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The Corporation That Pitted Farmer Against Farmer
An investigation into Monsanto reveals how the agricultural giant used aggressive legal tactics, ghostwritten science, and a culture of fear to build a monopoly around its controversial herbicide, Roundup, culminating in thousands of cancer lawsuits.
September 12, 2025
The Paradox That Seems to Violate Physics
This puzzle, which seems to violate the laws of physics, explains why closing a road can make traffic move faster.
July 13, 2025
The Simplest Math Problem No One Can Solve
Delve into the 300-year-old quest to solve the Goldbach Conjecture, a deceptively simple problem about prime numbers that no one has been able to crack.
July 4, 2025
The Principle of Least Action
The principle of least action underpins all physics, unifying concepts from mechanics and optics to quantum theory. It…
December 20, 2024
Hacking a Phone—Without Touching It
Derek Muller, of Veritasium fame, collaborated with cybersecurity experts to intercept a fellow creator’s phone calls and two-factor…
October 11, 2024
All About the “Prisoner’s Dilemma”
The “Prisoner’s Dilemma” is a concept in game theory that has applications in various real-world scenarios, from international…
January 19, 2024
Black Holes and Rigors of the Scientific Method
Derek Muller, of Veritasium fame on YouTube, holds a loose interview with Caltech experimental physicist Rana Adhikari about…
September 4, 2021
