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Tactile Sensing For Small Legged Robots - Bipedal Running Experiments

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We equipped a small bipedal running robot with tactile sensors to perform terrain classification using machine learning. See our latest results in Robotic Automation and Letters!
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Animal Development: We're Just Tubes - Crash Course Biology #16

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Hank discusses the process by which organisms grow and develop, maintaining that, in the end, we're all just tubes. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dft.ba/-8css Like CrashCourse on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/youtubecrashcourse
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TIL: We Have Lost 50% Of Wildlife Since 1970

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In less than two generations, population sizes of vertebrate species have dropped by more than 50 percent. According to 2014’s Living Planet Report, this means we have lost over half of our birds, amphibians, reptiles, fish, and mammals. The situation is
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Chordates - CrashCourse Biology #24

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Hank introduces us to ourselves by taking us on a journey through the fascinatingly diverse phyla known as chordata. And the next time someone asks you who you are, you can give them the facts: you're a mammalian amniotic tetrapodal sarcopterygian osteich
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How do animals experience pain? - Robyn J. Crook

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-do-animals-experience-pain-robyn-j-crook Humans know the surprising prick of a needle, the searing pain of a stubbed toe, and the throbbing of a toothache. We can identify many types of pain and have multipl
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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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Pastry Chef Attempts to Make Gourmet Twix | Gourmet Makes | Bon Apptit

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Twix. Theyve been at the heart of a debate that goes back more than five decades. Lines have been drawn so intractable that friendships, relationships, even nations have been ruined. Who could forget the Great Twix Battle between the UK and Finland in 198
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The Taxonomy Of Candy

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In our previous video 'What is a Species?,' we talked about the many ways scientists approach classifying organisms. So, I thought it'd be fun to get a few scientists from The Field Museum to apply their taxonomic know-how on something we're all familiar
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How the Chalicothere Split In Two

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Try CuriosityStream today: http://curiositystream.com/eons Two extinct relatives of horses and rhinos are closely related to each other but have strikingly different body plans. How did two of the same kind of animal, living in the same place, end up look
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Complex Animals: Annelids&Arthropods - CrashCourse Biology #23

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Hank continues our exploration of animal phyla with the more complexly organized annelida and arthropoda, and a biolography on insects. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dft.ba/-8css Like CrashCourse on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com
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Why are Fossil Shark Skeletons So Rare?

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Happy Shark Week! Shark teeth are among the most common vertebrate fossils you can find, and yet fossilized shark skeletons are harder to come by. Paleontologist and Curator Emeritus John Maisey explains how sharks' cartilaginous skeletons differ from tho
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The Digestive System: CrashCourse Biology #28

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Hank takes us through the bowels of the human digestive system and explains why it's all about surface area. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dft.ba/-8bCC Like Crash Course? http://www.facebook.com/youtubecrashcourse Follow Crash Cours
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Why Daffodils Grow in the Same Place Every Year

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Spring is almost here, and that means daffodils are blooming around the fort. But how do these flowers survive the long cold winters?----------Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a Patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishowIf you
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Evolution: It's a Thing - Crash Course Biology #20

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Hank gets real with us in a discussion of evolution - it's a thing, not a debate. Gene distribution changes over time, across successive generations, to give rise to diversity at every level of biological organization. Crash Course Biology is now availabl
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Micro ASMR: Soap Bubbles | Macro Video of Iridescent Soap Bubbles

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ASMR sound with soap bubbles. An intense close up look at iridescent soap bubbes in vivid detail. Like us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/stereokroma See more at: http://tv.stereokroma.com Take a closer look at soap bubbles, did you ever notice how
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Otters Can't Wait to Swim in New Pool

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About Asian Small-clawed Otters First, otters are different from sea otters. Sea otters spend most of their time in the water, but otters can live both on the ground and in water. A few years ago, trafficking otters became a serious problem, and in 2019,
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Gastrotrichs: Four Day Old Grandmothers

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These little hairy-bellied friends lead a very interesting life, albeit a short one.Pick up your own Stentor pin!https://store.dftba.com/products/stentor-coeruleus-enamel-pinSupport Journey to the Microcosmos:https://www.patreon.com/journeytomicroFollow J
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Taxonomy: Life's Filing System - Crash Course Biology #19

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Hank tells us the background story and explains the importance of the science of classifying living things, also known as taxonomy. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dft.ba/-8css Like CrashCourse on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/You
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How Did Giant Pterosaurs Fly?

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Follow me to @thebrainscoop! https://youtu.be/GB1IXOeOzpIWere on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below The largest pterosaurs like Quetzalcoatlus were closer in size to airplanes than birds. No fl
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Tully Monster Mystery SOLVED!

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How is it that a Museum can have 1,200+ fossils of a particular species in its collection since the 1960's... and not even know what it is? For decades, it was thought the 'Tully monster' -- a bizarre animal that lived 307 million years ago -- was an inve
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Is Your Eye Color Not Real?

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Check out Say It Loud from PBSDS https://www.youtube.com/SayItLoudPBS SUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub More info and sources below The eyes are often the first thing we see when we look at someone. And when you look at them up c
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The Colors of Stars

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Sam the Bat noticed that some stars are different colors, so Mister Brown teaches him about what colors stars can be, and what all the colors mean!Hosted by: Anthony Brown ----------Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a Patron on Patreon
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The Skeletal System: It's ALIVE! - CrashCourse Biology #30

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Hank introduces us to the framework of our bodies, our skeleton, which apart from being the support and protection for all our fleshy parts, is involved in many other vital processes that help our bodies to function properly. Crash Course Biology is now a
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Comparative Anatomy: What Makes Us Animals - Crash Course Biology #21

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Hank introduces us to comparative anatomy, which studies the similarities and differences in animal anatomy to support the theory of evolution and the shared ancestry of living things. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dft.ba/-8css Like
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Untangling the Devil's Corkscrew

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In the late 1800s, paleontologists in Nebraska found huge coils of hardened sand stuck deep in the earth. Local ranchers called them Devil's Corkscrews and scientists called them Daemonelix. It was clear these corkscrews were created by some form of life,
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How to see more and care less: The art of Georgia O'Keeffe - Iseult Gillespie

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Get to know the life and works of painter and sculptor Georgia OKeeffe, whose art became a cornerstone of American Modernism. --Feeling disconnected from creating art within classical conventions, artist Georgia OKeeffe began experimenting with abstract d
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Why Is Poop Brown And Pee Yellow?

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To start using Tab for a Cause, go to: http://tabforacause.org/r/minuteearth2 The pigments in our food all get destroyed on their way through our digestive system...so where do the colors of our poop and pee come from? Thanks also to our supporters on htt
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Your Immune System: Natural Born Killer - Crash Course Biology #32

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Hank tells us about the team of deadly ninja assassins that is tasked with protecting our bodies from all the bad guys that want to kill us - also known as our immune system. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dft.ba/-8bCC Like CrashCour
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Where Do Teeth Come From?

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Watch the tasty new series “Tacos of Texas” https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdzQ_ilHPH3rQtgzo4nKM_g Remember to brush, floss, and SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Teeth. We’ve all got ‘em (most of us, anyway). But
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Some Sharks Live for 500 Years, What Can We Learn From Them?

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Sharks aren’t just here for one week, some have been swimming in our oceans for centuries! Here’s how scientists discovered their crazy long life spans. How Seeker Will Collect The Most Extensive Data Set of the Pacific Ocean | The Swim - https://youtu.be
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What Color Is The Universe?

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Hint: It’s not black Subscribe: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Twitter: @okaytobesmart ↓ More info and sources below ↓ When you stare up at the night sky, you might think that the universe is really black, but that’s just because our eyes aren’t sensitive enough
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See Hummingbirds Fly, Shake, Drink in Amazing Slow Motion | National Geographic

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They move so fast that human eyes see only a hovering spot of color, a blur of wings. But when frozen in time by high-speed cameras, hummingbirds yield their secrets. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographi
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Why Do More Species Live Near the Equator?

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Go to http://Raceforretirement.com and see how the action gap affects you. Follow all of our Peru adventures on this playlist: http://bit.ly/SmartPeru ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Special thanks to Rainforest Expeditions for hosting us! Visit http://ww
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The Time Terror Birds Invaded

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About 5 million years ago, a new predator made its way from the south and onto the coastal plains of North America. It was a giant, flightless, carnivorous bird and came to be known by one of the coolest and most richly earned nicknames in all of paleonto
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Top 10 Disney Secrets Illusions & Tricks Explained

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Top 10 Disney! The Disney theme parks know how to trick your mind. Disney dark rides use a lot of traditional magic tricks and optical illusions to create the various special effects. Today we're gonna look at the best illusions and tricks like the Pepper
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How a Hot Planet Created the World's Biggest Snake

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About 59 million years ago, the largest animal lurking in the ancient forests of Colombia by far was Titanoboa - the largest snake ever known. Its only been in the past few years that weve put together the many pieces of this puzzling creature, but it tur
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The Real Reason Planes Crash | Boeing 737 Max 8

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Computer bugs, technical failure, company design, or scandal? What If Your Airplane Door Opens Mid-Flight? https://youtu.be/eEDZuFw34YM Listen to Sidenote: https://youtu.be/rCWyU77wTQA WATCH MORE! Tech!: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLv... Health!: h
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Which Fish Did We Evolve From?

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Today's oceans are full of fish with fins that couldn't evolve into limbs like ours. So, who are our ancestors and where did they go? If you're a fan of MinuteEarth but don't yet support us on Patreon, please check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreo
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512 Years Old Shark - Oldest Shark In The World

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Hey there, have you ever heard of a shark that's older than Shakespeare? Well, researchers have just discovered an ancient shark in the North Atlantic that is believed to be a whopping 512 years old! Yes, you heard that right. This could possibly make it
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The Island of Shrinking Mammoths

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You can check out Google's Science Journal app at https://g.co/sciencejournal The mammoths fossils found on the Channel Islands off the coast of southern California are much smaller than their relatives found on the mainland. They were so small that they
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How Snakes Jump And Move Without Legs

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Snakes evolved without legs, but how are they able to move? Why Is Everyone Afraid of Snakes? ►►►► http://bit.ly/1RLejo8 Sign Up For The TestTube Newsletter Here ►►►► http://bit.ly/1myXbFG Read More: Four-Legged Fossil Snake Is a World First http://www.na
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This Is Not A Bug

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Its common to call creepy crawlies bugs, but because entomologists refer to a specific class of insects as bugs, its wrong to call other things bugs - right?LEARN MORE**************To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: -
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Researchers have decoded prairie dog language

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This program discusses Prairie Dog Language -- the most sophisticated animal language decoded so far. Con Slobodchikoff, Ph.D., and his students at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, researched the Gunnison's prairie dogs Alarm Calls for over 30 ye
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VIRUSES | Everything You Need To Know About Viruses | 3by3

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Everything you need to know about viruses in a quick visual explanation. You can get the infographic image here https://flic.kr/p/2j2LDWs At the beginning of this pandemic like everyone I was hearing lots about viruses, but realised I didnt know that much
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What Makes A Dinosaur?

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Thanks to 23andMe for sponsoring this video! http://www.23andme.com/minuteearth Due to a revolution in our understanding of the tree of life, birds are dinosaurs, while dimetrodons are not. Thanks also to our supporters on https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEa
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Why Sharks Are Covered In Teeth

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Watch the new season of MinuteBody - and get access to both CuriosityStream and Nebula - at http://www.curiositystream.com/minuteearth.Sharks wouldnt be known for their fierce teeth today if it werent for their ancient scales.LEARN MORE**************To le
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How the T-Rex Lost Its Arms

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Support us on Patreon! https://patreon.com/eons Tyrannosaurus rex was big, Tyrannosaurus rex was vicious, and Tyrannosaurus rex had tiny arms. The story of how T-Rex lost its arms is, itself, pretty simple. But the story of why it kept those little limbs,
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Soft Tissue Found Inside a Dinosaur Bone!

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In 2003, an exceptionally well preserved T. rex leg bone was unearthed in the Cretaceous rocks of Montana. Upon close examination, Dr. Mary Schweitzer found the bone to contain soft tissue inside - tiny blood vessels and proteins! Some claim that this is
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Owl Eyes Are Shaped Like Tubes, Here's Why

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Owl eyes are specially designed for the dark to spot prey from afar. Here's how they see behind themselves and what makes their eyes so powerful. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.comThe bigger the eye
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When Fish Wore Armor

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Check out Hot Mess: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsaEBhRsI6tmmz12fkSEYdw 420 million years ago, some fish were more medieval. They wore armor, sometimes made of big plates, and sometimes made of interlocking scales. But that armor may actually have se
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Watch Flesh-Eating Beetles Strip Bodies to the Bone | Deep Look

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Dermestid Beetles are fast and fastidious eaters. They can pick a carcass clean in just days leaving even the most delicate bone structures intact. This makes them the perfect tool for museum scientists-- if you keep them far, far away from valuable colle
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An Axolotl Is An Incredible Creature That Can Regenerate Its Brain And Heart

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*Editor's note: Dr. James Godwin is now a research scientist at MDI Biological Laboratory.* The story begins with the Aztec God of death and lightning, the Xolotl. As legends have it, he was a monstrous dog that guarded the sun god and ushered souls to th
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Why Do Things Float in Space? | SciShow Kids

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Teachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!Living in space is pretty different from living on Earth, and not just because people can float around! Today, Jessi and Sam the Bat learn about t
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Mysterious Trilobites! | The History of Life! | SciShow Kids

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Squeaks and Mister Brown pretend to go back in time to learn more about Trilobites, using special clues from fossils!Hosted by: Anthony Brown----------Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a Patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scish
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How Old Is The Oldest Fairy Tale?

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We know folklore goes back hundreds of years, but thanks to a new study using biological research methods, we now know it’s even older than that. Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com: http://people.howstuffworks.com/10-da... Share on Facebook: https://goo.gl/K
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Where Does Wind Come From? | The Science of Flying | SciShow Kids

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As Squeaks continues to prep for his big trip with Jessi, Mr. Brown helps him learn all about how the wind outside the fort will also affect how long his airplane ride with Jessi takes! Teachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Sc
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How Do We Know There’s A Planet 9?

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Are you having trouble keeping track of all the planets in the Solar System? Good news! Astronomers have found evidence that there’s another huge planet far out in the Solar System. Textbooks will need to be rewritten again. You’re welcome. Support us at:
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Why We Sucked At Counting Fish (Until Now)

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Thanks to http://www.audible.com/minuteearth for sponsoring this video. A new fish counting method has revealed there are ten times more fish in the sea than we previously thought.* *But unfortunately, this doesn't mean we're not overfishing. If you liked
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How To Get Venom From The World's Deadliest Spider

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Go to our sponsor https://betterhelp.com/veritasium to get matched with a professional therapist who will listen and help.Huge thanks to the Australian Reptile Park for having us over to film special thanks to Jake Meney for showing us the spiders and Cai
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From the Cambrian Explosion to the Great Dying

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You can go to https://Audible.com/Eons or text “Eons” to 500-500 to get started today with your 30-day trial membership with a free audiobook The first era of our current eon, the Paleozoic Era, is probably the most deceptively fascinating time in Earth’s
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Future Computers Will Be Radically Different

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Visit https://brilliant.org/Veritasium/ to get started learning STEM for free, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription. Digital computers have served us well for decades, but the rise of artificial intelligence demands
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Why Wolves Don't Chirp

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Check out Brilliant (and get 20% off) here: https://brilliant.org/MinuteEarth/Sounds that animals make can be really different, and it turns out that there's a reason why some species communicate with certain sounds.Thanks also to our Patreon patrons http
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If Your Hands Could Smell, You’d Be an Octopus | Deep Look

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Those hundreds of powerful suckers on octopus arms do more than just stick. They actually smell and taste. This contributes to a massive amount of information for the octopus’s brain to process, so the octopus depends on its eight arms for help. To
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How Blood Evolved (Many Times)

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Blood is one of the most revolutionary features in our evolutionary history. Over hundreds of millions of years, the way in which blood does its job has changed over and over again. As a result, we animals have our familiar red blood. But also blue blood.
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How Birds Almost Escalated The Cold War

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To find out how you can help Nature Canada protect at least 30% of the worlds lands and ocean by 2030, visit https://www.naturecanada.ca/?utm_source=MinuteEarth.A technology to ignore birds on radar ended up being useful to study and conserve them.LEARN M
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Ancient Humans Made Millions Of These - We Dont Know Why

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The Acheulean handaxe was the most common tool of early humans, but we still dont know what the heck they used it for.LEARN MORE**************To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: - Acheulean handaxe: large, chipped ston
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6 Types of Odd Body Armor

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From medieval knights to face shields, humans are pretty big fans of armor. But it turns out that other organisms use armor, too! Except sometimes, their armor doesnt look like anything wed expect.Hosted by: Rose Bear Don't WalkSciShow has a spinoff podca
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512 Year Old Greenland Shark. Oldest Shark in the World.

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Researchers have found an ancient shark in the North Atlantic, believed to be 512 years old, which could be the oldest living vertebrate in the world. This particular shark, was measured at 18 feet in length and weighed over a tonne. By measuring the size
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Our Best View Of Bacteria Is...From Space?!

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Thanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! http://twin-cities.umn.edu/Observing the effects of microbes using satellites can give us all sorts of useful information about life on Earth ... and other planets too.Thanks also to our Pat
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When Giant Scorpions Swarmed the Seas

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Try Audible for 30 days visit https://www.audible.com/eons or text eons to 500500! Sea scorpions thrived for 200 million years, coming in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. Over time, they developed a number of adaptations--from crushing claws to flatten

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