Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonate Rainbows. The answer is 42Click here to SUBSCRIBE, it's FREE! -- bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓ More below ↓ Dorothy went over one. LeVar Burton read to us under one. In a song, Kermit the Frog connected us to one. Even Mork's suspenders were made of them Our culture, and our skies, are full of rainbows, but do you know how they form? Do we all see the same rainbow? Could cyborg-enhanced mantis shrimp eyes ever see a bigger rainbow? The answer to all these questions involves a little physics, and the number 42 ----------------- Have an idea for an episode or an amazing science question you want answered? Leave a comment below! Tweet at me: @jtotheizzoe Email me: itsokaytobesmart [at] gmail [dot] com Facebook: www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmart For more awesome science, check out: www.itsokaytobesmart.com Written and hosted by Joe Hanson Produced by Painted On Productions (www.paintedon.com/) ----------- VSauce: Is Your Red the Same as My Red? -- www.youtube.com/watch?v=evQsOFQju08 Want some more great science? Check out my last episode: Pay Attention! www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-PvAZq3jW4 Want even MORE? "What Is Wind?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCLwbqmacck "Why Music Moves Us" www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT3O93-nxDc