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Why Do We Have Fingernails? | COLOSSAL QUESTIONS
/ 12 viewsHave you ever looked that those strange hard shells at the ends of your fingers and toes and wondered to yourself... why do we have them? What do they actually do??Images used under license from Shutterstock.comWelcome to Colossal Questions, the show that
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How Do We Read? Its Magic (Almost)
/ 26 viewsCheck out Otherwords on @Storied! https://www.youtube.com/pbsstoried Were on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below Reading. Youre doing it right now. I bet you dont even have to think about it. Bu
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Compound Eyes: See Like a Dragonfly! | Amazing Animal Senses | SciShow Kids
/ 68 viewsJessi and Squeaks learn all about how dragonflies see - did you know they have thousands of eyes?!Hosted by: Jessi Knudsen Castaeda----------Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a Patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishowIf you h
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How Do Our Brains Perceive the World Around Us? - with Anil Seth
/ 29 viewsHow does our brain translate visual signals into a conscious experience?Watch Anil's talk on the same topic: https://youtu.be/qXcH26M7PQMAnil's new book "Being You" is available now: https://geni.us/anilAnil Seth is Professor of Cognitive and Computationa
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Wonderful Whiskers! | Senses | SciShow Kids
/ 50 viewsSqueaks and Mister Brown are learning about senses! Did you know that animals that have whiskers can use them to sense things?Hosted by: Anthony Brown----------Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a Patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.
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Why Are Some People Double-Jointed? | COLOSSAL QUESTIONS
/ 1,394 viewsHave you ever seen someone pull off an impossible feat of flexibility with their fingers because theyre double-jointed? What are only some people double-jointed, and what does it actually mean??Images used under license from Shutterstock.comWelcome to Col
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Not Everyone Can See These Blue-Sky Sprites
/ 53 viewsI show you how the Blue Field Entoptic phenomenon (aka Scheerer's phenomenon) works.My Youtube shorts channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA19mAJURyYHbJzhfpqhpCAGet Your Experiment Box Here: https://theactionlab.com/Checkout my experiment book: http
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What Is Earwax? | COLOSSAL QUESTIONS
/ 269 viewsHave you ever stopped and wondered what earwax actually is, and more importantly... why do we have it??Images used under license from Shutterstock.comWelcome to Colossal Questions, the show that answers all of life's most pressing questions!Narrated by: M
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11 WEIRDEST Things Your Body Does | COLOSSAL QUESTIONS
/ 828 views11 Colossal Questions all about the weirdest things our bodies can do!0:00 Why Do Songs Get Stuck In Our Head?2:17 Why Do We Get Brain Freeze?3:37 Why Do We Blush?5:25 Why Do You Get Sunburns?7:25 Why Don't People Have Tails?9:26 Why Do We Get Hangry?11:4
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Why Do Our Bones Crack Sometimes? | COLOSSAL QUESTIONS
/ 862 viewsHave you ever wondered why your knuckles, knees, neck, and nearly every other joint in your body sometimes cracks??Images used under license from Shutterstock.comWelcome to Colossal Questions, the show that answers all of life's most pressing questions!Na
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Vocal Cords singing Polyphony
/ 107 viewsVideo showing how vocal chords work while singing polyphony, from how they perform in the superius, altus, tenor and bassus parts. The work performed is the Kyrie from the Missa "O magnum mysterium" by the Spanish composer Tomás Luis de Victoria. #
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Why do we have hair in such random places? - Nina G. Jablonski
/ 185 viewsDiscover how humans lost their fur as they evolved from primates, and why we still have hair on our bodies.--We have lots in common with our closest primate relatives. But comparatively, humans seem a bit underdressed. Instead of thick fur covering our bo
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How to make Bone Model
/ 134 viewsToday I'm going to share with you a way to make a bone model using thermocol. Labed image is at the end of the video. hope my videos are helpful and you enjoy watching. Thanks for supporting..Materials1. Thermocol/ Styrofoam Sheet (1 inch thick )2. White
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I Can Twist My Eye Around Its Pupil (And So Can You)
/ 128 viewsGet 68% off for a 2-year plan + 1 month free with this link: https://nordvpn.com/steve and use the promo code "steve" to get the first month free.Torsional eye movement, known as cycloversion and cyclovergence have a fascinating evolutionary history via o
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How Exactly Do Your Ears Affect Your Sense of Balance?
/ 285 viewsHow exactly are your ears connected to your sense of balance? In the final episode of season 2, Patrick breaks down what the connection is and the outsized role hidden anatomy plays in this important sense. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseek
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What Exactly Is the Blood Brain Barrier?
/ 112 viewsOur brains are choosy about what they let in, and that's thanks to the blood brain barrier. In this episode, Patrick explores how this anatomical separation between our blood and brain keeps us safe from potential harm. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/
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How to control someone else's arm with your brain | Greg Gage
/ 163 viewsGreg Gage is on a mission to make brain science accessible to all. In this fun, kind of creepy demo, the neuroscientist and TED Senior Fellow uses a simple, inexpensive DIY kit to take away the free will of an audience member. It’s not a parlor tric
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How fast is the speed of thought? - Seena Mathew
/ 1,010 viewsTravel into the brain to see how its network of neurons transmit your thoughts and what factors determine how quickly you think.--Your mortal enemy has captured you and hooked you up to a bizarre experiment. Hes extended your nervous system with one very
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Why your ears are unique (and amazing!) | BBC Ideas
/ 178 viewsYou might take your ears for granted, but the human ear is quite an extraordinary feat of evolution and design. Each of our lugholes is as individual as a fingerprint and weve found 14 different ways to pierce our ears, making our ears even more unique! W
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Why your belly button is amazing | BBC Ideas
/ 219 viewsWhether you have an innie or an outie, you definitely have one. So, here's a load of facts about your belly button.Subscribe to BBC Ideas https://bbc.in/2F6ipav____________________________Do you have a curious mind? Youre in the right place.Our aim on BBC
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What's the point of noses? | BBC Ideas
/ 135 viewsWe all have noses. But what's the point of noses? And why do noses stick out? A quick look at the evolution and science of the human nose.Subscribe to BBC Ideas https://bbc.in/2F6ipav____________________________Do you have a curious mind? Youre in the rig
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What do our eyes say about us? | BBC Ideas
/ 153 viewsOur eyeballs have evolved from a tiny, light-sensitive patch to the incredible, complex organs we have today. But what can our eyes actually tell us about ourselves?Subscribe to BBC Ideas https://bbc.in/2F6ipavFind more videos like this in our playlist Th
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Unique BODY FEATURES That Only 5% of People Have !
/ 797 viewsAzzyland - Unique BODY FEATURES That Only 5% of People Have ! SUBSCRIBE and become part of the AzzyLand family :D SOCIAL MEDIAInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/azzyland/Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@azzylandFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/azzylan
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How to Build Muscle, According to Science
/ 180 viewsYour muscles change a lot over the course of your life. In this episode, Patrick breaks down everything you need to know about how muscles form, grow, and how to stay strong later in life. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Huma
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How Exactly Is the Human Brain Organized?
/ 343 viewsThe human brain remains one of the biggest mysteries in science, but weve learned a lot about how it works over the years. In this episode, Patrick breaks down all things brain. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Human! http://b
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Why This Taste Map Is Wrong | WIRED
/ 209 viewsWe've all seen the famous "taste map," a diagram of the human tongue that separates different sections based on taste, with examples like sweet, sour, salty, and umami. Robert Margolskee, director and president at Monell Chemical Senses Center, explains w
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What's Inside A Human Ear?
/ 474 viewsThe ears are arguably one of the most important features of the human body, they allow us to hear the word around us every day but thats not all... Inside our ears is a complex structure that helps us balance, can help control facial features, and they ev
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How Exactly is the Human Body Organized?
/ 282 viewsWelcome to Seeker's newest series, Human! Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.comThis Seeker health mini-series will take a deep dive into the cellular structures, human systems, and overall anatomy that
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You Have More Bones Than You Think
/ 264 viewsGo to https://www.curiositystream.com/minute to get a free month trial with CuriosityStream and get a subscription to Nebula bundled in for free!Because the ossification process can differ so much from human to human, we have a wide range of potential bon
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What Color Is A Banana?
/ 330 viewsTo discover more go to http://lego.build/CITYSpaceWere on PATREON now! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below SUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub What color is a banana? Duh, its yel
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Why we have blind spots and how to see inside your own eye!
/ 228 viewsI've made a lot of videos about juggling (and will continue to!) as well as minecraft. This is the first video I've made about a passion of mine that's larger than the other two combined - science! I hope to create videos which explain scientific phenomen
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Ancient Romes most notorious doctor - Ramon Glazov
/ 396 viewsLearn about the Greek physician and philosopher Galen of Pergamon, whose experiments and discoveries changed medicine.--In the 16th century, an anatomist named Andreas Vesalius made a shocking discovery: the most famous human anatomy texts in the world we
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A Squid's Eye View
/ 290 viewsCEPHALOPOD WEEK IS HERE From June 21 to 28, celebrate our favorite undersea creatures with Science Friday. https://www.sciencefriday.com/cephalopodweekFor most people, the red irididescent sepioteuthis squid serve an single purpose as delicious calamari.
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Auditory Transduction (2002)
/ 250 viewsThis 7-minute video by Brandon Pletsch takes viewers on a step-by-step voyage through the inside of the ear, to the acoustic accompaniment of classical music. Pletsch, a former medical illustration student at the Medical College of Georgia, first built a
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Is Your Eye Color Not Real?
/ 576 viewsCheck 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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Your Brilliant Bones! | Maddie Moate
/ 441 viewsDo you know how awesome your skeleton actually is? Let's find out how brilliant your bones are! Subscribe for more: http://bit.ly/1kPjJZL For more Halloween videos watch me make a Pumpkin Piano! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHB5MXjslME Thank you to E
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How Do Muscles Grow?
/ 601 viewsYou probably know that exercising helps your muscles grow big and strong, but... have you ever wondered HOW they actually grow?? Images used under license from Shutterstock.com Welcome to COLOSSAL QUESTIONS, the show that answers all of life's most pressi
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Breathin - Ariana Grande SCIENCE Acapella
/ 362 viewsGet the song: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/breathin-science-acapella-parody/1446460118?i=1446460378 LAB RULES: https://youtu.be/BRDApYgvDqQ Newest video: https://youtu.be/PNYfL1C455Y Created by: Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown Produced by: Mitchell
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I Got To See And Hold My Brain
/ 285 viewsSubscribe to Neuro Transmissions! https://www.youtube.com/user/neurotransmissions or start with their video on how to train a cat to high-five: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfsVw0ndFAQ We're all used to seeing MRI scans of brains. But how do they work?
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Snippet: Mesmerizing images of the fly brain captured at record speed
/ 326 viewsWith a new technique called expansion microscopy, scientists have been taking extremely close looks at fly brains by labeling neurons of interest and tracing their thinnest tendrils to chart connections. Learn more about this technique at https://www.scie
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Why Do Scientists Keep Finding New Organs?
/ 457 viewsThis long ignored connective tissue now serves a more important role and may act as a shock absorber, keeps our organs in place, and even plays a major role in the spread of cancer. But is it an organ? How Scientists Found a New Neuron Hiding in Our Brain
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What's Your Funny Bone?
/ 438 viewsSometimes, when you bump your elbow really hard, your arm can get all weird and tingly, all the way down to your fingers! Some people call that "hitting your funny bone," but what you're hitting isn't a bone at all! ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want t
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Where Do Teeth Come From?
/ 1,607 viewsWatch 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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What Removing Parts Of Your Brain Will Do To You
/ 550 viewsOur brains are amazing, but how could removing parts of them drastically change you? Check out the first episode of Friends with Answers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuwRA7apy4E Subscribe: https://bit.ly/SubLifeNoggin | Get your exclusive Life Noggin
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We Didn’t Think This Part of the Brain Existed, and It Could Save Your Life
/ 486 viewsScientists recently discovered a never-before-seen drainage system in the brain! Here's how it could lead to exciting breakthroughs in the treatment of neurological diseases. Doctors Have to Trick Your Brain’s Defenses to Heal You, Here’s Why - https://yo
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Why are veins blue? | Anna's Science Magic Show Hooray!
/ 445 viewsIf your blood is red, why are your veins blue? It may be an optical illusion! Subscribe to Anna's Science Magic Show Hooray! https://bit.ly/2LLNAci Here's the study I mentioned in the video: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamadermatology/fullarticle/253
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Why do we have butts? | Anna's Science Magic Show Hooray!
/ 348 viewsIn which John Cena asked the age-old question, “Why do we have butts?” and I went on an epic mission to find out. My journey took me from the simplest of creatures in the ancient seas to a lab at George Washington University—and finally to the earliest st
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All About Your Body! | Human Body Compilation
/ 826 viewsThe human body is a complicated thing! To be able to move, fight off diseases, and even see colors, lots of different systems and organs need to work together. Squeaks' robot body is pretty complicated, too, so Jessi has put together a bunch of videos abo
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Our Senses: How Mammals See the World In Many Colors
/ 542 viewsHumans see a variety of colors because our eyes have three types of cone cells. But things don't look quite as vivid for some of our fellow mammals—some see in two colors, others just in black and white. Color vision evolved in primates about 35 million y
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Why Does Helium Make Your Voice High? | COLOSSAL QUESTIONS
/ 963 viewsFew things sound quite as silly as someone who’s inhaled a lungful of Helium! But have you ever wondered, why does Helium make your voice sound funny?? Welcome to COLOSSAL QUESTIONS, the show that answers all of life's most pressing questions! → Credits ←
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Nails: Your Human Claws
/ 593 viewsDid you know you have useful tools right at your fingertips? That's right: your fingernails! Jessi and Squeaks learn why fingernails are so important! ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreo
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Top 10 Useless Body Parts That We Don't Need Anymore Vlog#20 by HooplakidzLab
/ 617 viewsToday Vlog is about Top 10 Useless Body parts or Non-Functional Body parts. Let's watch and understand the reason behind it. Hope you enjoy the video Don't forget to Subscribe HooplakidzLab: http://bit.ly/1V77IUh Science is Awesome Click on the Links belo
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Yes, Your Headache Is Worse Than All Other Aches and Pains, Here’s Why
/ 389 viewsWhy do headaches seem to hurt worse than any other type of pain? Scientists have an answer and it has to do with your emotions. Why Men Never Get Over A Breakup - https://youtu.be/lCSjuylaYUk Read More: A craniofacial-specific monosynaptic circuit enables
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Why Do We Have Eyebrows?
/ 776 viewsWhen you think about it, your eyebrows are a little strange! But they're also really important! From protecting your eyes to helping others know how you feel, those little bits of hair in the middle of your face have some big jobs! ---------- Love SciShow
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What stretching actually does to your body ft. Sofie Dossi
/ 593 viewsSofie’s video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=790uPstACBE Sofie’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF0_hwTeQ73IhJuEtsUbEtA You can learn more about CuriosityStream at https://curiositystream.com/physicsgirl Ever wondered, what does stretching do
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Meet Your Tonsils!
/ 517 viewsHas your doctor ever asked you to stick out your tongue and say "ah"? They're probably checking out your tonsils! But what are your tonsils, and what do they do? ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a patron on Patreon: https:/
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Laryngoscopy of an Opera Singer - 2017 CHRISTMAS LECTURES
/ 415 viewsWith the help of a specialist doctor and an opera singer, Sophie Scott investigates how the different parts of the voice box come together to create the human voice. Watch the full lecture here: https://youtu.be/MbvoQoOn2YE Link to the site the monkey poi
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Why Did We Evolve to Taste Sour Flavors?
/ 436 viewsScientists don’t know why we evolved to taste sour foods, but they recently figured out the mystery behind how we taste them. It’s pretty crazy. You Think You Know What Meat Is... But You Have No Idea - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcdB89SHlAg&list=PL6
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Could You Eat So Much That Your Stomach Explodes?
/ 412 viewsHave you ever wondered how much food your stomach can hold? Turns out, it’s not a simple answer. Also, your brain and stomach are ALWAYS talking. -- Video By Tom McNamara Editor Jason Lederman Based On Interviews With David Levinthal, MD Director, Neuroga
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What If You Didn't Have Bones?
/ 457 viewsBones are essential to your life, but why? Install Vikings NOW and get 200 gold! iOS - http://bit.ly/2AT0BOO Android - http://bit.ly/2A1E8z8 Watch more: What's It Like To Be Deaf? ►► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITOg8keMKrA&list=PL8L0MzSk_V6JtEDRfRMyb6
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Einstein’s Brain Was Stolen and Chopped Up Into Tiny Pieces...For Science?!
/ 529 viewsOver 60 years ago, Einstein's brain was stolen, preserved, dissected and sent in pieces across the country. Who was behind this theft for science? How NASA Engineers Use Origami To Design Future Spacecraft https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWoQhf6lBV0 Subsc
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Why Do We Get Goosebumps?
/ 612 viewsJessi got so cold outside that she got goosebumps! Join her and Squeaks as they learn what causes your body to make these bumps in the first place. Hi there! We at SciShow want to learn more about you and your opinions! If you have time, please take a mom
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How your digestive system works - Emma Bryce
/ 796 viewsCheck out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-your-digestive-system-works-emma-bryce Across the planet, humans eat on average between 1 and 2.7 kilograms of food a day, and every last scrap make
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How Your Skin Works
/ 490 viewsYou couldn't live without the skin you're in. Find out what's going on under the surface in the skin video.
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How Your Hair Works
/ 527 viewsHair grows almost everywhere on your body. In this hair video, you'll go under the skin to find out where hair begins.
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How Your Nails Work
/ 428 viewsYour nails aren't just there to look pretty. Watch this nails video to find out how nails grow and why you shouldn't bite them!
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How Your Teeth Work
/ 532 viewsYou need teeth to talk and eat properly. From baby teeth to permanent teeth, find out all about them in this teeth video.
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How Your Tongue Works
/ 547 viewsSalty, sour, sweet - you couldn't taste any of that without a tongue. Find out how your tongue works in the tongue video.
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How Your Eyes Work
/ 634 viewsYour eyes see, but how does vision happen? Find out how the eyes and brain work together in this eye video.
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How Your Nose Works
/ 422 viewsIt sniffs and smells, but how does it work? Find out more in this nose video.
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How the Endocrine System Works
/ 463 viewsThe endocrine system produces hormones, which help your body grow and function.
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How Your Bones and Skeleton Works
/ 476 viewsIf you want to know more about your beautiful bones, this movie is a great place to start!
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How Your Muscles Work
/ 398 viewsYour muscles give you power to move and do important jobs in your body. Watch this movie for kids and find out more.
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How Your Immune System Works
/ 441 viewsWhen you get sick, your immune system comes to the rescue. Find out more in this movie for kids.
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How the Digestive System Works
/ 805 viewsWatch this movie about your digestive system, the system that handles the food you eat.
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How the Urinary System Works
/ 541 viewsWatch this movie about the urinary system, which makes pee.
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How Your Heart Works
/ 606 viewsWatch this movie about your heart and circulation - the system that sends blood throughout your body.
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How Your Brain Works
/ 400 viewsYour brain is the boss of your body and runs the whole show. Watch this movie for kids and find out more!
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How Your Lungs Work
/ 412 viewsYou breathe in. You breathe out. But what's happening inside? Watch this movie for kids and find out!
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The Wisdom of Teeth
/ 460 viewsAncient human teeth can tell us a lot. Hidden inside each set are clues about their owner's behavior and ancestry plus hints about what really made up the paleo diet. Shara Bailey, associate professor of anthropology at New York University, reads the topo
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How Often Do You Really Need to Shower?
/ 410 viewsDo you really need a daily shower to stay clean, or is it doing more harm than good? Some scientists have recommendations based on what we know about our skin — and what might be living on top of it. We're conducting a survey of our viewers! If you have t
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You have more than five senses
/ 720 viewsHere are a few of the other senses your kindergarten teacher (and Aristotle) left out. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the hea
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Why Do I Get Wrinkly Fingers in the Bath?
/ 579 viewsHave you ever noticed that your fingers and toes are all wrinkly and funny looking after you spend a lot of time in the water? Well, Jessi wants to know why that happens! Join her to find out the answer! Hi there! We at SciShow want to learn more about yo
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What If the Whale Swallowed You Alive?
/ 1,003 viewsIf you like this video - put Thumb Up button (please) and ►Subscribe to my channel! - goo.gl/zgx5Ew - - I can make a very cool advertising for you, just send me a mail ► ArnoldAdvert@gmail.com
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Do You Really Have Two Brains?
/ 753 viewsYou’re gonna lobe this video Don’t miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Are you a left-brained person or a right-brained person? Spoiler: You’re neither. Each of us uses both sides of our brain for
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Think You're 'Double-Jointed'? You're Not. Here's What's Actually Going On
/ 385 viewsHaving joint hypermobility might be a fun party trick, but do you know what it does to your body? Why Do We Get Goosebumps? - https://youtu.be/JHJhgDOySC0 Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: Why Are Some People Double
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Why Do Onions Make Me Cry?
/ 668 viewsSqueaks is worried because Jessi is crying, but it’s not because she is sad. She’s cutting onions! ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishowkids ---------- Looking for SciShow els
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How Color Blindness Works
/ 417 viewsHow colour blind people see and the science behind it. Twitter: https://twitter.com/tomblatherwick Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/humaninterests Facebook: https://www.fb.me/HumanInterestsYT Email: tom@humaninterests.co.uk Additional voices by Megan Rope
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What Do You Hear in a Seashell?
/ 519 viewsHave you ever put a seashell up to your ear and heard a roaring sound the sounds sort of like the ocean? Is it magic? No! It's science! Jessi and Squeaks explain what's up! ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a patron on Patre
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TIL: Why Your Brain is Wrinkly | Today I Learned
/ 432 viewsThe human brain looks like a big, pinkish-gray, wrinkly walnut. There are so many folds in it that, if it could be unfolded, it could be a small tablecloth. Pinkish-gray might not match your decor, but it would be about the right size! ➡ Subscribe: http:/
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Repairing the eardrum: The sound of self-healing
/ 405 viewsRuptured eardrums are relatively common. Fortunately, small tears usually heal by themselves. But some large tears need to be repaired by a surgeon. This animation shows how a new tissue engineering technique could make that process much easier and cheape
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The left brain vs. right brain myth - Elizabeth Waters
/ 800 viewsView full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-left-brain-vs-right-brain-myth-elizabeth-waters The human brain is visibly split into a left and right side. This structure has inspired one of the most pervasive ideas about the brain: that the left side c
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Your Body Is Designed to Attack a New Organ, Now We Know Why
/ 468 viewsScientists think they've found the molecular basis for organ transplant rejection. Now that we know its cause, could we prevent its effect? Scientists Want to Transplant a Human Head, Here's Why That's a Bad Idea - https://youtu.be/CMHhF5N1FPY Sign Up For
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What causes kidney stones? - Arash Shadman
/ 545 viewsView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-causes-kidney-stones-arash-shadman The biggest kidney stone on record weighed more than a kilogram and was 17 centimeters in diameter. The patient didn’t actually swallow a stone the size of a coconut; kidn
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How Prosthetic Eyes And Ears Are Made
/ 520 viewsThis woman makes artificial body parts for people who've lost their eyes, ears, and noses. Credit: Boston Ocular Prosthetics, Inc. Website: http://www.bostonocular.com/ The INSIDER team believes that life is an adventure! Subscribe to our channel and visi
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How Far Can You See? - The Limits of Human Vision
/ 546 viewsHow far can the eye see? Is this a silly question? What are the absolute limits of human vision? Subscribe! - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQHuucd66Shm8v-WLGwyD4w?sub_confirmation=1 Twitter - https://twitter.com/HyperdriveYT Music: Dark Mystery by Aud
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Revolutionizing Heart Surgery With Virtual Reality
/ 603 viewsHave you ever wondered what it would be like to take a ride through the human body on the Magic School Bus? Well, a new bit of virtual reality technology is taking that concept and applying it to medical training. Doctors can now teleport inside the human
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Scientists discover a sixth sense on the tongue for water
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What causes cavities? - Mel Rosenberg
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Bone - Nature's Fibreglass
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Can You Live With Only Half Of Your Brain?
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Why Do Men Have Deeper Voices?
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/ 730 viewsWe 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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The Skeletal System: Crash Course A&P #19
/ 1,209 viewsToday 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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Vision: Crash Course A&P #18
/ 752 viewsNext 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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What Happens When You Get Heat Stroke? - Douglas J. Casa
/ 813 viewsView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-happens-when-you-get-heat-stroke-douglas-j-casa Have you ever suffered from exertional heat stroke? This condition is caused by intense activity in the heat and is one of the top three killers of athletes a
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What Happens When You Remove The Hippocampus? - Sam Kean
/ 622 viewsView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-happens-when-you-remove-the-hippocampus-sam-kean When Henry Molaison (now widely known as H.M.) cracked his skull in an accident, he began blacking out and having seizures. In an attempt to cure him, darede
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What Does The Liver Do? - Emma Bryce
/ 768 viewsView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-does-the-liver-do-emma-bryce There’s a factory inside you that weighs about 1.4 kilograms and runs for 24 hours a day. It’s your liver: the heaviest organ in your body, which simultaneously acts as a storeh
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The Evolution Of The Human Eye - Joshua Harvey
/ 1,191 viewsView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-evolution-of-the-human-eye-joshua-harvey The human eye is an amazing mechanism, able to detect anywhere from a few photons to a few quadrillion, or switch focus from the screen in front of you to the distant
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Could A Blind Eye Regenerate? - David Davila
/ 1,109 viewsView full lesson here: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/could-a-blind-eye-regenerate-david-davila We tend to think of blindness as something you're born with, but with certain genetic diseases, it can actually develop when you’re a kid, or even when you’re an ad
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How Do Your Kidneys Work? - Emma Bryce
/ 687 viewsView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-do-your-kidneys-work-emma-bryce After drinking a few glasses of water on a hot day, you might be struck with a sudden ... urge. Behind that feeling are two bean-shaped organs that work as fine-tuned internal
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What Does The Pancreas Do? - Emma Bryce
/ 837 viewsView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-does-the-pancreas-do-emma-bryce Beneath your ribs, you’ll find, among other things, the pancreas -- an organ that works a lot like a personal health coach. Emma Bryce explains how this organ controls your s
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Eye Vs. Camera - Michael Mauser
/ 701 viewsView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/eye-vs-camera-michael-mauser Your eyes don’t always capture the world exactly as a video camera would. But the eyes are remarkably efficient organs, the result of hundreds of millions of years of coevolution wit