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ATP synthase in action
Harvard Online · 2 HN recommenders · 1 recommendation months
Recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 1 months (2021–2025).
SignalTube analysis
Among 26 other explainer videos tagged Biology & biotechnology, the mean is 2.0 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 2 distinct HN recommenders, close to that mean. Recommendations span 1 distinct month; the peer average is 2.1 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
33% of its 6 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2021–2025; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 4 minutes 59 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2017-04-19.
- Channel / speaker
- Harvard Online
- Verified runtime
- 4m 59s
- YouTube upload date
- 2017-04-19
- Hacker News mention years
- 2021–2025
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other explainer videos in Biology & biotechnology. “Shared recommenders” counts HN users who recommended both videos in the source graph.
| Video | HN recommenders | Recommendation months | Positive label share | Shared recommenders | Runtime | Upload date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATP synthase in actionCurrent video | 2 | 1 | 33% | — | 4m 59s | 2017-04-19 |
| mRNA Translation (Advanced)explainer · DNA Learning Center | 4 | 7 | 50% | No recorded overlap | 3m 4s | 2010-03-22 |
| The Deadliest Being on Planet Earth – The Bacteriophageexplainer · Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell | 4 | 4 | 50% | No recorded overlap | 7m 9s | 2018-05-13 |
| Where Do Trees Get Their Mass?explainer · Veritasium | 3 | 3 | 75% | No recorded overlap | 4m 10s | 2012-03-12 |
THREE SOURCE-BASED CONTEXT POINTS
Why Hacker News recommends it
Each note combines the dataset’s stance label and short rationale; comment bodies are not reproduced. Open the HN source for the original discussion.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Reversible computing with mechanical links and pivots”. Its short rationale: the source snapshot has no short rationale for this mention.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Discovery of ultrafast myosin, its amino acid sequence, and structural features”. Its short rationale: ATP synthase shown as tiny motors/pumps inside mitochondria.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Discovery of ultrafast myosin, its amino acid sequence, and structural features”. Its short rationale: Cool visualization of ATP synthase rotating to make ATP.