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Science For Kids - How To Make Play Dough - ExpeRimental #15

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Make home-made play dough and learn about mixtures, solutions and chemical reactions in this fun and simple science activity to do with children. Download the info sheet with recipe and full instructions here: http://bit.ly/PlayingPlayDough ExpeRimental i
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Science For Kids - How To Make Fizzy Bottle Rockets - ExpeRimental #16

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Make a juice bottle rocket fly through the air with some fizzy tablets and water in this fun science experiment for children. Download the infosheet for more ideas and information: http://bit.ly/FBR_Infosheet2 Subscribe for regular science videos: http://
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Bacteria And Antibiotics: Revenge Of The Microbes

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What are bacteria? How do antibiotics work? And what can we do about increasing antibiotic resistance? Jenny Rohn, scientist and novelist, investigates the fascinating world of bacteria in this Friday Evening Discourse event from the Ri. Subscribe for reg
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Blaze Of Steel: Explosive Chemistry - With Andrew Szydlo

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Andrew Syzdlo, chemist and school teacher, explores the chemistry of iron and steel. Featuring cool science experiments, explosions and pyrotechnics, this inspiring teacher challenges our perception of these metals' permanence. Subscribe for regular scien
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Science For Kids - Colour Changing Cabbage Experiment - ExpeRimental #17

8 years ago / 769 views

Make a beautiful colour changing liquid from cabbage juice, and explore the science of indicator solutions in this fun chemistry experiment for children. Download the infosheet for more instructions and ideas: http://bit.ly/ColourCabbage_info Subscribe fo
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Science For Kids - How To Inflate A Balloon With A Chemical Reaction - #ExpeRimental 18

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Try this fizzy cubes experiment with your children, then use the reaction to make a balloon blow itself up. Download the infosheet for more ideas and information: http://bit.ly/FizzyInfosheet Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe
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Science For Kids - How To Make Microwave Cupcakes - ExpeRimental #20

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Make a cake in a microwave with our recipe, and do a science experiment for children. Download the infosheet for more instructions, ideas and the recipe: http://bit.ly/MicroCakes_IS Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Jo and he
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Periodic Success: The Hidden Beauty Of The Periodic Table

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Join a guided tour of science’s most iconic image with chemical physicist and material scientist Jamie Gallagher, geek songstress Helen Arney and nanoscientist Suze Kundu. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe The periodic table
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Can You Walk In A Straight Line With Your Eyes Closed? With Dr Emily Grossman

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Have you ever tried walking in a straight line with your eyes closed? It’s remarkably hard to keep on track. Dr Emily Grossman explains why. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Visual information plays a key role in the way we
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How To Stop Yourself Being Ticklish - With Dr Emily Grossman

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Are you ticklish? Dr Emily Grossman shows you how to use the science of tickling to stop yourself squirming when you're tickled. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Why do we feel ticklish? Why does it make us laugh? It’s hard
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Information, Evolution, And Intelligent Design - With Daniel Dennett

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Daniel Dennett explores the first steps towards a unified theory of information, through common threads in the convergence of evolution, learning, and engineering. Subscribe for regular science talks: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe The concept of information i
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The Extreme World Of Ultra Intense Lasers - With Kate Lancaster

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The most powerful lasers in the world can be used to make some of the most extreme conditions possible on earth, and are revolutionising science. Dr Kate Lancaster leads you through this extreme world with demonstrations along the way. http://bit.ly/RiSub
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Why Insects Love Summer – Flight, Fights And Booze

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Have you ever wondered what happens when insects get drunk? Can you tell the temperature by the frequency of a cricket’s chirps? Do you know what temperature a butterfly has to be to take off? Kate buzzes around the science of summer insects. Subscribe fo
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Neuroscience: Crammed With Connections

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

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Graphene is a one-atom thick 'supermaterial' with incredible strength and resilience. Kirigami is the ancient Japanese art of paper cutting. Combined, they could lead to a future of tiny mechanical parts and even mini machines... Find the full paper here:
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Misconceptions About The Universe

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Can we see things travelling faster than light? Check out Audible: http://bit.ly/AudibleVe Music by Amarante "One Last Thing" http://bit.ly/VeAmarante Awesome animations by http://youtube.com/minutephysics Thanks to Prof. Geraint Lewis for input on earlie
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Why Women Are Stripey

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Epigenetics means women have different active x-chromosomes in different cells. Animation courtesy of http://wehi.tv Music by Amarante: http://bit.ly/VeAmarante Animation: Etsuko Uno Art and Technical Direction: Drew Berry Sound Design: Francois Tetaz & E
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How Much Information?

8 years ago / 503 views

How much information is there in Spanish vs English, you vs the world? Check out Audible: http://bit.ly/AudibleVe Huge thanks to all the amazing people who made this possible: Christina Ochoa - Spanish https://twitter.com/christina_ochoa Vanessa Hill - Fi
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What Is NOT Random?

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Is the future of the universe already determined? Vsauce tackles "What is Random?": https://youtu.be/9rIy0xY99a0 Special Thanks to: Prof Stephen Bartlett, Prof Phil Moriarty, Prof Andrea Morello, Prof Tim Bedding, Prof Michio Kaku, A/Prof Alex Argyros, He
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Sparks From Falling Water: Kelvin's Thunderstorm

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The physics behind Kelvin's Thunderstorm explained. No, it is not a practical way of generating electricity, which is why we use turbines at hydro stations. This video goes into more detail about the phenomenon demonstrated in this Hunger Games collab vid
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Do Cell Phones Cause Brain Tumors?

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Inspired by this article by Prof. Emily Oster: http://bit.ly/Cellcancer Check out Audible: http://bit.ly/AudibleVe Featuring Physics Girl: http://bit.ly/PhysGirl Special thanks to Chris Gale and Physics Girl for filming this video. Music by: Amarante Musi
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An Astronaut's View Of Earth

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What it's like to see the Earth from orbit. Special thanks to Col. Chris Hadfield for chatting with me. http://chrishadfield.ca/ Space imagery courtesy of NASA and the ESA http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/ http://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Videos Music by Kevin Mac
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An Affordable 3D-Printed Arm

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Students at UCF are designing an inexpensive 3D printed arm for kids. To find out more and to get involved, check out: http://office.tumblr.com Big thanks to Microsoft and the Collective Project for introducing me to Albert and his amazing team. They are
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Evolutionarily Stable Strategies Ft. Richard Dawkins

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When evolution favours a stable ratio of traits rather than one dominant trait. Check out Audible: http://bit.ly/AudibleVe Animation by The Lyosacks: https://www.youtube.com/TheLyosacks Hosting Neil Degrasse Tyson, info and tickets: http://bit.ly/NDTandVe
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Overview Of Animal And Plant Cells

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Overview of animal and plant cells. Topics include cell walls, vacuoles, chloroplasts, peroxisomes, lysosomes, mitochondria, etc.
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Fluid Mosaic Model Of Cell Membranes

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Fluid mosaic model of cell membranes. The role of phospholipids, proteins, glycoproteins, cholesterol, and glycolipids in cell membranes.
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Diffusion

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Understanding how particles passively diffuse down their concentration gradient.
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Concentration Gradients

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Example showing how two different types of particles can move down their concentration gradients in opposite directions.
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Osmosis

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Osmosis of water (or any solvent) from area of lower solute concentration to areas of higher solute concentration. through a semipermeable membrane.
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Hypotonic, Isotonic And Hypertonic Solutions(tonicity)

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Hypotonic, isotonic and hypertonic solutions (tonicity). Seeing the effect of various types of solution on the direction of osmosis.
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Passive Transport And Selective Permeability

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Passive transport and selective permeability. Passive transport through diffusion.
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Facilitated Diffusion

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Understanding how channel proteins and carrier proteins can facilitate diffusion across a cell membrane (passive transport).
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Endocytosis, Phagocytosis And Pinocytosis

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Bulk transport: endocytosis, phagocytosis and pinocytosis.
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Sodium Potassium Pump

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How the sodium potassium pump pumps sodium ions out while pumping potassium ions in (and the role this plays in establishing resting membrane potentials based on an electrochemical gradient).
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The Benefits Of Good Posture - Murat Dalkiniç

8 years ago / 1,092 views

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-benefits-of-good-posture-murat-dalkinic Has anyone ever told you, “Stand up straight!” or scolded you for slouching at a family dinner? Comments like that might be annoying—but they’re not wrong. Your postur
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Solid, Liquid, Gas And … Plasma? - Michael Murillo

8 years ago / 1,656 views

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/solid-liquid-gas-and-plasma-michael-murillo Have you ever seen static electricity cause a spark of light? What is that spark? What about lightning, the Northern Lights, or the tail of a comet? All of those thing
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Mitochondria

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The structure and role of mitochondria (plural for mitochondrion). Discusses the outer membrane, inner membrane, cristae, porins, etc.
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Cytoskeletons

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Exploring the cell cytoskeleton including microfilaments and microtubules (and a brief mention of intermediate filaments).
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Introduction To Physics

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An overview video of what physics is about as we delve deeper in future videos!
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Extracellular Matrix

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Overview of how cells relate to the extracellular matrix.
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Plant Cell Walls

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Understanding the structure of plant cell walls.
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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
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How To Launch A Nuclear Missile

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What was the procedure to launch a nuclear missile? Uranium premieres: July 28 & 29 on PBS at 10pm ET/ 9pm Central France and Germany: July 31 at 10pm on ZDF/arte Norway: August 5 & 6 at 21:30 on NRK2 Australia: August 9, 16, 23 at 8:30pm on SBS Sweden: T
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A Digital Reimagining Of Gettysburg - Anne Knowles

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/a-digital-reimagining-of-gettysburg-anne-knowles Geographer Anne Knowles uses digital technologies to reimagine the past. In this fascinating talk, Knowles transports us to the Battle of Gettysburg, the turning
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Climate Change: Earth's Giant Game Of Tetris - Joss Fong

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/climate-change-earth-s-giant-game-of-tetris-joss-fong There's a game of Tetris happening on a global scale: The playing space is planet Earth, and all those pesky, stacking blocks represent carbon dioxide -- a g
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How Tsunamis Work - Alex Gendler

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-tsunamis-work-alex-gendler The immense swell of a tsunami can grow up to 100 feet, hitting speeds over 500 mph -- a treacherous combination for anyone or anything in its path. Alex Gendler details the causes
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The Science Of Symmetry - Colm Kelleher

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-science-of-symmetry-colm-kelleher When you hear the word symmetry, you might think generally of triangles, butterflies, or even ballerinas. But defined scientifically, symmetry is "a transformation that leav
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Population Pyramids: Powerful Predictors Of The Future - Kim Preshoff

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/population-pyramids-powerful-predictors-of-the-future-kim-preshoff Population statistics are like crystal balls -- when examined closely, they can help predict a country's future (and give important clues about
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What Is The World Wide Web? - Twila Camp

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-is-the-world-wide-web-twila-camp The World Wide Web is used every day by millions of people for everything from checking the weather to sharing cat videos. But what is it exactly? Twila Camp describes this
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The Cancer Gene We All Have - Michael Windelspecht

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-cancer-gene-we-all-have-michael-windelspecht Within every cell in our body, two copies of a tumor suppressor gene called BRCA1 are tasked with regulating the speed at which cells divide. Michael Windelspecht
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How The Heart Actually Pumps Blood - Edmond Hui

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-the-heart-actually-pumps-blood-edmond-hui For most of history, scientists weren't quite sure why our hearts were beating or even what purpose they served. Eventually, we realized that these thumping organs s
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Why Do Honeybees Love Hexagons? - Zack Patterson And Andy Peterson

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-do-honeybees-love-hexagons-zack-patterson-and-andy-peterson Honeybees are some of nature's finest mathematicians. Not only can they calculate angles and comprehend the roundness of the earth, these smart ins
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Why Aren't We Only Using Solar Power? - Alexandros George Charalambides

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-aren-t-we-only-using-solar-power-alexandros-george-charalambides Solar power is cheaper and more sustainable than our current coal-fueled power plants, so why haven't we made the switch? The real culprits he
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Attack Of The Killer Algae - Eric Noel Muñoz

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/attack-of-the-killer-algae-eric-noel-munoz As benign as it may look up close, the tiny seaweed Caulerpa taxifolia can wreak quite a bit of havoc on coastal ecosystems. This super algae is very adaptable; it also
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A Brief History Of Everything, Feat. Neil DeGrasse Tyson

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This video brought to you by http://www.audible.com/minutephysics Thanks to Neil deGrasse Tyson for his amazing writing and narration! Music: "The Firebird Suite" by Igor Stravinsky, performed by the USAF Band, licensed from Naxos of America, Inc. for wor
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Travelling Waters Experiment ~ Color Mixing Incredible Science

8 years ago / 1,394 views

Incredible color mixing science experiment! Watch as this water walks. Walking water or travelling water as it's known is a really cool science demonstration project. Watch as the colors from each cup travel up and down the paper towels to mix into new co
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How To Remember Planets By Size | Memory Techniques

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Watch more How to Improve Your Memory videos: http://www.howcast.com/videos/517517-How-to-Remember-Planets-by-Size-Memory-Techniques Learn how to remember planets by size in this Howcast video about memory techniques featuring memory expert Barry Reitman.
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The Most Advanced Robots In The World

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The most advanced robots in the world might not be exactly what you’re expecting. But they’re shaping humanity’s future. Hosted by: Michael Aranda ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn't make SciShow without them!
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SciCafe: Mollusks To Medicine

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When you think of venomous animals, you imagine snakes, spiders, or scorpions - not snails. In this SciCafe, Mandë Holford, a research associate at the Museum and Associate Professor of chemical biology at Hunter College, discusses her research on predato
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How To Clone A Mammoth: The Science Of De-Extinction - With Beth Shapiro

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Could we bring back mammoths? Should we bring back mammoths? Beth Shapiro explains the science of de-extinction and Jurassic Park, and asks if it’s a good idea at all. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Could extinct species,
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How To Sweat Less - The Science Of Sweating

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Why do we sweat? Can we stop it? Kate swims through the science of sweating and shows you how to harness your body’s other cooling mechanisms to keep your temperature down this summer without building up a sweat. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Human
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The Science Of Jet Lag... And How To Prevent It

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What is jet lag? Can we cure it? And why is it a big problem for astronauts going to Mars? Kate dives into the science of circadian rhythms, and armed with the facts, sets out to find a cure. Subscribe for more science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Th
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What Does Your Birthday Say About You? The Seasonal Birth Effect

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Does the month you were born in determine whether you’re right handed, or a smoker, or short-sighted? No, we’re not talking astrology, but something called the seasonal birth effect. But can even that be trusted? Subscribe: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe The s
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Why Winter Makes You SAD: Seasonal Affective Disorder Explained

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Ever wondered what Seasonal Affective Disorder actually is? Or if it’s even a real thing? What causes it? Kate tackles sudden changes in hormones and light intensity in an attempt to explain why winter makes you SAD. Subscribe for more from Kate: http://b
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Zap, Crackle And Pop: The Story Of Electricity

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Dr Marty Jopson leads us through the story of electricity in a show buzzing with demonstrations. Have we tamed electricity? From the Ancient Greeks to Faraday’s genius, this show puts the awesome back into electricity. Subscribe for regular science videos
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How To Develop Your Own Pinhole Camera Photographs

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Make your own developing solution with household liquids, make your own pinhole camera, and create completely DIY photographs. A perfect summer science activity. Download step-by-step instructions here: http://bit.ly/1MIaFGe Download the camera templates
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We're Only Here Because The Universe Is Imperfect | NOVA

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The universe's symmetry was shattered by a quantum fluctuation, allowing life to exist. NOVA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NOVAonline NOVA Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/novapbs PRODUCTION CREDITS Original Footage ©WGBH Educational Foundation 2015
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Training Trees

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Even basic evolutionary trees reveal insights into how different species are connected. Play the Evolution Lab: http://www.pbs.org/nova/labs/lab/evolution/ NOVA Labs Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theNOVALabs NOVA Labs Twitter: https://twitter.com/the
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The Mother Of Hubble | NOVA

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As a woman in her generation, astronomer Nancy Roman could not get tenure at a research institution, so instead she was invited to work on Hubble's design and development for more than 25 years. Her perservance and vision earned her the nickname "the moth
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How To Kick Our Fossil Fuel Habit In One Step

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Solar energy is clean, renewable and abundant—so why do we still burn fossil fuels to generate the majority of our electricity? En Español: http://youtu.be/MamiwkyoS3w ↓Want more info?↓ After you watch, head over to NOVA Next to learn more about the curre
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Softer, More Human Robots

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Robots made entirely out of soft materials could be real game-changers. They could integrate more easily with human activities ranging from the ordinary to the exceptional. A group of engineers at Carnegie Mellon University is working to make such soft ro
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Earth Has An Expiration Date

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The sun has been growing hotter ever since its birth. Over time, the sun will also grow larger. This growth will eventually cause a cataclysmic greenhouse event as the Earth moves further out of the sun's habitable zone. Once this happens, oceans that hav
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Stars: Crash Course Astronomy #26

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Today Phil’s explaining the stars and how they can be categorized using their spectra. Together with their distance, this provides a wealth of information about them including their luminosity, size, and temperature. The HR diagram plots stars’ luminosity
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Prokaryotic And Eukaryotic Cells

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Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Bacteria and archaea.
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Maxwell Boltzmann Distribution

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Using the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution to visualize the distribution of speeds of particles at different temperatures.
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Thermal Conduction, Convection, And Radiation

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Fire as thermal conduction, convection, and radiation
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Thermal Conduction

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Intuition behind how heat gets transferred through thermal conduction.
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Thermal Conductivity Of Metal And Wood

8 years ago / 564 views

Why metal at room temperature feels cooler than wood at room temperature.
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Intuition Behind Formula For Thermal Conductivity

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Intuition behind formula for thermal conductivity
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Endomembrane System

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An overview of how the cellular membrane, nuclear membranes, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus and other membrane-bound structures collectively form the endomembrane system in eukaryotic cells.
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How Blood Pressure Works - Wilfred Manzano

8 years ago / 1,831 views

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-blood-pressure-works-wilfred-manzano If you lined up all the blood vessels in your body, they’d be 60 thousand miles long. And every day, they carry the equivalent of over two thousand gallons of blood to th
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Car Headlights | How It's Made

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Car headlights are created separately from the car, with durable plastic and reflective aluminum for maximum efficiency. Manufacturers can alter certain features, but ease of changing the bulbs stay the same. | http://www.sciencechannel.com/tv-shows/how-i
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3D Printers | How It's Made

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The surprising thing about 3D printers is that 3D printers are used to make most of the parts. Find out about these self-replicating devices. | http://www.sciencechannel.com/tv-shows/how-its-made/#mkcpgn=ytda1 Watch full episodes: http://bit.ly/HowItsMade
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Ringworlds

8 years ago / 552 views

After spotting a mysterious star with two rings around it, scientists struggle to explain the anomaly. Could it be a "Ringworld" created by a highly superior race as suggested in a sci-fi novel? | For more, visit http://www.sciencechannel.com/tv-shows/are
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Cell Theory

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Introduction to cell theory--the idea that 1) all living things are made of one or more cells, 2) cells are the basic unit of life and 3) all cells come from other cells. Explore the roles that Hooke, Leeuwenhoek and others played in developing Cell Theor
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Cell Size

8 years ago / 654 views

Thinking about the limiting factors of cell size. Focus on volume to surface area ratio.
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Tertiary Structure Of Proteins

8 years ago / 439 views

How side chain interactions can impact the tertiary structure of proteins.
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Scale Of Cells

8 years ago / 560 views

Thinking about how large a cell is compared to viruses, proteins and simple molecules.
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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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At Last, Pluto Gets Its Close-Up

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What will the New Horizons mission discover about the most contested "planet?" | http://www.sciencechannel.com/tv-shows/direct-from-pluto-first-encounter/ Catch DIRECT FROM PLUTO: FIRST ENCOUNTER Tonight at 10/9c on Science! Subscribe to Science Channel:
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A Tale Of Two Planets

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As infant planets, Earth and Venus were almost twins, but today they are incredibly different worlds. What events led to their divergence and the development of radically different environments? | http://science.discovery.com/tv-shows/how-the-universe-wor
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The Scientific Origins Of The Minotaur - Matt Kaplan

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-scientific-origins-of-the-minotaur-matt-kaplan The myth of the Minotaur tells the story of an enraged beast forever wandering the corridors of a damp labyrinth, filled with a rage so intense that its deafeni
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Why Do Planes Fly So High?

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We’ve all been flying high ever since the development of the jet engine in the mid-1950s. But why were jets were designed to fly at those high altitudes in the first place? Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supp
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How Smells Trigger Memories

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SciShow explains how smells can bring back early memories -- even memories that your brain didn’t know you had. Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn't make SciShow without them! Shout out to
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DeepDream: Inside Google's 'Daydreaming' Computers

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It may produce creepy images with way too many dogs and eyeballs, but Google’s DeepDream program is actually a valuable window into artificial intelligence. Installation instructions: https://www.reddit.com/r/deepdream/comments/3cawxb/what_are_deepdream_i
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REAL Doctor Octopus Arms -- Mind Blow #83

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CAR AUTOPILOT IS HERE -- Mind Blow #84

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TWITTER: https://twitter.com/VsauceTwo INSTAGRAM: http://www.instagr.am/kevlieber *** CLICK "SHOW MORE" FOR LINKS TO EVERYTHING *** Electrical Currents Could Heal Cavities (0:00) http://www.reminova.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyFN9G6F-Yk http://
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Origin Of Bathroom Stuff -- Thought Glass #5

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Is This The First Family Robot? -- Mind Blow #85

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5 Ancient Medical Practices -- Thought Glass #6

8 years ago / 589 views

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Control Your Virtual World -- Mind Blow #87

8 years ago / 665 views

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Deep Sleep To Mars -- Mind Blow #88

8 years ago / 629 views

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Personal Disease Scanner? -- Mind Blow #89

8 years ago / 589 views

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8 years ago / 882 views

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8 years ago / 896 views

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8 years ago / 919 views

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8 years ago / 556 views

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8 years ago / 781 views

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8 years ago / 722 views

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8 years ago / 568 views

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MANGLED MIMES -- LÜT #51

8 years ago / 596 views

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8 years ago / 938 views

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8 years ago / 1,283 views

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8 years ago / 882 views

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8 years ago / 957 views

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Dying For Science -- Thought Glass #12

8 years ago / 686 views

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8 years ago / 718 views

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How Sunglasses Work - Are They Damaging Your Eyes?

8 years ago / 589 views

How do sunglasses actually work? How can some types cause damage to your eyes? And why do astronauts wear glasses made of gold? Kate explains all. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Too much light can be a bad thing, and our b
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The Science Of Hay Fever... Are Parasitic Worms The Cure?

8 years ago / 773 views

Hay fever has an awful habit of ruining what should be the nicest time of the year. But what is it? And why is it called ‘hay fever’? Kate explores the science of allergies, and hunts through the research for a cure. Subscribe for more from Kate: http://b
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Why Summer Is Hot But We Can't Predict The Weather

8 years ago / 694 views

Kate tries to use science to find the perfect summer holiday destination, asks why summer isn't the same everywhere, and investigates the many-layered science of the seasons. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe If climate and t
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Ice Spikes Explained

8 years ago / 621 views

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Surprising Applications Of The Magnus Effect

8 years ago / 685 views

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What If There Was A Black Hole In Your Pocket?

8 years ago / 1,045 views

What would happen to you if a black hole the size of a coin suddenly appeared in your pocket? Lets find out! Check out www.Quarksandcoffee.com for more stuff like this video! Original reddit askscience post: http://bit.ly/1fLEHi6 Kurzgesagt Subreddit: htt
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How Plutonium Got Us To Pluto

8 years ago / 802 views

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The Counterintuitive Physics Of Turning A Bike

8 years ago / 1,014 views

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Invisible Bike Helmet Protects Your Dome And Your Hairstyle

8 years ago / 524 views

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8 years ago / 942 views

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Slot Car Track Created With Magnet

8 years ago / 698 views

Kevin shows Grant how quantum levitation works with magnets and superconductive material. They play with the materials before creating their visionary slot car toy. | http://www.sciencechannel.com/tv-shows/what-could-possibly-go-wrong Watch full episodes:
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Heavy Metal Cataclysm

8 years ago / 597 views

Until recently, most scientists believed the heaviest elements were formed by the incredible energy of supernovae. However, no direct observation of heavy element creation by supernovae have been made and computer simulations of the events do not produce
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How Does Iron Spark One Of The Most Violent Cosmic Events?

8 years ago / 671 views

Stars are basically machines for turning lighter elements into heavier elements via the nuclear fusion reactions that take place in their cores. But at the very moment this fusion process creates iron, the star goes supernova and releases more energy in a
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Introduction To Amino Acids

8 years ago / 907 views

Understanding amino acids and their role in the Central Dogma of Molecular Biology (how the information in DNA eventually gets expressed as chains of amino acids). Thinking about the amino and carboxyl groups and how amino acids are typically found as zwi
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Overview Of Protein Structure

8 years ago / 520 views

Primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary protein structure. Thinking about how the different factors impacting a protein's structure. Beta pleated sheets. Alpha helices.
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Huntington Disease

8 years ago / 550 views

Huntington disease is caused by a mutation in the HTT gene. Understanding how the mutation causes neurodegeneration might help researchers develop treatments that protect brain function. This animation describes the genetic defect that underlies Huntingto
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A New Dinosaur: Flying Without Feathers

8 years ago / 844 views

Birds evolved from dinosaurs – but it wasn’t a smooth transition. Plenty of creatures tried different ways to get into the air – like this newly discovered dinosaur species, Yi qi, unearthed in China. This pigeon-sized creature had elongated fingers that
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Injured Robots Learn To Limp

8 years ago / 834 views

Like most computers, robots are highly efficient… until something goes wrong. But could they learn to adapt to mechanical faults? Scientists have been deliberately sabotaging walking robots to see how fast they learn to cope. Read more on the story: http:
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Five Reasons To Thank Plankton

8 years ago / 707 views

For too long plankton have slaved away in obscurity, making the world a better place for generations of ungrateful humans. Until now. Find out how much you owe these little guys with Nature Video’s Five Reasons To Thank Plankton. For more videos of super
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Go Green, Go Driverless!

8 years ago / 570 views

Would you get in a driverless car? Engineers think they could be safer and more efficient, but in this Nature Video we find out how they could be greener too. Great excuse to play with Lego! Read the paper in Nature Climate Change: http://nature.com/artic
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Colosseum Building Blocks | NOVA

8 years ago / 905 views

The Colosseum was built in just several years due to a clever use of repeating arches. NOVA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NOVAonline NOVA Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/novapbs
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8 years ago / 810 views

Here's a way you can reveal subatomic particles that are shooting in front of your eyes all the time. NOVA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NOVAonline NOVA Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/novapbs Credits: Produced, animated, and edited by Greg Kestin A
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What Do Healthy Ecosystems Sound Like? | NOVA

8 years ago / 1,864 views

What can sound tell us about the health of an ecosystem? NOVA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NOVAonline NOVA Twitter: https://twitter.com/novapbs PRODUCTION CREDITS Produced, Animated and Narrated by Elizabeth Gillis Editorial help from Anna Rothschil
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Fossils: Rocking The Earth

8 years ago / 836 views

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DNA Spells Evolution

8 years ago / 613 views

DNA weaves together the tapestry of life on Earth. It mutates, which can lead to variation among organisms. Watch how natural selection relies on DNA to mold organisms to suit their environments. Play the Evolution Lab: http://www.pbs.org/nova/labs/lab/ev
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Evolution 101

8 years ago / 661 views

Every creature that’s ever lived, including you, has been honed by the powerful force of evolution. Play NOVA's Evolution Lab to learn how it’s responsible for the explosion of Earth's biodiversity. Play the Evolution Lab: http://www.pbs.org/nova/labs/lab
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How Many Countries Are There?

8 years ago / 586 views

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8 years ago / 743 views

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Molecular Structure Of DNA

8 years ago / 523 views

Molecular structure of DNA. Nucleotide. Nitrogenous base, phosphate.
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Antiparallel Structure Of DNA Strands

8 years ago / 593 views

Antiparallel structure of DNA strands (5' - 3' directionality)
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Molecular Structure Of RNA

8 years ago / 508 views

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Peptide Bond Formation

8 years ago / 633 views

How amino acids (including ones in zwitterion form) form peptide bonds (peptide linkages) through a condensation reaction (dehydration synthesis).
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Distances: Crash Course Astronomy #25

8 years ago / 643 views

How do astronomers make sense out of the vastness of space? How do they study things so far away? Today Phil talks about distances, going back to early astronomy. Ancient Greeks were able to find the size of the Earth, and from that the distance to and th
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Defining Success: Crash Course Kids #18.2

8 years ago / 606 views

In our last episode, Sabrina talked about how Engineers define the problems they need to solve. But how do you know when you've actually solved a problem? What do you expect to happen that would equal success? In this episode, Sabrina chats about how Engi
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The Great Picnic Mix Up: Crash Course Kids #19.1

8 years ago / 1,801 views

So you know that iced tea you like so much? Or that sweet soda drink? They're actually a few different things combined to make a new thing. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks about all the different mixtures, solutions, and ants that can
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Chemical Changes: Crash Course Kids #19.2

8 years ago / 4,541 views

We've talked about mixtures and solutions, solutes and solvents, but what about things that can't be undone? What about Chemical Changes? Would it surprise you to know that baking a cake is a Chemical Change? Or striking a match? In this episode of Crash
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Inside The World's Most Powerful New Microscopes

8 years ago / 612 views

In recent years, scientists have come up with new ways to hack the physics of light, to invent the most powerful microscopes the world has ever seen. ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn't make SciShow without th
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Inside The Minds Of Animals - Bryan B Rasmussen

8 years ago / 853 views

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/inside-the-minds-of-animals-bryan-b-rasmussen Do animals think? It’s a question that has intrigued scientists for thousands of years, inspiring them to come up with different methods and criteria to measure the
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Molecular Structure Of Triglycerides (Fats)

8 years ago / 506 views

Understanding how a triglyceride (triacylglycerol) can be formed from a glycerol molecule and three fatty acids.
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Saturated Fats, Unsaturated Fats, And Trans Fats

8 years ago / 398 views

Saturated fats, unsaturated fats, and trans fats
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Lipid Overview

8 years ago / 476 views

Types of lipids including fats, waxes, steroids and phospholipids.
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Molecular Structure Of Glucose

8 years ago / 479 views

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Molecular Structure Of Glucose

8 years ago / 453 views

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Dehydration Synthesis Or A Condensation Reaction

8 years ago / 620 views

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Hydrolysis

8 years ago / 455 views

Hydrolysis to break down polysaccharides (carbohydrates) like starch, cellulose, chitin and glycogen.
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Molecular Structure Of Fructose

8 years ago / 474 views

Fructose in comparison with glucose. Pyranose and furanose rings. Sucrose made from glucose and fructose.
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The Heart, Part 2 - Heart Throbs: Crash Course A&P #26

8 years ago / 1,150 views

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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How Does A Canyon Become Grand?

8 years ago / 1,477 views

And a very Grand Canyon it is… Subscribe: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Twitter: @jtotheizzoe @okaytobesmart ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Thanks to Mike from PBS Idea Channel and Jamin from PBS Game/Show for hanging out at the Grand Canyon with me! https://w
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8 years ago / 648 views

The dose makes the poison… Subscribe: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Twitter: @jtotheizzoe @okaytobesmart ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Plants are the most important source of nutrients for pretty much all of Earth's animals, and many of the planet's bacteria
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NaK

8 years ago / 563 views

NaK - the alloy of Sodium and Potassium - is notorious among chemists. But it can be pumped in an ingenious way. Featuring Professors Steve Howdle and Martyn Poliakoff. Sodium slow motion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzEOL-N2cbw All the elements in or
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What Is A Calorie? - Emma Bryce

8 years ago / 1,166 views

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-is-a-calorie-emma-bryce We hear about calories all the time: How many calories are in this cookie? How many are burned by doing 100 jumping jacks, or long-distance running, or fidgeting? But what is a calor
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The Ebola Virus Explained — How Your Body Fights For Survival

8 years ago / 971 views

What does the Ebola virus actually do in your body? Why is it so dangerous and why does it kill so many people? We take a look at the apocalyptic war that rages in the body after an infection by the Ebola virus and the soldiers fighting. Videos, explainin
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Why Does Pepper Make You Sneeze?

8 years ago / 854 views

It shouldn’t be up your nose in the first place, but if it is, SciShow can explain why it makes you sneeze. Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn't make SciShow without them! Shout out to Jus
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How A Bee Becomes Queen

8 years ago / 963 views

Royal jelly! For bees, it’s what makes all the difference between a queen and a worker. Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn't make SciShow without them! Shout out to Justin Ove, Justin Lent
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What Causes Sunburns?

8 years ago / 561 views

Why does too much sun turn some people’s skin all red and shiny? Quick Questions explains! ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn't make SciShow without them! Shout out to Justin Ove, Chris Peters, John Szymakowski
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Why Are GMOs Bad?

8 years ago / 1,124 views

Why are GMOs bad? They aren’t. They just aren’t, not intrinsically, and certainly not for your health. We’ve been eating them for decades with no ill effects, which makes sense, because a genetically modified organism is simply an organism, like every oth
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Shelf Life Episode 7 - The Language Detectives

8 years ago / 701 views

What does it take to solve a mystery about an ancient Native American language group? 16th-century missionary texts, DNA sequencing methods, and lots of algorithms. Curators Peter Whiteley and Ward Wheeler discuss their project to map the evolution of Uto
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Science Bulletins: Skull X-Rays Reconstruct Extinct Carnivores’ Bite

8 years ago / 668 views

Some carnivores eat only meat, while others are more omnivorous. To understand how and when these differences in carnivore feeding may have evolved, Museum paleontologists captured X-ray scans of skulls from living and extinct species. They reconstructed
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(2/4) Synthesis: A Machine That Uses Gears, Springs And Levers To Add Sines And Cosines

8 years ago / 576 views

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Light: Crash Course Astronomy #24

8 years ago / 1,647 views

In order to understand how we study the universe, we need to talk a little bit about light. Light is a form of energy. Its wavelength tells us its energy and color. Spectroscopy allows us to analyze those colors and determine an object’s temperature, dens
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Silicon Based Life

8 years ago / 653 views

Can silicon play a similar role that carbon plays in life?
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Functional Groups

8 years ago / 555 views

Hydroxyl, sulfhydryl, carbonyl, carboxyl, amino and phosphate groups. Alcohols and thiols.
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8 years ago / 795 views

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(3/4) Analysis: Explaining Fourier Analysis With A Machine

8 years ago / 700 views

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RMS Titanic: Fascinating Engineering Facts

8 years ago / 1,315 views

Bill shares fascinating images and information gleaned from the 1909 to 1911 editions of the Journal The Engineer. It includes photos of the construction of the Titanic and its twin the Olympic, the launching of these Olympic-class ships, and accidents th
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How Evolution Works

8 years ago / 1,758 views

The mechanisms of evolution explained in one video. The theory of evolution explains how the enormous variety of life could come into existence. How it is possible for primitive life forms to spawn the millions of different creatures, that exist today. Un
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The Solar System -- Our Home In Space

8 years ago / 1,565 views

An Infographic trip through the wonders of the solar system. The solar system - well known from countless documentaries. 3D animation on black background. This infographic videos tries something different. Animated infographics and a focus on minimalistic
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Fracking Explained: Opportunity Or Danger

8 years ago / 827 views

Fracking explained in five minutes. Fracking is a controversial topic. On the one side the gas drilling companies, on the other citizen opposed to this drilling method. Politicians are also divided on the matter. We try to take a neutral look on fracking.
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The Gulf Stream & Climate Change

8 years ago / 937 views

Learn about the role of the sea in global warming. The global conveyer belt is part of the large-scale ocean circulation that is driven by differences in the density of the waters. It plays a key role in keeping the climate at balance and Europe warm. Glo
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The History And Future Of Everything -- Time

8 years ago / 627 views

How much time do you have left? Time makes sense in small pieces. But when you look at huge stretches of time, it's almost impossible to wrap your head around things. So we teamed up with the awesome blog "Wait but Why" and made this video to help you put
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The Beginning Of Everything -- The Big Bang

8 years ago / 806 views

How did everything get started? Has the universe a beginning or was it here since forever? Well, evidence suggests that there was indeed a starting point to this universe we are part of right now. But how can this be? How can something come from nothing?
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How Big Is The Moon Really? MM#1

8 years ago / 812 views

The Moon might be much bigger than you think it is. Moon May! One video about cool moon stuff every Mo(o)nday in May. Next: Mars' strange Moons! Videos, explaining things. Like evolution, time, space, global energy or our existence in this strange univers
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The Moons Of Mars Explained -- Phobos & Deimos MM#2

8 years ago / 997 views

What do you know about the Moons of Mars? Nothing? They are super cool (and strange), promise. Moon May! One video about cool moon stuff every Mo(o)nday in May. Next: Plutos five Moons explained. Videos, explaining things. Like evolution, time, space, glo
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8 years ago / 744 views

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How To Catch A Dwarf Planet -- Triton MM#4

8 years ago / 1,381 views

If Neptune didn't catch Triton we might have another Dwarf Planet in our Solar system -- maybe even another Planet or double system. We show how this could have happened. Ok, Moon May is over. Did you like it? Should we do something like this again? With
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Are You Alone? (In The Universe)

8 years ago / 612 views

Are you alone? To answer this question we have to take a look what "you" are first. What are you made of and where you stand in this universe. Are you your body? Your atoms? And how are your parts connected to the big picture? You can get the MUSIC of the
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The Immune System Explained I – Bacteria Infection

8 years ago / 1,463 views

Every second of your life you are under attack. Bacteria, viruses, spores and more living stuff wants to enter your body and use its resources for itself. The immune system is a powerful army of cells that fights like a T-Rex on speed and sacrifices itsel
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Everything You Need To Know About Planet Earth

8 years ago / 812 views

Planet Earth is this solid thing you are standing on right now. In your everyday life you don't really waste a thought about how amazing this is. A giant, ancient, hot rock. How did it come into existence and how big is it really? You will be surprised. T
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Atoms As Big As Mountains — Neutron Stars Explained

8 years ago / 783 views

Neutron Stars are some of the strangest things in the Universe. Not quite massive enough to become black holes they are basically atoms as big as mountains with properties so extreme it's mind-blowing. And if you get too close to a neutron star you are in
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What Is Life? Is Death Real?

8 years ago / 997 views

So what is the difference between you and a rock? This seems like an easy, even stupid question. But even the smartest people on earth have no idea where to draw the line between living and dead things. Which leads to mind-blowing implications. What is li
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Nuclear Energy Explained: How Does It Work? 1/3

8 years ago / 1,112 views

Nuclear Energy Explained: How does it work? Nuclear Energy is a controversial subject. The pro- and anti-nuclear lobbies fight furiously, and it's difficult to decide who is right. So we're trying to clear up the issue - in this video we discuss how we go
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3 Reasons Why Nuclear Energy Is Terrible! 2/3

8 years ago / 1,122 views

Nuclear energy might be a failed experiment. In over sixty years the technology has not only failed to keep its promise of cheap, clean and safe energy, it also caused major catastrophes and enabled more nuclear weapons while the nuclear waste problem is
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3 Reasons Why Nuclear Energy Is Awesome! 3/3

8 years ago / 1,666 views

Nuclear energy might have a lot of unused potential. Not only is it one of the best mid term solutions for global warming bit despite what gut feeling tells us, it has saved millions of lives. By investing more into better technologies we might be able to
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The Death Of Bees Explained – Parasites, Poison And Humans

8 years ago / 1,378 views

In 2015 the bees are still dying in masses. Which at first seems not very important until you realize that one third of all food humans consume would disappear with them. Millions could starve. The foes bees face are truly horrifying – some are a direct c
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This Is How Fireworks Get Their Color! 4th Of July Science Experiment

8 years ago / 735 views

Fireworks get their color from many different chemicals. This 4th of July you'll see fireworks and know exactly which chemicals cause which firework color. So have a happy 4th of july and I hope you stay safe and find a great fireworks show to go to! Enjo
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How To Make Steel Wool Fireworks Spinners For 4th Of July!

8 years ago / 1,220 views

Steel Wool Fireworks or steel wool sparks ring or steel wool vortex! Whichever you call it we can agree that it's INCREDIBLE! Just be careful! All you need for the steel wool fireworks spinner is a whisk, string and steel wool grade 0 "fine" and BE CAREFU