World’s Smallest Nerf Gun Shoots an Ant

Thanks to these folks for providing some of the music in the video:
Ponder - @pondermusic
Laura Shigihara - @supershigi

Special thanks to my friends at BYU - Larry Howell, Brian Jensen, Spencer Magleby, Terri Bateman, Felipe Rivera, Jacob Sheffield, Grant Ogilvie, Bridget Kember, Bethany Parkinson, Aliya Bascom, James Wade, Hunter Pruett, Jared Hunter, Luke Gardner, Ivyann Running, Michael Linder, Brooklyn Peters, Jared Erickson, Austin Martel, Kyle Dahl, Julie Walker, Adam Sanders, Matt Michell and Barret Schoenrock.



Also, thanks to the very talented group of researchers from the Salk Institute, UC San Diego, and UC San Francisco: Lauren P. Takiguchi, Jocelyn G. Olvera, Amanda L. Wacker, Ryan J. Fantasia, Boyu Liu, and Pallav Kosuri, Wade Shipley of UC San Diego, and Konlin Shen, Roopal Rawani, Amy Cao, Mike Jeffs, and Victoria Johnson.

[gason]

it's amazing how Mark uses the nerf gun to hook u into watching and then secretly makes u learn all about scientists who actually deserve the exposure ❤

[mleavitt]

There are now more of the world’s smallest nerf guns in existence than there will ever be just regular nerf guns.

[Kathlanus]

What I love most about this video is 19:25. Give people like these a fun yet seemingley rediciulous project and you never know what kind of idea it sparks in their head.

[scwtpji]

1:40I absolutely love the edit/cinematography here. It's so seamless!.

[Melone]

Im a physicist in Nanofabrication. This is impressive on another level. You made a video that children can watch that has more science inside than most lecture courses at university

[TimeBucks]

Love more detail on how the DNA was self building.

[KingAlextheKing]

Bro really said "I'm bored lol" and decided to make a nerf gun out of DNA, truly a masterpiece

[iputmilkbeforethecereal]

2:26 that aint wreck-it-ralph that's destroy-it-greg 💀

[MawaMaverick]

This guy pulls off something that is clearly extremely difficult to achieve and compresses it in a 20 minute video coupled with happy music.
Well done.

[CincyKid]

Mark Rober is a storytelling genius. His ability to trick my kids into loving science, math and engineering is nothing short of a miracle.

[Annnabannanna]

Mark is actually incredible. Never thought I'd get so hooked into physics.

[acethefurry]

In this video we found another dead ant outside and this time we're building cybernetic limbs to reanimate this ant

[thmilkman]

I love how mark’s just like “this is so small, light cant even reflect off of it”. Just so casually as well.

[MemeGod]

Mark is the guy that will literally remake all of his childhood toys into something insane.

[Crazyproaoe]

-ну что потомки, как вы там в 2024? Покоряете космос, вышли в 4ое измерение, летаете со скоростью света?
-сегодня мы собрали микроскопический пистолет из которого застрелили муравья.

[Decepticant]

In-freaking-sane!
I can't express how important what you're doing is for the scientific community and the advancement of humanity. It's truly amazing.

[Knarfy]

Wasn't expecting to learn how cool DNA is during a video about Nerf guns but I am so incredibly here for it.

[YouTube]

wow heading back to your alma mater for this video must have been such a wholesome feeling 🥲 you've come so far!

[tnfire]

I dont think Mark gets enough Credit for what he does. His work and dedication is close to Nobel worthiness.

[Amiri-xuox]

This was nothing short of inspiring! And born from such a simple first idea! A true reminder of what creativity and brilliance the human spirit is capable of, and that - although some might stand out - it's usually not a single person's achievement, but a string of steps taken by a whole bunch of people that lead to mankinds' most amazing feats. Absolutely beautiful.