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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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A month-old, 2-pound emperor penguin gets feeding.

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A month-old, 2-pound emperor penguin gets a morning feeding at Sea World San Diego. It is the first hatching of an emperor in eight years. Emperors grow to about 3½ feet tall and weigh up to 90 pounds. Video by K.C. Alfred - kcalfred.com
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Humans and Energy: Crash Course World History 207

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In which Stan Muller subs for John Green and teaches you about energy and humanity. Today we discuss the ideas put forth by Alfred Crosby in his book, Children of the Sun. Historically, almost all of the energy that humans use has been directly or indirec
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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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Barking mad mechanic made Wallace and Gromit style breakfast machine

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The 'SundayMorning Breakfast Machine' serves up perfectly runny soft-boiled eggs and toast, tea and coffee and even hands over the morning newspaper - all at the push of a button.Creative Peter Browne, 69, spent about 1,000 hours building the innovative c
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Darwin and Natural Selection: Crash Course History of Science #22

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"Survival of the Fittest" sounds like a great WWE show but today we're talking about that phrase as it relates to Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace. Darwin and Wallace are at the heart of understanding evolution and natural selection. Today, Hank talks ab
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How Evolution Works (And How We Figured It Out)

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Watch the Deep Time Hall livestream here:https://www.facebook.com/EonsPBS/videos/424570291712824You can set a reminder on that post to be notified when it goes live!Dont forget to check out When Whales Walked: Journeys in Deep Time: https://www.pbs.org/tp
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The Science Of Track & Field Ft. Allyson Felix & Ashton Eaton | WIRED

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What does it take to be an Olympic sprinter? Power and aggression. WIRED talks to Allyson Felix, Lashawn Merritt, Ashton Eaton, Jarryd Wallace, and Dawn Harper about the science behind the sport, and the mechanics behind propelling their bodies from the b
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Partitions - Numberphile

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Partitions are a major part of the Ramanujan story (as shown in the new film about his life) - but what are they? Dr James Grime tackles the issue. Extra footage: https://youtu.be/ksHqQW94KlE More James Grime on Numberphile: http://bit.ly/grimevideos Youn
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The Wrong Trousers - Train Chase - Wallace and Gromit

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Feathers attempts to outrun Wallace and Gromit in this classic chase scene from Nick Parks Oscar winning, The wrong Trousers. Subscribe: http://goo.gl/hpmDXE Download the film from ITunes: http://goo.gl/zAJem7 Wallace and Gromit Facebook: http://goo.gl/Nr
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The Moving Sofa Problem - Numberphile

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Featuring Dan Romik from UC Davis. More footage from this interview soon on Numberphile2. Dan's comprehensive page on this topic: http://bit.ly/movingsofa Numberphile is supported by the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI): http://bit.ly/MSRIN
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120 year old fully functioning calculator

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Cliff is back with an amazing device - The Millionaire. More videos with Cliff Stoll: http://bit.ly/KleinBottles Calculator unboxings: http://bit.ly/CalcUnbox NUMBERPHILE Website: http://www.numberphile.com/ Numberphile on Facebook: http://www.facebook.co
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Behind the Scenes of 'The Great Sofa Caper' - Wallace & Gromit

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Nick Park and director Magdalena Osinka talk about creating a piece of classic Wallace and Gromit animation for DFS...and bringing back Lady Tottington for the first time since 2005 film The Curse of the Were-Rabbit! See how Wallace's new invention, the S
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Apéry's constant (calculated with Twitter) - Numberphile

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Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/numberphile More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Tony Padilla is an associate professor of physics at the University of Nottingham. Here he discusses the zeta function and Apéry's Constant. More Tony videos: htt
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The 1948 Election Explained

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A fun filled political science summary of the 1948 Presidential Election between Harry Truman, Thomas E. Dewey, Strom Thurmond and Henry Wallace.
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Superfluid helium

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Helium becomes superfluid and displays amazing properties. Alfred Leitner video on Superfluid Helium: https://youtu.be/sKOlfR5OcB4
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The Four 4s - Numberphile

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It was a famous problem for many years - until a physics genius solved it all the way to infinity. Featuring author Alex Bellos - more links below. Extras from this interview: https://youtu.be/jv8dITbiheQ More Numberphile videos with Alex: http://bit.ly/B
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Casting Out Nines - Numberphile

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Dr James Grime and a handy trick for checking calculations. Ditch the nines... More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Some extra footage from this interview: https://youtu.be/wQsQ8joretY Numberphile is supported by the Mathematical Sciences Rese
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How An Infinite Hotel Ran Out Of Room

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If there's a hotel with infinite rooms, could it ever be completely full? Could you run out of space to put everyone? The surprising answer is yes -- this is important to know if you're the manager of the Hilbert Hotel. References: Ewald, W., & Sieg, W. (
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Stars and Bars (and bagels) - Numberphile

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Professor Ken Ribet discusses a mathematical problem involving bagels - and some clever combinatorics. More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ With thanks to these Patreon supporters: Jeff Straathof Peggy Youell Ken Baron Today I Found Out Christ
_ Making Wallace and Gromit Figure _ Clay Art _ Clay Tutorial

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#wallaceandgromit #clay #sculpture :) !! ... !! . . !!Hello :)I finally uploaded the second video!!The video editing was still clumsy, so it took a long time... I ask for your interest!!If you have any questions about the work, please leave a comment.We w
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Does Planet 9 Exist?

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A planet has been predicted to orbit the sun with a period of 10,000 years, a mass 5x that of Earth on a highly elliptical and inclined orbit. What evidence supports the existence of such a strange object at the edge of our solar system?Huge thanks to:Pro
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Is Success Luck or Hard Work?

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Why Most Resolutions Fail & How To Succeed

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Common pitfalls of New Year's resolutions and how I plan to avoid them. Thanks Audible! Start listening with a 30-day trial and your first audiobook plus two Audible Originals free when you go to https://audible.com/veritasium or text veritasium to 500500
A Grand Day Out - Landing on the Moon - Wallace and Gromit

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Wallace and Gromit land on the Moon to hunt for Cheese in this classic clip from the Oscar winning film, A Grand Day Out.Subscribe: http://goo.gl/hpmDXEDownload the film from ITunes: http://goo.gl/zAJem7Wallace and Gromit Facebook: http://goo.gl/Nr9kC4Off
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I Asked Bill Gates What's The Next Crisis?

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I got the chance to interview Bill Gates so I asked him: Will Covid-19 be the last pandemic? How does he deal with misinformation and conspiracy theories? And what is the next disaster? The Foundation Letter is here: https://ve42.co/BG21Special thanks to
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Why You Should Want Driverless Cars On Roads Now

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How close are we to having fully autonomous vehicles on the roads? Are they safe? In Chandler, Arizona a fleet of Waymo vehicles are already in operation. Waymo sponsored this video and provided access to their technology and personnel. Check out their sa
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New Yorks SECRET Subway | WHAT THE PAST?

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Did you know there was a secret subway in New York City built before the one we use today? It was invented by Alfred Ely Beach all the way back in 1870, a full 34 years before New Yorks first subway opened!Images used under license from Shutterstock.comNa
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Clickbait is Unreasonably Effective

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The title and thumbnail play a huge role in a video's success or failure.Check out http://kiwico.com/Veritasium50 for 50% off your first month of any subscription! Special thanks to Patreon supporters: Alvaro Naranjo, Burt Humburg, Blake Byers, Dumky, Mik
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This Robot Walks, Flies, Skateboards, Slacklines

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This is a #robot that walks, flies, #skateboards, #slacklines, and might do much more one day. A portion of this video was sponsored by Bluehost. Start building a website with Bluehost today. Use my link to receive more than 65% off: https://bluehost.com/
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I Rented A Helicopter To Settle A Physics Debate

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The story of a controversial physics question on the qualifying exam for the 2014 US Physics Olympiad team. How does a uniform cable beneath a helicopter hang? Visit https://SimpliSafe.com/veritasium to learn more and to get at least 30% off your SimpliSa
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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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Puke, poop and tiny cockroaches: How the leafcutter ant queen runs her farm - Charles Wallace

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Take a look inside the leafcutter ant colony as a queen begins her reign and the ants work to sustain their supply of fungus.--In a Texas clearing, an ancient tale that ties four species together is unfurling. The first involved is a soon-to-be queen leaf

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