Perpetual Motion Machines

Curiosity Killed the Rat

Welcome back, folks, to another season of Curiosity Killed the Rat! This episode, Kate and Matt chat about the idea of perpetual motion, and the amazing machines designed to harness this motion to keep moving… forever! From overbalanced wheels to self-refilling flasks, we take a dive into some of the coolest perpetual motion machines that have been theorised throughout history (…or claimed to be real on YouTube…) and why, realistically, they couldn’t possibly work. This episode’s listener question is about sunsets; why are more spectacular than others?Referenced CollegeHumor sketch:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFtrn4vvTkk&ab_channel=CollegeHumorFake Perpetual Motion Machines:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znk-_uskTvk&ab_channel=Sm00thand3rhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50Aag0J0Qe4&ab_channel=warmcoffeehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsxroTt9IhY&t=36s&ab_channel=veproject1https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANq1DEmoYbI&ab_channel=TechnicalNinjahttps://youtu.be/sScrtGdKmhoOther References:https://www.britannica.com/science/perpetual-motionhttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/perpetual-motion-machines/https://lockhaven.edu/~dsimanek/museum/overbal.htmhttps://www.livescience.com/55944-perpetual-motion-machines.htmlhttps://www.khanacademy.org/science/ap-biology/cellular-energetics/cellular-energy/a/the-laws-of-thermodynamicshttps://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology/water-acids-and-bases/cohesion-and-adhesion/a/cohesion-and-adhesion-in-waterhttps://youtu.be/A-QgGXbDyR0https://youtu.be/rckrnYw5sOAhttps://youtu.be/UFFzcYalTXIhttps://youtu.be/VpiLucwH-AQwww.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071108135522.htmhttps://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2019/11/22/20970563/sunset-science-explained-rayleigh-scatteringhttp://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/atmos/blusky.html