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It's not you. Bad doors are everywhere.
10.5M viewsWhy so many doors are confusing: Don Norman's ideas on affordances and signifiers.
The most feared song in jazz, explained
10.6M viewsVox Earworm explains why John Coltrane's Giant Steps is so hard to improvise over: tempo, rapid key changes and the Coltrane changes built on major thirds.
The surprising pattern behind color names around the world
8.39M viewsHow Berlin and Kay's study of colour terms found that languages add colour words in a surprisingly consistent order, and the debate about why.
6:14A brief history of America and Cuba
A 6-minute video from Vox: “A brief history of America and Cuba”.
3:17A brief history of ISIS
A 3-minute video from Vox: “A brief history of ISIS”.
13:33AI art, explained
A 14-minute video from Vox: “AI art, explained”.
5:31Airplane black boxes, explained
A 6-minute video from Vox: “Airplane black boxes, explained”.
7:17America's deadliest road, explained
A 7-minute video from Vox: “America's deadliest road, explained”.
8:03America's presidential primaries, explained
A 8-minute video from Vox: “America's presidential primaries, explained”.
5:14Apollo 11’s journey to the moon, annotated
A 5-minute video from Vox: “Apollo 11’s journey to the moon, annotated”.
7:18Are probiotics in yogurt a gimmick?
A 7-minute video from Vox: “Are probiotics in yogurt a gimmick?”.
10:57Are your fingerprints really unique?
A 11-minute video from Vox: “Are your fingerprints really unique?”.
3:16Asian flush, explained
A 3-minute video from Vox: “Asian flush, explained”.
5:59Bad typography has ruined more than just the Oscars
A 6-minute video from Vox: “Bad typography has ruined more than just the Oscars”.
8:01Batteries are dirty. Geothermal power can help.
A 8-minute video from Vox: “Batteries are dirty. Geothermal power can help.”.
5:11Bees can understand zero. Can you?
A 5-minute video from Vox: “Bees can understand zero. Can you?”.
8:12Can AI help us predict extreme weather?
A 8-minute video from Vox: “Can AI help us predict extreme weather?”.
4:51China's panda diplomacy, explained
A 5-minute video from Vox: “China's panda diplomacy, explained”.
4:40Color film was built for white people. Here's what it did to dark skin.
A 5-minute video from Vox: “Color film was built for white people. Here's what it did to dark skin.”.
3:56DC’s abandoned fire and police call boxes, explained
A 4-minute video from Vox: “DC’s abandoned fire and police call boxes, explained”.
5:36Das Sonnenfinsternis-Foto, das Einstein berühmt machte
A 6-minute video from Vox: “Das Sonnenfinsternis-Foto, das Einstein berühmt machte”.
6:30Decoding the ancient astronomy of Stonehenge
A 6-minute video from Vox: “Decoding the ancient astronomy of Stonehenge”.
2:40Discovery's "Eaten Alive" fact-checked by an actual snake scientist
A 3-minute video from Vox: “Discovery's "Eaten Alive" fact-checked by an actual snake scientist”.
15:52Divided island: How Haiti and the DR became two worlds
A 16-minute video from Vox: “Divided island: How Haiti and the DR became two worlds”.
2:43Does Megalodon still exist? Shark Week debunked
A 3-minute video from Vox: “Does Megalodon still exist? Shark Week debunked”.
10:13Dungeons and Dragons, explained
A 10-minute video from Vox: “Dungeons and Dragons, explained”.
2:59El Niño is back. Here's how it works.
A 3-minute video from Vox: “El Niño is back. Here's how it works.”.
32:43False Positive: When forensic science fails [Full version]
A 33-minute video from Vox: “False Positive: When forensic science fails [Full version]”.
5:33Fencing, explained
A 6-minute video from Vox: “Fencing, explained”.
2:33Frenemies: a story of Iran, Israel and the United States
A 3-minute video from Vox: “Frenemies: a story of Iran, Israel and the United States”.
2:46Gerrymandering: How politicians rig elections
A 3-minute video from Vox: “Gerrymandering: How politicians rig elections”.
16:36Hog farming has a massive poop problem
A 17-minute video from Vox: “Hog farming has a massive poop problem”.
6:48How "levee wars" are making floods worse
A 7-minute video from Vox: “How "levee wars" are making floods worse”.
3:27How "the robot" became the greatest novelty dance of all time
A 3-minute video from Vox: “How "the robot" became the greatest novelty dance of all time”.
9:13How '90s porn led to the internet's foundational law
A 9-minute video from Vox: “How '90s porn led to the internet's foundational law”.
9:36How 156 years of British rule shaped Hong Kong
A 10-minute video from Vox: “How 156 years of British rule shaped Hong Kong”.