00:00Have you heard that Earth's gravity is supposed to turn off this August for seven seconds?
00:05Okay, actually that's not true and in fact it's impossible. However, a conspiracy theory is
00:11trending right now making this claim. So we talked to a scientist about why this might be
00:17and what would actually be involved in turning off Earth's gravity. So first of all, a reason
00:23for believing in a conspiracy theory like this might be wanting to belong to a like-minded
00:28group or another reason is distrust of authority. So the physicist explained to us that actually
00:37turning off Earth's gravity would take an impossible amount of energy. So it's just one reason why
00:43it couldn't happen. But it is also kind of fun to think about what would happen if gravity
00:49really did turn off. So one thing is, for example, if you timed it just right, you could leap up
00:55into the air 64 feet before it got turned back on.
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