This is a video about some of the many times we have nearly blown up the world.

There is an entire branch of math simply devoted to knots – and it has changed the world. We’ll rope you in.

Will we see a new generation of airships roaming our skies?

IQ is supposed to measure intelligence, but does it?

J. Robert Oppenheimer forever changed the course of history. He may be the most important physicist to have ever lived.

This is the biggest, brightest, hottest video there is about the science of fireworks.

One of the most important, yet least understood, concepts in all of physics.

Huge thanks to the Australian Reptile Park for having us over to film – special thanks to Jake Meney for showing us the spiders and Caitlin Vine for organizing the shoot.

There's a strange number system, featured in the work of a dozen Fields Medalists, that helps solve problems that are intractable with real numbers.

Welcome to Micromouse, the fastest maze-solving competition on Earth.

Lightbulbs might be the best idea ever – just not for light.

NASA have made a wheel capable of withstanding tough Martian terrain, but just how indestructible is it?

Concrete = cement + sand + gravel. Cement is the most important man-made material on Earth.

A quantum computer in the next decade could crack the encryption our society relies on using Shor's Algorithm.

The world's strongest magnet is a million times stronger than Earth's magnetic field. Learn more about sustainability and Google’s efforts at sustainability.google.

Adhesives based on gecko skin can hold huge weights – without sticking to anything.

In this lab, they use different flow visualization techniques to help detect contraband, residues, and develop trace particle detection methods.

An engineer came up with a plan to drop tungsten telephone poles from space - the idea has been seriously considered on multiple occasions, so we tested it.

This lab measures the tiniest forces in the universe.

The US Navy has an indoor ocean that can simulate any wave in the world.