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War&Human Nature: Crash Course World History 204

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In which John Green teaches you about war! Specifically, John talks about whether humanity is naturally warlike, hard-wired to kill, or if perhaps war is a cultural construct. John will talk about the Hobbes versus Rousseau debate, the effects that war ha
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The Internet: Crash Course Computer Science #29

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Today, we're going to talk about how the Internet works. Specifically, how that stream of characters you punch into your browser's address bar, like "youtube.com", return this very website. Just to clarify we're talking in a broader sense about that massi
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Catholic Counter-Reformation: Crash Course European History #9

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When the Protestant Reformation broke out in Western Europe, the Catholic Church got the message, at least a little bit. Pope Paul III called a council to look into reforming some aspects of the Catholic Church and try to stem the tide of competing Christ
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Karl Popper, Science, And Pseudoscience: Crash Course Philosophy #8

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The early 1900s was an amazing time for Western science, as Albert Einstein was developing his theories of relativity and psychology was born, as Sigmund Freud and psychoanalysis took over the scientific mainstream. Karl Popper observed these developments
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Ophelia, Gertrude, and Regicide - Hamlet II: Crash Course Literature 204

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Drought and Famine: Crash Course World History #208

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In which John Green teaches you a little bit about drought, which is a natural weather phenomenon, and famine, which is almost always the result of human activity. Throughout human history, when food shortages strike humanity, there was food around. There
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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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Water - Liquid Awesome: Crash Course Biology #2

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Hank teaches us why water is one of the most fascinating and important substances in the universe. Follow SciShow on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Like SciShow on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Review: Re-watch = 00:00 Introduction =
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Cryptography: Crash Course Computer Science #33

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Today we’re going to talk about how to keep information secret, and this isn’t a new goal. From as early as Julius Caesar’s Caesar cipher to Mary, Queen of Scots, encrypted messages to kill Queen Elizabeth in 1587, theres has long been a need to encrypt a
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How to Engineer Health - Drug Discovery & Delivery: Crash Course Engineering #36

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Engineers are problem solvers, and our own health is full of problems to be engineered. In this episode we discuss drug discovery and drug delivery. Well explore everything from classical and reverse pharmacology to the new field of synthetic biology. Wel
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Atari And The Business Of Video Games: Crash Course Games #4

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Today, Andre is going to talk about the rise of Atari and with it the rise of the video game industry. So if you remember from last episode, we mentioned that the first arcade machine, Galaxy Game, happened to have a coin slot, but this was just the begin
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Cell Meiosis: Crash Course Biology #13

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Hank gets down to the nitty gritty about meiosis, the special type of cell division that is necessary for sexual reproduction in eukaryotic organisms. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dftba.com/product/1av/CrashCourse-Biology-The-Compl
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The Personal Computer Revolution: Crash Course Computer Science #25

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Today we're going to talk about the birth of personal computing. Up until the early 1970s components were just too expensive, or underpowered, for making a useful computer for an individual, but this would begin to change with the introduction of the Alta
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War&Expansion: Crash Course US History #17

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In which John Green teaches you about the Mexican-American War in the late 1840s, and the expansion of the United States into the western end of North America. In this episode of Crash Course, US territory finally reaches from the Atlantic coast to the Pa
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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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Things Fall Apart, Part 2: Crash Course Literature 209

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Computer Vision: Crash Course Computer Science #35

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Today we’re going to talk about how computers see. We’ve long known that our digital cameras and smartphones can take incredibly detailed images, but taking pictures is not quite the same thing. For the past half-century, computer scientists have been wor
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Tissues, Part 4 - Types of Connective Tissues: Crash Course A&P #5

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How to make an AI read your handwriting (LAB) : Crash Course Ai #5

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Follow along: https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1NyYH1EPpaJlMBLK0fcKYz4icaD1SNSLKJohn Green Bot wrote his first novel! Today, in our first ever Lab were going to program a neural network to recognize handwritten letters to convert the first part of
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Federalism: Crash Course Government and Politics #4

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In which Craig Benzine teaches you about federalism, or the idea that in the United States, power is divided between the national government and the 50 state governments. Craig will teach you about how federalism has evolved over the history of the US, an
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Government Regulation: Crash Course Government And Politics #47

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Today, we’re going to wrap up our discussion of economic policy by looking at government regulation. We're going to talk about the government's goals for the U.S. economy and the policies it employs to achieve those goals. Ever since the New Deal, we've s
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The Dark Ages...How Dark Were They, Really?: Crash Course World History #14

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Crash Course World History is now available on DVD! Visit http://dft.ba/-CCWHDVD to buy a set for your home or classroom. You can directly support Crash Course at http://www.subbable.com/crashcourse Subscribe for as little as $0 to keep up with everything
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Simple Animals: Sponges, Jellies,&Octopuses - Crash Course Biology #22

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Hank introduces us to the "simplest" of the animals, complexity-wise: beginning with sponges (whose very inclusion in the list as "animals" has been called into question because they are so simple) and finishing with the most complex molluscs, octopuses a
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Everything, The Universe...And Life: Crash Course Astronomy #46

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Here it is, folks: the end. In our final episode of Crash Course Astronomy, Phil gives the course a send off with a look at some of his favorite topics and the big questions that Astronomy allows us to ask. Thank you for watching. -- Crash Course Astronom
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Moon Phases: Crash Course Astronomy #4

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In this episode of Crash Course Astronomy, Phil takes you through the cause and name of the Moon's phases. -- Why the Moon Has Phases 0:36.1 Spheres in Orbit 1:05.4 Name of the Moon Phases 2:25.5 How We See It 7:48.2 -- PBS Digital Studios: http://youtube
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The Holocaust,Genocides, and Mass Murder of WWII: Crash Course European History #40

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During World War II, Nazi Germany undertook the imprisonment and summary execution of many of its own citizens, and citizens of the nations they occupied. One of the groups that came under assault was the European Jewish population. More than six million
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The Rise of the West and Historical Methodology: Crash Course World History #212

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In which John Green talks about the methods of writing history by looking at some of the ways that history has been written about the rise of the West. But first he has to tell you what the West is. And then he has to explain the Rise of the West. And the
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The Electron: Crash Course Chemistry #5

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Hank brings us the story of the electron and describes how reality is a kind of music, discussing electron shells and orbitals, electron configurations, ionization and electron affinities, and how all these things can be understood via the periodic table.
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Slavery, Ghosts, and Beloved: Crash Course Literature 214

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How To Speak Chemistrian: Crash Course Chemistry #11

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Learning to talk about chemistry can be like learning a foreign language, but Hank is here to help with some straightforward and simple rules to help you learn to speak Chemistrian like a native. Table of Contents Determining Formulas and Names of Monatom
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How a Bill Becomes a Law: Crash Course Government and Politics #9

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Oh my, Craig has his work cut out for him this week. The process of how a bill becomes a law can be pretty complex, fraught with potential bill-death at every corner. As if just getting through committee isn’t difficult enough, bills have to navigate a se
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George HW Bush and the End of the Cold War: Crash Course US History #44

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Playstation And More Immersive Video Games: Crash Course Games #9

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So by the mid-90s the video game industry was once again booming and this attracted the attention of the Japanese electronics giant Sony. In 1994, Sony introduced their Playstation console which successfully coupled cutting edge technologies with some gre
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Islam and Politics: Crash Course World History 216

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In which John Green teaches you about how Islam has interacted with politics during it's history, and how it continues to do so today. Islamist movements are in the news a lot lately, but how did that happen. John will point out that Islam has alway been
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Congressional Elections: Crash Course Government and Politics #6

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This week Craig Benzine talks about the importance of elections. But he isn’t going to focus on presidential elections, but instead those of the strongest part of our government: congressional elections. Craig will talk about the frequency of elections in
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The Real Reason Planes Crash | Boeing 737 Max 8

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Computer bugs, technical failure, company design, or scandal? What If Your Airplane Door Opens Mid-Flight? https://youtu.be/eEDZuFw34YM Listen to Sidenote: https://youtu.be/rCWyU77wTQA WATCH MORE! Tech!: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLv... Health!: h
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The History of Atomic Chemistry: Crash Course Chemistry #37

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Naked Eye Observations: Crash Course Astronomy #2

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Today on Crash Course Astronomy, Phil invites you to head outside and take a look at all the incredible things you can see with your naked eye. -- Table of Contents: Naked Eye Observations 0:28.4 Constellations 3:09.7 The Color of Stars 2:44.5 View of the
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Boolean Logic & Logic Gates: Crash Course Computer Science #3

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Today, Carrie Anne is going to take a look at how those transistors we talked about last episode can be used to perform complex actions. With the just two states, on and off, the flow of electricity can be used to perform a number of logical operations, w
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Light: Crash Course Astronomy #24

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In order to understand how we study the universe, we need to talk a little bit about light. Light is a form of energy. Its wavelength tells us its energy and color. Spectroscopy allows us to analyze those colors and determine an object’s temperature, dens
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Life Begins: Crash Course Big History #4

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In which Hank and John Green teach you about life on Earth. They won't be giving advice on how life should be lived, because this is a history series. Instead, they'll teach you about the earliest forms of life on Earth, and some of the ways that they dev
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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The Bicameral Congress: Crash Course Government and Politics #2

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In which Craig Benzine teaches you about the United States Congress, and why it's bicameral, and what bicameral means. Craig tells you what the Senate and House of Representatives are for, some of the history of the institutions, and reveal to you just ho
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Christianity from Judaism to Constantine: Crash Course World History #11

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In which John Green teaches you the history of Christianity, from the beginnings of Judaism and the development of monotheism, right up to Paul and how Christianity stormed the Roman Empire in just a few hundred years. Along the way, John will cover Abram
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The Poetry of Sylvia Plath: Crash Course Literature 216

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Kinetics: Chemistry's Demolition Derby - Crash Course Chemistry #32

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Congressional Leadership: Crash Course Government and Politics #8

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This week Craig Benzine explores the leadership structure of congress. We’ll break out the clone machine to examine the responsibilities of the speaker of the house, the majority and minority leaders as well as the majority and minority whips in both the
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World War II Part 1: Crash Course US History #35

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Ancient Egypt: Crash Course World History #4

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In which John covers the long, long history of ancient Egypt, including the Old, Middle and New Kingdoms, and even a couple of intermediate periods. Learn about mummies, pharaohs, pyramids and the Nile with John Green. Crash Course World History is now av
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Terrorism, War, and Bush 43: Crash Course US History #46

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The Anthropocene and the Near Future: Crash Course Big History #9

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In which John Green, Hank Green, and Emily Graslie teach you about the Anthropocene, an unofficial geological era that covers the last century or so, in which humanity has made massive progress. We've discovered the Higgs-Boson particle, and awesome elect
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Conflict in Israel and Palestine: Crash Course World History 223

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In which John Green teaches you about conflict in Israel and Palestine. This conflict is often cast as a long-term beef going back thousands of years, and rooted in a clash between religions. Well, that's not quite true. What is true is that the conflict
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To Kill a Mockingbird, Part I - Crash Course Literature 210

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Partial Pressures&Vapor Pressure: Crash Course Chemistry #15

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This week we continue to spend quality time with gases, more deeply investigating some principles regarding pressure - including John Dalton's Law of Partial Pressures, vapor pressure - and demonstrating the method for collecting gas over water. Table of
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The Nucleus: Crash Course Chemistry #1

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Hank does his best to convince us that chemistry is not torture, but is instead the amazing and beautiful science of stuff. Chemistry can tell us how three tiny particles - the proton, neutron and electron - come together in trillions of combinations to f
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The Persians&Greeks: Crash Course World History #5

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In which John compares and contrasts Greek civilization and the Persian Empire. Of course we're glad that Greek civilization spawned modern western civilization, right? Maybe not. From Socrates and Plato to Darius and Xerxes, John explains two of the grea
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Heredity: Crash Course Biology #9

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Hank and his brother John discuss heredity via the gross example of relative ear wax moistness. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dftba.com/product/1av/CrashCourse-Biology-The-Complete-Series-DVD-Set Like CrashCourse on Facebook! http:/
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Fate, Family, and Oedipus Rex: Crash Course Literature 202

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The Seven Years War: Crash Course World History #26

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In which John teaches you about the Seven Years War, which may have lasted nine years. Or as many as 23. It was a very confusing was. The Seven Years War was a global war, fought on five continents, which is kind of a lot. John focuses on the war as it ha
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Solutions: Crash Course Chemistry #27

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This week, Hank elaborates on why Fugu can kill you by illustrating the ideas of solutions and discussing molarity, molality, and mass percent. Also, why polar solvents dissolve polar solutes, and nonpolar solvents dissolve nonpolar solutes. All that plus
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Langston Hughes&the Harlem Renaissance: Crash Course Literature 215

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Population, Sustainability, and Malthus: Crash Course World History 215

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In which John Green teaches you about population. So, how many people can reasonably live on the Earth? Thomas Malthus got it totally wrong in the 19th century, but for some reason, he keeps coming up when we talk about population. In 1800, the human popu
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Your Immune System: Natural Born Killer - Crash Course Biology #32

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Hank tells us about the team of deadly ninja assassins that is tasked with protecting our bodies from all the bad guys that want to kill us - also known as our immune system. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dft.ba/-8bCC Like CrashCour
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Race, Class, and Gender in To Kill a Mockingbird: Crash Course Literature 211

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What Is Philosophy?: Crash Course Philosophy #1

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Today Hank begins to teach you about Philosophy by discussing the historical origins of philosophy in ancient Greece, and its three main divisions: metaphysics, epistemology, and value theory. He will also introduce logic, and how you’re going to use it t
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Congressional Committees: Crash Course Government and Politics #7

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This week Craig Benzine clears up the role of committees in Congress. We’ll talk about standing committees, joint committees, conference committees, and caucuses (and not the candidate-choosing kinds) as well as the staff agencies that help advise these c
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The Renaissance: Was it a Thing? - Crash Course World History #22

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In which John Green teaches you about the European Renaissance. European learning changed the world in the 15th and 16th century, but was it a cultural revolution, or an evolution? We'd argue that any cultural shift that occurs over a couple of hundred ye
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Acid-Base Reactions in Solution: Crash Course Chemistry #8

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Last week, Hank talked about how stuff mixes together in solutions. Today, and for the next few weeks, he will talk about the actual reactions happening in those solutions - atoms reorganizing themselves to create whole new substances in the processes tha
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Nonviolence and Peace Movements: Crash Course World History 228

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In which John Green teaches you about nonviolence and peace movements in the 20th century. What is nonviolence? What is a peace movement? Well. traditionally, humans often resort to violence when they come into conflict. In the 20th century, it became muc
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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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If One Finger Brought Oil - Things Fall Apart part I: Crash Course Literature 208

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Mansa Musa and Islam in Africa: Crash Course World History #16

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In which John Green teaches you about Sub-Saharan Africa! So, what exactly was going on there? It turns out, it was a lot of trade, converting to Islam, visits from Ibn Battuta, trade, beautiful women, trade, some impressive architecture, and several empi
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A Brief History Of The Universe: Crash Course Astronomy #44

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Thanks to the wonders of physics, astronomers can map a timeline of the universe’s history. Today, Phil’s going to give you an overview of those first few minutes (yes, MINUTES) of the universe’s life. It started with a Big Bang, when the Universe was inc
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Indus Valley Civilization: Crash Course World History #2

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In which John Green teaches you about the Indus Valley Civilization, one of the largest of the ancient civilizations. John teaches you the who, how, when, where and why of the Indus Valley Civilization, and dispenses advice on how to be more successful in
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Redox Reactions: Crash Course Chemistry #10

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All the magic that we know is in the transfer of electrons. Reduction (gaining electrons) and oxidation (the loss of electrons) combine to form Redox chemistry, which contains the majority of chemical reactions. As electrons jump from atom to atom, they c
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Constitutional Compromises: Crash Course Government and Politics #5

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In which Craig Benzine teaches you about the compromises met in ratifying the U.S. Constitution. The United State’s didn’t always have its current system of government. Actually, this is it’s second attempt. Craig will delve into the failures (and few suc
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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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Globalization II - Good or Bad?: Crash Course World History #42

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In which John asks whether globalization is a net positive for humanity. While the new global economy has created a lot of wealth, and lifted a lot of people out of poverty, it also has some effects that aren't so hot. Wealth disparity, rising divorce rat
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Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances: Crash Course Government and Politics #3

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In which Craig Benzine teaches you about the US Governments Separation of powers and the system of checks and balances. In theory, the Legislative Branch, the Executive Branch, and the Judicial Brach are designed to keep each other in check, and to keep a
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Biological Molecules - You Are What You Eat: Crash Course Biology #3

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Hank talks about the molecules that make up every living thing - carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins - and how we find them in our environment and in the food that we eat. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dftba.com/product/1av/CrashCou
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Imperialism: Crash Course World History #35

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In which John Green teaches you about European Imperialism in the 19th century. European powers started to create colonial empires way back in the 16th century, but businesses really took off in the 19th century, especially in Asia and Africa. During the
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Progressive Presidents: Crash Course US History #29

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In which John Green teaches you about the Progressive Presidents, who are not a super-group of former presidents who create complicated, symphonic, rock soundscapes that transport you into a fantasy fugue state. Although that would be awesome. The preside
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A Long and Difficult Journey, or The Odyssey: Crash Course Literature 201

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The Crusades - Pilgrimage or Holy War?: Crash Course World History #15

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In which John Green teaches you about the Crusades embarked upon by European Christians in the 12th and 13th centuries. Our traditional perception of the Crusades as European Colonization thinly veiled in religion isn't quite right. John covers the First
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Black Holes: Crash Course Astronomy #33

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We’ve covered a lot of incredible stuff, but this week we’re talking about the weirdest objects in space: BLACK HOLES. Stellar mass black holes form when a very massive star dies, and its core collapses. The core has to be more than about 2.8 times the Su
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The Roman Empire. Or Republic. Or...Which Was It?: Crash Course World History #10

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In which John Green explores exactly when Rome went from being the Roman Republic to the Roman Empire. Here's a hint: it had something to do with Julius Caesar, but maybe less than you think. Find out how Caesar came to rule the empire, what led to him ge
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Ideal Gas Problems: Crash Course Chemistry #13

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We don't live in a perfect world, and neither do gases - it would be great if their particles always fulfilled the assumptions of the ideal gas law, and we could use PV=nRT to get the right answer every time. Unfortunately, the ideal gas law (like our cul
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Real Gases: Crash Course Chemistry #14

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Hank bursts our ideal gas law bubble, er, balloon, and brings us back to reality, explaining how the constants in the gas law aren't all that constant; how the ideal gas law we've spent the past two weeks with has to be corrected for volume because atoms
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The Railroad Journey and the Industrial Revolution: Crash Course World History 214

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In which John Green teaches you about railroads, and some of the ways they changed the world, and how they were a sort of microcosm for the Industrial Revolution as a whole. Prior to the invention of steam powered railroads, pretty much all locomotion had
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WHEN SPORTS COLLIDE | Croquet Crash (Croquet + Shot Put + Bocce Ball)

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Grab your grandpa's sweater because we've combined croquet, bocce ball, and shot put to make a little game we like to call Croquet Crash! -Credits- Executive Producers Judy Meyers & Derek Baynham Created by Derek Baynham Written by Derek Baynham Directed
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The Milky Way: Crash Course Astronomy #37

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Today we’re talking about our galactic neighborhood: The Milky Way. It’s a disk galaxy, a collection of dust, gas, and hundreds of billions of stars, with the Sun located about halfway out from the center. The disk has grand spiral patterns in it, formed
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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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PTSD and Alien Abduction - Slaughterhouse-Five Part 2: Crash Course Literature 213

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Tides: Crash Course Astronomy #8

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Today Phil explores the world of tides! What is the relationship between tides and gravity? How do planets and their moons become tidally locked? What would happen if you were 300km tall? Important questions. -- Gravity Over Distance 0:44 Tidal Force Para
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Dark Matter: Crash Course Astronomy #41

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Today on Crash Course Astronomy, Phil dives into some very dark matters. The stuff we can actually observe in the universe isn’t all there is. Galaxies and other large structures in the universe are created and shifted by a force we detect mostly indirect
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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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Polar&Non-Polar Molecules: Crash Course Chemistry #23

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*** PLEASE WATCH WITH ANNOTATIONS ON! SOME INACCURACIES IN GRAPHICS ARE NOTED AND CORRECTED IN ANNOTATIONS. THANKS! *** Molecules come in infinite varieties, so in order to help the complicated chemical world make a little more sense, we classify and cate
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Deep Time: Crash Course Astronomy #45

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As we approach the end of Crash Course Astronomy, it’s time now to acknowledge that our Universe’s days are numbered. Stars will die out after a few trillion years, protons will decay and matter will dissolve after a thousand trillion trillion trillion ye
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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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Lab Techniques&Safety: Crash Course Chemistry #21

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Hank takes a break from the desk to bring you to the lab in order to demonstrate some important points about the practical side of chemistry - experimentation in the laboratory. You'll learn what to wear in the lab, how to dispose of chemicals safely, how
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Enthalpy: Crash Course Chemistry #18

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Energy is like the bestest best friend ever and yet, most of the time we take it for granted. Hank feels bad for our friend and wants us to learn more about it so that we can understand what it's trying to tell us - like that any bond between two atoms co
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The Spanish Empire, Silver,&Runaway Inflation: Crash Course World History #25

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In which John Green explores how Spain went from being a middling European power to one of the most powerful empires on Earth, thanks to their plunder of the New World in the 16th and 17th centuries. Learn how Spain managed to destroy the two biggest pre-
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Who Started World War I: Crash Course World History 210

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In which John Green teaches you WHY World War I started. Or tries to anyway. With this kind of thing, it's kind of hard to assign blame to any one of the nations involved. Did the fault lie with Austria-Hungary? Germany? Russia? Julius Caesar? One thing w
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Women's Suffrage: Crash Course US History #31

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The Atlantic Slave Trade: Crash Course World History #24

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In which John Green teaches you about one of the least funny subjects in history: slavery. John investigates when and where slavery originated, how it changed over the centuries, and how Europeans and colonists in the Americas arrived at the idea that peo
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The Amazing Life and Strange Death of Captain Cook: Crash Course World History #27

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In which John Green teaches you about the life and death of one of history's great explorers, Captain James Cook of the British Navy. He charted large swaths of the Pacific ocean, laid claim to Australia and New Zealand, and died a bizarre death in the Sa
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Neutron Stars: Crash Course Astronomy #32

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In the aftermath of a 8 – 20 solar mass star’s demise we find a weird little object known as a neutron star. Neutrons stars are incredibly dense, spin rapidly, and have very strong magnetic fields. Some of them we see as pulsars, flashing in brightness as
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The Clinton Years, or the 1990s: Crash Course US History #45

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Globalization I - The Upside: Crash Course World History #41

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In which John Green teaches you about globalization, a subject so epic, so, um, global, it requires two videos. In this video, John follows the surprisingly complex path of t-shirt as it criss-crosses the world before coming to rest on your doorstep, and
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The Silk Road and Ancient Trade: Crash Course World History #9

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The Silk Road and Ancient Trade: In which John Green teaches you about the so-called Silk Road, a network of trade routes where goods such as ivory, silver, iron, wine, and yes, silk were exchanged across the ancient world, from China to the West. Along w
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Int'l Commerce, Snorkeling Camels, and The Indian Ocean Trade: Crash Course World History #18

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In which John Green teaches you the history of the Indian Ocean Trade. John weaves a tale of swashbuckling adventure, replete with trade in books, ivory, and timber. Along the way, John manages to cover advances in seafaring technology, just how the monso
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Climate Change, Chaos, and The Little Ice Age - Crash Course World History 206

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In which John Green teaches you about the Little Ice Age. The Little Ice Age was a period of global cooling that occurred from the 13th to the 19th centuries. This cooling was likely caused by a number of factors, including unusual solar activity and volc
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Haitian Revolutions: Crash Course World History #30

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Ideas like liberty, freedom, and self-determination were hot stuff in the late 18th century, as evidenced by our recent revolutionary videos. Although freedom was breaking out all over, many of the societies that were touting these ideas relied on slave l
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Plant Cells: Crash Course Biology #6

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Hank describes why plants are so freaking amazing - discussing their evolution, and how their cells are both similar to&different from animal cells. Crash Course Biology now available on DVD! http://dftba.com/product/1av/CrashCourse-Biology-The-Complete-S
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America in World War I: Crash Course US History #30

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Russia, the Kievan Rus, and the Mongols: Crash Course World History #20

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In which John Green teaches you how Russia evolved from a loose amalgamation of medieval principalities known as the Kievan Rus into the thriving democracy we know today. As you can imagine, there were a few bumps along the road. It turns out, our old fri
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Entropy: Embrace the Chaos! Crash Course Chemistry #20

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Life is chaos and the universe tends toward disorder. But why? If you think about it, there are only a few ways for things to be arranged in an organized manner, but there are nearly infinite other ways for those same things to be arranged. Simple rules o
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The Gravity of the Situation: Crash Course Astronomy #7

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In today's episode, Phil looks at how gravity plays out across the universe. This episode is sponsored by Squarespace: http://www.squarespace.com/crashcourse -- Gravity is a Force 2:17 Different Types of Orbit 3:41 Escape Velocity 5:30 Weightless Mass 7:0
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The Black Legend, Native Americans, and Spaniards: Crash Course US History #1

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In which John Green kicks off Crash Course US History! Why, you may ask, are we covering US History, and not more World History, or the history of some other country, or the very specific history of your home region? Well, the reasons are many. But, like
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Latin American Revolutions: Crash Course World History #31

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In which John Green talks about the many revolutions of Latin America in the 19th century. At the beginning of the 1800s, Latin America was firmly under the control of Spain and Portugal. The revolutionary zeal that had recently created the United States
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The Big Bang: Crash Course Astronomy #42

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Thanks to observations of galaxy redshifts, we can tell that the universe is EXPANDING! Knowing that the universe is expanding and how quickly its expanding also allows us to run the clock backwards 14 billion years to the way the universe began - with a
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Star Clusters: Crash Course Astronomy #35

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Last week we covered multiple star systems, but what if we added thousands or even millions of stars to the mix? A star cluster. There are different kinds of clusters, though. Open clusters contain hundreds or thousands of stars held together by gravity.
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Tea, Taxes, and The American Revolution: Crash Course World History #28

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In which John Green teaches you about the American Revolution and the American Revolutionary War, which it turns out were two different things. John goes over the issues and events that precipitated rebellion in Britain's American colonies, and he also ex
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Taxes&Smuggling - Prelude to Revolution: Crash Course US History #6

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In which John Green teaches you about the roots of the American Revolution. The Revolution did not start on July 4, 1776. The Revolutionary War didn't start on July 4 either. (as you remember, I'm sure, the Revolution and the Revolutionary War are not the
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Dark Energy, Cosmology Part 2: Crash Course Astronomy #43

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The majority of the universe is made up of a currently mysterious entity that pervades space: dark energy. We don’t know exactly what it is, but we do know that dark energy accelerates the expansion of space. We think this means the Universe will expand f
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Venice and the Ottoman Empire: Crash Course World History #19

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In which John Green discusses the strange and mutually beneficial relationship between a republic, the citystate of Venice, and an Empire, the Ottomans--and how studying history can help you to be a better boyfriend and/or girlfriend. Together, the Ottoma
The History of Electrical Engineering: Crash Course Engineering #4

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Next stop on our tour of engineerings major fields: electrical engineering. In this episode well explore the history of telecommunications, electric power and lighting, and computers. Well introduce topics like magnetism, electrical conduction, telegraphy
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Mesopotamia: Crash Course World History #3

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In which John presents Mesopotamia, and the early civilizations that arose around the Fertile Crescent. Topics covered include the birth of territorial kingdoms, empires, Neo-Assyrian torture tactics, sacred marriages, ancient labor practices, the world's
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Introduction to the Solar System: Crash Course Astronomy #9

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In today's Crash Course Astronomy, Phil takes a look at the explosive history of our cosmic backyard. We explore how we went from a giant ball of gas to the system of planets and other celestial objects we have today. This episode is sponsored by Squaresp
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Low Mass Stars: Crash Course Astronomy #29

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Today we are talking about the life -- and death -- of stars. Low mass stars live a long time, fusing all their hydrogen into helium over a trillion years. More massive stars like the Sun live shorter lives. They fuse hydrogen into helium, and eventually
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To The Moon & Mars - Aerospace Engineering: Crash Course Engineering #34

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This week were exploring aerospace engineering and its two main fields: aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering. Well explore life & buoyancy, propulsion systems, and the challenges of managing the human body in space.Crash Course Engineeri
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Before I Got My Eye Put Out - The Poetry of Emily Dickinson: Crash Course English Lit #8

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In which John Green concludes the Crash Course Literature mini-series with an examination of the poetry of Emily Dickinson. Sure, John explores the creepy biographical details of Dickinson's life, but he also gets into why her poems have remained relevant
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Evolution: It's a Thing - Crash Course Biology #20

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Hank gets real with us in a discussion of evolution - it's a thing, not a debate. Gene distribution changes over time, across successive generations, to give rise to diversity at every level of biological organization. Crash Course Biology is now availabl
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Aliens, Time Travel, And Dresden -Slaughterhouse-Five Part I: Crash Course Literature 212

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Evolutionary Development: Chicken Teeth - Crash Course Biology #17

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Hank introduces us to the relatively new field of evolutionary developmental biology, which compares the developmental processes of different organisms to determine their ancestral relationship, and to discover how those processes evolved. Also fruit flie
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Every Boat Crash EVER! | 15 Minute Compilation | SpongeBob

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SpongeBob's had his fair share of boat crashes with Mrs. Puff, all of which resulted in failed driving tests, but SpongeBob never let's that stop him! Even if that means he hits pedestrians or other boats all around Bikini Bottom... or even when makes Mrs
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Photosynthesis: Crash Course Biology #8

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Hank explains the extremely complex series of reactions whereby plants feed themselves on sunlight, carbon dioxide and water, and also create some by products we're pretty fond of as well. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dftba.com/pro
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Binary And Multiple Stars: Crash Course Astronomy #34

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Double stars are stars that appear to be near each other in the sky, but if they’re gravitationally bound together we call them binary stars. Many stars are actually part of binary or multiple systems. If they are close enough together they can actually t
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Speciation: Of Ligers&Men - Crash Course Biology #15

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Hank explains speciation - the evolutionary process by which new biological species arise - in terms of finches, ligers, mules, and dogs. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dft.ba/-8css Like CrashCourse on Facebook: http://www.facebook.c
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ATP&Respiration: Crash Course Biology #7

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In which Hank does some push ups for science and describes the "economy" of cellular respiration and the various processes whereby our bodies create energy in the form of ATP. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dftba.com/product/1av/Cras
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Buddha and Ashoka: Crash Course World History #6

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In which John relates a condensed history of India, post-Indus Valley Civilization. John explores Hinduism and the origins of Buddhism. He also gets into the reign of Ashoka, the Buddhist emperor who, in spite of Buddhism's structural disapproval of viole
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Animal Development: We're Just Tubes - Crash Course Biology #16

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Hank discusses the process by which organisms grow and develop, maintaining that, in the end, we're all just tubes. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dft.ba/-8css Like CrashCourse on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/youtubecrashcourse
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Cycles in the Sky: Crash Course Astronomy #3

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This week we build on our naked eye observations from last week and take a look at the cyclical phenomena that we can see at work in the universe. -- Table of Contents: Naked Eye Observations 0:28.4 Constellations 3:09.7 The Color of Stars 2:44.5 View of
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Gilded Age Politics:Crash Course US History #26

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Natural Selection - Crash Course Biology #14

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Hank guides us through the process of natural selection, the key mechanism of evolution. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dftba.com/product/1av/CrashCourse-Biology-The-Complete-Series-DVD-Set Like CrashCourse on Facebook: http://www.fa
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Of Pentameter&Bear Baiting - Romeo&Juliet Part I: Crash Course English Literature #2

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In which John Green examines Romeo&Juliet by William Shakespeare. John delves into the world of Bill Shakespeare's famous star-crossed lovers and examines what the play is about, its structure, and the context in which it was written. Have you ever wanted
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Atomic Hook-Ups - Types of Chemical Bonds: Crash Course Chemistry #22

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Atoms are a lot like us - we call their relationships "bonds," and there are many different types. Each kind of atomic relationship requires a different type of energy, but they all do best when they settle into the lowest stress situation possible. The n
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Eukaryopolis - The City of Animal Cells: Crash Course Biology #4

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Hank tells us about the city of Eukaryopolis - the animal cell that is responsible for all the cool things that happen in our bodies. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dftba.com/product/1av/CrashCourse-Biology-The-Complete-Series-DVD-Se
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Stoichiometry: Chemistry for Massive Creatures - Crash Course Chemistry #6

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Chemists need stoichiometry to make the scale of chemistry more understandable - Hank is here to explain why, and to teach us how to use it. Table of Contents Atomic Mass Units 2:24 Moles 5:12 Molar Mass 5:59 Equation Balancing 8:45 Molar Ratios 11:11 Cra
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USA vs USSR Fight! The Cold War: Crash Course World History #39

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In which John Green teaches you about the Cold War, which was occasionally hot, but on average, it was just cool. In the sense of its temperature. It was by no means cool, man. After World War II, there were basically two big geopolitical powers left to d
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Comets: Crash Course Astronomy #21

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Today on Crash Course Astronomy, Phil explains comets. Comets are chunks of ice and rock that orbit the Sun. When they get near the Sun the ice turns into gas, forming the long tail, and also releases dust that forms a different tail. We’ve visited comets
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Mitosis: Splitting Up is Complicated - Crash Course Biology #12

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Hank describes mitosis and cytokinesis - the series of processes our cells go through to divide into two identical copies. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dftba.com/product/1av/CrashCourse-Biology-The-Complete-Series-DVD-Set Like Cras
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Telescopes: Crash Course Astronomy #6

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Today Phil explains how telescopes work and offers up some astronomical shopping advice. -- How Telescopes Work 1:07 Refractors vs Reflectors 2:50 Technology and the Light Spectrum 7:45 -- PBS Digital Studios: http://youtube.com/pbsdigitalstudios Follow P
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Passing Gases: Effusion, Diffusion and the Velocity of a Gas - Crash Course Chemistry #16

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We have learned over the past few weeks that gases have real-life constraints on how they move here in the non-ideal world. As with most things in chemistry (and also in life) how a gas moves is more complex than it at first appears. In this episode, Hank
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In Da Club - Membranes&Transport: Crash Course Biology #5

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Hank describes how cells regulate their contents and communicate with one another via mechanisms within the cell membrane. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dftba.com/product/1av/CrashCourse-Biology-The-Complete-Series-DVD-Set Like Cras
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DNA Structure and Replication: Crash Course Biology #10

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Hank introduces us to that wondrous molecule deoxyribonucleic acid - also known as DNA - and explains how it replicates itself in our cells. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dftba.com/product/1av/CrashCourse-Biology-The-Complete-Series
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Nebulae: Crash Course Astronomy #36

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Astronomers study a lot of gorgeous things, but nebulae might be the most breathtakingly beautiful of them all. Nebulae are clouds of gas and dust in space. They can glow on their own or reflect light from nearby stars. When they glow it’s usually predomi
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Minecraft | TRAYAURUS' FART CRASH!! | Crazy Craft 3.0 #21

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Mercury: Crash Course Astronomy #13

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Mercury is the closest planet to the sun. It has no atmosphere and is, as such, covered in craters. It's also incredibly hot but, surprisingly, has water ice hiding beneath its surface. -- Table of Contents Closest Planet to the Sun 0:03 Rotation Locked t
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Eclipses: Crash Course Astronomy #5

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The big question in the comments last week was, "BUT WHAT ABOUT ECLIPSES?" Today, Phil breaks 'em down for you. This episode is sponsored by Squarespace: http://www.squarespace.com/crashcourse -- As promised, Phil's sun spotting recommendations: Astronome
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High Mass Stars: Crash Course Astronomy #31

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Massive stars fuse heavier elements in their cores than lower mass stars. This leads to the creation of heavier elements up to iron. Iron robs critical energy from the core, causing it to collapse. The shock wave, together with a huge swarm of neutrinos,
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Congo and Africa's World War: Crash Course World History 221

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In which John Green teaches you about the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which used to be Zaire, which used to be The Belgian Congo, which used to be the Congo Free State, which used to be the region surrounding the Congo River Basin in central Africa.
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Alexander the Great and the Situation ... the Great? Crash Course World History #8

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In which you are introduced to the life and accomplishments of Alexander the Great, his empire, his horse Bucephalus, the empires that came after him, and the idea of Greatness. Is greatness a question of accomplishment, of impact, or are people great bec
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Taxonomy: Life's Filing System - Crash Course Biology #19

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Hank tells us the background story and explains the importance of the science of classifying living things, also known as taxonomy. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dft.ba/-8css Like CrashCourse on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/You
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Stars: Crash Course Astronomy #26

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Today Phil’s explaining the stars and how they can be categorized using their spectra. Together with their distance, this provides a wealth of information about them including their luminosity, size, and temperature. The HR diagram plots stars’ luminosity
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Ghosts, Murder, and More Murder - Hamlet Part I: Crash Course Literature 203

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Galaxies, Part 1: Crash Course Astronomy #38

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The Milky Way is our neighborhood in the universe. It’s a galaxy and there are many others out there. Galaxies contain gas, dust, and billions of stars or more. They come in four main shapes: elliptical, spiral, peculiar, and irregular. Galaxies can colli
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Gamma-Ray Bursts: Crash Course Astronomy #40

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Gamma-ray bursts are not only incredible to study, but their discovery has an epic story all its own. Today Phil takes you through some Cold War history and then dives into what we know. Bursts come in two rough varieties: Long and short. Long ones are fr
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Galaxies, Part 2: Crash Course Astronomy #39

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Active galaxies pour out lots of energy, due to their central supermassive black holes gobbling down matter. Galaxies tend not to be loners, but instead exist in smaller groups and larger clusters. Our Milky Way is part of the Local Group, and will one da
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Venus: Crash Course Astronomy #14

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Venus is a gorgeous naked-eye planet, hanging like a diamond in the twilight -- but it’s beauty is best looked at from afar. Even though Mercury is closer to the sun, Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system, due to a runaway greenhouse effect, and
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Population Genetics: When Darwin Met Mendel - Crash Course Biology #18

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Hank talks about population genetics, which helps to explain the evolution of populations over time by combing the principles of Mendel and Darwin, and by means of the Hardy-Weinberg equation. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dft.ba/-8
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Community Ecology II: Predators - Crash Course Ecology #5

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Hank gets to the more violent part of community ecology by describing predation and the many ways prey organisms have developed to avoid it. Like SciShow: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Follow SciShow: http://www.twitter.com/scishow TABLE OF CONTENTS Her
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The Sun: Crash Course Astronomy #10

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Phil takes us for a closer (eye safe!) look at the two-octillion ton star that rules our solar system. We look at the sun's core, plasma, magnetic fields, sunspots, solar flares, coronal mass ejections, and what all of that means for our planet. This epis
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Distances: Crash Course Astronomy #25

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How do astronomers make sense out of the vastness of space? How do they study things so far away? Today Phil talks about distances, going back to early astronomy. Ancient Greeks were able to find the size of the Earth, and from that the distance to and th
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Thomas Jefferson&His Democracy: Crash Course US History #10

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In which John Green teaches you about founding father and third president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson is a somewhat controversial figure in American history, largely because he, like pretty much all humans, was a big bundle of contra
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Vascular Plants = Winning! - Crash Course Biology #37

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Hank introduces us to one of the most diverse and important families in the tree of life - the vascular plants. These plants have found tremendous success and the their secret is also their defining trait: conductive tissues that can take food and water f
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Brown Dwarfs: Crash Course Astronomy #28

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While Jupiter is nowhere near massive enough to initiate fusion in its core, there are even more massive objects out there that fall just short of that achievement as well called brown dwarfs. Brown dwarfs, have a mass that places them between giant plane
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The Earth: Crash Course Astronomy #11

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Phil starts the planet-by-planet tour of the solar system right here at home, Earth. -- Table of Contents Earth is a Planet 0:03 Layers of Earth 1:25 The Magnetic Field 5:10 Atmosphere and the Human Influence 6:14 -- PBS Digital Studios: http://youtube.co
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Did Water Crash Into Earth From Space?

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Did water crash into Earth from space by way of a massive comet, or was it around long before our planet's formation? Well, one new study suggests that it might have actually come from the most unlikely source of all: the Sun. Subscribe to Seeker! http://
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Exoplanets: Crash Course Astronomy #27

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Today Phil explains that YES, there are other planets out there and astonomers have a lot of methods for detecting them. Nearly 2000 have been found so far. The most successful method is using transits, where a planet physically passes in front of its par
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Meteors: Crash Course Astronomy #23

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Today Phil helps keep you from ticking off an astronomer in your life by making sure you know the difference between a meteor, meteorite, and meteoroid. When the Earth plows through the stream emitted by a comet we get a meteor shower. Meteors burn up abo
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Saturn: Crash Course Astronomy #18

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Saturn is the crown jewel of the solar system, beautiful and fascinating. It is a gas giant, and has a broad set of rings made of ice particles. Moons create gaps in the rings via their gravity. Saturn has dozens of moons, including Titan, which is as big
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Columbus, de Gama, and Zheng He! 15th Century Mariners. Crash Course: World History #21

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In which John Green teaches you about the beginning of the so-called Age of Discovery. You've probably heard of Christopher Columbus, who "discovered" America in 1492, but what about Vasco da Gama? How about Zheng He? Columbus gets a bad rap from many mod
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Asteroids: Crash Course Astronomy #20

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Now that we’ve finished our tour of the planets, we’re headed back to the asteroid belt. Asteroids are chunks of rock, metal, or both that were once part of smallish planets but were destroyed after collisions. Most orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter,
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Uranus & Neptune: Crash Course Astronomy #19

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Today we’re rounding out our planetary tour with ice giants Uranus and Neptune. Both have small rocky cores, thick mantles of ammonia, water, and methane, and atmospheres that make them look greenish and blue. Uranus has a truly weird rotation and relativ
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Jupiter: Crash Course Astronomy #16

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Jupiter is the biggest planet in our solar system. The gas giant is NOT a failed star, but a really successful planet! It has a dynamic atmosphere with belts and zones, as well as an enormous red spot that’s actually a persistent hurricane. Jupiter is sti
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Mars: Crash Course Astronomy #15

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The fourth planet from the sun and the outermost of the terrestrial planets, Mars has long been a popular spot for missions and imagination. Phil walks you through the planet's topography, core, and features. We'll take a look back to Mars's past and make
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DNA, Hot Pockets,&The Longest Word Ever: Crash Course Biology #11

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Hank imagines himself breaking into the Hot Pockets factory to steal their secret recipes and instruction manuals in order to help us understand how the processes known as DNA transcription and translation allow our cells to build proteins. Crash Course B
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World War II: Crash Course World History #38

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Crash Course World History is now available on DVD! Visit http://dft.ba/-CCWHDVD to buy a set for your home or classroom. In which John Green teaches you about World War II, aka The Great Patriotic War, aka The Big One. So how did this war happen? And wha
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The Oort Cloud: Crash Course Astronomy #22

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Now that we’re done with the planets, asteroid belt, and comets, we’re heading to the outskirts of the solar system. Out past Neptune are vast reservoirs of icy bodies that can become comets if they get poked into the inner solar system. The Kuiper Belt i
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Introduction to Astronomy: Crash Course Astronomy #1

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Welcome to the first episode of Crash Course Astronomy. Your host for this intergalactic adventure is the Bad Astronomer himself, Phil Plait. We begin with answering a question: "What is astronomy?" -- Table of Contents: What is Astronomy? 3:00 Who Studie
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Sugar Crash I The Amazing World Of Gumball I Cartoon Network

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The Laziest: Gumball and Darwin challenge Dad to a "lazy-off." CN GAMES: http://bit.ly/CNGames SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/109Y6wq WATCH MORE: http://bit.ly/CNGumball About The Amazing World of Gumball: Gumball, the amusing blue cat with a giant head, and hi
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Crash Pit Memories I Regular Show I Cartoon Network

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Muscle Man and High Five Ghost get struck by lightning and can't remember each other. CN GAMES: http://bit.ly/CNGames SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/109Y6wq WATCH MORE: http://bit.ly/CNRegularShow About Regular Show: Best friends, Mordecai (a six-foot-tall blue
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Jupiter's Moons: Crash Course Astronomy #17

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Before moving on from Jupiter to Saturn, we’re going to linger for a moment on Jupiter’s moons. There are 67 known moons, and 4 huge ones that we want to explore in greater detail. Ganymede is the largest - larger, in fact, than any other moon in the sola
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Energy&Chemistry: Crash Course Chemistry #17

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Grumpy Professor Hank admits to being wrong about how everything is chemicals. But he now wants you to listen as he blows your mind with a new sweeping statement: everything (yes, really everything this time) is energy. What?! This week, Hank takes us on
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World War II, A War for Resources: Crash Course World History #220

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In which John Green teaches you about World War II, and some of the causes behind the war. In a lot of ways, WWII was about resources, and especially about food. The expansionist aggression of both Germany and Japan were in a lot of ways about resources.
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White Dwarfs & Planetary Nebulae: Crash Course Astronomy #30

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Today Phil follows up last week’s look at the death of low mass stars with what comes next: a white dwarf. White dwarfs are incredibly hot and dense objects roughly the size of Earth. They also can form planetary nebulae: huge, intricately detailed object
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Archdukes, Cynicism, and World War I: Crash Course World History #36

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In which John Green teaches you about the war that was supposed to end all wars. Instead, it solved nothing and set the stage for the world to be back at war just a couple of decades later. As an added bonus, World War I changed the way people look at the
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Hot Wheels Criss Cross Crash Track Motorized Toys Cars For Kids Disney Cars Toys Ryan ToysReview

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Join Ryan ToysReview as we unbox and played with this Giant Hot Wheels Criss Cross Crash Motorized Toys Cars for Kids! We even tried Disney Cars Toys Lightning McQueen and Tow Mater on this car play set! With the Criss Cross Crash Track Set, kids can laun
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Blaze The Monster Machine Flaming Volcano Jump Playset Slam And Crash Zeg Toy Cars For Kids

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Blaze the Monster Machine toy trucks from the hit Nickelodeon show for children with Ryan ToysReview! We opened Flaming Volcano Jump Playset that comes with Blaze toy car and Slam and Crash Zeg! Great Kids Video for children who loves playing with car pla
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This Titanic Movie Stars A Real Life Passenger

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Long before the wildly popular Titanic movie with Kate and Leo, another film about the ill-fated ship was shot in 1912 only ONE month after the actual crash. Even crazier, the film starred a real life passenger who survived the tragic night.
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Where US Politics Came From: Crash Course US History #9

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In which John Green teaches you where American politicians come from. In the beginning, soon after the US constitution was adopted, politics were pretty non-existent. George Washington was elected president with no opposition, everything was new and excit
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Slavery - Crash Course US History #13

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In which John Green teaches you about America's "peculiar institution," slavery. I wouldn't really call it peculiar. I'd lean more toward horrifying and depressing institution, but nobody asked me. John will talk about what life was like for a slave in th
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Why do bats crash into smooth surfaces? They never ‘see’ them

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Bats’ echolocation system recognizes vertical smooth surfaces as open flyways. Read more - http://scim.ag/2xRRb1s Read the paper: http://scim.ag/2xdUoLt

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