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  • Опубликовано: 2 дек 2024
  • Deane explains nuclear energy by setting up a chain reaction with mousetraps and ping pong balls.
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  • @uts4448
    @uts4448 6 лет назад +1415

    I don’t know why I thought he was introducing himself in the beginning saying “I am Maydoff Adams”. But then he said “and so are you and so is this table.” lol

    • @lokz733
      @lokz733 6 лет назад +57

      That i also heard, and i was like,
      Me Adam? Adams in the air?... Whaat???

    • @procrastmh
      @procrastmh 6 лет назад +7

      I thought it was atoms

    • @lutfiramly4168
      @lutfiramly4168 6 лет назад +57

      so we are all maydoff adams

    • @Emilthehun
      @Emilthehun 6 лет назад +22

      @@lutfiramly4168 lmfaoo!! Hello maydoff Adams. I am Maydoff Adams!

    • @pratikpandya3182
      @pratikpandya3182 6 лет назад +3

      He said ... I'm made of atoms so you so is this table and there are atoms in the....air ..but they are. All small to

  • @flumpyhumpy
    @flumpyhumpy 6 лет назад +116

    Thanks Deane. Thanks, Rob. Thank you for uploading all these wonderful old segments. Like so many Australians my age (late 40s), The Curiosity Show was an important part of my youth. I was very impressed with this segment when I saw it on television as a boy, and have described the experiment to different people many, many times over the years. It's a brilliant experiment; such a profoundly simple way to demonstrate the compounding effect of a fission reaction and just how much energy is released so rapidly. I'm so happy to have got to see this segment again.

    • @simonharris4873
      @simonharris4873 2 года назад

      Did you see when Deane did this one on Hey Hey It's Saturday Night? The tank was much bigger, with a lot more mouse traps.

  • @Keithykins007
    @Keithykins007 6 лет назад +102

    I wonder how many attempts it took to set up 19 mousetraps with 2 ping pong balls each, while stretching over a glass tank?

    • @GoMrTom
      @GoMrTom 2 года назад

      Usually 1 attempt. Chain reactions work very well. He just have to close the aquarium fast.

    • @stevebrown2562
      @stevebrown2562 2 года назад +13

      @@GoMrTom he's talking about setting them up before they started, not triggering then when they're coming

    • @OrchestratedChicanery
      @OrchestratedChicanery 2 года назад +1

      @@stevebrown2562 hOW dO YoU kNoW ThAt @Keithykins007 iS mAlE?

  • @micahg196
    @micahg196 2 года назад +8

    We need shows like this again

  • @Nightbow9
    @Nightbow9 2 года назад +37

    I was thinking that the control rods in a nuclear reactor could be presented as sticky rods (covered by some glue, double sided tape). Some of the flying "neutrons" can be caught, hence slowing down the reaction.

  • @justinkoeppe8728
    @justinkoeppe8728 2 года назад +10

    Sure, there are times and people that would love to have all the elaborate details and workings, but you making it so simple to understand is totally awesome. There's been times in the past that I have been into something, but no matter how hard I try I can't manage to fully understand. Some of the time of I had these videos you make would have saved months or years of wondering or reading and asking and sometimes still not being able to understand like I want to. You guys are awesome

  • @godwinadedoyin8742
    @godwinadedoyin8742 3 года назад +32

    This science experiment is a very good example of a chain reaction.

  • @MufflesTheGerbil
    @MufflesTheGerbil 2 года назад +7

    4:00 The sarcasm in his face is so unreal that it's funny! 😂

  • @Joostinonline
    @Joostinonline 6 лет назад +124

    I originally thought those were chickens. When I saw the mouse trap I thought something awful was going to happen.

  • @chrisfromsouthaus2735
    @chrisfromsouthaus2735 2 года назад +11

    I remember Dean Hutton coming to our school, and doing this experiment as part of his science show. He also showed a video where they did this experiment with a whole room of mouse traps. I believe it was a clip from an episode of Hey Hey It's Saturday.

  • @RaimaNd
    @RaimaNd 2 года назад +2

    4:00 Why is this not a meme yet?

  • @lemmetellusum4884
    @lemmetellusum4884 2 года назад +6

    That "WOW" is a meme worthy.

  • @kennethfurnace6780
    @kennethfurnace6780 2 года назад +1

    Like so many others here, I grew up watching the curiosity show. Do they even make show like this anymore. This is a fond bit of nostalgia for people around 45+. I miss those days.

  • @koustubh132
    @koustubh132 2 года назад +3

    Superb !! I bow my head to the guy's imagination in using the mousetrap analogy to explain the Nuclear Chain Reaction, and the flawless execution of the idea.

  • @jimmyb101
    @jimmyb101 4 года назад +11

    Next time you think of nuclear energy , think of mousetraps. Deane your a legend

  • @nobby2439
    @nobby2439 2 года назад +4

    Well I’m glad you asked… (that phrase is cemented in my childhood memories)

  • @HandyFox333
    @HandyFox333 2 года назад +1

    We're all just protons, newtons, electrons that rest on a Sunday. Work on a Monday and one day we'll be singing the old tune zippity zoo da, zippity day...
    I couldn't help to think of that Cat Empire song. I used to listen to them in high school despite being American.

  • @robertking3130
    @robertking3130 6 лет назад +10

    No mice were harmed during the making of this video.

    • @mandolinic
      @mandolinic 6 лет назад

      But quite a few atoms were startled!

  • @arnehemingway6063
    @arnehemingway6063 2 года назад +1

    FF: 03:55. Slo mo 04:15

  • @poisenbery
    @poisenbery 2 года назад +3

    I'm a former nuclear operator for the US Navy.
    I've never seen such a simple way to explain how fission works.
    I might try to explain it to my nephew using this trick.
    Really neat-o!

    • @guillaumemichallat307
      @guillaumemichallat307 2 года назад

      Can I suggest you the Jackass version of this experiment? ruclips.net/video/u3SwO5p0b_E/видео.html
      Sorry... 🤣

  • @ramanujbhattacharya299
    @ramanujbhattacharya299 Год назад

    What a wonderful way to explain nuclear fission reaction . That is a gem of an analogy

  • @Gir-Riff-raffe
    @Gir-Riff-raffe 2 года назад +15

    So since this episode we’ve discovered that electron paths are more of a fog than the orbital paths that we were taught. So to break it down, suppose for this example that the nucleus you are studying is the size of an average Volkswagen Bug and is located in Kansas. The electron could be in Vegas one second only to pop up In Baltimore the next second. No idea why tho.

    • @mbrusyda9437
      @mbrusyda9437 2 года назад +1

      Since this episode? Quantum mechanics is 100 years old.

    • @Gir-Riff-raffe
      @Gir-Riff-raffe 2 года назад +1

      @@mbrusyda9437 I doubt you read far enough into my comment to grasp the core concept. That electrons move differently than we once thought/were taught in school.
      Probably why you responded with such a condescending tone. With nothing helpful. And easily googled. I sense a hateful person in you Mr Rusyda. May you someday find happiness.

    • @mbrusyda9437
      @mbrusyda9437 2 года назад +1

      @@Gir-Riff-raffe I doubt you grasp the core concept of my comment either.
      We've known such thing a hundred years ago, not just since this episode. Or perhaps it's *you* and not *us* that just discovered it since this episode.

    • @Gir-Riff-raffe
      @Gir-Riff-raffe 2 года назад

      @@mbrusyda9437 naw dude you failed to even understand what I was talking about. That I’m even responding right now, is a blessing to you. You badmouthing fuck. Shared absolutely zero information. Just poorly regurgitated something someone told you. Even tho you’re ignoring my point and making it about you talking shit to me. Because that’s who you are, a shit talker who imparts zero helpful information. Have fun talking shit to the rest of RUclips. Try not getting pissed as fuck next time you see a woman voting too. Blocked.

    • @proloycodes
      @proloycodes 2 года назад

      @@Gir-Riff-raffe he is right tho...

  • @JohnDonneify
    @JohnDonneify 5 лет назад +1

    The show was also on German TV. Nothing comparable today!

  • @heckensteiner4713
    @heckensteiner4713 2 года назад +1

    The countdown as heard from American ears: "Tein, Noine, Oight, Seyvan, Seex, Foive, Foa, Thrayee, Tow, Wunn, Zero". Love these old science videos! Simple experiments to explain complex concepts. The target is for kids, but they don't dumb down the information or speak in a patronizing so many kids shows do now.

  • @simonkehoe2676
    @simonkehoe2676 6 лет назад +42

    Why isn’t this show still on TV? There should be a channel playing every episode back to back 24 hrs a day. Top Gear and other pointless uninteresting shows are on all the time.

    • @Renville80
      @Renville80 6 лет назад +8

      Simon Kehoe Hey now, don’t be dissing the Stig! 😄

    • @euancampbell2214
      @euancampbell2214 6 лет назад +7

      I do agree but top gear is a good show what u sayin

    • @v5u7sulh2
      @v5u7sulh2 6 лет назад +5

      The newest "American version" of Top Gear is absolute garbage

  • @samsayshecc618
    @samsayshecc618 6 лет назад +11

    4:00
    When ur dad tells u something you already know but u need money

  • @ltnicekiwi4534
    @ltnicekiwi4534 2 года назад +1

    Anyone else think it was baby chickens in the tank in the thumbnail?

  • @SilntObsvr
    @SilntObsvr 2 года назад +1

    I once saw film of a setup like that aquarium, but with some ridiculous number of mousetraps in a good sized room -- hundreds of traps.
    The whole room went in less than three seconds.
    Now multiply the speed of the reaction by a billion or more, and shrink each mousetrap by a factor of a billion trillion, and you're around somewhere close to a real chain reaction in a bomb core.

  • @gorillaau
    @gorillaau 6 лет назад +10

    But that looks like a mousetrap?
    Why yes it is.
    :-D

  • @mgabrielle2343
    @mgabrielle2343 6 лет назад +2

    So now I could make a home made nuclear bomb, I am off to buy a thousand mouse traps and 2000 ping pong balls. Do your last prayers.....

    • @nickr8979
      @nickr8979 2 года назад

      Make sure you get 2001 ping pong balls - either that or use your finger to trigger the first one!

  • @tendarb
    @tendarb 8 лет назад +93

    Gee, thanks that was a nice simple and easy to digest method explaining the principle behind nuclear energy. It's such a shame it can be so disastrous if not managed properly. Oh and how many times did you catch your fingers setting the aquarium up? ;-)

    • @CuriosityShow
      @CuriosityShow  8 лет назад +129

      +tendarb Thanks for your comments. I frequently do this as a live demonstration in my school science shows and, on a few occasions, have accidentally set off the chain reaction when inserting the last mousetrap. With the lid open, the ping pong balls fly all over the room. The kids love it!! On one occasion, I launched a water-powered rocket which hit the ceiling, bounced back on an angle straight into the aquarium, triggering the chain reaction. A spectacular accident. The kids thought I did it on purpose! Deane.

    • @tendarb
      @tendarb 8 лет назад +10

      +CuriosityShow Oh no! It would've been quite an experience, until it was time to clean up! Although, I have a feeling that these 'accidents' may not have completely been accidents ;-)

  • @MrDHCrockett
    @MrDHCrockett 6 лет назад +4

    Four people blinked.

  • @johnnyjohnson2894
    @johnnyjohnson2894 2 года назад +1

    So a nuke is just like any other firecracker. Thanks for clarifying.

  • @Totalavulsion
    @Totalavulsion 2 года назад

    Watching him flirt with those mousetraps caused a chain reaction in me leading to high anxiety.

  • @0X0GABRIEL0X0
    @0X0GABRIEL0X0 2 года назад

    This man tackles a complex topic with such elegance that even a child could grasp it.

  • @blampfno
    @blampfno 2 года назад

    Best channel on RUclips.

  • @neilb143
    @neilb143 2 года назад +3

    Wow doing this experiment requires some balls

    • @Jochen-iq8vx
      @Jochen-iq8vx 2 года назад

      😆😆 by far the best comment, mate!

  • @Memer9456
    @Memer9456 2 года назад +5

    the sheer bravery of putting his finger that close to a set mousetrap
    you could say he had
    *balls*

  • @rizzgod-wj6ty
    @rizzgod-wj6ty 5 лет назад

    Best channel i found boy better than most of channel today

  • @rommiemex9532
    @rommiemex9532 2 года назад +1

    Nicely done. It's a good segue into explaining what critical mass is too!

  • @GlennBRust
    @GlennBRust 2 года назад

    I realize that this could be commented on basically any Curiosity Show video, but this is such a cool way of representing this idea!

  •  2 года назад +1

    Anxious people : Skip to 3:54

  • @anzaeria
    @anzaeria 4 месяца назад

    A great demonstration in understanding chain reactions. I admit that science is not my strong point. However, when it was asked how many balls were needed to set off the 19 mouse traps and release 38 balls, I immediately thought that one ball would be sufficient. That seemed like a logical answer to me. After all, it is a cumulative effect. Glad to know that I was right.

  • @retsamcm
    @retsamcm 2 года назад +1

    Do you think they put the mouse traps in the box, or put the box around the mouse traps?

  • @38unknownhinson
    @38unknownhinson 2 года назад +1

    Never really understood atomic weapons until now

  • @zachjoy4140
    @zachjoy4140 2 года назад +1

    I understand nuclear energy but this demonstration made me think of the reaction in a whole different way always loved demonstrations

  • @johnrb9397
    @johnrb9397 2 года назад +1

    When Tv was worth watching.

  • @erict3728
    @erict3728 2 года назад

    So well put and well explained

  • @toddvardy9858
    @toddvardy9858 2 года назад

    "Look at that, balls flying everywhere"

  • @utkarshsingh7757
    @utkarshsingh7757 2 года назад +1

    Eureka Eureka .......🏃⚡
    I have found a 💎 in my feed today.
    Old is gold "Curiosity show"

  • @Pedro-tl7jg
    @Pedro-tl7jg 2 года назад

    I don't think you need to be observant to see the aquarium with ping-pong balls in it

  • @notme9801
    @notme9801 2 года назад +1

    Someone should do the same demonstration, but with a lot more mousetraps.

  • @the135joker3
    @the135joker3 2 года назад

    As someone who:
    -Has never even been to Australia
    -Is far too young to be from the era this show was produced
    -Too old to be in the target demographic for this content
    Why am I being recommended this?
    Why do I keep watching it?

  • @mbnsw
    @mbnsw 2 года назад

    One soundtrack of my adolescence. Love this show

  • @a5noble2
    @a5noble2 2 года назад +1

    That must have sucked to set up. How much time, how many broken fingers, how many swear words were used in the making of this video

  • @mightyreds5776
    @mightyreds5776 4 года назад +2

    03:59 wwwooowwww

  • @Emilthehun
    @Emilthehun 6 лет назад +2

    I love this show!

  • @SMOCZYLAS6
    @SMOCZYLAS6 2 года назад

    what a legend who thought about mouse traps, while witnessed nuclear explosion

  • @goemboeck
    @goemboeck 2 года назад +1

    That was the fabulous thing I've ever seen in my whole cursed life and I wish it was even longer than 5:04.

  • @drewlovelyhell4892
    @drewlovelyhell4892 2 года назад

    And conveniently, Australia has an infinite supply of mice.

  • @KevinPaterson
    @KevinPaterson 2 года назад +5

    I remember seeing this on your ‘Christian parables’ VHS! It was the final one on the video and always a spectacular finale!
    Watched that VHS countless times… me and my sister recreated some of your experiments too, with the Bible verses!
    Glad to find you again after all these years! Turns out you were on TV!

  • @r4kung
    @r4kung 2 года назад

    such a great explanation

  • @PatClevenger0709
    @PatClevenger0709 Год назад

    My favorite science joke: I don't trust atoms because they make up everything.

  • @hanbill
    @hanbill 2 года назад

    longest 10 seconds of my life

  • @nizzel_
    @nizzel_ 2 года назад

    what is this alternate universe where dean doesn't have a mustache.

  • @तुर्य
    @तुर्य Год назад

    This one sensible clip contains more meaningful content than whole TicTok crap.

  • @emptyboxesandrooms
    @emptyboxesandrooms 2 года назад

    You could go to five or six stores… or 3:13

  • @kollurubharathsimha539
    @kollurubharathsimha539 2 года назад

    Simple neat on to point . that voice is nostalgic

  • @youexpectedausernamebutitw4578
    @youexpectedausernamebutitw4578 6 лет назад

    Mouse trapping taken to a whole new level

  • @farerse
    @farerse День назад

    I thought those were chickens in that glass case

  • @TheBloodshower
    @TheBloodshower 2 года назад

    I just randomly come back to this video and put 4:00 on a loop for 2 seconds

  • @grveyrdscvpe3267
    @grveyrdscvpe3267 2 года назад

    The anxiety he gave me from messing with the trap

  • @Mindraker1
    @Mindraker1 6 лет назад

    "Wouldn't that be fun?" Sure, oh, whoops, that little mousetrap is a nuclear bomb.

  • @battlesnake655
    @battlesnake655 2 года назад

    This is how the lottery numbers should be drawn.

  • @moazzamaudit3915
    @moazzamaudit3915 2 года назад

    It was satisfying hearing it
    4:00 played it at 0.5 speed .... Volume high...

  • @alexanderryan-jones600
    @alexanderryan-jones600 2 года назад

    Aussie educational TV: "G'day kidlets, let's make a nuke! Greg, chuck us the ping-pong balls wouldjamate?"

  • @noir66146
    @noir66146 2 года назад

    ping pong balls.... its all in the ping pong balls

  • @exciteddemonstrator9150
    @exciteddemonstrator9150 6 лет назад

    The noise he made @ 2:56 “whrrblrrbrbrlblr”

  • @Greenman422
    @Greenman422 2 года назад

    Ah yes, the ol' cheese trigger.

  • @firezone8770
    @firezone8770 2 года назад +1

    this looks like a video from an rng

  • @Necrozatus
    @Necrozatus 2 года назад

    Bro counted to 0

  • @dergebeater9614
    @dergebeater9614 2 года назад

    Isnt an atomic bomb fusion and atomic reactors fission?

  • @-ChetanRaj
    @-ChetanRaj Год назад

    waiting for nolan to show this process in Oppenheimer

  • @crowmaster9652
    @crowmaster9652 2 года назад

    3:57 3 seconds of the visual experiment in comparison to 5 min of explanation

  • @richardwelsh7901
    @richardwelsh7901 2 года назад

    I clenched a little when he placed the pair of balls in the trap

  • @godwinadedoyin8742
    @godwinadedoyin8742 3 года назад

    I saw this science experiment being performed before on "Mr. Wizard's World" and it was just as amusing as the science experiment I am watching now.

  • @barryschwarz
    @barryschwarz 5 лет назад

    A simple, fun, and excellent demonstration that anyone can understand. Educating is a skill, and the presenters of the Curiosity Show were genii at this.

  • @SteveMacSticky
    @SteveMacSticky 2 года назад

    that's a good way to explain

  • @TheYeIIowDucK
    @TheYeIIowDucK 6 лет назад +17

    I wish those folk over in Chernobyl had watched this

  • @oneup3576
    @oneup3576 6 лет назад +1

    I thought those were newly hatch chicks

  • @viks599
    @viks599 2 года назад

    youtube algorithms have spoken

  • @saliyamendis6661
    @saliyamendis6661 2 года назад

    What a presentation ...

  • @robertcrookall5991
    @robertcrookall5991 2 года назад

    I really wish you guys could have filmed that on a high-speed camera and then played it back in slow motion :-).

  • @JesusIsKing-OfKings
    @JesusIsKing-OfKings 2 года назад

    I’m glad it’s the 21st century and we countdown from 3 now

  • @darielconr7511
    @darielconr7511 2 года назад

    Hi RUclips algorithm, nice to see you again.

  • @amac2612
    @amac2612 2 года назад

    love these

  • @NibNa5ty
    @NibNa5ty 2 года назад

    3:55

  • @taylorwest6986
    @taylorwest6986 2 года назад

    3:57 Boom.

  • @frankenstein9663
    @frankenstein9663 2 года назад

    Awesome video

  • @dazzlemasseur
    @dazzlemasseur 2 года назад

    His woooow is actually depressing.