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The Most Unknown

Those atoms provide this swing of the pendulum when you open a grandfather clock, that's...

Those atoms provide this swing of the pendulum when you open a grandfather clock, that's the first thing you see, that there's something swinging back and forth, a pendulum

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Those atoms provide this swing
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of the pendulum when you open a grandfather clock,
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that's the first thing you see,
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that there's something swinging back and forth, a pendulum.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
14
Timestamp in Movie
01:02:56
Uploaded
Jun 27, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
VICE Media

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Movie Summary

The Most Unknown is an epic documentary film that sends nine scientists to extraordinary parts of the world to uncover unexpected answers to some of humanity's biggest questions. How did life begin? What is time? What is consciousnes
The blue ball, which is oscillating - The Most Unknown 00:06
The blue ball, which is oscillating
This is actually the world's - The Most Unknown 00:06
This is actually the world's
It's called a strontium optical lattice clock. - The Most Unknown 00:04
It's called a strontium optical lattice clock.
What it means, over the entire age of the universe, - The Most Unknown 00:07
What it means, over the entire age of the universe,
The fact that we have this open right now - The Most Unknown 00:05
The fact that we have this open right now
The clock won't work very well right now - The Most Unknown 00:04
The clock won't work very well right now
It's probably changing these mirrors by - The Most Unknown 00:08
It's probably changing these mirrors by
[Victoria] The fact that they can control atoms - The Most Unknown 00:11
[Victoria] The fact that they can control atoms
So Chris and I are academic brothers. - The Most Unknown 00:05
So Chris and I are academic brothers.
Yes, we've known each other for - The Most Unknown 00:06
Yes, we've known each other for
So this laboratory has one of our - The Most Unknown 00:05
So this laboratory has one of our
Atomic clocks play, actually, a very important role, - The Most Unknown 00:08
Atomic clocks play, actually, a very important role,
And just use a data server - The Most Unknown 00:06
And just use a data server
Now granted, Google's requests are a little more complicated - The Most Unknown 00:10
Now granted, Google's requests are a little more...
So what we have here is - The Most Unknown 00:04
So what we have here is
By far the best part is when the light - The Most Unknown 00:06
By far the best part is when the light
Once you get into this very intimate game of - The Most Unknown 00:09
Once you get into this very intimate game of
It's just something you can't help because you get - The Most Unknown 00:06
It's just something you can't help because you get
Some people say, what do you need - The Most Unknown 00:05
Some people say, what do you need
And the answer is that time, sort of paradoxically, - The Most Unknown 00:08
And the answer is that time, sort of paradoxically,