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  • 01:05 Popular Fold 'N Fly ✈ The Sprinter Paper Airplane

    Fold 'N Fly ✈ The Sprinter Paper Airplane

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    Watch this video to learn how to create the "Sprinter" paper plane found on http://www.foldnfly.com

  • 06:03 Can other animals understand death? - Barbara J. King

    Can other animals understand death? - Barbara J. King

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    Do nonhuman animals experience grief? Explore mourning in the animal kingdom to find out the answer to this tricky question.--In 2018, an orca called Tahlequah gave birth. But her daughter died within an hour. Tahlequah, however, didnt leave her body. Ove

  • 10:26 Popular That Time Howard Hughes Purchased a TV Station So He Could Have Netflix in the 1960s

    That Time Howard Hughes Purchased a TV Station So He Could Have Netflix in the 1960s

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    →Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →How "Dick" came to be short for 'Richard': https://youtu.be/BH1NAwwKtcg?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2Acy6g9Ta7hzC0Rr3RDS6q Never run out of things to say at the wate

  • 05:58 Popular Whats hidden in Arctic ice? - Brendan Rogers and Jessica Howard

    Whats hidden in Arctic ice? - Brendan Rogers and Jessica Howard

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    Discover what scientists have found buried in the Arctic permafrost, and find out the far-reaching effects of its melting. --In June 2022, a gold miner in the Canadian Yukon made a remarkable discovery. While working on the traditional lands of the Trondk

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  • 01:24 Sesame Street: Dwight Howard and Elmo's ABC

    Sesame Street: Dwight Howard and Elmo's ABC

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    Sure, Dwight Howard can D-U-N-K, but maybe some of you were not aware of Mr. Howard's brilliant A-B-C skills. Listen to Dwight and Elmo jam out to the alphabet. Subscribe to the Sesame Street Channel here: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_us

  • 04:19 Coneheads, egg stacks and anteater attacks: The reign of a termite queen - Barbara L. Thorne

    Coneheads, egg stacks and anteater attacks: The reign of a termite queen - Barbara L. Thorne

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    Take a look inside the conehead termite colony as a queen begins her reign as one of the longest living insects in the animal kingdom.--A single determined termite braves countless threats to participate in the only flight of her lifetime. She evades the

  • 02:48 Popular The Amazing World of Gumball | Gumball Hunts For Banana Barbara | Cartoon Network UK

    The Amazing World of Gumball | Gumball Hunts For Banana Barbara | Cartoon Network UK

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    Gumball needs to find Banana Barbara. When Banana Barbara has a meltdown, all hell breaks loose.Subscribe to the Cartoon Network UK YouTube channel: https://goo.gl/hRAVDf Visit the Cartoon Network UK website:http://www.cartoonnetwork.co.ukCheck out all th

  • 02:26 Popular Sesame Street: Elmo and Dwight Howard make a Strategy

    Sesame Street: Elmo and Dwight Howard make a Strategy

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    A strategy is a plan to help solve a problem. Dwight Howard and Elmo were just discussing hypothetical strategies when all of a sudden Mr. Tiger showed up and started chewing on their basketball. Naturally, they came up with a strategy to get it back. Fin

  • 06:02 Do dogs have feelings?  with Jules Howard

    Do dogs have feelings? with Jules Howard

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    Over the last ten years science has discovered some fascinating new findings about the minds of dogs. Find out more with Jules Howard and Lilly.Watch Jules's full lecture here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcHw3EgR9PYGet Jules's book 'Wonderdog': https

  • 53:34 What can science tell us about dogs?  with Jules Howard

    What can science tell us about dogs? with Jules Howard

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    Does your dog really love you? Can dogs understand human emotions? And what's the history of dogs and scientific research? Watch the Q&A here: https://youtu.be/1fWCiccira4Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibeGet Jules's book 'Won

  • 01:35 Popular Jurassic World Official Movie Clip #1 - Alive (2015) - Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard Movie HD

    Jurassic World Official Movie Clip #1 - Alive (2015) - Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard Movie HD

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    Subscribe to TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/sxaw6h Subscribe to COMING SOON: http://bit.ly/H2vZUn Like us on FACEBOOK: http://goo.gl/dHs73 Follow us on TWITTER: http://bit.ly/1ghOWmt Jurassic World Official Movie Clip #1 - Alive (2015) - Chris Pratt, Bryce Dalla

  • 01:25 Usain Bolt vs. Gravity

    Usain Bolt vs. Gravity

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    Who's faster over 10 meters - the fastest sprinter in the world, or gravity? Also, explore a map of the big bang! http://www.bigbangregistry.com MinutePhysics is on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 And facebook - http://facebook.com/minutephysics And twitte

  • 03:18 'Mental toughness is the secret to success' | BBC Ideas

    'Mental toughness is the secret to success' | BBC Ideas

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    British gold medal-winning sprinter and former gymnast Asha Philip tells the story of her success - and her tough journey along the way.Want to watch more like this? Four secrets from sports psychology you can use in everyday life https://www.youtube.com/

  • 04:01 Curly Takes the Stand

    Curly Takes the Stand

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    Curly Howard testifies in the public domain classic "Disorder in the Court." He's a victim of circumstance!

  • 5 Women Artists' Stories | Tate Kids

    5 Women Artists' Stories | Tate Kids

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    Discover 5 amazing women artists that changed the art world! Including: Yayoi Kusama, Barbara Hepworth, Sonia Boyce and Dayanita Singh.Play and explore more on Tate Kids: https://goo.gl/mY6jF2

  • 00:59 Open Your Heart (and Let a Puppy In) - Parry Gripp

    Open Your Heart (and Let a Puppy In) - Parry Gripp

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    Puppies need love! Please consider helping them by donating to DAWG ( https://www.syvhumane.org ), the Santa Barbara area Humane Society. Or better yet, swing by and pick up a puppy!#puppies #dogs #cuteanimals #parrygripp

  • 09:36 The 1908 Election Explained

    The 1908 Election Explained

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    A super fun overview of the 1908 electoral Presidential contest between Howard Taft and William Jennings Bryan. Check out the series here https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8C7B72D8B769A0A0 Be sure to check out the video arsenal at www.hiphughes.com

  • 01:54 Popular The Science Of Track & Field Ft. Allyson Felix & Ashton Eaton | WIRED

    The Science Of Track & Field Ft. Allyson Felix & Ashton Eaton | WIRED

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    What does it take to be an Olympic sprinter? Power and aggression. WIRED talks to Allyson Felix, Lashawn Merritt, Ashton Eaton, Jarryd Wallace, and Dawn Harper about the science behind the sport, and the mechanics behind propelling their bodies from the b

  • 03:24 Popular Drawing a Little Leopard - Kanika

    Drawing a Little Leopard - Kanika

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    Colored pencil drawing of Kanika, an Amur leopard who was the first born for her mother Kaia with her partner Akin at Marwell Wildlife in Britain. Kanika, whose name means ‘gold’ in Sanskrit, is about five months old in this drawing (reference photo taken

  • 08:46 Popular are you okay? |  Award-Winning Short Film About Bullying

    are you okay? | Award-Winning Short Film About Bullying

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    This animated short film project of the Barbara Sinatra Children's Center Foundation was produced in collaboration with Wonder Media and the Joshua Center at the University of Washington. Directed by Ryan Cannon. "are you okay?" was named 2021 Best Animat

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  • 03:17 Popular King Tutankhamun's Trumpets played after 3000+ Years

    King Tutankhamun's Trumpets played after 3000+ Years

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    . Among the remarkable treasures found in Tutankhamun's tomb were two ornate trumpets, one made of silver and the other of bronze. In 1939, BBC radio broadcast the trumpets' music to 150 million people listening in world wide, broadcast to "The Four Corne

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  • 17:19 Yorkshire woman born in 1860 speaking English. Can you understand?

    Yorkshire woman born in 1860 speaking English. Can you understand?

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    Tamar Hoggarth nee Fletcher was born in 1860 in the North York Moors, northern England. She was one of seven children born to William and Ada Adamson of Marton / Cropton and Castle Howard. She went into service and had an illegitimate son before marrying

  • 04:27 Popular The Axolotl: A Cut Above The Rest

    The Axolotl: A Cut Above The Rest

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    The axolotl is a Mexican salamander with an incredible ability: Cut its leg off, and the limb will grow right back! How it does this and why humans can't is still a bit of a mystery. Researchers like Susan Bryant of UC Irvine are studying these amphibians

  • 02:58 The Flash's Great Idea | DC Super Hero Girls | Cartoon Network

    The Flash's Great Idea | DC Super Hero Girls | Cartoon Network

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    Stream more DC Super Hero Girls http://cartn.co/YTDCSHGAfter an embarrassing incident ruins Barbara Gordons reputation, rather than owning it and moving on, she decides its easier to harness The Flashs newly discovered ability to travel back in time and a

  • 04:25 Popular How 3D Printing Gave These Animals A New Life

    How 3D Printing Gave These Animals A New Life

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    3D printing has come a long way, and while we are mostly using it to develop human parts, how has 3D printing given these animals new lives? Help support DNews by completing this one-question survey http://bit.ly/dnewssurvey Read More: Mutilated toucan ge

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  • 01:46 The Courage To Invent: A NASA Roboticist Tells Her Story | Joe's Big Idea| NPR

    The Courage To Invent: A NASA Roboticist Tells Her Story | Joe's Big Idea| NPR

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    Growing up, Howard was obsessed with creating robots. She earned her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and by the time she was 27 she landed her dream job at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Howard describes an experience early on in her career at JP

  • 05:07 Popular How Did Clouds Get Their Names? - Richard Hamblyn

    How Did Clouds Get Their Names? - Richard Hamblyn

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-did-clouds-get-their-names-richard-hamblyn The study of clouds has always been a daydreamer’s science, aptly founded by a thoughtful young man whose favorite activity was staring out of the window at t

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  • 10:20 Why Most Resolutions Fail & How To Succeed

    Why Most Resolutions Fail & How To Succeed

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    Common pitfalls of New Year's resolutions and how I plan to avoid them. Thanks Audible! Start listening with a 30-day trial and your first audiobook plus two Audible Originals free when you go to https://audible.com/veritasium or text veritasium to 500500

  • 08:28 Breakthrough: The Killer Snail Chemist

    Breakthrough: The Killer Snail Chemist

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    These aren't your ordinary garden snails. Tiny cone snails may boast delicate and gorgeous shells, but they pack a powerful—and lethal—punch. The snails' venom can be fatal to various fish and even humans. But it could also offer a potential cure. Mandë H

  • 02:27 Popular Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom - Official Trailer [HD]

    Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom - Official Trailer [HD]

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    Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom In Theaters June 22, 2018 https://www.jurassicworld.com It’s been four years since theme park and luxury resort Jurassic World was destroyed by dinosaurs out of containment. Isla Nublar now sits abandoned by humans whi

  • 08:46 The First Time The DC Super Hero Girls Met | Cartoon Network

    The First Time The DC Super Hero Girls Met | Cartoon Network

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    Watch more DC Super Hero Girls http://cartn.co/YTDCSHGThe world may know them as Wonder Woman, Supergirl and Batgirl, but not-so-typical teenagers Diana, Kara and Barbara alongside their Super Hero friends have much more to deal with than just protecting

  • 02:19 Do Jellyfish Sleep?

    Do Jellyfish Sleep?

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    More Info: http://www.caltech.edu/news/surprising-ancient-behavior-jellyfish-79701 Three Caltech graduate students have discovered that jellyfish sleep. The work was a collaboration between three Caltech laboratories led by: - Paul Sternberg, Thomas Hunt

  • 10:03 Four has Four Letters

    Four has Four Letters

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    Four is the only number in the English language which as as many letters as its value. Leave your findings below and please do comment (constructively!) on the findings of others. Here is the python code I used to track which binary sequences ended in 13

  • 02:21 Teaching Ruby Bridges

    Teaching Ruby Bridges

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    In the 1960s, Black schoolgirl Ruby Bridges and White teacher Barbara Henry showed America the true power of racial integration in the classroom.Untold is a free collection of short, compelling, history videos and animations designed to engage new audienc

  • 03:14 Blame it on the DNA

    Blame it on the DNA

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    Lyrics by Mr. Cortez (Hogan High School) and Tom McFadden. DISCLAIMER: We wrote this song to get students excited about the basics of protein synthesis and how proteins can affect phenotypes, including disease phenotypes. Note that very few things in life

  • 06:47 What are antibubbles?

    What are antibubbles?

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    This episode is sponsored by Audible. Try Audible: http://audible.com/physicsgirl Beyond Slow Motion: https://www.youtube.com/user/BeyondSlowMotion Smarter Every Day: https://www.youtube.com/user/destinws2 Learn how to make antibubbles and the science beh

  • 22:41 Calculating the optimal sphere packing density: with oranges

    Calculating the optimal sphere packing density: with oranges

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    Check out the corresponding video I made with Steve Mould for his channel. https://youtu.be/O3RsDIWB7s0 Thomas Hales’s proof of the Kepler Conjecture. http://annals.math.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/annals-v162-n3-p01.pdf The Kepler Conjecture on wiki

  • 13:06 Preserving Our Past, Protecting Our Future

    Preserving Our Past, Protecting Our Future

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    In this reel, we meet remarkable individuals doing what they can to keep what they love alive. We travel to Virginia to tour Howard Hankin's incredible collection of giant presidential busts, go underwater with the team trying to keep Blue Tangs from goin

  • 17:38 Recreating Asteroids with Lasers

    Recreating Asteroids with Lasers

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    Thanks to Seb Lee-Delisle for recreating the Asteroids vector graphics with his massive laser. Here’s his site: http://seb.ly/ Of course he’s on Github, where you can find out more about controlling lasers with computers: https://github.com/sebleedelisle/

  • 01:50 Potato Growing Underground Time Lapse - 92 Days

    Potato Growing Underground Time Lapse - 92 Days

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    Super excited about the massive harvest i got from this one, totally worth 3 months :) At 0:49 you can see when the fungus gnat larvae are starting to munch on everything that's underground. Probably ate some tiny potatoes as well in the process. if i kne

  • 12:08 Popular Friendly Sea Turtles!  | JONATHAN BIRD'S BLUE WORLD

    Friendly Sea Turtles! | JONATHAN BIRD'S BLUE WORLD

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    Jonathan joins legendary underwater filmmakers Howard and Michele Hall on an expedition to the Philippines where they meet some friendly sea turtles feeding on sea grass.JONATHAN BIRD'S BLUE WORLD is an Emmy Award-winning underwater science/adventure seri

  • 01:57 Popular APPLE TREE Growing From Seed TIME LAPSE - 171 Days

    APPLE TREE Growing From Seed TIME LAPSE - 171 Days

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    i'm planning on planting this one outside in the spring and setting up a camera in some kind of weather proof box and making this a forever project with yearly updates, lets see how that goes.i don't know what kind of fruit it will produce though :)Music

  • 06:10 Mushrooms Might Save the World

    Mushrooms Might Save the World

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    Mushrooms—MUSHROOMS!—will save us. You might ask yourself: Uh… save us from what? Well, ourselves of course. Because mushrooms just might be able to… Cut down on cow farts—Wash your clothes—Treat PTSD—Replace styrofoam—Do you wear leather? What about mush

  • 10:06 Matt & Hugh: the mystery of two balls in a can

    Matt & Hugh: the mystery of two balls in a can

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    Dr Hugh Hunt is a Senior Lecturer in Engineering at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Trinity College. http://www.hughhunt.co.uk/ Watch Hugh and I calculate how fast a motorbike can go on a wall of death. https://youtu.be/b23i3NhFLDc CORRECTIONS

  • 06:11 The Brick Balancing Challenge

    The Brick Balancing Challenge

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    How far can you make a tower lean? Bricks optional. Lower-mass cuboids should work just as well. Previous brick video: The Brick Double-Domino Effect Explained https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYkBctqyKic Try to keep the comments spoiler free! But I do not

  • 04:44 Artemis I: We Are Ready

    Artemis I: We Are Ready

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    The journey of half a million miles – the first flight of the Artemis Generation – is about to begin. The uncrewed Artemis I mission will jump-start humanity’s return to the Moon with the thunderous liftoff of NASA’s powerful new S

  • 05:24 Do Animals Mourn Their Dead? (ft. BrainCraft And Gross Science!)

    Do Animals Mourn Their Dead? (ft. BrainCraft And Gross Science!)

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    This episode is brought to you by Dropbox https://www.dropbox.com/ Follow me to Gross Science: https://youtu.be/kRUt9pqMCSg and BrainCraft: https://youtu.be/Joalg73L_gw ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Tweet ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSmourn Share on FB ⇒ http://

  • 09:54 Does the Theory of Evolution Really Matter?

    Does the Theory of Evolution Really Matter?

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    Support Stated Clearly on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/statedclearly Students who may be disinterested or uncomfortable with the science of evolution often wonder why it is worth their time and effort to understand. Stated Clearly and Emory University

  • 05:40 How to find a square root

    How to find a square root

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    Here is the original π video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhlqCJjbEa0 Watch the long version of the extra working out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7YvD7dqsy8 My calculation gave the square root of 10,005 to be 100.02499687578103 Compared to

  • 00:39 Flying through a fly's brain

    Flying through a fly's brain

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    Can flying through the fly brain bring us insight into how the fly flies? Learn more about this new approach to combining lattice-sheet microscopy with expansion microscopy, developed by researchers from the Media Lab's Synthetic Neurobiology group and co

  • 07:59 Breakthrough: Connecting the Drops

    Breakthrough: Connecting the Drops

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    Bacteria and viruses hitch a ride inside droplets of all kinds—sneezes, raindrops, toilet splatter. By reviewing footage of different types of drops, applied mathematician Lydia Bourouiba records and measures where they disperse in order to better underst

  • 03:36 How This Surf Instructor Is Changing Lives

    How This Surf Instructor Is Changing Lives

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    Jean-Paul JP Garca is on a mission to help others fall in love with the ocean. A surf instructor in Santa Barbara, California, he teaches his beloved sport to those looking for thrills, empowerment and, sometimes, healing.This Great Big Story was made by

  • 09:09 The Illumination Problem - Numberphile

    The Illumination Problem - Numberphile

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    Featuring Professor Howard Masur from the University of Chicago. Filmed at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI). Part 2 of this interview: https://youtu.be/AGX0cLbHaog Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/numberphile Numberphile is supported by

  • 05:03 What in the world is topological quantum matter? - Fan Zhang

    What in the world is topological quantum matter? - Fan Zhang

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    Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-in-the-world-is-topological-quantum-matter David Thouless, Duncan Haldane, and Michael Kosterlitz won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2016 for discov

  • 05:44 Popular Where do new words come from? - Marcel Danesi

    Where do new words come from? - Marcel Danesi

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    Check out the Mysteries of Vernacular series: https://ed.ted.com/mysteries-of-vernacular View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/where-do-new-words-come-from-marcel-danesi There are over 170,000 words currently in use in the English language. Yet eve

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  • 05:51 Postcards from backstage: Rob and the Anti-Monty-Hall Problem

    Postcards from backstage: Rob and the Anti-Monty-Hall Problem

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    Katie’s postcard is here: https://youtu.be/dFvzUNMU1Lo Hugh’s postcard over here: https://youtu.be/b23i3NhFLDc More about Maths Inspiration shows for sixth formers: http://www.mathsinspiration.com/ We have 2017 shows in Manchester, Winchester, London, Bir

  • 04:00 Popular The Brick Double-Domino Effect Explained

    The Brick Double-Domino Effect Explained

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    If you use bricks as dominoes: you get a second wave going in the opposite direction. Watch the original brick domino video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BTWiZ7CYoI I think that is the original upload. If anyone finds a better one, please do let

  • 04:41 Popular The strange case of the cyclops sheep - Tien Nguyen

    The strange case of the cyclops sheep - Tien Nguyen

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    Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-strange-case-of-the-cyclops-sheep-tien-nguyen In the 1950s, a group of ranchers in Idaho were baffled when their sheep gave birth to lambs with only

  • 07:07 Popular How fast is a Fidget Spinner?

    How fast is a Fidget Spinner?

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    Use some mathematics to work out how fast a Fidget Spinner spins. In fidgets/second. Maths and science teachers: please do torment your students with this experiment. All they need is a Fidget Spinner and a phone; the two things they refuse to be without.

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  • 03:48 Creating the Worst Video Game of All Time

    Creating the Worst Video Game of All Time

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    The video game 'E.T, The Extraterrestrial' for Atari 2600 is considered one of the biggest flops in gaming history. Yet the game's designer, Howard Scott Warshaw, says he couldn't be prouder of that honor. This is the story of an awesomely bad video game.

  • 05:35 The surprising cause of stomach ulcers - Rusha Modi

    The surprising cause of stomach ulcers - Rusha Modi

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    Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-surprising-cause-of-stomach-ulcers-rusha-modi It’s a common misconception that stomach ulcers are caused by emotional upset, psychological distress,

  • 05:20 Chaotic Waterwheel

    Chaotic Waterwheel

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    A waterwheel with leaky buckets undergoes chaotic motion. Our wheel is about 1 meter in diameter and was fabricated with wood in our shop. The little buckets are citronella candle holders with holes drilled out of the bottom. The sump pump was purchased f

  • 02:40 Popular Live a Day in the Life of King Tut | National Geographic

    Live a Day in the Life of King Tut | National Geographic

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    Ever wonder how Egyptian royalty lived 3,000 years ago? In 1922, British archaeologist Howard Carter’s discovery of an intact tomb revealed a wealth of artifacts and information that turned King Tut into a household name, and perhaps the most famous

  • 05:17 The rise and fall of the Assyrian Empire - Marian H Feldman

    The rise and fall of the Assyrian Empire - Marian H Feldman

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    Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-assyrian-empire-marian-h-feldman Before the sun never set on the British Empire; before Genghis Khan swept the steppe; before R

  • 07:00 Measuring the Berlin TV Tower with a ruler

    Measuring the Berlin TV Tower with a ruler

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    Watch me try to calculate how tall the Berlin TV Tower is using a ruler! Berlin also being a great reminder that dividing walls are a terrible idea. Info about the Berlin Fernsehturm TV Tower: https://www.berlin.de/en/attractions-and-sights/3560707-310405

  • 14:27 Why is TV 29.97 frames per second?

    Why is TV 29.97 frames per second?

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    I look at the historical quirks which gave us TV at 29.97 frames per second. In North America at least. It's a comfortable 25 fps in Europe. More on that thing I mentioned at the end of the video here: https://www.patreon.com/standupmaths Here is the sphe

  • 04:08 The Chainsmokers & Coldplay - Something Just Like This (Lyric)

    The Chainsmokers & Coldplay - Something Just Like This (Lyric)

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    The Chainsmokers debut album 'Memories... Do Not Open' is out now! Buy & Stream: http://smarturl.it/TCSMemories Physical CD: http://smarturl.it/TCSMemoriesCD Vinyl LP: http://smarturl.it/TCSMemoriesVinyl DIRECTOR: James Zwadlo // (Instagram: jzwadlo)

  • 06:17 Popular Sharks Sharks Sharks & More Sharks

    Sharks Sharks Sharks & More Sharks

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    There are 12 living Orders of sharks and rays swimming in our oceans today, and more than 440 known species. Here are some of the wackier ones! ------------------ NEW! Subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/thebrainscoop/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/the

  • 10:36 Fossil Meteorites

    Fossil Meteorites

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    In which we set out and find fossil meteorites in time and space. Wait... meteorites can be fossilized?! Mind blown. Read more about Philipp Heck's meteoritical research and the arrival of fossil meteorites at The Field Museum! http://www.fieldmuseum.org/

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  • 02:13 Popular Tangled Before Ever After: Wind In My Hair | Lyric Video | Disney Sing Along

    Tangled Before Ever After: Wind In My Hair | Lyric Video | Disney Sing Along

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    Tangled Ever After is a 2012 American computer animated short film directed by Nathan Greno and Byron Howard. It is a sequel to the 2010 Walt Disney Animation Studios film Tangled. SUBSCRIBE to get notified when new Disney videos are posted: http://di.sn/

  • 14:01 Popular How to build a Hexastix in 72 easy steps

    How to build a Hexastix in 72 easy steps

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    I was bored in a hotel room, so I went and bought 72 pencils. You can buy the same pencils on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Staples-Yellow-Pencils-Dozen/dp/B00BQ3ALD6?_encoding=UTF8&tag=stanupmath-20 Download the Stand-up Maths theme! https://standu

  • 04:47 Popular Can you solve the egg drop riddle? - Yossi Elran

    Can you solve the egg drop riddle? - Yossi Elran

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    Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/can-you-solve-the-egg-drop-riddle-yossi-elran The city has just opened its one-of-a-kind Faberge Egg Museum, with a single egg displayed on each floor o

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  • 04:34 Time Is But a Stubborn Illusion - Sneak Peek | Genius

    Time Is But a Stubborn Illusion - Sneak Peek | Genius

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    Supergirl Joins the Bad Guys | DC Super Hero Girls | Cartoon Network

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    Why is meningitis so dangerous? - Melvin Sanicas

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  • 10:36 How to keep an open secret with mathematics.

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  • 11:05 How Technicolor changed movies

    How Technicolor changed movies

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  • 06:22 Are We Alone? Galactic Civilization Challenge | Space Time | PBS Digital Studios

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    How rollercoasters affect your body - Brian D. Avery

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    The Actual Mathematics of Popping Champagne Corks

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    Rock and Roll | DC Super Hero Girls | Cartoon Network

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    MENACE: the pile of matchboxes which can learn

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    What Really Causes Sunburns?

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  • 03:02 Popular Wonder Woman and The Bully | DC Superhero Girls | Cartoon Network

    Wonder Woman and The Bully | DC Superhero Girls | Cartoon Network

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    Disney's Aladdin Official Trailer - In Theaters May 24!

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    Skis of Glory: The Rise, Fall and Return of Ski Ballet

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    Why don’t poisonous animals poison themselves? - Rebecca D. Tarvin

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  • 07:35 Calculator Number Trick: rectangle patterns

    Calculator Number Trick: rectangle patterns

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    What causes heartburn? - Rusha Modi

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  • 05:21 How do cigarettes affect the body? - Krishna Sudhir

    How do cigarettes affect the body? - Krishna Sudhir

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    What causes constipation? - Heba Shaheed

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    What’s the smallest thing in the universe? - Jonathan Butterworth

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  • 05:18 Popular Can you solve the rebel supplies riddle? - Alex Gendler

    Can you solve the rebel supplies riddle? - Alex Gendler

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  • 04:53 What really happened to the Library of Alexandria? - Elizabeth Cox

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    Can you solve the troll’s paradox riddle? - Dan Finkel

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    Can you solve the stolen rubies riddle? - Dennis Shasha

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    The princess who rewrote history - Leonora Neville

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    Historical Figures Brought To Life Using AI Technology Vol.1

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  • 04:51 Popular Which is stronger: Glue or tape? - Elizabeth Cox

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  • 04:34 Popular What is dust made of? - Michael Marder

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  • 04:29 Popular What causes body odor? - Mel Rosenberg

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  • 05:22 Why is it so hard to cure ALS? - Fernando G. Vieira

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