You're watching Venus... Right?

less than 1m read

·Nov 3, 2024

Hey, it's me Destin. Welcome to Smarter Every Day.

So, if you are a Smarter Every Day subscriber, I know for an absolute fact that right now you are watching the Venus transit, or as I like to call it, the Venutian eclipse.

Anyway, so here's what I want to know. How are you watching it? Are you kind of weird, and you maybe, oh, I dunno, you have a Chinese food box balanced on a chair, and you're letting the sun shine through that aperture that you created with a kitchen knife in your Chinese food lid, and you're looking at it that way? Or are you doing something crazy elaborate with a telescope?

So, let's use this opportunity to learn about telescopes. I'm very, very, umm... I'm very, very interested in what you're doing, especially if you're on the other side of the world from me.

So let's, ah, get our video responses ready, and then I'm gonna post some stuff that I learned from the US Space and Rocket Centre. I just went up there.

And I want to see what you're doing. So when I post that video, please give me a response so I know what you're doing. That way we can figure out how we can use this information to study more about where we live, on Earth.

Anyway, I'm Destin. You're getting Smarter Every Day. Get those video responses ready. Thanks.

Why Tik Tokers Are BROKE

Jay Reno of Feather, a Furniture Subscription Startup

View All

POLAR OBSESSION 360 | National Geographic

Eleven years ago was my first trip to Antarctica. I came down here to do a story about the behavior of the leopard seal. My name is Paul Nicklin; it’s my job as a photojournalist to capture the importance and the fragility of this place and bring this bac…

Setting Up Camp: A Day in the Life of a Scientist | Continent 7: Antarctica

People’s ears, noses, feeling that windchill—all the work. So this is our field training expedition. We’re just going out overnight tonight, and once we get out there, we’re gonna test the Y equipment. So, set up the tent and see how everything works. We…

Joel Greenblatt on How to Achieve a 40% Return a Year

So if you believe what Ben Graham said, that this horizontal line is fair value, and this wavy line around that horizontal line are stock prices, and you have a disciplined process to buy perhaps more than your fair share when they’re below the line, and …

Explore the Stunning Beauty of Laos's Louangphrabang | National Geographic

Set at the confluence of the Mekong and Nam Khan rivers, the port town of Luang Prabang in northern Laos is an exceptional combination of natural splendor and abundant spiritual traditions. [Music] The town was designated a World Heritage Site in 1995 for…

Types of discontinuities | Limits and continuity | AP Calculus AB | Khan Academy

What we’re going to do in this video is talk about the various types of discontinuities that you’ve probably seen when you took algebra or pre-calculus, but then relate it to our understanding of both two-sided limits and one-sided limits. So let’s first…

Exploring the Bay of Plenty | National Geographic

Incredible geological features, beautiful coastline; New Zealand’s Māori culture on full display. And friendly faces everywhere. Welcome to the Bay of Plenty. National Geographic sent my colleagues and me to Rotorua and Whakatāne to discover what makes th…

You're watching Venus... Right?

More Articles