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The Contributions Of Female Explorers - Courtney Stephens

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-contributions-of-female-explorers-courtney-stephens During the Victorian Age, women were unlikely to become great explorers, but a few intelligent, gritty and brave women made major contributions to the stud
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More on Final and Intermediate GDP Contributions

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What happens when a good is not finished in a period More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=C1pHvEAKmLA
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Parasympathetic Nervous System: Crash Course A&P #15

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This week we are looking at your parasympathetic division, which is the "resting and digesting" unit. Unfortunately, learning about this de-stressing division also involves a whole lot of memorization. Don't worry, though - we've got some mnemonic devices
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Sympathetic Nervous System: Crash Course A&P #14

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Hank tries not to stress you out too much as he delves into the functions and terminology of your sympathetic nervous system. -- Table of Contents Sympathetic Nervous System Controls the Body's Stress Response 0:26 How Signals Travel to Effectors 1:48 Ace
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Central Nervous System: Crash Course A&P #11

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Today Hank talks about your central nervous system. In this episode we'll explore how your brain develops and how important location is for each of your brain's many functions. Table of Contents Central Nervous System, Location and Brain Function 1:48 Bra
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Rainbows Explained In Ten Seconds

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MinutePhysics is on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 And facebook - http://facebook.com/minutephysics And twitter - @minutephysics Minute Physics provides an energetic and entertaining view of old and new problems in physics -- all in a minute! Music by Nat
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Foiled Proof

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MinutePhysics is on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 And facebook - http://facebook.com/minutephysics And twitter - @minutephysics Minute Physics provides an energetic and entertaining view of old and new problems in physics -- all in a minute! Music by Nat
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The Order of Operations is Wrong

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Morally Wrong, that is... MinutePhysics is on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 And facebook - http://facebook.com/minutephysics And twitter - @minutephysics Minute Physics provides an energetic and entertaining view of old and new problems in physics -- all
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Trademarks And Avoiding Consumer Confusion: Crash Course Intellectual Property #5

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In which Stan Muller teaches you about our third branch of Intellectual Property, trademarks. A lot of people confuse trademark and copyright. Trademarks apply to things like company and product names and logos, packaging designs, and commercial designs.
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Where is the True North Pole?

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Is it in the Arctic Ocean? In Canada? Russia? MinutePhysics is on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 And facebook - http://facebook.com/minutephysics And twitter - @minutephysics Minute Physics provides an energetic and entertaining view of old and new proble
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Peripheral Nervous System: Crash Course A&P #12

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It is now time to meet the system that helps your crazy brain stay in touch with the outside world. We follow up last week's tour of the central nervous system with a look at your peripheral nervous system, its afferent and efferent divisions, how it proc
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Autonomic Nervous System: Crash Course A&P #13

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Hank takes you on a tour of your two-part autonomic nervous system. This episode explains how your sympathetic nervous system and parasympathetic nervous system work together as foils, balancing each other out. Their key anatomical differences - where ner
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How Big is the Universe?

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It has NO EDGE. And NO CENTER... or does it? The Scale of the Universe - http://htwins.net/scale2/ MinutePhysics is on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 And facebook - http://facebook.com/minutephysics And twitter - @minutephysics Minute Physics provides an
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Taste&Smell: Crash Course A&P #16

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Hank resists the urge to devour a slice of pizza so that he can walk you through the way we experience our major special senses. It all boils down to one thing: sensory cells translating chemical, electromagnetic, and mechanical stimuli into action potent
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Intro To Economics: Crash Course Econ #1

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In which Jacob Clifford and Adriene Hill launch a brand new Crash Course on Economics! So, what is economics? Good question. It's not necessarily about money, or stock markets, or trade. It's about people and choices. What, you may ask, does that mean. We
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How Far Can Legolas See?

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Listen to the Lord of the Rings at http://www.audible.com/minutephysics MinutePhysics is on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 And facebook - http://facebook.com/minutephysics And twitter - @minutephysics Minute Physics provides an energetic and entertaining
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Specialization And Trade: Crash Course Economics #2

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In which Adriene Hill and Jacob Clifford teach you about specialization and trade, and how countries decide whether they're going to make stuff or trade for stuff. You'll learn about things like comparative advantage, the production possibilities frontier
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Where Was The Big Bang?

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FREE Audiobook on Audible: http://bit.ly/ZEAtPh MinutePhysics is on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 And facebook - http://facebook.com/minutephysics And twitter - @minutephysics Minute Physics provides an energetic and entertaining view of old and new prob
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The Extraordinary Theorems of John Nash - with Cédric Villani

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Fields medal winner Cédric Villani takes us through the very special world of mathematical creation of John Nash, who founded several new chapters of game theory and geometric analysis in just a few revolutionary contributions that seemed to come from now
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What Is The Universe?

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Subscribe to MinutePhysics - it's FREE! http://dft.ba/-minutephysics_sub MinutePhysics is on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 And facebook - http://facebook.com/minutephysics And twitter - @minutephysics Minute Physics provides an energetic and entertaining
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What is Touch?

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In this quantum world, what does it mean to touch something? Do we really hover above the chairs we're sitting in? MinutePhysics is on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 And facebook - http://facebook.com/minutephysics And twitter - @minutephysics Minute Phys
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Economic Systems And Macroeconomics: Crash Course Economics #3

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In which Jacob Clifford and Adrienne Hill teach you about Economic Systems and Macroeconomics. So, economics is basically about choices. We'll look at some of the broadest economic choices when we talk about the difference between planned economies and ma
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TOP 10 REASONS Why We Know the Earth is Round

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Subscribe to MinutePhysics - it's FREE! http://dft.ba/-minutephysics_sub MinutePhysics is on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 And facebook - http://facebook.com/minutephysics And twitter - @minutephysics Minute Physics provides an energetic and entertaining
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Another Physics Misconception

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Subscribe to MinutePhysics - it's FREE! http://dft.ba/-minutephysics_sub MinutePhysics is on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 And facebook - http://facebook.com/minutephysics And twitter - @minutephysics Minute Physics provides an energetic and entertaining
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Radar Explained In Ten Seconds

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EXTRA BONUS FACT: Typical radar can only send out radio waves in one direction at a time, which is why a doppler radar "sweeps" around in order to see in all directions. MinutePhysics is on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 And facebook - http://facebook.com
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Copyright Basics: Crash Course Intellectual Property 2

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EPISODE DESCRIPTION This week, Stan Muller teaches you the basics of copyright in the United States. Copyright law is territorial, so we're going to cover the system we know the most about, and that's the US. Stan will talk about what kind of ideas can be
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Picture of the Big Bang (a.k.a. Oldest Light in the Universe)

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Where does all the stuff in the universe come from? Explore a map of the big bang! http://www.bigbangregistry.com minutephysics is now on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 And facebook - http://facebook.com/minutephysics And twitter - @minutephysics Minute P
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Why Is Oobleck Both Hard & Soft? | Home Science Experiment

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Why does oobleck a mixture of cornflour and water behave so unusually? Rad Yeo throws eggs at this mysterious non-Newtonian fluid to show you how to make it at home. Subscribe to ABC Science YouTube https://ab.co/2YFO4GoLike: https://www.facebook.com/ABCS
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Copyright, Exceptions, And Fair Use: Crash Course Intellectual Property #3

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Stan Muller teaches you a few things about copyright enforcement, and talks about the exceptions to copyright enforcement. While there are several, the one you've probably heard of is Fair Use, and it's a pretty tricky one. We'll try to explain it, and te
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London Bridge Was Sold to the US!?

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London Bridge has already been rebuilt twice! But what happened to the bridges that came down? Also, explore a map of the big bang! http://www.bigbangregistry.com MinutePhysics is on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 And facebook - http://facebook.com/minute
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Einstein's Brilliant Mistake: Entangled States - Chad Orzel

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/einstein-s-brilliant-mistake-entangled-states-chad-orzel When you think about Einstein and physics, E=mc^2 is probably the first thing that comes to mind. But one of his greatest contributions to the field actua
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Magnetic Levitation

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The people who levitated the frog: http://www.ru.nl/hfml/research/levitation/ And of course, MinutePhysics on Subbable: http://www.subbable.com/minutephysics MinutePhysics is on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 And facebook - http://facebook.com/minutephysi
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The Most Groundbreaking Scientist You've Never Heard Of - Addison Anderson

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-most-groundbreaking-scientist-you-ve-never-heard-of-addison-anderson Seventeenth-century Danish geologist Nicolas Steno earned his chops at a young age, studying cadavers and drawing anatomic connections bet
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Hearing & Balance: Crash Course A&P #17

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Crash Course A&P continues the journey through sensory systems with a look at how your sense of hearing works. We follow sounds as they work there way into the ear where they are registered and transformed into action potentials. This mechanism not only h
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Usain Bolt vs. Gravity

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Who's faster over 10 meters - the fastest sprinter in the world, or gravity? Also, explore a map of the big bang! http://www.bigbangregistry.com MinutePhysics is on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 And facebook - http://facebook.com/minutephysics And twitte
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Endocrine System, Part 2 - Hormone Cascades: Crash Course A&P #24

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In the second half of our look at the endocrine system, Hank discusses chemical homeostasis and hormone cascades. Specifically, he looks at the hypothalamus-pituitary-thyroid axis, or HPT axis, and all the ways your body can suffer when that system, or yo
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AMAZING Simulation of the Evolution of the Universe

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Watch the full MinutePhysics video here: http://dft.ba/-3v1L Also, explore a map of the big bang! http://www.bigbangregistry.com MinutePhysics is on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 And facebook - http://facebook.com/minutephysics And twitter - @minutephysi
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Patents, Novelty, And Trolls: Crash Course Intellectual Property #4

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This week, Stan teaches you about patents. It turns out, they're patently complicated! So, patents have some similarity to copyright, in that they grant a limited monopoly to people who invent things. The key difference in patents and copyright is that pa
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Do We Expand With The Universe?

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Help support MinuteEarth - http://subbable.com/minuteearth MinutePhysics is on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 And facebook - http://facebook.com/minutephysics And twitter - @minutephysics Get a free audiobook at http://bit.ly/ZEAtPh Minute Physics provide
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E=mc² is Incomplete

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You've heard of E=mc²... but you probably haven't heard the whole story. http://translate.minutephysics.com MinutePhysics is on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 And facebook - http://facebook.com/minutephysics And twitter - @minutephysics Minute Physics pro
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How far is a second?

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The moon may be 1.3 light-seconds away, but why on earth do we measure distances using time? minutephysics is now on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 And facebook - http://facebook.com/minutephysics And twitter - @minutephysics Minute Physics provides an en
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Science, Religion, and the Big Bang

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Support MinutePhysics and MinuteEarth on Subbable - http://www.subbable.com/minuteearth AND http://www.subbable.com/minutephysics MinutePhysics is on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 And facebook - http://facebook.com/minutephysics And twitter - @minutephys
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Common Physics Misconceptions

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What if you thought the earth was flat? And then you found out it isn't? MinutePhysics is on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 And facebook - http://facebook.com/minutephysics And twitter - @minutephysics Minute Physics provides an energetic and entertaining
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Richard Feynman Magnets

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Richard Phillips Feynman was an American physicist known for the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics and the physics of the super fluidity of super cooled liquid helium, as well as work in particle physics
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Richard Feynman Fire

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Richard Phillips Feynman was an American physicist known for the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics and the physics of the super fluidity of super cooled liquid helium, as well as work in particle physics
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Proof Without Words: The Circle

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Prove πR² using only beads and a ruler! I first saw this proof in an article by Russell Jay Hendel, Dowling College: http://bit.ly/LQlwQw minutephysics is now on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 And facebook - http://facebook.com/minutephysics And twitter -
Where do ibis actually live? | The Secret Lives Of Our Urban Birds

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Where do bin chickens go when they leave the bin? It turns out, pretty far away! Subscribe to ABC Science YouTube https://ab.co/2YFO4Go This excerpt is from the Australian documentary series, Catalyst. Australians can stream the program now on ABC iview h
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The True Science of Parallel Universes

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Oh, Hey! MinuteEarth! http://youtube.com/minuteearth .........and you can also subscribe to MinutePhysics! MinutePhysics is on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 And facebook - http://facebook.com/minutephysics And twitter - @minutephysics Minute Physics prov
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Vision: Crash Course A&P #18

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Next stop in our tour of your sensory systems? VISION. With a little help from an optical illusion, we take a look inside your eyes to try to figure out how your sense of vision works -- and how it can be tricked. *** Table of Contents The Structure of th
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Why is it Dark at Night?

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Have you ever wondered why you look up and see a dark sky at night? Help share science with the world: http://translate.minutephysics.com Subscribe to MinutePhysics! MinutePhysics is on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 And facebook - http://facebook.com/min
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Solution To The Impossible Bet

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This problem is called the "100 Prisoners Problem", more info on the math here: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_prisoners_problem Thanks to http://www.ifixit.com for supporting us on Subbable! and to Subbable supporter @vicnice137 And thanks to my frie
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Theory of Everything: What is Matter?

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What is matter, anyway? What does it have to do with math? And why aren't you made of Jesus? Delving deeper into the theory of (almost) everything - the Standard Model of particle physics. minutephysics is now on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 And faceboo
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Theory of Everything (intro)

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A brief intro to the current theory of (almost) everything - the Standard Model of particle physics. It's like cake, only universal. minutephysics is now on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 And facebook - http://facebook.com/minutephysics And twitter - @min
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Will Robots Become Conscious?

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What makes a brain or machine conscious? Will robots become more conscious than we are? One theory, which can actually calculate consciousness, is beginning to provide some answers. Subscribe: http://youtube.com/whatthephysics?sub_confirmation=1 ↓Want mor
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Relativity Isn't Relative

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SPACE-SHEEP! http://labs.minutelabs.io/Relativistic-Space-Sheep/ and subscribe to MinuteLabs at http://www.subbable.com/minutelabsio Video about the Space-Sheep: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVpv_rJeQcQ MinutePhysics is on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc
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Three Optical Illusions To Break Your Brain | Catalyst

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What colour are the buttons? Do the dinosaurs eyes follow you? Subscribe to ABC Science YouTube https://ab.co/2YFO4Go This is an excerpt from the Australian documentary series, Catalyst Magic And The Brain: The Science Of Illusion. Australians can watch t
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Joints: Crash Course A&P #20

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We continue our look at your bones and skeletal system, skipping over the silly kid's song in favor of a more detailed look at your your axial and appendicular skeleton. This episode also talks about the structural and functional classifications of your j
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How to Simulate the Universe on your Laptop

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AfterEffects Tutorial on how to Simulate the Universe: http://dft.ba/-3v1X Millennium Simulation - http://dft.ba/-3v12 Also, explore a map of the big bang! http://www.bigbangregistry.com MinutePhysics is on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 And facebook - ht
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How To See Without Glasses

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Can you keep Psy in focus? http://labs.minutelabs.io/Lenses/ And you can download Sean Carroll's audiobook for free at http://www.audible.com/minutephysics This video was produced from the Radiolab offices - a big thanks to Robert Krulwich for setting up
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Who Founded the Democratic Party?

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Its the oldest political party in the United States, but how was the Democratic Party formed and what contributions has it made to U.S. society since?Untold is a free collection of short, compelling, history videos and animations designed to engage new au
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Can we Predict Everything?

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Order your MinutePhysics TSHIRT! http://dftba.com/minutephysics Einstein didn't like quantum mechanics because it wasn't able to make perfect predictions... but science is not about what you like, it's about what's true! MinutePhysics is on Google+ - http
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Albert Einstein: Why Light is Quantum

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Pi day (3.14) is Albert Einstein's Birthday! To celebrate, we'll explain 4 of his most groundbreaking papers from 1905, when he was just 26 years old. minutephysics is now on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 And facebook - http://facebook.com/minutephysics
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Blood Vessels, Part 1 - Form And Function: Crash Course A&P #27

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Now that we've discussed blood, we're beginning our look at how it gets around your body. Today Hank explains your blood vessels and their basic three-layer structure of your blood vessels. We're also going over how those structures differ slightly in dif
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How to Destroy a Magnet (+ interactive periodic table)

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Interactive Periodic Table!! - http://bit.ly/MPeriodic_table (built by Jasper Palfree) FREE Audiobook for you at http://www.audible.com/minutephysics Magnets are amazingly strong... but there's a very easy way to destroy them. All you need to know is a li
How to find a meteorite in Australia | Catalyst

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When going meteorite hunting think wide open spaces. Like on top of your roof! Subscribe to ABC Science YouTube https://ab.co/2YFO4Go This is an excerpt from the Australian documentary series, Catalyst: Asteroid Hunters. The full program will be available
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Albert Einstein: The Size and Existence of Atoms

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How do we know atoms exist? And just how big are they? Pi day (3.14) is Albert Einstein's Birthday! To celebrate, we'll explain 4 of his most groundbreaking papers from 1905, when he was just 26 years old. minutephysics is now on Google+ - http://bit.ly/q
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Testing Magnetic Fields At Home | Science Experiments

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You might not 'see' them' but magnetic forces are everywhere, from electric trains to contactless credit cards. And apparently dogs are able sense them let's put that to the test! Subscribe to ABC Science YouTube https://ab.co/2YFO4Go Here's the magnetore
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Democracy, Authoritarian Capitalism, and China: Crash Course World History 230

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In which John Green teaches you about the end of World History, and the end of the world as we know it, kind of. For the last hundred years or so, it seemed that one important ingredient for running an economically successful country was a western-style d
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Is it Better to Walk or Run in the Rain?

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Subscribe to MinutePhysics - it's FREE! http://dft.ba/-minutephysics_sub For recent scientific publications on the walk/rain question: http://iopscience.iop.org/0143-0807/33/5/1321 MinutePhysics is on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 And facebook - http://f
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Einstein and The Special Theory of Relativity

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How Einstein (& others) discovered Special Relativity. Pi day (3.14) is Albert Einstein's Birthday! To celebrate, we'll explain 4 of his most groundbreaking papers from 1905, when he was just 26 years old. minutephysics is now on Google+ - http://bit.ly/q
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Einstein's Proof of E=mc²

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Ever wonder how Einstein proved E=mc²? This is how. Pi day (3.14) is Albert Einstein's Birthday! To celebrate, we'll explain 4 of his most groundbreaking papers from 1905, when he was just 26 years old. minutephysics is now on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEw
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What Is Sea Level?

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FREE FACT: An oblate spheroid is a special case of an ellipsoid where two of the semi-principal axes are the same size. A special thanks to our Subbable.com supporters: Robby Weisenfeld Gustav Delius Ike https://www.youtube.com/TheNilFacts And to Audible.
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What if the Earth were Hollow?

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Link to keep watching over on Vsauce's channel RIGHT HERE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYf6av21x5c What if there were a tunnel through the middle of the earth and you jumped in? Also, explore a map of the big bang! http://www.bigbangregistry.com Minute
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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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Is There Poop on the Moon? ft. Smarter Every Day

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What else did we leave on the moon? Smarter Every Day explains: http://bit.ly/JunkOnTheMoon Play with a corner reflector: http://labs.minutelabs.io/Optics/corner-reflector/ US Space and Rocket Center: http://www.spacecamp.com/museumHome MinutePhysics is o
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Does the Universe Have a Purpose? feat. Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Neil deGrasse Tyson was asked by the Templeton Foundation to answer the question "Does the Universe Have a Purpose". Then he read his answer aloud and I drew some pictures for it. http://www.templeton.org/purpose/ You can buy MinutePhysics T-shirts at htt
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Blood Vessels, Part 2: Crash Course A&P #28

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And now we return to blood vessels. In this episode, we start discussing what blood pressure is, how it can become "high", and what that means for our health. One of the more interesting points is that your body has ways of dealing with high blood pressur
Whats the opposite of infinity? | Elevator Pitch

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What is infinity? Whats the opposite of infinity? Mathematician Dr Sophie Calabretto tries to explain it to me in 3 minutes. I think I get it... do you?Dr Sophie Calabretto is a fluid mechanist and academic in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics
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Endocrine System, Part 1 - Glands & Hormones: Crash Course A&P #23

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Hank begins teaching you about your endocrine system by explaining how it uses glands to produce hormones. These hormones are either amino-acid based and water soluble, or steroidal and lipid-soluble, and may target many types of cells or just turn on spe
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Parallel Universes: Many Worlds

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Subscribe to MinutePhysics - it's FREE! References Non-Equilibrium Pilot Wave model: http://arxiv.org/pdf/0811.0810.pdf AND http://arxiv.org/pdf/1001.2758.pdf Real Ensemble Interpretation: http://arxiv.org/pdf/1104.2822.pdf MinutePhysics is on Google+ - h
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Real World Telekinesis (feat. Neil Turok)

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Check out the Massey Lectures with Neil Turok: http://dft.ba/-massey Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics: http://pitp.ca MinutePhysics is on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 And facebook - http://facebook.com/minutephysics And twitter - @minutephysi
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The Heart, Part 2 - Heart Throbs: Crash Course A&P #26

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Today we're talking the heart and heart throbs -- both literal and those of the televised variety. Hank explains how your heart’s pacemaker cells use leaky membranes to generate their own action potentials, and how the resulting electricity travels throug
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The Skeletal System: Crash Course A&P #19

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Today Hank explains the skeletal system and why astronauts Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko are out in space studying it. He talks about the anatomy of the skeletal system, including the flat, short, and irregular bones, and their individual arrangements
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Muscles, Part 1 - Muscle Cells: Crash Course A&P #21

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We're kicking off our exploration of muscles with a look at the complex and important relationship between actin and myosin. Your smooth, cardiac, and skeletal muscles create movement by contracting and releasing in a process called the sliding filament m
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How to reduce your food's carbon footprint | Your Planet

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A community in Brisbane is reducing their carbon footprint by embracing a local, seasonal food system, which supports farmers in their region and reduces food miles. Subscribe to ABC Science YouTube https://ab.co/2YFO4Go Create your own community solution
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The Heart, Part 1 - Under Pressure: Crash Course A&P #25

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Your heart gets a lot of attention from poets, songwriters, and storytellers, but today Hank's gonna tell you how it really works. The heart’s ventricles, atria, and valves create a pump that maintains both high and low pressure to circulate blood from th
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Physics Is Erasing Your Memory

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No memory is safe—whether you store it in your brain, a hard drive, or your diary. Thanks to physics, no memory can last forever. SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/WhatThePhysics?sub_confirmation=1 Host, Producer: Greg Kestin Research and Writing: Samia
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Muscles, Part 2 - Organismal Level: Crash Course A&P #22

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Hank calls in a friend to do his push ups for him today to explain how skeletal muscles work together to create and reverse movements. Hank and Claire also demonstrate the role size plays in motor units, the three phase cycle of muscle twitches, and how t
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The Origin of Quantum Mechanics (feat. Neil Turok)

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Check out the Massey Lectures with Neil Turok: http://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/the-2012-cbc-massey-lectures-the-universe-within-from-quantum-to-cosmos-1.2921611 Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics: http://pitp.ca MinutePhysics is on Google+ - http:/
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Benjamin Franklin: Founding Father and Fireman

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Firetrucks, fire stations, even those cool poles that firefighters slide down—they all date back to colonial times and a certain founding father. Famous for his contributions to the U.S. Constitution, electricity and bifocals, it turns out that Benjamin F
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Growing Tomatoes Indoors With 94% Less Water And No Soil

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With climate change and rising populations, we have to find more sustainable ways to farm our food. Are hydroponic greenhouses the key to farming's future? Subscribe to ABC Science YouTube https://ab.co/2YFO4Go This is an excerpt from the Australian docum
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Did asteroids bring life to Earth? | Catalyst

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Fifty years ago, a meteorite landed in regional Victoria, Australia. We now know those charred rocks contained complex organic compounds with clues as to how life kickstarted on Earth. Subscribe to ABC Science YouTube https://ab.co/2YFO4Go This is an exce
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Introduction To Intellectual Property: Crash Course IP 1

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This week, Stan Muller launches the Crash Course Intellectual Property mini-series. So, what is intellectual property, and why are we teaching it? Well, intellectual property is about ideas and their ownership, and it's basically about the rights of creat
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QUANTUM TUNNELLING explained in an elevator ride | Elevator Pitch

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The quantum world is freaky. Scientists have seen objects literally pass through barriers. Its hard to believe this happens, let alone all the time. Subscribe to ABC Science YouTube https://ab.co/2YFO4Go University of Technology Sydney Dr Chris Ferrie exp
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NUCLEAR FUSION explained in an elevator ride | Elevator Pitch

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It could be the clean energy solution of the future. What is nuclear fusion and how does it relate to the Sun? Subscribe to ABC Science YouTube https://ab.co/2YFO4Go University of Newcastle's Dr Hannah Schunker explains how the Sun powers our entire solar
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WHAT IS LIGHT? explained in an elevator ride | Elevator Pitch

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Light is everywhere. But what exactly is it? Some kind of wavy thing or a bunch of photons? Subscribe to ABC Science YouTube https://ab.co/2YFO4Go University of Sydney's Dr Alessandro Tuniz explains how scientists define light and as Rad Yeo discovers, th
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How To Be Present With Mindfulness (5 Minute) | Natural Mindful

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Meditate all around Australia with this series of free guided mindfulness sessions. From the peaceful Snowy Mountains to the serene coastal desert, unwind and take five for your mental health. Subscribe to ABC Science YouTube https://ab.co/2YFO4Go Mindful
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Guided Meditation For Calming The Mind (5 Minutes) | Natural Mindful

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Meditate all around Australia with this series of free guided mindfulness sessions. From the peaceful Snowy Mountains to the serene coastal desert, unwind and take five for your mental health. Subscribe to ABC Science YouTube https://ab.co/2YFO4Go Mindful
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The Economics Of Healthcare: Crash Course Econ #29

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Why is health care so expensive? Once again, there are a lot of factors in play. Jacob and Adriene look at the many reasons that health care in the US is so expensive, and what exactly we get for all that money. Spoiler alert: countries that spend less an
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Sesame Street: Happy Black History Month! | Power of We Club

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Chris Jackson is celebrating Black History Month with the Power of We Club! Black History Month is a period in which we celebrate, learn, and understand the history and the contributions of African Americans to the United States. Learn about some amazing
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100 Years of Solitude Part 2: Crash Course Literature 307

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In which we continue our exhaustive look at One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at http://www.patreon.com/crashcourse Thanks to the following Patrons for their gene
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3 Simple Ways to Time Travel (& 3 Complicated Ones)

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Thanks to Volkswagen for supporting this video - http://vwoa.us/160kehn And check out Aatish Bhatia's excellent physics blog - http://www.empiricalzeal.com/ Volkswagen would like you to know that every new Volkswagen comes with no-charge scheduled mainten
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The Economics Of Happiness: Crash Course Econ #35

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They say money can't buy happiness, but who are they? Can money buy happiness? The answer is: sort of. While money may not be able to buy true happiness, lack of money can cause very real misery. Today, we look at the economics of happiness, and talk abou
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We Powered a Remote Island

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Lectric eBikes sponsored yet another video, enabling us once again to make the world a better place. This incredible company is committed to giving back in a big way. Go support them, so they can continue to support the work we do. https://lectricebikes.c
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Revenue, Profits, And Price: Crash Course Economics #24

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How do companies make money? What are profits? Revenues? How are prices set? This week, Jacob and Adriene are talking business. Whether you're selling cars, pizza, or glow sticks, this video has pretty much all the information you need to run a business.
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IP Problems, YouTube, And The Future: Crash Course Intellectual Property #7

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In which Stan Muller talks about some of the problems in Intellectual Property law as it exists today. He'll also teach you a little about how IP law applies to everyone's favorite media platform, YouTube. Lastly, he'll do a little prognosticating, and tr
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Income And Wealth Inequality: Crash Course Economics

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Inequality is a big, big subject. There's racial inequality, gender inequality, and lots and lots of other kinds of inequality. This is Econ, so we're going to talk about wealth inequality and income inequality. There's no question that economic inequalit
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The Economics Of Immigration: Crash Course Econ #33

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Is Immigration good or bad? Immigration is a touchy subject in the United States. The 2016 election has been filled with debate about the subject, and both proponents and opponents have lots of reasons for their stance. But, this is a show about economics
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What are years... and the galactic supermassive black hole!

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It's leap year time... so what are years, anyway? And what do they have to do with the supermassive black hole in the core of the milky way? Mr. Grey, of course: http://www.youtube.com/cgpgrey Thanks to the UCLA Galactic Center: http://www.astro.ucla.edu/
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Economics Of Education: Crash Course Economics #23

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How does education work? Where does the money come from? Who pays for it? Is going to college a good investment? Adriene and Jacob are talking today about the economics of education. Most countries require that their citizens get some education, and most
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Enhancing Photorealism Enhancement

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Enhancing Photorealism Enhancement Stephan R. Richter, Hassan Abu AlHaija, and Vladlen Koltun Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2105.04619 Code and data: https://github.com/intel-isl/PhotorealismEnhancement Project page: https://intel-isl.github.io/Photorealis
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Why Cosmic Evolution Matters: Crash Course Big History #201

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Crash Course Big History is back! It turns out, we couldn't tell all of the 13.8 billion years of the history of the universe in 10 Crash Course Episodes. So, Big History host Emily Graslie has returned to add 6 more episodes that look at why the stuff we
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Fiscal Policy And Stimulus: Crash Course Economics #8

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In which Jacob and Adriene teach you about the evils of fiscal policy and stimulus. Well, maybe the policies aren't evil, but there is an evil lair involved. In this episode we learn how government use taxes and spending influence the economy. Sometimes t
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Markets, Efficiency, And Price Signals: Crash Course Economics #19

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Adriene and Jacob teach you all about markets. So, in free market(ish) economies like the United States and most of the world, markets are a big deal. Markets work to produce the stuff that consumers want, and that society needs. Today we'll talk about pr
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Imports, Exports, And Exchange Rates: Crash Course Economics #15

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What is a trade deficit? Well, it all has to do with imports and exports and, well, trade. This week Jacob and Adriene walk you through the basics of imports, exports, and exchange. So, you remember the specialization and trade thing, right? So, that lead
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Why December Has The Longest Days

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Subscribe to MinutePhysics! December has the longest solar days (noon-to-noon) because of the weird way a combination of the axial tilt of the earth and the eccentricity of its elliptical orbit conspire in December. Perihelion + Solstices = Long Days. Her
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Taxes: Crash Course Economics #31

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We've been talking about the unavoidables recently. Last time, we covered Death. This time, it's taxes. So, what are taxes? Why do we pay taxes? What is all that tax money used for? This week, Adriene is going to cover all that and more. We'll talk about
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Productivity And Growth: Crash Course Economics #6

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Why are some countries rich? Why are some countries poor? In the end it comes down to Productivity. This week on Crash Course Econ, Adriene and Jacob investigate just why some economies are more productive than others, and what happens when an economy is
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14 Store Bought Vegetables & Herbs You Can Regrow

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I am regrowing 14 store bought Vegetables and Herbs. These 14 vegetables and herbs are very easy to regrow. You can either grow these indoors, outdoors, or near your kitchen window. #vegetables #herbs #grow ___________________ MAILING ADDRESS Jag Singh PO
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Price Controls, Subsidies, And The Risks Of Good Intentions: Crash Course Economics #20

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So, during times of inflation or deflation, why doesn't the government just set prices? It sounds reasonable, but price ceilings or floors just don't work. Adriene and Jacob explain why. Subsidies, however, are a little different, and sometimes they even
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The Raft, The River, And The Weird Ending Of Huckleberry Finn: Crash Course Literature 303

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This week, we're continuing our discussion of Mark Twain's 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.' This is part two of our talk about Huck Finn, and this time we're looking at the metaphors in the book, a little bit about what the metaphors like the Island
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Environmental Econ: Crash Course Economics #22

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So, if economics is about choices and how we use our resources, econ probably has a lot to say about the environment, right? Right! In simple terms, pollution is just a market failure. The market is producing more pollution than society wants. This week,
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Supply And Demand: Crash Course Economics #4

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In which Adriene Hill and Jacob Clifford teach you about one of the fundamental economic ideas, supply and demand. What is supply and demand? Well, you’ll have to watch the video to really understand it, but it’s kind of important for everything economica
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Their Eyes Were Watching God: Crash Course Literature 301

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In which John Green reads Zora Neale Hurston's novel, "Their Eyes Were Watching God," and talks to you about it. You'll learn about Zora Neale Hurston's life, and we'll also look at how the interpretations of the book have changed over time. Also, this bo
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Simulating Natural Selection

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In this video, we avoid telling the creatures what their survival chances are and let them figure it out themselves. This is the fifth in the series on evolution. Made with Blender and python. Github: https://github.com/Helpsypoo/primer A few places to le
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Foreign Aid And Remittance: Crash Course Econ #34

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What is foreign aid? How much foreign aid does the United States distribute each year. Comparatively, not much. In fact, foreign aid only accounts for a small fraction of most nations' overall spending. But it's hugely important. Foreign aid improves heal
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What Is A Game?: Crash Course Games #1

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Welcome to Crash Course Games! In this series our host Andre Meadows is going to discuss the history and science of games. We’re going to talk about video games of course, but also board games, role playing games, card games, even sports! But before we ge
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Game Theory And Oligopoly: Crash Course Economics #26

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Would you like to play a game, Dr. Falken? Actually, this episode isn't really about games, or Matthew Broderick, or Thermonuclear War. But enough with the long references to 1983's best movie, War Games. Today Jacob and Adriene are going to teach you abo
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What is Natural Selection?

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Support Stated Clearly on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/statedclearly Special thanks to Rosemary at Bird and Moon Comics for supplying a handful of the critter illustrations: http://www.birdandmoon.com/ Special thanks to AD for the music! http://www.pr
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How to Turn Sound Into Light: Sonoluminescence

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Another awesome thing the Mantis Shrimp does... The BEST Sonoluminescence reference: http://doc.utwente.nl/42577/1/single-bubble_sonoluminescence.pdf Links to other "Unknown Science Questions" videos Veritasium - http://www.youtube.com/1veritasium (http:/
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Ford, Cars, and a New Revolution: Crash Course History of Science #28

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Historians love to debate each other. So some of them pointed out that the first half of this revolution looks a lot different from the second. Let's chat about industry, cars, and Henry Ford.***Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by s
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Monopolies And Anti-Competitive Markets: Crash Course Economics #25

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What is a monopoly? It turns out, it's more than just a board game. It's a terrible, terrible economic practice in which giant corporations dominate markets and hurt consumers. Except when it isn't. In some industries, monopolies are the most efficient wa
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Biology Before Darwin: Crash Course History of Science #19

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Youve probably heard of Charles Darwin, but before we get to him, you really need to understand how different people, throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, tried to answer the same question: what is life? ***Crash Course is on Patreon! You
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Behavioral Economics: Crash Course Econ 27

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Why do people buy the stuff they buy? In classical economics, most models assume that consumers behave rationally. As you've probably noticed in your real life, in case after case, people don't actually make rational decisions. There can be emotional or s
Why does Australia have so many pink lakes? | Weird Australia | ABC Science

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Hot pink is not a colour you would naturally match with water, yet Australia is home to hundreds of pink lakes. Why? Moataz Hamde investigates. Subscribe to ABC Science YouTube https://ab.co/2YFO4Go Watch the full 30min episode here: https://www.youtube.c
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The New Chemistry: Crash Course History of Science #18

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One of the problems with the whole idea of a single Scientific Revolution is that some disciplines decided not to join any revolution. And others just took a long time to get there. ***Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up
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Lord of the Flies: Crash Course Literature 305

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This week, John i s talking about one of his least favorite novels, The Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Lord of the Flies is a novel of ideas, and John doesn't agree with the central idea of the novel, which diminished his enjoyment of the book. The
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How Much Does It Cost To Run For President?

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There’s a big difference between running for President and actually winning the election. So how much money will you need to have a decent shot at being Commander-in-Chief? Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com: http://people.howstuffworks.com/president.htm Sha
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Newton's Laws: Crash Course Physics #5

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I'm sure you've heard of Isaac Newton and maybe of some of his laws. Like, that thing about "equal and opposite reactions" and such. But what do his laws mean? And how do they help us understand the world around us? In this episode of Crash Course Physics
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International IP Law: Crash Course Intellectual Property #6

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This week, Stan Muller teaches you how intellectual property law functions internationally. Like, between countries. Well, guess what. There's kind of no such thing as international law. But we can talk about treaties. There are a bevy of international tr
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Vectors And 2D Motion: Crash Course Physics #4

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Continuing in our journey of understanding motion, direction, and velocity... today, Shini introduces the ideas of Vectors and Scalars so we can better understand how to figure out motion in 2 Dimensions. But what does that have to do with baseball? Or tw
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Electricity: Crash Course History of Science #27

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The study of electricity goes all the way back to antiquity. But, by the time electricity started to become more well known, a few familiar names started to appear. Edison, Galvani, and a few others really changed the way the world worked. ***Crash Course
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Marginal Analysis, Roller Coasters, Elasticity, And Van Gogh: Crash Course Econ #18

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This week Jacob and Adriene teach you about marginal analysis, which you're using RIGHT NOW! The video is coming from inside the house! Or something. You'll learn how marginal analysis guides the decision making if cities, nations, companies, and amusemen
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The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn Part 1: Crash Course Literature #302

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In which John Green teaches you about Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This week, we'll talk a little bit about Samuel Langhorne Clemens, who wrote under the name Mark Twain, and how he mined his early life for decades to produce his prett
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Biotechnology: Crash Course History of Science #40

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The history of discovering what DNA is, what it looks like, and how it works is... complicated. But, in this episode of History of Science, Hank Green does his best to lay out the basics so we can understand the beginnings of Biotechnology.***Crash Course
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The Century of the Gene: Crash Course History of Science #42

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With the question What is life? addressed at the molecular level, humanity could finally cure all disease and live forever Except, not really. It turns out we're complicated.***Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at http:
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Genetics - Lost and Found: Crash Course History of Science #25

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Sometimes trail blazers of science aren't famous like Darwin or Pasteur. Sometimes they're humble Abbots, just growing peas in the back of their Abbey. This is the story of Gregor Mendel and how his work was done, lost, then found again. ***Crash Course i
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Economic Schools Of Thought: Crash Course Economics #14

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We talk a lot about Keynesian economics on this show, pretty much because the real world currently runs on Keynesian principles. That said, there are some other economic ideas out there, and today we're going to talk about a few of them. So, if you've bee
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Deficits & Debts: Crash Course Economics #9

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What is debt? What is a deficit? And do these things have different outcomes for individuals and nations? Adriene and Jacob answer all these questions and more on this week's Crash Course Econ. Deficit and debt are easy to misunderstand, but luckily, they
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Ancient Games: Crash Course Games #2

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From the ancient Egyptian game of Senet to the Aztec’s Patolli, games have been played since the beginning of civilization. Today, your host Andre Meadows is going to take a look at a few of these games, including some that are actually still played today
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Major Sociological Paradigms: Crash Course Sociology #2

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This week we introduce sociology’s three major theoretical paradigms, and some of the advantages and disadvantages of each paradigm. Crash Course is made with Adobe Creative Cloud. Get a free trial here: https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud.html *** Crash
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ENERGY A changing universe in chemical reactions | Phenomena (4K)

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Energy is at the foundation of all change in the universe. Chemical reactions reveal explosive and vivid patterns that visualise the power and beauty of energy. #PhenomenaTVSubscribe to ABC Science YouTube https://ab.co/2YFO4GoIn a petri dish, alcohol and
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Thermodynamics: Crash Course History of Science #26

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It's time to heat things up! LITERALLY! It's time for Hank to talk about the history of Thermodynamics!!! It's messy and there are a lot of people who came up with some ideas that worked and other that didn't and then some ideas that should have come firs
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Earth Science: Crash Course History of Science #20

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It's Earth Science time!!!! In this field, natural philosophers were asking questions like, whats up with fossils? Are they the remains of extinct organisms? Or are they so-called sports of naturerocks that just happen to look like living things but dont
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Labor Markets And Minimum Wage: Crash Course Economics #28

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How much should you get paid for your job? Well, that depends on a lot of factors. Your skill set, the demand for the skills you have, and what other people are getting paid around you all factor in. In a lot of ways, labor markets work on supply and dema
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The New Anatomy: Crash Course History of Science #15

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Theres a question to consider thats pretty daunting: what is life? And to try to answer that question, three tools stand out as being especially useful: A book, some experiments, and the microscope! In this episode, Hank talks to us about all kinds of gro
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Sula: Crash Course Literature #9

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This week, John is talking about Toni Morrison's novel of friendship, betrayal, and loss, Sula. Sula tells the story of two African American girls, the town where they grew up, the tragic even that was central to their youth, and the very different people
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100 Years of Solitude Part 1: Crash Course Literature 306

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Our first of two episodes about Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel, 100 Years of Solitude. This week, we're looking at the Buendia family, and their many generations of people with the same names. We'll also look at the fascinating way the author thinks about
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The Industrial Revolution: Crash Course History of Science #21

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You probably know some of the signs of industrialization in the nineteenth century: Trains connected cities, symbolizing progress. But they also brought about the destruction of rural lands, divisions between social classes, and rapid urbanization. But th
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Migration: Crash Course European History #29

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Between 1840 and 1914, an estimated 40 million people left Europe. This is one of the most significant migrations in human history. So, who was leaving Europe? And why? Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at http://www.pa
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Newton and Leibniz: Crash Course History of Science #17

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The standard story of the Scientific Revolution culminates with the long life of one man: Sir Isaac Newtona humble servant of the Royal Mint, two-time parliamentarian, and a scientific titan whose name, along with Einsteins, is synonymous with physics tod
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Nuclear Physics: Crash Course Physics #45

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Take the PBS Digital Studios annual survey: http://surveymonkey.com/r/pbsds2017 It's time for our second to final Physics episode. So, let's talk Einstein and Nuclear Physics. What does E=MC2 actually mean? Why is it so useful to us as physicists and huma
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Integrals: Crash Course Physics #3

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Continuing with last week's introduction of calculus, Shini leads us through the ways that integrals can help us figure out things like distance when we have several other key bits of information. Say, for instance, you wanted to know how far your window
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Climate Science: Crash Course History of Science #45

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Scientists tend to be careful and resistant to big claims. So evidence for the possible end of the living world took a while to be seen as such. In this episode of Crash Course History of Science, Hank talks to us about where Climate Science started and h
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Macroeconomics: Crash Course Economics #5

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This week, Adriene and Jacob teach you about macroeconomics. This is the stuff of big picture economics, and the major movers in the economy. Like taxes and monetary policy and inflation and policy. We need this stuff, because if you don't have a big pict
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WAVES Visualizing sound through cymatics and resonant frequencies | Phenomena (4K)

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Waves are all around us. As sound waves move through water and salt, they vibrate into geometric patterns that visualize the nature of waveforms. Subscribe to ABC Science YouTube https://ab.co/2YFO4GoUncovering the geometric nature of soundwaves. This is
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Why Human Ancestry Matters: Crash Course Big History 205

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This week, Emily Graslie is teaching you about human ancestry and geneaology, how we got to be the species we are, and why that matters in our zoomed out look at Big History. For more information, visit the Big History Project: http://www.bighistoryprojec
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Globalization And Trade And Poverty: Crash Course Economics #16

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What is globalization? Is globalization a good thing or not. Well, I have an answer that may not surprise you: It's complicated. This week, Jacob and Adriene will argue that globalization is, in aggregate, good. Free trade and globalization tend to provid
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Market Failures, Taxes, And Subsidies: Crash Course Economics #21

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This week on Crash Course Econ, Jacob and Adriene are talking about failure. Specifically, we're talking about market failures. When markets don't provide a good or service efficiently, that's a market failure. When markets fail, often governments step in
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What's All The Yellen About? Monetary Policy And The Federal Reserve: Crash Course Economics #10

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This week on Crash Course Economics, we're talking about monetary policy. The reality of the world is that the United States (and most of the world's economies) are, to varying degrees, Keynesian. When things go wrong, economically, the central bank of th
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Life and Longevity: Crash Course History of Science #44

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It's time to have a look at the future of human life and how technology could possibly extend longevity. But, within that tech, are questions of ethics that are not always at the top of mind when the tech is being developed. In this episode, Hank sits dow
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Degrees of Freedom and Effect Sizes: Crash Course Statistics #28

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Today we're going to talk about degrees of freedom - which are the number of independent pieces of information that make up our models. More degrees of freedom typically mean more concrete results. But something that is statistically significant isn't alw
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Bodies and Dollars: Crash Course History of Science #41

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After World War Two, the applications of basic discoveries in biology took offand became big business. Today, well look at the rise of Big Pharma and GMO foods. Well also discuss how life-science technologies fundamentally changed reproduction: its time t
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Darwin and Natural Selection: Crash Course History of Science #22

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"Survival of the Fittest" sounds like a great WWE show but today we're talking about that phrase as it relates to Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace. Darwin and Wallace are at the heart of understanding evolution and natural selection. Today, Hank talks ab
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Respiratory System, Part 1: Crash Course A&P #31

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So we all know that breathing is pretty important, right? Today we're going to talk about how it works, starting with the nameless evolutionary ancestor that we inherited this from, and continuing to the mechanics of both simple diffusion and bulk flow, a
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We MADE Ice Cream at the Edge of Space, and Ate It

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Uniform Circular Motion: Crash Course Physics #7

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Did you know that centrifugal force isn't really a thing? I mean, it's a thing, it's just not real. In fact, physicists call it a "Fictitious Force." Mind blown yet? To explore this idea further, this week Shini sits down with us to discuss centripetal fo
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Friction: Crash Course Physics #6

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This episode is sponsored by Audible. Try Audible: http://audible.com/crashcourse Why is it hard to move a heavy bookcase across a carpeted floor? And why is it easier to keep it moving than it was to get it started moving? You might think it's all about
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The Lumiere Brothers: Crash Course Film History #3

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As cinema started to take off, things like "single viewer" devices weren't going to cut it as the medium advanced. In this episode of Crash Course Film History, Craig talks to us about the Lumiere brothers, their invention of the Cinematographe, and the i
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Ecology: Crash Course History of Science #38

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Weve explored the origins of modern biology, the earth sciences, and even the sciences of outer space. Now its time to put these disciplines together. It's Ecology time!!!***Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at http://w
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Invisible Man: Crash Course Literature 308

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This week, we’re on to reading Ralph Ellison’s great novel about the black experience in America after World War II, Invisible Man. John will teach you about Ellison’s nameless narrator, and his attempts to find his way in a social order that dehumanizes
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The Atomic Bomb: Crash Course History of Science #33

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The story picks up where we left off last time, with Einstein writing the president of his new homeland, the United States, urging him to build a nuclear weapon before Hitler. This is the tale of the most destructive force humans have ever unleashed. The
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The Internet and Computing: Crash Course History of Science #43

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Weve talked a lot about advances in biotech. But none of those could have happened without advances in computing. Its time to get back to data and explore the unlikely birth, strange life, and potential futures of the Internet. In this episode of Crash Co
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Inflation And Bubbles And Tulips: Crash Course Economics #7

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In which Adriene and Jacob teach you about how and why prices rise. Sometimes prices rise as a result of inflation, which is a pretty normal thing for economies to do. We'll talk about how across the board prices rise over time, and how economists track i
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Sociology & the Scientific Method: Crash Course Sociology #3

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What puts the “science” in social science? Today we’ll explore positivist sociology and how sociologists use empirical evidence to explore questions about the social world. We’ll also introduce two alternatives: interpretative sociology and critical socio
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Einstein's Revolution: Crash Course History of Science #32

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There was physics before Einstein in the same way that there was biology before Darwin. Einstein didnt just add some new ideas to physics. And he didnt just add a unifying framework for doing physics, like Newton. Einstein took what people thought was phy
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Why Star Stuff Matters: Crash Course Big History 202

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So, the stars made the elements, we're all made of star stuff, etc. But what does all this mean? This week Emily Graslie teaches you how the formation of chemical elements in the bellies of the earliest stars made life as we know it possible. Namely, we'l
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Why Early Globalization Matters: Crash Course Big History #206

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Globalization has been in process for centuries, and has had a huge effect on Big History, and on Collective Learning. This week, Emily is investigating early globalization through three things that moved around the world and shaped collective learning in
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The Real Reason Leaves Change Color In The Fall

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The Mind/Brain: Crash Course History of Science #30

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Scientists in the nineteenth century discovered a lot about life and matter. But exactly what kind of stuff is the human brain? That one wasand istricky.The brain scienceswith experiments and therapies tied to biological theories of the bodyemerged in the
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Null Island: The Busiest Place That Doesn't Exist

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Thanks to http://www.audible.com/minuteearth for sponsoring this video. Thanks also to Tom Scott for helping write and narrate this video. Check out his amazing channel: https://www.youtube.com/TomScottGo Thanks also to our supporters on https://www.patre
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The Future of Virtual Reality: Crash Course Games #21

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Today, we’re going to take a look at a seemingly cutting-edge technology that has actually been around for decades - virtual reality. Virtual reality devices have been introduced multiple times in the video game era, but they never seem to stick. But why
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Marie Curie and Spooky Rays: Crash Course History of Science #31

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It's time to talk about one of the most awesome scientists that has ever been awesome: Marie Curie. She figured out ways to get an amazing education despite the limitations of her homeland, discovered some really important answers to the question "what is
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Chi-Square Tests: Crash Course Statistics #29

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Today we're going to talk about Chi-Square Tests - which allow us to measure differences in strictly categorical data like hair color, dog breed, or academic degree. We'll cover the three main Chi-Square tests: goodness of fit test, test of independence,
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The Computer and Turing: Crash Course History of Science #36

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Computers and computing have changed a lot over the History of Science but ESPECIALLY over the last 100 years. In this episode of Crash Course History of Science, we have a look at that history around World War Two and how that conflict forced changes in
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Absolute Monarchy: Crash Course European History #13

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So far, the rulers of Europe have been working to consolidate their power and expand their kingdoms, and this is it. The moment they've been working toward: Absolute Monarchy. We're going to learn about how kings and queens became absolute rulers in Europ
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Blood, Part 1 - True Blood: Crash Course A&P #29

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Now that we've talked about your blood vessels, we're going to zoom in a little closer and talk about your blood itself. We'll start by outlining the basic components of blood -- including erythrocytes, leukocytes, platelets, and plasma -- as well as the
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The Pokémon Phenomenon: Crash Course Games #28

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Today we’re going to do something a little bit different and take everything we’ve learned so far and apply it to a case study on (arguably) the biggest game franchise in the world: Pokémon. Now Pokémon, like a select few other games we’ve discussed in th
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Gambling: Crash Course Games #27

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Today we’re going to talk about gambling. Now, gambling is interesting because it could be argued that gambling doesn’t even have anything to do with games. It’s usually about making money after all - which makes it much closer to work. But gambling defin
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The Scientific Methods: Crash Course History of Science #14

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Historically speaking, there is no one scientific method. Theres more than one way to make knowledge. In this episode we're going to look at a few of those ways and how they became more of the "norm."***Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us direc
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Card Games: Crash Course Games #13

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Today, we’re going to step away from video games and take a closer look at a game type that has been with us for over a millennium - card games. Since Tang Dynasty China, cards have proven to have quite the staying power spawning a countless variety of ga
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The Dawn Of Video Games: Crash Course Games #3

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Over the next few episodes we’re going to talk about the history of video games. Today, we’re going to start with the first re-programmable computers in the 1940’s. Now, these computers were serious tools. They were for codebreaking and calculating artill
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Genetics and The Modern Synthesis: Crash Course History of Science #35

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Remember how Darwin and Mendel lived around the same time, but everyone forgot about Mendel until 1900, and even then biologists saw Darwinism and Mendelism as two competing grand theories about how life works?Well, in this episode of Crash Course History
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You Know I'm All About that Bayes: Crash Course Statistics #24

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Today were going to talk about Bayes Theorem and Bayesian hypothesis testing. Bayesian methods like these are different from how we've been approaching statistics so far, because they allow us to update our beliefs as we gather new information - which is

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