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Why Are These Urban Lizards Evolving in Overdrive?

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Learn more about Human Footprint: https://www.pbs.org/show/human-footprintPuerto Rican Crested Anoles are a prime example of adaptation in action. In just a few decades, these city-dwelling lizards have undergone remarkable evolutionary changes to thrive
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How Animals Are Rapidly Evolving Because of Climate Change | WIRED

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Squids are shrinking, birds are migrating and lizards are getting blown away by hurricanes. The signs are everywhere; animals are changing because of climate change. We asked biologist Thor Hanson to walk us through three animal adaptation experiments.Rea
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Has Human Technology Kept Us from Evolving? | Earth Lab

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Best of Earth Lab: http://bit.ly/EarthLabOriginals Best of BBC Earth: http://bit.ly/TheBestOfBBCEarthVideos The Doctors Are In The House: http://bit.ly/TheDoctorsAreInTheHouse Horizon: Are We Still Evolving? Dr Alice Roberts asks one of the great question
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How lizards balance keeping their tails on and peeling them off

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To get out of sticky situations, some lizards detach their tails from their bodies and scurry away. Scientists have long wondered how the bones and muscles in these tailswhich help with balance and movementcan sever with ease when needed, but stay firmly
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Rock Paper LIZARDS - Numberphile

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Hannah Fry on parallels between the game "rock paper scissors" and lizards in nature. PART ONE: http://youtu.be/rudzYPHuewc EXTRA FOOTAGE: http://youtu.be/ygHwBxWyI6E Lizards by Pete McPartlan NUMBERPHILE Website: http://www.numberphile.com/ Numberphile o
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Read My Beard--Lizards Change Neck Color to Chat

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The central bearded dragon can rapidly shift its body color to soak up extra sun or cool off, while using its neck color to communicate with other lizards.
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Preserving Prehistoric Lizards With the Iguana King

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We’ve all met a crazy cat lady or maybe a neighbor with an insane collection of pet turtles. Now, let us introduce you to Ramón Medina Archundia: the iguana guy. Archundia loves iguanas so much that he fosters hundreds of them in his front yard in Manzani
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7 Scientific Urban Legends Debunked!

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I HAVE A PATREON NOW!! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmartSUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub More info and sources below It sounds like such an incredible fact. Our own cells are outnumbered by our microbes
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Are Humans Still Evolving?

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Follow me to @PBS Origins ! https://www.youtube.com/c/pbsorigins Were on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below Were living longer. Dying less. Human life expectancy has doubled in just a couple ce
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Detroits Urban Beekeepers are Transforming the Citys Vacant Lots | Short Film Showcase

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These urban beekeepers are rebuilding Detroit one hive at a time. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe Get More Short Film Showcase: http://bit.ly/ShortFilmShowcase#NationalGeographic #Beekeeping #ShortFilmShowcaseAbout Short Film Showcase:The Short F
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These Lizards Have Been Playing Rock-Paper-Scissors for 15 Million Years | Deep Look

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Male side-blotched lizards have more than one way to get the girl. Orange males are bullies. Yellows are sneaks. Blues team up with a buddy to protect their territories. Who wins? It depends - on a genetic game of roshambo. SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://
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A Jungle Outside Your Front Door!! | Maddies Urban Jungles

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You might not believe it, but even in the largest cities around the world, amazing wildlife experiences are taking place. Sometimes, you just need to know where to look! Maddie Moate and her team of young local experts discover all kinds of Spring awakeni
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Why Do Things Keep Evolving Into Crabs?

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Help out Eons and take the PBS Digital Studios annual survey: http://to.pbs.org/2020surveyFor some reason, animals keep evolving into things that look like crabs, independently, over and over again.What is it about the crabs form that makes it so evolutio
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Behold (and Beware) the Largest Lizards on Earth

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Wed like to introduce you to Elsie. She is a Komodo dragon, and while she appears pretty chill, Komodo dragons are, in fact, fierce predators. They take down big animals like deer and water buffalo and poison prey with their toxic bite. And, boy, can they
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When Lizards Took Over the World

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Check out Overview! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnOajuolHWI Lizards are incredibly widespread and diverse but it took them a long time to get to where they are now. Because they used to face some pretty stiff competition from a group of lizard look-al
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Urban planners aim to eliminate slums—with a mathematical approach

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Researchers are testing a tool based on a "topological view" of cities and slums to improve the design of growing urban areas Read the story: https://scim.ag/2Nv8Gw1 Read the paper (free): http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/8/eaar4644 CREDITS ------
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This Could Be the End of Urban Astronomy (360 Video)

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City lights are blinding our view of space, and its forcing urban astronomers to rethink the way they make observations. To make matters worse, a change in the type of lights being used could be the end of some observatories. Plunging Down an Ice Track at
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Urban Geography: Why We Live Where We Do

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Sign up for a free month's trial at the Great Courses Plus: http://ow.ly/6u4h304922j Support Wendover Productions on Patreon: http://Patreon.com/WendoverProductions Rich Americans live in the Suburbs; Rich Europeans live downtown. Why do cities on the two
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EVOLVING ALREADY?!? | Minecraft Pixelmon Trinity #2

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Where do ibis actually live? | The Secret Lives Of Our Urban Birds

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Where do bin chickens go when they leave the bin? It turns out, pretty far away! Subscribe to ABC Science YouTube https://ab.co/2YFO4Go This excerpt is from the Australian documentary series, Catalyst. Australians can stream the program now on ABC iview h
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This Evolving AI Finds Bugs in Games | Two Minute Papers #250

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Frill Necked Lizards are straight out of Jurassic Park

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If there’s anything on the planet that looks like it’s straight out of Jurassic park, it’s the frilled neck lizard. Check out Skillshare and get your first 2 months free: http://skl.sh/animalogic Subscribe for new episodes every other Friday: http://bit.l
What does a herpetologist do with a lizard once she's caught it???

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In this video I show you all how I lasso lizards, what I do with the lizards once I've caught them, and I even managed to throw in a bit of social commentary. Make sure to subscribe for more lizard related content (Subscribe button is actually in the bott
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Can Science Tell Us How Humans Will Evolve? | Earth Lab

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Every species is constantly evolving, but can science tell us what human evolution will look like? Best of Earth Lab: http://bit.ly/EarthLabOriginals Best of BBC Earth: http://bit.ly/TheBestOfBBCEarthVideos The Doctors Are In The House: http://bit.ly/TheD
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What Can Chickens Tell Us About Human Diseases? | Earth Lab

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A virus has evolved to kill vaccinated chickens. Best of Earth Lab: http://bit.ly/EarthLabOriginals Best of BBC Earth: http://bit.ly/TheBestOfBBCEarthVideos The Doctors Are In The House: http://bit.ly/TheDoctorsAreInTheHouse Horizon: Are We Still Evolving
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How Has Disease Helped Humans Evolve? | Earth Lab

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Diseases have been one of the biggest drivers of evolution by favouring genetic mutations. Best of Earth Lab: http://bit.ly/EarthLabOriginals Best of BBC Earth: http://bit.ly/TheBestOfBBCEarthVideos The Doctors Are In The House: http://bit.ly/TheDoctorsAr
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Are Cosmetically Engineered Babies Changing The Course Of Evolution? | Earth Lab

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It's now possible to modify the genes in embryos to alter the genes for their cosmetic trait Best of Earth Lab: http://bit.ly/EarthLabOriginals Best of BBC Earth: http://bit.ly/TheBestOfBBCEarthVideos The Doctors Are In The House: http://bit.ly/TheDoctors
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Will Humans Survive the Next Great Epidemic? | Earth Lab

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With technology having helped us defeating diseases, will this make future generations more vulnerable to them due to lack of natural selection? Best of Earth Lab: http://bit.ly/EarthLabOriginals Best of BBC Earth: http://bit.ly/TheBestOfBBCEarthVideos Th
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How We Decompress From Stress

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From bubble baths to urban beekeeping, here's how people manage the tricky task of stress reduction.
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Today we look at F2, F5 and Ctrl + F4

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F2 Allows you to rename a selected file or folder, F5: Opens a document in programs that support this command among many other functions that we will discuss and Ctrl+F4 Closes current Window, are we Evolving with Elvis???
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TIL: How Chameleons Change Color

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New research suggests that the way chameleons change color is very different from what scientists had assumed. In this week’s "Today I Learned" filmmaker and National Geographic Grantee Jason Jaacks explains that the color change is controlled by nanocrys
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One in three Chinese children faces an education apocalypse

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Project REAP hopes to overcome an yawning gap in childhood development between rural and urban China. Learn more: http://scim.ag/2wCzgig
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Pollution Is Changing The Sex Of These Animals!

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What if our gender was determined by external temperature at a certain point in fetal development? For these animals, this is the reality! How Does Asexual Reproduction Work? - http://bit.ly/28NW9Cr Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1
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10.000 liters of water a day from the fog in Lima, Peru

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Capturing water from the fog in Lima, Peru. Peru is our first country of operation and Lima serves as our proof of concept. The climate in Lima is very good for this solution and problems with water are huge. In Lima, one out of every five families doesn'
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What Popular Foods Originally Tasted Like

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Today, Weird History Food is having a look at some of your most favorite dishes! ..But, when first created, how did they ACTUALLY taste? Our palettes have experienced ever evolving flavors through the centuries, and these foods are no exception. So grab y
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The Generation That's Remaking China - Yang Lan

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Yang Lan, a journalist and entrepreneur who's been called "the Oprah of China," offers insight into the next generation of young Chinese citizens -- urban, connected (via microblogs) and alert to injustice. Talk by Yang Lan.
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Slow motion tongues offer a snapshot of evolution

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Read the article: https://www.science.org/content/article/how-tongue-shaped-life-on-earthAn early interest in feeding ecology led evolutionary biologist Kurt Scwhenk to study the tongues of lizards. Like Darwins finches, the various forms and functions of
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You Think You Know Dinosaurs - Think Again!

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Large lizards stomping around the planet - that's all to dinosaurs right? WRONG! Some dinosaurs had brightly colored feathers. Some dinosaurs were attentive parents. Some dinosaurs gave birth to live young rather than hatching them in eggs. Want to see? I
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How America's Public Parks Were Born

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Manhattan is home to one of America's best urban ideas: public parks. Learn how Central Park, the first of its kind, was given a completely visionary design that's since influenced cities around the country. From: AERIAL AMERICA: Man-Made Marvels http://b
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Play With Every Toy From Your Childhood at This Museum

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Ready your senses for nostalgia overdrive: the Strong Museum in Rochester, New York, has every toy from your childhood and then some. Known as the “Museum of Play,” inside, you’ll find a colorful collection of more than 500,000 objects that represent the
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Egypt Built a Supertall Skyscraper in the Desert

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Africa has its first supertall skyscraper.For more by The B1M subscribe now - https://bit.ly/the-b1m Full story here - https://theb1m.com/video/egypt-iconic-tower-new-administrative-capital Additional footage and imagery courtesy of Neom, City of Telosa,
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HOW TO MAKE SQUARE GEARS FROM FOAM?

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Download a square gear: https://goo.gl/F0db5J Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/c/MisterHacker Google: https://goo.gl/wK7DH9 How to make a foam cutter. How to make square foam gears. Music: 1 - Lounge Lizards 5 - Jack Elphick 2 - Some Kind Of Magic 2 - Ni
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Cities Are Forcing Animals To Evolve Faster Than Normal

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Scientists found that evolution takes at least a million years, but that's without human intervention. Are we making animals evolve faster? Is It Possible For Evolution To Reverse? - https://youtu.be/aEdzMM8WxiE Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - ht
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How Ants Make Our Cities Healthier

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In pavement cracks, roadside medians, and parking lots, there are incredible miniature civilizations booming within our concrete jungles: ants! We dont often think of urban areas as having ecologies but Amy Savage, Ph.D. studies the amazing diversity of a
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Crayfish Turf Wars in Canal Beds | London's Wild Side | BBC Earth

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London is home to many unusual animals, from scorpions to fighting crayfish. Watch as we get up close with rival species, over anything from territory to midnight snacks!Subscribe: http://bit.ly/BBCEarthSub Watch more: Planet Earth http://bit.ly/PlanetEar
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Time-Folded Optics

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With the rapid development of faster frame rates and more light-sensitive camera sensors, why aren't camera lenses quickly evolving as well? Researchers at the MIT Media Lab's Camera Culture group are addressing that question with a new way to utilize tim
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How will the next generation of cities address the challenges of climate change? [Ad Content]

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[Advertiser Content From Seventh Generation]The emergence of cars in the early 20th century transformed modern U.S. cities, leading to a substantial increase in global greenhouse gas emissions. Car-centric infrastructure, characterized by wide roads and h
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How To Build A Better City

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Evolution in a Big City

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Using newts, coyotes and mice, Jason Munshi-South shows how animals develop genetic differences in evolution, even within an urban city. "Evolution in a Big City" was animated by the TED-Ed Animation Team (Jeremiah Dickey, Biljana Labovic, Celeste Lai, Ka
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Watch the moon landing disaster speech that never happened...happen, thanks to a deepfake

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What can former U.S. president Richard Nixon possibly teach us about artificial intelligence today and the future of misinformation online? Nothing. The real Nixon died 26 years ago. But an AI-generated likeness of him shines new light on a quickly evolvi
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How Different Animals See the World!

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In this video, we'll show you how animals see the world. Animals such as Dogs, Cats, Sharks, Snakes, Horses, Lizards, Fish, etc. These animal visions are based on Scientific Studies.How animals see the world is much different than you might think. For exa
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Christmas Lectures 2019: How Can We All Win? - Hannah Fry

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In the third and final lecture of the 2019 Christmas Lectures, Hannah Fry looks at why maths can fail and asks what the limits of maths are. Watch more Christmas Lectures: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&u
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Christmas Lectures 2019: How to Bend the Rules - Hannah Fry

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In the second lecture of the 2019 Christmas Lectures, Hannah Fry shows how data-gobbling algorithms have taken over our lives and now control almost everything we do without us even realising. Watch more Christmas Lectures: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-l
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Food Grown Without Soil. Lufa Farms

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Using city rooftops to grow healthy sustainable food. Learn how Lufa Farms is using technology and automation to grow fresh food daily with no soil, no pesticides, less water and zero waste. Support our educational documentaries by contributing on Patreon
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Christmas Lectures 2019: How to Get Lucky - Hannah Fry

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In the first lecture of the 2019 Christmas Lectures, Hannah Fry explores how mathematical thinking and probability can allow us to understand and predict complex systems - even helping us to make our own luck.Watch more Christmas Lectures: http://www.rigb
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Urbanization And The Evolution Of Cities Across 10,000 Years - Vance Kite

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/urbanization-and-the-future-of-cities-vance-kite About 10,000 years ago, hunter-gatherers, aided by rudimentary agriculture, moved to semi-permanent villages and never looked back. With further developments came
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Picture Perfect: George Eastman House

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Located on historic East Avenue in Rochester, New York, this special showcases the 12.5-acre museum site that was the urban estate of George Eastman, founder of Eastman Kodak Company. The Museum focuses on the 150-year history of the art, technology, and
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Things You Wanna Know | 20 Minutes | Nat Geo Kids Compilation | @natgeokids

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Are you in search for cool fun facts about our animals, dinosaurs, world, space, bugs, and much more? Then look no further! Here's a fun and exciting new series about some of the best topics ever! Learn basic facts, discover things you didn't know and fin
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Baumgartner Fine Art Restoration

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ReMade in Chicago, Baumgartner Restoration is a second-generation art conservation studio in Chicago. Follow Julian as he completely restores a damaged painting. Baumgartner Restoration Instagram - https://goo.gl/mE96gT Baumgartner Restoration Website - h
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Bringing a fossil to life: Reverse engineering locomotion

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You can tell a lot about an animal from the way it moves, which is why scientists have been recreating the movements of an extinct crocodile-like creature called Orobates pabsti. Orobates lived well before the time of the dinosaurs and is what’s cal
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Is Spontaneous Combustion Real? | COLOSSAL MYSTERIES

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Could this frightening phenomena actually be real, or is it nothing more than a long-burning urban legend??Images used under license from Shutterstock.comWelcome to COLOSSAL MYSTERIES, the show that explores life's most puzzling mysteries! Credits Narrate
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Why You Shouldn't Pee On A Jellyfish Sting

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Most of the information on how to treat jellyfish stings, including some urban myths, might actually cause you more pain than relief. Rather than peeing on the wound, try pouring vinegar over it instead. Science Insider tells you all you need to know abou
AUSTRALIA'S KOOKABURRAS. Largest Kingfishers in the world.

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Australia is home to 2 of the worlds 5 Kookaburras. The Laughing Kookaburra is a well know and reasonably common species that is famous for its raucous calls, which could be considered to be similar to human laughter.They have adapted well to human enviro
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Subvisual Subway: The Art Of New York City's Bacterial World

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Typographer and illustrator Craig Ward heard an urban legend that "using the handrails on the subway is like shaking hands with 100 people." He decided to test that theory by sampling the bacteria on subway lines around New York City and photographing his
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Why Do Some Species Thrive In Cities?

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Urban development can be tough on wildlife. But some plants and animals are adapting to our cities in surprising ways. Thanks to squarespace.com for supporting this video. Go build a website! http://www.squarespace.com/minuteearth (use your 10% discount c
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How China Creates Cancer Refugees | NYT News

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A rural resident in China is 30 percent more likely to die after a cancer diagnosis than an urban resident. Three rural families trying to beat these odds — “cancer refugees” — share their stories of battling the disease far from home and the financial ru
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Winning At Rock Paper Scissors - Numberphile

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Squarespace: http://www.squarespace.com/numberphile This video features Hannah Fry - https://twitter.com/fryrsquared More on this topic (and lizards): http://youtu.be/Z8lv2vy5vco And even more on this topic: http://youtu.be/ygHwBxWyI6E The paper: http://b
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The Biggest Bird!

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There are all sorts of flying birds, but some of the world's biggest are ones that stick to the ground, like the awesome ostrich! ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishowkids ---
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Ancient Mammals Made Dinos Look Like Puppies

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Yes, the Age of the Dinosaurs was a time of giant hungry lizards like T-Rex...but everything else was mega sized and just as scary! These massive mammals easily stood up against the dinos! Like the humungous whale Livyatan with teeth the size of your hand
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The Alligators taking over America's golf courses - BBC

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SUBSCRIBE to the OFFICIAL BBC YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2IXqEIn LAUNCH BBC iPlayer to access Live TV and Box Sets: https://bbc.in/2J18jYJ On the east coast of America, alligators and humans have learned to co-exist together, most dramatically in som
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Eight Minutes Of Insane Shred - The Chapman Ghost Fret

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Greetings and thank you for watching this video. Below are some links to products that I use: Thomann My guitar https://redir.love/61EwP3na My amp https://redir.love/Am2rUYK6 My practice amp https://redir.love/hGiV1UpQ Strings I use https://redir.love/vFG
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A Visual Guide to the New Coronavirus Variants

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The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus seems to be suddenly acquiring mutations at a rapid rate. The most worrying variants, first discovered in South Africa and Brazil, increase the viruss contagiousness and may even help it evade the human immune system. These char
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Superblocks: How Barcelona is taking city streets back from cars

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Modern cities are designed for cars. But the city of Barcelona is testing out an urban design trick that can give cities back to pedestrians. Read more: http://www.vox.com/2016/8/4/12342806/barcelona-superblocks Thumbnail image from http://shutterstock.co
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What happens if you cut down all of a city's trees? - Stefan Al

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Explore what makes trees a vital part of cities, and how urban spaces throughout history have embraced the importance of trees.--By 2050, its estimated that over 65% of the world will be living in cities. We may think of nature as being unconnected to our
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Time-Traveler in New York City? | COLOSSAL MYSTERIES

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Time travel has tickled mankinds imagination for as long as we can remember. But according to an old urban legend, there may have been a time traveller found on the streets of New York City back in the early 1950s. Could it possibly be true? Or is there s
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Psychological Disorders: Crash Course Psychology #28

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Hear what a city sounds like on the piano

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Concept and design by Akko Goldenbeld "The tall buildings in the city centre have a heavy touch; the low-rise villas to the South create considerably gentler sounds. Akko Goldenbeld has a very personal way of looking at, or rather listening to the city. H
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Don’t Mess with the Texas Horned Lizard

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This vicious-looking guy is a Texas horned lizard. They’re defensive critters, with the horns to prove it. Frequently preyed upon by other animals, their distinct coloration and ability to inflate or flatten their bodies allow these lizards to hide in pla
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400 Fish Released into the Revitalized Bronx River

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The release of 400 alewife herring marks a significant milestone in a broader river cleanup effort. Subscribe to our channel: https://youtube.com/SciAmerican Transcript: Wriggling through this transfer tube are 400 alewife herring. The Bronx River was onc
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Soda Bottle Rope Strength Test

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Today we're testing out what type of rope is the strongest, including the rope made from a soda bottle! Subscribe & “Ring the Bell”: https://goo.gl/618xWm Get TKOR Merch: https://goo.gl/i5ehRg See What Else We’re Up To: Instagram: https://goo.gl/C0Q1YU Fa
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This Beautiful Blue Lizard is Facing Extinction

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Found only in Grand Cayman, the westernmost part of the Cayman Islands, the Grand Cayman blue iguana is a striking creature. Its bright blue skin becomes brighter during breeding season, and its dark red eyes allow the lizards to see moving shapes at long
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Living in a Shoebox Apartment? This Hi-Tech Furniture Could Help | WIRED

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Apartments are getting smaller and smaller. To combat this ever shrinking urban dilemma, a company called ORI is building modular, movable and totally automatic furniture for people who live in cramped quarters. Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED on YouTub
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The Wild Animals of Singapore | Wild Cities | BBC Earth

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Hannah Stitfall explores the Botanic Gardens of Singapore, where animals like monitor lizards, otters and rare birds have found a new home. Subscribe to BBC Earth for more amazing animal videos - http://bit.ly/BBCEarthSub Watch more videos from BBC Earth:
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Evolution FAILS in the Human Body

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SUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Were on PATREON now! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below If you were taking an engineering class in school and you turned in the human body for
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What Gall! The Crazy Cribs of Parasitic Wasps | Deep Look

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Plenty of animals build their homes in oak trees. But some very teeny, tricky wasps make the tree do all the work. And each miniature mansion the trees build for the wasps' larvae is weirder and more flamboyant than the next. SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http:
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SB100: Check Out A Reimagined NFL Stadium For The Future

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In the future, NFL teams won't play in sterile concrete bowls. Instead, they will play in multi-use spaces near the urban core, redefining our idea of what a stadium is. Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? ►► http://wrd.cm/15fP7B7 CONNECT WITH W
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Forget self-driving cars, Uber has a new one for you... flying cars. The company calls it Uber Elevate and within a decade it’ll be a global network of on demand urban electric aircraft that take off and land vertically. Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED
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Why use many streetlights when one will do?

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The moonlight towers of Austin, Texas, are the last urban municipal lighting towers in the world: because before every street was wired to the grid, how else would you light up a city? Austin Energy: https://austinenergy.com/ Moonlight Towers https://www.
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Recycling Magnets for Good - A Cleaner Future

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Presented by Coors-Light // Only less that 1% of rare earth magnets, which are used in everyday tools, are recycled. The Urban Mining Company creates magnets from rare earth metals that were thrown away, cleaning our future every step of the way. Subscrib
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Finding the Best Street Food in Queens, New York

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If you’re going to take a bite out of the Big Apple, you’d better start in Queens. With over 150 countries represented and 138 languages spoken, the borough is the most ethnically diverse urban area in the entire world—and arguably the most delicious. Fro
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US is Launching their Most Advanced Fully Robotic Army

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The U.S. military is actively integrating advanced robotic technologies into its armed forces. These powerful autonomous robots are designed for deployment in various scenarios, including urban environments, mountainous regions, and underground caves. Equ
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The incredible secret life of London's bees - BBC

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SUBSCRIBE to the OFFICIAL BBC YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2IXqEIn LAUNCH BBC iPlayer to access Live TV and Box Sets: https://bbc.in/2J18jYJ With enormous open spaces available, London's bee population is thriving, discovering innovative and new ways t
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Inside The Chinese Food Mecca Of Los Angeles [Chinese Food: An All-American Cuisine, Pt. 3] | AJ+

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Los Angeles' San Gabriel Valley is the Chinese food mecca of the U.S., representing dishes from most regions of China. In this video, we'll learn how the newest wave of mainland Chinese immigrants are impacting the food scene. Watch Part 1: How Chop Suey
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Feel The Beat: Dancing While Deaf

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Antoine Hunter just wants to be heard and understood. Born completely without hearing in his left ear and hard of hearing in his right, Hunter, who's now completely deaf, gravitated towards dance to express himself. Now, as director of the Urban Jazz Danc
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Does Cleaning Improve Your Mood?

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Clean spaces have been shown to promote a more relaxed mind, but why is this? Apple vs. FBI Explained! ►►►►http://bit.ly/1MeHaAl Sign Up For The TestTube Newsletter Here ►►►► http://bit.ly/1myXbFG Read More: A Difference-in-Differences Analysis of Health,
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WHY do we PROCRASTINATE?! (explained with LEGO)| Science of Study BONUS VIDEO

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In this video I look at the reasons WHY we PROCRASTINATE even when we know we shouldn't! and use two of my favourite LEGO characters to explain...as you do. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1kPjJZL This Lego scene was originally part of my previous video on procr
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PREVIEW: Great Museums: Elevated Thinking: The High Line in New York City

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Since 1998, GREAT MUSEUMS' call to action has been: "Find the museum in your own backyard." A perfect example is New York City's High Line. Recycled from a defunct elevated railroad, today's High Line is a fantastic world of woodlands, thickets, prairies
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Why Jakarta is sinking

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The 400-year curse dragging Indonesia's capital into the sea.Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjOLike many coastal cities around the world, Jakarta is dealing with sea level rise. But Indonesia's biggest city also has a unique problem: Because o
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This Map Shows Where American Accents Come From

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When you're traveling to another part of the US than you're originally from, it might be surprising to hear how different the locals sound. For instance, a New Yorker will likely speak the same English language in a completely different accent from a nati
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Why Sewers Around the World Keep Overflowing

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Find out more about our sewers from the In Deep podcast at https://www.indeep.org.The old combined sewer systems of many major cities are no match for modern storms and impermeable surfaces.Thanks also to our Patreon patrons https://www.patreon.com/Minute
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How MIT Builds Cities Using Lego and Augmented Reality | Science of Teams | WIRED

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The MIT Media Lab is using innovation to boil efficient teamwork down to a science. With an enhanced ability to communicate across teams, MIT is creating a workplace that shares ideas in unprecedented ways. The Changing Places group at MIT tackles large c
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How They Did It - Fast Food in Ancient Rome DOCUMENTARY

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We explore the world of Fast Food in ancient Roman! Support the channel and download Rise of Kingdoms for free: https://patron.me/InvictaROK and use the bonus code ROKVIKINGS for in-game rewards. You can also join the promotional event here: https://bit.l
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Is This Chocolate Bar Worth $450?

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We tried a 1.76-ounce $450 chocolate bar from Toak Chocolate, a company that produces luxury dark chocolate from rare Ecuadorian cacao trees. There are only 175 bars of this exclusive chocolate in the world and theyre made using just two ingredients, caca
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Optical Fiber Cables - Christmas Lectures with David Pye

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In 1985, fiber optic cables were just starting to get widely adopted. David Pye shows the principles behind them and how old telephone cables were swapped out for new ones. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full lec
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Lens of Time: A Record-Breaking Tongue Lashing | bioGraphic

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The smallest chameleons on Earth perform one of the most explosive movements in the animal kingdom. _____ Originally published on bioGraphic: bit.ly/2FU5LcH _____ It’s no secret that chameleons possess remarkable tongues. Aristotle first described t
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From to Mariachi to Ska Punk, This Is Latin Music Today

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Our celebration of Latin sounds begins with a record collector who has amassed one of the largest libraries of Latin music in the world in her house in Spain. In East Brooklyn, New York, we meet a bodega owner-turned-DJ who runs a Latin radio station in h
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The surprising reasons animals play dead - Tierney Thys

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Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-surprising-reasons-animals-play-dead-tierney-thys From lemurs to lizards, ants to amphibians, sharks to chickens, hundreds of animals "play dead" as
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Star Trek Beyond - Trailer (2016) - Paramount Pictures

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From director Justin Lin comes STAR TREK BEYOND starring Idris Elba, Chris Pine, Simon Pegg, Zach Quinto, Zoe Saldana, John Cho, Anton Yelchin and Karl Urban. In theaters July 22nd. Paramount Pictures Corporation (PPC), a global producer and distributor o
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Earliest born human from 1700's ever seen on film?

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Perhaps the earliest born human in history we will ever see on film. This lady was born in the 1700s (film is from 1905, she is already over 100 in it)."Grandmother Despina". This scene is a part of the very first film shot produced by the Manaki Brothers
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Pedaling Through Pollution

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Learn more and find out how you can take part at wnyc.org/streets. Find out about this National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Study here : Avoiding belligerent bus drivers or unwitting tourists popping out of taxis are just a few of the more
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Which Country Has The Best Technology?

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Technology is advancing at a crazy rate. But which country is leading the way? Watch more: What If We Made A New Continent? ►► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebwLqL4rlI0&list=PL8L0MzSk_V6JtEDRfRMyb6rFd1acqYSlO&index=23 Subscribe: https://bit.ly/SubLifeNo
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Step into the Sewage Cathedral

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Think sewage treatment facilities aren’t glamorous? English engineers from the 19th century would disagree. The Crossness Pumping Station in East London was one of the first of its kind, and it drew visitors from around the world. Instead of bland walls,
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The TRUTH About Slender Man | COLOSSAL MYSTERIES

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Slender Man is the greatest urban legend to spawn from the internets depths. His stories have inspired fear in thousands of people across the planet, and have led many to question, could he be real? Could there be any truth to the myths of the mysterious
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Gerrymandering: Crash Course Government And Politics #37

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Today Craig is going to talk about a topic that makes voters and politicians alike ANGRY! We're going to talk about Gerrymandering - that is the process in which voting districts are redrawn in a way to favor one party during elections. As you'll see, thi
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10 Most Beautiful Snakes In The World

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Swimming From Alcatraz to San Francisco 48 Times

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The waters between San Francisco and Alcatraz, a former prison, are rife with urban legend. Some say the water is too dangerous for swimming, but Mitali Khanzodé, 16, and her sister Anaya, 12, see the water as a place to make and break open water swimming
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The Great Snake Debate

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90 million years ago, an ancient snake known as Najash had...legs. It is by no means the only snake to have limbs either. But what’s even stranger: we’re not at all sure where it came from. Produced in collaboration with PBS Digital Studios: http://youtub
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Starchy's Advice | Adventure Time | Cartoon Network

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Finn and Jake come face-to-face with a creepy urban legend. CN GAMES: http://bit.ly/CNGames SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/109Y6wq WATCH MORE: http://bit.ly/CNAdventureTime About Adventure Time: Unlikely heroes Finn (a silly kid with an awesome hat) & Jake (a b
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You Know I'm All About that Bayes: Crash Course Statistics #24

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Today were going to talk about Bayes Theorem and Bayesian hypothesis testing. Bayesian methods like these are different from how we've been approaching statistics so far, because they allow us to update our beliefs as we gather new information - which is
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How To Draw A Christmas Raccoon

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Hey there, art friends! In today's video, Teryn and I are super excited to show you how to draw a festive Christmas Raccoon. This lesson is a bit more advanced, but don't worry, we'll guide you through each step. We started with a pencil to sketch the mai
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Octopuses are Absolutely Bizarre! | Natural World: The Octopus In My House | BBC Earth

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You might already know that octopuses are extremely smart invertebrates, but did you know about their lethal intelligence, venomous beak and masterful camouflage?Watch more Natural World: The Octopus in My House - http://bit.ly/OctopusInMyHouseSubscribe:
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Blank Eyed Girl Situation | Adventure Time | Cartoon Network

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Finn and Jake come face-to-face with a creepy urban legend. CN GAMES: http://bit.ly/CNGames SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/109Y6wq WATCH MORE: http://bit.ly/CNAdventureTime About Adventure Time: Unlikely heroes Finn (a silly kid with an awesome hat) & Jake (a b
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Helping the Homeless Through Farm-to-Table Training

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There’s a San Francisco garden growing more than just produce. In a city plagued by homelessness, the Farming Hope Initiative offers urban farming and cooking training to those without a place to live. The program aims to give participants skills that can
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Is this the Farm of the Future?

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Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions For more on vertical farming, check out this article from ChemMatters: http://bit.ly/verticalfarmingchem There’s a new trend in agriculture called vertical farming. As humans learned to farm, we arranged plants outsid
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4 Experiments Where the AI Outsmarted Its Creators | Two Minute Papers #242

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The paper "The Surprising Creativity of Digital Evolution: A Collection of Anecdotes from the Evolutionary Computation and Artificial Life Research Communities" is available here: https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.03453 Pick up cool perks on our Patreon page: ht
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How Does Inflammation Work in Your Body?

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There is always marketing claiming a new product reduces inflammation, but inflammation is a natural biological process, and we need at least some of it to keep us safe. In this episode, Patrick explains the inflammatory response and why it's necessary fo
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What REALLY Happens If You Swallow Gum? | COLOSSAL QUESTIONS

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We've all heard it before: “if you swallow your gum it’ll stay in your stomach for 7 years!!” Well it’s time we investigate this age-old urban legend once and for all: what REALLY happens when you swallow your gum? Welcome to COLOSSAL QUESTIONS, the show
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Do Animals Dream Like Us?

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Researchers have recently found proof that animals dream. What do they dream of and how can we tell? Get 15% off http://www.domain.com's domain names and web hosting when you use coupon code DNEWS at checkout! How to Control Your Dreams ►►►► http://bit.ly
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A Short History Of Humans And Germs: Early Encounters | Goats & Soda | NPR

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Humans get along pretty well with most microbes. Which is lucky, because there are a lot more of them in the world than there are of us. We couldn’t even live without many of them. But a few hundred have evolved, and are still evolving, to exploit our bod
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Most Expensive Airplane Ticket!

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Iguanas and Sea Lions Have Surprising Animal Allies | BBC Earth

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In Galapagos, crabs and smaller lizards have a special relationship with iguanas and sea lions that benefits all involved. Narrated by Tilda Swinton. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/BBCEarthSub Watch more videos from BBC Earth: Planet Earth http://bit.ly/PlanetE
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Searching for the White Tailed Bumblebee | Maddie Moate

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This week I go in search of the common White Tailed Bumblebee! Unlike other species in this series which are often rare and elusive, the White Tailed Bumblebee is an example of "everyone's" wildlife and a fun species to look out for whether you live in th
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How Can We Make The Perfect City? ft. Real Engineering

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Could we create the perfect city? Let's find out! Watch more: Why Planes Crash ►► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ_jGGD-DX8 Subscribe: https://bit.ly/SubLifeNoggin | Get your exclusive Life Noggin merch: http://keeponthinking.co Support Life Noggin on P
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How To Draw A Cityscape

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Today, Jack and I are learning how to draw an amazing cityscape! With your Art For Kids Hub markers and some marker paper in hand, we're going to create a cityscape that could be set in the future. You can even add flying cars. Each building is waiting to
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This Ancient Species Is Under Attack, How Can They Be Protected? | Seeker Indie

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The sungazer lizard is an endemic species in the South African wild that is facing extinction due to the international pet trade. This is how this group of conservationists plan to stop it. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Visit our shop
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Turning Gas Guzzlers Into Clean Cars

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In Mexico City, more than 3.5 million cars navigate the streets, plazas and avenues of North America’s most populous urban area. That makes for a ton of exhaust, but luckily, there’s a solution to this environmental problem. Enter engineer/auto mechanic A
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CRISPR and the Future of Human Evolution

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Part 4 of our special series on Human Ancestry. Watch it all: http://bit.ly/OKTBSHuman Watch Mutant Menu on BrainCraft: https://youtu.be/NrDM6Ic2xMM ↓↓↓More info and sources below ↓↓↓ In part 4 of our special series on human ancestry and evolution, we loo
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What If Everyone on Earth Lived in One City?

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55% of the worlds population live in cities. By 2050, thatll be two thirds of the worlds population.So what does that mean? Can we accomodate this trend? Should we?What are the pros and cons of urban density? And how bad can it get?Transcript and sources:
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History through the eyes of a chicken - Chris A. Kniesly

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Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/history-through-the-eyes-of-a-chicken-chris-a-kniesly The Ancient Egyptian king Thutmose III described the chicken as a marvelous foreign bird that “giv
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Reptiles of Britain | BBC Earth

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From lizards to adders, Britain is home to some surprising reptiles amongst its vast wildlife. Subscribe to BBC Earth for more amazing animal videos - http://bit.ly/BBCEarthSub Watch more videos from BBC Earth: Planet Earth http://bit.ly/PlanetEarthPlayli
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What Is a Molecule?

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Atoms, elements, molecules... What's the difference? This is part 3 in the Stated Clearly series: An Introduction to Chemistry. In it you will find a simplified definition of a molecule, you will learn how we model molecules, and you will see actual image
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The fascinating history of cemeteries - Keith Eggener

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Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-fascinating-history-of-cemeteries-keith-eggener Spindly trees, rusted gates, crumbling stone, a solitary mourner: these things come to mind when we
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Bacteria And Antibiotics: Revenge Of The Microbes

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What are bacteria? How do antibiotics work? And what can we do about increasing antibiotic resistance? Jenny Rohn, scientist and novelist, investigates the fascinating world of bacteria in this Friday Evening Discourse event from the Ri. Subscribe for reg
Sir David Attenborough Gives a Lesson on Seeds | The Green Planet | BC Earth

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Giant seeds, tiny seeds, floaty seeds and flying seeds. Sir David Attenborough gives us a quick biology lesson in all of them. #GreenPlanet will open your eyes to an undiscovered kingdom this is life from the perspective of plants. Discover more https://w
Corpse Flower Stinks of Death I The Green Planet I BBC Earth

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It appears to have fur, whiskers and teeth. Its blood-red surface is tough and warty, and it reeks of death. But this is no animal Rafflesia is also known as the stinking corpse lily because of its powerful scent: rotting meat. But why has it picked this
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That's Why Horses Can Sleep Standing Up but You Can't

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Bright Side now has MERCH! (US only) Check it out at: http://amzn.to/3tkGbpYYou might love watching heroes from Marvel movies with awesome superpowers, but the animal kingdom is full of some usual abilities too! How can so many animals do such bizarre thi
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8 Fast Growing Vegetables You Can Grow at Home in a Hurry

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In this video, I give you 8 fast-growing vegetables you can grow at home in a hurry. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/selfsufficientme (the top tier $25 AU enables mentoring from yours truly via an exclusive VIP email where I will answer you
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How highways make traffic worse

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Expanding highways doesn't do what you think it does.Subscribe and turn on notifications ( ) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjOBig, expensive highway expansion projects are the source of a lot US transportation funding but they aren't a si
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Spy Hippo discovers a Fish Spa! | Spy In The Wild | BBC Earth

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Our latest recruit goes deep undercover - and finds some unexpected beauty secrets! Subscribe: http://bit.ly/BBCEarthSub Watch more: Planet Earth http://bit.ly/PlanetEarthPlaylist Blue Planet http://bit.ly/BluePlanetPlaylist Planet Earth II http://bit.ly/
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Feynman's Building Blocks of Thermodynamics - with Andrea Sella

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How Richard Feynman’s classic analogy of building blocks explains the conservation of energy. Professor Andrea Sella recalls Feynman’s illustration of the first law of thermodynamics with a child’s building blocks and wily mother. This animation is day 6
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Who Is The Mystery Mummy Buried In King Tut’s Tomb?

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Scientists are using high tech instruments to find out what’s hiding in King Tut’s tomb! Get 15% off http://www.domain.com's domain names and web hosting when you use coupon code DNEWS at checkout! What Ancient Wine Tasted Like ►►►► http://dne.ws/1NH4sgI
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Why 8 Eyes Are Better Than 2 (If You're a Spider )

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Check out Rogue History on @PBS Origins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuT35ud41QQ More info and sources below Why do spiders have 8 eyes? Its a seemingly simple question with a surprisingly complex answer. Well be hanging out with some jumping spiders
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Why It’s Usually Hotter In A City | Let's Talk | NPR

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The way cities are designed and inhabited can make actually make them hotter. So what's the solution? We explore a few ideas for beating the urban heat. Subscribe to NPR - http://bit.ly/NPRsubscribe • NPR explores how to cope with a warming world: https:/
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How Plants Became Carnivores

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Go check out Overview on PBS Terra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHMZwaopAaIDeep Looks episode on Sundews! https://youtu.be/D4kBrsyWhS4How and why does botanical carnivory keep evolving? It turns out that when any of the basic things that most plants n
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Baby Flying Foxes Rescued in the City | Cities: Nature's New Wild | BBC Earth

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These cute bats have found shelter from the dangers of city life. Subscribe to BBC Earth for more amazing animal videos - http://bit.ly/BBCEarthSub Watch more videos from BBC Earth: Planet Earth http://bit.ly/PlanetEarthPlaylist Blue Planet http://bit.ly/
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Today I made a giant Five Nights at Freddy's Chica's Cupcake Cake with Markiplier! I really enjoy making nerdy themed goodies and decorating them. I'm not a pro, but I love baking as a hobby. Please let me know what kind of treat you would like me to make
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How To Make A Hurricane On A Bubble

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How do scientists mimic the physics of a hurricane on the surface of a bubble? What other types of crazy research are bubbles used for? Learn how to create colorful vortices on a bubble in your kitchen! instagram.com/thephysicsgirl facebook.com/thephysics
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The real reason streetcars are making a comeback

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It’s mostly about economic development. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Starting in the late 20th century, modern streetcar proposals started rippling across municipalities in the United States. They’re touted as infrastructure carrying ben
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Humpback Whales Return To New York | Cities: Nature's New Wild | BBC Earth

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Are whales returning to New York? Learn more about "Cities: Nature's New Wild", : https://bbc.in/2LtM66F Subscribe to BBC Earth for more amazing animal videos - http://bit.ly/BBCEarthSub Watch more videos from BBC Earth: Planet Earth http://bit.ly/PlanetE
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If An Asteroid Didn’t Kill All The Dinosaurs, What Did?

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Dinosaurs had a far longer, more painful death than originally thought. Researchers found the asteroid hit was just the tip of the iceberg. There's A Dinosaur That Survived Mass Extinction! ►►►► http://bit.ly/1Ty8XsV Sign Up For The TestTube Newsletter He
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How Snakes Jump And Move Without Legs

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Snakes evolved without legs, but how are they able to move? Why Is Everyone Afraid of Snakes? ►►►► http://bit.ly/1RLejo8 Sign Up For The TestTube Newsletter Here ►►►► http://bit.ly/1myXbFG Read More: Four-Legged Fossil Snake Is a World First http://www.na
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The Tyrant of the Deep | The Green Planet | BBC Earth

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Giant water lilies clear competition from the water’s surface by wielding their buds like a club. Once clear, they claim their space and grow up to 20cm a day. Their leaves can measure around 2m across, blocking out the light from anything below the
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How Plane Autopilot Works and How It Continues to Evolve | ConTECHtual | NowThis

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Believe it or not, there's a pretty good chance that both the pilot and co-pilot have fallen asleep during your flight. Here's a look at autopilot technology and how autopilot works. Subscribe to NowThis Future: https://go.nowth.is/Future_SubscribeHow doe
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Casual Gaming: Crash Course Games #11

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Today, we’re moving on from game consoles to talk about a bigger shift that was happening in the gaming industry. In the mid 2000s, we saw a proliferation of Internet accessible devices and with them gaming would expand to a new audience. We’re going to t
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Chameleons Are Masters of Nanotechnology

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What do chameleons have to do with nanotechnology? These color-changing lizards are some of nature’s wackiest animals, all because they’re masters of pigment and light. This week on Reactions, learn all about the chemistry of chameleon color. Subscribe to
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The genes you don't get from your parents (but can't live without) - Devin Shuman

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Dig into the essential role that mitochondrial DNA played in the evolution of living things on Earth, and find out why its still evolving.--Inside our cells, each of us has a second set of genes completely separate from our 23 pairs of chromosomes. And th
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You’re Too Clean, and It’s Messing With Your Immune System

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New research shows living in environment that’s too clean can compromise your immune system’s ability to fight disease. Here's what you should know. Clues to Life on Mars Could Be Found in the Driest Place on Earth - https://youtu.be/8zQXvT_FIhs Get 20% o
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How Japanese Fireworks are Made & Launched ONLY in JAPAN

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Japan makes some of the world's best fireworks including record breaking giant sized shells like the Yonshakudama! We'll head to a prestigious fireworks factory in Akita to see how they're made. The process includes 1) Milling 2) Granulation 3) Loading 4)
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Elon Musk And Stephen Hawking Fear A Robot Apocalypse. But A Major Physicist Disagrees.

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All new technology is frightening, says physicist Lawrence Krauss. But there are many more reasons to welcome machine consciousness than to fear it. Read more at BigThink.com: http://bigthink.com/videos/should-we-be-scared-of-ai Follow Big Think here: You
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The Cruel Irony Of Air Conditioning

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Thanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! http://twin-cities.umn.edu/The technology we use to keep cool is heating the world in a vicious feedback cycle, so we need to improve it and use it less.Thanks also to our Patreon patrons ht
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Why South Africa is still so segregated

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How centuries of division built one of the most unequal countries on earth.Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjOFor decades, South Africa was under apartheid: a series of laws that divided people by race. Then, in the 1990s, those laws were disma
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What Is The Science Behind Polls?

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Why shouldn't we always trust polls? Trace tackles this question here. Are We The Only Species That Votes? - https://youtu.be/-XOis9RTROs Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: The National Council on Public Polls (NCPP)
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How Do MASSIVE Sinkholes Form?

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What are sinkholes, and how do these mysterious things form? Thanks to Skillshare for sponsoring this video. The first 500 people to use this link will get a 2 Month free trial of Skillshare http://skl.sh/lifenoggin Get your exclusive Life Noggin merch: h
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8 Creepy Animals That Are Actually Harmless

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Claws, teeth, stingers... there are a lot of things that can make an animal look downright scary and dangerous. Sometimes, though, looks can be deceiving! Face your fears and learn about eight animals that use their tough looks to hide the fact that they'
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How China is designing flood-resistant cities

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These "sponge city" designs resist floods and increase biodiversity to help us adapt to a changing climate.This episode is presented by Delta. Delta doesnt have a say in our editorial decisions, but they make videos like this possible. For more informatio
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Why New York's Skyscrapers Keep Changing Shape

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The city's tall buildings are relentlessly evolving.Learn more about Bluebeam and iconic New York buildings - http://bit.ly/3W6LO96Full story here - https://theb1m.com/video/relentless-evolution-new-york-skyscraperAdditional footage courtesy of The Dronal
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Elephant Moms Carry the Wisdom of Generations | IN OUR NATURE

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In Our Nature is a NEW special limited series on Its Okay To Be Smart!Were on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below Seemingly distant ecosystems, even half a world apart, are connected in surprisi
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How Do We Decide Speed Limits?

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We know speed limits exist to prevent speeding related car accidents, but how exactly are they chosen? How Safe Are Self-Driving Cars? ►►►► http://bit.ly/20wW8ER Sign Up For The TestTube Newsletter Here ►►►► http://bit.ly/1myXbFG Read More: Long-Term Effe
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Real Star Trek Like Transporter. Why This 3D Light Printer Is A HUGE Game Changer

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Computed Axial Lithography is the first printer of it's kind. It can shape objects, all-at-once, using specialized synthetic resin and rays of light. We Can Now 3D Print in Suspended Gravity (And It’s Mesmerizing!) - https://youtu.be/FgCedvTbKso Read More
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This Mutant Super-Enzyme Can Eat Plastic Waste Within Days

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Researchers have re-engineered a plastic-eating enzyme to degrade plastic bottles within days and it might be ready to start eating our trash as soon as next year. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/Eleme
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Could a Polio Vaccine Stop the Coronavirus Pandemic?

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The COVID-19 pandemic has scientists considering a few less-conventional options while vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 are being developed. One option might be the oral #polio #vaccine. We chatted with one of the researchers proposing the ideaDr. Robert Gallo
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Modern Life: Crash Course European History #30

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So, "modern" is kind of a loaded term, but today we're going to talk about modern life in Europe, as it looked around the time the 19th century turned into the 20th. We'll look at what life was like in the rapidly growing urban centers of Europe, how deve
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How Many Friends Do You Really Need?

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A new study reveals the major difference between people who need friends and people who don’t, but can people really live without friends? Dr. Sapna Parikh joins us to discuss! Sign Up For The TestTube Newsletter Here ►►►► http://bit.ly/1myXbFG The Scient
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Why cities are full of uncomfortable benches

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That bench won't be yours forever. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO When designing urban spaces, city planners have many competing interests to balance. After all, cities are some of the most diverse places on the planet. They need to be bui
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Life in the Redwoods | Surprising Animals of the Redwood Forest

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Jessi and Squeaks are learning more about the redwoods, and all the different animals that live in the different layers!----------Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a Patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishowIf you have a quest
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What Exactly Is Typhoid Fever?

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Typhoid fever is far from just a fever, typhoid can tear holes in your intestines and infect many organs in your body and its evolving to become more and more drug resistant. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more SICK | http://bit.
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Is Superhero Strength Real?

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Youve probably heard stories about mothers lifting cars to save their baby trapped underneath--but is that just an urban myth? This week on Reactions we talk about superhero strength and the chemistry behind whats possible. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSRea
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VENOM: Nature’s Killer Cocktails

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China's Crazy Plan to Launch an Artificial Moon

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Chinese scientists are planning to launch an “illumination satellite” into orbit in 2020, but will it work? Get 20% off http://www.domain.com domain names and web hosting when you use coupon code SEEKER at checkout! More Crazy Science! - https://www.youtu
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Testing Tesla on the Deadliest Road in America

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- Thank you, Bonnie Bees, for making this video possible: https://www.patreon.com/cgpgrey- Discuss this video: https://www.reddit.com/r/cgpgrey## Related Videos- The Dragon's Tail's Test of Tesla Self-Driving Beta: https://youtu.be/Oz4yMGbRa4Q- Urban Driv
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The rebel radio that brought down a war criminal - Diana Sierra Becerra

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Get to know the story of Radio Venceremos, an underground radio collective that fought US-backed fascism during the Salvadoran Civil War.--Since the 1800s, a handful of oligarchs had controlled nearly all of El Salvadors land, forcing laborers to work for
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Record Jet Suit Mountain Ascent

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We proved you can scale a Lake District Mountain (3100ft Helveylln) in 3mins 30 seconds, despite very poor visibility that would have grounded a HEMS Helicopter. The Mountain Rescue foot response is over 70 minutes typically. The route was 1.2 miles and 2
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How pigeons took over the world - Elizabeth Carlen and Joanna Moles

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Trace the ancient history of the pigeon, and discover how these birds became one of the most abundant species on the planet.--Seeing their meat as a protein source and their poop as the perfect fertilizer, humans brought pigeons into captivity as far back
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Why the Bubonic Plague Still Exists Today

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When you think of the Plague, the Black Death of the 14th century, with its medieval cities overrun with rats and creepy plague masks, probably comes to mind. But the Plague isn't a disease of the past; it's still very much around. Subscribe to Seeker! ht
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WILD Tarantula Challenge!

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Why Do People In Old Movies Talk Weird?

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It’s not quite British, and it’s not quite American – so what gives? Why do all those actors of yesteryear have such a distinct and strange accent? Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com: http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/movies-film-chann
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What Is the RNA World Hypothesis?

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Click this link to take a survey about the video: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VS8SNBH All living creatures today reproduce and evolve using a complex gene-enzyme cycle. If we look at a cell, for example, information encoded in its genes is used to prod
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This New AI Forensic Tool is Fighting Illegal Logging

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At about $150 billion per year, the illegal logging trade is the most profitable environmental crime in the world. A majority of which is often controlled by international organized criminal networks. To slow down this illegal enterprise, an interdiscipli
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Why 23 million Americans don't have fast internet

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Buffering... Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO /// Sources: FCC 2015 Notice of Inquiry: https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-15-10A1.pdf FCC 2016 Broadband Progress Report: https://www.fcc.gov/reports-research/reports/broadband-p
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The Truth about AI 2/3 - 2023 Christmas Lectures with Mike Wooldridge

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'My AI Life' - Professor Mike Wooldridge reveals the huge role AI already plays in our daily lives, sometimes without us even realising what it is doing.This is the second of the 2023 CHRISTMAS LECTURES from the Royal Institution, supported by CGI, on the
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The Largest Star in the Universe Size Comparison

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We created our first app Universe in a Nutshell, together with Tim Urban of Wait but Why!Appstore: http://kgs.link/universe-app-iosGoogle Playstore: http://kgs.link/universe-app-androidSources & further reading: https://sites.google.com/view/sourceslarges
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Cell Biology: The Most Complex Language in the World

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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!Sources & further reading:https://sites.google.com/view/s
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What is generative AI and how does it work? The Turing Lectures with Mirella Lapata

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How are technologies like ChatGPT created? And what does the future hold for AI language models?This talk was filmed at the Royal Institution on 29th September 2023, in collaboration with The Alan Turing Institute.Subscribe for regular science videos: htt
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Why Most Rain Never Reaches The Ground

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Less than half of the rain that falls from a cloud makes it all the way to the ground – because a lot evaporates while falling or after landing in treetops. Thanks to Georgia Southern University for sponsoring this video. Thanks also to our supporters on
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