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Kimchi: A Story of Love and Patience

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For South Korea, kimchi is a symbol of national pride, and Kim Myung-Sung makes some of the best fermented vegetables around. Originally inclined to make a delicious gift for his wife, he has since committed his life to making the perfect kimchi. Here's h
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Inside New York’s Only Bird Rehab Center

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When Rita McMahon found a half-dead goose on the side of a street in New York City, she quickly discovered that there was nowhere in the area to bring injured or sick wildlife. So McMahon took it upon herself to create a haven for injured birds by foundin
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Why IQ is not the same as intelligence | BBC Ideas

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Does IQ really measure how smart you are? Is it possible to accurately assess intelligence through a test? And does who is setting the test, and why, make a difference? Will humans keep getting smarter? Or are the limits to our intelligence? Watch more ab
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Bakugan: Battle Planet | Bakugan's Origins | Cartoon Network

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We meet Dan and the gang for the first time and learn about the Great Collision that happened on Earth twelve years ago. Episode: Origin of Species Part 1 CN GAMES: http://cartn.co/ytgames SUBSCRIBE: http://cartn.co/subscribe WATCH MORE: http://cartn.co/m
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The Blind Astronomer Of Nova Scotia

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Tim Doucette is legally blind, yet he sees the stars better than most people. A childhood diagnosis of congenital cataracts forced doctors to remove Doucette's lenses and widen his pupils. That left the amateur astronomer with only about 10 percent of his
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What Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins Feared Most

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Fifty years ago, as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin bounced on the moons surface below, Apollo 11 Command Module Pilot Michael Collins briefly disappeared behind the lunar disk, becoming the first person to experience space entirely alone. As we set our si
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Blue Origin's Vision to Send Millions of People to Space

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Fifty years ago, as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin bounced on the moons surface below, Apollo 11 Command Module Pilot Michael Collins briefly disappeared behind the lunar disk, becoming the first person to experience space entirely alone. As we set our si
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What It Takes to Boldly Go

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Fifty years ago, as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin bounced on the moons surface below, Apollo 11 Command Module Pilot Michael Collins briefly disappeared behind the lunar disk, becoming the first person to experience space entirely alone. As we set our si
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Accidental discovery shows we can rebuild coral reefs 40X faster

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David Vaughan works on the Florida Reef Tract, the third largest coral reef in the world and a vastly important ecosystem for sustaining underwater life. He and a team of scientists are working to combat the crisis in the world’s coral reefs—t
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Sweet Salute: In Berlin, He Dropped Candy Not Bombs

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At the end of World War II, Germany was divided. Berlin, its capital, was in crisis. The city was partially controlled by the Soviets, who held it under a siege. In order to save millions from starvation, the United States and England devised a plan: They
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Hearing The Beautiful Game: Soccer Without Sight

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Brazil and soccer: the two are practically synonymous. In a country with over 200 million people, everyone gets a chance to play, including the blind. For Andre de Souza Carlos, soccer provided a fuel to keep fighting after he lost his vision. During matc
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Chris Urmson: How A Driverless Car Sees The Road

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Statistically, the least reliable part of the car is ... the driver. Chris Urmson heads up Google's driverless car program, one of several efforts to remove humans from the driver's seat. He talks about where his program is right now, and shares fascinati
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Which Animals Have Night Vision? | Animal Autofill

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When many humans are sleeping, some animals are wide-awake. This is because of their unique ability to see in the dark. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoWILDSubscribe #NatGeoWILD #AnimalAutofill #NightVision About National Geographic Wild: National Geogra
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How to know if you're being selfish (and whether or not that's bad) - Mark Hopwood

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Explore a classic philosophical debate and decide: is it human nature to be selfish? And if so, is it possible to overcome it?--The question of whether or not humans are inherently selfish is one of philosophys oldest debates. The idea that we only act ou
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These frogs walk instead of hop

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Scientists tease out why four species have developed unusual mode of locomotion. Learn more: https://scim.ag/2JB5t02 Read the research: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jez.2182 Frogs in question: Senegal running frog *Kassina senegalensis*
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Machine Learning Explained

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Machine learning explained simply. In this video you'll learn what exactly machine learning is and machine learning basics. No knowledge of machine learning required to watch this video. Hi! I'm Jade. Subscribe to Up and Atom for new physics, math and com
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How Animals Hibernate

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What if hibernating animals of different species formed an orchestra and performed a symphony about their winter’s sleep? Well, they did—sort of. This is science told as if it were Prokofiev’s “Peter and the Wolf.” A flute playing wood frog who freezes. A
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Why Do Animals Have Tails?

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Jessi and Squeaks got another science question from one of their viewers! Why do animals have tails and we don't? ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishowkids ---------- Looking
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What is the Evidence for Evolution?

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Support Stated Clearly on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/statedclearly Biologists teach that all living things on Earth are related. Is there any solid evidence to back this claim? Join us as we explore the facts! We start with a close look at the origi
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Moon 101 | National Geographic

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What is the moon made of, and how did it form? Learn about the moon's violent origins, how its phases shaped the earliest calendars, and how humans first explored Earth's only natural satellite half a century ago. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscrib
What Butterfly Flight Looks like in Slow Motion!

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I filmed slow motion flight and time-lapse eclosion sequences of tropical butterflies, and give a behind-the-scenes tour of our museum's walk-in tropical rainforest exhibit.Check out https://naturalsciences.org/ for info about when to visit our museum and
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Why Are Praying Mantises Wearing 3D Glasses? | WIRED

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Researchers at Newcastle University, UK have been studying stereoscopic vision in praying mantises by having them wear tiny 3D glasses. WIRED's Matt Simon talks with Jenny Read, a vision scientist who led the research, about how their vision compares with
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"Ooga Boo" MUSIC VIDEO feat. Cher | HOME ADVENTURES WITH TIP AND OH

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Chercophonie has a message for all the Boovs and humans out there. Feast your eyes and ears on her Ooga Boo music video! #OogaBoo " Follow DreamWorksTV! instagram - https://instagram.com/dreamworkstv/ twitter - https://twitter.com/dreamworkstv facebook -
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How NASA Plans to Return to the Moon | Apollo

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NASA hasn't sent humans back to the Moon in almost 50 years, but in the next decade, the agency has ambitious plans for a lunar revival. Check out the entire Apollo series here!: https://bit.ly/2ApSfg9 Read More: What’s Really Changed—and What Hasn’t—Abou
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What Happens If You Drink Mercury?

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Mercury poisoning can have some devastating effects on your body! Watch more: How this 50-year-old NASA invention could kill cancer ►► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh6ZSQytxbU Subscribe: https://bit.ly/SubLifeNoggin | Get your exclusive Life Noggin mer
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Got A Pest Problem? Call The Quack Squad

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They’re short, they waddle, and they’re coming to eat the snails. Meet the quack squad, nature’s very own pest control. Every morning, duck farmer Denzel Metthys releases over 1,000 Indian Runner ducks on the Vergenoegd Winery in South Africa. Trained to
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Why am I so sweaty?

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Humans are sweatier than most other animals—and it might be one of the reasons we’re such smart creatures. Subscribe to Anna's Science Magic Show Hooray! https://bit.ly/2LLNAci -- What to read more about sweat? Here's Nina Jablonski writing in Scientific
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Thailand's Famous Snake Village | Earth Unplugged

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Steve Backshall returns to the Thai village where humans and snakes cohabit.Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubscribeToEarthUnplugged Animal Slow Motion: http://bit.ly/EarthUnpluggedSlowMotionTimelapse Expeditions: http://bit.ly/EarthUnpluggedExpeditionsAndLocat
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Our Planet | Fresh Water | FULL EPISODE | Netflix

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Experience our planet's natural beauty and examine how climate change impacts all living creatures in this ambitious documentary of spectacular scope.In this episode: The need for fresh water is as strong as ever. However, the supply is becoming increasin
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Your Face Could Be Recreated From DNA: Should You Worry?

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Can we predict what a person's face looks like based solely on a sample of their DNA? A new study says yes, but geneticists aren't so sure. Getting A DNA Test Could Keep You From Your Dream Job - https://youtu.be/6EPpjOAeOtg For a 30-day, unrestricted tri
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Why Crickets Just Won't Shut Up | Deep Look

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Male crickets play tunes non-stop to woo a mate or keep enemies away. But they're not playing their song with the body part you're thinking. Please join our community on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deeplookSUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqt
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Meet The Voice Of The Early Internet

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If you logged onto the internet circa 1997, chances are you heard this guy, Elwood Edwards, greet you with a warm “Welcome! You’ve got mail.” Edwards scored his place in internet history back in 1989, after submitting a handful of recorded phrases to a co
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These Ice Swimmers Battle Frozen Death with Every Stroke | That's Amazing

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High in the mountains of southern Africa, 15 swimmers compete in one of the most extreme—and chilling—races on earth. With no wet suits or protection, they swim one kilometer in water that is cold enough to kill them. For these athletes, it’s not just a b
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Inside the Illegal Songbird Trade in Indonesia

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There are few birds more colorful or with a more beautiful song than the Javan green magpie. Unfortunately, this beauty has led the birds to be captured and sold illegally into the songbird trade in Indonesia for singing competitions or as pets. Conservat
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Sharks Sharks Sharks & More Sharks

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There are 12 living Orders of sharks and rays swimming in our oceans today, and more than 440 known species. Here are some of the wackier ones! ------------------ NEW! Subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/thebrainscoop/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/the
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Collecting the World: Inside the Smithsonian

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The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History has over 144 million different objects in its collections. A sample of these collections are on display to the public, but 99 percent of the Smithsonian’s treasures remain behind the scenes. Scientists wo
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Sun, Stars, Swells: Sailing The Globe Using Nothing But Nature

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Hawai'i—possibly the most remote island chain on the planet—was discovered hundreds of years ago by Polynesian voyagers in canoes. These ancient explorers relied exclusively upon their knowledge of the stars, bird behavior and ocean swell patterns to find
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Harvesting One Million Christmas Trees by Helicopter

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Welcome to Holiday Tree Farms—the largest Christmas tree farm in the world. Located in Corvallis, Oregon, 30-year veteran tree farmer Mark Arkills uses a combination of helicopters (that's right, helicopters) and brute force to harvest over one million tr
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The Poison Supper Club That Made Our Food Safe

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Before the FDA came around, there was some pretty gnarly stuff in our food: additives like formaldehyde, borax, and copper sulfate—poisons! To prove these toxins weren't good for us, Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, a chemist, organized a volunteer supper club to d
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Deep Underground, The Coolest Club In Lebanon

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Jeita Grotto is the largest cave in Lebanon and the main water source for Beirut. While only a small portion of it is open to the public, a select group gets to explore its mysterious depths. Founded in 1951, the Spéléo Club du Liban is the oldest caving
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Discovering the Past Through Dinosaur Poop

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Please support our videos http://www.patreon.com/scifri Although the praire outside of Choteau, Montana is best known as the fossil quarry that provided definitive paleontological insights into the parenting habits of dinosaurs, it’s also the perfec
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The Tiny Fox Making A Bold Comeback

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Weighing only five pounds, the cute island fox was once thriving on the Channel Islands off the coast of California. But after the arrival of the golden eagle, its population started to dwindle. The species is now federally listed as endangered, having be
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24 Pet Myths You Should Stop Believing

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In this video, we will debunk 24 myths about your pet, dog and cat.Do dogs have cleaner mouth than humans? Do cats really hate water? Is raw meat the only best food for dogs? In this video, we will discover the truth behind myths about pets.#24. A dogs mo
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How to get your overweight dog back in shape

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Is your dog overweight? Well consider this: You might be rewarding your dog the wrong way. Many American dogs are overweight for the same reason that American humans are overweight. We enjoy rewarding our dogs, and ourselves, with food. Next time you want
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Re-wilding Europe, One Bison At A Time

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When you think of Europe, wild animals roaming through open fields isn’t the first thing that comes to mind, right? Well, you might be surprised to learn that 18 percent of Europe’s land is protected nature. Thanks to the efforts of one organization, Euro
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AlterEgo: Interfacing with devices through silent speech

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AlterEgo is a wearable system that allows a user to silently converse with a computing device without any voice or discernible movements — thereby enabling the user to communicate with devices, AI assistants, applications, or other people in a silent, con
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This Beautiful Parrot May Be the World's Smartest Bird

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The red-sided eclectus parrot is native to the island of New Guinea and is considered to be one of the most intelligent birds in the world. Males sport a predominantly green coat of feathers while females have mostly red plumage, and until the 20th centur
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Hidden Valley Ranch Is A Real Place

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n the 1950s, a man name Steven Henson (his name had previously been Ken) invented a creamy salad dressing at his ranch in California. He called it his ranch dressing. And that ranch? It was called Hidden Valley Ranch. Everyone loved the dressing—so much s
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Whose Food Is Whose?

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Jessi takes you on a mini tour of the Food Prep Room showcasing the multitude of dry foods used for the many species of animals at Animal Wonders. Our Video Sponsors: Rhiannon Cleobury Robert B Friedman Kirsty Avidano Michael Lafferty Katie Fancher Stepha
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The Small, but Mighty, Hercules Beetle

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Reaching up to 17 cm in length, the Hercules beetle is one of the largest insects in the world. They’re commonly identified by the characteristic horn-like pincers found on male beetles. Just like its heroic namesake, these little guys are strong. They ca
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Take Me Out To the Boov Game | DreamWorks Home Adventures With Tip and Oh

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The Boov have discovered the game of baseball! See them enjoy this humans game for the first time in an all-new season of DreamWorks Home Adventures with Tip & Oh, coming to Netflix January 27th! Follow DreamWorksTV! instagram - https://instagram.com/drea
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Elon Musk And Stephen Hawking Fear A Robot Apocalypse. But A Major Physicist Disagrees.

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All new technology is frightening, says physicist Lawrence Krauss. But there are many more reasons to welcome machine consciousness than to fear it. Read more at BigThink.com: http://bigthink.com/videos/should-we-be-scared-of-ai Follow Big Think here: You
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How to Make Whipped Nutella Dalgona for Kids + 3 Other Recipes (No Coffee)

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Learn how to make whipped Dalgona with Oreos, Nutella, Milo or Peanut Butter for kids. No coffee recipe!Okay, we're stepping outside of the norm of the videos that we usually create, but hey, we're stuck at home and running seriously thin on travel conten
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The Tiny Yorkie Who Became a World War II Hero

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World War II had its fair share of heroes: Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle, Commander Eisenhower. But one you probably don't recognize is Smoky—a Yorkshire terrier. This is the story of the smallest war hero of the century. SUBSCRIBE: https://goo.gl/
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Atomic Clocks Are Reinventing Time

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Though humans don't experience it in their daily lives, gravity and movement can change how time elapses. Ultra-precise atomic clocks are now able to measure these tiny changes, known as time dilation. It's a technological advance that could revolutionize
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Baking Bread with Lava in Iceland

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Siggi Rafn Hilmarsson is an Icelandic baker with an interesting technique. He buries his dough 16 inches underground where it actually bakes from the natural heat generated by Iceland's volcanic hot springs. Why doesn't Siggi just use a conventional oven?
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Animal Behavior - CrashCourse Biology #25

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Hank and his cat Cameo help teach us about animal behavior and how we can discover why animals do the things they do. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dft.ba/-8css Like Crash Course on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/youtubecrashcour
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When Zoo Animals Speak, This Scientist Listens

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Can animals talk? Just ask animal welfare scientist Dr. Bonnie Baird.Subscribe so you never miss an episode: https://bit.ly/3mOfd77More info below Dr. Bonnie Baird can talk to animals well, sort of. Instead, she carefully observes the behavior of the many
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8 Creepy Animals That Are Actually Harmless

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Claws, teeth, stingers... there are a lot of things that can make an animal look downright scary and dangerous. Sometimes, though, looks can be deceiving! Face your fears and learn about eight animals that use their tough looks to hide the fact that they'
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The Two People We're All Related To

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Check out Two Cents: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL8w_A8p8P1HWI3k6PR5Z6w Due to an odd quirk of genetics and some unique evolutionary circumstances, two humans who lived at different times in the distant past managed to pass on a very small fraction
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Protecting the Future of Rock Lobster Fishing

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In Spanish Wells, Bahamas, rock lobster fishing is a way of life. Chuck Pinder is the seventh generation of his family to dive deep for these spiny creatures, and he and his sons depend on a healthy population to make a living. Red Lobster has sourced roc
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The Columbian Exchange: Crash Course World History #23

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In which John Green teaches you about the changes wrought by contact between the Old World and the New. John does this by exploring the totally awesome history book "The Columbian Exchange" by Alfred Cosby, Jr. After Columbus "discovered" the Americas, Eu
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The Artificial Gravity Lab

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In the Ashton Graybiel Spatial Orientation Laboratory at Brandeis University, there's the Artificial Gravity Facility: otherwise known as the rotating room. No-one's invented futuristic gravity plating yet, but if you want to test how humans would cope wi
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10 Facts About Great White Sharks

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Remarkably little is known about great white sharks, but they are similar to humans in a lot of ways - they give birth to live young, maintain a higher body temperature than their surroundings and they are apex predators. There are also many misconception
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Nick Tunes: Composing The Soundtrack To Your Childhood

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Rick Witkowski made a name for himself in the 1990s as a music writer for Nickelodeon. Most famously, he wrote the theme song for the television show "Guts." But that's just scratching the surface. Witkowski also composed music for Nickelodeon shows, such
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Meet the Man Protecting Venezuela’s Eagles

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Alexander Blanco Márquez is a veterinary doctor going to great heights to save the harpy eagles of Venezuela. As victims of poaching and deforestation, these beautiful birds have been diminishing in numbers over the years. Watching their species destroyed
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This Pink Winged Stick Insect is Hiding in Plain Sight

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This is a pink winged stick insect at the Montreal Zoo. These guys have quite the camouflage on them. Despite growing up to 21 inches in length, these insects are able to hide in plain sight, blending in among sticks and foliage. As camouflage is their pr
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African killifish embryos enter suspended animation to survive

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To survive parched pond beds during months-long dry seasons in countries like Zimbabwe and Mozambique, the African turquoise killifish (Nothobranchius furzeri) does something usually reserved for the realm of sci-fi: its embryos enter suspended animation.
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Watch Africam Tembe Elephant Park - LIVESituated in an area that was once the ancient Ivory Route' linking Mozambique and Zululand, Tembe Elephant Park is renowned for having the largest elephants in Africa and the planet! The park is remote, lying deep i
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The Wonderful World of Insect Mouths | SciShow Kids

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In this episode, Jessi and Squeaks learn about the many kinds of mouths insects can have, and why they look so different!Teachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!First Grade Next Generati
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Human Extinction

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Some ideas about our end. Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tweetsauce Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/electricpants MORE LINKS BELOW! related Vsauce videos: What Will We Miss? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uiv6tKtoKg Cruel Bombs: https://www.youtube
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How Much Heat Can Your Body Take Before Killing You?

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Our world is getting undeniably hotter, and parts of it could soon be too hot for human survival. But how could hot temperatures actually kill you? Waves Can Tell Us A Lot About Climate Change, But You Have to Catch Them First - https://youtu.be/toeoYNQNZ
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The bold plan to end malaria with a gene drive

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How genetically engineered mosquitoes might defeat a disease that kills millions of children. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO The invention of the CRISPR gene editing tool has injected new life into a line of research called gene drive. Gen
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We Brought This Fish To America. Now We Can't Get Rid Of It

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Earth Month from PBS Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnNZYWyBGJ1F8ofFm4H9UTrHxqU8zngK4The invasive Asian carp, once introduced as a solution, is now disrupting native fish species and shrinking their populations across rivers, streams, an
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The Ghost Town Stuck In Time

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On the Eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada mountains lies a town that time forgot. Bodie, Calif. was once a mining village with 10,000 residents. Today, it looks as if the townsfolk simply vanished one day: cues remain on the pool tables, jackets hang next
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Civil War Tails: 5,000 Mini Cats Recreate American History

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Rebecca and Ruth Brown are twin sisters who run a museum about the Civil War in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The twist? Their scale model dioramas are filled with thousands of miniature cats depicting key moments from the war. That’s right: tiny cat soldiers
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The FUTURE of TRAVEL: Hyperloop Trains and Hypersonic Jets | Earth Lab

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Dom Burgess investigates whether humans are likely to be able to travel the globe in minutes. What do you think? Let us know in the comments. Subscribe to Earth Lab for more fascinating science videos - http://bit.ly/SubscribeToEarthLab All the best Earth
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Pounding Mochi With The Fastest Mochi Maker In Japan

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Mitsuo Nakatani is a mochi master, and to watch him do his work is a genuine thrill. Turning sticky rice into Japan’s traditional soft and chewy treat requires pounding, flipping and smashing the glutinous rice at high speeds in perfect coordination with
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Why Don't Birds Lay Square Eggs?

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I have new merch! Link down belowSUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub More info and sources below What is egg-shaped even? I used to think it was the shape of a chicken egg. Then one day I saw a collection of eggs from lots of diffe
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Sinuous Asperoteuthis Mangoldae Squid Filmed Alive for First Time | Nautilus Live

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Hovering above the seafloor, the Asperoteuthis mangoldae squid is a recently discovered deep-sea species that was just seen alive for the first time! Researchers think this unusual squid's tail may help it mimic other animals, like a stinging siphonophore
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Feel The Beat: Dancing While Deaf

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Antoine Hunter just wants to be heard and understood. Born completely without hearing in his left ear and hard of hearing in his right, Hunter, who's now completely deaf, gravitated towards dance to express himself. Now, as director of the Urban Jazz Danc
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I went to space and discovered an enormous lie | Ron Garan

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What astronaut Ron Garan saw in space changed his life forever heres what it taught him. Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1Up next, Neil deGrasse Tyson: 3 mind-blowing space facts
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How The World's First Written Languages Spread

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The introduction of writing systems changed the world. It allowed humans to physically express thoughts and language, as well as record events for future generations to study. Although different writing systems developed independently in different areas o
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Why Don't Animals Need Sunscreen?

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You should always wear sunscreen when you're playing outside, but you may have noticed that animals are outside all the time and they don't need sunscreen. Why? ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a patron on Patreon: https://
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The Last Star In The Universe – Red Dwarfs Explained

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The last star in the universe will be a red dwarf. Red dwarfs in general might be great places to look for aliens – or planets for humans to find a new home after our solar system has died. Support us on Patreon so we can make more stuff (and get cool wal
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How Close Are We to Talking With Animals?

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We know about apes learning sign language, but what about dolphins typing on an underwater keyboard? Or A.I. machines translating prairie dog chirps? We want to answer how close we are to conversing with the animal kingdom. How Close Are We: Season 2 - ht
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Why Do Animals Eat Their Babies?

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Sometimes, it makes sense for critters across the animal kingdom to chow down on their own young. Thanks to http://www.audible.com/minuteearth for sponsoring this video. If you enjoyed this video, you might want to check out this one by Jesse Agar: Why ki
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The Amazon Rainforest Doesn't Produce 20% of Our Oxygen, Here's Why

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Contrary to popular belief, the Amazon forest doesnt provide Earth with 20% of its oxygen supply. So how exactly do the fires currently destroying Earth's largest remaining rainforest affect us? Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch mor
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Due to rising sea levels, the sea turtles in the Florida Keys are in danger of losing their natal beaches. But not if Dr. Kristen Hart and her team of researchers have anything to do with it. Her team literally works around the clock to monitor these rept
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Has Human Technology Kept Us from Evolving? | Earth Lab

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From Surfers to Scientists, the Deep Blue Defenders Saving Our Oceans

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For the Animal Lover in All of Us

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The California floater mussel does a surprising amount of travel - for a bivalve. First it gets ejected from its parent's shell into the wide watery wilderness. Then it leads a nomad's life clamped on the fins or gills of a fish. Once it's all grown up, t
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On busy days, a chef may feel like she works in a zoo. For Stacy Kyles, that’s exactly the point. She’s the commissary supervisor in charge of buying and preparing food for animals at the Oakland Zoo, but she’s better known as “the zoo chef.” Every day th
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Why Don't We Have Pet Foxes?

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Both foxes and dogs belong to the same family Canidae. Then why havent foxes become our companions too?To answer this, in 1950, a group of Russian scientists began an experiment to try and create the first ever pet fox species. The study led by Russian ge
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Learn About Plastics | Climate Champions | Cartoon Network

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Harvesting Guitars From The Bones Of New York City

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The First Brachiosaurus

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Joyce Havstad, PhD holds the title Philosopher-in-Residence at The Field Museum.* We had the joy of interviewing her about some of the fascinating concepts she researches and explores -- in this case, what is a holotype? And how can paleontologists determ
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A Guide To Navigating the Stars Without a Smartphone

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Welcome to the Bunny Island Web Series! In this video, a herd of rabbits swarm their feeder and have no reservations climbing all over his body to get at the delicious pellets during their mealtime. Japan's Rabbit Island, Ōkunoshima (大久野島), is a small isl
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Drew is learning about Mt. Everest and the endangered species, like the snow leopard. He also learns that Mt. Everest is home to the Abominable Snowman a.k.a the Yeti. Drew is convinced the Yeti's are eating the snow leopards... Subscribe to Cool School:
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What Would Walking For 24 Hours Do To Your Body?

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Walking for 24 hours straight is a brutal challenge that nobody should really try, but what would happen if someone did? Today’s video is sponsored by Keeps. Get your first month FREE: http://keeps.com/lifenoggin Subscribe: https://bit.ly/SubLifeNoggin |
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Why Dirt and Microbes Could Be Good for Us - with B Brett Finlay

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Meet The Man Who Shoots At Birds All Day To Keep Them Off A Toxic Pit | World Wide Waste

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Why the Bubonic Plague Still Exists Today

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Solving a Maze using Chemistry

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We use chemistry and a food dye to solve a maze faster than most humans can! All you need is a 3D printed maze, 1M sodium hydroxide, 10% hydrochloric acid, and oleic acid. This chemistry experiment is amazingly simple once you have the right materials.Edu
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Blue Tongued Skink: The Dragon With A Blue Tongue

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Why Do We Lie?

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Underwater robot may unearth climate mysteries

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Watch the world’s smallest bear copy its friends’ facial expressions

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For the first time, researchers observe exact facial mimicry outside humans and primates Read the story: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/03/watch-world-s-smallest-bear-copy-its-friends-facial-expressions Read the research: https://www.nature.com/arti
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The woman who turns brains into soup: Suzana Herculano-Houzel

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Whether you’re a “Seinfeld” devotee or not, the iconic synth-bass sounds of the sitcom’s theme music are unmistakable. And the man behind the improvised riff is just as original. Meet composer Jonathan Wolff; he’s responsible for writing the theme songs t
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Step into This Soviet Arcade Time Machine

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Silicon Valley is home to tech giants, venture capital…and a years-long battle between an invasive species, a tiny bird, and a bunch of scientists trying to decide what counts as “nature.” We put on the biggest boots we could find and headed out to the st
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How A Whale And A Bear Beat The System

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They Built a Rainforest Ecosystem inside a Geodesic Dome

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Bay Area Teen Reverses Effects of Pesticides on Bees

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Honeybees are the world’s most important pollinators, but their population is on the decline — here’s how one Bay Area teen discovered a way to repair the effects of pesticides on honeybees » Sign up for our newsletter KnowThis to
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Why is Carbon the Key to Life? (On Earth, Anyway)

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One element is the backbone of all forms of life weve ever discovered on Earth: carbon. Number six on the periodic table is, to the best of our knowledge, impossible to live without. In this episode of Reactions, discover what makes carbon so exceptional,
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Bill Nye Answers Science Questions From Twitter - Part 4 | Tech Support | WIRED

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Bill Nye uses the power of Twitter to once again answer common questions about science. Is evolution just an unproven theory? What do brains actually feel like? Will humanity ever leave the solar system? Are humans advanced AI? Bill answers all these ques
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Behold the Bactrian Camel

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Meet Gemma, a Bactrian camel at the Greater Vancouver Zoo. At nearly 8 feet tall, she’s a beaut. Bactrians are the largest of all living camel species. Native to central Asia, these guys are special for rocking two humps instead of one. Their woolen coats
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Kish | He’s a Real ‘Batman’ Who Can See With Sound

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In a world full of noise, Daniel Kish has learned how to harness that information and see with sound. After he became blind as a baby, he developed the ability to navigate using echolocation—a technique used by bats previously thought to be impossible for
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How You Can Help Save Sea Turtles

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The Surprising Science Behind the Word ‘Pokemon

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By now, words like “Pokémon,” “karaoke” and “anime” are established terms in modern English. But … are these words English or Japanese? As it turns out, neither! They fall into their own category entirely.
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These Wildcats Need the Forest to Survive

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This little old lady is Button, a 21-year-old margay at the Santa Ana Zoo. Native to the dense forests of Central and South America, these wildcats are tree-dwelling creatures whose wide feet and flexible toes allow them to climb, jump and hang from branc
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These Crabs Have Been Crawling Before the Dinosaurs

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For the past 200 million years, the American horseshoe crab has roamed our planet. A semiaquatic species, these creatures spend the majority of their time in shallow waters and can be found along the Atlantic coastline of North America. Their ten eyes hel
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The WWII Bomber Who Dropped Chocolate Over Germany

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At the end of World War II, Germany was divided. Berlin, its capital, was in crisis. The city was partially controlled by the Soviets, who held it under a siege. In order to save millions from starvation, the United States and England devised a plan: They
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12 Ways to Tell Your Cat You Love Them in a Language They Understand

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In this video, well show you 12 ways to tell your cat you love them in language theyre sure to understand#12. Slow Eye Blink Slowly blinking your eyes at your cat is akin to the human kiss. Cats show affection by looking at someone and slowly closing thei
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Computer Scientist Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty | WIRED

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Moravec's paradox is the observation that many things that are difficult to do for robots to do come easily to humans, and vice versa. Stanford University professor Chelsea Finn has been tasked to explain this concept to 5 different people; a child, a tee
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This Rare Stick Insect Is Among the Last of Its Kind

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This is the black beauty stick insect, a rare species only found in a tiny 12-acre area high in the mountains of northern Peru. Only discovered in 2005, not much is known about these insects, but they are believed to be most active at night when their dee
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Animals that can survive in space and an apocalypse

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Animals that can survive in outer space, a nuclear war and an apocalypse.If you were to place an animal in the vacuum of space, after only 10 seconds, the water and blood in its body would boil, the saliva in its mouth would vaporize, and this would cause
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Drilling Through Ice in the Hunt for Celestial Life | That's Amazing

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Explorer and engineer Bill Stone has been steadfast in his desire to travel to space since he watched the first astronauts land on the moon as a boy. Today, he’s closer than ever to launching his own inventions—advanced unmanned robots called “Cryobots”—
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What the world looks like to an algorithm

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Artificial intelligence is governing more and more of our lives, but the way it sees and understands the world is completely different from you or me. For this video, we found a way to look around inside AI’s “brain.” First, we asked fellow humans to gues
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The Vinegaroon Sprays Acid to Foil Its Foes | Deep Look

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The vinegaroon also known as a whip scorpion looks like a Frankenstein creation of monster body parts. But unlike true scorpions, it doesnt use venom to defend itself from predators. Instead, it aims its tail at their face and sprays a blast of acid that
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12 Year Old Terrarium - Life Inside a closed jar, Over a decade in isolation

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In this video we take a look at the terrarium my brother made during his childhood. This terrarium was made between 2007 - 2008. This makes the terrarium at least 12 years old. Inside there is a variety of organisms. All of which have persisted within the
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What If Every Human Ever Born Came Back to Life Today?

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Get a 2 month free trial with Skillshare here! http://skl.sh/RealLifeLore What would happen if every single human from the entire history of our species suddenly came back to life today? How many people would there be, what would they look like as a group
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The Impossible Hugeness of Deep Time

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You can learn more at https://curiositystream.com/smart SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss a video! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Humans have a hard time with really big numbers, especially when it comes to DEEP TIME. The history
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Creating the Worst Video Game of All Time

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The video game 'E.T, The Extraterrestrial' for Atari 2600 is considered one of the biggest flops in gaming history. Yet the game's designer, Howard Scott Warshaw, says he couldn't be prouder of that honor. This is the story of an awesomely bad video game.
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Earth's Little Garbage People?

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Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions How do earthworms eat? If you’re enjoying some tasty food today that has at least one ingredient that was farmed somewhere, you probably owe a little thanks to earthworms. How is it that these detritivores – literally
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Why Atlantic fish are invading the Arctic

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Southern species are flooding into the far north. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Scientists are witnessing the upending of large parts of the Arctic ocean. As the sea ice recedes and temperatures rise, the warmer waters of the Atlantic are
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Honey bees and zebra fish come to a consensus, thanks to a little robotic intervention

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Species from both land and sea are able to reach a collective decision with the help of robot mediators. Once day, researchers hope to use machine learning to train robots on collective behavior in animals. Read the paper - http://robotics.sciencemag.org/
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Watchand hearthe impact human noises have on marine life

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Ocean sounds may help people sleep at night, but marine animals depend on them for survival. Take dolphins, which rely on echolocation to hunt and clicks to communicate with their pod. Such species are in trouble, because human-generated ocean noise, or a
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How Birds Can Teach Us to Build Better Airplanes

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How one researcher is turning everything we know about flight on its head...Subscribe so you never miss an episode: https://bit.ly/3mOfd77More info below Vikram Baliga studies anatomy and movement of animals in the Department of Zoology at the University
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The Egg Collection!

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Eggs! There are around 10,800 different species of birds, all which lay eggs that vary in size, color, shape, and parental care required. Dr. John Bates pulled some highlights from the Field Museum's egg collection to share these fragile, historically imp
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Why Do We Have Eyebrows?

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When 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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How Many Zebras Are In This Photo?

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Thanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! http://twin-cities.umn.edu/New technology has revolutionized how we study wild animals, but it has also bogged down scientists with data...luckily, there's an *intelligent* solution.Thanks a
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The Last Human A Glimpse Into The Far Future

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Because of the potential size of the future, the most important thing about our actions today might be their impact on future generations. This simple-sounding idea has some surprising moral implications: https://80000hours.org/kurzgesagt-last-humanSource
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Does Disease Have A Smell?

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For thousands of years, medical professionals have diagnosed illness based on their patient’s scent. How do humans, dogs and machines smell disease today? Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com. Share on Facebook: https://goo.gl/6igAQs Share on Twitter: https://
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Whats In a 20,000 Year-Old Cube of Ice?

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It’s time for the PBSDS Annual Survey! We want to hear from YOU Share your feedback here: https://www.pbsresearch.org/c/r/IOTBS_YTvideo ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Earth’s climate is changing in a big way,
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What is Natural Selection?

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Support Stated Clearly on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/statedclearly Special thanks to Rosemary at Bird and Moon Comics for supplying a handful of the critter illustrations: http://www.birdandmoon.com/ Special thanks to AD for the music! http://www.pr
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How To Draw A Winter Penguin (Snowball The Penguin)

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Hello, art friends! Olivia and I are learning how to draw a penguin all dressed up for winter! This lesson is perfect for kids of all ages. We even named our little friend Snowball. This is not just a winter activity; imagine drawing Snowball again, maybe
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Drawing a Little Leopard - Kanika

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Colored pencil drawing of Kanika, an Amur leopard who was the first born for her mother Kaia with her partner Akin at Marwell Wildlife in Britain. Kanika, whose name means ‘gold’ in Sanskrit, is about five months old in this drawing (reference photo taken
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Inside Jurassic Park’s Most Iconic Special Effect

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Steven Spielberg’s 1993 film “Jurassic Park” was a landmark cinematic achievement due in large part to its groundbreaking special effects. But it wasn’t the appearance of the raptors, the brontosaurus or the T. Rex that caused Spielberg and his crew to th
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This Weevil Has Puppet Vibes But Drills Like a Power Tool | Deep Look

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This fuzzy acorn weevil cant crack open acorns like a woodpecker or chomp through them like a squirrel. Instead, she uses her incredibly long snout, called a rostrum, to power-drill through an acorns tough and resilient shell. And it's not just lunch on h
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Slime Houses of Pinky-Size Plankton Cycle Carbon

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This tiny larvacean blows up a mucus balloon up to a meter across. It pumps water through feeding structures to concentrate food particles, and may be an important player in oceanic carbon cycling. Subscribe to our channel: https://youtube.com/SciAmerican
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Researcher Explains Why Cats May Like Their Owners as Much as Dogs | WIRED

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Cats are famously temperamental and are generally considered to be less loyal and social than dogs. But recent research suggests that cats actually have similar levels of attachment to their human caregivers as dogs and infants. WIRED's Arielle Pardes spo
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How To Find Water Bears

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Let's do a fun science experiment! We're going to learn how to find Water Bears. Join me to learn about these awesome microscopic creatures! Tardigrades, also known as Water Bears, are adorable microscopic animals. They look like caterpillars and walk lik
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The Whales of New York

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*** We're now on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/scifri - Please Help Support Our Video Productions! *** Within sight of the famous New York skyline, you might see something unexpected—whales. Vast schools of menhaden baitfish swirl in the New York Bight,
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Mimic Octopus: Master of Disguise

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This is the mimic octopus. A master of disguise. In its natural state, the mimic octopus is a light beige color. And like most octopi can change its skin pigment to blend in with its surroundings, but the mimic octopus takes things to another level altoge
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Racing to Save Dying Coral Reefs

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While they might be easily mistaken for rocks or plants, coral reefs are actually colonies of animals. These small but mighty creatures cover only a percent of the ocean floor, yet they constitute one of Earth’s oldest and most important ecosystems—servin
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Deciphering the Secret Language of Whales

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Fabrice Schnöller is on a mission to unlock the secret language of sperm whales, the largest predators on Earth. Founder of the DAREWIN Project, Fabrice’s goal is to record sperm whale vocalizations in hopes of deciphering their means of communication. By
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Why People Don't Believe In Climate Science

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Watch Part 1:“The Facts” http://youtu.be/ffjIyms1BX4 Subscribe to It’s Okay To Be Smart: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Follow on Twitter: http://twitter.com/jtotheizzoe Follow on Tumblr: http://www.itsokaytobesmart.com Follow on
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The Squid and the Whale: Evidence for an Epic Encounter

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Happy Cephalopod Week! One of the most famous dioramas in the American Museum of Natural History depicts a battle between two gigantic animals: the sperm whale and giant squid. But unlike most dioramas in the Museum’s halls, this scene has never been witn
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Meet the Man Who Beat 'Pac-Man'

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In 1999, Billy Mitchell was the first person to achieve a perfect score in "Pac-Man." His ability to reach the end of the game even stumped "Pac-Man's" creators and designers, who named him the “video game player of the century.” Here’s

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