The Science of Streaming: How You’re Able to Binge-Watch Breaking Bad

We’ve come a long way since the days of rushing to Blockbuster on a Sunday evening to avoid paying the late fee on that VHS rental of Independence Day. Now, with a decent Internet connection and a few clicks of your mouse you can legally and easily stream and download movies to just about any device–something that your 90s-self would have probably assumed to be the sole reserve of science fiction.

“If you were to go back a decade and tell people that the Internet would be fast enough to stream video they wouldn’t believe it.