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Checking the Weather Report in 1985 - Christmas Lectures with David Pye

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Computers had come a long way by the 1980s. With only a few gadgets you could even get the weather report right to your computer screen without having to wait for the evening news. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the
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Using a Cell Phone in 1985 - with David Pye

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The first commercially available mobile phone went on sale in 1984 – and cost around $4000. In this clip from the 1985 CHRISTMAS LECTURES 'Communicating', David Pye demonstrates the power of this (then) brand new technology on an unsuspecting member of th
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Skiers vs Snowboarders 1985

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Feel the angst , feel the vibe. News segment on the Rivalry. It is hard to believe that this is now one of the most popular Olympic sports!
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Frog and Toad Are Friends (1985)

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From writing letters to going swimming, telling stories to finding lost buttons, Frog and Toad are always there for each other—just as best friends should be. By Arnold Lobel and John Clark Matthews
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Optical Fiber Cables - Christmas Lectures with David Pye

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In 1985, fiber optic cables were just starting to get widely adopted. David Pye shows the principles behind them and how old telephone cables were swapped out for new ones. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full lec
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How Do Nerve Cells Carry Information? - Christmas Lectures with David Pye

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What is action potential and how does it help nerves carry information, such as pain or pleasure signals? Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full lecture: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1985/communicati
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What is Bandwidth - Christmas Lectures with David Pye

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How are signals transmitted and processed and what's the role of bandwidth within it? Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full lecture: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1985/communicating/no-man-is-an-isla
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Firefly Signalling - Christmas Lectures with David Pye

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Fireflies use their bio-luminescence to communicate with each other to find a mate. And to lure unsuspecting prey with false signalling. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full lecture:http://www.rigb.org/christmas-l
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Using Radar to Detect and Identify Movement - Christmas Lectures with David Pye

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Radars can be used to detect and identify all sorts of moving objects. David Pye demonstrates a handheld one and also shows how birds and planes can be detected. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full lecture: http:
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Making Machines Speak - with David Pye

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Modern speech synthesisers can simulate human speech so perfectly that it's nearly indistinguishable from the real thing. In this clip from the 1985 CHRISTMAS LECTURES, David Pye demonstrates earlier versions of mechanical and electronic speech synthesise
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Winglets - How Do They Work? (Feat. Wendover Productions)

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A huge shout-out to Wendover Productions for collaborating with me on this video. I highly recommend you head over to his channel and watch his videos and subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/Wendoverproductions Follow Real Engineering on facebook at:
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Solton Ketron Programmer 24 + Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf | HD DEMO

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Solton Ketron Programmer24 - 1985 :) Przykład programowania sekwencji Klasyczne brzmienie ItaloDisco Przy użyciu tego sprzętu powstał przebój: Ivan - Fotonovela http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XNscCzSL6s W tym konkretnym modelu częściowo została po
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Sesame Street: Making Fruit Sushi with Jenny Slate | Cookie Monster's Foodie Truck

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Earth's Best is proud to sponsor a special celebrity edition of Cookie Monster's Foodie Truck! Jenny Slate is joining Cookie Monster and Chef Gonger to make a creative healthy snack! Tune in to see how they make sushi out of fruit! Sponsored by Earth's Be
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Sesame Street: Making Zachos with Ellie Kemper | Cookie Monster's Foodie Truck

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Earth's Best is proud to sponsor another special celebrity edition of Cookie Monster's Foodie Truck! Ellie Kemper is looking for a healthy snack to enjoy during the big game! Tune in to see how Cookie Monster, Chef Gonger, and Ellie whip up some nachos ou
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Sesame Street: Cereal vs. Oatmeal feat. James Iglehart & Lynn Cheng | Elmo's Food Rap Battle

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Earth's Best is proud to sponsor another Elmo's Food Rap Battle! DJ Lobster is back to help Elmo decide what healthy food to eat with another Food Rap Battle: breakfast edition! It's Cereal (James Iglehart) vs. Oatmeal (Lynn Cheng). Help Elmo decide by co
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Sesame Street: Make Monster Faces with Zooey Deschanel! | Cookie Monster's Foodie Truck

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Earth's Best is proud to sponsor a special celebrity edition of Cookie Monster's Foodie Truck! Zooey Deschanel needs Cookie Monster and Chef Gonger's help to make a fun healthy snack her kids will enjoy! Learn how to make silly Monster Faces out of fruit!
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Sesame Street: Apple vs. Banana feat. Tavi Fields & Phonte Coleman | Elmo's Food Rap Battle

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Earth's Best is proud to sponsor Elmo's Food Rap Battle! Elmo is ready for snack time and that means DJ Lobster is ready with another Food Rap Battle! This time Apple (Tavi Fields) and Banana (Phonte Coleman) are going head to head for Elmo's choice! Whic
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Sesame Street: Carrot vs. Sweet Potato feat. Daveed Diggs & Rafael Casal | Elmo's Food Rap Battle

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Earth’s Best is proud to present Elmo’s Food Rap Battle! Elmo is hungry and has to choose a food to eat! DJ Lobster is in the kitchen to help Elmo pick what to eat with a Food Rap Battle! Crunchy Carrot (Daveed Diggs) goes head to head with sweet and savo
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The Town That Was Burned for Science: Aultsville

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Thanks to Betty from Articulations! Go see her video on the ISO Standard Exit Sign here: https://youtu.be/i5uSlAw8U9s - and pull down this description for links to all her sources. The St Lawrence Burns were a series of deliberate fires in the soon-to-be-
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How Do Maglev Trains Work? - Christmas Lectures with Leonard Maunder

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Maglev stands for magnetic levitation which is how these trains hover and are pushed along the tracks. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe While only three countries currently have operational maglev trains, China, Japan and So
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Air on the G String (Suite No. 3, BWV 1068) J. S. Bach, original instruments

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The second movement, Aria, from Bach's orchestral suite in D Major, BWV 1068, performed on original instruments from the time of Bach by the Early Music ensemble Voices of Music. Please subscribe to our channel https://www.youtube.com/VoicesofMusic/?sub_c
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Why Do Your Lips Get Chapped?

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When you don’t moisturize, your skin is bound to dry out, but why does it seem like lips always get chapped? The Unexpected Things Winter Does To Your Body ►►►► http://bit.ly/1Rnd5PW Sign Up For The TestTube Newsletter Here ►►►► http://bit.ly/1myXbFG Read
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Buckyball: Tiny Carbon Soccer Balls

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In 1985, scientists discovered that 60 carbon atoms could join up to form one big soccer ball shape: a buckyball! It’s a strange little molecule. Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn't make
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The Truth About Frozen Pizza

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For the modern American family, frozen pizza is like manna from heaven on the average weekday night. The next time you grab your favorite frozen pizza from the freezer section at your grocery store, consider these interesting facts that helped make "homem
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How Do Trees Survive Winter?

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Plastic Pollution. Ocean Confetti.

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Thanks to CSIRO for supporting MinuteEarth. - http://csirofrvblog.com/ Support MinuteEarth on Subbable! - https://subbable.com/minuteearth And Subscribe! - http://www.youtube.com/user/minuteearth?sub_confirmation=1 ________________________ Created by Henr
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Why Do We Move Our Hands When We Talk?

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Gestures are a really important part of language. But how do we use them, and why? MORE LANGUAGE FILES: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL96C35uN7xGLDEnHuhD7CTZES3KXFnwm0Written with Gretchen McCulloch and Molly Ruhl, with an assist from Lauren Gawn
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The Best Dragon (According to Science)

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Check out Extra Credits' video: The Origin of Dragons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL8qSfXIo4MWe ranked dragons based on how biologically and evolutionarily plausible they are.Thanks also to our Patreon patrons https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth and o
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Is Sugar a Drug?

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How long should your naps be? - Sara C. Mednick

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Download a free audiobookversionof "Take a Nap: Change Your Life" by Sara Mednick or Matthew Walker's "Why We Sleep" and support TED-Ed's nonprofit mission:https://www.audible.com/ted-ed--Your eyes get heavy and gradually close But wait! Its only lunch ti
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Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone (Official 4K Video)

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Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone | Stream Shakin' Stevens here: https://shakinstevens.lnk.to/MCE2022ID Listen to all the Christmas Hits here: https://christmashits.lnk.to/2022 Subscribe to Shakin’ Stevens’ YouTube Channel: https://sh
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Dangerous Marshmallows?!

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To start using Tab for a Cause, go to: http://tabforacause.org/minuteearth2Burning a marshmallow can release more energy than detonating an equal mass of TNT...so why isn't a marshmallow as dangerous?LEARN MORE**************To learn more about this topic,
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John Tyndall: The Physicist Who Proved the Greenhouse Effect - with Paul Hurley

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John Tyndall worked on diamagnetism, explained why the sky is blue and discovered the mechanism for the greenhouse effect. He also gave hundreds of public lectures at the Ri, and was an avid mountaineer and poet. And all this before his beloved wife accid
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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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Weird objects sent into outer space

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Strangest items sent to outer space. Number 7. Chair, burgers and beersFor the cost of $60, you can purchase a 60-gram balloon that can lift an 2 lbs payload to the near-space. Over the years, people used balloons to send objects such as chair or beer to
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Rare Footage Of Extinct Animals

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I dare you to watch this and not get the feels. Rare and moving footage of six extinct animals taken before they were wiped out. It also features an eye watering list of every animal that has gone extinct since 1900. 1. Heath Hen - Extinct 1932 Heath hens
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The Most Astounding Fact - Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Same video on Vimeo! http://vimeo.com/38101676 Astrophysicist Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson was asked by a reader of TIME magazine, "What is the most astounding fact you can share with us about the Universe?" This is his answer. Please subscribe above! In 20 la
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2019 Breakthrough of the Year

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Learn about our Breakthrough of the Year: the first image of the a black hole. Nine other advances are recognized as runners-up.Read more: https://vis.sciencemag.org/breakthrough2019/Editor's Note: The original posting of this video identified the geograp
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NASA Actually Helped Save The World — Here's How

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NASA literally saved us from a planet-wide apocalypse in the 1980's. If they hadn't noticed a huge problem in our atmosphere, life on Earth would have collapsed by the year 2065. Tech Insider tells you all you need to know about tech: gadgets, how-to's,
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The UK Is Racing to Build the Worlds First Commercial Fusion Power Plant

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What could the UKs recent investment announcement mean for the future of sustainable energy? Subscribe to Seeker!http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylistThere are many directions we could go when it comes to the fu
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Why Oppenheimer Deserves His Own Movie

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J. Robert Oppenheimer forever changed the course of history. He may be the most important physicist to have ever lived. Part of this video is sponsored by Wren. Offset your carbon footprint on Wren: https://www.wren.co/start/veritasium1 For the first 100
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The Fastest Maze-Solving Competition On Earth

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Welcome to Micromouse, the fastest maze-solving competition on Earth. Join Onshapes community of over 3 million CAD users by creating a free account here: https://Onshape.pro/Veritasium.A huge thank you to Peter Harrison for all of his help introducing us
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Vivaldi Four Seasons: "Winter" (L'Inverno), complete; Cynthia Freivogel, Voices of Music 4K RV 297

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Hey everyone~! Please consider a donation, https://www.voicesofmusic.org/donate.html and we will make more videos like this one :) Vivaldi's Concerto for solo baroque violin and strings in F Minor, "Winter" (L'Inverno, RV 297), performed by Cynthia Miller
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How Does the Shape of Money Shape Life?

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The Rainiest Place On Earth

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The Mystery of the Eocene’s Lethal Lake

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Check out America from Scratch: https://www.youtube.com/americafromscratch In 1800s, miners began working in exposed deposits of mud near the town of Messel, Germany. They were extracting oil from the rock and along with the oil, they found beautifully pr
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Can The Words You Read Change Your Behavior?

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"Priming" is the idea that the words you read can change the way you act. And yes, there are papers that show an effect: but we also need to talk about the Replication Crisis. MORE LANGUAGE FILES: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL96C35uN7xGLDEnHuhD
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When We Tamed Fire

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The Algorithm That Transformed The World

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The Fast Fourier Transform is used everywhere but it has a fascinating origin story that could have ended the nuclear arms race. This video is sponsored by 80,000 Hours. Head to http://80000hours.org/veritasium to sign up for their newsletter and get sent

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