Brains Over Brawn? Bicycle Drivetrains Could Be More Efficient but Never Will Be
16 Jan 2024, 20:16 UTC · By: Cristian Curmei / This video takes us through a journey of developing a better and more efficient drivetrain. It is clearly possible, but there are reasons we'll never adopt it
12 People Will Spend Two Months in Spinning Beds to Reveal the Effects of Cycling in Space
24 May 2023, 15:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The European Space Agency (ESA) announced its first ever experiment involving beds and cycling, meant to advance knowledge in space exploration
Can You Start a Car With AA Batteries? Yes, You Can – If You and the Car Are From Russia
9 Apr 2023, 20:07 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / “How many 1.5-volt standard batteries does it take to get an inline-four running?” The question has riddled Planet Piston since never; now Russia has the answer
YouTuber Tries Driving With Finger Tightened Wheel Nuts, Gets a Surprising Outcome
7 Aug 2022, 21:10 UTC · By: Bogdan Bebeselea / In the search for creating car-related content, a YouTuber tried driving a car with finger-tightened wheel nuts and was surprised by the result
Russian Experiment Shows What Happens When You Put Coke and Mentos Inside a Car Tire
14 Mar 2022, 12:51 UTC · By: Cristian Gnaticov / Can you actually inflate a car tire by mixing Coca Cola and Mentos? This video reveals the answer, so you'd better hit that play button
Here's the First Crazy Thing You'll See This Year: Fish Can Now "Drive" Vehicles on Land
4 Jan 2022, 08:45 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / I bet you'd never thought this to be possible. Well, turns out that animals can sometimes achieve the impossible, even if it means driving a vehicle on land
Fresnel Lens Plus Sunlight Equals Destroyed Car Tire, iPhone, and Penny
17 Sep 2021, 13:22 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / If you focus the sunlight onto a car's sidewall with a Fresnel lens, you'll soon have to fit a spare or switch to Michelin's airless Uptis tires
Serious Science Question: How Far Can You Shoot Elephant Toothpaste Into Space?
8 Sep 2021, 12:47 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Former NASA engineer and popular YouTuber Mark Rober lands into the Guinness Book of World records again with the most colorful experiment: a goo volcano
Insane Tire Experiment Aims to Achieve the Speed of Sound on Makeshift Device
26 May 2021, 10:03 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Not exactly scientific, but as always quite entertaining, this new episode from the Russian “Garage 54” channel on YouTube takes us spinning on an adventure
Somebody Tried to Lift a Compact Car Using Eggs, Apparently Needed Just Six Days
3 Feb 2021, 14:47 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The car looks like a first-gen Elantra GT, and we're going to stick with that because finding the car model is way less enticing than the ensuing egg action
Blast From the Past: The Backwards Brain Bicycle, the Bike You Can’t Ride
19 Jun 2020, 11:58 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Experiment of Destin Sandlin, founder of Smarter Every Day, shows that there is no such thing as easy as riding a bike because of how our brains are wired
Ratatouille-Like Smart Rats Learn How to Drive Tiny Cars
26 Oct 2019, 11:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A total of 17 rats, both male and female, were taught that if they want to get some food – in this case Froot Loops - they had to drive a tiny car
NASA Readies New Experiments for the Moon, Plans to Launch Them This Year
22 Feb 2019, 10:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In all, 12 such experiments have been chosen by NASA to be launched by the end of this year using American commercial partners
Record Chinese Mock Moon Mission Ends Successfully
17 May 2018, 13:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Chinese mock moon base experiment ends one year and five days after it started, setting a record for longest running stay in an enclosed cabin
BMW and Daimler Take Action Against Employees over Monkey Experiment Scandal
2 Feb 2018, 08:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Daimler and BMW announced disciplinary actions against some of their employees following revelations in the VW emission scandal
Monkeygate: Volkswagen Suspends Chief Lobbyist Thomas Steg
30 Jan 2018, 13:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / German automaker Volkswagen announced on Tuesday it is suspending chief lobbyist Thomas Steg pending investigation into animal experiments
Volkswagen Denies Involvement in Animal Cruelty in Monkey Experiment
29 Jan 2018, 12:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Volkswagen claims it did not have any role in designing the 2014 animal experiment during which 10 monkeys inhaled diesel exhaust.
Volkswagen Accused of Rigging Experiment on Monkeys Prior to Dieselgate
26 Jan 2018, 14:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Volkswagen accused of trying to fake experiment on monkeys so that emissions from diesel engines no longer be blamed for cancer
Tesla 18650 Battery Cell Survives Arrow attack, Gets Cut in Half with an Ax
3 Oct 2017, 11:21 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / It looks like Tesla built quite a durable battery pack for the Model S (and Model X, by extension) as breaking it took some serious destructive work
Insurance Company Designs Halloween Horror Car Based on Statistics
31 Oct 2015, 15:03 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Each car model has its strong and soft features, but to make this a fun thing, this insurance company took the worst out of several brands and created one