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The Cambridge Professor Who Learned To Read At 18

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Meet 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

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Ants 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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Understanding neural networks

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MIT-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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The language of color

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Cognitive 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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#MacroMonday: Angles

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Things 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

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MIT 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

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Scientists 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

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Researchers 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

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MIT 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

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A 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

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MIT 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

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Using 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

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A 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.
Insect-like robots

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A 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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Robot takes contact-free measurements of patients' vital signs

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A 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

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Engineers 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

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The 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

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A 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

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A 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

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Researchers 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

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MIT'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

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A 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

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This 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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A new way to mix oil and water

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A 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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Jell-O-like, expanding pill

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MIT 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

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Researchers 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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One giant leap for the mini cheetah

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A 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

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A 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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Forest search-and-rescue

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A 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

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By 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

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Taking 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

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A 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

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MIT'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

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MIT 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

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MIT 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

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MIT 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

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A 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
Robotic fibers can make breath-monitoring garments

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A 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

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When 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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Liberty's Kids 131 - Bostonians | History Cartoons for Children

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Sarah and Henri join the Adams family in Massachusetts just as John and his son John Quincy return from France and are reunited with Abigail (8/2/79). John is asked to write the Massachusetts Constitution (8/9/79). James travels to New York where he meets
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Testing wastewater to help detect Covid-19

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In 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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Self-folding printable structures

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A 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

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Each 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

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The 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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Movable microplatform floating on droplets

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A 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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Tunnel Vision: The Borderline Mural Project at MIT

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During 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

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A 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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Lending a Hand

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An 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

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For 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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Meet Boston Jedi

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Meet 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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One of the strongest lightweight materials known

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A 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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Light-based therapy for Alzheimer's disease

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Researchers 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

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A 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

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The 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

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Engineers 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

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For 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

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Inspired 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

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In 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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Robots learn to use their hands

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Having 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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Muscles made of nylon

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MIT 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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New coating could prevent pipeline clogging

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Researchers 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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Scaffolding of the Galaxies

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In 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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1949 - Streetcar Station and Ride in Boston, MA

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Old film of East Boston, Massachusetts, USA in 1949. Set to a natural rate and added in sound for ambiance
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Building a soft robotic cube

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Researchers 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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When is Thanksgiving? Colonizing America: Crash Course US History #2

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In which John Green teaches you about the (English) colonies in what is now the United States. He covers the first permanent English colony at Jamestown, Virginia, the various theocracies in Massachusetts, the feudal kingdom in Maryland, and even a bit ab
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Why Do We Move Our Hands When We Talk?

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Gestures 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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Who Were Samoset, Massasoit, and Squanto?

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Samoset, Massasoit, and Tisquantum, or Squanto, were three indigenous men who played a key role when the Mayflower first landed in Massachusetts. "1620: Beyond Thanksgiving" is produced by NBC News Learn in partnership with NBC 10 Boston.
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Algae-power: a natural energy supply

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Read 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

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Why 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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The world's first process for making zero emissions cement

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Concrete is the second most-used substance on Earth, after water, and it's responsible for 7.5% of total carbon emissions triple that of aviation.Decarbonising cement the carbon-hungry component of concrete is a massive challenge. But Cambridge researcher
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Plastic: the new fantastic?

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Plastic 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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Streets Around the World

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Thanks 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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Drones help scientists study Guatemalan volcanoes

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A 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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Why are rhino horns getting smaller?

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University 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

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On 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

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We 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

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The 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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The Largest Collection of Cephalopods

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http://www.patreon.com/scifri - Please Help Support Our Video Productions! Brett Grasse lovingly calls the Cephalopod Operations division at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) the “cephalopod empire.” The lab in Woods Hole, Massachusetts h
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World's Largest Van de Graff Generator

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Science Bob visits the world's largest Van de Graaff generator on display at the Museum of Science in Boston, USA. The generator was generously donated to the Museum by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Designed and built by Dr. Robert J. Van de
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theredntve

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This 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

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Sometimes, 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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Liberty's Kids 110 | Washington Takes Command | History Cartoon

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Learn about the history of George Washington for Kids!George Washington arrives in Boston to take command of the army (7/3/75). He has no idea if the New Englanders will follow a Virginian, but he is a born leader and quickly takes charge of the defense o
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The Sentences Computers Can't Understand, But Humans Can

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The 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

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A 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

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European 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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Disambiguating #theDress

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Finalist of the Best Illusion of the Year Contest 2015Rosa Lafer-Sousa: Disambiguating #theDress. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)Typically the visual system does a remarkable job of inferring the spectral-content of ambient light in a scene an
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Never-Before-Seen Footage Uncovers Antarctica’s First Scientific Missions

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During 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

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How 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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The Story of the Mayflower and the First Thanksgiving for Children: History for Kids

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https://patreon.com/freeschool - Help support more content like this! In 1620 the Mayflower crossed from England to North America. Filled to the brim with passengers, livestock, and supplies, they faced many delays before finally reaching the shores of th
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Why Old Screens Make A ᴴᶦᵍʰ ᴾᶦᵗᶜʰᵉᵈ Noise

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Last 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

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Computers 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

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Prime 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

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There 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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1891 Inventor of Basketball Tells His Story: Radio Broadcast in 1939

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James Naismith (November 6, 1861 November 28, 1939) was aCanadian-born Presbyterian minister who is best known for inventing the game of basketball at a Springfield, Massachusetts YMCA in 1891. This interview of him is from a radio program called "We the
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This Is How Aliens Might Contact Us

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Why You Should Turn On Two Factor Authentication

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The 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

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Why 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

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As 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

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The 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?

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That'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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Who Put the Hole in the Donut?

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Football and a rags-to-riches story—perhaps the only things that America loves more than donuts. But the delectable rings of sugar and dough didn't always appear in their now-ubiquitous circular form. So where did the donut’s shape (and its signature hole
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What if robots were in charge of the world? | BBC Ideas

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Could 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

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There 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

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We'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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Trying the Chow Mein Sandwich

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If you love Chinese food, and you love sandwiches, the humble chow mein sandwich could be your new favorite nosh. Think a heaping portion of crispy fried noodles served onwait, more like spilling out ofa hamburger bun and smothered in brown gravy. This un
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Why Do We Gain Fat? with Eugenia Cheng

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In 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

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In 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

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The 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

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Last 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

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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
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The Glass Artist Who Hides His Work All Around the World

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Josh Simpson makes glass planets and simply put, they are out of this world. The artist crafts the intricate globes in his workshop in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts. He started making them back in the 1970s, inspired after hearing the Apollo astronauts d
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World War II Civilians and Soldiers: Crash Course European History #39

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Our 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!

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A 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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Microsoft's plan to store data for 10,000 years

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Microsoft'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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Thomas Watson Explains the 1876 Invention of the Telephone - Enhanced Video & Audio

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For this video, I enhanced it using AI optimization software, speed-adjusted it and refined it with De Blur, Sharpness and Stabilization. For the audio, I remastered it using noise gate, compression, loudness normalization, EQ and a Limiter. Born in Salem
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Postcards from backstage: Rob and the Anti-Monty-Hall Problem

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How This Guy Mastered Fingerboarding | Obsessed | WIRED

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Did you play with fingerboards when you were younger? Welcome to the next-level of fingerboarding. Mike Schneider is a professional fingerboarder, the owner of FlatFace Fingerboards, and is really, really good at fingerboarding. Mike has been manufacturin
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How We Could Beat Childhood Peanut Allergies | SciShow News

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Go 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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What Do Antarctic Explorers Wear? (Then and Now!) | Maddie Moate

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Join 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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Round Peg in a Square Hole - Numberphile

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How High Can We Build With Snow?

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How 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?

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Go 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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Saturn's Rings Finally Explained After 400 Years

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Saturn's ring formation has been a mystery since Galileo first discovered them in 1610. Now, scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of California, Berkeley, using data from NASA's Cassini mission, suggest the planet's r
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Thanksgiving (1621)

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Thanksgiving is an important holiday in America and Canada. Families gather together and have a large meal consisting of turkey, cranberry sauce, potatoes, sweet potato casserole, stuffing, vegetables, and pumpkin pie. But where did it all begin? The trad
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Does Someone Else Have Your Face?

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To 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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Artificial Intelligence, the History and Future - with Chris Bishop

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Chris 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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What's The Most Expensive Book In The World?

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Sometimes 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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How will the Universe end? with Katie Mack

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From 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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How did consciousness evolve? - with Nicholas Humphrey

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Find 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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The Centrifuge Problem - Numberphile

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NASA’s TESS Catches a Comet

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This video is compiled from a series of images taken on July 25 by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite. The angular extent of the widest field of view is six degrees. Visible in the images are the comet C/2018 N1, asteroids, variable stars, asteroid
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The Missing Link That Wasn't

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The 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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How GPS can make you a better runner

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GPS & running: the good, the bad, and the art Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms14753 “Exercise contagion in a global social network”, Sinan Aral & Christos Nicolaides. Nature Communications, 2017
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How To Do 5 SIMPLE Magic Tricks!

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How To Magic Tricks! In this episode of How To Magic, Evan Era from EvanEraTV shows How To Do 5 Simple Magic Tricks in historic Boston, Massachusetts! Easy magic tricks for kids, beginners, and all ages! Family friendly fun magic trick tutorials with step
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Catalan's Conjecture - Numberphile

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Do we live in a multiverse? - with Laura Mersini-Houghton

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What 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

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With 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

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The 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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5 Things That Make You a Mosquito Magnet

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Go 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?

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The 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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Are Ultra-Processed Foods Really That Bad For You?

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Not 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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Man Born in 1853 Talks About Childhood in the 1860s: Filmed in 1932 - Restored Video and Audio

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This is Elihu Thomson, engineer and inventor born on March 29, 1853. In this video, he talks about some childhood memories while living in Philadelphia in the 1860s. It was filmed on June 21, 1932. This video has been colorized, speed-adjusted and restore
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Atoms From Nuclear Explosions Are Embedded in Your Brain, But You’re Fine

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Scientists are using past atomic explosions to learn about our brains, and it’s completely changed how we think about aging. U.S. Nuclear Missiles Are Still Controlled By Floppy Disks - https://youtu.be/Y8OOp5_G-R4 Read More: Sorry, Adults, No New Neurons
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The Phenomenon of the Missing Fundamental

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Why 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

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Have 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?

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You’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

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Get 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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What really happened during the Salem Witch Trials - Brian A. Pavlac

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Dig into how the infamous Salem Witch Trials began and why they remain a cautionary tale of the dangers of groupthink and scapegoating.--Youve been accused of a crime you did not commit. Its impossible to prove your innocence. If you insist that youre inn
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Why Is It Hard To Like Your Own Body?

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Founder of GE, Born in 1853, Talks About the 1870s & 1880s: Enhanced Video [60 fps]

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General Electric Company was formed in 1892, with Elihu Thomson's Thomson-Houston Electric Company merging together with Edison General Electric Company. The interview was filmed on June 21, 1932. Here, Elihu is discussing with one of his former students,
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What Is 4-Strand DNA & Why Are Scientists So Excited?

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We'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

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Check 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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What Can You Do RIGHT NOW To Save The Earth?

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Our climate is changing drastically and quickly, so what steps can YOU take to stop it today? Seeing this film is taking action, get tickets to see it in select theaters now & everywhere Aug. 4th: https://fandan.co/2ucigMW #BeInconvenient Support Life Nog
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How Planes Are Engineered to Fly Upside-Down

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Plane 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

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420 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

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The 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)

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Check 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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Mercury: Crash Course Astronomy #13

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Mercury is the closest planet to the sun. It has no atmosphere and is, as such, covered in craters. It's also incredibly hot but, surprisingly, has water ice hiding beneath its surface. -- Table of Contents Closest Planet to the Sun 0:03 Rotation Locked t
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Why Are There Penguins At The Equator?

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Try 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?

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Diatoms: Tiny Factories You Can See From Space

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The Weird, Watery Tale of Spinosaurus

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Check 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?

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Have 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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Why Are You So Tired All the Time? ft. TheOdd1sOut

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James (TheOdd1sOut) helps me talk about burnout. More like TheBurn1sOut! Burnout could be the cause of you being tired all of the time!Subscribe to James (The Odd 1s Out): https://www.youtube.com/c/theodd1soutSo yeahIt's been a while. I'm sorry for not up
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When Fish First Breathed Air

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Support 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

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We'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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Our Universe May Be Full of Massive Dark Matter Stars

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Recent studies point to a potential new type of matter: the dark boson. This dark matter candidate could potentially clump together out in space, forming 'ghost stars' that could grow as big as supermassive black holes. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/
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This Scientist Is Racing Extinction To Discover New Species of Arachnids

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Lauren 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?

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These 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.

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Experts 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

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Weird and Wonderful: This little siphonophore has a big impact on deep-sea food webs

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Siphonophores (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

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The 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?

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Thanks 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

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Thanks 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

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Single 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?

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Check 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

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Thanks 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

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You 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…

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The 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

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SciShow 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

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These Sleep Engineers Could Help You Hack Your Dreams

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A group at MIT’s Media Lab known as the “Dream Team” thinks you can harness your unconscious mind with tech you can wear to bed. Is the Cure for Superbugs Hiding Deep Under the Earth? - https://youtu.be/wu6kc8KIGXs Read More This MIT Machine Captures The
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Can You Solve This MIT Admissions Question? Geometry Problem, 1869

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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is one of the top ranked universities in the world. This question appeared on its admissions exam nearly 150 years ago. "The perpendicular dropped from the vertex of the right angle upon the hypotenuse divid
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SpaceXs New Rocket Fuel Could Help Us Finally Launch Humans to Mars

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From the International Space Station to Mars SpaceX is developing a new kind of rocket propellant that could push the limits of space travel further than ever before. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/El
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Chameleons Are Masters of Nanotechnology

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What 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

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Millions 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

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While 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

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Science 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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Harvard negotiator explains how to argue | Dan Shapiro

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Dan Shapiro, the head of Harvard’s International Negotiation program, shares 3 keys to a better argument. Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Get smarter, faster with our play
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The Million Dollar Equations - with Tom Crawford

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In 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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How Lice Turn Your Hair Into Their Jungle Gym | Deep Look

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Why are itchy lice so tough to get rid of and how do they spread like wildfire? They have huge claws that hook on hair perfectly, as they crawl quickly from head to head. JOIN our Deep Look community on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deeplook SUBSCRIBE
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When Antarctica Was Green

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Help 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

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European 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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Your brain doesnt detect reality. It creates it. | Lisa Feldman Barrett

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This interview is an episode from @The-Well , our publication about ideas that inspire a life well-lived, created with the @JohnTempletonFoundation.Subscribe to The Well on YouTube https://bit.ly/thewell-youtubeWatch Lisa Feldman Barretts next interview h
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The 50 States and Capitals Song | Silly School Songs

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INTERACTIVE LEARNING COURSES FOR THIS SONG AVAILABLE!!**Click the links below*** http://sillyschoolsongs.com/lessonplans/northeast http://sillyschoolsongs.com/lessonplans/southeast http://sillyschoolsongs.com/lessonplans/greatlakes http://sillyschoolsongs
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Why People Hate Hyenas

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Get 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

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Have 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

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Does 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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What Happens When You Get Rabies?

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Rabies may have lead to legends of werewolves, vampires, and zombies. And while it’s preventable, it still plagues around 60,000 people a year. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1FkxVLb ‖ Twitter! https://twitter.com/gross_science ‖ Instagram! https://www.instagra
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Playing 10000 Marbles - Marble Machine X #146

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Trying to play 10000 Marbles without fail! Will the Marble Machine X be able to do it? Video edited by Hannes Knutsson & Martin https://instagram.com/hannesknutsson Support the Marble Machine X Project: http://www.patreon.com/wintergatan https://teesp
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The Holocaust,Genocides, and Mass Murder of WWII: Crash Course European History #40

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During 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

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Are 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

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This 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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