The internet is a fascinating place, but has it ever occurred to you that whenever you search for anything, it only takes a few seconds for a search engine to display you a result. That's an exceptional feat, especially because it only takes about half a second to search billions of web pages. So how does it work? Find out in this episode of Elemental where we talk about the smaller things in tech that make a much bigger impact on the real world. You can catch new Elemental videos every Sunday at 1 pm.