Why Nature Loves Hexagons

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From spirals to spots to fractals, nature is full of interesting patterns. Many of these patterns even resemble geometric shapes. One of the most common? Hexagons. Why do we see this six-sided shape occur so many times in nature? This week we explore why hexagons are so common in the natural world, from honeycomb to bubbles to rocks, and what their mathematics, physics, and biology may have in common.
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D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson. (1917) “On Growth and Form”
Ball, Philip. (2009). “Shapes: nature's patterns: a tapestry in three parts.” OUP Oxford.
Karihaloo, B. L., Zhang, K., & Wang, J. (2013). Honeybee combs: how the circular cells transform into rounded hexagons. Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 10(86), 20130299.
Hofmann, Martin, et al. "Why hexagonal basalt columns?." Physical review letters 115.15 (2015): 154301.
Aydin, Atilla, and James M. DeGraff. "Evolution of polygonal fracture patterns in lava flows." Science 239.4839 (1988): 471-476.
Hayashi, Takashi, and Richard W. Carthew. "Surface mechanics mediate pattern formation in the developing retina." Nature 431.7009 (2004): 647.
Kim, Sangwoo, et al. "Hexagonal Patterning of the Insect Compound Eye: Facet Area Variation, Defects, and Disorder." Biophysical journal 111.12 (2016): 2735-2746.
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  • @besmart
    @besmart6 жыл бұрын

    Thanks to Kelsey for helping me with this video! For a deeper dive into the math, go watch our collab over on Infinite Series! 📐🤓📏 kzread.info/dash/bejne/imyesdp-d7nfgNI.html

  • @Mads026p

    @Mads026p

    6 жыл бұрын

    Go away Jake, this channel is for smart people ONLY.

  • @dahamgames3148

    @dahamgames3148

    6 жыл бұрын

    ImThaBadMan - Carlisos im not jake Paul broooo

  • @Mads026p

    @Mads026p

    6 жыл бұрын

    You've gotta prove it. What is England?

  • @MKD1101

    @MKD1101

    6 жыл бұрын

    Happy to be a part of intellectual union!

  • @user-lj3lj6ks1o

    @user-lj3lj6ks1o

    6 жыл бұрын

    Sir ,are great at your video presentation.hats off to you. Please make some videos on #time machine

  • @ishaanvatus3536
    @ishaanvatus35363 жыл бұрын

    Hexagons are the Bestagons!

  • @c-man3295

    @c-man3295

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hexagons ARE the bestagons

  • @cadenceframe2141

    @cadenceframe2141

    3 жыл бұрын

    Heck yeah I’ve found the Order of the Hexagon

  • @litchfirmian7562

    @litchfirmian7562

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hexagons are the Bestagons

  • @bsandoval2340

    @bsandoval2340

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hexagons are the bestagons

  • @megawonszrzeczny9

    @megawonszrzeczny9

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hexagons truly are the bestagons

  • @personpacman7439
    @personpacman74393 жыл бұрын

    Say it with me: Hexagons are the Bestagons

  • @philippschwarz4539

    @philippschwarz4539

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes, Hexagons really _are_ the bestagons.

  • @debkalpapal2682

    @debkalpapal2682

    3 жыл бұрын

    Electrical be like... UrHeadisgon

  • @blazethebassman6335

    @blazethebassman6335

    3 жыл бұрын

    Take notes: Hexagons are the Bestagon

  • @philippschwarz4539

    @philippschwarz4539

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Laquelectro Blasphemer! Heretic!

  • @ofrikirshen3071

    @ofrikirshen3071

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Laquelectro u have no friends

  • @sagasica
    @sagasica3 жыл бұрын

    Hexagons, are the bestagons.

  • @thetruegavinator

    @thetruegavinator

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'm the 70th like.

  • @ommsterlitz1805

    @ommsterlitz1805

    2 жыл бұрын

    0:58 Champagne hexagon bubbles for an hexagon region inside the Hexagon Country France lol

  • @Omar_Ebrahim
    @Omar_Ebrahim3 жыл бұрын

    These people have been in the bestagon cult before anyone did

  • @ommsterlitz1805

    @ommsterlitz1805

    2 жыл бұрын

    French created it lol 0:58 Champagne hexagon bubbles for an hexagon region inside the Hexagon Country France

  • @c0mput3r80y

    @c0mput3r80y

    2 жыл бұрын

    I've been thinking this since Grey's video came out lol

  • @ExistentialBaguette
    @ExistentialBaguette4 жыл бұрын

    So basically, Amazon should be investing in hexagonal packaging.

  • @TeethHoarderr

    @TeethHoarderr

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes

  • @that_one_doggo8391

    @that_one_doggo8391

    4 жыл бұрын

    You should also consider that with a rectangular package, for example a frame, you would need to use more material to make a hexagon big enough to fit it rather than a simple box. I would appreciate paper shavings rather than plastic bubbles and a smaller version of envelope, my new phone charger doesn't need an envelope bigger than a piece of printer paper

  • @pessimisticpianist582

    @pessimisticpianist582

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, lol.

  • @pessimisticpianist582

    @pessimisticpianist582

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@that_one_doggo8391 Big brain🤯

  • @seamuspink9098

    @seamuspink9098

    4 жыл бұрын

    YES!

  • @MinuteEarth
    @MinuteEarth6 жыл бұрын

    Nature would have a weird personal ad. Loves: Hexagons Hates: Vacuums

  • @thatonepianoguy_

    @thatonepianoguy_

    6 жыл бұрын

    MinuteEarth 1.6 million sub comment buried in comments lmao

  • @timeaesnyx

    @timeaesnyx

    6 жыл бұрын

    MinuteEarth lol yes

  • @leonardpanergo7066

    @leonardpanergo7066

    6 жыл бұрын

    MinuteEarth Glad to see you here.

  • @gachaedits2944

    @gachaedits2944

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hi

  • @jayamilapersson4030

    @jayamilapersson4030

    5 жыл бұрын

    Sounds like nature is lazy and leaving (cheeto)dust and/or (bread) crums on everything.

  • @Forenzikproductions
    @Forenzikproductions3 жыл бұрын

    *Nature uses the least amount of energy to create the maximum amount of efficiency...* basically if it aint broke, don't fix it.

  • @antonio_ponce

    @antonio_ponce

    2 жыл бұрын

    What?

  • @superbeaner4428

    @superbeaner4428

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@antonio_ponce Basically nature forms around the hexagon shape since it naturally uses the least amount of energy which in turn also creates the maximum amount of efficiency in biology and in nature. Since it hasn't had to change because it's always worked extremely well "If it ain't broke don't fix it."

  • @kaushalsuvarna5156

    @kaushalsuvarna5156

    2 жыл бұрын

    On the contrary, it keeps breaking, what sticks persists

  • @mariafe7050

    @mariafe7050

    2 жыл бұрын

    And that's why hexagons are the bestagons.

  • @nerdy8644

    @nerdy8644

    6 ай бұрын

    Energy follows the path of least resistance

  • @varvaramir
    @varvaramir3 жыл бұрын

    *cgp grey has joined the chat*

  • @gallium-gonzollium

    @gallium-gonzollium

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hexagons... are the bestagons. “Why?” You may ask. Well.. bees. Bees are the best and make the bestagon: the hexagon. Now I know what you might be thinking. “Bees produce hexagons because they’re hexapods with hexagon eyes. Why wouldn’t they do that otherwise?” That’s a good point.

  • @rishusahu3361
    @rishusahu33614 жыл бұрын

    lesser energy lesser strain highest stability highest efficiency These 4 things can define all nature.

  • @cocolasticot9027

    @cocolasticot9027

    4 жыл бұрын

    Except complex life forms, like us, formulating those theories. Isn't it ironic ? Following mathematics, we may just be the result of a wonderful dice roll.

  • @so9175

    @so9175

    4 жыл бұрын

    sometimes lol

  • @greatwhitechocolate1482

    @greatwhitechocolate1482

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@cocolasticot9027 I have to agree with you. Humans do random things, then again entropy is how all of life has evolved-- random mutations, where 99% were maladaptive to a changing environment, but less than 1% successfully adapted due to chance mutations.

  • @antoniusguntoro2052

    @antoniusguntoro2052

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's kinda funny to think all of it just made by nature itself. I mean why all the nature choose or evolve to be the best of it's form? If we're all begin from nothing and universe, atom, and microorganism is just a lucky roll of dice it's just ridiculous. Doubtlessly it's God who made physics, maths, bios, and all of it.

  • @evolutionhasevidenceopinio5234

    @evolutionhasevidenceopinio5234

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@antoniusguntoro2052 oh please enlighten us to your knowledge. I say YOUR FIRST HAND EXPERIENTIAL KNOWLEDGE?

  • @Di-xp7uc
    @Di-xp7uc6 жыл бұрын

    If Vsauce did same video Video length: 24:00 Thumbnail : white/black background, yellow Hexagon Title: what is Hexagon Contents: Pops up from under the table* Hey, Vsauce, Michael here. We'll know Hexagons have 6 angles, right..... Background music starts* .... Or does it? To know that we need to get through infinity. What's infinity? Infinity is... FOUR MINUTES LATER How do dogs communicate? TWO MINUTES LATER How big is Googol Plex? TEN MINUTES LATER We Humans are Alone in our brain SCARY BACKGROUND MUSIC STARTS* FOUR MINUTES LATER Starts talking about some deep scary shits THREE MINUTES AND FORTY SECONDS LATER And as always thanks for watching VIDEO ENDS* You start questioning yourself "why do I exist, what's life... ?" Your brain starts to glitch* You won't see him until after 1 months... Love his videos

  • @1234kalmar

    @1234kalmar

    6 жыл бұрын

    Micheal could make an existential crisis inducing overcomplicated blackhole of eldritch truths about the universe just by pondering wehter he should by bread :D Store clerk: "This loaf will be 1.50$" Micheal: "or is it?" *20 minutes later* Store Clerk: "That loaf is not 1.50$... It's... me..."

  • @obezy.

    @obezy.

    6 жыл бұрын

    FunTuto vsauce is my spirit animal

  • @TheAgentJesus

    @TheAgentJesus

    6 жыл бұрын

    10/10 would tangent again

  • @ThunderStar1998

    @ThunderStar1998

    6 жыл бұрын

    FunTuto best comment ever.

  • @Di-xp7uc

    @Di-xp7uc

    6 жыл бұрын

    ThunderStar1998 Or is it?.....

  • @AstinelPGR
    @AstinelPGR3 жыл бұрын

    Never forget the Saturn's hexagon.

  • @patrickohooliganpl

    @patrickohooliganpl

    3 жыл бұрын

    The resonance standing wave of cyclones is present on its poles, invisible from earth. How the ancient Jewish astrologers and magicians knew about it? The Star of Solomon (hexagonal star) is The Star of Remphan (Saturn).

  • @gallium-gonzollium

    @gallium-gonzollium

    3 жыл бұрын

    As CGP Grey said, “If I were to start research on a hexagon cloud with Earth-sized sides on the most look-at-me planet that also changes colour? That’s where I’d start.”

  • @mikec4196

    @mikec4196

    2 жыл бұрын

    Don't forget all the hexagon shaped craters made of tiny hexagon shaped craters on the rocky bodies. It is an electromagnetic phenomenon

  • @Zinjadu100

    @Zinjadu100

    2 жыл бұрын

    My man. I went to click on this hoping someone would recognize Saturn's caps....thanks man for that...

  • @kevinstotomas-cf4zu

    @kevinstotomas-cf4zu

    2 жыл бұрын

    I was looking for this comment 😁

  • @oliviergelinas7365
    @oliviergelinas73653 жыл бұрын

    I love how in every video that mentions hexagons, CGP Grey ’s subscribers invade the comments section

  • @60secondsuccess39
    @60secondsuccess396 жыл бұрын

    This was one of the most interesting videos that I've seen in a long time.

  • @chillcleetus5053

    @chillcleetus5053

    5 жыл бұрын

    @JungkooksMakupArtist ur gay EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

  • @katacutie

    @katacutie

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@chillcleetus5053 👀

  • @ayessarodado3955

    @ayessarodado3955

    4 жыл бұрын

    @JungkooksMakupArtist as an exol i support this.. but kpop aside the topic is really interesting...

  • @AndrewWittenburg
    @AndrewWittenburg5 жыл бұрын

    3:36 when you blink while someone is sketching you

  • @chatter_bones1762

    @chatter_bones1762

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lol underrated comment

  • @zakariaahmad9592

    @zakariaahmad9592

    4 жыл бұрын

    bruh

  • @biggiganticbones

    @biggiganticbones

    3 жыл бұрын

    The sketch was made to make girls skip a heartbeat.

  • @enniomojica7812

    @enniomojica7812

    3 жыл бұрын

    Truly underrated comment.

  • @ShookSamurai
    @ShookSamurai3 жыл бұрын

    You know, hexagons; are the bestagons.

  • @danzjz3923

    @danzjz3923

    3 жыл бұрын

    no, pentagons are the bestagons

  • @iamnotchip1280

    @iamnotchip1280

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@danzjz3923 HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT.

  • @danzjz3923

    @danzjz3923

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@iamnotchip1280 true pentagonal tiling never repeats

  • @iamnotchip1280

    @iamnotchip1280

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@danzjz3923 so do you say that hexagons are the bestagons?

  • @goldenfishingrods3462

    @goldenfishingrods3462

    3 жыл бұрын

    I almost liked it but it was at 69

  • @Feliciano151
    @Feliciano1513 жыл бұрын

    Show of hands, who else is here from CGP Grey's "Hexagons are the Bestagons" video?

  • @aadityadatir6456

    @aadityadatir6456

    3 жыл бұрын

    🖐️

  • @SovietSayori97

    @SovietSayori97

    3 жыл бұрын

  • @Geaurche

    @Geaurche

    3 жыл бұрын

  • @adjacent819

    @adjacent819

    3 жыл бұрын

    ✋🏻

  • @Liliana_the_ghost_cat

    @Liliana_the_ghost_cat

    3 жыл бұрын

    🖐🏻

  • @GriffonksxEX
    @GriffonksxEX4 жыл бұрын

    If math class teaches inclusive knowledges like this I’m sure students will want to learn math

  • @keagster31

    @keagster31

    4 жыл бұрын

    Griffonksx Ex this is a science thing though, but still good point

  • @ArcticArmy

    @ArcticArmy

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@keagster31 science and math go hand in hand.

  • @keagster31

    @keagster31

    4 жыл бұрын

    White Shadow you do math in science, you don’t do (or at least none that I can think of) science in math.

  • @ArcticArmy

    @ArcticArmy

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@keagster31 hmm.

  • @ArcticArmy

    @ArcticArmy

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@keagster31 not my problem lmao

  • @Seamemaria
    @Seamemaria6 жыл бұрын

    Nature is so efficient.

  • @ooloncolluphid7904

    @ooloncolluphid7904

    6 жыл бұрын

    If you think about it, nature CAN'T be otherwise! (EDIT - Er, well, _eventually._ )

  • @Seamemaria

    @Seamemaria

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yes, evolution normally takes care of that ;)

  • @PkmnRayhak

    @PkmnRayhak

    6 жыл бұрын

    Nature wants to waste the least energy.

  • @Pizaerable

    @Pizaerable

    6 жыл бұрын

    PkmnRay Nature wants to waste the most energy to become stable

  • @augustburnsred3541

    @augustburnsred3541

    6 жыл бұрын

    oolon colluphid it's all due to entropy. Everything in nature takes the path of least resistance because it's not sentient and it can't decide to take a harder lather and the path of least resistant all ways happens first due to entropy as well that's why

  • @hazel_1237
    @hazel_12373 жыл бұрын

    i think cgp grey would love this for as he said: "hexagons are the bestagons"

  • @nottsoserious
    @nottsoserious3 жыл бұрын

    Insect eyes? YOUR EYES TOO. There are hexagonal cells on your retina

  • @maireaddunphyandcianaliyah4908

    @maireaddunphyandcianaliyah4908

    3 жыл бұрын

    Didn't know that you smart

  • @thatmcgamer3106
    @thatmcgamer31064 жыл бұрын

    This is why I agree that we never invented math, but rather discovered it. Math is beautiful

  • @Satan666Official

    @Satan666Official

    4 жыл бұрын

    Math helps us understand our environment, like how a language is used to share thoughts, but I wouldn't say it IS a real element of nature. A type of foundation was needed, one easy to understand as a universal language, culture to culture. I think we made math into a beautiful world of its own, through our continuous use to structure life in general. But regardless of beliefs, I think very highly of the art in math. 🙂

  • @listenhereyoulittleshit3223

    @listenhereyoulittleshit3223

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Satan666Official and that's why physics is better

  • @doyouknoworjustbelieve6694

    @doyouknoworjustbelieve6694

    4 жыл бұрын

    We invented math to explain nature in writing. That’s why functions are also called mathematical expressions. If we were not around, the world will still ‘function’ under the same rules of nature. We did not discover the number 5. We came up with it to represent a quantity of 5 We came up with 5xn so we don’t write 5+5.... n times And 5^n so we don’t write 5x5 n times.

  • @burgernthemomrailer

    @burgernthemomrailer

    4 жыл бұрын

    ThatMCGamer nah, we invented math

  • @Jermain-cz4bh

    @Jermain-cz4bh

    4 жыл бұрын

    me:*sitting in a giant pile of math homework*no math is horrible

  • @devonandrewmills
    @devonandrewmills4 жыл бұрын

    The part about “bees making round wax cells which soften into hexagonal shapes”.....blew my f-ing mind. Goddamn! That’s nuts.

  • @moistorphan
    @moistorphan4 жыл бұрын

    I have a great example to add, on the molecular level! I’ve studied organic chemistry and I’ve come to know that hydrocarbons that have a hexagonal shape (cyclohexanes) are more stable than any other polygon, whether that polygon is a triangle (less sides), or a decagon (more sides)

  • @zappyfountain3339
    @zappyfountain33392 жыл бұрын

    Hexagons are truly the BESTAGONS!!!

  • @InvitingShores
    @InvitingShores6 жыл бұрын

    Not to forget Saturns hexagonal storm!

  • @besmart

    @besmart

    6 жыл бұрын

    I really wanted to get this into the video! But the explanations for it aren't totally clear yet (though we're getting closer)

  • @whatsinaname3200

    @whatsinaname3200

    6 жыл бұрын

    "Closer" is both relative and vague...

  • @billcornelius1383

    @billcornelius1383

    6 жыл бұрын

    my guess: something like the jet stream but with opposing forces, maybe a temperature cline or even including chemical properties of suspended particles (some kind of ice). I like the idea of the equal forces, if we can figure out one, it'll help define the other.

  • @aikologic

    @aikologic

    6 жыл бұрын

    Or the wind patterns in the Bermuda Triangle. When I heard about those I immediately considered a connection between those and the storm on Saturn. I've always liked hexagons, personally, just because of the way they tessellate.

  • @ShadeShockGaming

    @ShadeShockGaming

    6 жыл бұрын

    Wouldn't the most likely solution just be that the storm is so large its creating it's own separate climate inside and the edges are acting like walls to the storm? This would partly explain why they might go into a hexagonal shape.

  • @biglad7678
    @biglad76784 жыл бұрын

    I liked the part when they talked about hexagons

  • @zanekreger8041

    @zanekreger8041

    4 жыл бұрын

    I like the fact that a 2 year old video is popping up in people's recommended

  • @biglad7678

    @biglad7678

    4 жыл бұрын

    Zane Kreger didn’t know it was that old

  • @PlumEXE

    @PlumEXE

    4 жыл бұрын

    Zane Kreger I like that me fact that i’m not alone

  • @LavroseRovender

    @LavroseRovender

    4 жыл бұрын

    Zane Kreger ha ha yep

  • @LavroseRovender

    @LavroseRovender

    4 жыл бұрын

    Fudge Cakes I see I have a minion..... He he.....

  • @skudzer1985
    @skudzer19854 жыл бұрын

    So what's the deal with the gigantic hexagon formed at Saturn's poles? How is the wind blowing at such sharp angles?

  • @dinkledankle

    @dinkledankle

    4 жыл бұрын

    Saturn's hexagon(which is only at the north pole) is caused by standing wave interference and vorticity. It is unrelated to this. For example, Jupiter's north pole has an octogon of 8 storms, and it's south pole a pentagon of 5 storms. Jupiter's polar vortices are constructed differently than Saturn's northern vortex, but the principles are similar.

  • @fennten8338

    @fennten8338

    4 жыл бұрын

    what was a rollercoaster of Google searches because of one comment

  • @DanMice1

    @DanMice1

    3 жыл бұрын

    I was gonna ask the same. Plus it's the 6th planet and Saturday is the 6th day which makes 666.

  • @LiborTinka

    @LiborTinka

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@fennten8338 there is one YT video where they actually reproduced the hexagonal shape by keeping same hydrodynamic parameters, only scaled down

  • @slaterdomain

    @slaterdomain

    3 жыл бұрын

    Filed magnetism.

  • @RedEyeCyclops
    @RedEyeCyclops4 жыл бұрын

    In conclusion, the hexagon has the smallest perimeter out of the only three 2D shapes that can place next to each of their own kind without any empty space in between each unit.

  • @yungravn

    @yungravn

    3 жыл бұрын

    Or, Hexagons are the Bestagons

  • @MightySuki
    @MightySuki6 жыл бұрын

    Silly universe, you are so big and you are minimizing space...

  • @mattorton895

    @mattorton895

    6 жыл бұрын

    Marko Šurbatović - Šuki Efficiency gives infinite rewards

  • @hephaestusthebadger-legged727

    @hephaestusthebadger-legged727

    6 жыл бұрын

    You made my day! Thank you.

  • @OfCRhN

    @OfCRhN

    6 жыл бұрын

    you are so right nature is so dump can't do nothing

  • @-dash.

    @-dash.

    6 жыл бұрын

    Marko Šurbatović - Šuki Maybe the expanding universe is just the edge of a universe size bubble trying to stick together and form a giant multiverse hexagon🤔

  • @vaibhavpatil2611

    @vaibhavpatil2611

    6 жыл бұрын

    Marko Šurbatović - Šuki universe in a bubble

  • @kimia1664
    @kimia16645 жыл бұрын

    Wow! It’s amazing how KZread has taught me more than 12 years of school.

  • @Forever_Rayne
    @Forever_Rayne4 жыл бұрын

    "It's Fizzix!" needs to be on a shirt 😁

  • @operationeight-ld5kd

    @operationeight-ld5kd

    4 жыл бұрын

    I 100% agree!

  • @sriraghavt
    @sriraghavt3 жыл бұрын

    As Cgpgrey said, hexagons are the bestagons

  • @cronner707

    @cronner707

    3 жыл бұрын

    Feels like utter plagiarism, dunn it’?

  • @lefe6696
    @lefe66966 жыл бұрын

    You know the drill 0. It's okay to be smart 1. Real life lore 2. Life noggin 3. Vsauce 4. Thoughty2 5. Second thought 6. kurzgesagt 7. LEMMiNO

  • @thyalchemist

    @thyalchemist

    6 жыл бұрын

    You left out Sci Schow with Hank Green.

  • @Sabbathfaax

    @Sabbathfaax

    6 жыл бұрын

    Lefeblock158 _Gamer uh what?

  • @Menno_3

    @Menno_3

    6 жыл бұрын

    You only watch kurzgesagt if you want to be depressed for a while

  • @user-zc3nn2nx2u

    @user-zc3nn2nx2u

    5 жыл бұрын

    Aka my school periods

  • @raz0229

    @raz0229

    5 жыл бұрын

    _Kurzgesagt_ should be number one instead! And replace _Life Noggin_ with _Its Aumsum Time_ And do add _Ted ed_ and I've never heard about _Vsauce_

  • @yashashviraj4251
    @yashashviraj42513 жыл бұрын

    Hexagons are the bestagons 😌

  • @SocratesAlexander
    @SocratesAlexander4 жыл бұрын

    4:45 I think while cells on the surface of an insect's eye grow, a similar process like in the soap bubbles gets involved. Every cell wants to grow big, hence hexagons.

  • @bernat_CustardCream
    @bernat_CustardCream6 жыл бұрын

    "...the plains of Catan form from slowly cooling lava."

  • @professorhank2593

    @professorhank2593

    6 жыл бұрын

    Bernat BB made me do a double take when I heard that.

  • @art1637

    @art1637

    6 жыл бұрын

    I

  • @alicestorm6239

    @alicestorm6239

    4 жыл бұрын

    So good

  • @ArPremithsatish
    @ArPremithsatish6 жыл бұрын

    Yet again... Another fantastic video... Good going Joe... I'm going to do the bubbles experiment to see the results for myself...

  • @besmart

    @besmart

    6 жыл бұрын

    Awesome! Protip: add a tiny bit of glycerin to the soap mixture and the bubbles will last longer

  • @htoodoh5770

    @htoodoh5770

    6 жыл бұрын

    It's Okay To Be Smart You are awesome.

  • @adityanambiar6056
    @adityanambiar60564 жыл бұрын

    It's just amazing how hexagonal areas are useful for covering telephone coverage areas. I never got it until today.. wonderful!

  • @paraschivliubovi7212
    @paraschivliubovi72124 жыл бұрын

    Short answer: *ITS THE LAW*

  • @enniomojica7812

    @enniomojica7812

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thats what puzzles me. Why is it the LAW! She used language like: nature "SEEKS" the most efficient shape. But nature isn't sentient so nature doesn't seek anything. Please explain without such language.

  • @A101stNCO

    @A101stNCO

    3 жыл бұрын

    It was designed, created.....

  • @enniomojica7812

    @enniomojica7812

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@A101stNCO designed? Created? You mean like God?

  • @mynamejeff3498
    @mynamejeff34986 жыл бұрын

    i got like 10billion toy channels reccomended to me

  • @HamzahHusain_the_sexy_beast

    @HamzahHusain_the_sexy_beast

    6 жыл бұрын

    ramen noodle me too lol

  • @robinsparrow1618

    @robinsparrow1618

    6 жыл бұрын

    I got a bunch of children's videos for some reason?

  • @HDVenomGamer

    @HDVenomGamer

    6 жыл бұрын

    same, blocked them all

  • @besmart

    @besmart

    6 жыл бұрын

    Very weird that so many people are getting these. Is it because I mentioned bubbles?! Come on, KZread

  • @BaronVonQuiply

    @BaronVonQuiply

    6 жыл бұрын

    Here I thought I was the only person KZread suddenly thought was a 6 year old. OK, taking a second look, 6 is way too old.

  • @TheMusicalStylingsofBrentBunn
    @TheMusicalStylingsofBrentBunn6 жыл бұрын

    What if televisions used hexagonal pixels instead of squares.

  • @robert9972

    @robert9972

    6 жыл бұрын

    bc hex pixels are hard to develop

  • @mohamedmahmoud4045

    @mohamedmahmoud4045

    6 жыл бұрын

    Brent Bunn you just get more pixels in a smaller space, but it's less efficient due to how irregular the hexagons which would require more expensive hardware and developing it would be even harder, basically the trip is not worth it for the destination

  • @mariovelez5669

    @mariovelez5669

    6 жыл бұрын

    Much easier to program squares on an x-y plane and not get complicated

  • @zeroangelmk1

    @zeroangelmk1

    6 жыл бұрын

    Then they would be called hexels

  • @mduckernz

    @mduckernz

    6 жыл бұрын

    It would be quite nice with high resolutions, as you'd get some natural anti-aliasing

  • @swolby9230
    @swolby92304 жыл бұрын

    The applications of geometry to biology, physics and chemsitry are fascinating. But, those transitions are pretty excellent as well.

  • @theunboxingexperience3480
    @theunboxingexperience34804 жыл бұрын

    Lovely content! Thank you so much. Also, props to the animators and editors!

  • @Corvaire
    @Corvaire6 жыл бұрын

    Does that mean that the storm upon Saturn is the most efficient storm in our galaxy? ;O)-

  • @taylordidomenico182

    @taylordidomenico182

    5 жыл бұрын

    William R. King no wonder its been going so long

  • @BothHands1

    @BothHands1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Oh damn, you're right!

  • @PenciumBau

    @PenciumBau

    4 жыл бұрын

    Deploy "observation"!

  • @TheScienceBiome
    @TheScienceBiome6 жыл бұрын

    Well animated and to the point. Great video!

  • @mohammadhoseinmoein8251
    @mohammadhoseinmoein82513 жыл бұрын

    I love the fact that there are no ads in these videos

  • @expertoflizardcorrugation3967
    @expertoflizardcorrugation39674 жыл бұрын

    The people who say nature seeks out the lowest energy are right XD. Mathematics are us explaining what we see in nature, so you could say that nature was the first mathematician

  • @Dmiudo
    @Dmiudo4 жыл бұрын

    I see the workmanship of a Creator the more and more I study nature and science. Rules and patterns that show intelligent design. Be blessed.

  • @falconhawk6380

    @falconhawk6380

    4 жыл бұрын

    Subhan ALLAH

  • @Dmiudo

    @Dmiudo

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Please Complete All Fields Perhaps, I see what you are saying. But how does nature know to use those patterns? If a flower follows a certain pattern or rule how does it tell the tree to follow the same pattern or rule?

  • @Dmiudo

    @Dmiudo

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Please Complete All Fields Okay, I'll follow along with that but where did those constraints come from? Were they always there or just evolved to exist?

  • @Dmiudo

    @Dmiudo

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Please Complete All Fields I agree with you that the laws are ever present. We can observe and analyze and then make assumptions as to why things work as we see them to work. But that does not mean we have discovered the rule why it works like that. For instance, scientists just recently were able to capture a picture of quantum entanglement. This is revolutionary because it gives more evidence for the proposed theories of quantum mechanics. That doesn't mean we have found some rule for it, but simply that we have observed something happening. Or take for instance the micro evolutionary process of the human immune system. We know it evolves and adapts but we can't pinpoint to the exact process or mechanices behind that. Or gravity for example. We say these are the observations and this is what happens but scientists still haven't 100% proved what exactly is going on. You would think finding those rules would be easy since these things are always right in front of us and even the simplest person can observe it. Now taking the carburetor example you have given. Say that broken carburetor was somehow transported like 1000 years into the past. The people would observe it and try to make assumptions as to why or how it works or can work but only the person who invented it can truely say what is going on inside the carburetor. All I am trying to say is that we as humans make observations but even then those can be misleading and not concrete because our view of the things going on isn't always complete. These examples show that many times there is more going on then we can see and I am proposing that these examples show that Somebody is behind all of it. Just like an engineer is the one who created the carburetor, so God created the systems and processes which we see. To say these processes and systems just happen to have appeared takes even more faith then how much faith it takes to say God is behind it all. I don't come up to somebody driving a car and say hey that thing created itself. That's absurd. The creation around us points to a Creator. Romans 1:20 Be blessed brother.

  • @raimohoft1236

    @raimohoft1236

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Please Complete All Fields That's it in a nutshell... thanks, so I don't have to put in all those letters! 😅😅😅😈😈😈😋😋😋

  • @suryakiranr4444
    @suryakiranr44446 жыл бұрын

    "Nature follows the rules of mathematics" Nope.. mathematics follows the rules of nature

  • @mattorton895

    @mattorton895

    6 жыл бұрын

    Surya Kiran Yes, and nature can change the rules just to laugh as mathematicians scramble to keep up.

  • @connorp3030

    @connorp3030

    6 жыл бұрын

    Mathemeticians: *Comes up with axioms that are obviously true in our reality, develops math specifically to explain patterns in nature and be useful* Mathemeticians: "Oh my god, math predicts nature so well and is so useful, it's obviously fundamental to the universe."

  • @arielfuturspeed

    @arielfuturspeed

    6 жыл бұрын

    Your right since math didnt exist thousands of years ago

  • @diegoacosta8550

    @diegoacosta8550

    6 жыл бұрын

    I'd say it's fundamental to at least understanding the universe.

  • @nicewhenearnedrudemostlyel489

    @nicewhenearnedrudemostlyel489

    6 жыл бұрын

    "nature can change the rules just to laugh" ... When has this EVER happened? when has the laws of physics not just been weird, but was one way one day, then just, BOOP! different? idiot.

  • @anganasantra7360
    @anganasantra73602 жыл бұрын

    One of the best narrated curiosity- satisfying channels ! love the videos 🙌🏻

  • @BenTvHowman
    @BenTvHowman3 жыл бұрын

    It always comes down to the path of least resistance. Thank you from Australia

  • @kgangadhar5389
    @kgangadhar53895 жыл бұрын

    To be fair mathematics is derived by observing nature, its kinda odd to ask is nature a mathematician.

  • @Niom_Music
    @Niom_Music5 жыл бұрын

    It’s also the most high tech pattern and makes everything looks 100x more advanced by default.

  • @sarthaksharma9129
    @sarthaksharma9129 Жыл бұрын

    This video activates the hexagon receptors in my brain to a very exiting degree

  • @saakshisaini4920
    @saakshisaini49203 жыл бұрын

    Why din I find this channel during my school days!! This channel is awsome.. keep growing and thanks for sharing!!

  • @leocelente
    @leocelente6 жыл бұрын

    - why nature loves hexagons? - bubbles *plays vsauce music*

  • @PowahSlapEntertainmint
    @PowahSlapEntertainmint6 жыл бұрын

    Pfft Hexagons? Real men use dodecahedrons.

  • @PowahSlapEntertainmint

    @PowahSlapEntertainmint

    6 жыл бұрын

    #DodecahedronSquadWhereYouAt?

  • @potatobaby8988

    @potatobaby8988

    6 жыл бұрын

    PowahSlap Entertainmint no real men use umm... ummmm... DONT WORRY IM BUFF ._.

  • @pfysche2283

    @pfysche2283

    6 жыл бұрын

    #tetrahedronsarebetter

  • @sion8

    @sion8

    6 жыл бұрын

    Aren't dodecahedrons 3D?

  • @alexwang982

    @alexwang982

    6 жыл бұрын

    RHOMBIC DODECAHEDRON!

  • @vuquocmanh11t14
    @vuquocmanh11t142 жыл бұрын

    Man! Credit to the edit, they did a good jobs. I keep watching this masterpiece for hours.

  • @_smqrtboik_9185
    @_smqrtboik_9185 Жыл бұрын

    Hexagons are and will be the Bestagons

  • @venb
    @venb4 жыл бұрын

    The physics thing is why water in earth doesn't leave earth. *UNDERSTAND KEVIN? LEAVE FLAT EARTH NOW*

  • @jaxvipre8606

    @jaxvipre8606

    4 жыл бұрын

    What did Kevin do to u?

  • @0x2A_

    @0x2A_

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@malanao bendy oceans are ridiculous!! Earth is flat.

  • @0x2A_

    @0x2A_

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@malanao No, water is in a equilibrium between solid and liquid!

  • @evolutionhasevidenceopinio5234

    @evolutionhasevidenceopinio5234

    4 жыл бұрын

    Water ON earth It not in the earth.

  • @evolutionhasevidenceopinio5234

    @evolutionhasevidenceopinio5234

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@malanao not you but hey. The only one pulling you is you.

  • @SeanLumly
    @SeanLumly6 жыл бұрын

    Your "Settlers of Catan" reference was not lost on me... :)

  • @sciencenerd7639
    @sciencenerd7639 Жыл бұрын

    Wow, even though I already knew some of this from the cgp grey video, I'm glad that I watched this one too because it helped me to understand even more. I really liked the example of the rocks (Giants Causeway)

  • @bevmc5061

    @bevmc5061

    Жыл бұрын

    Have you looked into sacred geometry, Fibonacci etc. fascinating stuff.

  • @guyjperson
    @guyjperson4 жыл бұрын

    This content is always good...But this was really fascinating and answers a lot of world questions I've had. Awesome.

  • @holom2076
    @holom20764 жыл бұрын

    5:45 "some people say Nature follows the rules of Mathematics" Me in Online Distance Learning: *Reality can be whatever I want*

  • @GenJotsu
    @GenJotsu6 жыл бұрын

    More space filled, less material used. Thnx

  • @girlwithuke9853
    @girlwithuke98532 жыл бұрын

    Me realising this is exactly what my teacher was trying to explain in chemistry!!!! (Packing efficiency of Crystalline solids)

  • @shaswathpatil3439
    @shaswathpatil34393 жыл бұрын

    Amazing video! Nature loves being efficient, it uses struture as one of the means to achieve it.

  • @grahamhaw2281
    @grahamhaw22815 жыл бұрын

    LSD told me this years ago! 😅 what a beautiful world..

  • @jonmacdonald5345

    @jonmacdonald5345

    4 жыл бұрын

    Graham Haw Remain Calm 🚨 Police are on the way 🚓🚓🚓🚓🚓🚔🏢🏢

  • @plasmaxander912

    @plasmaxander912

    4 жыл бұрын

    WOAAAH MAN EVERYTHING'S HEXAGONS FAR OUT MAAAAN

  • @justinmontagne6543

    @justinmontagne6543

    4 жыл бұрын

    No it didn't you demon

  • @rebeccaphillips2501

    @rebeccaphillips2501

    3 жыл бұрын

    OH MY GOD same! Came looking through the comments to see if anyone had the same experience. Every time it's hexagons in nature, beautiful symmetry

  • @RoccosVideos
    @RoccosVideos6 жыл бұрын

    Very cool, I think this makes me a nerd.

  • @sebyt.2324
    @sebyt.23242 жыл бұрын

    Let’s all say it “Hexagons are the Bestagons.”

  • @daribee295
    @daribee2952 жыл бұрын

    i love that you mentioned Catan.

  • @keomeow1936
    @keomeow19364 жыл бұрын

    Me: oh cool looks interesting lets watch My trypophobic ass 10s into video: 😰

  • @so9175

    @so9175

    4 жыл бұрын

    Same time omg

  • @kingdmind

    @kingdmind

    4 жыл бұрын

    I love Angelique Definitely not

  • @Jexy00

    @Jexy00

    4 жыл бұрын

    @I love Angelique on 1 in 800 million i think you misread somrthing because its wayyyyy more common than what you think Probably a 1/80 or 1/800

  • @Jexy00

    @Jexy00

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@sailor5853i guess its just weird to look at

  • @eertikrux666
    @eertikrux6664 жыл бұрын

    At 3:15 Me: “OH MY GOD this is so fascinating” At 3:36 Me: “Hey there Mr Joseph”

  • @ashhplayz9489
    @ashhplayz94894 жыл бұрын

    A video about hexagons is giving me a add of hexagon lights

  • @The_Unholy_Nerd
    @The_Unholy_Nerd2 жыл бұрын

    Chemist here! Hexagons are the most stable structure in the chemical world too. Benzene (and other cyclic compounds involving hexagons) are very common in nature. Look up the molecule of testosterone to think of one quick example. Hexagons are everywhere in natural molecules. The reason is that the binding energy (the energy required to make certain shapes of molecules) and the bond stress (how much elastic force is on a bond) is at it's minimum when the shape is a hexagon. If you have cyclopropane (think triangle), then the stress on each carbon atom is immense. The ideal bond angle is 109.47 degrees. If you try and force atoms that are happy at 109.47 degrees to an angle of 60 degrees, you're going to have to put *a lot* of energy in. Methane adopts a structure with each Hydrogen at 109.47 degrees from each other relative to the Carbon. That's just one carbon atom. When more carbon atoms are involved, the shape with the closest internal angle to 109.47 is the hexagon with 120, so that is the shape that forms most in nature. You do get some pentagons, like in DNA bases, but most of organic chemistry is hexagons!

  • @The_Unholy_Nerd

    @The_Unholy_Nerd

    2 жыл бұрын

    Another example that I thought of was almost all natural sugars. Glucose, cellulose (you know, trees?), and sucrose are all just hexagons!

  • @Mazidox
    @Mazidox6 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, ok, cool. But now I guess KZread decided I'm 4.

  • @ooloncolluphid7904

    @ooloncolluphid7904

    6 жыл бұрын

    +Mazidox No Shit! What's with the recommendations over there? Did I knock someone up a few years ago?!?

  • @MrGregory777

    @MrGregory777

    6 жыл бұрын

    Same here. what's up with all the baby videos?

  • @corngrohlio

    @corngrohlio

    6 жыл бұрын

    Haha! Same here! Kiddy science videos and 12-hour lullaby videos :S

  • @georgehiggins1320

    @georgehiggins1320

    6 жыл бұрын

    me too.

  • @P0LARice

    @P0LARice

    6 жыл бұрын

    If you people haven't pondered what shape a 3d cross section of a 4d Honey Comb might look like? Then moved on to considering the structural integrity offered by arranging film walls at a 120 degree angle and not followed it up with an episode of Ben and Holly's little kingdom, all I can say is you haven't lived mate! :oP

  • @controversialcoffe5709
    @controversialcoffe57093 жыл бұрын

    Because hexagons are the bestagons

  • @sarahhavillamelooliveira5825
    @sarahhavillamelooliveira58254 жыл бұрын

    Simple rules, elegant solutions. Sounds like go to me.

  • @nicholasivanderstoop4191
    @nicholasivanderstoop41913 жыл бұрын

    Love it . Thank you . Topics well chosen

  • @gutenman7112
    @gutenman71124 жыл бұрын

    Energy tend to be at their lowest state . So high stability= less energy use . Hence the hexagon ..

  • @arthurthekyogre9155

    @arthurthekyogre9155

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's like Earth if it was flat, it doesn't matter what shape it is, it will change until it becomes stable

  • @shadowgolem8643
    @shadowgolem86435 жыл бұрын

    Hexagons are just circles with the spaces between them filled in

  • @arthurthekyogre9155

    @arthurthekyogre9155

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's just an unrecognizable shape with infinite size

  • @shadowgolem8643

    @shadowgolem8643

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@arthurthekyogre9155 Nah a hexagon only has 6

  • @arthurthekyogre9155

    @arthurthekyogre9155

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@shadowgolem8643 if there was an infinite group of circles grouped together, if you filled the spcae between them it would just look like a red screen, that can be divided in any way that's equal, your explanation on what hexagons are is completely bland

  • @shadowgolem8643

    @shadowgolem8643

    3 жыл бұрын

    You take some circles You put the circles together You expand the circles equally until there's no empty space left between them They have become hexagons Why did you bring the concept of infinity and the color red into this? We're talking about bees here We're as in "we were" because you replied to a year old comment. Get a loada this dood iamverysmart amiright fellas

  • @arthurthekyogre9155

    @arthurthekyogre9155

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@shadowgolem8643 ...yeah you're right i'm a dumb*ss

  • @Camp_Half_Blood_Is_Here
    @Camp_Half_Blood_Is_Here5 ай бұрын

    I immediately thought of when I saw this: “HEXAGONS ARE THE BESTAGONS” -CGP Grey

  • @arcanevoid659
    @arcanevoid6593 жыл бұрын

    Glad I'm getting these in suggestions:)

  • @wingnight9
    @wingnight93 жыл бұрын

    Anyone else got this on their recommendations after watching Wandavision?

  • @ashtondurham5075
    @ashtondurham50755 жыл бұрын

    How could you fail to mention the hexagon on Saturn?! Another fascinating detail of nature.

  • @kubrak837

    @kubrak837

    4 жыл бұрын

    Kubra k 2 minutes ago (edited) kzread.info/dash/bejne/fICI2tufiaysXZc.html This pattern is described very well described in the verses of Holy Quran 1400 years ago, The book was revealed from the creator of this world and the universe who is none other than ALLAH. ALLAH also mentions that " SURELY IN THIS IS A SIGN FOR THE PEOPLE WHO REFLECT" 16:69 Indeed 'ALLAH IS THE BEST OF ALL PLANNERS" Allahu Akbar!!

  • @arthurthekyogre9155

    @arthurthekyogre9155

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's because it's talking about physics here on Earth, and how nature naturally creates hexagons to stabalize things, Saturn's hexagon is just an amazing coincidence

  • @patrickohooliganpl

    @patrickohooliganpl

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@kubrak837 Known by the Jewish magicians and astrologers 3000 years ago. The Star of Remphan.

  • @lordfeish1927
    @lordfeish19273 жыл бұрын

    Another way to put it is that the densest packing of circles is each one surrounded by 6 others and that naturally makes a hex grid

  • @0707Vivek
    @0707Vivek4 жыл бұрын

    very informative video. thanks

  • @VocalMabiMaple
    @VocalMabiMaple6 жыл бұрын

    Another hexagonal mystery is Saturn's Hexagon.

  • @ShinyBusterBaby
    @ShinyBusterBaby3 жыл бұрын

    Me here after watching episodes of WandaVision, trying hard to figure out all hexagons throughout the show!

  • @tailsfan465
    @tailsfan4653 жыл бұрын

    Chocolate milk.... When i blew into my straw as a child i remember the bubbles looking hexagon-y, I've always wondered why! This is cool!

  • @purelivingfamily
    @purelivingfamily4 жыл бұрын

    This was a really cool video. It was interesting and I learned a lot. Thank you for sharing.

  • @agnibho
    @agnibho6 жыл бұрын

    My brain shuts down every time the infinite series lady appears on the screen. She is too gorgeous.

  • @Calliopa_22

    @Calliopa_22

    5 жыл бұрын

    I was looking for comments like this xD

  • @kingdidid1404

    @kingdidid1404

    5 жыл бұрын

    me toooo..@@Calliopa_22

  • @pigeonlove

    @pigeonlove

    5 жыл бұрын

    So what

  • @staratlas5826
    @staratlas58265 жыл бұрын

    Great video! Can you please explain the Hexagon vortex storm on Saturn's pole atmosphere? I'm really fascinated by it. Thanks!

  • @mellissadalby1402
    @mellissadalby14022 жыл бұрын

    I like the questions you ask. Good stuff.

  • @oleksiyalkhazov9201
    @oleksiyalkhazov92014 жыл бұрын

    Idk why, but it's like one of the greatest things in the world, yet brought in such a cool way :D

  • @Lumberjack_king
    @Lumberjack_king3 жыл бұрын

    Hexagons are the bestagons

  • @xanderbriggs2794
    @xanderbriggs27943 жыл бұрын

    So one might say that hexagon are the bestagons.

  • @Purnendu1984
    @Purnendu19842 жыл бұрын

    Amazing explanation

  • @katuwalgovinda5028
    @katuwalgovinda50284 жыл бұрын

    Equilibrium, symmetry , stability this all is what NATURE is and mathematics helps to describe it for us. There is nothing and greater than NATURE. Everything will be sloved just have a look how things work in natural system. 😍😍😍 NATURE is Everything.