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Harvard University is creating robotic insects to monitor the environment

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RoboBees are being made at Harvard's Wyss Institute. They can be used for environmental monitoring, search and rescue, and crop pollination. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/sai FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/techinsider TWITTER: https://twit
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The Origin Of Mammal Movement: Harvard Adventures, Part I

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Paleontologists today look at more than just fossil evidence to learn about organisms that lived millions of years ago. In this case, we're seeking to answer the question: how, and when, did mammals evolve their specialized movements? Turns out, the next
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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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Watch Mark Zuckerberg discover he was accepted to Harvard

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Mark Zuckerberg never actually graduated Harvard — he dropped out as a sophomore to run Facebook. But he's finally getting his honorary degree at the 2017 commencement ceremony. The tech mogul is scheduled to speak to graduates on Thursday May, 25, and to
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Wynton at Harvard, Chapter 9: The Evolution of the Trap Drum Set

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Delve into Wynton Marsalis's six-part Harvard University lecture series, covering a range of topics including jazz, what it means to be American, and the importance of cultural literacy and the arts in the liberal arts education. IX. The Evolution of the
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Pixar Did You Know? Fun Facts About Monsters University

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Learn everything you need to know about Disney•Pixar's Monsters University! Visit Disney Movies Anywhere for more! https://www.disneymoviesanywhere.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Pixar Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/disneypixar/?hl=en https
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How a Harvard Professor Makes Transforming Toys & Designs | WIRED

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Chuck Hoberman's eponymous sphere is one of the best-loved toys of the last quarter century. But it's only one example of his incredible work in transformable design. From adaptive nanotech to flexible building materials, Hoberman has created surprising a
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Harvard Professor Explains Algorithms in 5 Levels of Difficulty | WIRED

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From the physical world to the virtual world, algorithms are seemingly everywhere. David J. Malan, Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University, has been challenged to explain the science of algorithms to 5 different people; a child, a teen, a coll
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The Ohio State University Marching Band Performs their Hollywood Blockbuster Show

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The "Hollywood Blockbuster Show" was performed by members of the Ohio State University Marching Band on October 26th, 2013 at the Penn State Game. Coming off of their Michael Jackson Tribute show, students had a week to learn the drill associated with thi
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Can You Solve This Harvard Admissions Question? Algebra Problem, 1869

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The Harvard admissions exam in 1869 included this algebra problem: "A man bought a watch, a chain, and a locket for $216. The watch and locket together cost three times as much as the chain, and the chain and locket together cost half as much as the watch
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Are University Admissions Biased? | Simpson's Paradox Part 2

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Simpson's Paradox Part 2. Thanks to Skillshare for supporting this video! Head to http://skl.sh/minutephysics for your first two months free. Comments disabled because the discourse failed to remain civil. This video is about how to tell whether or not un
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(COLOR!) Albert Einstein in his office at Princeton University

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LOONEY TUNES (Looney Toons): The Dover Boys at Pimento University [ULTRA HD 4K Cartoons]

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This video streams up to Ultra HD 4k (2160p). "The Dover Boys at Pimento University" or "The Rivals of Roquefort Hall" (better known as simply The Dover Boys) is a 1942 Merrie Melodies cartoon produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions and directed by Chuck
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The simple riddle that 50% of Harvard students get wrong

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Sources for scientific journals are provided below. New videos come out every Thursday so subscribe for more videos. Visit my Facebook page for more bite sized tips and psychology information https://www.facebook.com/BiteSizePsych Also, if you like the mu
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Pet birds on FaceTime? Parrot video chats part of study at local university

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Researchers recruited a group of 18 pet parrots to see whether the social creatures could be taught how to place a call. Subscribe to WCVB on YouTube now for more: http://bit.ly/1e8lAMZ Get more Boston news: http://www.wcvb.com Like us: https://www.facebo
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Acapella Tribute to John Williams. Star Wars. Jaws. Indiana Jones.

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Student group "Harvard Din and Tonics" give an a cappella performance of famed composer and honorand John Williams most beloved scores, including Star Wars, Jaws, and Indiana Jones. Part of theHarvard University Commencement 2017.
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Visualizing the pyramids

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Harvard Professor Peter Der Manuelian explains how 3D modeling allows us to visualize ancient monuments in new ways. From our online course, "Pyramids of Giza: Ancient Egyptian Art and Archaeology": https://www.edx.org/course/pyramids-of-giza-ancient-egyp
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Bill meets bots

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Bill Gates visited a Harvard University lab that makes robotic gloves, pants, and flying insects. These incredible creations are powerful examples of the exciting innovation underway in the field of robotics. Learn more at https://b-gat.es/2TqZoDP
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This soft octopus robot could change the robotics industry

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A team of scientists and engineers at Harvard University have built the first entirely soft, autonomous robot. The aptly named Octobot was built using 3D printing, molding, and soft lithography techniques. Octobot doesn't have motors or batteries, instead
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The Extraordinary Math Hidden in Everyday Life

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L. Mahadevan is a professor of applied mathematics, physics, and organismic and evolutionary biology at Harvard University. He uses mathematics and physics to explore commonplace phenomena, showing that many of the objects and behaviors we take for grante
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MetaLimbs: Multiple Arms Interaction Metamorphism (2017)

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SIGGRAPH2017 Emerging Technologies Tomoya Sasaki Keio Universityn MHD Yamen Saraiji Keio University Charith Lasantha Fernando Keio University Kouta Minamizawa Keio University Masahiko Inami The University of Tokyo Credits Inami Hiyama Laboratory (The Univ
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Neuroscience: Crammed With Connections

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In a piece of brain tissue smaller than a dust mite, there are thousands of brain cell branches and connections. Researchers from Harvard University in Boston, MA have mapped them all in a new study appearing in Cell. They find some unexpected insights ab
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The Evolution of Bacteria. The Risks of Widespread Use of Antibiotics

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In a creative stroke inspired by Hollywood wizardry, scientists from the Kishony Lab at HMS and Technion (www.technion.ac.il/en/) have designed a simple way to observe how bacteria move as they become impervious to drugs. The experiments are thought to pr
Frederick Douglass | The Most Photographed American of the 19th Century

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Born into slavery as Frederick Douglass in 1818, this renowned lecturer and author would become one of the greatest public speakers of his time. After escaping slavery in 1838, Douglass joined the abolitionist movement. As a paid traveling lecturer, peopl
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The Cosmic Origins of Earth's Water

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To learn more about Brilliant, check out https://brilliant.org/BeSmart/ Give us a hand and SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Why is Earth is a blue planet? Because it’s covered in
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Soft autonomous earthworm robot at MIT

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Earthworms creep along the ground by alternately squeezing and stretching muscles along the length of their bodies, inching forward with each wave of contractions. Snails and sea cucumbers also use this mechanism, called peristalsis, to get around, and ou
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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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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 origami Pokéball safely captures delicate sea creatures

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Researchers at Harvard University have created an origami-inspired robot, similar to a Pokéball in Pokémon, that can capture sea creatures like jellyfish without harming them, and then release them back in the ocean. In the future, they hope to add camera
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Mapping How Americans Talk - Soda vs. Pop vs. Coke

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What's your general term for a sweetened carbonated beverage? What word or words do you use to address a group of two or more people? What do you call it when the rain falls while the sun is shining? Former Harvard professor Bert Vaux asked tens of thousa
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How Cancer Starts

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Harvard Medical School video explains what cancer is and how it begins
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Melting Glaciers Are Making Our Days Longer

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The impact of climate change extends beyond just the weather. According to Harvard University researchers, melting glaciers at the poles are slowing down the Earth's rotation, and as a result, increasing the length of our days. Subscribe to BI: Science -
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Marangoni Bursting: Evaporation-Induced Emulsification of a Two-Component Droplet

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Marangoni Bursting: Evaporation-Induced Emulsification of a Two-Component Droplet Guillaume Durey, The Lutetium Project, ESPCI Paris, PSL Research University, Paris, France Hoon Kwon, The Lutetium Project, ESPCI Paris, PSL Research University, Paris, Fran
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How Cancer Spreads

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Harvard Medical School video explains how cancer spreads through cell division
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Train for any argument with Harvards former debate coach | Bo Seo

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Train for any argument with Harvards former debate coach, Bo Seo.Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1Up next, Harvard negotiator explains how to argue https://youtu.be/IDj1OBG5TpwBo
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Relativity Train

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The Relativity Train is a realization of the famous Einstein thought experiments involving traveling trains carrying clocks and meter sticks. The demonstration is used to show how the preservation of the postulated constancy of physical laws and the speed
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How to Catch Cancer Early

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Harvard Medical School video describes how to detect cancer at an early stage through screening tests
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The science of the self explained by a biologist | Michael Levin

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How do you emerge from a collection of cells? A biologist explains. 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:/
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What Is Life? | Jeff Marlow | TEDxBeaconStreet

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What is life? Even as we send robotic explorers into space to look for signs of life and answer eternal questions of life beyond Earth, scientists lack a coherent definition of the phenomenon. A theoretical underpinning of life is needed, and expeditions
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Water and Classical Civilizations: Crash Course World History 222

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In which John Green teaches you about water! So, we talk about resources a lot on Crash Course, and today is no exception. It turns out people can't live without water, which means it's absolutely necessary for civilization. Today John talks about water i
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This Robot Chain Smokes Cigarettes So Rats Don't Have To | WIRED

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Researchers at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University have built a robot that can smoke cigarettes just like a human to better understand lung diseases. You're welcome, smoking lab rats. Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? ►► http://wrd.cm/15f
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Caught inside a bubble

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Finalist of the Best Illusion of the Year Contest 2016Title: Caught Inside A BubbleAuthors: Mark Vergeer, Stuart Anstis and Rob van Lier Institution: University of Leuven, Belgium, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands, and UC San Diego, USA
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How Special Relativity Makes Magnets Work

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MinutePhysics on permanent magnets: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFAOXdXZ5TMSubscribe to Veritasium: http://bit.ly/SuBVeSupport Veritasium- get a t-shirt: http://dft.ba/-vetshirtSubscribe to MinutePhysics: http://bit.ly/1eVPynhMagnetism seems like a pre
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Did Science Just Prove Women Are Nicer Than Men?

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Scientists may have just proven women are kinder and more selfless then men, and it’s all thanks to our brains. Read More: How Science Got Women Wrong https://www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21724375-why-view-women-are-gentle-caring-and-empath
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The Library of Rare Colors

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The Forbes Pigment Collection at the Harvard Art Museums is a collection of pigments, binders, and other art materials for researchers to use as standards: so they can tell originals from restorations from forgeries. It's not open to the public, because i
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Food Theory: Skip School! Own A Chick Fil A!

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Special thanks to Noom for sponsoring this video. Take your free 30-second quiz! https://noom.com/foodtheory Theorists, are you planning to go or have you gone to college? Maybe you are dreaming of getting into that Ivy League school, like Harvard or Yale
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Meet the Autonomous Insect Robots That Will One Day Swarm the Skies

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Meet the fleet of next-generation autonomous robots that are modeled entirely after insects, and one in particular: the fly. Designed with speed and agility in mind, Robofly relies on natures wisdom to fly tether-free. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/s
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What do bluebirds eat?

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What do bluebirds eat? To find out, we placed cameras at 40 bluebird nest boxes in Delaware to record the birds bringing prey back to their nestlings. The prey were identified from the video to determine which arthropod groups are most important in the bl
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Protecting Privacy with MATH (Collab with the Census)

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This video was made in collaboration with the US Census Bureau and fact-checked by Census Bureau scientists. Any opinions and errors are my own. For more information, visit https://census.gov/about/policies/privacy/statistical_safeguards.html or search "d
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Flying through a fly's brain

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Can flying through the fly brain bring us insight into how the fly flies? Learn more about this new approach to combining lattice-sheet microscopy with expansion microscopy, developed by researchers from the Media Lab's Synthetic Neurobiology group and co
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The beauty of collective intelligence, explained by a developmental biologist | Michael Levin

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The strange science experiment that blew a worms head off and blew our minds.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 YouTub
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Watch this origami fish grabber nab a deep-sea squid

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New robotic claw can scoop up delicate sea creatures without harm. Learn more - https://scim.ag/2zOKxOm Read the research - http://robotics.sciencemag.org/lookup/doi/10.1126/scirobotics.aat5276 CREDITS ---------------------- producer Jessica Hubbard anima
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Why Meat Is Now 10X More Deadly, w Stephen Fry

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A threat eclipsing coronavirus. A message for Mr Johnson.Voiced by Stephen Fry90% are exposed to air pollution (WHO) and fossil fuel air pollution alone is linked to 18% of all deaths globally (Harvard). Please sign the petition to make polluters pay:http
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Biohacking our way to health with robot cells | Michael Levin

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This biologist built a living robot from frog cells and it could hold the key to the future of regenerative medicine:This interview is an episode from @The-Well, our publication about ideas that inspire a life well-lived, created with the @JohnTempletonFo
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Best Oatmeal Hack Ever (aka Porridge)

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Forget those “overnight oats” — the best oatmeal (porridge!) doesn't have anything to do with mason jars or chia seeds. It’s about what you do to your oats. (Steel cut, old-fashioned, quick cooking — I'll go into that!) I'm sharing my ultimate method for
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White Dwarfs & Planetary Nebulae: Crash Course Astronomy #30

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Today Phil follows up last week’s look at the death of low mass stars with what comes next: a white dwarf. White dwarfs are incredibly hot and dense objects roughly the size of Earth. They also can form planetary nebulae: huge, intricately detailed object
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What Do Raindrops Really Look Like?

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Learn more about opportunities from KiwiCo here: https://www.kiwico.com/okay SUBSCRIBE so you never miss a video! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ What do raindrops look like? Exactly how we drew them as kids, right? Wrong! T
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Metals in Acid

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Curly strips of zinc and magnesium are dropped into 2M hydrochloric acid, and bubbles of hydrogen gas are observed as a result of the reactions.For more details on our setup, see https://sciencedemonstrations.fas.harvard.edu/presentations/metals-acidThank
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Huge Fire At Our Chemistry Building

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Professor Poliakoff on the blaze at the University of Nottingham's new chemistry building. Blog by the university's Vice-Chancellor at: http://bit.ly/VCNottsFire More chemistry at http://www.periodicvideos.com/ Follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook
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Cockroach-inspired robots crashes into walls on purpose

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Tiny roach-bots ram their heads into walls to propel themselves upward. Read more: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/02/watch-cockroach-inspired-robot-try-walk-through-walls Read the research: http://rsif.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/15/139/201706
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This long-lasting hydrogel could be used to replace damaged human tissues

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More entanglements in the material help polymer chains slip without breakingRead the research: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abg6320Hydrogels, water-absorbing materials similar to soft tissues, have been used in countless biomedical applicat
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Deepfake Videos Are Getting Terrifyingly Real I NOVA I PBS

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Artificially intelligent face swap videos, known as deepfakes, are more sophisticated and accessible than ever. PRODUCTION CREDITS Digital Producer Emily Zendt Production Assistance Rishya Narayanan Taylor White © WGBH Educational Foundation 2018 Add
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Special Visitor To Periodic Videos

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A young fan pays a visit to the University of Nottingham Chemistry Department. Thanks to our friends at BBC East Midlands Today, especially Quentin Rayner. EMT: https://twitter.com/bbcemt Quentin: https://twitter.com/quentinrayner University press release
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How evolution creates problem-solving machines | Michael Levin

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Evolution doesnt fix things it reinvents them. Michael Levin, a biologist, explains.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 o
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The Most Mysterious Object in the Universe

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Physics Girl astrophysics series - Brown Dwarfs are among the most recently observed objects in the universe. They have at MOST 8% the mass of the Sun. The lower mass boundary is not known! So they are halfway between stars and gas giant planets. Astrophy
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5 Unbelievable Facts: FAKE? or PHYSICS?

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Test yourself with our April Fools’ Day game: Fake or physics? SUBSCRIBE: http://youtube.com/whatthephysics?sub LINKS AND DETAILS: More details: #1. Speed of sound: Unlike light, sound needs a medium to travel through, and its speed depends on characteris
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The Art of War: The greatest strategy book ever written | Roger Martin

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Strategy advisor Roger Martin explains how 2,000 year old military thinking is useful in modern business strategy.Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1Up next, Navy SEAL has a '40 Per
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First Images of Black Holes!

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The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration observed the supermassive black holes at the center of M87 and our Milky Way galaxy (SgrA*) finding the dark central shadow in accordance with General Relativity, further demonstrating the power of this 100 year-o
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What Would Happen If You Never Stopped Eating?

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Eating might be a lot of fun, and keep you alive, but what happens if you never stop? Watch More: What Would Happen If You Never Showered? ►►►► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqXzmiAvav0 Get your exclusive Life Noggin merch: http://www.keeponthinking.co
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A Very Early Periodic Table - Periodic Table of Videos

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The Professor discusses a long-lost treasure found in a university storage room... See Brady with the table on Objectivity: https://youtu.be/2eRLeS1UdPo More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ Our thanks to David O'Hagan at University of St Andrews -
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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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Robots Inspired By Animals

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Learn about the robots inspired by animals with Hank! Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn't make SciShow without them! Shout out to Justin Ove, Justin Lentz, David Campos, Chris Peters, and
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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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The Meteorite Museum

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http://www.patreon.com/scifri - Please Help Support Our Video Productions! Peek inside the meteorite vault at Arizona State University where billion-year-old rocks from space give researchers clues about the formation of our solar system. The meteorites s
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100 Candles - Periodic Table Of Videos

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A short clip from the 100th birthday celebration for Dan Eley, FRS, held at the University of Nottingham. More chemistry at http://www.periodicvideos.com/ Follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/periodicvideos And on Twitter at http://twitter.com
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Mousetrap Fission Setup

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Woflgang and Allen quickly and efficiently prepare the Mousetrap Fission demo for Robert Kirshner's The Energetic Universe course on February 26, 2015. The demo consists of 110 mousetraps armed with ping-pong balls; the demonstrator drops a single ball fr
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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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Black Hole Seen For The First Time. Black hole breakthrough: Event Horizon Telescope's landmark imag

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On April 10, 2019, the international Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration revealed humanity's first glimpse of a black hole. Learn more: https://insidetheperimeter.ca/black-hole-breakthrough-astronomers-release-landmark-image Download free posters
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This river can be switched on and off

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Surely water simulation can be done with computers now? Well, not quite. At the University of Sherbrooke, there's an artificial research river, and I asked them to start it up. The University's civil engineering department: https://www.usherbrooke.ca/gciv
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What Does Malaria Do to the Human Body?

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Malaria is one of the oldest diseases in human history, dating back to ancient civilizations in Greece and China. It has even been attributed to aiding the fall of the Roman Empire.So if weve been fighting malaria for so long, why havent we been able to s
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Where Does Space Actually Start?

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Where does the atmosphere end and space begin? The answer's not so simple. This Is Not What Space Looks Like - https://youtu.be/N5rZ9E72zbI Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Special thanks to Squarespace for supporting Seeker.
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Low Mass Stars: Crash Course Astronomy #29

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Today we are talking about the life -- and death -- of stars. Low mass stars live a long time, fusing all their hydrogen into helium over a trillion years. More massive stars like the Sun live shorter lives. They fuse hydrogen into helium, and eventually
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The World's biggest hidden killer, w Stephen Fry.

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Surprising climate change facts, with Stephen Fry.Help us make more videos like this (and enjoy exclusive content):patreon.com/pindexReceive our videos via email:https://www.pinfact.org/joinNeed a video?https://www.pindexvideoproduction.comSources and res
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Magic Jug - Periodic Table Of Videos

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Some colour change reactions demonstrated by Dr Sam Tang from the University of Nottingham. More chemistry at http://www.periodicvideos.com/ Follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/periodicvideos And on Twitter at http://twitter.com/periodicvideo
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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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Dark Matter: Crash Course Astronomy #41

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Today on Crash Course Astronomy, Phil dives into some very dark matters. The stuff we can actually observe in the universe isn’t all there is. Galaxies and other large structures in the universe are created and shifted by a force we detect mostly indirect
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Jumping Wire

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A current-carrying wire interacts with an external magnetic field. The direction of the force is perpendicular to both the current and the magnetic field. The battery is a 12 Volt gel cell. The wires have a total resistance of about 0.1 Ohms. The magnetic
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What Lives In Cheese?

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What makes cheese so delicious? It's the bacteria, fungi, mites, and maggots living in it, of course! Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1FkxVLb ‖ Twitter! https://twitter.com/gross_science ‖ Tumblr! http://grossscience.tumblr.com/ ↓Want more info?↓ The Wolfe Lab a
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Coanda Effect

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Fluids flowing near a surface tend to follow the shape of the surface. Using Schlieren optics, we can see this behavior. It is known as the Coanda Effect and its explanation depends on viscosity, the frictional forces between the molecules of a fluid (be
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Chemical Weapons (Sarin Gas) - Periodic Table Of Videos

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Discussing chemical weapons, including Sarin and Mustard Gas. Featuring professors Rob Stockman and Martyn Poliakoff from the University of Nottingham. Extra footage will be at: http://youtu.be/lay6VoWBQek More chemistry at http://www.periodicvideos.com/
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Why You Should Embrace Your Stutter | Juan V. Lopez | TEDxUniversityofNevada

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Juan V. Lopez is an MBA student at The University of Nevada. In this inspiring talk, Juan explains why he now embraces his stutter as an integral part of his unique self. Juan V López is a MBA Candidate at the University of Nevada, first-generation
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Oscillating Reaction - Periodic Table Of Videos

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Example of a Belousov--Zhabotinsky reaction (or BZ reaction). Featuring Professor Martyn Poliakoff from the University of Nottingham. And the hands of Dr Samantha Tang! More chemistry at http://www.periodicvideos.com/ Follow us on Facebook at http://www.f
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Three-Dimensional Mid-Air Acoustic Manipulation [Acoustic Levitation] (2014-)

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(2014/7/23) Here is Next Levitation Project! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLgD3EtxwdY Three-Dimensional Mid-Air Acoustic Manipulation (2013,2014-) Yoichi Ochiai / (The University of Tokyo / ) Takayuki Hoshi / (Nagoya Institute of Technology / ) Jun Rek
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Sodium Absorption Lines

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Burning of sodium bicarbonate in Bunsen flame produces sodium absorption lines in continuous spectrum. Sodium 'D' line absorption shows up as a black line in the yellow of a continuous spectrum. Good as a simulation of the sodium portion of the Fraunhoffe
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Vacuum Cannon

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High speed footage of a ping pong ball, propelled by air rushing into an evacuated tube, penetrating three empty soda cans. The PVC tube is 8 feet long and 1.5 inches in diameter, with a layer of mylar sealing both ends. The ball accelerates down the tube
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Catholic Counter-Reformation: Crash Course European History #9

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When 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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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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Einstein's grades

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Come and take a look at Einstein's report card from his final school year and his time studying at ETH university in Switzerland. We will learn interesting facts about his life, his teachers and the state of physics at the time. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro1:
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Nebulae: Crash Course Astronomy #36

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Astronomers 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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Top Robotic Technologies of 2018

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The editors of Science Robotics have chosen the most exciting robotic technologies for the last year. These are just five of 2018's top advancements. Want to read more? Check out the paper- http://robotics.sciencemag.org/content/4/26/eaaw1826 CREDITS ----
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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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Everything, The Universe...And Life: Crash Course Astronomy #46

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Here it is, folks: the end. In our final episode of Crash Course Astronomy, Phil gives the course a send off with a look at some of his favorite topics and the big questions that Astronomy allows us to ask. Thank you for watching. -- Crash Course Astronom
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Knighthood For The Professor

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Our very own Professor Poliakoff has become Sir Martyn... He received a knighthood in the UK's New Year's Honours List. This video also features a "recent knight" - University of Nottingham Vice-Chancellor, Sir David Greenaway. Full interview with Sir Dav
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Liquid Electrons - Periodic Table Of Videos

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Solvated electrons - sodium in ammonia. Featuring Dr Rob Stockman from the University of Nottingham. Hello Internet podcast: http://www.hellointernet.fm And on YouTube (although a few weeks behind): http://bit.ly/HelloInternetYT More chemistry at http://w
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Visualizing Ultrasound with Schlieren Optics Part II

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Part 2 of 3. We use our strobing schlieren system to look at diffraction and standing wave patterns in air created by an ultrasonic transducer (driven at 28 kHz) and a reflecting glass plate.More information about our schlieren optics set-up and how it wo
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Dawn Of The Cyborg Bacteria

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http://www.sciencefriday.com In a basement laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania, two roboticists have harnessed the innate sensing, swimming, and swarming abilities of bacteria to power microscopic robots. Even though their work sounds like the pr
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Aspirin Journey through the body - 3D Animation

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The nautilus will make you rethink intelligence

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Nautiluses have survived five mass extinctions thanks in large part to a big and complex brain that smells and feels better than it can see. That's why Dr. Jennifer Basil, an evolutionary biologist at Brooklyn College, has rethought how humans perceive in
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Snippet: 3D hologram

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Daniel Smalley and colleagues used a tiny glowing particle to paint a 3D image--aka a 'Princess Leia' hologram--which unlike regular holograms can be seen from different angles. Learn more: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/01/princess-leia-holograms-on
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Leonardo da Vinci: Machines in Motion

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Exhibition at California University of Pennsylvania
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How Do Our Bodies Fight Off Dangerous Chemicals?

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UC San Diego's Amro Hamdoun explains how you can think of cells like night clubs. With every substance that a cell encounters it has to decide which to eliminate and which to let in. Since humans have generated over 80,000 synthetic compounds, it's now ev
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Researchers Recruit Sheep Instead of Lawn Mowers

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Researchers at the University of California, Davis are exploring the idea of replacing conventional lawn mowers with sheep that will graze and munch on campus lawns. AmazeLabs Johana Restrepo has more.
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Bridge Building Competition

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This video shows some of the wicked constructions for the 2013 Bridge Building Competition at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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Haptic Tactics : Allison Okamura

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Allison Okamura and the CHARM lab at Stanford University focus on what the sense of touch can bring to robot-human interactions. Learn more: http://specialprojects.sciencemag.org/xxfiles/
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Yeast Cell - 3D

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D. Allan Drummond, a professor at University of Chicago, prints these scientifically accurate budding yeast cells in brass at 10,000 times their actual size.
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Limiting Reagent Vinegar or Baking Soda?

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Vinegar and two different amounts of baking soda in plastic soda bottles with balloons.Two 500ml soda bottles of the same make, split a bottle of vinegar between them.11" balloons are pre-inflated with dry air, with care taken not to stretch the neck of t
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Can You See Me?

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Subscribe to iDubbbzTV: http://youtube.com/idubbbztv Check out DONG: https://youtu.be/yPvyrPcJisg Get The Curiosity Box: http://curiositybox.com twitter: http://twitter.com/jakerawr instagram: http://instagram.com/jakerawr facebook: http://facebook.com/vs
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Discoveries from Faraday's Laboratory with David Ricketts

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Find out what Michael Faraday discovered - filmed in his original basement lab in London, at the Royal Institution.You can visit the lab yourself - find out how on our website: https://www.rigb.org/visitProf David Ricketts is an Innovation Fellow in the T
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Why Did We Evolve to Taste Sour Flavors?

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Scientists don’t know why we evolved to taste sour foods, but they recently figured out the mystery behind how we taste them. It’s pretty crazy. You Think You Know What Meat Is... But You Have No Idea - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcdB89SHlAg&list=PL6
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MICRO-WORLD on a Human Scale (3D Animation)

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How would viruses, molecules or other microorganisms be if the atoms were a few centimeters in diameter?This video shows the different sizes of the micro world on a more familiar scale so that we have an idea of the enormous differences that there is.MY W
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Seaborgium Chemistry - Periodic Table Of Videos

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Scientists create Seaborgium hexacarbonyl from the short-lived element. More on Seaborgium: http://youtu.be/UWq0djr790E More on heavy elements: http://youtu.be/z3oY-XHwss8 The paper referenced in this video (subscription only) at: http://www.sciencemag.or
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A raindrop-sized robot that leaps out of the water

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Researchers at Harvard built a tiny robot that can swim as well as fly. Watch as it launches itself out of the water using a small explosion. SUBSCRIBE: https://goo.gl/kdDpXu FOLLOW QUARTZ: Facebook: https://goo.gl/DsmLvx Twitter: https://goo.gl/rY7pSX Re
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Take a Virtual Reality tour of six REAL exoplanets (4K, 360 VR experience) | We The Curious

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What would it be like to stand on the surface of another planet? We teamed up with a group of astrophysicists to create a scientifically accurate, virtual reality tour of six planets discovered outside our solar system. So strap on a VR headset, surf the
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Why Is Blue So Rare In Nature?

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Duh, except for the sky… and the ocean… Don’t miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Among living things, the color blue is oddly rare. Blue rocks, blue sky, blue water, sure. But blue animals? They
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This Breakthrough in Lab-Grown Meat Could Make it Look Like Real Flesh

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Scientists at Harvard have created a texture in meat grown in a lab close to the actual animal meat we're used to. Would you eat it? Subscribe to Seeker!http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Human meat consumpti
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Copper Sulfate (slow Motion) - Periodic Table Of Videos

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Copper Sulfate and Ammonia at high speed - watch the colour change and precipitation. More chemistry in slow motion: http://bit.ly/chemslomo Featuring Professor Martyn Poliakoff from the University of Nottingham. More chemistry at http://www.periodicvideo
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Making Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream With 'Dr. B'

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KUT's Mose Buchele learns how to make liquid nitrogen ice cream with Kate Biberdorf, a chemist with the University of Texas at Austin.
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This is why we can't have nice things

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This video is about stuff: light bulbs, printers, phones and why they aren't better. Go to https://NordVPN.com/veritasium and use code VERITASIUM to get a 2-year plan plus 1 additional month with a huge discount. Its risk free with Nords 30 day money-back
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The environmental cost of free two-day shipping

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What’s the environmental impact of online shopping and what are the solutions to make it more sustainable? Climate Lab is produced by the University of California in partnership with Vox. Hosted by conservation scientist Dr. M. Sanjayan, the videos explor
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Takeout creates a lot of trash. It doesn't have to.

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Our single-use items aren't helping the fight against climate change but there are easy hacks to reduce and reuse. Climate Lab is produced by the University of California in partnership with Vox. Hosted by conservation scientist Dr. M. Sanjayan, the video
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Food waste is the world's dumbest problem

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Eat your peas! It’s the easiest way to fight climate change. This is the fourth episode of Climate Lab, a six-part series produced by the University of California in partnership with Vox. Hosted by Emmy-nominated conservation scientist Dr. M. Sanjayan, th
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The fight to rethink (and reinvent) nuclear power

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New nuclear energy technology has come a long way - but can we get over our fears? This is the fifth episode of Climate Lab, a six-part series produced by the University of California in partnership with Vox. Hosted by Emmy-nominated conservation scientis
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The diet that helps fight climate change

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You don’t have to go vegan to fight climate change. Research shows that small changes to our diets can make big differences. Climate Lab is produced by the University of California in partnership with Vox. Hosted by conservation scientist Dr. M. Sanjayan,
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Old And New Labs - Periodic Table Of Videos

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With one eye on the past, The Professor shows us the new teaching lab at the University of Nottingham's School of Chemistry! Featuring Professor Sir Martyn Poliakoff. Hydrogen Bubbles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d49TzVF1gmY Exploding Pianos: https://
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Black Nitrogen - Periodic Table of Videos

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Researchers discover a new form of Nitrogen.More links and info in full description Discussed by Professor Sir Martyn Poliakoff from the University of Nottingham.Our thanks to Dr Dominique Laniel and his team, which did the research. Check the paper: http
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Can We Turn Back Our Biological Clocks?

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What If You Could Turn Back Your Biological Clocks? Unlock your secrets. Discover your Biological Age: https://trudiagnostic.comCheck out Lifespan now: https://www.lifespan.io/ !ALL THE LINKS! - https://linktr.ee/lifenogginDirector/Voice - Pat Graziosi: h
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Going green shouldn't be this hard

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Going green does not need to be a sacrifice, either for us as individuals or for businesses, governments and the economy. This is the second episode of Climate Lab, a six-part series produced by the University of California in partnership with Vox. Hosted
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What The Color Of A Star Reveals About Its Composition

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People have noticed this range of colors in the stars throughout history and its actually a pretty good indicator of a stars temperature, chemical composition and life stage. In this episode, we explore why stars sometimes change color and how to spot an
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Pythagoras Cup (Greedy Cup) Filled With Mercury

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More Mercury: https://youtu.be/5I4rxfnCtxY Numberphile for Pythagorean math: https://youtu.be/ItiFO5y36kw Buy a Pythagorean Cup on Amazon: http://bit.ly/Pyth_Cup This features features Professor Sir Martyn Poliakoff from the University of Nottingham. Siph
Som ET - 41 - Mars - Crater in Tyrrhena Terra - 8K

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A lovely crater with an eroded rim, but highly visible bedrock within.Audio: Som ET - 41 - MarsCredit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona.#nasa #mars #curiosity #hirise #perseverance #marte # # # # # # #
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Is the Periodic Table Upside Down?

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Featuring Professor Martyn Poliakoff from The University of Nottingham.More links and info in full description The Nature Chemistry paper being discussed is here: https://rdcu.be/bvAnSSupport us on Patreon (and have your name on our table): https://www.pa
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Star Clusters: Crash Course Astronomy #35

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Last week we covered multiple star systems, but what if we added thousands or even millions of stars to the mix? A star cluster. There are different kinds of clusters, though. Open clusters contain hundreds or thousands of stars held together by gravity.
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Remote Controls

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Finalist of the Best Illusion of the Year Contest 2016Title: Remote Controls Author: Arthur G. Shapiro Institution: American University, USA
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Silhouette Zoetrope

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Finalist of the Best Illusion of the Year Contest 2016Title: Silhouette ZoetropeAuthor: Christine VerasInstitution: Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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How to Make Your Face More Likable | Earth Lab

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A program can work out how trustworthy and likeable you seem based on your features, and how to improve them.Best of Earth Lab: http://bit.ly/EarthLabOriginals Best of BBC Earth: http://bit.ly/TheBestOfBBCEarthVideos The Doctors Are In The House: http://b
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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 AMAZING Design of the Parker Solar Probe - Smarter Every Day 198

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Get a free audio book! http://www.audible.com/Smarter Click here if you're interested in subscribing: http://bit.ly/Subscribe2SED ⇊ Click below for more links! ⇊ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GET SMARTER SECTION More Detailed Interviews here: Dr. Angela Ol
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Argon - Periodic Table of Videos

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A new and improved Argon video. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ Featuring Professor Sir Martyn Poliakoff and Senior Technician Neil Barnes at the University of Nottingham. Videos on all the elements: http://bit.ly/118elements See our recent He
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Change the color

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Best Illusion of the Year Contest - 2019Title: Change the Color Author: Haruaki FukudaInstitution: University of TokyoCountry: Japan
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Cool Explosions And Bags Of Hydrogen - Periodic Table Of Videos

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A series of Hydrogen explosions, including with cooled balloons and plastic bags. Featuring Neil Barnes, Darren Walsh and Martyn Poliakoff from the University of Nottingham. Video by Brady Haran. Extra footage: https://youtu.be/wHu39QPAUfo More slow motio
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Making Acid Rain (INDOORS) - Periodic Table of Videos

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Check out our Acid Rain demonstration. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/periodicvideosMore links and info in full description Featuring Sir Martyn Poliakoff and Neil Barnes from the University of Nottingham.Rain drops on Sixty Symbols: https
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Mask Induced Filling out

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Best Illusion of the Year Contest - 2017 The Mask Induced Filling-outAuthor: Shuichiro TayaInstitution: Hiyoshi Psychology Laboratory, Keio UniversityCountry: Japan
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Bodiject Fingers

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Best Illusion of the Year Contest - 2019Title: Bodiject FingersAuthor: Kenri KodakaInstitution: Naoya City UniversityCountry: Japan
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Helix Rotation

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Best Illusion of the Year Contest - 2019Title: Helix Rotation Author: Arthur G. ShapiroInstitution: American University Country: USA
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Science vs the Weather: Salford's Energy House

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At the University of Salford's Energy House, all the energy use is monitored and controlled, allowing researchers to experiment with all sorts of insulation and energy-saving techniques. But how to control for factors like sun, wind and rain? The solution
Electric fields elicit ballooning in spiders

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The aerodynamic capabilities of spiders have intrigued scientists for hundreds of years, biologists from the University of Bristol believe they have found the answer...Paper: Current Biology, Electric fields elicit ballooning in spiders. Erica L. Morley a
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Amazing Marching Band! Halftime vs. Michigan State. One Giant Leap.

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Watch The Ohio State University Marching Band's "One Giant Leap" halftime show as the Buckeyes football team took on Michigan State on Oct. 5, 2019. #GoBucks
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55 Gallon Drum Collapse from Vacuum

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When the air inside a 55 gallon steel drum is pumped out, we see the weight of the atmosphere push inward with 101 kPa of pressure. The top and bottom of the drum has a radius of about 30 centimeters, and it is about 1 meter tall. This means the atmospher
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Codename: Kids Next Door - Operation: C.O.L.L.E.G.E.

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Numbuh One discovers that England's most prestigious university has accepted a 10-year-old boy, and is convinced that the adults want to steal the new student's brain.Subscribe for more Cartoon Network fun!
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The Case for LESS Sensitive COVID Tests

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Thanks to Brilliant for sponsoring this video - the first 200 people to click on https://www.brilliant.org/MinutePhysics will get 20% off a Premium subscription to Brilliant.This video written & produced in collaboration with Aatish Bhatia, https://www.aa
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What Happens if Earth Gets 2°C Warmer?

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Over the last 20 years, 2°C has been referenced in climate policies and agreements made by the Council of the European Union, the G8 (now the G7), and more. So what makes two degrees so important? -- Producer/Video by: Jason Lederman Narrator: Amy Schelle
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Bats Take Flight

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http://www.patreon.com/scifri - Please Help Support Our Video Productions! You’d think that bats and birds fly in similar ways—in fact, many scientists used to consider bat flight a minor variation of bird flight. But, with the aid of high-speed video, re
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Moscovium (NEW ELEMENT) - Periodic Table of Videos

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Element 115 has been named Moscovium, after the city of Moscow. Videos on all 118 elements: http://bit.ly/118elements Nihonian: https://youtu.be/-HcSEKuYGM8 Tennessine: https://youtu.be/1RGlXh9eC5E Oganesson: https://youtu.be/VMv44bIBdQI Discussed by Prof
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Using Eye Gaze to Teach a Robot

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Carnegie Mellon University's Henny Admoni uses nonverbal human behavior, such as eye gaze, to better understand people's intentions. Using that information, Admoni creates algorithms that will allow future robots to be more collaborative in everyday life.
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"Never been a better time" - Ben Ryan is Born to Engineer

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For more engineering stories, news and resources visit us at www.borntoengineer.com Sol Ryan had to have his arm amputated 10 days after he was born. When his father Ben saw the prosthetics that were available for small children, he knew that it wasn't go
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The Black Hole Picture, Explained By Astrophysicists | WIRED

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Scientists captured and released the first-ever picture of a black hole. WIRED's Deputy Science Editor Adam Rogers spoke with Harvard's Michael Johnson and Andrew Chael, two of the members of the research team, to find out what the achievement means for s
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Partial Disappearance Illusion

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Best Illusion of the Year Contest - 2017Title: Partial Disappearance IllusionAuthor: Kokichi SugiharaInstitution: Meiji UniversityCountry: Japan
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Why you need to wear safety glasses - Periodic Table of Videos

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We use some cherry tomatoes and Krakatoa Tubes in a classic demonstration of the value of safety goggles. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ Krakatoa on Objectivity: https://youtu.be/1bnvNI-j22E Previous Krakatoa Tubes video: https://youtu.be/drH
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Who Decided We Needed to Take Vitamins? (Part 1 of 3)

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Take your vitamins! You've probably head a parent tell you that, but really, why should we take them to begin with? And who decided vitamins were a good idea? Read More: Vitamins 101: Know What You Need https://www.good.is/articles/know-what-you-need Toda
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Is A PB&J Worse Than A Cheeseburger?

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The peanut butter and jelly sandwich is a classic school-day lunch, but how healthy is it for you? Get 15% off http://www.domain.com's domain names and web hosting when you use coupon code DNEWS at checkout! Does It Cost More To Eat Healthy ►►►► http://dn
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Watch robotic ‘skins’ give life to inanimate toys

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Flexible cuffs could also be used for space missions, rescue vehicles Read more - https://scim.ag/2pltCLi Check out the research here - http://robotics.sciencemag.org/lookup/doi/10.1126/scirobotics.aat1853 CREDITS _________________ producer/animator/narra
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The Perfect Stack of Maltesers

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Dr Eugenia Cheng, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics from the University of Sheffield, discusses the mathematics behind the perfect stack of Maltesers http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/maths
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The Dalesmen Singers Illusion

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Finalist of the Best Illusion of the Year Contest 2016Title: The Dalesmen Singers IllusionAuthor: Mike Pickard and Gurpreet SinghInstitution: Sunderland University, UK
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Glassblowing - Periodic Table of Videos

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Conor Howell-Bennett is a Scientific Glassblowing Technician at the University of Nottingham's Chemistry Department.More links and info in full description Brady's Objectivity channel: http://bit.ly/Objectivity Videos on all 118 elements: http://bit.ly/11
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The Element Creator - Periodic Table of Videos

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Professor Yuri Oganessian himself shows us where his team created many super heavy elements, including Oganesson. Also featuring Professor Sir Martyn Poliakoff from the University of Nottingham. More Super Heavy Elements videos: http://bit.ly/super_heavy
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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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A New Illusion at Your Ellbow

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Finalist of the Best Illusion of the Year Contest 2016Title: A New Illusion At Your Elbow Author: Peter Brugger and Rebekka MeierInstitution: University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
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The Most Massive Molecule - Periodic Table of Videos

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The theoretical molecule Oganesson Tetratennesside is the largest possible with five atoms - but is it possible!?More links and info in full description Paper in this video: https://arxiv.org/abs/2101.05737Featuring Professor Martyn Poliakoff from the Uni
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Facing-Right Illusion

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Best Illusion of the Year Contest - 2019 Title: Facing-Right IllusionAuthors: Kokichi SugiharaInstitution: Meiji UniversityCountry: Japan
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Nihonium (NEW ELEMENT) - Periodic Table of Videos

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Nihonium, element 113, has been named after Japan. Videos on all 118 elements: http://bit.ly/118elements Moscovium: https://youtu.be/ewQAJtbgr7w Tennessine: https://youtu.be/1RGlXh9eC5E Oganesson: https://youtu.be/VMv44bIBdQI Discussed by Professor Sir Ma
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Could You Actually Have An Anxiety Disorder?

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Anxiety can drastically impact your life, but just how common is it? Watch more: How Do You Know If You Have Depression? ►► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baqXeUOcyJw&list=PL8L0MzSk_V6JtEDRfRMyb6rFd1acqYSlO&index=8 Subscribe: https://bit.ly/SubLifeNoggin
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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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Whitening The Taj Mahal - Periodic Table Of Videos

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Pollution is yellowing the Taj Mahal - but scientists are treating it with something called Fuller's Earth. More of our videos from India: http://bit.ly/India_Videos Videos from Australia: http://bit.ly/Aus_Chem_Trip Videos from Brazil: http://bit.ly/Braz
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It's Official: We Were WRONG About the Big Bang

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What is the universe expanding into? Where did the big bang happen?Sign up for my FREE Varsity Tutors class! https://bit.ly/DiannaCowernVTClass2Check out Varsity Tutors Club STEM! https://www.varsitytutors.com/classes/clubs/curious-world-stem-clubSupport
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Where's my robotic construction crew? Advances in collective robotic construction

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One day we may need robot construction crews to keep up with the demands of building here on Earth and on extraterrestrial missions. This video walks through the many questions associated with this technology, where we are now, and researchers' hopes for
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The Chunder Thunder Illusion

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Best Illusion of the Year Contest - 2019Title: The Chunder Thunder IllusionAuthors: Mike Pickard and Gurpreet SinghInstitution: The University of SunderlandCountry: United Kingdom
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Signs of Life Found on Venus I NOVA I PBS

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The gas phosphine, made on Earth by microbial life forms, was found in Venus' atmosphere. Could this mean there's life in our planetary neighbor's clouds?Get the inside story from scientists Sara Seager and Clara Sousa-Silva on how the discovery was made,
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What Does Sugar Actually Do To Your Body?

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The effects of sugar can take your body down a vicious cycle known as metabolic syndrome. UC Davis' Kimber Stanhope altered the diets of a group of volunteers for her study. Instead of her subjects eating food like rice, pasta or bread, she had them consu
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Artificial intelligence is helping get the lead out of Flint I NOVA I PBS

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To give workers the best chance of finding dangerous lead in Flint, University of Michigan researchers turned to machine learning. Five years after the water crisis, some residents are reluctant to fully trust the technology.Read more on NOVA: https://to.
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Top 10 Robot Animals You Won't Believe Exist

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Amazing scientists love to build incredible animal robots. Here are the Top 10 Robot Animals That Exist! Subscribe for more! ► https://goo.gl/pgcoq1 ◄ Stay updated ► https://goo.gl/JyGcTt https://goo.gl/5c8dzr ◄ For copyright queries or general inquiries
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Is Sugar in Fruit Different Than Sugar in Soda?

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How does the sugar in fruit compare to the sugar in processed foods like soda or cookies? Everyone loves a sweet treat, but on average, Americans eat nearly 66 pounds of added sugar per person per year. It's easy to exceed the daily recommended sugar inta
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The Shrunken Finger Illusion

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Finalist of the Best Illusion of the Year Contest 2016Title: The Shrunken Finger Illusion Authors: Vebjrn Ekroll, Bilge Sayim, Ruth Van der Hallen and Johan WagemansInstitution: University of Leuven, Belgium
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Eye Gaze and Intent: How Robots Are Learning to Help People

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Carnegie Mellon University's Henny Admoni studies human behavior in order to program robots to better anticipate people's needs. Admonis research focuses on using assistive robots to address different impairments and aid people in living more fulfilling l
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The Science of Speciation – Molecular Adaptation in Vampire Bats

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Over 20% of all living mammal species are bats, and each is adapted to a particular diet: nectar, fruit, meat, insects—even blood! Follow scientists into the jungles of Brazil, and to a genomic sequencing lab at Temple University, as they decode the evolu
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Tennessine (NEW ELEMENT) - Periodic Table of Videos

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Element 117 was synthesised in Russia but named after Tennessee because of the crucial role played by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. A video on every element: http://bit.ly/118elements Nihonian: https://youtu.be/-HcSEKuYGM8 Moscovium: https://youtu.be
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Ambiguous Cylinder Illusion

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Finalist of the Best Illusion of the Year Contest 2016 Title: Ambiguous Cylinder Illusion Author: Kokichi Sugihara Institution: Meiji University, Japan
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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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Supercooled Water - Explained!

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Many videos on YouTube show water freezing almost instantaneously. This video shows you how to replicate the experiment and it explains how the phenomenon works. Molecular illustrations are courtesy of:PhET Interactive SimulationsUniversity of Coloradohtt
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Piranha Solution Eats Stuff

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Episode sponsored by MEL Science and their monthly science boxes - get 50% off your first box at https://melscience.com/s8o/ and use promocode PV50More links and info in full description More acid videos on Periodic Videos: https://bit.ly/Acid_PVVideos on
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Galaxies, Part 2: Crash Course Astronomy #39

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Active galaxies pour out lots of energy, due to their central supermassive black holes gobbling down matter. Galaxies tend not to be loners, but instead exist in smaller groups and larger clusters. Our Milky Way is part of the Local Group, and will one da
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Why Are You Anxious?

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10 Ways To Deal With Anxiety: https://youtu.be/IAJ7KCuN3zA Subscribe! http://bit.ly/asapsci Created by: Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown Written by: Amanda Edward, Rachel Salt, Mitchell Moffit & Gregory Brown Illustrated by: Max Simmons Edited by: Sel Gh
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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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3D Printing Boosts Dreams of Student Violinist

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(21 Apr 2017) Ten-year-old Isabella Cabrera does not have a left hand but is learning to play the violin, thanks to a special prosthetic device designed by students at George Mason University and built from a 3D printer. Isabella's music teacher is a grad
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Anti-Gravity Wheel Explained

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It's a little shaky but if you average out the oscillations I think the result is clear. Again, huge thank you's to A/Prof Emeritus Rod Cross, Helen Georgiou, Alex Yeung, and Chris Stewart, Tom Gordon, the University of Sydney Mechanical Engineering shop,

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