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Why The Giraffe Got Its Neck

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How and why the giraffe's neck emerged in the first place has been a mystery that generations of biologists have argued over one that has made us reconsider our understanding of how evolution actually works over and over again.*****PBS Member Stations rel
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Mary Poppins Returns | Official Trailer

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See Mary Poppins Returns in theatres December 19! In Disney’s “Mary Poppins Returns,” an all new original musical and sequel, Mary Poppins is back to help the next generation of the Banks family find the joy and wonder missing in their l
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Do politics make us irrational? - Jay Van Bavel

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Dig into the psychology of political partisanship, how to recognize it and what strategies can be used to combat it. --Can someones political identity actually affect their ability to process information? The answer lies in a cognitive phenomenon known as
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YouTube Couldn't Exist Without Communications & Signal Processing: Crash Course Engineering #42

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Engineering helped make this video possible. This week well look at how its possible for you to watch this video with the fundamentals of signal processing. Well explore things from Morse Code, to problems like bandwidth capacity and noise, to how we arri
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How do blood transfusions work? - Bill Schutt

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Dive into the history of the life-saving procedure of blood transfusions and how it has evolved since the 17th century. --In 1881, doctor William Halsted rushed to help his sister Minnie, who was hemorrhaging after childbirth. He quickly inserted a needle
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What If You Stopped Eating Food?

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How long can your body and brain diet through fasting, starvation or survive with no food? Check out skillshare! http://skl.sh/asapscience2 Subscribe! http://bit.ly/asapsci Created by: Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown Written by: Greg Brown Illustrated b
Whats the Most Animal Animal? Crash Course Zoology #2

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Thank you to The Great Courses Plus for supporting PBS. For more information and a trial, go tohttp://ow.ly/zREQ30rDCDz. Picture an animal in your mind right now. What does it look like? A dog? A lion? Maybe a sloth, pangolin,naked mole-rat, or even just
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How fast can a vaccine be made? - Dan Kwartler

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Dig into the three key phases of developing a new vaccine: exploratory research, clinical testing, and manufacturing. --When a new pathogen emerges, our bodies and healthcare systems are left vulnerable. And when this pathogen causes the outbreak of a pan
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AI Playing Games: Crash Course AI #12

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As we mentioned last episode, one of the best test spaces for building new AI systems are games. This is because games provide a great framework for an AI to learn an objective and slowly improve. In recent years, AI has made huge strides in games from be
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This Abandoned Nuclear City is Trapped Under Ice, What Happens if it Thaws?

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Tons of nuclear waste from a secret military operation are hiding underneath Greenland's Ice sheet. Special thanks to William Colgan & the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Never-Before-Seen Footage Uncovers Antarctica’s First Scientific Missions
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Silicon, Semiconductors, & Solar Cells: Crash Course Engineering #22

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Today were looking at silicon, and how introducing small amounts of other elements allow silicon layers to conduct currents, turning them into semiconductors. Well explore how putting two different types N and P semiconductors together gives us electrical
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The French Revolution: Crash Course European History #21

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In 1789, the French Monarchy's habit of supporting democratic popular revolutions in North America backfired. Today, we're talking about the French Revolution. Across the world, people were rising up to throw off monarchies, and Louis didn't see the writi
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How To Subtract By Adding

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Brought to you by http://www.lynda.com/minutephysics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_of_complements Hank's adding machine video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYT8oH-NODs Thanks to the following Subbable subscribers for making MinutePhysics possibl
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Water Dropping RC Airplane

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Closed Captioning: More Ingenious than You Know

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You can support this channel on Patreon! Link below Over the years Ive found that there are plenty of people who use captions, not just those who need them. But did you know that it took until the 1970s for anyone to think of putting captions on TV? I can
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The Insane Engineering of the SR-71 Blackbird

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Get a year of both Nebula and Curiosity Stream for just 11.99 here: http://www.CuriosityStream.com/realengineering and using the code, "realengineering"New streaming platform: https://watchnebula.com/Vlog channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMet4qY3
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Why should you read Midnights Children? - Iseult Gillespie

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Dive into Salman Rushdies masterpiece, Midnights Children, a work of magical realism that deals with Indias transition from British colonialism to independence.--It begins with a countdown. A woman goes into labor as the clock ticks towards midnight. Acro
The Birth of Hip Hop

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In 1973, DJ Kool Herc set up his turntables and introduced a technique at a South Bronx house party that would change music as many people knew it. His ability to switch from record to record as well as isolate and repeat music breaks led to the discovery
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Exercise: Crash Course Study Skills #10

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We’re finally to the end of our time together here on Crash Course Study Skills, so this week we’re taking a more holistic approach to being the best learner you can. Part of taking care of your brain is taking care of your whole body, of which your brain
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Switches are Clicky; Here's Why

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You can support this channel on Patreon! Link below Click clack I was taken aback. Wonderin bout those switches of light, yeah.Lets find out what the point is of all that clacking, shall we?Hey! Here are some fun links!Technology Connections on Twitter:ht
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String Theory Explained – What is The True Nature of Reality?

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Is String Theory the final solution for all of physic’s questions or an overhyped dead end? This video was funded by SNSF under Agora Grant n. 171622 and through the NCCR SwissMAP: The Mathematics of Physics. Kurzgesagt Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/cRUQx
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Expansion and Resistance: Crash Course European History #28

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In 19th century Europe, with nation building well under way, thoughts turned outward, toward empire. This week, we're looking at how Europeans expanded into Africa, Asia, and Oceania during the 1800s. You'll learn about China and the Opium War, British In
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Make an AI sound like a YouTuber (LAB): Crash Course AI #8

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Please take the PBS Digital Studios survey here! https://www.pbsresearch.org/c/r/CC_YTvideoFollow Along: https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1f8ik5kSPEvDCcM7R_-Wb3AjifizVEsHD Lets try to help John Green Bot sound a bit more like the real John Green us
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The Skeletal System: Crash Course A&P #19

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Today Hank explains the skeletal system and why astronauts Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko are out in space studying it. He talks about the anatomy of the skeletal system, including the flat, short, and irregular bones, and their individual arrangements
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Commerce, Agriculture, and Slavery: Crash Course European History #8

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We've been talking a lot about kings, and queens, and wars, and religious upheaval for most of this series, but let's take a moment to zoom out, and look at the ways that individuals' lives were changing in the time span we've covered so far. Some people'
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The hidden treasures of Timbuktu - Elizabeth Cox

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Dig into the ancient manuscripts, scrolls, and books of Timbuktu and find out why theyve been hidden for centuries. --On the edge of the vast Sahara desert, citizens snuck out of the city of Timbuktu and took to the wilderness. They buried chests in the d
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Napoleon Bonaparte: Crash Course European History #22

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We try not to get into too much great man history here at Crash Course, but we have to admit: Napoleon Bonaparte is a pretty big deal. Join us as we track the rise, further rise, fall, rise, fall, mortal fall, and posthumous rise of Napoleon. This guy cha
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How a Mass Extinction Event Created the Amazon

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The Amazon rainforest of South America is a paradise for flowering plants. But long ago, the landscape that we now think of as the Amazon looked very different. And would you believe that the entire revolution of the Amazon began with just one day?Produce
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Essential Functions of Sleep: Learning, Memory and Changing Your Mind - with Gina Poe

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Sleep is vital to our wellbeing. The stages of deep and dreamless slow wave sleep and vivid dreaming REM sleep both have important traits. They each have their role to play in cleaning, up, putting away, and integrating new items into our knowledge schema
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DNA family secrets - with Turi King

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What's behind the rise in the use of DNA in genealogy and forensics? Find out with the BBC's favourite genealogist, Professor Turi King, including the first immigration case and her work identifying the bones of King Richard III.Watch the Q&A with Turi he
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Can you outsmart the fallacy that started a witch hunt? - Elizabeth Cox

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Dig into the burden of proof fallacy, which assumes that something is true unless proven false and relies on arguments from ignorance.--Its 1950. Anti-communist sentiment in the United States is at an all-time high. Senator Joseph McCarthy claims he has a
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The last chief of the Comanches and the fall of an empire - Dustin Tahmahkera

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Get to know the story of Quanah Parker, a Native American warrior and leader, and the last chief of the Comanche tribe. --Late one night in 1871, a group of riders descended on a sleeping army camp, stole about 70 horses, and disappeared. Led by a young c
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Everything changed when the fire crystal got stolen - Alex Gendler

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This riddle was created in partnership with Brilliant. Practice more problem solving here: https://brilliant.org/TedEd/ --Someone has tripped the magical alarms in the Element Temple. When you and the other monks arrive on the scene, you know you have a d
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How Do Our Brains Perceive the World Around Us? - with Anil Seth

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How does our brain translate visual signals into a conscious experience?Watch Anil's talk on the same topic: https://youtu.be/qXcH26M7PQMAnil's new book "Being You" is available now: https://geni.us/anilAnil Seth is Professor of Cognitive and Computationa
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The Fundamental Constituents of Matter and the Eightfold Way

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Join Ben Still as he deconstructs particle physics brick by brick on a journey through the creation of the standard model.Ben's book: https://geni.us/X7TggmLearn more on Ben Still's channel: youtube.com/drbenstill Visit Ben Still's website: http://pprc.qm
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Russian Revolution and Civil War: Crash Course European History #35

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World War I was very hard on the Russian Empire. So hard, in fact, that it led to the end of the Russian Empire. As the global conflict ground on, Tsar Nicholas II faced increasing unrest at home. Today we'll learn about the Revolutions of 1917, the rise
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Reading Assignments: Crash Course Study Skills #2

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Leaving the bookstore at the beginning of the semester you’re probably wondering how the heck you’re going to get through all of that reading. Today we’re explaining how much of that reading you really need to do and the best strategies for making your wa
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Lets make a movie recommendation system: Crash Course AI #16

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Follow along: https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1-v9cw18wTDjaCUlECKHsQnHeisLKyG8U We need to save Jabril and John Green Bots movie nights. Jabril generally likes action movies and John Green Bot likes romantic movies, but they need to find something
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The dust bunnies that built our planet - Lorin Swint Matthews

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Investigate the theories surrounding cosmic dust bunnies and discover how the tiny particles could hold the key to the formation of life on Earth. --Consider the spot where youre sitting. Travel backwards in time and it mightve been submerged at the botto
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An unsung hero of the civil rights movement - Christina Greer

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Learn about the life of Bayard Rustin, a leader in the Civil Rights Movement, a gay rights activist, and one of Martin Luther King’s closest advisors. -- In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech at the March on Washington to n
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How NASA Reinvented The Wheel - Shape Memory Alloys

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Learn more about the design competition here: https://Youtu.be/-jo84Ul8fEo This video was made in collaboration with Royal Air Force Engineering New vlog channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMet4qY3027v8KjpaDtDx-g Credits: Narrator/Director: Brian M
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English Civil War: Crash Course European History #14

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The English Civil War. We'll talk about England after Elizabeth, in which things didn't go that smoothly. We'll talk about James I, Charles I, Oliver Cromwell, Charles II, and James II, all of whom ruled England, (and tried to rule all of Britain and Irel
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Neural Networks: Crash Course Statistics #41

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Today we're going to talk big picture about what Neural Networks are and how they work. Neural Networks, which are computer models that act like neurons in the human brain, are really popular right now - they're being used in everything from self-driving
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How Big Is The Sun?

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Thanks to http://www.squarespace.com/minutephysics for sponsoring this video! MinutePhysics is on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 And facebook - http://facebook.com/minutephysics And twitter - @minutephysics Minute Physics provides an energetic and enterta
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Time: The History & Future of Everything – Remastered

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The first 1000 people to use this link will get their first 2 months of skillshare for free: http://skl.sh/kurzgesagt2 Thanks a lot to Skillshare for supporting this channel. Kurzgesagt Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/cRUQxz Support us on Patreon so we can
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Reversibility & Irreversibility: Crash Course Engineering #8

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How do we design the most efficient machines and processes? Today well try to figure that out as we discuss heat & work, reversibility & irreversibility, and how to use efficiency to measure a system. Crash Course Engineering is produced in association wi
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The Congress of Vienna: Crash Course European History #23

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The end of the Napoleonic Wars left the great powers of Europe shaken. Judging from the destruction that had been wrought across the continent, it seemed to the powers that be that the Enlightenment had liberated the people, and led to disaster. So, every
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Why Moving People is Complicated: Crash Course Engineering #41

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Transportation is a big part of our world and engineers play a big role in making it happen. Today well explore how transportation systems are designed and some things transportation engineers have to take into consideration, like signaling, user behavior
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The Most Gruesome Parasites – NTDs Explained

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There are a group of parasites extremely disgusting and mean. Humanity declared war on them. Support us on Patreon so we can make more videos (and get cool stuff in return): https://www.patreon.com/Kurzgesagt?ty=h Kurzgesagt merch here: http://bit.ly/1P1h
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Why It Takes 75 Elements To Make Your Cell Phone

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Turns out there are some pretty rare elements in your smartphone. How rare are they and what are they doing in your phone? Why Does Your Phone Battery Suck? - https://youtu.be/TkEMPh0cXUw Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Get
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Changing the Blueprints of Life - Genetic Engineering: Crash Course Engineering #38

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Can we change the blueprints of life? This week we are exploring that question with genetic engineering. Well discuss how selective breeding can improve agricultural practices, and the potential DNA-level engineering could have on other fields of engineer
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Modern Life: Crash Course European History #30

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So, "modern" is kind of a loaded term, but today we're going to talk about modern life in Europe, as it looked around the time the 19th century turned into the 20th. We'll look at what life was like in the rapidly growing urban centers of Europe, how deve
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Why It's So Hard To Make Better Batteries: Crash Course Engineering #32

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There are batteries powering so many parts of our everyday lives, so today were going to talk about how they work and how we can make them better. Well explain how they provide power by discharging ions between a cathode and an anode, and how reversing th
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Death From Space — Gamma-Ray Bursts Explained

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Use the URL: http://www.squarespace.com/nutshell for 10% with a new website and support this channel. Also make your life easier. Thanks a lot to Squarespace for supporting the show! There are cosmic snipers firing at random into the unvierse. What are th
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Why were there three popes at the same time? - Jolle Rollo-Koster

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Dig into the history of the Papal Schism, which caused a split in the Catholic Church while 3 popes vied for supremacy. --For almost two millennia, the Pope has been a figure of supreme spiritual authority for Catholics around the world. But in the late 1
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Heat Transfer: Crash Course Engineering #14

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Today were talking about heat transfer and the different mechanisms behind it. Well explore conduction, the thermal conductivity of materials, convection, boundary layers, and radiation. Crash Course Engineering is produced in association with PBS Digital
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The Industrial Revolution: Crash Course European History #24

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We've talked about a lot of revolutions in 19th Century Europe, and today we're moving on to a less warlike revolution, the Industrial Revolution. You'll learn about the development of steam power and mechanization, and the labor and social movements that
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Dutch Golden Age: Crash Course European History #15

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While the English were falling apart a little, with their civil war and their restoration and their succession problems, the Dutch were getting their act together. They were throwing off the yoke of the Spanish Empire, uniting their provinces, and buildin
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How One Line in the Oldest Math Text Hinted at Hidden Universes

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Discover strange new universes that turn up at the core of Einsteins General Relativity. Head to https://brilliant.org/veritasium to start your free 30-day trial, and the first 200 people get 20% off an annual premium subscription.If youre looking for a m
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Einstein's Biggest Blunder, Explained

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Thanks to Brilliant for supporting MinutePhysics. Get 20% off a premium subscription at https://brilliant.org/MinutePhysics/This video is about how Albert Einstein made a mistake when applying the Field Equations of General Relativity to cosmology (in par
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Building a Desalination Plant from Scratch: Crash Course Engineering #44

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An essential part of engineering is engineering design. Today well see how design synthesis helps you put together the components of a process and decide what techniques are needed to solve your problem. Well explain the need test things on a smaller scal
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Where Are All the Medium-Sized Dinosaurs?

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The remains of medium-sized predatory dinosaurs are pretty rare in places where giant predators like T. rex existed. Which is weird, because thats just not how ecosystems work today.Thanks to Franz Anthony, Jack Mayer Wood, ABelov2014, Fabrizio De Rossi,
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Cheese, Catastrophes, & Process Control: Crash Course Engineering #25

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Engineering, like life, could really use a lot more cheese. This week we are looking at a cheese factory in Toronto and what it can teach us about process control systems. Well explore feedforward and feedback systems, and see how integrating them both wi
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How Our Deadliest Parasite Turned To The Dark Side

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Around 10,000 years ago, somewhere in Africa, a microscopic parasite made a huge leap. With a little help from a mosquito, it left its animal host - probably a gorilla - and found its way to a new host: us. *****PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like yo
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How to Fix Traffic Forever

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The first 100 people to sign up will get three meals off their Blue Apron order free! Click here: http://cook.ba/2tNrXSI This video is sponsored by Blue Apron. Check out my new podcast with Brian from Real Engineering: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/
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China and India Shock NASA By Turning Earth More Green Than Before

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Follow me on Twitter for my science stuff: https://twitter.com/WhatDaMath Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about a NASA discovery from a few months back that suggest China and India have replanted a tremendous amount of
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Will Robots Make Us More Human?

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The Black Hole Bomb and Black Hole Civilizations

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To support Kurzgesagt and learn more about Brilliant, go to https://www.brilliant.org/nutshell and sign up for free. The first 688 people that go to that link will get 20% off the annual Premium subscription. Kurzgesagt Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/cRUQx
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The Chemistry of Skunk Spray

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How do you get rid of skunk odor? Don't use tomato juice... Use chemistry! Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1FkxVLb ‖ Twitter! https://twitter.com/gross_science ‖ Tumblr! http://grossscience.tumblr.com/ ↓Want more info?↓ Recipe for De-Skunking Spray: http://users
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This script was a nightmare to pronounce. Written with Molly Ruhl and Gretchen McCulloch. Gretchen's podcast has an episode all about this: https://lingthusiasm.com/post/662535562508517376/lingthusiasm-episode-60-thats-the-kind-of More Language Files: htt
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The Future of Artificial Intelligence: Crash Course AI #20

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Today, in our final episode of Crash Course AI, we're going to look towards the future. We've spent much of this series explaining how and why we don't have the Artificial General Intelligence (or AGI) that we see in the movies like Bladerunner, Her, or E
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Klaxons; What makes them sound like that?

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You can support this channel on Patreon! Link below ahOOOOOga! All aboard the HONK HONK express! We're gonna learn a few things about horns and then probably there will be bloopers or something.Did you know that there's an assortment of links just below t
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How the Starfish Got Its Arms

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Thank you to Blinkist for supporting PBS. For more information and trial go to https://www.blinkist.com/pbseonsThe story of how the starfish got its arms reminds us that even animals that might be familiar to us today can have incredibly deep histories -
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How could so many people support Hitler? - Joseph Lacey

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Explore the philosophy of Hannah Arendt, and get to know her strategies to combat the threat of totalitarianism and oppression.--Philosopher Hannah Arendt was a German Jew who dedicated herself to understanding how the Nazi regime came to power, and more
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Focus & Concentration: Crash Course Study Skills #5

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Sign up for your FREE trial of The Great Courses Plus here: http://ow.ly/PhPe30egcrb Have you ever noticed how easy it is to get distracted while studying – even when you know you really don’t have time for Facebook, Snapchat, Cookie Clicker, or whatever
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The Fossil Record In Your Mouth

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The hardened residue scraped off your teeth at the dentist is called your dental calculus, and your dental calculus is the only part of your body that actually fossilizes while youre alive! And scientists have figured out how to study & trace the evolutio
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Reform and Revolution 1815-1848: Crash Course European History #25

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In the aftermath of the revolutions and upheaval in 18th and early 19th century Europe, there was a hunger for reform across the continent. Reformers like Robert Owen, Charles Fourier, and Auguste Comte proposed radical new ideas, and at the same time, re
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The Protestant Reformation: Crash Course European History #6

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You may have noticed that the internet is terrible at religious discourse. Well, this is not a new phenomenon. In the early 16th century, the Roman Catholic church dominated Christianity in Europe, and the institution was starting to show some cracks. Ten
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What Is Statistics: Crash Course Statistics #1

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Welcome to Crash Course Statistics! In this series we're going to take a look at the important role statistics play in our everyday lives, because statistics are everywhere! Statistics help us better understand the world and make decisions from what you'l
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Social Class & Poverty in the US: Crash Course Sociology #24

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Today we’re breaking down the five different social class in the United States: the upper class, the upper middle class, the average middle class, the working class, and the lower class. We’ll also go over what poverty looks like in the United States. Cra
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Rich Landlord Decides To Evict His Poor Tenant, Instantly Regrets It | Dhar Mann

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Times are hard for everyone right now. We all need to help each other get through. Hey #DharMannFam, thanks for watching my video! For exclusive giveaways & more inspirational content follow me on Instagram here: http://bit.ly/2Kcbgs2Also, EXCITING NEWS!
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The worlds largest organism - Alex Rosenthal

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Discover the worlds largest organism: Pando, an enormous and ancient quaking aspen, and find out how it became so huge.--The largest animal in the world is the blue whale, which weighs a massive 150 metric tons. Even so, its not remotely close to being th
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Can you solve the giant spider riddle? - Dan Finkel

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Practice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/TedEd--Once every century, the worlds greatest spiders gather to compete in a series of grueling games. The winner will become the next arachnomonarch, able to command all the worlds spiders to their
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Gratitude: An Antidote to Dissatisfaction

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Get your Kurzgesagt Gratitude Journal here: https://shop.kurzgesagt.org/WORLDWIDE SHIPPING IS AVAILABLE!We want to get you the best shipping fees. So If youre located in the EU, please order from our EU-warehouse. If youre located anywhere else in the wor
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The Creature That Stumped Darwin

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Check out Mega Wow: https://youtu.be/meU4f31gqYI And go get our pins!! https://store.dftba.com/collections/eonsToxodon was one of the last members of a lineage that vanished 11,000 years ago after thriving in isolation for millions of years. And its fossi
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What is earwax and should you get rid of it? - Henry C. Ou

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Explore why earwax forms, its purpose in our health, and whether or not we should be trying to get rid of it.--Grooming paraphernalia has been found in numerous archeological sites, many of which have included earwax removal tools. And earwax evacuation r
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Can We Terraform the Sahara to Stop Climate Change?

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What Can Intelligent Materials Do? - with Skylar Tibbits

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How can we design simple and elegant intelligent materials, that may one day animate and improve themselves?Buy Skylar's book: https://geni.us/3ORQAAEWatch the Q&A: https://youtu.be/C1liR2zeS4sTodays researchers are designing materials that physically sen
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Why is it so hard to cure the common cold?

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Dig into the two main ways we fight the viruses that cause the common cold, and find out if its possible to create a cure. --On average, adults catch more than 150 colds throughout their lives. Even with similar symptoms, the cause could be different each
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Watch this if you're scared of snakes - Andrew Whitworth

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Travel around the world to visit some of natures most incredible snakes: vipers, and find out which are the most dangerous.--As of 2021, there are 368 species of viper worldwide. The name comes from the term viviparity, which means giving birth to live yo
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Witchcraft: Crash Course European History #10

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During our last several episodes, Europe and the European-controlled world have been in crisis. Wars, disease, climate changes, and shifts in religious and political power threw the European world into turmoil. People were looking for a scapegoat, and for
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A brief history of dumplings - Miranda Brown

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Trace the diverse and delicious history of dumplings, from their first recorded origins to their spread across the Asian continent and beyond.--As archaeologists pored over ancient tombs in western China, they discovered some surprisingly well-preserved a
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A brief history of Spanish - Ilan Stavans

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Trace the history and evolution of the Spanish language, from its origins in the 3rd century BCE to modern day. --Beginning in the third century BCE, the Romans conquered the Iberian peninsula. This period gave rise to several regional languages in the ar
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What makes a language... a language? - Martin Hilpert

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Dig into the distinction between a language and a dialect, and uncover the history of standardized languages.--Outside of China, Mandarin and Cantonese are often referred to as Chinese dialects, despite being even more dissimilar than Spanish and Italian.
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The woman who stared at the sun - Alex Gendler

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Get to know the legacy of Hisako Koyama, whose drawings of the suns surface helped scientists reconstruct 400 years of sunspot activity.--In 1944, amateur astronomer Hisako Koyamas latest endeavor was sketching the suns shifting surface. She spent weeks a
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How Not to Set Your Pizza on Fire: Crash Course Engineering #15

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Today were going to explain how exchangers...exchange heat. Well look at concentric tubes, finned tubes, plate heat exchangers, and shell-and-tube heat exchangers. And well look at some equations to help us sort through heat transfer and decide what heat
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When Ants Domesticated Fungi

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While we’ve been farming for around 10,000 to 12,000 years, the ancestors of ants have been doing it for around 60 million years. So when, and how, and why did ants start … farming? Thanks to Franz Anthony (https://franzanth.com) for the exce
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Medieval Europe: Crash Course European History #1

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Our European history is going to start around 1500 with the Renaissance, but believe it or not, that is not the actual beginning of history in the continent. So, today, we're going to teach you the broad outlines of the so-called Middle Ages, and look at
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The myth of Zeus' test - Iseult Gillespie

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Dig into the myth of Baucis and Philemon, a couple who unknowingly showed the gods hospitality after their neighbors refused.--It was dark when two mysterious, shrouded figures appeared in a hillside village. The strangers knocked on every door in town, a
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How to Get Rid of Skunk Smell

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Skunks are nocturnal animals that prefer to keep to themselves. However, when they sense danger, this lurking purveyor of biochemical warfare unleashes its primary defense mechanism: a nasty-smelling spray. Similar to tear gas, the scent is so strong it c
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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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The rise of the Ottoman Empire - Mostafa Minawi

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Explore the early days of the Ottoman Empire, as shrewd political rulers grew the principality into an intercontinental empire. --In the late 13th century, Osman I established a small principality sandwiched between a crumbling Byzantine Empire and a weak
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The First Billion Years of the Universe - with Emma Chapman

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What happened after the Big Bang? When did the very first stars burst into life? Why are those stars were so unusual, and what they can teach us about the Universe today?Watch the Q&A: https://youtu.be/9zxsC68PJUIEmma's book "First Light" is available now
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Will there be another pandemic in your lifetime?

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Explore the probability of a future pandemic and the steps we can take to reduce its destructiveness.--We tend to think of pandemics as unlikely events, but disease outbreaks are surprisingly common. Over the past 400 years, the longest stretch of time wi
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How the worlds tallest skyscraper was built - Alex Gendler

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Discover the engineering innovations that made building Burj Khalifa, the worlds tallest skyscraper, possible.--In 2004, construction began on a new building in Dubai, promising a revolutionary design that would dwarf the rest of the worlds skyscrapers. F
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The life cycle of a pair of jeans - Madhavi Venkatesan

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Trace the life cycle of a pair of denim jeans, and discover the labor and environmental costs of this fashion staple.--The first pairs of jeans were designed for durability; denim was constructed as a sturdy weave worn by sailors and miners. But over the
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Why is Marie Antoinette so controversial? - Carolyn Harris

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Marie Antoinette became a symbol for the evils of excess but was she a wasteful queen or a convenient scapegoat? You decide.--She was the Queen of France, notorious for living in opulence while peasants starved and became a symbol of everything wrong with
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How To Detect A Secret Nuclear Test

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Thanks to the CTBTO for helping keep the world safe by detecting secret nuclear tests. http://www.ctbto.org http://www.twitter.com/ctbto_alerts http://www.facebook.com/CTBTO http://www.youtube.com/CTBTO Music by Nathaniel Schroeder http://www.soundcloud.c
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The Hardcore Crickets That Only Live on Bare Lava

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Build your own website today at https://wix.com/go/scishow.Some animals live in pretty extreme places, but the lava cricket might be the most hardcore of them all. These crickets have only been observed right after volcanic eruptions, and scientists have
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Axolotls: The salamanders that snack on each other (but don't die) - Luis Zambrano

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Discover the extraordinary regenerative powers of the axolotl, a salamander native to Mexico and one of sciences most studied animals.--Axolotls are one of sciences most studied animals. Why, you ask? These extraordinary salamanders are masters of regener
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How to Build the Universe with Ben Still

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Ben Still shows how a handful of different building bricks and a few construction rules cooked up the chemical elements essential to life on Earth. Ben's book: https://geni.us/X7TggmWatch the Q&A: https://youtu.be/5GB6HH0O0XoLearn more on Ben Still's chan
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A day in the rebellion against the Inca Empire - Gabriel Prieto

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Follow Maxo, a warrior of the Chimu Empire, as he navigates the Inca-conquered streets of Chan Chan to receive a secret message.--Its daybreak in the city of Chan Chan, and former soldier Maxo has been up all night fretting. Last night, a friend stopped b
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Can you solve the fortress riddle? - Henri Picciotto

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Practice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/TedEd--Bad news: your worst enemies are at the gate. Your fledgling kingdom guards the worlds only herd of tiny dino creatures. To you, theyre sacred. To everyone else, theyre food. The three closest
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How do personality tests work? - Merve Emre

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Examine how popular personality tests, like the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and the Enneagram, are designed and their inconsistencies. --In 1942, a mother-daughter duo named Katherine Cook Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers developed a questionnaire that clas
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Ethical dilemma: Should we get rid of mosquitoes? - Talya Hackett

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Explore how the technology of gene drives could lead to the eradication of mosquitoes and what that could mean for our ecosystems.--Mosquitoes are responsible for more human deaths every year than any other animal, but very few of the 3,500 mosquito speci
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Venus May Have Life!

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Check Out Overview of PBS Terra: https://bit.ly/33otrUnIf you rank the most habitable places in our solar system Venus lands pretty low, with surface temperatures hot enough to melt lead and sulphuric acid rain. And yet it may have just jumped to the fron
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The myth of the original star-crossed lovers - Shannon Zhao

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Get to know the myth of the weaver and the cowherd, a pair of star-crossed lovers banished to opposite sides of the Milky Way.--In the court of the Jade Emperor, a young princess had a special skill: she could pluck clouds from the sky and spin them into
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The 10 Equations that Rule the World - with David Sumpter

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Is there a secret formula for getting rich? For making something a viral hit? For deciding how long to stick with your current Netflix series, job, or even relationship? David Sumpter has the answers.David's book "The Ten Equations: And How You Can Use Th
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How one design flaw almost toppled a skyscraper - Alex Gendler

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Dig into the unique engineering of New York Citys Citicorp Center tower, and the design flaw that threatened to topple it.--In 1978, Diane Hartley was writing her undergraduate architecture thesis when she made a shocking discovery. After weeks of poring
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Car Mechanic Tries To SCAM A WOMAN, Instantly Regrets It | Dhar Mann

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Accidental Discoveries That Go Boom

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Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions Chemistry usually involves precise measurements and careful testing in order to get significant results. But a bunch of notable discoveries happened by accident. In the second edition of our accidental discoveries ser
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The dark history of the overthrow of Hawaii - Sydney Iaukea

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Get to know the story of Queen Liliuokalani, the last queen of Hawaii, and how she fought the US annexation of the islands. --On January 16th, 1895, two men arrived at Liliuokalanis door, arrested her, and imprisoned her. The Missionary Party had recently
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Metals & Ceramics: Crash Course Engineering #19

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Today well explore more about two of the three main types of materials that we use as engineers: metals and ceramics. Well discuss properties of metals, alloys, ceramics, clay, cement, and glass-ceramic materials. Well also look at the applications of our
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One of the worlds oldest condiments - Dan Kwartler

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Trace the history of ketchup, from the condiments origins in 3rd century China to becoming a staple of American cuisine.--In the mid-18th century, England was crazy for ketchup. The sauce was a staple, but this ketchup wasnt the ubiquitous red goop youre
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Which animal has the best eyesight? - Thomas W. Cronin

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Explore the incredible diversity of eyes and vision in the animal kingdom, and find out which creature has the best eyesight.--The animal kingdom boasts an incredible diversity of eyes. Some rotate independently while others have squiggly-shaped pupils. S
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A Series of Fortunate Events with Sean B. Carroll

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Is simple chance the source of all the beauty and diversity we see in the world? Sean B. Carroll tells the story of the awesome power of chance.Sean's book "A Series of Fortunate Events" is available now: https://geni.us/mPPrdQHWatch the Q&A: https://yout
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Why do we, like, hesitate when we, um, speak? - Lorenzo Garca-Amaya

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Why do we fill pauses in speech with words like um, uh, and like? Dig into the hesitation phenomenon to find out their linguistic significance.--For as long as weve had language, some people have tried to control it. And some of the most frequent targets
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The diseases that changed humanity forever - Dan Kwartler

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Explore the history of humanitys deadliest diseases, and find out how our progress and innovation exposed us to new pathogens.--Since humanitys earliest days, weve been plagued by countless disease-causing pathogens. Invisible and persistent, these microo
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Eastern Europe Consolidates: Crash Course European History #16

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While the focus has been on Western Europe so far, there has also been a lot going on in Eastern Europe, which we'll be looking at today. The Commonwealth of Poland-Lithuania, The Ottoman Empire, and Russia were all competing at the eastern end of the con
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How to Hide Your Secrets! (DIY Secret Book Storage) | D.I.SPY

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Today's assignment from Head Quarters: spies-in-training Izzy and Kaiden must disguise a USB drive with top secret files. Watch to learn how to hide a USB drive in a glue stick and how to hollow out a book for even more secret storage! → Credits ← Executi
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The worlds most dangerous fart - Nick Caruso and Dani Rabaiotti

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Dive into the bowels of the animal kingdom to explore why animals fart, and find out which creature has the foulest flatulence. --For most humans, farts are a welcome relief, an embarrassing incident, or an opportunity for a gas-based gag. But for many ot
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The myth of Pegasus and the chimera - Iseult Gillespie

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Discover the myth of Bellerophon, the hero who battled and killed the Chimera monster atop the winged horse Pegasus.--Shielded from the gorgons stone gaze, Perseus crept through Medusas cave. When he reached her, he drew his sickle and brought it down on
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World War II Civilians and Soldiers: Crash Course European History #39

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Our look at World War II continues with a closer examination of just how the war impacted soldiers in the field, and the people at home. For many of the combatants, the homefront and the warfront were one and the same. The war disrupted life for millions
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Why a sausage can do what your gloves cannot - Charles Wallace and Sajan Saini

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Dig into the science of touchscreens, and find out the difference between the two most common types: capacitive and resistive.--In 2010, South Korea experienced a particularly cold winter. People couldnt activate their smartphones while wearing gloves, so
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The 17th Century Crisis: Crash Course European History #11

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The 17th Century in Europe was pretty rough in a lot of ways. The Thirty Years War involved a lot of countries, and a lot of battles, and it was terrible for everyone involved, as wars have aa historical tendency to be. At the same time, disease and hunge
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Why Do Clouds Stay Up?

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There’s nothing wrong with having your head in the clouds. 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 Foll
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The Chemistry of Redheads

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Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions St. Paddy's Day is just around the corner, and so instead of celebrating with a glass of green beer, these year we decided to take a closer, chemical look into what makes redheads stand out from the crowd. It might su
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A 5,300-year-old murder mystery - Albert Zink

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Get to know the story of tzi the Iceman, a 5,300-year-old glacier mummy who researchers discovered had been murdered.--In September 1991, two hikers discovered a corpse emerging from the ice. Researchers soon realized they were looking at the mummified bo
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The Counterintuitive Physics Of Turning A Bike

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Thanks to http://www.harrys.com for sponsoring this video – use offer code MinutePhysics for $5 off your first purchase A HUGE thanks to Michael Aranda for aerial and slow motion photography and Wren Weichman (@wrenthereaper) for helping with the 3D bike
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What Happens If We Throw an Elephant From a Skyscraper? Life & Size 1

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Size is the most under appreciated regulators of living things. Let us demonstrate that by throwing animals from buildings. Kurzgesagt Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/cRUQxz Support us on Patreon so we can make more videos (and get cool stuff in return): ht
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The warrior who defeated the mighty Mughals - Stephanie Honchell Smith

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Trace Malik Ambars historic rise from enslaved youth to brilliant military tactician and kingmaker in the Indian sultanate.--In 1624, Mughal Emperor Jahangir received word of yet another defeat at the hands of his greatest enemy: Malik Ambar. Jahangir was
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Can you solve the cursed dice riddle? - Dan Finkel

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Practice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/TedEd--Ah, spring. As Demeter, Goddess of the Harvest, its your favorite season. Humans and animals look to you to balance the bounty of the natural world which, like any self-respecting Goddess, you
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How to manage your emotions

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Explore the framework known as the Process Model, a psychological tool to help you identify, understand, and regulate your emotions.--After a week of studying, you feel confident that you'll ace your exam. But when you get your grade back, it's much lower
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What If We Detonated All Nuclear Bombs at Once?

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Sources: https://sites.google.com/view/sourcesallthebombs/ What happens if make a huge pile from all 15,000 nuclear bombs and pull the trigger? And what happens if we make an even bigger pile? Support us on Patreon so we can make more videos (and get cool
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The Million Dollar Equations - with Tom Crawford

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In the year 2000 it was announced that seven of the biggest unsolved problems in mathematics would each be given a $1million prize. Only one has been solved.Watch the Q&A: https://youtu.be/AFc7kGfLSIcSubscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiS
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World War I Battlefields: Crash Course European History #33

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Europe's system of alliances and centuries-old tensions erupted into war in August of 1914. This week on Crash Course Euro, we're talking about the military history of World War I, and taking a look at the broad strokes of how the war unfolded. We'll take
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How pigeons took over the world - Elizabeth Carlen and Joanna Moles

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Trace the ancient history of the pigeon, and discover how these birds became one of the most abundant species on the planet.--Seeing their meat as a protein source and their poop as the perfect fertilizer, humans brought pigeons into captivity as far back
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Test yourself: Can you tell the difference between music and noise? - Hanako Sawada

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Get to know avant-garde music composer John Cage, whose work challenged the boundaries between music and noise.--In 1960, composer John Cage went on television to share his latest work. But rather than using traditional instruments, Cage appeared surround
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Does math have a major flaw? - Jacqueline Doan and Alex Kazachek

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Practice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/teded--A mathematician with a knife and ball begins slicing and distributing the ball into an infinite number of boxes. She then recombines the parts into five precise sections. Moving and rotating th
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Ugly History: The Spanish Inquisition - Kayla Wolf

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Dig into the era of the Spanish Inquisition, when the Catholic Church was charged with rooting out and punishing heresy.--In 1478, Pope Sixtus IV issued a decree authorizing the Catholic monarchs, Ferdinand and Isabella, to root out heresy in the Spanish
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Can other animals understand death? - Barbara J. King

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Do nonhuman animals experience grief? Explore mourning in the animal kingdom to find out the answer to this tricky question.--In 2018, an orca called Tahlequah gave birth. But her daughter died within an hour. Tahlequah, however, didnt leave her body. Ove
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DEAF GIRL Told She CAN'T SING, What Happens Next Is Shocking | Dhar Mann

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How Your Pee Could Help Billions Of People

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Most of us flush our urine down the toilet, but William Tarpeh uses it to create fertilizer and hopes to help people in need. See how here. This Cellphone Hack Could Save Millions From Malaria - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtB-VhLhSjs Sign Up For The
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Why can't governments print an unlimited amount of money? - Jonathan Smith

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Explore the economic strategy of quantitative easing, where a central bank purchases bonds in order to boost the economy.--In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic rocked economies worldwide. Millions of people lost their jobs, and many businesses struggled t
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Mao Zedong's infamous mango cult - Vivian Jiang

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Dig into the era of Chinas Cultural Revolution, and how communist leader Mao Zedong used mangoes as a propaganda tool.--In August 1968, factory workers overheard news of a mandatory meeting. Whispered rumors described shipments of a gift from the countrys
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How did ancient civilizations make ice cream? - Vivian Jiang

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Trace the history of ice cream, from the first accounts of cold desserts in the 1st century to the cream-based treat we know today.--Ice cream has a unique role in our worlds history, culture, and cravings. The first accounts of cold desserts date back to
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Why Black Holes Could Delete The Universe – The Information Paradox

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Black holes are scary things. But they also might reveal the true nature of the universe to us. This video was funded by SNSF under Agora Grant n. 171622 and through the NCCR SwissMAP: The Mathematics of Physics. Kurzgesagt Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/c
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Why The Moon Turns Red During A Total Lunar Eclipse

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If the moon is in Earth's shadow during a lunar eclipse, how can we still see it? And why does it turn red? The answer has to do with our own terrestrial sunrises and sunsets. Tech Insider tells you all you need to know about tech: gadgets, how-to's, gami
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This one weird trick will get you infinite gold - Dan Finkel

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Practice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/TedEd--A few years ago, the king decided your life would be forfeit unless you tripled the gold coins in his treasury. Fortunately, a strange little man appeared and magically performed the feat. Unfo
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A Brief Introduction to General Relativity - with Anthony Zee

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Anthony Zee gives us a tour of gravity through Einstein's Theory of General Relativity.Anthony's book "On Gravity" is available now - https://geni.us/xAf86t.Starting with the discovery of gravity waves, Anthony goes on to explain how gravity can be unders
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Blood, concrete, and dynamite: Building the Hoover Dam - Alex Gendler

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Dig into the engineering of the Hoover Dam, a concrete arch-gravity dam on the Colorado River that supplies water to the US southwest.--In the early 20th century, the US had expanded from coast to coast, but many cities in the southwest still lacked relia
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Expansion and Consequences: Crash Course European History #5

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European exploration had a lot of side effects. When the Old World and the New World began to interact, people, wealth, food, animals, and disease began to flow in both directions. In the New World, countless millions were killed by smallpox, measles, and
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How Do Bikes Stay Up?

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How to get better at video games, according to babies - Brian Christian

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Explore what happened when the AI system Deep Q Networks (DQN) attempted to beat the Atari game Montezumas Revenge.--In 2013, a group of researchers wanted to create an AI system that could beat every Atari game. They developed a system called Deep Q Netw
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Memory: Crash Course Study Skills #3

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This episode is sponsored by The Great Courses Plus. Start your free one-month trial today (and let The Great Courses Plus know we sent you!): http://ow.ly/faUN30db5c7 An essential part of learning and studying is remembering things, so this week Thomas e
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Heat Engines, Refrigerators, & Cycles: Crash Course Engineering #11

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Cycles are a big deal in engineering. Today well explain what they are and how theyre used in heat engines, refrigerators, and heat pumps. Well also discuss phase diagrams and the power of using renewable energy resourcesCrash Course Engineering is produc
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What's the Point of Maths? - with Nira Chamberlain

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All around the world children, and even some adults, ask the question: What is the point of mathematics?. The field of mathematical modelling not only helps answer this question, it can help quench the human thirst for knowledge.Watch the Q&A: https://you
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WWI's Civilians, the Homefront, and an Uneasy Peace: Crash Course European History #34

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World War I was a total war for millions of people in Europe. Many men were enlisted in the fighting, but the war work had implications for the daily lives of a huge number of Europeans. Women entered the workforce in huge numbers, and for a lot of people
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The SMALLEST to the LARGEST Thing in The Universe The Ultimate Size Comparison

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This video was sponsored by GiveWell. First-time donors will have their donation matched up to $100 at https://www.givewell.org/KurzgesagtSources & further reading: https://sites.google.com/view/sources-middle-of-scale/You are in the middle of everything
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What Historical Figures Might Look Like If They Lived Today Vol. 2

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What Historical Figures Might Look Like If They Lived Today Vol.2 Hello everyone and welcome back to Mystery Scoop. An artist uses AI tools to create a modern version of historical figures.Have you ever wondered what historical figures might look like if
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Can you solve the secret assassin society riddle? - Alex Rosenthal

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Practice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/TedEd--Your agent has infiltrated a life or death poker game in a hidden back room of a grand casino. Your team is on the trail of an elite society of assassins, each of whom carries a signature playi
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How dangerous was it to be a jester? - Beatrice K. Otto

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Explore the history of court jesters, from 7th century China to medieval Europe, and how they were able to speak truth to power.--Contrary to common belief, jesters werent just a medieval European phenomenon but flourished in other times and cultures. The
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CHRISTMAS CARTOON: The Little King in "Christmas Night" aka "Pals" (1933) [HD Children]

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The Little King in "Christmas Night" (aka "Pals", 1933) Christmas Cartoon Van Beuren Studios RKO Radio Pictures Cartoon Characters: The Little King, Two Hobos, Queen, Santa Claus. Directed By James Tyer. Produced By Amadee J. Van Beuren. Written By Otto S
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How Engineering Robots Works: Crash Course Engineering #33

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In this episode we looked at robots and the engineering principles of robots. We learned how robots use sensors to interpret their environment, how actuators and effectors allow a robot to manipulate the objects around it to accomplish a task, and how com
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Upside Down Mountains In Real Life

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Research on global mountain surface areas: http://bit.ly/1eJyqCM This video is supported by http://www.lynda.com/minutephysics Thanks to the following Subbable subscribers for making MinutePhysics possible: Marc Vigod @WeAretheProduct Knowledge Videos: ht
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How to overcome your mistakes

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Explore what prevents us from learning from our failures, and how to become more resilient through cultivating a growth mindset.--People often describe failure as a teachable moment a necessary stumble on our way to improvement. But learning from our mist
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Mass Separation: Crash Course Engineering #17

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It can be really important to separate out chemicals for all kinds of reasons. Today were going over three different processes engineers use to achieve that separation: distillation, which separates substances based on their different boiling points; liqu
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Why Raindrops Are Mathematically Impossible

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Rain shouldn't happen, according to basic physics. Click here to watch the MinuteEarth video about rain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87v_9Bud7vw This video supported by Audible.com/minutephysics Thanks to the following Subbable subscribers for making
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Whatever happened to the hole in the ozone layer? - Stephanie Honchell Smith

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Discover what caused the hole in the ozone layer, and how the Montreal Protocol helped restore it by banning harmful chemicals.--In the 1980s, the world faced a huge problem: there was a rapidly expanding hole in the ozone layer. If it continued to grow,
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How Do Neural Networks Grow Smarter? - with Robin Hiesinger

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Neurobiologists and computer scientists are trying to discover how neural networks become a brain. Will nature give us the answer, or is it all up to an artificial intelligence to work it out?Watch the Q&A: https://youtu.be/DoTSICEUm90Get Robin's Book: ht
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Why is rice so popular? - Carolyn Beans

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Dig into how rice became a staple in the worlds diet, and the surprising consequences of its traditional production practices.--Rice contributes over 20% of the calories consumed by humans each year. Korean bibimbap, Nigerian jollof, Indian biryani, Spani
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Why We Can't Invent a Perfect Engine: Crash Course Engineering #10

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Weve introduced the 0th and 1st laws of thermodynamics, so now its time to move on to the second law and how we came to understand it. Well explain the differences between the first and second law, and well talk about the Carnot cycle and why we can never
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The Biggest Looney Tunes Cartoons Compilation ► Over 10 Hours Cartoons For Children [HD 1080]

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This COLOSSAL & GINORMOUS compilation features over 10 hours of 85 of the best Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Cartoons from The "Golden Era". Enjoy classic shorts featuring famous characters such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Bosko,
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How Seawater Sabotages Ships: Crash Course Engineering #43

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This week were headed out to sea for some marine engineering. How do we design ships to handle aquatic environments? How do we deal with marine life and corrosion and all of the other problems that come with engineering in the ocean? How can large maritim
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How the Leaning Tower of Pisa Was Saved: Crash Course Engineering #40

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This week were going underground to explore geotechnical and seismic engineering. Well look at how structures connect to the ground and transmit loads through their foundations, and how those foundations need to provide a high bearing capacity. Well see h
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Nuclear Mistakes That Nearly Killed Us

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The time we almost died... Check out Hollywood Health & Society: https://hollywoodhealthandsociety.org Subscribe: https://bit.ly/SubLifeNoggin | Get your exclusive Life Noggin merch: http://keeponthinking.co Support Life Noggin on Patreon: https://patreon
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The material that could change the world... for a third time

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Explore the role concrete plays in global warming and how scientists are working to create a cleaner, more sustainable concrete.--Today roads, sidewalks, bridges, and skyscrapers are made of a material called concrete. Theres three tons of it for every pe
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Is Reality Real? The Simulation Argument

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Watch Part 2 on Vsauce 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d9i_0Ty7Cg Kurzgesagt Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/cRUQxz Support us on Patreon so we can make more videos (and get cool stuff in return): https://www.patreon.com/Kurzgesagt?ty=h Kurzgesagt merch
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360 Video: NASA Simulation Shows a Flight Around a Black Hole

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This new, immersive visualization produced on a NASA supercomputer represents a scenario where a camera a stand-in for a daring astronaut just misses the event horizon and slingshots back out. This version is a 360-degree video that lets viewers look all
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The Boltzmann brain paradox - Fabio Pacucci

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Download a free audiobook version of The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle and support TED-Ed's nonprofit mission: https://www.audible.com/ted-ed--How do you know youre a person who has lived your life, rather than a just-formed brain full of artificial m
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A Cover Is Not the Book (From "Mary Poppins Returns")

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"A Cover is Not the Book" Performed by Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Company Music by Marc Shaiman Lyrics by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman See Mary Poppins Returns in theatres now! Get your tickets today: http://bit.ly/MryPpnsTx #MaryPoppinsReturns
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Is the EU Democratic? Does Your Vote Matter?

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Sources:https://sites.google.com/view/sourceseu-elections/Playlist with all languages: https://bit.ly/2WFHNK5Thanks to all the YouTubers who supported us!!!Being a citizen of the European Union means that many aspects of our lives are regulated by a weird
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The History of Chemical Engineering: Crash Course Engineering #5

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Today well cover the fourth and final of our core disciplines of engineering: chemical engineering. Well talk about its history and evolution going from soda ash competitions to oil refineries and renewable energies. Well also discuss some newer and emerg
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Stress, Strain & Quicksand: Crash Course Engineering #12

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Today were talking all about fluid mechanics! Well look at different scales that we work with as engineers, mass and energy transfers, the no-slip condition, stress and strain, Newtons law of viscosity, Reynolds number, and more!Crash Course Engineering i
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When Pterosaurs Walked

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Take the PBS Digital Studios audience survey: https://to.pbs.org/2021surveyIf you know one thing about pterosaurs, its that theyre flyers. And while pterosaurs may be well-known for their domination of the skies in the Mesozoic Era, they didnt live their
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Whats Hiding at the Most Solitary Place on Earth? The Deep Sea

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To support Kurzgesagt and learn more about Brilliant, go to https://www.brilliant.org/nutshell and sign up for free. The first 688 people that go to that link will get 20% off the annual Premium subscription.Sources:https://sites.google.com/view/sources-d
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NASA Simulations Flight Around a Black Hole: Explained

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This new, immersive visualization produced on a NASA supercomputer represents a scenario where a camera a stand-in for a daring astronaut just misses the event horizon and slingshots back out. Goddard scientists created the visualizations on the Discover
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What If There Was A Black Hole In Your Pocket?

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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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Overpopulation & Africa

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Sources and further reading:https://sites.google.com/view/sourcesoverpopulationandafricaFor most of our history, the human population grew slowly. Until new discoveries brought us more food and made us live longer. In just a hundred years the human popula
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What Happens If We Bring the Sun to Earth?

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Be one of the first 200 people to sign up with this link and get 20% off your subscription with Brilliant.org! https://brilliant.org/nutshell/ What happens if we bring the sun to earth? No, seriously. Kurzgesagt Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/cRUQxz Suppor
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Does planting trees actually cool the planet? - Carolyn Beans

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Dig into common mistakes that tree-planting programs make, and explore strategies that can successfully re-green the planet.--In fighting climate change, few solutions are discussed more than planting lots and lots of trees. It sounds simple enough: trees
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Will New York Be Underwater by 2050?

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Be one of the first 500 people to sign up with this link and get 20% off your subscription with Brilliant.org! https://brilliant.org/realengineering/ New streaming platform: https://watchnebula.com/Vlog channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMet4qY302
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The Death Of Bees Explained – Parasites, Poison And Humans

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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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