So a quick update regarding my strike: I was able to successully appeal the strike and youtube restored the video. Like i said before, we shouldn't worry too much as this is the sort of games youtube and I play. Then they striked another video! (this time one on distilling sulfuric acid) LOL, the game continues. I'm fairly certain this will be successfully appealed as well though, so no worries.

Awesome stuff man!

I think I prefer this progress report format over just seeing the more polished process.

Love the progress report video format... Learning through failure is what makes science

"Despite what the name suggests, baby oil is not actually made from babies" haha

It's nice to see the progress in this research!

I'm not a chemist, but I like watching your videos. I find these exploratory experiments actually more interesting than the how-to videos.

Beautiful. Thanks for your continued work on this.

I really really hope KZfaq doesn't keep trying to terminate your channel, I really enjoy your videos, same with Cody's Lab.

Used to work in PTFE manufacturing environments. It's very common to etch PTFE and other fluoropolymers with a Sodium Naphthalene solution so that when you overmold onto the PTFE, it'll have a better chance of adhesion. :)

Is the dead spider at 3:46 needed for the reaction too haha

Today I learned that baby oil is not actually made from babies.

This video shows how many failures scientists have to work through before they find a successful product or process. We should encourage such videos!

"Despite it´s name baby oil is not made out of babies" i love your humor nerd. you got mew laughing after what we germans call a used day. A day whwere everything that possibly can go wrong does. Like coming late to work despite already leaving an hour earlier and gettig home at the same time as usual despite being send home 2h earlier. (i´m paid by the hour. 23 bucks gone.) and keep us on your findings with the experiments. OFC we want to see the whole process not just the seemingly perfect result

I like the format that looks at failures and lists why they failed along with the thought process going forward.

NASA, "Failure is not an option." This is only true in the vacuum of space. Here on ol' Terra, failure is progress. Your willingness to openly try and fail is a boon to the human race. Any progress is good progress. Thank you for sharing your videos

I defenitely prefer this sort of video since it outlines te way to the solution of a problem. I can see how actual chemists may prefer a step to step tutorial on doing these reactions, however for entertainment this video format seems alot better to me. Thank you alot for making all of these videos! It does not matter what format you use it is always quite interesting to me!

Thanks for mentioning the importance of the learnings in the failed experiments . With out those experiments we do not know what the path is to success and students need to understand that success in something new often requires many attempts and that there is learnings from all experiments !

The extensive video was most welcome. It's not quite uninformative to just present the final working reaction, but showing the actual route with dead ends is so encouraging when stuff doesn't work for us.

I'm a computational chemist and I really love your videos. They're like comfort food.

I love the format - showing us the actual science, warts and all, and not just the pretty results at the end of the line.

Very much enjoy the progress videos. So long as these don't take too much time away from your other production and video work, they are very welcome.

Love this progress report! Shows everyone that not every attempt is perfect and curiosity is a key to great science. Thank you.

The format of this video is very good. Its very educational to see the overall process of your work and not only the streamlined conclusion. A true gem! Thank you.

Great progress report. It's wonderful hearing the processes discussed.

Keep the progress reports coming! Knowing what doesn't work and why is just as important as what did work.

Please continue with the progress reports. Very informative and it is nice to see the process. Keep up the great work.

I love the detailed progress report style video that goes into all the things that you tried and found not to work. Having a list of things people have tried is really helpful if you end up needing to modify a procedure and want to have an idea if someone has already tried the modification and found that it would cause failure. Thanks!!!

absolutely like this format, congratulations

LOVE THE FORMAT. NR, you making more videos is good. I like your approach to the subject, and am not here just for the final product of it. It is enthusing seeing the whole process take place with additional thought. Keep it up and i'll keep coming back to learn something new.

I love to see the progress. It really show how to apply the scientific method in progress and not just a fancy end result.

I enjoyed the video focusing on your methods of finding a workable procedure. The failures with analysis of why they failed is almost more interesting than a straight-forward "how-to" video.

Greetings I've been watching for years, thank you. The new format is much better please continue with it

Love the approach of sharing the failures! Much more valuable than just sharing what worked.

Yes! More like this! It's as awesome seeing the process as the final result, in all things.

Progress reports are awesome! Keep doing them please!

You are amazing! I really enjoyed this progress report and method. Well done!

This was just utterly beautiful to watch

I really enjoyed this video. Showing that you have had failures and set backs as well as showing that there was progress being made, even from the failures, is super inspiring!

The view into your investigative process is incredibly valuable. I've learned at least as much from your failures as your successes, if not more. This format is awesome. Please continue.

YES, I absolutely like this format! Our interest here is in exploring the science!

Really awesome to hear your rational for the process.

Wow. You were so excited, u even smashed a flask. That shows how proud of your hard work

Knowing what doesn’t work or doesn’t work well is just as if not more valuable than what will work. Awesome video/series. Keep up the hard work.

I absolutely love the "progress report" style! Encouraging the "publishing" of negative results and the discovery process is super important and awesome!

love the progress videos. it also holds a lot of background videos which is important for learning more about the stuff that happens

Thank you NurdRage for the hard work.... you're awesome.

This kind of research-type video is highly educational! Great job!

Definitely like the videos about the research, discovery, and refinement of the process. I love a good guide to a procedure that I'm interested in, but understanding how one arrives there is incredibly valuable and will help inspire new experimentation.

I do like this format! Successes, failures, conclusions... this is actual science being done! :D

Nice to know what's behind the scenes and experiments. I'm very excited about this new method! great work!

This is beautiful! It's videos like this which will cultivate the next generation of chemists. Not to mention how cool the process is to all of us existing hobbyists. I feel like it comes from all of us when I say thank you for doing real science on KZfaq, despite their algorithm's apparent aversion toward it.

This progress report is fantastic.

I like this format. Watching the progress report them the video of what works next feels like im seeing the whole picture.

New to your channel. This format is great. Love all the dead end attempts and the thinking behind your discoveries. Very interesting.

Very good format. More is learned from failure than success. Thank you for sharing!

Very cool! Congrats on your progress!

Loving this style of video report.Cheers.

This is great!! This is science in action!! Thank you for these videos! I LOVE the progress report format!

This is my favorite style of science video!

I love this instead of a how to, you actually give notes and failures! Keep it up

These types of videos are far more valuable than the typical how-to videos for people trying to learn. Please keep them coming.

This is really cool! I love this video format and I admire all the hard work you put into this project.

This format is great IMO.

thank you, even though this isnt a how to it incorporates something i find just as valuable: the how not to and the reasons why. im still in the early stages of learning chemistry and find everything in this video a need to know, thanks for showing the degradation on the stir bar and glass. keep up the progress i look forward to the how to and any more videos like this one.

That ball of sodium formed is so damn neat! Holy moly

We all love the progress format! Makes us feel like part of the process rather than just passive recipients.

love these progress reports. it's more about the journey than the destination. also a lot can be learned from failures

loving this one even more than your regular ones!

Your work is simply awesome. I wish more people see you big effort.

This video was fascinating! I love learning about what works and doesn't work, as well as the thought process that was behind your experiments. Definitely keep doing this format if you like doing it!

Love the progress report style vid!

I love these types of videos! I always have questions as to why chemists use certain chemicals to synthesize others despite there being many ways to get the job done. This trial and error type video really helps me grasp chemistry more by showing me why things don't work instead of just telling me what does work. Great vid man and please make more!

Thank you for this video... gives a real sense of scientific method including failures as well as successes. As ever, nicely presented.

Beautiful job with usefully cogent analysis. You are an inspiration! Thank you.

i do enjoy this video format. it's nice to see the process behind your how-to videos.

I like this format! This is what being a chemist is really like. Also, it’s really satisfying when you figure it out after all these trials.

These progress reports are actually pretty nice to watch. Getting all the extra details gives you a better picture of the process as a whole. It's also nice to see the creative process, as it were (like a comedian working out a new bit, in a way).

I loved this format! So much information, good or bad, was excellent to me!

Keep the progress report videos coming.

Nice work ! looking forward to seeing more on this subject.

Have to say I do like the progress report format. Understanding what works or doesn't work gives a much better understanding of the actual mechanisms of the reaction.

This video format is great! SO interesting.

Awesome job, yes i like the process that you show and discuss the setbacks, which lead to the thought processes that help achieve the goal. I learn more from my setbacks or failed ideas then i do from simple successful task. My setbacks or failed ideas sometimes will help me with future task, and actually the failed part becomes a success in a different endeavor.

The how-to videos are most useful but the progress-report videos are most interesting. Both formats are great.

I watch these videos out of pure interest, so seeing the failures explained more to me

Love this format. It's very interesting to learn about your discovery process.

The progress report format is awesome! We know you’re just human, and have shown some “bloopers” before, but seeing just a “here’s where I am, and what it took to get here” with relatively unfiltered content is very refreshing. It also provides a good stop gap to make sure your channel is “active” in the algorithms and keeps you in the forefront of all of our minds. Thanks for all the great content you produce!

Thank you for sharing. I appreciate seeing your process.

this is nothing but AWESOME!!! great job.

Awesome work mate!!!

This format is much better than your normal one.

Love seeing this part of the science. Congrats on your success!

Thanks for the progress video, it was thoughtful and helpful.

I enjoyed the progress report style video. Keep up the good work

Good to see that you still exist on youtube! Hopefully youtube stops harassing you.

Really like this format.

i LOVE process and failure videos. They're so important to those of us who are still learning.

I really appreciate the progression reports. They are the most interesting and important videos of yours, you really should keep them up. If I was a chem teacher I'd specifically ask you if I could use, or pay you directly to use, your videos in order to teach my students the importance of this process and everything that needs to be considered. I'm glad you are sharing us this perspective, because for almost everyone who is not themselves in research, they will never see that part of the process. Seeing what works and what doesn't, weighing the results even when it works if it is even worth it, and if yes how much? And specifying what the losses are, what problems need to be adressed etc... its SO fascinating and detailed. I love the fact that I get to see what exactly needs to be considered at every point and perspective, thanks for that. Please keep up with these progression reports. They are very valuable.

Love the format!