The Universal S

Description

People from all over the world have been drawing this S-shaped symbol for decades yet no one seem to know anything about it. In this video I explore some of the popular origin theories and showcase my own findings after five years of on and off searching.

Audio
Jazz Spastiks - Bananas Instrumental
Fabien Tell - Never Before
Jazz Spastiks - Fresh Oranges Instrumental
Grant Newman - Last March of Heroes
Jazz Spastiks - Apples Instrumentals
Jon Björk - Divisive Alliance
Charles Holme - Informal Parameters
Fabien Tell - The Farmer

Visuals
Virtual Reality Gameplay
Infectious Ape | Kingspray Graffiti VR

Photographs of Stüssy Clothing
Etsy

Photograph of Suzuki Building
Suzuki Motor Corporation

Photograph of Stüssy T-Shirt
Wikimedia | Theisorder

World Map
OpenStreetMap | CARTO

Images of Country Flags
Freepik | Flaticon

Animation of Supernova
ESA | Hubble | M. Kornmesser | L. L. Christensen

Photograph of Graffiti
Blogger | Hood Art

Smile Drawings
Zeichnen Lernen
Reddit | no9
Imgur
Flickr | Max_Zahn
Twitter | best_sis_evaaa

Photograph of the Shah Nematollah Vali Shrine
Flickr | anaareh_saaveh

Image of Celtic Patterns
Rawpixel | L'ornement Polychrome

Image of Dynamite Magazine
Scholastic Corporation

Photograph of Drawer
Kulturarvsstyrelsen | Horsens Museum

Timelapse of /r/place
Reddit | TyIzaeL

Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Jean-Michel Basquiat

Photograph of Jean-Michel Basquiat
Roland Hagenberg

Photograph of Jon Naar
Flickr | Steve Stanger

Interview with Jon Naar
Vimeo | Stüssy

Photographs from The Faith of Graffiti
Jon Naar

Movie Poster for Piranha
New World Pictures

Still Image from Piranha
New World Pictures

Photographs of Chicano Graffiti
Flickr | Howard Gribble

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References & Further Reading

Democratic Elections in the European Union

Description

This video is narrated in Swedish as it is a collaboration with Kurzgesagt about the electoral process in the European Union. English subtitles are available but if you prefer dub over sub you can head over to Kurzgesagt's channel.

Playlist
Sources Document

The Vanishing of Flight 370

Description

On the 8th of March, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished during a routine flight between Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Beijing, China. The case has since grown into one of the most puzzling mysteries in aviation history. In this video, I examine the findings of the official investigation and explore some of the leading theories.

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The Vanishing of Flight 370

Audio
Sound Effects
Pond5

Air Traffic Control Recordings
Malaysian Airlines

Beyond the Lows - The Whole Other

The Mystery - Elite Music

Lasting Hope - Kevin MacLeod

Hydroacoustic Recording HA01
CTBTO

Hydroacoustic Recording RCS
IMOS

Fortress Europe - Dan Bodan

Deep Blue - Bensound

Visuals

Stock Footage
Pond5

Maps
OpenStreetMap/CARTO

Documents
MOT/ATSB/RMP/Malaysian Airlines/Google Patents

Photograph of Zaharie Ahamad Shah
Malaysian Airlines

Photograph of Fariq Abdul Hamid
Malaysian Airlines

Photograph of Boeing 777 Cockpit
The Boeing Company

Footage of Search Operation
ATSB/RAN/ABIS/Chris Beerens

Animation of Hydroacoustic Station
CTBTO

Photograph of Flight Recorder
NTSB

Photograph of Bluefin-21 AUV
USN

Photographs of Flaperon
BEA

Simulation of Debris Drift
ATSB/CSIRO

Photographs of Debris
BEA/ATSB/MOT/Blaine Gibson/Jean Viljoen

Satellite Imagery
DigitalGlobe/AGO/SASTIND/CNES/MRSA/GISTDA/NASA

Animation of Bathymetric Mapping
Geoscience Australia

Photographs of Suspected Passengers
Malaysian Airlines

Photograph of UPS Airlines Flight 6
Konstantin von Wedelstaedt

Photograph of Swissair Flight 111
Aero Icarus

Photograph of Helios Airways Flight 522
Richard Janura

Photograph of Oxygen Masks
NTSB

Photograph of Flight Simulator
Zaharie Shah/Facebook

Flight Simulator Gameplay
Microsoft Flight Simulator X

Photograph of Zaharie Ahamad Shah
Zaharie Shah/Facebook

Photograph of Anwar Ibrahim
Chatham House

Footage of Zaharie Ahamad Shah
Zaharie Shah/YouTube

Photograph of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 702
Aktug Ates

Photograph of iPhone 5S
Kelvinsong

Photograph of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370
Tam Ka Wai

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References & Further Reading

3,000,000 - Q&A

Description

Three million thank yous! :)

Audio

Kevin MacLeod - Covert Affair

The Great Silence

Description

For the past half-century, humanity has been listening for alien radio transmissions but so far we appear to be the only ones broadcasting into the void. Astrobiologists now seek to narrow down the search by looking for other technological and biological signatures. In this video, I explore some of the methods by which they hope to do so and why the great silence of the universe is such a mystery.

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The Great Silence

Audio

Chris Zabriskie - Stories About the World That Once Was
Francis Preve - Seductress
Chris Zabriskie - They Call It Nature
Density & Time - Meadow

Visuals

Visualization of Pulsar Data
Harold Craft

Footage of SEST Telescope
Y. Beletsky (LCO)/ESO

Visualization of SKA Telescope Array
SPDO/TDP/DRAO/Swinburne Astronomy Productions

Image of Arecibo Observatory
Cornell University Library

Image of Arecibo Message
Arne Nordmann

Image of Wow! Signal
Ohio History Connection

Sónar Calling GJ273b
Sónar

Image of KIC 8462852
Aladin Sky Atlas

Images of Galaxies
NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)/D. Milisavljevic/A. van der Hoeven/R. Gendler/A. Fabian/W. Harris/S. Beckwith

Footage of ALMA Telescope Array
ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/UHD Team

3D Model of Voyager Spacecraft
Brian Kumanchik/Christian Lopez/NASA/JPL-Caltech

Animation of ‘Oumuamua
ESO/M. Kornmesser/L.Calcada

Footage of Comet 67P
ESA/Rosetta/MPS/OSIRIS Team (MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA)

Image of ’Oumuamua
ESO/K. Meech et al.

Visualization of NanoSail-D
NASA

Image of ‘Oumuamua
A. Fitzsimmons/QUB/Isaac Newton Group/La Palma

Visualization of Europa Lander
NASA/JPL-Caltech

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References & Further Reading