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The Cambridge Professor Who Learned To Read At 18
96 views / 0 likes - addedMeet Jason Arday, Cambridge Universitys youngest-ever Black professor who defied all odds in pursuit of his academic ambitions.Jason's remarkable journey begins with a diagnosis of Global Developmental Delay and Autism during his early years. He didn't st
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Cambridge Ideas - Sticky Feet
200 views / 0 likes - addedAnts have incredibly sticky feet. With them they can hang onto ceilings, while carrying 100 times their body weight. But if they are stuck down so successfully - how do they ever get them unstuck? Chris Clemente is studying the mechanisms that ants and ot
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Webster’s Dictionary of 1864 - Merriam-Webster Ask the Editor
720 views / 1 likes - addedThe landmark edition that transformed the way dictionaries are made. See more videos at http://www.merriam-webster.com/video/index.htm
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How a dictionary writer defines English
572 views / 0 likes - addedKory Stamper works for Merriam-Webster. So how does a dictionary writer define the language? Vox's Phil Edwards found out in this episode of Vox Almanac. You can find Kory's new book here: http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/530504/word-by-word-by-kor
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Why Do We Move Our Hands When We Talk?
305 views / 0 likes - addedGestures are a really important part of language. But how do we use them, and why? MORE LANGUAGE FILES: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL96C35uN7xGLDEnHuhD7CTZES3KXFnwm0Written with Gretchen McCulloch and Molly Ruhl, with an assist from Lauren Gawn
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Algae-power: a natural energy supply
150 views / 0 likes - addedRead the full story here:https://bit.ly/AlgaeComputingScientists have managed to power a microprocessor continuously for a year using ALGAE! The new system has potential as a renewable way to power large numbers of small devices as part of the Internet of
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Infrared astronomy - with Matthew Bothwell
129 views / 0 likes - addedWhy does the universe look the way it does? The answer could lie in the massive, dusty, and star-producing galaxies that existed billions of years ago, and are invisible to the naked eye.Watch Matthew Bothwell's full lecture on 'The Invisible Universe': h
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Plastic: the new fantastic?
261 views / 0 likes - addedPlastic has become a malevolent symbol of our wasteful society. Its also one of the most successful materials ever invented: its cheap, durable, flexible, waterproof, versatile, lightweight, protective and hygienic. During the coronavirus pandemic, plasti
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Drones help scientists study Guatemalan volcanoes
681 views / 1 likes - addedA team of volcanologists and engineers from the Universities of Cambridge and Bristol has collected measurements from directly within volcanic clouds, together with visual and thermal images of inaccessible volcano peaks at Volcán de Fuego and Volc
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How deaf researchers are reinventing science communication
369 views / 0 likes - addedScience is a language unto itself, and scientists rely on precise, standard terminology for common ground in their work. But for deaf researchers and students, American Sign Language isnt up to date with terms for new concepts and ideas. The solution? Cre
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Why are rhino horns getting smaller?
152 views / 0 likes - addedUniversity of Cambridge researchers measured the horns of 80 rhinos, photographed in profile view between 1886 and 2018. Horn length was found to have decreased significantly in all species over the last century. Real rhino horns are so valuable that stri
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Why Extraterrestrial Life Might Not Be So Alien
160 views / 0 likes - addedOn the website for the department of zoology of the University of Cambridge, the page for Arik Kershenbaum lists his three main areas of research, one of which stands out from the others. Kershenbaum studies Wolves and other canids, Dolphins and cetaceans
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Investigating the Periodic Table with Experiments - with Peter Wothers
352 views / 0 likes - addedWe celebrate 150 years of the Periodic Table and Mendeleev's genius by braving the elements from Argon to Zinc in this demonstration filled show.Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibeYou can pre-order Peter's book "Antimony, Gold,
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English Civil War: Crash Course European History #14
445 views / 0 likes - addedThe English Civil War. We'll talk about England after Elizabeth, in which things didn't go that smoothly. We'll talk about James I, Charles I, Oliver Cromwell, Charles II, and James II, all of whom ruled England, (and tried to rule all of Britain and Irel
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What If You Only Drank Coffee? Ft. WheezyWaiter
520 views / 1 likes - addedHow does your body react to caffeine? What are some bad things coffee does to your body? Does it have any benefits? Watch more: Check out WheezyWaiter! ►► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHHHSucPh5A Subscribe: https://bit.ly/SubLifeNoggin | Get your exclu
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98 views / 0 likes - addedThis script was a nightmare to pronounce. Written with Molly Ruhl and Gretchen McCulloch. Gretchen's podcast has an episode all about this: https://lingthusiasm.com/post/662535562508517376/lingthusiasm-episode-60-thats-the-kind-of More Language Files: htt
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Why Computers Can't Count Sometimes
414 views / 0 likes - addedSometimes, numbers on sites like YouTube and Twitter jump up and down; subscriber counts lag, like-counts bounce all over the place. Why is it so hard for computers to count? To answer that, we need to talk about threading, eventual consistency, and cachi
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The Sentences Computers Can't Understand, But Humans Can
341 views / 0 likes - addedThe Winograd schema is a language test for intelligent computers. So far, they're not doing well. MORE LANGUAGE FILES: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL96C35uN7xGLDEnHuhD7CTZES3KXFnwm0 Written with Gretchen McCulloch and Molly Ruhl. Gretchen's podc
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Taste of the future: robot chef learns to taste as you go
158 views / 0 likes - addedA robot chef has been trained to taste food at different stages of the chewing process to assess whether its sufficiently seasoned.Working in collaboration with domestic appliances manufacturer Beko, researchers from the University of Cambridge trained th
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18th Century Warfare: Crash Course European History #20
418 views / 0 likes - addedEuropean powers had a lot of wars in the 18th century, and they weren't confined to Europe. Conflict raged across the globe, in what might be called a World War...but we don't call it that, because we already have a couple of those coming up in the 20th c
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Never-Before-Seen Footage Uncovers Antarctica’s First Scientific Missions
498 views / 0 likes - addedDuring the Cold War, Antarctica was primed for conquest. Here’s how it became an international science laboratory. This NASA Mission Uses Cold War Planes to Map the World's Largest Island https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiQq9kWhGxI Subscribe! https://www.
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The invisible universe, from supernova to black holes with Matthew Bothwell
145 views / 0 likes - addedHow different does the invisible Universe look from the home we thought we knew? What does the cosmos have in store for us beyond the phenomena we can see, from black holes to supernovas?Watch the Q&A: https://youtu.be/t8VUHQneRtcMatthew's book 'The Invis
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Why Old Screens Make A ᴴᶦᵍʰ ᴾᶦᵗᶜʰᵉᵈ Noise
534 views / 0 likes - addedLast week I made a video surrounded by old-school CRT monitors and televisions - cathode ray tubes. And I completely forgot to remove the high pitched whine they produce. Here's why: why they make that noise, and why I didn't notice it. Thanks again to th
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How Computers Compress Text: Huffman Coding and Huffman Trees
541 views / 0 likes - addedComputers store text (or, at least, English text) as eight bits per character. There are plenty of more efficient ways that could work: so why don't we use them? And how can we fit more text into less space? Let's talk about Huffman coding, Huffman trees,
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Amazon made its first drone delivery
638 views / 1 likes - addedPrime Air is Amazon's latest beta test for package delivery via drones. The company is hosting a trial in Cambridge, England with two customers, with plans to broaden reach in the UK and beyond. -------------------------------------------------- Follow BI
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Scientific Revolution: Crash Course European History #12
1,061 views / 0 likes - addedThere was a lot of bad stuff going on in Europe in the 17th century. We've seen wars, plagues, and unrest of all types. But, there is some good news. Huge advances were underway in the scientific community in Europe at this time. In this video we'll look
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This Is How Aliens Might Contact Us
889 views / 3 likes - addedCould Aliens Be Trying To Contact Earth Without Us Knowing? To create your stunning website & support Life Noggin, go to https://www.wix.com/go/lifenoggin Subscribe: https://bit.ly/SubLifeNoggin | Get your exclusive Life Noggin merch: http://keeponthinkin
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Why You Should Turn On Two Factor Authentication
344 views / 0 likes - addedThe short answer is: "because it'll make things more secure". The long answer involves Ronald Reagan. MORE BASICS: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL96C35uN7xGLLeET0dOWaKHkAlPsrkchaWritten with Sean Elliott https://twitter.com/SeanMElliott/ Camera b
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Why Do Things Spin? - with Hugh Hunt
297 views / 0 likes - addedWhy does a spinning top stand up? Why doesn't a rolling wheel fall over? And how does a falling cat always manage to land on its feet?You can find more of Hugh's work on his website here: http://www2.eng.cam.ac.uk/~hemh1/From topspin in tennis, to angular
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Christmas Lectures 2012 - Lighting a fire in 15% Oxygen
82 views / 1 likes - addedAs part of Lecture One of his 2012 Christmas Lectures, 'The Modern Alchemist', Dr Peter Wothers visits a research lab near Cambridge where they are investigating new fire prevention technologies.Normal air contains 21% Oxygen. Will Peter be able to light
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The Most Successful Scientific Theory Ever: The Standard Model
141 views / 0 likes - addedThe Standard Model of particle physics is the most successful scientific theory of all time. It describes how everything in the universe is made of 12 different types of matter particles, interacting with three forces, all bound together by a rather speci
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What's The Longest Word You Can Write With Seven-Segment Displays?
536 views / 0 likes - addedThat's right, we're kicking Season 2 of the Basics off with a technical episode about a somewhat-obsolete technology! IT'S PARTY TIME. Wait, no, not party time. IT'S CODE TIME. Close enough. Let's talk about seven-segment displays, and about the longest w
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Cancer May Have Finally Met Its Match!
168 views / 0 likes - addedThe mission is improbable, but not impossible!Learn more about the SENS Research Foundation's End of Year Fundraiser here - https://www.sens.org/eoy2022/SENS Website: https://bit.ly/SENSLNSENS Intro: https://bit.ly/SENSIntroEnter to become a Life Noggin C
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What if robots were in charge of the world? | BBC Ideas
311 views / 0 likes - addedCould artificial intelligence do a better job at governing than humans? What is the future of AI? How does artificial intelligence compare to human intelligence? Will AI one day take over the world? A thought experiment, made with the help of Haydn Belfie
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FizzBuzz: One Simple Interview Question
607 views / 0 likes - addedThere are a lot of opinions on how to hire coders, and most of them are terrible. The opinions, that is, not the coders. But a basic filter test to make sure someone can do what they say they can: that seems reasonable, and FizzBuzz is one of the more com
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The Industrial Revolution: Crash Course European History #24
587 views / 0 likes - addedWe've talked about a lot of revolutions in 19th Century Europe, and today we're moving on to a less warlike revolution, the Industrial Revolution. You'll learn about the development of steam power and mechanization, and the labor and social movements that
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Why Do We Gain Fat? with Eugenia Cheng
311 views / 0 likes - addedIn this short clip from her talk 'How To Think Like A Mathematician', Eugenia Cheng explains how a whole web of interconnected factors cause us to gain fat. Watch the full talk: https://youtu.be/8emPcpfqPRUEugenia's book "The Art of Logic" is available no
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Reform and Revolution 1815-1848: Crash Course European History #25
494 views / 0 likes - addedIn the aftermath of the revolutions and upheaval in 18th and early 19th century Europe, there was a hunger for reform across the continent. Reformers like Robert Owen, Charles Fourier, and Auguste Comte proposed radical new ideas, and at the same time, re
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This Man Protects the World's Rarest Colors
767 views / 1 likes - addedThe materials collection, at the Harvard Art Museums in Cambridge, MA, houses thousands of pigments, including some of the world’s rarest. Dragon's blood, mummy, Indian yellow: these are but a few flashy highlights from the museum's collection. SUBS
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Enlightened Monarchs: Crash Course European History #19
654 views / 0 likes - addedLast time we learned about the Enlightenment, and the philosophers and thinkers whose ideas would shape governance for hundred of years. This week, we're learning how monarchs across Europe were influenced by those ideas. Adoption of Enlightenment ideas a
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Matt & Hugh: the mystery of two balls in a can
567 views / 0 likes - addedDr 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
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World War II Civilians and Soldiers: Crash Course European History #39
420 views / 0 likes - addedOur look at World War II continues with a closer examination of just how the war impacted soldiers in the field, and the people at home. For many of the combatants, the homefront and the warfront were one and the same. The war disrupted life for millions
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The Science of Fireworks!
754 views / 0 likes - addedA brief history of the modern firework. Help us write subtitles for thislecture: http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_video?v=rmtK2BgmGCw Professor Chris Bishop, presenter of the 2008 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, gives a family lecture on the history
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Understanding neural networks
282 views / 0 likes - addedMIT-IBM Watson AI lab research team member David Bau explains how computers show evidence of learning the structure of the physical world.Watch more videos from MIT: http://www.youtube.com/user/MITNewsOffice?sub_confirmation=1The Massachusetts Institute o
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Microsoft's plan to store data for 10,000 years
409 views / 0 likes - addedMicrosoft's Project Silica aims to show that glass is the future of long-term data storage. To prove its usefulness outside the lab, Microsoft partnered with Warner Bros. to write the 1978 Superman film into glass with lasers. To see the whole process and
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The language of color
438 views / 0 likes - addedCognitive scientists from MIT and elsewhere have found that people can more easily communicate warmer colors than cool ones. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2017/analyzing-language-color-0918) Watch more videos from MIT: http://www.youtube.com/user/MITNe
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Postcards from backstage: Rob and the Anti-Monty-Hall Problem
527 views / 0 likes - addedKatie’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
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#MacroMonday: Angles
366 views / 0 likes - addedThings aren’t always what they seem . . . or are they? Extreme close-ups often obscure the full picture. Cloaked in mystery, this new video series introduces a variety of objects and moments — found at MIT — that invite you to take a second look. Watch mo
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Robo-thread
312 views / 0 likes - addedMIT engineers have developed a magnetically steerable, thread-like robot that can actively glide through narrow, winding pathways, such as the labyrinthine vasculature of the brain. (Learn more: https://news.mit.edu/2019/robot-brain-blood-vessels-0828)Wat
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Possible signs of life on Venus
296 views / 0 likes - addedScientists at MIT, Cardiff University, and elsewhere have observed what may be signs of life in the clouds of Earth's planetary neighbor, Venus. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2020/life-venus-phosphine-0914)Watch more videos from MIT: http://www.youtube
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Extracting drinkable water from the air
255 views / 0 likes - addedResearchers at MIT and elsewhere have developed a solar-powered device that can extract drinkable water directly from the air even in dry regions. (Learn more: https://news.mit.edu/2020/solar-extracts-drinkable-water-1014) Watch more videos from MIT: http
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A paper-thin loudspeaker plays "We Are the Champions" by Queen
122 views / 0 likes - addedMIT engineers have developed a paper-thin loudspeaker that turn any surface into an audio source. This thin-film loudspeaker produces sound with minimal distortion while using a fraction of the energy required by a traditional loudspeaker. Watch more vide
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How to get conductive gels to stick when wet
305 views / 0 likes - addedA team of engineers at MIT has developed a new way of making polymers adhere to surfaces even with the introduction of moisture, that may enable better biomedical sensors and implants. (Read more: http://news.mit.edu/2020/conductive-gels-stick-wet-0320)Wa
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Sliding through a syringe
250 views / 0 likes - addedMIT researchers have developed a simple, low-cost technology to administer powerful drug formulations that are too viscous to be injected using conventional medical syringes. (Learn more: https://news.mit.edu/2020/syringe-concentrated-biologic-drugs-0824)
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A light rain can spread soil bacteria far and wide
540 views / 1 likes - addedUsing high-resolution imaging, researchers from MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering observed the effect of raindrops falling on dry soil laden with bacteria. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2017/light-rain-spread-soil-bacteria-0307) Watch more vid
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New system can sterilize medical tools using solar heat
310 views / 0 likes - addedA team of researchers from MIT and the Indian Institute of Technology has developed a device that could provide pressurized steam to run autoclaves without the need for electricity in off-grid areas such as the developing world. (Learn more: https://news.
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Insect-like robots
183 views / 0 likes - addedA team of researchers has developed a new generation of tiny, agile drones that look, act and maneuver like actual insects allowing them to operate in cramped spaces and withstand collisions. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2021/researchers-introduce-new
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How We Could Beat Childhood Peanut Allergies | SciShow News
173 views / 0 likes - addedGo to https://thld.co/munkpack_scishow0122 and use code SCISHOW to get 20% off your first purchase! Thanks to Munk Pack for sponsoring todays video!More and more kids are avoiding peanut butter due to life threatening allergies, but we could make it so th
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Robot takes contact-free measurements of patients' vital signs
321 views / 0 likes - addedA team of researchers from MIT and Brigham and Women's Hospital have developed a system that allows a robot to take contact-free measurements of patients' vital signs. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2020/spot-robot-vital-signs-0831)Watch more videos fro
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Make way for Little HERMES, the lightweight bipedal robot
363 views / 0 likes - addedEngineers at MIT have designed a new lightweight bipedal robot, that can lean from side to side, walk in place, and jump while keeping its balance. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2019/two-legged-robot-mimics-human-balance-while-running-jumping-1030)Watc
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The MIT Intelligence Quest
419 views / 0 likes - addedThe MIT Intelligence Quest seeks to discover the foundations of human and machine intelligence and drive the development of technological tools that can positively influence society. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2018/mit-launches-intelligence-quest-02
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How to mass produce cell-sized robots
405 views / 0 likes - addedA team of engineers at MIT have developed a novel method to mass-produce tiny robots, no bigger than a cell, quickly, easily and accurately with little to no external stimulus. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2018/how-mass-produce-cell-sized-robots-1023)
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New method removes micropollutants from water
464 views / 0 likes - addedA team of MIT researchers has developed a new way to clear pollutants from water, even when present in extremely low concentrations. (Learn more about their novel method: http://news.mit.edu/2017/electrochemical-clear-pollutants-water-0510) Watch more vid
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Particle robots
410 views / 0 likes - addedResearchers from MIT, Columbia University, and elsewhere have developed computationally simple robots that connect in large groups to move around, transport objects, and complete other tasks. (Learn more: https://news.mit.edu/2019/particle-robot-cluster-s
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Backflipping MIT Mini Cheetah
560 views / 0 likes - addedMIT'S new mini cheetah robot is the first four-legged robot to do a backflip. At only 20 pounds the limber quadruped can bend and swing its legs wide, enabling it to walk either right side up or upside down. The robot can also trot over uneven terrain abo
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Giving bug-like, flying robots a boost
154 views / 0 likes - addedA new fabrication technique, developed by a team of electrical engineers and computer scientists, produces low-voltage, power-dense artificial muscles that improve the performance of flying microrobots. (Learn more: https://news.mit.edu/2021/micro-robots-
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Revolutionizing Agriculture with Low Emissions, Resilient Crops
123 views / 0 likes - addedThis project is working to revolutionize the agricultural sector with climate-resilient crops and fertilizers that have the ability to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from food production. Learn more about this project: https://climategrandch
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What Do Antarctic Explorers Wear? (Then and Now!) | Maddie Moate
397 views / 0 likes - addedJoin me at the Polar Research Institute in Cambridge to find out first hand what Antarctic Explorers wore over 100 years ago! Greg helps me to see how modern expedition clothing works using the help of our thermal imaging camera and I get to try on polar
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A new way to mix oil and water
586 views / 0 likes - addedA team of researchers in the Varanasi Lab at MIT has developed a way to create nanoscale emulsions, of oil and water, stable enough to last indefinitely, and with no mixing required. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2017/new-way-mix-oil-and-water-1108) Wa
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The Top 5 Strangest Poisons That Can Kill You
450 views / 0 likes - addedThere are some crazy poisons in this world of ours, and theyre often found in things youd least expect. In this weeks episode of Reactions, we break down our top 5. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactionsFacebook! http://facebook.com/ACSReactionsTwitter! ht
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Jell-O-like, expanding pill
445 views / 0 likes - addedMIT engineers have designed an ingestible, Jell-O-like pill that, upon reaching the stomach, quickly swells to the size of a soft, squishy ping-pong ball big enough to stay in the stomach for an extended period of time. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/20
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Plug-and-play diagnostics
383 views / 0 likes - addedResearchers at MIT’s Little Devices Lab have developed a set of modular blocks that can be put together in different ways to produce diagnostic devices. These “plug-and-play” devices, which require little expertise to assemble, can test blood glucose leve
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Who decides whats in the dictionary? - Ilan Stavans
310 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the history of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary and find out how old words get redefined and how new words are added. --While the concept of a dictionary dates back to ancient civilizations, the first English dictionary wasnt published until 1604. I
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One giant leap for the mini cheetah
150 views / 0 likes - addedA new control system, designed by researchers in MIT's Improbable AI Lab and demonstrated using MITs robotic mini cheetah, enables four-legged robots to traverse across uneven terrain in real-time. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2021/one-giant-leap-mini
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Lab on a LEGO
527 views / 0 likes - addedA team of MIT engineers turned to LEGO bricks as the basis of their new microfluidic design because of their precision and consistency. No matter where in the world they are found, LEGO bricks are guaranteed to line up, and snap seamlessly and securely in
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Round Peg in a Square Hole - Numberphile
608 views / 0 likes - addedFeaturing Tadashi Tokieda - more Tadashi videos at: http://bit.ly/tadashi_vids More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Tadashi Tokieda is a Professor of Mathematics at Stanford University (though this was filmed when he was at Cambridge, in the U
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How High Can We Build With Snow?
407 views / 1 likes - addedHow high have some people built snow sculptures? Winter is finally giving us a ton of snow, so could we theoretically build that snow up into space?Watch more: What If Earth Only Had One Season? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TQHdMdBf20Get your Life Nog
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Who REALLY invented the periodic table?
361 views / 0 likes - addedGo to https://wix.com/go/PeriodicVideos to start your own website. Check our website at https://www.periodicvideos.net/More links and info in full description Our guest was Peter Wothers from the University of Cambridge: https://www.ch.cam.ac.uk/person/pd
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Forest search-and-rescue
406 views / 0 likes - addedA group of researchers from MIT and the NASA Langley Research Center has developed an autonomous system for a fleet of quadrotor drones that enables them to search collaboratively under dense forest canopies using only on-board computation and wireless co
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Lining the GI tract
256 views / 0 likes - addedBy making use of enzymes found in the digestive tract, MIT engineers have devised a way to apply a temporary synthetic coating to the lining of the small intestine. This coating could be adapted to deliver drugs, aid in digestion, or prevent nutrients suc
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Origami-inspired medical patch for sealing internal injuries
153 views / 0 likes - addedTaking inspiration from origami, MIT engineers have designed a medical patch that can be folded around minimally invasive surgical tools and delivered through airways, intestines, and other narrow spaces, to patch up internal injuries. (Learn more: https:
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Blood testing via sound waves
673 views / 0 likes - addedA multi-disciplinary team of researchers from MIT, Duke University, Magee-Women's Research Institute, and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore has developed a novel way to analyze blood, for signatures of cancer and other diseases, using sound wa
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Vision-free MIT Cheetah
654 views / 0 likes - addedMIT's Cheetah 3 robot can now leap and gallop across rough terrain, climb a staircase littered with debris, and quickly recover its balance when suddenly yanked or shoved, all while essentially blind. Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2018/blind-cheetah-rob
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Glowing plants provide light to read
700 views / 0 likes - addedMIT engineers have been able to induce plants to give off a dim light for nearly four hours. And they believe that, with further optimization, such plants will one day be bright enough to illuminate an entire workspace. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/20
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Plant-to-human communication
617 views / 0 likes - addedMIT engineers have transformed spinach plants into sensors that can detect explosives and wirelessly relay that information to a handheld device similar to a smartphone. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2016/nanobionic-spinach-plants-detect-explosives-103
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Magnetic shape-shifters
450 views / 0 likes - addedMIT engineers have created soft, magnetic 3-D-printed structures that can transform their shape almost instantaneously by the wave of a magnet. The structures are flexible, yet strong and could be used to develop remotely controlled biomedical devices. (L
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Robo-picker grasps and packs
416 views / 0 likes - addedA team of engineers from MIT and Princeton University has developed a robotic system that can successfully localize and pick up any item, amid clutter, and move it to another location. This technology earned them a first place spot at the 2017 Amazon Robo
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Robotic fibers can make breath-monitoring garments
146 views / 0 likes - addedA new kind of fiber developed by researchers at MIT and in Sweden can be made into cloth that senses how much it is being stretched or compressed, and then provides immediate tactile feedback in the form of pressure or vibration. Such fabrics, the team su
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Slime Oobleck - The science of cornstarch and water
459 views / 0 likes - addedWhen you mix cornstarch and water, weird things happen. Sometimes it acts like a liquid and sometimes it acts like a solid. Now, a team of MIT engineers have developed a mathematical model that can accurately predict this material's behavior under various
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Testing wastewater to help detect Covid-19
326 views / 0 likes - addedIn a project that will run through the fall semester, wastewater from seven buildings on campus will be tested each day for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19. The project is designed to determine if wastewater testing can be an effective early wa
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What Happens If Your Stomach Gets Removed?
484 views / 3 likes - addedCan you survive without a stomach? What happens when your stomach is gone? Watch more: “What If You Only Drank Milk?” ►►https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyBHBZW0O44 Subscribe: https://bit.ly/SubLifeNoggin | Get your exclusive Life Noggin merch: http://keep
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Does Someone Else Have Your Face?
549 views / 0 likes - addedTo learn more about Brilliant, check out https://brilliant.org/BeSmart/ SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss a video! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ They say everyone has a doppelgänger, but is that really true? This week we meet a
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Self-folding printable structures
466 views / 0 likes - addedA team of researchers from MIT and Umass Amherst have designed 3-D printed structures that can fold themselves up without any outside stimulus, and the folding begins the instant it is peeled off the printing platform. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/201
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Making Medallions at MIT
496 views / 0 likes - addedEach year, the Department of Materials Science and Engineering gives its graduating students a bronze medallion of the MIT seal. These medallions are entirely prepared, cast, and finished by students in the Merton C. Flemings Materials Processing Laborato
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System can 3-D print an entire building
579 views / 0 likes - addedThe list of materials that can be produced by 3-D printing has grown to include not just plastics but also metal, glass, and even food. Now, MIT researchers are expanding the list further, with the design of a system that can 3-D print the basic structure
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Artificial Intelligence, the History and Future - with Chris Bishop
879 views / 0 likes - addedChris Bishop discusses the progress and opportunities of artificial intelligence research. Subscribe for weekly science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe The last five years have witnessed a dramatic resurgence of excitement in the goal of creating intell
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Movable microplatform floating on droplets
473 views / 0 likes - addedA new approach to microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), developed by a team of researchers at MIT, could offer a new way of making movable parts with no solid connections between the pieces, potentially eliminating a major source of wear and failure. (Le
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How will the Universe end? with Katie Mack
149 views / 0 likes - addedFrom the big crunch or big rip to vacuum decay, Katie Mack explains the different ways in which physicists believe our universe might end.Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibeKatie Mack is a theoretical astrophysicist and one of
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Tunnel Vision: The Borderline Mural Project at MIT
571 views / 0 likes - addedDuring the 2017 spring semester a group of students organized to design and paint interactive murals covering a 200-foot long stretch of wall in the tunnel system located under the campus of MIT. The interactive portion comes in the form of augmented real
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AUDIO: New AI model detects asymptomatic Covid-19 infections
386 views / 1 likes - addedA team of MIT researchers have developed an AI model that can distinguish asymptomatic people with Covid-19 from healthy individuals without the disease through forced-cough recordings. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2020/covid-19-cough-cellphone-detect
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What Should You Do If You're Stuck Inside For Weeks?
349 views / 1 likes - addedCovid-19, A.K.A the Coronavirus, has caused many people to stay inside for long periods of time. What happens when you're stuck at home for that long?Watch more: What Happens If You're Quarantined? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKp7H5y06yIFollow Life No
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Lending a Hand
182 views / 0 likes - addedAn Inflatable robotic hand design gives amputees real-time tactile control and enables a wide range of daily activities, such as zipping a suitcase, shaking hands, and petting a cat. The smart hand is soft and elastic, weighs about half a pound, and costs
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Neutron stars collide
939 views / 1 likes - addedFor the first time, scientists have directly detected gravitational waves – ripples in space-time – in addition to light from the spectacular collision of two neutron stars. This marks the first time that a cosmic event has been viewed in both gravitation
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How did consciousness evolve? - with Nicholas Humphrey
63 views / 0 likes - addedFind out how consciousness is generated in the human brain - and discover the evidence suggesting some animals are also sentient.Read Nicholas's book 'Sentience: The Invention of Consciousness' here: https://geni.us/eCGsWatch the Q&A here: https://www.you
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Meet Boston Jedi
671 views / 1 likes - addedMeet Boston Jedi, a Boston-based lightsaber stage combat club that meets weekly to practice on MIT's campus. Members of the club, which include MIT students and alumni, use lightsaber props to create visually engaging battle sequences to perform for audie
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The Centrifuge Problem - Numberphile
560 views / 0 likes - addedMore videos with Dr Holly Krieger: http://bit.ly/HollyKrieger More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Dr Holly Krieger is based at Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge. Want some chemistry videos? Brady does those too: https://www.yout
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One of the strongest lightweight materials known
475 views / 0 likes - addedA team of MIT engineers has successfully designed a new 3-D material with five percent the density of steel and ten times the strength, making it one of the strongest lightweight materials known. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2017/3-d-graphene-stronges
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What Happens If You Drink Mercury?
576 views / 0 likes - addedMercury poisoning can have some devastating effects on your body! Watch more: How this 50-year-old NASA invention could kill cancer ►► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh6ZSQytxbU Subscribe: https://bit.ly/SubLifeNoggin | Get your exclusive Life Noggin mer
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04:45
Light-based therapy for Alzheimer's disease
519 views / 0 likes - addedResearchers in Li-Huei Tsai's laboratory at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have shown that disrupted gamma waves in the brains of mice with Alzheimer’s disease can be corrected by a unique non-invasive technique using flickering light. (Lea
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3D printing with living organisms
448 views / 0 likes - addedA method for printing 3D objects that can control living organisms in predicable ways has been developed by an interdisciplinary team of researchers at MIT and elsewhere. This technique may lead to 3D printing of biomedical tools that can be customized to
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Secrets of the conch shell and its toughness
441 views / 0 likes - addedThe shells of marine organisms take a beating from impacts due to storms and tides, rocky shores, and sharp-toothed predators. But as recent research has demonstrated, one type of shell stands out above all the others in its toughness: the conch. Now, res
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Fast and forceful gel robots
525 views / 0 likes - addedEngineers at MIT have fabricated transparent gel robots that can perform a number of fast, forceful tasks, including kicking a ball underwater, and grabbing and releasing a live fish. (Learn more:https://news.mit.edu/2017/transparent-gel-robots-catch-rele
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Curious about Curling? Meet the MIT club
419 views / 0 likes - addedFor many people, including those that participate, the sport of curling is somewhat of a mystery. "There's a lot of science behind curling, including some that's actually not so well understood," says graduate student Nate Bailey, a member of the MIT Curl
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Furry Wetsuits
419 views / 0 likes - addedInspired by hairy, semiaquatic mammals such as beavers and sea otters, a group of MIT engineers are fabricating fur-like rubbery pelts learn how these mammals stay warm and even dry while diving underwater. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2016/beaver-ins
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How to image atoms
140 views / 0 likes - addedIn the basement of MIT.nano there is a specialized microscope able to image materials at the atomic level. In this video we go through each step of how to image the tiny building blocks for all materials: atoms. (Learn more about MIT.nano: https://mitnano
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Catalan's Conjecture - Numberphile
528 views / 0 likes - addedWith Dr Holly Krieger from Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge. Have a look at Brilliant (and get 20% off) here: https://brilliant.org/Numberphile More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ More Numberphile videos with Dr Krieger: http:/
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Robots learn to use their hands
836 views / 0 likes - addedHaving robots learn dexterous tasks requiring real-time hand-eye coordination is hard. Many tasks that we would consider simple, like hanging up a baseball cap on a rack, would be very challenging for most robot software. What's more, for a robot to learn
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A.I. Reveals Autism-Linked Changes in "Junk" DNA | SciShow News
387 views / 0 likes - addedScientists know that genetic factors can explain many of autisms features - but have autism researchers been looking for those features in the wrong DNA? A new study uses A.I. to uncover changes linked to autism in the stretches of non coding DNA.#scishow
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Muscles made of nylon
643 views / 0 likes - addedMIT researchers have come up with one of the simplest and lowest-cost systems yet for developing artificial muscles, in which a material reproduces some of the bending motions that natural muscle tissues perform. The key ingredient? Nylon fiber. (Learn mo
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Do we live in a multiverse? - with Laura Mersini-Houghton
159 views / 0 likes - addedWhat lies beyond the edge of our own universe? Learn more from cosmologist Laura Mersini-Houghton as she discusses her ground-breaking theory in this short video.Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibeLaura's book is out now: https
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Fibonacci Numbers hidden in the Mandelbrot Set - Numberphile
587 views / 1 likes - addedWith Dr Holly Krieger from Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge. Have a look at Brilliant (and get 20% off) here: https://brilliant.org/Numberphile More Numberphile videos with Dr Krieger: http://bit.ly/HollyKrieger Her Twitter: https://twitter
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A Fascinating Thing about Fractions - Numberphile
841 views / 0 likes - addedThe Dynamical Uniform Boundedness Conjecture with Dr Holly Krieger. Extra from this interview: https://youtu.be/v4LWFzTyhpU Dr Krieger on the Numberphile Podcast: https://youtu.be/QmfQQzjpdpM More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓&d
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New coating could prevent pipeline clogging
460 views / 0 likes - addedResearchers at MIT have developed a coating that could stop the buildup of hydrate ices that slow or block oil and gas flow. These hydrates are potentially explosive and are largely responsible for the initial failure to contain the oil spill that rocked
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Streets Around the World
492 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to everyone who submitted what their streets look like around the world! Look below for credits! CREDITS IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE ● Sandra Kao from Houston, Texas, USA (Youtube video link: https://youtu.be/fTzjpLW637I, Youtube Channel: https://www.yo
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5 Things That Make You a Mosquito Magnet
443 views / 2 likes - addedGo to http://Brilliant.org/SciShow to try out Brilliants Daily Challenges. The first 200 subscribers get 20% off an annual Premium subscription. Every summer it seems like theres that one person who always gets a lot of mosquito bites. But what makes peop
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How Many Languages Are There?
305 views / 0 likes - addedThe answer is, of course, a bit more complicated than you might think. Written with Molly Ruhl and Gretchen McCulloch. Gretchen's podcast has an episode all about this: https://lingthusiasm.com/post/154520059101/lingthusiasm-episode-1-speaking-a-single-la
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Scaffolding of the Galaxies
396 views / 0 likes - addedIn the Center for Theoretical Physics at MIT, researchers develop ideas for describing the fundamental physical laws governing our universe, from perspectives spanning nuclear and particle physics, string theory, gravity, and quantum information. (Learn m
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Are Ultra-Processed Foods Really That Bad For You?
675 views / 0 likes - addedNot all processed foods are created equally. What are ultra-processed foods and what are they doing to your body? What Exactly Is Processed Meat? ►►►►http://bit.ly/1VQw4UG Sign Up For The TestTube Newsletter Here ►►►► http://bit.ly/1myXbFG Read More: Incr
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The Phenomenon of the Missing Fundamental
351 views / 0 likes - addedWhy do some higher frequencies sound like they have lower pitch than lower frequency sounds? Engineer and music lover Shaun Fitzgerald explores the phenomenon of the missing fundamental.Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibeShaun
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Upgrade Your Hand With This Extra Thumb
38 views / 0 likes - addedHave you ever thought about using an extra thumb? Perhaps you could play the guitar faster, or hold an extra tool as you continue to work? Well think no more, as Dani Clode has invented just that. We took a trip down to the University of Cambridge, where
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Does Letter Order Matter?
675 views / 0 likes - addedYou’ve probably seen the internet meme about word order – but is it true? Does the order of letters in a word matter, or can people read a jumble just as quickly as a proper sentence? Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com. Share on Facebook: https://goo.gl/97ny
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Extracting Peanut Butter From HUNDREDS of Reese's Cups
285 views / 0 likes - addedGet your own Kove speaker today: https://koveaudio.com/tkor65In this video, we are experimenting with Reese's by taking the insides out and cooking them and making them into a sandwich!Get your 20% off DIY build kit today!: http://bit.ly/TKORKitDiscountOr
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Building a soft robotic cube
648 views / 0 likes - addedResearchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have developed a soft robotic cube that uses a series of spring-loaded metal tongues to jump, bounce, and roll. In this video, we watch the process of building a
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Why Is It Hard To Like Your Own Body?
278 views / 0 likes - addedEven if you're doing full body workouts, this may still be helpful.Watch our latest video on SLEEP: https://youtu.be/fuvbS7cdKbsListen to our Body Image podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/sidenote/id1383086982Subscribe for more videos: http://
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LEGO COMPUTER!!! -- LÜT #52
1,289 views / 1 likes - addedFollow on Instagram: https://instagram.com/kevlieber/ LÜT is a showcase of some of the coolest and weirdest things you can buy online. *** LINKS TO EVERYTHING *** Mocoro Robot Cleaning Ball (0:00) http://www.firebox.com/product/6901/Mocoro-Robot-Cleaning-
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What Is 4-Strand DNA & Why Are Scientists So Excited?
943 views / 0 likes - addedWe've all learned that DNA is a double helix, but it's more complex than we may think. What other configurations can DNA have? Is Traveling in Our DNA? - http://bit.ly/1ZyqcyY Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: Super
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The Mathematical Code Hidden In Nature
196 views / 0 likes - addedCheck out MEGAWOW from @PBS KIDS https://youtu.be/meU4f31gqYIWere on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below How do zebras get their stripes? How do leopards get their spots? And how do giraffes get
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How Planes Are Engineered to Fly Upside-Down
601 views / 0 likes - addedPlane wings are engineered to make flight as efficient as possible, but what exactly has to change so they can fly upside down? What's It Like To Ride In A Fighter Jet? - https://youtu.be/CHuf06pPDts Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/
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When Giant Fungi Ruled
654 views / 0 likes - added420 million years ago, a giant feasted on the dead, growing slowly into the largest living thing on land. It belonged to an unlikely group of pioneers that ultimately made life on land possible -- the fungi. Produced in collaboration with PBS Digital Stud
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Reformation and Consequences: Crash Course European History #7
479 views / 0 likes - addedThe Protestant Reformation didn't exactly begin with Martin Luther, and it didn't end with him either. Reformers and monarchs changed the ways that religious and state power were organized throughout the 16th and early 17th centuries. Jean Calvin in Franc
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What Was the Ancestor of Everything? (feat. PBS Space Time and It’s Okay To Be Smart)
455 views / 0 likes - addedCheck out It’s Okay To Be Smart’s video for more about the origins of life on earth: https://youtu.be/_uAJY1mqtw4 And check out PBS Space Time’s video on the physics of life: https://youtu.be/GcfLZSL7YGw The search for our origins go back to a single comm
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Why Are There Penguins At The Equator?
773 views / 1 likes - addedTry Dashlane here: http://bit.ly/minutedash. Plus, here’s a 10% off promo code for Dashlane Premium: minuteearth When nutrients from the ocean depths reach the sunlit surface (like in the Galapagos), life is more productive. Thanks also to our Patreon pat
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Where Do Teeth Come From?
2,484 views / 5 likes - addedWatch the tasty new series “Tacos of Texas” https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdzQ_ilHPH3rQtgzo4nKM_g Remember to brush, floss, and SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Teeth. We’ve all got ‘em (most of us, anyway). But
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Diatoms: Tiny Factories You Can See From Space
342 views / 0 likes - addedWe owe so much to diatoms! They help us make beer, paint, and kitty litter, and they're responsible for some of the air you're breathing right now!Follow Journey to the Microcosmos:Twitter: https://twitter.com/journeytomicroFacebook: https://www.facebook.
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The Weird, Watery Tale of Spinosaurus
708 views / 1 likes - addedCheck out our NEW POSTER: https://store.dftba.com/products/eons-poster In 1912, a fossil collector discovered some strange bone fragments in the eerie, beautiful Cretaceous Bahariya rock formation of Egypt. Eventually, that handful of fossil fragments wou
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Do Gut Feelings Actually Exist?
720 views / 1 likes - addedHave you ever wondered why you get that feeling in your gut when faced with a risky decision? There's more behind it than you may think. How Scientists Are Hacking Bacteria To Fight Disease - https://youtu.be/caiIUZDclIg Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter
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When Fish First Breathed Air
473 views / 0 likes - addedSupport us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/eons 385 million years ago, a group of fish would undertake one of the most important journeys in the history of life and become the first vertebrates to live on dry ground. But first, they had to acquire the
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Commerce, Agriculture, and Slavery: Crash Course European History #8
407 views / 0 likes - addedWe've been talking a lot about kings, and queens, and wars, and religious upheaval for most of this series, but let's take a moment to zoom out, and look at the ways that individuals' lives were changing in the time span we've covered so far. Some people'
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This Scientist Is Racing Extinction To Discover New Species of Arachnids
645 views / 2 likes - addedLauren Esposito is essentially the Indiana Jones of arachnology. Experience her process for discovering new species first-hand on this trip to Penang in Malaysia. Experience intense, unique, and sometimes dangerous moments with scientists working in the f
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Could These Numbers Unravel New Dimensions in Space?
405 views / 1 likes - addedThese multidimensional number systems are helping us explain the laws of nature. Here’s how. Can Hawking’s Black Hole Paradox Be Solved With Fuzzballs? - https://youtu.be/esPa1tVSjew Read More: The Peculiar Math That Could Underlie The Laws of Nature http
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This $8 Trillion Coronavirus Mistake Could Kill 100%, w Stephen Fry. AI Is Watching.
176 views / 0 likes - addedExperts warned that a pandemic was inevitable. Preparing would have cost the US around $1billion. Instead, it will now cost $8 trillion, and over 200,000 deaths. We explore the greatest existential threats - AI, nuclear and biological - and how coronaviru
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Newton's quarantine notes that changed math forever
336 views / 0 likes - addedDocuments shown:October 1666 Tract on Fluxions (Original) [Starts page 93/190. Demonstration on page 100]: https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-ADD-03958/93October 1666 Tract on Fluxions (Translated): http://www.newtonproject.ox.ac.uk/view/texts/normalized/
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Weird and Wonderful: This little siphonophore has a big impact on deep-sea food webs
143 views / 0 likes - addedSiphonophores (pronounced sigh-fawn-oh-fours) are delicate drifters made up of specialized segments that work together as one. These animals are like living commuter trains. Pulsing bells up front pull a long chain of segments specialized for feeding, def
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The Congress of Vienna: Crash Course European History #23
461 views / 0 likes - addedThe end of the Napoleonic Wars left the great powers of Europe shaken. Judging from the destruction that had been wrought across the continent, it seemed to the powers that be that the Enlightenment had liberated the people, and led to disaster. So, every
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Why Can't We Get Power From Waves?
461 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to OIST for sponsoring this video. To learn more, visit https://admissions.oist.jp/ Wave power hasn’t yet made a splash because it’s hard to use waves to spin turbines, and because the sea is a harsh place to build things. Thanks also to our Patreo
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Bathrooms Around the World
502 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to everyone who submitted what their bathrooms look like! To submit your video for our next community projects (2 videos: breakfast and holidays), please check out our share your video page http://www.lifewhereimfrom.com/share-your-video/. CREDITS
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The momentous transition to multicellular life may not have been so hard after all
525 views / 0 likes - addedSingle cells had many of the genes and functions needed for complex life to evolve. Learn more: https://scim.ag/2Kjutt7 Credits: producer/editor/script/narrator Nguyen Khoi Nguyen supervising producer Sarah Crespi original story Elizabeth Pennisi graphics
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Where Does One Ocean End And Another Begin?
287 views / 0 likes - addedCheck out Brilliant (and get 20% off) here: https://brilliant.org/MinuteEarth/Earth's ocean water is continuous. How can we divide it into sections that are more useful?Thanks also to our Patreon patrons https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth and our YouTube
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How Humans Made Malaria So Deadly
923 views / 2 likes - addedThanks to http://www.givewell.org/ for sponsoring this video! To learn more about the Against Malaria Foundation, visit: http://www.givewell.org/AMF or https://www.againstmalaria.com. Thanks also to our supporters on https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth __
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The Protestant Reformation: Crash Course European History #6
379 views / 0 likes - addedYou may have noticed that the internet is terrible at religious discourse. Well, this is not a new phenomenon. In the early 16th century, the Roman Catholic church dominated Christianity in Europe, and the institution was starting to show some cracks. Ten
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How Smart Are Animals? Our Tests May All Be Wrong…
495 views / 1 likes - addedThe way animals think and communicate is a mystery, but science is working on changing that. Here’s what we know so far. After a Decade of Colony Collapse, Bees Are Bouncing Back! (Sort Of) - https://youtu.be/n9NQ9o7UWT4 Read More: Sheep are able to recog
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Fast Fact: Why Some Frozen Lakes Catch Fire
239 views / 0 likes - addedSciShow is supported by Brilliant.org. Go to https://Brilliant.org/SciShow to get 20% off of an annual Premium subscription. Did you know that, despite their serene, picturesque appearance, some frozen lakes can catch fire? Why are climate scientists stud
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How Your Body Knows Left From Right
650 views / 0 likes - addedVote PBS Digital Studios for 'Best Science&Education Network' in the 2015 Webbys -- http://vid.io/xqjk ---- Why are our bodies so symmetrical, but our guts aren't?↓ More info and sources below ↓ Subscribe to It's Okay To Be Smart: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub
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Chameleons Are Masters of Nanotechnology
482 views / 1 likes - addedWhat do chameleons have to do with nanotechnology? These color-changing lizards are some of nature’s wackiest animals, all because they’re masters of pigment and light. This week on Reactions, learn all about the chemistry of chameleon color. Subscribe to
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The Shark That Ate Dinosaurs - Cretoxyrhina
651 views / 1 likes - addedMillions of years ago there lived a fearsome shark that fed on almost anything it came across, including mosasaurs, plesiosaurs, pterosaurs and even dinosaurs...*Yes it's a Mosasaur in the thumbnail, not a dinosaur.Join our Discord server: https://discord
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Eastern Europe Consolidates: Crash Course European History #16
415 views / 0 likes - addedWhile the focus has been on Western Europe so far, there has also been a lot going on in Eastern Europe, which we'll be looking at today. The Commonwealth of Poland-Lithuania, The Ottoman Empire, and Russia were all competing at the eastern end of the con
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The Science Nobel Prizes Explained in 3 Minutes
425 views / 0 likes - addedScience that’s worthy of a Nobel Prize is bound to be complicated. Here’s everything you need to know about this year’s winners. How To Win A Nobel Prize - https://youtu.be/4a1_3aW-VD8 Read More: The Nobel Prize in Physics 2018 https://www.nobelprize.org/
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The Million Dollar Equations - with Tom Crawford
863 views / 0 likes - addedIn the year 2000 it was announced that seven of the biggest unsolved problems in mathematics would each be given a $1million prize. Only one has been solved.Watch the Q&A: https://youtu.be/AFc7kGfLSIcSubscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiS
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When Antarctica Was Green
422 views / 0 likes - addedHelp Eons out and fill out this survey! https://www.pbsresearch.org/c/r/Eons_YTvideoBefore the start of the Eocene Epoch about 56 million years ago--Antarctica was still joined to both Australia and South America. Andit turns out that a lot of what we rec
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Expansion and Consequences: Crash Course European History #5
406 views / 0 likes - addedEuropean exploration had a lot of side effects. When the Old World and the New World began to interact, people, wealth, food, animals, and disease began to flow in both directions. In the New World, countless millions were killed by smallpox, measles, and
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Why People Hate Hyenas
503 views / 6 likes - addedGet your NEW MinuteEarth merch! Sticker packs and T-shirts on sale at https://dftba.com/minuteearth.Throughout history and around the world, most people dislike hyenas. But why?Thanks also to our Patreon patrons https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth and our
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Can You Walk In A Straight Line With Your Eyes Closed? With Dr Emily Grossman
802 views / 1 likes - addedHave you ever tried walking in a straight line with your eyes closed? It’s remarkably hard to keep on track. Dr Emily Grossman explains why. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Visual information plays a key role in the way we
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Why Is Itching Contagious? With Dr Emily Grossman
770 views / 0 likes - addedDoes watching this video make you itch? Dr Emily Grossman explains why the ‘social itch’ might have evolved. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe It’s well known that an itch can be contagious – seeing a person scratch can make
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The Holocaust,Genocides, and Mass Murder of WWII: Crash Course European History #40
545 views / 2 likes - addedDuring World War II, Nazi Germany undertook the imprisonment and summary execution of many of its own citizens, and citizens of the nations they occupied. One of the groups that came under assault was the European Jewish population. More than six million
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How To Stop Yourself Being Ticklish - With Dr Emily Grossman
1,071 views / 1 likes - addedAre you ticklish? Dr Emily Grossman shows you how to use the science of tickling to stop yourself squirming when you're tickled. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Why do we feel ticklish? Why does it make us laugh? It’s hard
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How to Tell Matter From Antimatter | CP Violation & The Ozma Problem
349 views / 0 likes - addedThis video was made with the support of the Heising Simons Foundation.Support MinutePhysics on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/minutephysicsLink to Patreon Supporters: http://www.minutephysics.com/supporters/This video is about the Ozma problem of disting
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Catholic Counter-Reformation: Crash Course European History #9
457 views / 0 likes - addedWhen the Protestant Reformation broke out in Western Europe, the Catholic Church got the message, at least a little bit. Pope Paul III called a council to look into reforming some aspects of the Catholic Church and try to stem the tide of competing Christ
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Social Stratification in the US: Crash Course Sociology #23
582 views / 0 likes - addedSocial class in America is... hard to talk about. As Sociology, the difficulty lies in pinning down what we mean by "Social Class." In this episode of Crash Course Sociology, Nicole chats to us about how Sociologists figure this out so we can all have a c
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The Dot Game That Breaks Your Brain
440 views / 0 likes - addedOn Tuesday, February 21, 1967, in the math department common room of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, the world of pencil and paper math games changed. John Conway and Michael Paterson were trying to invent a brand new simple-to-play, hard-to-analyze gam
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The Rise and Fall of the Bone-Crushing Dogs
664 views / 0 likes - addedYou can go to https://wix.com/go/eons to get started on your website! A huge and diverse subfamily of dogs, the bone-crushers patrolled North America for more than thirty million years, before they disappeared in the not-too-distant past. So what happened
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What If We Made A New Continent?
712 views / 1 likes - addedWhat would it take to build an entire continent from scratch? Check out all Blocko approved classes on CreativeLive! ►► http://cr8.lv/2AaLIY6 Visit CreativeLive and save up to 30% today! Subscribe: https://bit.ly/SubLifeNoggin | Get your exclusive Life No
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The Self-Healing Robot - Mind Blow
116 views / 1 likes - addedInstall Raid for Free IOS/ANDROID/PC: https://clcr.me/Vsauce2 and get a special starter pack with an Epic champion Kellan the Shrike for this week's Vsauce Mind Blow!Join RAIDs 4th Anniversary celebration, use the Promo Codes below to get special B-day gi
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Which Is "Bouba", and Which Is "Kiki"?
325 views / 0 likes - addedSooner or later, I was going to get around to this: it's one of the most famous experiments in linguistics. • Written with Molly Ruhl and Gretchen McCulloch. Gretchen's podcast has an episode all about this: https://lingthusiasm.com/post/175127434871
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Why Are Adults Bad At New Languages?
363 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! http://twin-cities.umn.edu/Learning a new language as an adult is harder than doing so as a child because adults usually arent as invested and often use the wrong strategies.Thanks also to o
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What the Worlds Smallest Tweezers Tell Us About DNA
160 views / 0 likes - addedGo to http://Brilliant.org/SciShow to try their Waves and Light course. Sign up now and get 20% off an annual Premium subscription.DNA isnt the simple, loose double-helix you might see in a biology textbook, so isolating single strands of it can be next t
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How Sloths Went From the Seas to the Trees
563 views / 0 likes - addedThe story of sloths is one of astounding ecological variability, with some foraging in the seas, others living underground, and others still hiding from predators in towering cliffs. So why are their only living relatives in the trees? Thanks to Ceri Thom
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There's a Hole at the Bottom of Math
410 views / 1 likes - addedNot everything that is true can be proven. This discovery transformed infinity, changed the course of a world war and led to the modern computer. This video is sponsored by Brilliant. The first 200 people to sign up via https://brilliant.org/veritasium ge
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Is Climate Change Just A Lot Of Hot Air?
1,090 views / 3 likes - addedCheck out www.lynda.com/minuteearth for 10 days of free online courses http://www.lynda.com/ Illustrations by: Jesse Agar - https://www.youtube.com/user/ThisPlaceChannel Thanks also to our Patreon patrons: - Jeff Straathof - Mark - Maarten Bremer - Today
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What's The Most Expensive Book In The World?
771 views / 0 likes - addedSometimes super-wealthy people like to spend millions on a single book. Which one cost the most? Hint: It’s about water and it's written backwards. Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com: http://www.howstuffworks.com/arts/literature/10-rare-books4.htm Share on F
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The rise of Xi Jinping, explained
82 views / 0 likes - addedHow Xi Jinping became China's most powerful leader since Mao ZedongHelp keep Vox free for everybody: http://www.vox.com/give-now Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications () so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjOXi Jinping, president
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Testing the US Militarys Worst Idea
110 views / 0 likes - addedAn engineer came up with a plan to drop tungsten telephone poles from space - the idea has been seriously considered on multiple occasions, so we tested it. Head to https://brilliant.org/Veritasium to start your free trial. The first 200 will get 20% off
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Doggerland: A Real-Life Atlantis
326 views / 0 likes - addedGo to http://Brilliant.org/SciShow to try their Geometry Fundamentals course. The first 200 subscribers get 20% off an annual Premium subscription.Though we probably wont find a literal Atlantis beneath the sea, that doesnt mean that a human settlement ha
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The Missing Link That Wasn't
395 views / 1 likes - addedThe myth of the Missing Link--the idea that there must be a specimen that partly resembles an ape but also partly resembles a modern human--is persistent. But the reality is that there is no missing link in our lineage, because thats not how evolution wor
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The Truth About Chocolate and Your Health
479 views / 1 likes - addedThere are claims floating around that chocolate might actually be good for you, and SciShow is here to help separate fact from fiction. Hosted by: Michael Aranda SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at https://www.scis
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The Bird Poop That Changed The World
802 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to my grandmother for inspiring this story, and to my mother for helping make it. If you like our videos, please consider supporting MinuteEarth on Patreon! - Alex Bird poop was the gateway fertilizer that turned humanity onto the imported-chemical
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The Super Secrets of Sewage
362 views / 0 likes - addedOrder your copy of ""How To Prevent The Next Pandemic"" here: https://www.amazon.com/Prevent-Next-Pandemic-Bill-Gates/dp/0593534484In 2020, many cities started monitoring wastewater for viruses, and there are a lot of non-virus reasons to keep doing it.LE
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Why Do Rivers Curve?
797 views / 1 likes - addedWe're now on Patreon! Please support us at: http://www.patreon.com/minuteearth Can you find an oxbow lake in GoogleEarth? Share your findings (pictures or coordinates) on Twitter, Facebook and other social media using the hashtag #oxbowlake And subscribe!
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DNA family secrets - with Turi King
130 views / 0 likes - addedWhat's behind the rise in the use of DNA in genealogy and forensics? Find out with the BBC's favourite genealogist, Professor Turi King, including the first immigration case and her work identifying the bones of King Richard III.Watch the Q&A with Turi he
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Galaxies, Part 1: Crash Course Astronomy #38
685 views / 0 likes - addedThe Milky Way is our neighborhood in the universe. It’s a galaxy and there are many others out there. Galaxies contain gas, dust, and billions of stars or more. They come in four main shapes: elliptical, spiral, peculiar, and irregular. Galaxies can colli
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The Most Powerful Computers You've Never Heard Of
176 views / 0 likes - addedAnalog computers were the most powerful computers for thousands of years, relegated to obscurity by the digital revolution. This video is sponsored by Brilliant. The first 200 people to sign up via https://brilliant.org/veritasium get 20% off a yearly sub
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Explosive chemistry - with Andrew Szydlo
38 views / 0 likes - addedDiscover the evolution of explosive chemical experiments, with the maestro of chemistry Andrew Szydlo.Sign up as a YouTube Channel Member to watch the Q&A here: https://youtu.be/XCeDrmFgrewThis Discourse was recorded at the Ri on 29 February 2024.Go on a
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How the Chalicothere Split In Two
505 views / 1 likes - addedTry CuriosityStream today: http://curiositystream.com/eons Two extinct relatives of horses and rhinos are closely related to each other but have strikingly different body plans. How did two of the same kind of animal, living in the same place, end up look
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Can The Words You Read Change Your Behavior?
388 views / 0 likes - added"Priming" is the idea that the words you read can change the way you act. And yes, there are papers that show an effect: but we also need to talk about the Replication Crisis. MORE LANGUAGE FILES: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL96C35uN7xGLDEnHuhD
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Nebulae: Crash Course Astronomy #36
601 views / 2 likes - addedAstronomers study a lot of gorgeous things, but nebulae might be the most breathtakingly beautiful of them all. Nebulae are clouds of gas and dust in space. They can glow on their own or reflect light from nearby stars. When they glow it’s usually predomi
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