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Bone - Nature's Fibreglass

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We largely take our bones for granted but, as Rob explains, they are miracles of engineering, and predate fibreglass by many millions of years in combining hardness and flexibility.
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Woven bark fiber

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Woven Bark Fibre I made a rough type of textile from bark fibre. This is the same tree I use for making cordage though I don’t know its name. It has been raining a lot here lately (the video also shows how well the hut stands up to rain) and this ca
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Why Don’t Sheep Shrink In The Rain?

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We appreciate your support on https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth Getting wet isn’t REALLY what makes wool shrink; it merely exacerbates the friction between the wool fibers, which is stronger in one direction than another, so when agitated in the washer
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Primitive Technology: Water powered hammer (Monjolo)

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I built a water powered hammer called a “Monjolo”. I started by making a water spout from half a hollow log to direct water from the creek. This was set up in the creek and water flowed through it. The hammer was made from a fallen tree. I cut
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Like a Boss Hamster loves snacking in her couch!

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Like us on: https://www.facebook.com/JaiedenGerard/ for your daily dose of hamminess! Updated disclaimer notice after receiving lots of flak lately: My furbabies live in a regular appropriate-sized hammytat with proper food, water, bedding, hideouts & int
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Tucking my hamster in her tiny bed but she'll only sleep after getting a massage!

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Like us on: https://www.facebook.com/JaiedenGerard/ for your daily dose of hamminess! Updated disclaimer notice after receiving lots of flak lately: My furbabies live in a regular appropriate-sized hammytat with proper food, water, bedding, hideouts & int
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Happy Hamsters and their Hamillion-dollar Hamansion! :p

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Like us on: https://www.facebook.com/JaiedenGerard/ for your daily dose of hamminess! Updated disclaimer notice after receiving lots of flak lately: My furbabies live in a regular appropriate-sized hammytat with proper food, water, bedding, hideouts & int
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My Happy Hamsters love sleeping in these Japanese handphone pouches!

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Like us on: https://www.facebook.com/JaiedenGerard/ for your daily dose of hamminess! Updated disclaimer notice after receiving lots of flak lately: My furbabies live in a regular appropriate-sized hammytat with proper food, water, bedding, hideouts & int
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WTHam? + Happy Hamster loves eating in her baby chair!

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Like us on: https://www.facebook.com/JaiedenGerard/ for your daily dose of hamminess! Updated disclaimer notice after receiving lots of flak lately: My furbabies live in a regular appropriate-sized hammytat with proper food, water, bedding, hideouts & int
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Spider Shoots 25 Metre Web - The Hunt - BBC Earth

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Which marvel of nature can build a 2 metre Orb Web with a silk that ranks as the World's toughest natural fibre? - The answer is the Darwin's Bark Spider and this real life "Spider Woman", no bigger than a thumbnail has baffled scientists with her web of
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Primitive Technology: New area starting from scratch

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I bought a new property to shoot primitive technology videos on. The new area is dense tropical rainforest with a permanent creek. Starting completely from scratch, my first project was to build a simple dome hut and make a fire. First, I took some wood,
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What Would Happen if You Were Shrunk?

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Watch the Ant-Man trailer: https://youtu.be/pWdKf3MneyI Twitter: http://twitter.com/vsaucethree ***Click "SHOW MORE" for links*** White Dwarfs http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/universe/white-dwarfs-article/ Properties of Diamond and Car
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Nerve repair: Regeneration in spinal-cord injury

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Spinal-cord injuries affect about half a million people each year and can leave patients completely paralysed below the site of injury. Currently, damage to this precious bundle of nerve fibres is irreversible. Researchers are working to understand why th
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Festo – 3D Cocooner

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Just like a caterpillar, the 3D Cocooner spins delicate lightweight structures freely in space. With the help of a high-speed handling system, the spinneret is precisely controlled and glues a glass fibre into the desired bionic lattice shape with UV-curi
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How Do You Test the World’s Fastest Jet Engines?

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The U.S. Air Force is home to the fastest jets in the world. It's up to the jet propulsion technicians and maintenance crews to keep their engines up to tip top shape and roaring at full power. Read More Riding Shotgun in a Fighter Jet https://www.seeker.
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Why Twisted Light Holds the Key to Radically Faster Internet

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With this new nanophotonic device, scientists might have just unlocked how to harness the data transfer potential of “twisted light”. How Ferroelectricity Could Change the Way We Store Data- https://youtu.be/IwT_ECJ1TEY Read More: Angular-momentum nanomet
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Can This New Method of Recycling Reduce Fashion Waste?

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Considered the alchemist of waste, materials scientist Veena Sahajwalla is closing the loop on fast fashion by tapping into fabrics molecular potential.Watch more Focal Point: https://bit.ly/2GEgBpxRead More:Nothing Should Be Classified As Waste': Crisis
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The 2000 year old honey cake from Pompeii | How To Cook That Ann Reardon

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2000 year old cake recipe from Pompeii! This video was requested by my Patrons, join them and vote on future episodes here: https://patreon.com/h2ct SUBSCRIBE on youtube: http://bit.ly/H2CThat Support: https://patreon.com/h2ctRecipe: https://www.howtocook
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Four failed inventions that changed the world | BBC Ideas

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The mouse, the pacemaker, VR, the synthetic fibre Kevlar... all four started off as failed inventions. So there's hope for us all!Made by Objekt Films.Subscribe to BBC Ideas https://bbc.in/2F6ipav-------------------------Do you have a curious mind? Youre
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Aquacar - Drive Anywhere

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Subscribe to Naked Science http://goo.gl/wpc2Q1There have been many attempts to build a car that could rule the waves. The Amphicar was designed by Hans Trippel and produced in Germany in the early 1960s, but it was a failure. It had a basic design fault,
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The Fastest-Growing Plant In The World

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Get your first audiobook and two Audible Originals for free when you try Audible for 30 days visit https://www.audible.com/minuteearth or text minuteearth to 500-500!Bamboo is the worlds fastest growing plant thanks to the cell elongation process it share
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The Science of Light and Lasers | Szydlo's At Home Science

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The laser is a key part of so much of our modern world, from fibre-optic cabling to eye surgery. The origin story of lasers goes all the way back to the pioneering work of Isaac Newton. Join Andrew as he spins a tale of the the study of light and lasers,
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Why Lotus Silk Is So Expensive | So Expensive

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Lotus silk is one of the rarest fabrics in the world. Produced only in small scale across Cambodia, Myanmar, and more recently Vietnam, this natural fibre is only extracted by a few skilled craftspeople across the world. But making this "silk" isn’t
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The meters-high mountain of mannequins in the Midlands

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Mannequins are generally bought, used once for a project, and then thrown away to landfill. Except here, at Mannakin in Lincolnshire. Thanks to Roz and the team at Mannakin: https://mannakin.com My first thought was "don't those mannequins rot, just sitti
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What colour is a mirror? | We The Curious

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How does a mirror work? Ross of the Live Science Team investigates the properties of light, mirrors and fibre optic cables to answer the question: what colour is a mirror?This video was presented by: Ross Exton, Live Science Video Producer.Produced by: Ro
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How Much Plastic Is Really In Our Bodies? - Cheddar Explains

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Plastic has become the face of global pollution. To date, humans have produced 8.3 billion metric tons of it. Once discarded, plastic doesnt biodegrade. Instead, it fragments into microplastics smaller than the size of a sesame seed and further into nanop
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Wool Production and Processing

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Merino wool is nature’s original eco and performance fibre, grown on the simple mix of fresh air, sunshine, water and grass. Wool’s unique journey from sheep to leading retailers weaves age-old techniques with modern technology, transforming t
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Can We Build An Elevator To Space? - The Royal Institution Christmas Lecture 2010 - BBC Four

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Subscribe and to the BBC https://bit.ly/BBCYouTubeSubWatch the BBC first on iPlayer https://bbc.in/iPlayer-Home More about this programme: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00x1ynyMaterials scientist Dr Mark Miodownik reveals that we are now capable of mak
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How and why do we measure time? - with Leon Lobo

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Why do we need to coordinate the way we measure time? And how do atomic clocks work? Find out with Leon Lobo, Head of the National Timing Centre (NTC) programme at the National Physical Laboratory. This video is part of our celebration of British Science

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