaho National Labs.  I'm VERY EXCITED about this series, and I hope you are as well.  For 2025-01-31 17:38:20 +0000 UTC View Post

Patreon Exclusive: Re-Introducing the Smarter Scrubber

Howdy again! About a month and a half ago I made a post visible only to contributing Patrons. At that time we didn't have enough built to tell everyone. We've since figured out how to increase production, so we've made more Smarter Scrubbers! We hope to have enough for everyone who wants to buy o...

The Backwards Brain Tractor - Smarter Every Day 305

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lylCYkgC63Q

This silly thing happened while I was replacing a hydraulic cylinder on my tractor. It reminded me of some fun concepts things and made me want to revisit t...

Patron Exclusive: Introducing the Smarter Scrubber

https://smarterscrubber.com/ 

Edit - Around 600 have been ordered already and orders are still coming in. Thanks for the response!

Direct link to purchasing link:

2024-11-28 21:45:54 +0000 UTC View Post

Single, Double, and TRIPLE Barreled Pirate Pistols in Super Slow Motion - Smarter Every Day 304

Percussion cap Pirate pistols! These things are SUPER interesting! I think you'll find that my son is the real purpose of this video. He's becoming a wonderful young man and I was excited that he wanted to participate!

Thank you so much for supporting on Patreon! Your support lets me do the...

A Very Unique Space Station Interview - Smarter Every Day 303

Don and Matt are great people and I really enjoyed getting the opportunity to speak with them! I've always wanted to float around inside the cupola on the space station and this tour was incredible! Be sure to consider following these guys to see their awesome photos! I like how their mind work...

Why I Boiled Water on the Summit of Kilimanjaro - Smarter Every Day 302

This was an amazing experience. If you haven't heard of the podcast I make with Matt, it's called "No Dumb Questions". I think you might like the "Songs of Ascent" episode.

Here's the open link to that episode on the website:

2024-09-30 14:41:55 +0000 UTC View Post

Patreon Update - Sticker Ideas?

Hey there! Thank you so much for supporting Smarter Every Day on Patreon. I'm grateful.

I wanted to let everyone know about a change with Patreon that will help simplify billing for everyone currently supporting Smarter Every Day.

Patreon is switching from “per creat...