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How do Electron Microscopes Work? Taking Pictures of Atoms

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The nanoscopic world is wild!! Looking at basic objects like a grain of salt under an electron microscope looks like nothing you would have expected. Furthermore, have you ever wondered whether seeing a single atom is possible? Or how do scientists and en
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Berlin's Flying Ramen

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In the bustling city of Berlin, an extraordinary ramen phenomenon has taken flight thanks to a man named Christopher. From the confines of his apartment, Christopher crafts and delivers fresh ramen kits in a most unconventional manner. Using a vibrant red
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Why Hurricane Paths Are WEIRD

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Check out our Black Friday sale at http://dftba.com/minuteearth Hurricane path prediction seems straightforward, until it is not thats because hurricanes can encounter atmospheric effects that turn their paths into erratic nonsense.LEARN MORE*************
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Mari Boine - Gula Gula (Hear the voices of the foremothers) by Jan Helmer Olsen

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Mari Boine - Gula Gula - Hear the voices of the foremothers Album: Gula Gula, 1989 Music& lyrics Mari Boine Vocal& drum: Mari Boine Guitar: Roger Ludvigsen Quena: Carlos Zamata Quispe Claypot: Unni Shael Damslora Drone Drum: Ale Møller Prod
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Where The Weird Things Are

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We made this video in partnership with the Bik Lab at University of Georgia and the National Science Foundation.Life in Antarctica's ocean has followed a completely different evolutionary path from other ocean life because of how cold and isolated the oce
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Is Bigger Better?

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This video was made in partnership with Popsci! They recently published their "Muscles" issue, and wrote an article to go along with this video that you can read here: https://popsci.com/environment/strongest-animal-by-weightElephants might be strong, but
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Why The War on Drugs Is a Huge Failure

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The war against drugs has been a terrible disaster for everybody involved. Why? And can we do something differently?Check out the Stop The Harm campaign: https://stoptheharm.orgOUR CHANNELSGerman Channel: https://kgs.link/youtubeDE Spanish Channel: https:
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How A Nuclear War Will Start - Minute by Minute

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This video was made possible through a grant by Open Philanthropy.Sources & further reading: https://sites.google.com/view/sources-mr-president/Join us over on Discord to discuss and share your thoughts: https://kgs.link/DiscordMr. President! Nuclear miss
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This man built his office inside an elevator

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The Baa Skyscraper, in Zln, Czechia, is a landmark of architecture. And the office of Jan Antonn Baa... is an elevator. [Correction: Jan Antonn Baa's birth year is 1898; the graphic is a typo.]Thanks to the museum staff for fact-checking and translation!C
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What Happens If You Destroy A Black Hole?

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Go beyond the nutshell at https://brilliant.org/nutshell/ and dive deeper into these topics and more with a free 30-day trial!This video was sponsored by Brilliant. Thanks a lot for the support!Grab your Limited Edition Wheel of Fear Pin before the pre-or
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How This Bizarre Virus Killed 500 Million People

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Sources & further reading: https://sites.google.com/view/sources-smallpox/This video was made possible through a grant by Open Philanthropy.Check out '500 Million, But Not A Single One More' by Rational Animations here: https://youtu.be/ljmifo4Klss?si=uo5
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Why Time Actually Flows Both Ways

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Watch over 2,400 documentaries for free for 30 days AND get a free Nebula account by signing up at https://curiositystream.com/upandatom and using the code "upandatom". Once you sign up you'll get an email about Nebula. If you don't get one, contact the c
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The Fourier Series and Fourier Transform Demystified

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POLICEMAN SHAMED For His TURBAN, What Happens Next Is Shocking | Dhar Mann

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Huge LEGO Star Wars Moff Gideon Light Cruiser with 800,000+ Pieces!

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This gigantic LEGO Star Wars ship was built by Aaron Monaghan and Martin Harris. It's 7.5m/24.6ft long, 3.5m/11.5ft wide, and contains 800,000 pieces. Thanks to Martin for sharing this video of the creation on display at Brickvention 2023 in Melbourne, Au
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EXPLODING Glitter Bomb 4.0 vs. Package Thieves

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Merry Christmas ya filthy animals. If you want to learn the design fundamentals it takes to make something like the Glitter Bomb, enroll in my Creative Engineering course at https://Monthly.com/MarkRober and I'll see you in class!Get the new Glitterbomb 4
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The Super Secrets of Sewage

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Order your copy of ""How To Prevent The Next Pandemic"" here: https://www.amazon.com/Prevent-Next-Pandemic-Bill-Gates/dp/0593534484In 2020, many cities started monitoring wastewater for viruses, and there are a lot of non-virus reasons to keep doing it.LE
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Our Lungs Have A Fatal Flaw

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Get started mitigating your carbon footprint with Wren at https://www.wren.co/start/minuteearthOur respiratory systems do a great job of protecting us, but they are no match for the smallest pollution particles created by the modern world.LEARN MORE******
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Volcano VS Glacier

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Sign up for your FREE trial to Wondrium here: http://ow.ly/aZqY30spaZ6Volcanoes might seem like an unstoppable force of nature - but there is at least one OTHER force on Earth that seems to be able to keep them down.LEARN MORE**************To learn more a
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Why You Are Lonely and How to Make Friends

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If you are over 18 and want to take part in the international kurzgesagt meetup: Go to our temporary subreddit and look for your area or city, to find a Kurzgesagt meet up near you: https://kgs.link/kgs_meetupPlease note that this is an experiment, it is
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The Deadliest Virus on Earth

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Go beyond the nutshell at https://brilliant.org/nutshell by diving deeper into these topics and more with 20% off an annual subscription!Sources & further reading:https://sites.google.com/view/sources-rabies/In the 1970s thousands of Chickenheads rained f
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Curly Haired KID TEASED At School Ft. @Tony Jeffries | Dhar Mann

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Man FAKES His RESUME To Get Job, He Instantly Regrets It | Dhar Mann

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Robots: the future of food? -Superabundant S1 E4

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Getting food from the ground to the table is not easy. Whether its a server battling sore feet, or a grape picker hustling to harvest while the fruit is perfect, innovators are looking for ways to lighten the load, using a new generation of robots. But wi
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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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Are There Lost Alien Civilizations in Our Past?

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Go to https://NordVPN.com/kurzgesagt for an exclusive deal for our viewers. Its risk free with NordVPNs 30 day money back guarantee.Sources & further reading:https://sites.google.com/view/sources-earthaliens/Ger inspired by Science - Learn about the histo
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1891 Inventor of Basketball Tells His Story: Radio Broadcast in 1939

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James Naismith (November 6, 1861 November 28, 1939) was aCanadian-born Presbyterian minister who is best known for inventing the game of basketball at a Springfield, Massachusetts YMCA in 1891. This interview of him is from a radio program called "We the
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How Do Honey Bees Survive Natural Disasters?

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SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.comHoney bees may be small, but they manage to survive some pretty big disasters. Whether its hurricanes, wildfires, or even volcanoes, honey
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What if the Moon Crashes into Earth? - Real Physics (Mostly)

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Visit https://brilliant.org/nutshell/ to get started learning STEM for free, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription.Get the Limited Edition Crashing Moon Pin here:https://shop.kurzgesagt.org/Sources & further reading:h
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Why ski jumpers hold their skis in a V

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Its more about aerodynamics than aesthetics. Subscribe and turn on notifications so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO If you looked at photos of ski jumpers today and ski jumpers 50 years ago, youd notice one big difference.In the past, jump
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Why We Should NOT Look For Aliens - The Dark Forest

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Getting something from the kurzgesagt shop is the best way to support us and to keep our videos free for everyone. Thank You! https://kgs.link/shop. (Worldwide Shipping Available)Sources & further reading:https://sites.google.com/view/sources-darkforest/T
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Planktonium

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Planktonium is a short film by Jan van IJken about the unseen world of living microscopic plankton. It is a voyage into a secret universe, inhabited by alien-like creatures. These stunningly beautiful, very diverse and numerous organisms are unknown to mo
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MOSFET The Most significant invention of the 20th Century

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To get 73% off with the NordVPN 2-year deal plus 4 month free click on the link here: https://nordvpn.com/curiousdroid Coupon code: curiousdroid What makes a truly world-changing invention?. Of all the inventions of the 20th century just one could be said
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The Science of Hobbit Gluttony

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Offset your carbon footprint with Wren! They'll plant 10 extra trees for each of the first 100 people who sign up at https://www.wren.co/start/minuteearth.Because smaller animals have to eat more relative to their bodyweight, Tolkeins hobbits need to eat
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Learn How to Solve a Rubik's Cube in 10 Minutes (Beginner Tutorial)

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Learning to solve a Rubik's Cube can be easy! Read the pinned comment for common questions. How To Solve FASTER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmeleO65BHc 0:20 White Cross 1:44 1st Layer 4:00 2nd Layer 5:45 Top Cross 6:28 Top Cross Side Colors 7:18 Move
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The Universe is Hostile to Computers

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Tiny particles from distant galaxies have caused plane accidents, election interference and game glitches. This video is sponsored by Brilliant. The first 200 people to sign up via https://brilliant.org/veritasium get 20% off a yearly subscription.This vi
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This Virus Shouldn't Exist (But it Does)

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To get a fresh perspective on math and science, go tohttps://brilliant.org/Nutshell/ and sign up free. And theres an extra perk for Kurzgesagt viewers: the first 200 people to use the link get 20% off their annual membership, which gives you access to eve
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The Islands With Too Much Power

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The Orkney Islands, off the northern tip of Scotland, have so much electricity that it's actually a problem. Here's why: and here's what they're doing about it. This video has a correction: Hornsdale Power Reserve didn't catch fire! It was the newer Victo
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How The Immune System ACTUALLY Works IMMUNE

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To preorder IMMUNE click here: https://kgs.link/ImmuneBook Its available in English and German and on amazon it should be available in pretty much all countries too.Sources & further reading:https://sites.google.com/view/sources-immunesystemexplained/The
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The Largest Black Hole in the Universe - Size Comparison

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The Black Hole story continues with our Black Hole merch, spanning the whole range from somewhat bonkers to more serious. Check it out here: https://kgs.link/shopSources & further reading:https://sites.google.com/view/sources-largest-black-hole/The larges
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An Unexpected Consequence of COVID

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Learn more about Lydalls mission to create a cleaner, quieter and safer world at https://www.lydall.com. The global pandemic led to a drop in outdoor air pollution, but it also led to an increase in indoor air pollution - and our exposure to it.LEARN MORE
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A Physics Prof Bet Me $10,000 I'm Wrong

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A UCLA Physics Professor bet me $10,000 that my video about going downwind faster than the wind was wrong. This video is sponsored by Brilliant. The first 200 people to sign up via https://brilliant.org/veritasium get 20% off a yearly subscription. For mo
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The Solar Car Revolution Could Change EVs Forever

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Engineers are one step closer to harnessing the Sun to power your next car, giving the auto industry renewed interest in solar. In other words, the solar powered car revolution is coming. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Focal
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14 year old blind kid uses sonar echo location to do things like play sports and biking

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Ben Underwood and Mother Aqua intro video for New Hope Oahu's 12th anniversary service. Full interview: http://youtu.be/LdDLEikgbWM Ben went to be with his savior, Jesus Christ, the morning of Jan. 19th, 2009. I do not own this footage. This is not intend
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How Those Viral Science TikToks Are Made

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Today we are testing different viral TikToks to see if they are just camera tricks or if they actually work!! How many of these will actually be real?Check out all of our socials: https://linktr.ee/tkorsocialsWatch The King of Random in Spanish | Mira The
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Why every world map is wrong - Kayla Wolf

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Dig into the inaccuracies of flat maps and how different map designs can shift our point of view.--Fourteen Greenlands could fit in Africa but you wouldnt guess it from most maps of the world. The fact is, every world map humans have ever made is wrong. A
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Who were Las Mariposas, and why were they murdered? - Lisa Krause

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Get to know the story of the Mirabal sisters, who led a revolution against Rafael Trujillos dictatorship in the Dominican Republic. --For over 30 years, thousands of people were imprisoned, tortured, and murdered under Rafael Trujillos dictatorship in the
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How much electricity does it take to power the world?

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Discover how much electricity humanity uses, and how clean energy sources could help revolutionize our energy supply in the future. --All around the world, millions of people are flipping a switch, plugging in, and pressing an on button every second. So h
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The artist who won a Nobel Prize... in medicine - Melanie E. Peffer

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Explore how a scientist and artist discovered how our brains transmit signals throughout the body, and laid the foundation for modern neuroscience.--In the 1860s, scientists believed they were on the verge of uncovering the brains biggest secret: how the
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A day in the life of an ancient Babylonian business mogul - Soraya Field Fiorio

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Follow Beltani, a Babylonian priestess and businesswoman, as she investigates who is undermining her barley fields and tavern.--Its 1762 BCE. As dawn breaks in the Babylonian city of Sippar, Beltani a priestess and businesswoman receives an urgent visit f
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The strange history of the world's most stolen painting - Noah Charney

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Discover Jan van Eycks masterpiece, the Ghent Altarpiece, and explore how it became the worlds most stolen artwork.--Throughout six centuries, the Ghent Altarpiece, also called The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, has been burned, forged, and raided in three
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What exactly is the goop inside a lava lamp?

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Yep! Gonna get questionably gloopy! Seriously, Don't try this at home. Only use chemicals in ways they're meant to be used. Be good :)Strings of text which take you places!Technology Connextras (the second channel that stuff goes on sometimes):https://www
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A quantum thought experiment - Matteo Fadel

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Can you win a game of quantum foosball using a giant electron instead of a ball? Explore how to use quantum mechanics to your advantage. --After a long day working on the particle accelerator, you and your friends head to the arcade to unwind. The lights
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Why is pneumonia so dangerous? - Eve Gaus and Vanessa Ruiz

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Explore how pneumonia attacks the tiny air sacs in your lungs and how your immune system works to fight off the infection.--Every time you breathe, air travels down the trachea, through a series of channels, and then reaches little clusters of air sacs in
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What If Earth got Kicked Out of the Solar System? Rogue Earth

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Why do you get a fever when you're sick? - Christian Moro

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Discover what happens in your body when you have a fever and why its role in our immune response remains a mystery to scientists. --There are many mysteries around fever, but we do know that all mammals, some birds and even a few invertebrate and plant sp
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How Large Can a Bacteria get? Life & Size 3

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The first 1000 people to use this link will get a free trial of Skillshare: https://skl.sh/kurzgesagt9Get our new beautiful Ocean Explorer Notebook:https://shop.kurzgesagt.org/Sources & further reading: https://sites.google.com/view/sourceslifeandsize3 In
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Which type of milk is best for you? - Jonathan J. OSullivan & Grace E. Cunningham

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Dive into the most popular milks dairy, almond, soy and oat to find out which is healthiest for you and for the planet.--If you go to the store in search of milk, there are a dizzying number of products to choose from. Theres dairy milk, but also plant-ba
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Why Hardwoods Are The Softest Woods

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Use the promo code "minuteearth" at https://curiositystream.com/minuteearth for 26% off an annual subscription to CuriosityStream, plus access to Nebula!Not all hardwood trees have hard wood and softwoods soft wood, because these terms denote their taxono
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Patricia JANEKOV: "Les oiseaux dans la charmille" (Jacques Offenbach - Les contes d' Hoffmann)

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Jacques Offenbach: "Les oiseaux dans la charmille" (Les contes d' Hoffmann / The Tales of Hoffmann) http://bit.ly/2SMQByL Patricia JANEKOVÁ, soprano - "New Years Concert in Vienna Style“ Janáek Philharmonic Ostrava, Chief conductor: He
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What Really Killed the Dinosaurs?

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One of science's biggest mysteries what caused the dinosaurs to go extinct may have finally been put to rest. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.comTh
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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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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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The touch lamp; a neat idea, and older than you'd think!

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I think we really oughta make this fashionable again, don't you?Links and stuff down below!First, the patents!Aladdin's Fantastical Lamp;https://patents.google.com/patent/US2810066Scott M Kunen's not-original patent;https://patents.google.com/patent/US466
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Is the weather actually becoming more extreme? - R. Saravanan

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Explore the differences between weather and climate what they are, how we predict them, and what those predictions can tell us. --From 2016 to 2019, the world saw record-breaking heat waves, rampant wildfires, and the longest run of category 5 tropical cy
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Is There A Better Way To Power Airplanes?

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This video was made in partnership with Bill Gates. To learn more about his work on clean energy, visit https://gatesnot.es/2WDTJ1LIts hard to replace jet fuel because the alternatives arent energetic enough, are too dangerous, or arent yet being made at
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Fact-Checking this Viral Bottle Trick

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Breaking the bottom out of a glass bottle by hitting the top is a challenging trick, but involves a ton of physics. The explanation is related to cavitation - a process seen in the Mantis Shrimp attack, head injuries and pouring honey!Creator/Host/Writer:
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The last living members of an extinct species - Jan Stejskal

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Dig into how scientists are attempting to revive the functionally extinct northern white rhino through artificial reproduction.--In the savannahs of Kenya, two female northern white rhinos, Njin and Fatu, munch contentedly on grass. They are the last two
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What Happens After A Supernova Explodes? - with Jen Gupta

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When massive stars explode, we get some very strange new celestial objects from their remains.Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibeIn this short clip from her talk 'The Universe Beyond Visible Light', astrophysicist Jen Gupta exp
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What Is It Like To Have Synesthesia?

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Can you imagine if each word had its own colour, or you could 'see' different types of music?Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibeAlso, see more synesthesia visualisations from Diggery here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChpgc
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Why Do We Gain Fat? with Eugenia Cheng

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In this short clip from her talk 'How To Think Like A Mathematician', Eugenia Cheng explains how a whole web of interconnected factors cause us to gain fat. Watch the full talk: https://youtu.be/8emPcpfqPRUEugenia's book "The Art of Logic" is available no
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A Quick Introduction to Epigenetics - with Nessa Carey

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Epigenetic modifications change the likelihood of gene expression, and through it create phenotype changes, without altering the DNA sequence itself.Watch the full talk: https://youtu.be/9DAcJSAM_BANessa's book "The Epigenetics Revolution" is available fo
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The tale of the boy who tricked the Devil - Iseult Gillespie

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Discover the tale of the lovestruck boy sent into Hell to steal 3 hairs from the Devil to appease his true love's father, the king.--In a small town, a proud mother showed off her newborn son. Upon noticing his lucky birthmark, townsfolk predicted he woul
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Can you solve the honeybee riddle? - Dan Finkel

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Practice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/TedEd/ --Youre a biologist on a mission to keep the rare honeybee Apis Trifecta from going extinct. The last 60 bees of the species are in your terrarium. Youve already constructed wire frames of the
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This Is The Milk You Should Be Drinking

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Which milk should you buy? We ranked dairy, oat, soy, rice, coconut, pea, hemp, hazelnut, macadamia, and almond milk - so you can reduce your environmental footprint and impact.Join our mailing list: https://mailchi.mp/072240d817d6/asapscienceSubscribe fo
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What Do Aliens Look Like? The Kardashev Scale

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You can find our beautiful education posters, useful notebooks and cozy sweaters in our shop now: https://shop.kurzgesagt.orgSources & further reading:https://sites.google.com/view/sources-kardashev-scale/The observable universe is a big place that has be
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Pulse Oximeters; An Amazing Use of Light

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You might have been seeing a lot about these little devices lately. Have you ever wondered how they work? Well, let's find out! This channel is supported through viewer contribution on Patreon. Thanks to the generous support of people like you, Technology
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What Is Intelligence? Where Does it Begin?

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You can find our beautiful education posters in our shop: https://shop.kurzgesagt.orgThis video was made possible by a grant from the Templeton World Charity Foundation.Sources & further reading:https://sites.google.com/view/sourcesintelligenceHumans are
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Will Computers Ever Think Like Human Beings? - with Vint Cerf

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The rise of artificial intelligence has seen computers beating chess experts and performing incredibly complex tasks. But why cant they think the same way we do?Watch the Q&A: https://youtu.be/Gwa38tzo2NcWe have built incredibly powerful, multi-layered, n
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Could You Outrun a T-Rex? - with David Hone

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In this highlight clip from his talk 'How the Tyrannosaurs Ruled the World', palaeontologist David Hone explains how the legs of T-Rex made them such good long distance runners.Watch the full talk: https://youtu.be/f-jD7kQvyPsDavid's book "The Tyrannosaur
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Who Is Responsible For Climate Change? Who Needs To Fix It?

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This video is part of a series about climate change supported by Breakthrough Energy a coalition founded by Bill Gates, that is working to expand clean-energy investment and support the innovations that will lead the world to net-zero carbon emissions. ht
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How to see more and care less: The art of Georgia O'Keeffe - Iseult Gillespie

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Get to know the life and works of painter and sculptor Georgia OKeeffe, whose art became a cornerstone of American Modernism. --Feeling disconnected from creating art within classical conventions, artist Georgia OKeeffe began experimenting with abstract d
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Could Solar Storms Destroy Civilization? Solar Flares & Coronal Mass Ejections

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https://shop.kurzgesagt.org/We have a bunch of new stuff, from the long requested bacteriophage infographic poster to a new Optimistic Nihilism poster that lets you enjoy some existential dread in style. Or join us in our ant obsession and get the new Ant
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How to design an actually good toaster with lessons from the 1940's

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I love this toaster so dang much. Here are those as-promised links in the description; Link ONE: The original Sunbeam video; https://youtu.be/1OfxlSG6q5Y Link TWO (why am I yelling?): The Electromagnet in your Toaster https://youtu.be/zLFG068HtgM And some
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A day in the life of an Aztec midwife - Kay Read

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Join the Aztec midwife Xoquauhtli as she tends to her patients and honors the warrior goddess Teteoinnan at a festival ushering in the season of warfare.--The midwife Xoquauhtli has a difficult choice to make. She owes a debt to her patron Teteoinnan, the
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Fushimi Inari Market Japan Street Food

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The Gauntlet| Think Like A Coder, Ep 8

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The imaginary king who changed the real world - Matteo Salvadore

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Get to know the legend of the king known as Prester John, whose myth would impact the decisions of European leaders for 400 years. --In 1165, copies of a strange letter began to circulate throughout Europe. It spoke of a fantastical realm, containing the
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Turning My Hand Into A Jolly Rancher

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Why Do Things Spin? - with Hugh Hunt

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What Happened At The Beginning Of Time? - with Dan Hooper

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What Are Pentaquarks and Why Are They So Rare?

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Venture Into the Unknown alongside Anna and Elsa when Walt Disney Animation Studios Frozen 2 Sing-Along version hits theaters next weekstarting Jan. 17 for a limited time. Tickets are on sale now. https://www.Fandango.com/Frozen2SingALongWatch the lyric v
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Klaxons; What makes them sound like that?

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The Phenomenon of the Missing Fundamental

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Why do some higher frequencies sound like they have lower pitch than lower frequency sounds? Engineer and music lover Shaun Fitzgerald explores the phenomenon of the missing fundamental.Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibeShaun
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Why should you read The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan? - Sheila Marie Orfano

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Why The World's Littlest Skyscraper Was A Massive Scam

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The Psychology of Magic - with Gustav Kuhn

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No matter how you feel about hunting, it provides a lot of funding for state wildlife agencies. Now, fewer Americans are hunting, and that system is breaking down. The United States needs to find a new way to fund the preservation of America's wilderness.
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The Hopeful Story Of A Doomed Fox

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How Are Skyscrapers Engineered? - with Roma Agrawal

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How high can we build skyscrapers with the help of new materials and technologies?Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibeBuy Roma's book "Built: The Hidden Stories Behind our Structures" now - https://geni.us/UcXf3Roma Agrawal delv
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What's the hardest material to build a building out of? How would we build structures on the moon? Roma Agrawal answers audience questions following her talk.Watch the talk: https://youtu.be/cSyNqwbUB8kBuy Roma's book "Built: The Hidden Stories Behind our
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Shocking Pickled Pumpkins! Halloween Science

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Why is There More Matter Than Antimatter in the Universe?

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LHCb has observed CP violations in charm quarks. What implications does this have on our quest to find out why there's more matter than antimatter in the universe?Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibeTara Shears is Professor of P
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What If We Attached Human Arms to a Bear?

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Explore the eye-opening science of LASIK: corrective laser eye surgery that focuses on reshaping the cornea to fix blurry vision.--In 1948, Spanish ophthalmologist Jose Ignacio Barraquer Moner was fed up with glasses. He wanted a solution for blurry visio
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Voyager 2 Discovers Wall of Fire at Solar System's Edge

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You can buy Universe Sandbox 2 here: http://amzn.to/2yJqwU6 Wonderful Person t-shirts: https://teespring.com/stores/whatdamath Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about the reports of what Voyager 2 discovered as it left th
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The Greek myth of Talos, the first robot - Adrienne Mayor

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Get to know the myth of Talos, a robot powered by ichor and created by Hephaestus to defend the island kingdom of Crete from intruders. --Hephaestus, god of technology, was hard at work on his most ingenious invention yet. He was creating a new defense sy
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What if We Nuke a City?

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Learn more about nuclear weapons and what you can do to stop themEN: http://www.notonukes.org FR: http://www.sansarmesnucleaires.org ES: http://www.nomasarmasnucleares.org PT: http://www.fimdasarmasnucleares.org DE: http://www.neinzuatomwaffen.orgAR: http
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Follow two astronauts into outer space to explore time dilation and Einsteins theory of relativity through the Twin Paradox thought experiment. --On their 20th birthday, identical twin astronauts volunteer for an experiment. Terra will remain on Earth, wh
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Bleaching the Color out of Sidewalk Chalk

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Our Best View Of Bacteria Is...From Space?!

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Thanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! http://twin-cities.umn.edu/Observing the effects of microbes using satellites can give us all sorts of useful information about life on Earth ... and other planets too.Thanks also to our Pat
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Thanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! http://twin-cities.umn.edu/Morocco has 3/4 of the worlds known reserves of rock phosphate, our main source of phosphorus, so Morocco may be key to our long-term ability to grow food.At the t
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Take a look at the LIDAR and integrated photonics technologies that help self-driving cars navigate obstacles, no matter the environment, weather or light.--Its late, pitch dark and a self-driving car winds down a narrow country road. Suddenly, three haza
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Youve promised to get your son the cutest creature in creation: the cuddly. Can you outsmart the cuddly incubator and go home a hero?--Youve promised to get your son the cutest creature in creation: the cuddly. Its part of the Wuddly species, cousin to th
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Why should you read Kafka on the Shore? - Iseult Gillespie

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Follow the entwined destinies of Kafka and Nakata in Haruki Murakamis mind-bending novel Kafka on the Shore.--Desperate to escape his tyrannical father and the family curse he feels doomed to repeat, Haruki Murakamis teenage protagonist renames himself Ka
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What Does Altitude Sickness Do to the Human Brain?

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As if climbing a mountain wasnt hard enough already, forcing the body to acclimate to high altitudes too quickly can not only stop someone from reaching the summit, it can have dire consequences. But altitude sickness doesnt just affect adrenaline-driven
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Can you solve the dark matter fuel riddle? - Dan Finkel

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What Counts As The Steepest Street In The World?

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Baldwin Street in Dunedin, New Zealand, has the Guinness World Record for "steepest paved road over a continuous distance of more than ten metres". Which is enough to bring in quite a few tourists. What's the history? And what counts as "steepest street"?
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Welcome at the 16th and FINAL event of the 2019 MarbleLympics! Now it's time for the Sand Rally, which team will WIN this MarbleLympics? 16 individual marbles (including a lot of team captains) will battle their way in this long race. All good things must
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This one weird trick will help you spot clickbait - Jeff Leek & Lucy McGowan

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Test your wits with a set of hypothetical health studies and find out just how good you are at spotting clickbait.--Health headlines are published every day, sometimes making opposite claims from each other. There can be a disconnect between broad, attent
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Welcome at the third event of the 2019 MarbleLympics! This time we will do Balancing after we received a lot of requests! Each team must roll as far as possible without falling off track. Record: 347 (by Rojo Rollers, ML2016) === Credits: === Commentary:
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Are Negative Ions Good For You?

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Aguahoja: A water-based design approach and fabrication platform

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Nature made us half water. With water, the biological world facilitates customization of an organism’s physical and chemical properties—through growth and degradation—as a function of genes and environmental constraints. Designed goods, however—including
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The Antique Toaster that's Better than Yours

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The Most Dangerous Stuff in the Universe - Strange Stars Explained

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Frida Kahlo: The woman behind the legend - Iseult Gillespie

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Learn about the life and art of Mexican surrealist painter Frida Kahlo, who explored disability, relationships and Mexican culture in her work. -- In 1925, Frida Kahlo was on her way home from school in Mexico City when the bus she was riding collided wit
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A 6-wheeled working toddler space rover

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The chaotic brilliance of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat - Jordana Moore Saggese

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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. Get your Dyson Sphere Poster here: https://sta
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We prepare a lot of our food to make it safer to eat, but a piece of bread probably won’t hurt you if it’s not made correctly. These six foods, on the other hand, definitely can. Hosted by: Stefan Chin SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's calle
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End of Space – Creating a Prison for Humanity

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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. Space travel is the most exciting adventure fo
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Why Meat is the Best Worst Thing in the World

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How Do Chips Make Credit Cards More Secure?

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If you live in the United States, you might have recently gotten a credit card with a microchip on it. But what does this chip do that makes it any different than the magnetic strip on the back of the card? ---------- We're conducting a survey of our view
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15 Toothpaste Life Hacks YOU SHOULD KNOW!

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Check out my NEW MUSIC VIDEO: https://youtu.be/gJwY4t6JYQk - It's trending at #5 on the Chinese charts which is CRAZY and I'm SO SO SO thankful to my #wengiecornfam for giving me this opportunity! I really appreciate all your love and support and make sur
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Mythical Mountains: Crash Course World Mythology #33

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Our mythical places series continues, and this week Mike Rugnetta is talking about some stories that revolve around mountains. Mountains loom large in human stories, not least because mountains are, well, large. So ascend with us to the lofty peaks of The
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This New Pill Could Cure Peanut Allergies

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A new study might've found a possible cure for peanut allergies. How does it work? Why Are Peanut Allergies Becoming So Common? - https://youtu.be/Mjr9h_QmdeM Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: Peanut allergy cured i
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Jetbear: The Mini-Movie! [FULL SERIES]

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He’s a happy bear named Captain who only wants to have some fun. Now that he can fly, aliens, wolves and weasels are after him. Let the fun begin! Can Captain have a good time while trying to get his forest back to it’s natural balance and avoid the fores
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DELETED!!!! | JETBEAR

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The season finale is here! This is it! I’m not even telling you what’s in store here, you’ve watched it from episode 1 and I’m not writing any spoilers in here except that this is rad! Once you’re done here go back and watch them from the beginning again!
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Forest War | JETBEAR

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THE FOREST WAR HAS BEGUN! I CAN’T HANDLE THIS! JET TRIED SO HARD NOT TO LET IT HAPPEN! I CAN’T EVEN WATCH THIS! AAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!! Will someone please write what happens in the comments below? Then maybe I’ll get the courage to peek at it. Thanks so much!
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The Forest Just Got Real | JETBEAR

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So the forest war happens and now everyone is going to be deleted by the two interplanetary hipster aliens, Bob and Carl?! I didn’t think things could get worse for Jetbear but they did! What is Jetbear going to do? I ask myself, what would I do? I think
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What Nuclear Bombs Taught Us About Whales

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A monitoring system developed to listen for secret nuclear tests mostly hears other events happening all around Earth. Thanks to CTBTO for sponsoring this video: https://www.ctbto.org/ Thanks also to our supporters on https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth V
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This Is Not A Bee

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It can be hard to distinguish bees from all the other insects out there that look like bees. Thanks also to our supporters on https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth ___________________________________________ If you want to learn more about this topic, start
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I Don't Like This!! | JETBEAR

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Surrounded by wolves? GNARLY TEETH?! A not so good visit from lying aliens? What else can go wrong?! MYRON IS SICK?! How will Jetbear escape this horrifically bad day? Really? How? I want to know! No one tells me anything, I’m in a dark room all alone. Th
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When Bears Fly? | JETBEAR

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Captain gets zapped by aliens and falls from their evil spaceship three miles high! How will he survive? How will his roommate, Steve the duck, take this horrific news? Will his crush, Dawn the fawn, ever find love again? Will the song they sing get stuck
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Rare footage of seven-armed octopus eating jellyfish

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Biologists Henk-Jan Hoving (GEOMAR Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel) and Steve Haddock (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute) caught some rare footage of the popularly called "seven-armed" octopus. In the last 27 years, there have only been 3
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Aliens Abducted My Nerdo | JETBEAR

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Captain is a fun loving young bear who just wants to be normal. He lives in a regular forest, his roommate is a duck, he has a crush on a cute fawn, and just got abducted by aliens. Waaaiit a minute... one of those things ain't normal. What's Captain gonn
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This Is How Your Brain Powers Your Thoughts

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Scientists have figured out how our brains process thoughts and the explanation will blow your mind. Can Shocking Your Brain Make You Smarter? - https://youtu.be/LSwMwX9BbGc Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI We got nominated f
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What Is Myth? Crash Course Mythology #1

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Welcome to Crash Course World Mythology, our latest adventure (and this series may be literally adventurous) in education. Over the next 40 episodes or so, we and Mike Rugnetta are going to learn about the world by looking at the foundational stories of a
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Creation from the Void: Crash Course Mythology #2

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Today on Crash Course Mythology we’re starting in on creation stories. This week, we’ll focus on the creation of the universe out of nothing, or Ex Nihlio creation. Basically, a god decides to make a universe out of nothing. We’ll look a
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Do Robots Deserve Rights? What if Machines Become Conscious?

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What shall we do once machines become conscious? Do we need to grant them rights? Check out Wisecrack and their video: https://goo.gl/oaUbAF 'The Philosophy of Westworld': https://goo.gl/8Tn2m5 Support us on Patreon so we can make more videos (and get coo
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Water in Helheim Glacier Makes Its Way to the Ocean

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New NASA research found that large crevasses provide aquifer water upstream of Greenland's Helheim Glacier with a clear escape to the ocean. This discovery helps confirm that the water, which is held in a layer of crunchy, granular snow called firn, contr
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Why Earth Is A Prison and How To Escape It

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We are trapped on earth. Controlled by an ancient debt to the universe... Learn more about Ariane 6: http://www.airbusafran-launchers.com/en/universe/ariane-6-en/ Support us on Patreon so we can make more videos (and get cool stuff in return): https://www
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Let's Blow Up Some Barrels of Ping Pong Balls | Street Science

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Street Science | Premieres Wed Jan 11 at 10/9c We're making a bona fide scientific mess! See what happens when liquid nitrogen builds up pressure in a barrel full of ping pong balls! More Street Science! http://www.sciencechannel.com/tv-shows/street-scien
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Why Reindeer and Their Cousins are Total Boneheads | Deep Look

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What if you had to grow 20 pounds of bone on your forehead each year just to find a mate? In a bloody, itchy process, males of the deer family grow a new set of antlers every year, use them to fend off the competition, and lose their impressive crowns whe
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KIDZ BOP Kids - Weekend Whip (Official Music Video) [LEGOLAND Florida Resort]

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Jump up, kick back, whip around and spin with The KIDZ BOP Kids at @LEGOLANDFlorida's LEGOLAND NINJAGO World! Experience the awesome new land at #LEGOLANDFlorida starting Jan. 12! KIDZ BOP 34: iTunes: http://bit.ly/kb34itunespre Amazon Music: http://bit.l
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MAMMAL March Madness!

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This month, I've been following Mammal March Madness. Here's the basic idea: a team of evolutionary biologists pick a bunch of animals to enter a tournament, and then imagine who would win each match-up based on SCIENCE. I thought it made sense for this f
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4 DEADLY Carnivorous Plants

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Here are four ingenious ways carnivorous plants catch their prey. Head over to BrainCraft to watch Plants Can Learn, Too—and don't forget to subscribe! https://youtu.be/s0prAxQTuAA Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1FkxVLb ‖ Twitter! https://twitter.com/gross_scie
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Are There Dead Wasps In Figs?

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Figs aren't exactly fruits...but that's not the only bizarre thing about them. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1FkxVLb ‖ Twitter! https://twitter.com/gross_science ‖ Tumblr! http://grossscience.tumblr.com/ ↓Want more info?↓ Great 1977 paper by J. Galil on Fig Bi
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The Food Poisoning Lurking In Your Freezer

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Listeria turns your own cells against you, and can live where other types of food poisoning perish. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1FkxVLb ‖ Twitter! https://twitter.com/gross_science ‖ Tumblr! http://grossscience.tumblr.com/ ↓Want more info?↓ The CDC on Lister
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Lord of the Flies: Crash Course Literature 305

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This week, John i s talking about one of his least favorite novels, The Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Lord of the Flies is a novel of ideas, and John doesn't agree with the central idea of the novel, which diminished his enjoyment of the book. The
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The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn Part 1: Crash Course Literature #302

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In which John Green teaches you about Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This week, we'll talk a little bit about Samuel Langhorne Clemens, who wrote under the name Mark Twain, and how he mined his early life for decades to produce his prett
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Their Eyes Were Watching God: Crash Course Literature 301

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In which John Green reads Zora Neale Hurston's novel, "Their Eyes Were Watching God," and talks to you about it. You'll learn about Zora Neale Hurston's life, and we'll also look at how the interpretations of the book have changed over time. Also, this bo
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The Raft, The River, And The Weird Ending Of Huckleberry Finn: Crash Course Literature 303

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This week, we're continuing our discussion of Mark Twain's 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.' This is part two of our talk about Huck Finn, and this time we're looking at the metaphors in the book, a little bit about what the metaphors like the Island
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The Economics Of Happiness: Crash Course Econ #35

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They say money can't buy happiness, but who are they? Can money buy happiness? The answer is: sort of. While money may not be able to buy true happiness, lack of money can cause very real misery. Today, we look at the economics of happiness, and talk abou
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Foreign Aid And Remittance: Crash Course Econ #34

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What is foreign aid? How much foreign aid does the United States distribute each year. Comparatively, not much. In fact, foreign aid only accounts for a small fraction of most nations' overall spending. But it's hugely important. Foreign aid improves heal
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The Economics Of Immigration: Crash Course Econ #33

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Is Immigration good or bad? Immigration is a touchy subject in the United States. The 2016 election has been filled with debate about the subject, and both proponents and opponents have lots of reasons for their stance. But, this is a show about economics
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Uniform Circular Motion: Crash Course Physics #7

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Did you know that centrifugal force isn't really a thing? I mean, it's a thing, it's just not real. In fact, physicists call it a "Fictitious Force." Mind blown yet? To explore this idea further, this week Shini sits down with us to discuss centripetal fo
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Friction: Crash Course Physics #6

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This episode is sponsored by Audible. Try Audible: http://audible.com/crashcourse Why is it hard to move a heavy bookcase across a carpeted floor? And why is it easier to keep it moving than it was to get it started moving? You might think it's all about
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Taxes: Crash Course Economics #31

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We've been talking about the unavoidables recently. Last time, we covered Death. This time, it's taxes. So, what are taxes? Why do we pay taxes? What is all that tax money used for? This week, Adriene is going to cover all that and more. We'll talk about
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Vectors And 2D Motion: Crash Course Physics #4

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Continuing in our journey of understanding motion, direction, and velocity... today, Shini introduces the ideas of Vectors and Scalars so we can better understand how to figure out motion in 2 Dimensions. But what does that have to do with baseball? Or tw
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Newton's Laws: Crash Course Physics #5

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I'm sure you've heard of Isaac Newton and maybe of some of his laws. Like, that thing about "equal and opposite reactions" and such. But what do his laws mean? And how do they help us understand the world around us? In this episode of Crash Course Physics

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