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Weird Things Animals Do During Eclipses
9 views / 0 likes - addedThis Product is supported by the NASA Heliophysics Education Activation Team (NASA HEAT), part of NASAs Science Activation portfolio.The material contained in this document is based upon work supported by a National Aeronautics And Space Administration (N
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These animals can hear everything - Jakob Christensen-Dalsgaard
80 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the extraordinary auditory adaptations in the animal kingdom, and find out which creature has the best hearing.--The world is always abuzz with sounds, many of which human ears simply cant hear. However, other species have extraordinary adaptation
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How Mantises Became Natures Strangest Assassins
10 views / 0 likes - addedMantises may be some of the most out-of-this-world-looking critters on Earth, but theyre uniquely adapted to life on this planet. These incredible hunters have repeatedly evolved into ecomorphsgroups that arent closely related, but share amazing adaptatio
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Emperor penguin chicks jump off a 50-foot cliff in Antarctica NEVER-BEFORE-FILMED FOR TV | Nat Geo
1,213 views / 6 likes - addedNational Geographic and BAFTA Award-winning cinematographer Bertie Gregory release unprecedented footage of Emperor penguin chicks leaping 50 feet off an Antarctic cliff. The never-before-filmed behavior was for the 2025 installment of National Geographic
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How Did This Animal Survive Extinction In Dubai?
39 views / 0 likes - addedHave you heard of the Arabian Oryx? If you haven't, it's probably because they were once declared extinct!This symbol of the Arabian Peninsula was almost completely lost when declared extinct in the early 1970s due to poaching. Since then, theres been a h
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Why Are These Urban Lizards Evolving in Overdrive?
42 views / 0 likes - addedLearn 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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This SMART BARN helps scientists study animal movement #science #animalbehavior
42 views / 0 likes - addedThe Scalable Multimodal Arena for Real-time Tracking of Behavior of Animals in laRge Numbers (SMART BARN) is outfitted with cutting edge tracking and imaging technology to study collective behavior in animals.Research/Figures/Footage: Nagy et al. Science
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Understanding Light and Why it exists.
36 views / 0 likes - addedA thorough breakdown on the process' that produce light and lights existence and behavior in nature.
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Say Hello to Saber-toothed Smilodon! | SciShow Kids
44 views / 0 likes - addedTeachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!Smilodon the saber-toothed cat had really big teeth! Join Jessi and Squeaks and learn all about how fossils can tell us how these Ice Age animals
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The Coldest Seas on Earth! | SciShow Kids
51 views / 0 likes - addedThe oceans around Antarctica are cold, but full of life. Join Jessi and Squeaks to learn about the blubber of seals, the amazing antifreeze blood of fish, and the shrinking skills of krill.Hosted by: Jessi Knudsen Castaeda (she/her/they/them)Teachers and
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I Thought My House Was on Fire!
44 views / 0 likes - addedBy Gabriel | Subscribe: http://bit.ly/sub2storybooth | Record your story @ https://storybooth.com or our iPhone app for a chance to get animated. Comment, like, share this story.This is the story of how Gabriel's house burned down. Well, how it almost bur
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College Bully Intimidated Me
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I Survived Extreme Bullying - Suede Brooks - storybooth Stars
42 views / 0 likes - addedBy Suede Brooks | HEY storyboothers! WE NEED YOUR HELP! You can help us win the 2019 People's Voice Award, after all, you're the people. Go to - https://wbby.co/vote-vid49 and VOTE FOR STORYBOOTH!Do you all know who Suede Brooks is? If you don't, you shou
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How to get motivated even when you dont feel like it
36 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the psychology of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, and dig into how these forces contribute to our drive.--Motivation is complicated. Psychologists define motivation as the desire or impetus to initiate and maintain a particular behavior. But s
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Why Don't Electric Eels Shock Themselves?
93 views / 0 likes - addedCheck out @MinutoDaTerra and join our Patreon community at https://patreon.com/minuteearth. (Links to other language channels down in the description)Electric eels can emit some of the largest shocks in the animal kingdom - but why don't they shock themse
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The science of laughter - Sasha Winkler
54 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the common scientific theories about why humans laugh, and how this universal behavior evolved.--Isnt it odd that, when somethings funny, you might show your teeth, change your breathing, become weak and achy in some places, and maybe even cry? In
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How to Stop Bullying! Examples and Best Solutions (For Students)
97 views / 0 likes - addedSUBSCRIBE to learn more about common mental health issues: http://bit.ly/SubOasisApp Bullying is any intentional act aimed at making another person feel uncomfortable, isolated, or fearful. If you have been bullied, you may feel hurt and alone. Bullying i
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What The Longest-Running Study on Happiness Reveals
86 views / 0 likes - addedHow to lead a happier, healthier and longer life. Check out our sponsor: https://betterhelp.com/veritasium to get matched with a professional therapist who will listen and help.A huge thanks to Prof. Robert Waldinger for all his help with this video. To l
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Does It Pay To Cheat?
203 views / 0 likes - addedThanks Thryve for sponsoring the video. Get 50% off your gut health test at https://trythryve.com/MinuteEarthFor some birds, trying to cheat your neighbors into raising your babies is just as much work - and is no more successful - than doing it yourself.
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How Caffeine Accidentally Took Over The World
120 views / 0 likes - addedHey MinuteEarthlings! If you join us on Patreon this month (April 2023) at https://patreon.com/minuteearth, we will draw you a custom MinuteEarth stick figure (that we could feature in an upcoming video) AND send you a custom coffee mug with your beautifu
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Why Do People Hate Koalas?
212 views / 0 likes - addedGo to our sponsor https://betterhelp.com/minuteearth for 10% off your first month of therapy with BetterHelp and get matched with a therapist who will listen and help.On the Internet, koalas get an unnecessary amount of hate, so let's debunk some of the m
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Is Bigger Better?
158 views / 0 likes - addedThis video was made in partnership with Popsci! They recently published their "Muscles" issue, and wrote an article to go along with this video that you can read here: https://popsci.com/environment/strongest-animal-by-weightElephants might be strong, but
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This Daring Fly Swims in a Shimmering Bubble Shield | Deep Look
174 views / 0 likes - addedCovered in a shiny bubble, the alkali fly scuba dives into the harsh waters of California's Mono Lake. Thanks to an abundance of hair and water-repellent wax, this remarkable insect remains dry while embarking on a quest for tasty algae and a place to lay
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Meet the Marsupials! | SciShow Kids
120 views / 0 likes - addedTeachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!Squeaks and Jessi have been having fun learning all about Australia. Squeaks wants to know more about marsupials, the special group of animals tha
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Your brain doesnt detect reality. It creates it. | Lisa Feldman Barrett
90 views / 0 likes - addedThis interview is an episode from @The-Well , our publication about ideas that inspire a life well-lived, created with the @JohnTempletonFoundation.Subscribe to The Well on YouTube https://bit.ly/thewell-youtubeWatch Lisa Feldman Barretts next interview h
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The beauty of collective intelligence, explained by a developmental biologist | Michael Levin
76 views / 0 likes - addedThe strange science experiment that blew a worms head off and blew our minds.This interview is an episode from @The-Well, our publication about ideas that inspire a life well-lived, created with the @JohnTempletonFoundation.Subscribe to The Well on YouTub
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How evolution creates problem-solving machines | Michael Levin
105 views / 0 likes - addedEvolution doesnt fix things it reinvents them. Michael Levin, a biologist, explains.This interview is an episode from @The-Well, our publication about ideas that inspire a life well-lived, created with the @JohnTempletonFoundation. Subscribe to The Well o
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The science of the self explained by a biologist | Michael Levin
117 views / 0 likes - addedHow do you emerge from a collection of cells? A biologist explains. This interview is an episode from @The-Well our publication about ideas that inspire a life well-lived, created with the @JohnTempletonFoundation .Subscribe to The Well on YouTube https:/
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Biohacking our way to health with robot cells | Michael Levin
116 views / 0 likes - addedThis biologist built a living robot from frog cells and it could hold the key to the future of regenerative medicine:This interview is an episode from @The-Well, our publication about ideas that inspire a life well-lived, created with the @JohnTempletonFo
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Einstein's equations and the enigma of wormholes | Janna Levin
77 views / 0 likes - addedQuantum wormholes are mathematically possible but might also be physically impossible. Physicist Janna Levin explains the wormhole paradox.This interview is an episode from @The-Well, our publication about ideas that inspire a life well-lived, created wit
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Hungry Sea Otters Crack And Eat Tasty Shellfish
87 views / 1 likes - addedOysterous and boisterousSea otters gobble up to 25% of their weight in tasty seafood each day, using rocks as tools to crack open tough shells. Otterly shellfish behavior!
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Some Scientists Are Racing to Save Parasites. Why?
73 views / 0 likes - addedYouve probably seen a Save the Whales T-shirt before. But have you ever seen a Save the Parasites one? A group of researchers thinks that maybe it is time to start making them.To most of us, that might seem like a hard sell. The word parasite conjures ima
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Can other animals understand death? - Barbara J. King
150 views / 0 likes - addedDo nonhuman animals experience grief? Explore mourning in the animal kingdom to find out the answer to this tricky question.--In 2018, an orca called Tahlequah gave birth. But her daughter died within an hour. Tahlequah, however, didnt leave her body. Ove
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Is it normal to talk to yourself?
117 views / 0 likes - addedDig into the psychological benefits of positive self-talk, and find out when it can become problematic.--Being caught talking to yourself can feel embarrassing, and some people even stigmatize this behavior as a sign of mental instability. But decades of
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Honey bees perfect their waggle dances by learning from elders
129 views / 0 likes - addedRead the paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ade1702Read the Perspective: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adg6020The waggle dance performed by honey bees is a complex behavior that communicates directional information. In a rece
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New Ice Invented - Mind Blow
107 views / 0 likes - addedJoin The Bring Back Mind Blow Project: https://www.patreon.com/vsauce2Get Ad-Free Mind Blow episodes and much more.BENEFACTORSXemboy01ChillustrationsEXECUTIVE PRODUCERSBrent Tiggelaar, James, Wolfgang Hutton, NullBlox.ZachryWilsn, Jonathan Hawk, Markus Fl
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It's the Matrix, but for locusts.
133 views / 0 likes - addedAt the Department of Collective Behaviour, part of the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, researchers are putting locusts into simulated worlds, both virtual and physical, in the hope that they can figure out how devastating swarms form and move. Ab
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The Amazing Adaptations of Cave Animals! | Let's Explore Caves! | SciShow Kids
158 views / 0 likes - addedTeachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!Mister Brown and Squeaks are visiting Sam the Bat's family in their cave! Now, animals that live in caves are pretty special. Since caves are real
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Best Bear Behavior | We Bare Bears & We Baby Bears | Cartoon Network
151 views / 0 likes - addedA relaxing Spa Day at a Dog Hotel and hanging around with the sheep. They're living their best bear life! Episodes: Dog Hotel, Sheep BearsAbout Cartoon Network:Welcome to Cartoon Network's YouTube Channel, your destination for episode clips, behind the sc
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The WEIRDEST Christmas Traditions in History! | WHAT THE PAST?
170 views / 3 likes - addedFrom the feast of the fools to boy bishops, bean kings, and Lords of Misrule, the Christmas holiday in medieval England was filled with strange role-reversals, revelry, and all-around rowdy behavior!Images used under license from Shutterstock.comNarrated
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The art of misdirection | Apollo Robbins
168 views / 0 likes - addedVisit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. Hailed as the greatest pickpocket in the world, Apollo Robbins studies the quirks of human behavior as he steals your watch
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Microworlds: Fiercest Ocean Predators
134 views / 0 likes - addedPlankton stick, sting, sense, and sneak to keep their bellies full. See how these ferocious creatures find food in a vast ocean. Hey, teachers! Here’s a cheat sheet of what’s included in this episode of Microworlds: - Plankton, zooplankton - C
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Is it dangerous to wake a sleepwalker? - Emmanuel During
177 views / 0 likes - addedDownload a free audiobook version of The Midnight Library and support TED-Ed's nonprofit mission: https://www.audible.com/ted-ed--Mumbling fantastical gibberish; devouring blocks of cheese in the nude; peeing in places that arent toilets; and jumping out
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Most Collisions Are Secretly in One Dimension
618 views / 0 likes - addedThe first 200 people to https://brilliant.org/MinutePhysics/ get 20% off an annual Premium subscription to Brilliant.This video is about elastic and inelastic collisions in 1D, 2D and 3D - and how the collision of conservation of energy with conservation
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Where Does Sand Come From and More Viewer Questions Answered! | SciShow Kids
824 views / 1 likes - addedJessi and Squeaks decide to answer some interesting questions from viewers like you, to teach you about sand, butterflies, and computers!----------Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a Patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishowki
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The Hitchhikers Guide to the Deep Sea: Friend, foe, or frenemy?
139 views / 0 likes - addedThe deep sea may seem like a lonely place, but as we explore its depths, we often see animals interacting with each other. One remarkable behavior is when denizens of the deep hitch a ride on one another. These interactions, known as symbiosis, can be fri
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Deep-sea squid mom carries eggs to keep them safe from predators
163 views / 0 likes - addedDuring a recent deep-sea dive, MBARI researchers encountered this incredibly rare sighta deep-sea squid (Bathyteuthis sp.) grasping hundreds of eggs in her arms. This squid mom was spotted at 1,390 meters (4,560 feet) deep more than 90 kilometers (56 mile
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Weird and Wonderful: The psychedelic jelly is one of the most colorful residents of the deep sea
137 views / 0 likes - addedThis jelly is one of the most colorful residents of the oceans midnight zone. The remarkable coloration of this jelly tipped off scientists that they had found a previously unknown species. It was named in honor of Claudia Mills for her dedication to stud
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What's the Largest Living Thing On Earth?
619 views / 0 likes - addedCheck out American Veteran on @PBS Voices https://youtu.be/P8bt1bwllZg Were on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below The biggest thing that has ever lived on Earth is a tree? Hard to believe, but
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Tour of Gibraltar caves to explore Neandertal behavior
136 views / 0 likes - addedIn this video, John Hawks visits the sites of Gorham's and Vanguard Caves, which are in the territory of Gibraltar. He visits with the archaeologists Geraldine Finlayson, Clive Finlayson, and Darren Fa, who discuss their work at these sites. Major aspects
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These animals are also plants wait, what? - Luka Seamus Wright
735 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the incredible adaptations of Elysia chlorotica, a species of sea slug that can photosynthesize food. --The species of slug known as Elysia chlorotica may not look like much it resembles a bright green leaf but its one of the most extraordinary cr
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The Mechanical Secret of a Brainless Animal
183 views / 1 likes - addedTrichoplax adhaerens is a species of placozoa, the simplest animals at the base of the tree of life. It doesn't have a nervous system, yet it exhibits complex behaviors. How is this possible? The answer could illuminate the origins of the nervous systeman
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Why are cockroaches so hard to kill? - Ameya Gondhalekar
177 views / 0 likes - addedDig into the genetic adaptations of cockroaches, and find out what makes it so hard to get rid of these tenacious creatures.--In ancient Egypt, there was a spell that declared, Be far from me, O vile cockroach. Thousands of years later, were still trying
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The Man Who Accidentally Killed The Most People In History
384 views / 0 likes - addedOne scientist caused two environmental disasters and the deaths of millions. A part of this video is sponsored by Wren. Offset your carbon footprint on Wren: https://www.wren.co/start/veritasium. For the first 100 people who sign up, I will personally pay
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How Rattlesnakes Scales Help Them Sip Rainwater From Their Bodies | Headline Science
216 views / 0 likes - addedResearchers reporting in ACS Omega have investigated how the scales of some desert rattlesnakes help them harvest rain during thunderstorms. ACS Headline Science reveals the secrets of the snakes scales. Role of Scale Wettability on Rain-Harvesting Behavi
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Ghostly critters from the deep sea: Stygiomedusa gigantea
132 views / 0 likes - addedStygiomedusa gigantea is one of the largest invertebrate predators known in the ocean, yet little is understood about its ecology and behavior. Stygiomedusa lacks tentacles, but has four extraordinarily large oral arms that are presumably used to envelope
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Why Do Deep-Sea Animals Look So Weird? | Monterey Bay Aquarium's Into The Deep
182 views / 2 likes - added"Strange." "Alien." "Bizarre." "Scary." These are just some of the words used to describe deep-sea creaturesbut what if they're *not* the weird ones?! Join Monterey Bay Aquarium scientists Alicia, Ellen, Mackenzie and Tommy to learn more about the fascina
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Ants can pave road?!
145 views / 0 likes - addedAnother remarkable example of tool use in ants: fire ants paving sticky surfaces with the shiny glass gravels I gave them. Ive seen signs of this behavior, but I didnt expect it to be so robust until my friend told me about it (read more in Wen et al., 20
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Robin Needs A Babysitter | Teen Titans Go! | Cartoon Network
544 views / 0 likes - addedRobin changes the Titans into infants in order to control their wild behavior but having to keep an eye on four babies is harder than he thinks.About Cartoon Network: Welcome to Cartoon Network's YouTube Channel, your destination for episode clips, behind
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Role Model Titans | Teen Titans GO! | Cartoon Network
320 views / 0 likes - addedThe Titans' negative behavior is giving superheroes a bad name, so they must learn proper conduct to be good role models for kids.Episode: Standards & Practices About Cartoon Network: Welcome to Cartoon Network's YouTube Channel, your destination for epis
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This drone has legs: Watch a flying robot perch on branches, catch a tennis ball in mid-air
148 views / 0 likes - addedWings arent the only things that make birds so successful. If it werent for their feet, how would pelicans skimming the tips of waves be able to suddenly land on a pier piling, or owls grab a mouse at 64 kilometers per hour without missing a beat? Robot b
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How Snakes Smell With Their Tongues! | Amazing Animal Senses | SciShow Kids
426 views / 1 likes - addedMister Brown and Squeaks learn all about why snakes stick out their tongues! Did you know that their tongues actually help snakes smell??Hosted by: Anthony Brown----------Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a Patron on Patreon: https://w
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Mimicry - When Animals Copy Other Animals
265 views / 0 likes - addedMimicry is one of the most intriguing and fascinating evolutionary phenomena. This video takes an in-depth look at this unique survival strategy as well as the evolutionary mechanisms that gave rise to it. Check out my new Patreon: https://www.patreon.com
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The Odd Behavior of Spinning Saddle Shapes
184 views / 0 likes - addedI show you how spinning a saddle creates a stable well so that a ball does not roll out. This is similar to an ion trap. STL file for saddle: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5188831More info on this subject and inspiration for this video: https://sci-hu
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Nature's fortress: How cacti keep water in and predators out - Lucas C. Majure
194 views / 0 likes - addedDiscover the adaptations that allow cacti to not only survive, but thrive, in some of the harshest desert climates on Earth. --If you were a jackrabbit in the desert, youd be glad to stumble across a cactus: the flesh of these plants is a water source for
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Neuroethology of Toads (Part 1 of 3; English): Behavioral Responses to Prey Features
180 views / 0 likes - addedMovie with the title "Image Processing in the Visual System of the Common Toad - Behavior, Brain Function, Artificial Neuronal Net" (IWF No. C 1805) by Prof. Dr. Jörg-Peter Ewert ( http://www.joerg-peter-ewert.de, University of Kassel, Germany) in co
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Chaotic pendulum's entertaining behavior, // Homemade Science with Bruce Yeany
190 views / 0 likes - addedChaotic pendulums have always been a fun classroom or home science demonstration. Here is an easy to build set of arms that can t be changed around to a few different chaotic pendulum variations. While these devices are usually made out of aluminum or pla
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How A Whale And A Bear Beat The System
200 views / 0 likes - addedFor your chance to win two seats on one of the first commercial flights to space with Virgin Galactic all while supporting a great cause enter at https://omaze.com/minuteearth.While the rest of the worlds megafauna are still foundering in the anthropocene
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Lifting a car with a vacuum cleaner and a tarp // Demonstration of Pressure
833 views / 0 likes - addedI've always thought that air lift bags were similar in behavior to simple machines in their ability to transform small amount of pressure into extremely large amounts of force. Usually air bags are smaller and made of very tough rip resistant fabrics and
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A year in the life of one of Earth's weirdest animals - Gilad Bino
283 views / 2 likes - addedTrace a year in the life of a platypus, and explore how the animals unique adaptations ensure its survival.--Waddling along the parched Australian earth, a female platypus is searching for fresh water. Over the past year, a severe drought turned rivers an
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Why These Bears Waste Food
221 views / 0 likes - addedOffset your carbon footprint with Wren! They'll protect 5 extra acres of rainforest for each of the first 100 people who sign up at https://www.wren.co/join/minuteearth.Optimal foraging theory means that turning down food is sometimes more efficient than
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How Fevers REALLY Work
249 views / 0 likes - addedWatch the new season of MinuteBody - and get access to both CuriosityStream and Nebula - at https://curiositystream.com/minuteearth.Fevers are one of our best weapons against infections, but they don't work like you might think. We'd like to give a big th
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Ben Thinks His Dentist is Strange | Sweet Tooth | Ben 10 | Cartoon Network
272 views / 0 likes - addedClick to watch more: http://bit.ly/37pnjv8While on a trip to the dentist's office, a paranoid Ben grows uneasy over the dentist's odd behavior and goes into hiding, but when his suspicions prove right, and the dentist transforms into the monstrous Toothac
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What you can do with an extra jaw - Darien Satterfield
190 views / 1 likes - addedDiscover the adaptation of the pharyngeal jaw, a secondary set of jaws that allow fish to capture and eat their prey at the same time. --After stalking a cuttlefish, a moray eel finally pounces. As the eel snags the mollusk in its teeth, its prey struggle
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The Wonderful World of Deep Sea Worms
349 views / 0 likes - addedPolychaete worms in the deep sea are among the most diverse organisms in the ocean. From giant tube worms and Pompeii worms at deep sea vents, to the ghostly tomopteris in the twilight zone, they display a number of unique adaptations in order to survive
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Why Sharks get Creepier the Deeper you Go
729 views / 4 likes - addedWhy Deep Sea Sharks Appear so Mysterious. Sharks have ruled the deep sea for 450 million years. A time during which sharks have adapted and diversified into an array of weird and wonderful species. Many, like the well-known Great White Shark, have adapted
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Crustaceans, the 'Insects' of the Deep Sea
453 views / 0 likes - addedCrustaceans, of all the animal groups in the ocean, are by far the most successful. Coming in a boundless array of colours, shapes and sizes, crustaceans have diversified so much that they are often called the insects of the oceans, a title reflecting the
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The Unique Biology of Cephalopods
226 views / 0 likes - addedCephalopods exhibit some incredible features. Out of all 8,000 living species of marine invertebrates in the oceans, by far the largest, most deadly and most intelligent are the cephalopods. A class of highly developed mollusks that includes octopuses, sq
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The Great Vertical Migration
249 views / 0 likes - addedDiel vertical migration truly is a phenomenon. This migration serves as the anchor for the food web that supplies the entire planet. Every day, 5 billion metric tonnes of organisms migrate to the surface to feed. Predators chase prey, forming a layer of a
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The Great Marine Migrations
213 views / 0 likes - addedMigrations are a key to survival in the marine ecosystem. From whales and turtles to sardines, by travelling to different locations, nektonic animals stand better chances offinding food or a suitable place to breed and raise their young. In this video, we
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The sharks that hunt in forests - Luka Seamus Wright
367 views / 3 likes - addedDiscover the unique adaptations of marine forests, the ecosystems that provide food and shelter for sharks and diverse coastal species.--Forests dont usually come to mind as a habitat for sharks. But marine forests provide a home for 35% of the worlds sha
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This Neurological Disease Kept People Sleeping for 40 Years
220 views / 1 likes - addedAbout 100 years ago, over a million people contracted a mysterious disease called encephalitis lethargica that left people in a sleepy state for decades. A breakthrough would finally come years later when a neurologist named Oliver Sacks took an unconvent
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Meet the bluefin tuna, the toughest fish in the sea - Grantly Galland and Raiana McKinney
323 views / 3 likes - addedDiscover the unique adaptations that make the Atlantic bluefin tuna one of the most dominant predators in the ocean.--Whats as big as a polar bear, swallows its prey whole, and swims at forty miles an hour? Its not a shark or a killer whale... its the Atl
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Recycling Old Crayons! An Earth Day Activity
310 views / 0 likes - addedJessie teaches Squeaks all about recycling, and together, they recycle his old crayons to make cool new ones!----------Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a Patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishowIf you have a question for Jes
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Why Daffodils Grow in the Same Place Every Year
217 views / 0 likes - addedSpring is almost here, and that means daffodils are blooming around the fort. But how do these flowers survive the long cold winters?----------Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a Patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishowIf you
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Mountains (Full Episode) | Hostile Planet
687 views / 0 likes - addedThe highest mountains on Earth are home to snow leopards, golden eagles, mountain goats, barnacle goslings and gelada monkeys. But only the toughest can endure the extreme weather, scarce food and limited oxygen on these peaks. Using new technology to sho
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Scientists Just Proved the Existence of Liquid Glass
530 views / 0 likes - addedFirst predicted nearly 20 years ago, researchers have finally (and accidentally) proved the existence of a new state of matter: 'liquid glass'. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Visit ou
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What Happens to the Human Body in Space?
267 views / 0 likes - addedIn the largest study of its kind, scientists are coming closer to understanding exactly how space affects the human body. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Visit our shop at http://shop.
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Spot's Got an Arm!
347 views / 0 likes - addedNow that Spot has an arm in addition to legs and cameras, it can do mobile manipulation. It finds and picks up objects (trash), tidies up the living room, opens doors, operates switches and valves, tends the garden, and generally has fun. Motion of the ha
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Why bats don't get sick - Arinjay Banerjee
398 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the relationship between viruses and their hosts, and find out how the evolutionary adaptations of bats keep them safe from viruses. --Consider a bat that is infected with several deadly viruses, including ones that cause rabies, SARS, and Ebola.
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Swarms of robotic fish can synchronize their swimming, for the first time
368 views / 0 likes - addedSwimming in sync is one of the most important lessons a school of fish can learn: The coordination helps them find foodand evade predators. But when scientists try to train robots to match this stunning natural feat, most fall short. Now, researchers have
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05:51
What's It Like to Live Underground?
374 views / 0 likes - addedJessi has a cool pair of gardening gloves, which makes her wonder, what special tools do animals have for living underground?----------Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a Patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishowIf you have a
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6 Surgical Devices Inspired by Nature
285 views / 0 likes - addedFrom the sharp mouthparts of mosquitoes to the sticky feet of geckos, researchers have found all kinds of amazing adaptations in the natural world that could be useful in the operating room.Hosted by: Hank GreenSciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called S
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If the Coronavirus is Mutating, What Does That Mean For Us?
299 views / 0 likes - addedYou've probably heard that SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, is mutating. But what exactly does this mutation mean for us? Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Vi
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Turtle Travel Tips: How Magnets Can Help Us Navigate | Magnetoreception
328 views / 0 likes - addedWhen people travel a long distance, they'll usually use a map. But there are lots of animals that travel really long distances, too, and they can't use maps... so how do they not get lost? Our friend Dr. Turtleman calls in to explain! First Grade Next Gen
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05:38
The Future of Quantum Computing Could Live on a Cryogenic Chip
313 views / 0 likes - addedCommercially viable quantum computing could be here sooner than you think, thanks to a new innovation that shrinks quantum tech down onto a chip: a cryochip. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPla
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The Insane Biology of: The Octopus
387 views / 0 likes - addedGet 1 year of both Nebula and CuriosityStream for just 14.79 here: http://curiositystream.com/realscience using the code "realscience"New streaming platform: https://watchnebula.com/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/realscienceTwitter: https://twitter.com/
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04:32
Fusion Energy Could Be a Reality in Less Than 5 Years
246 views / 0 likes - addedSPARC is aiming to be the first experimental device to achieve an energy-positive fusion reaction. New research suggests that this goal may soon be within reach. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/Element
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04:18
I Trained a Ladybug To Follow My Pen
520 views / 0 likes - addedIn this video I show you how a lady bug will follow a pen line and even avoid a permanent marker line. I talk about why it might be doing this odd behavior. Get Your Experiment Box Here: https://theactionlab.com/Checkout my experiment book: https://amzn.t
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When Zoo Animals Speak, This Scientist Listens
448 views / 1 likes - addedCan animals talk? Just ask animal welfare scientist Dr. Bonnie Baird.Subscribe so you never miss an episode: https://bit.ly/3mOfd77More info below Dr. Bonnie Baird can talk to animals well, sort of. Instead, she carefully observes the behavior of the many
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09:10
Geoengineering: A Horrible Idea We Might Have to Do
489 views / 3 likes - addedTo support Kurzgesagt and learn more about Brilliant, go to https://www.brilliant.org/nutshell and sign up for free. The first 200 people that go to that link will get 20% off the annual Premium subscription.Thanks to our friends from Brilliant for suppor
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02:50
These researchers are putting fly babies into virtual reality
295 views / 0 likes - addedBugs and fish dont play video games or attend teleconferences, but they can still explore virtual realitycomplete with visual effects, tastes and smells. A new system called PiVRnamed after the low-cost Raspberry Pi computer that runs its softwarecreates
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09:40
Why American public transit is so bad
285 views / 0 likes - addedMost Americans have no choice but to drive. How do we change that?What do you wish the presidential candidates would talk about? http://vox.com/ElectionVideosIn the middle of the 20th century, the US government made a decision that would transform America
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04:34
Starfish Gallop With Hundreds of Tubular Feet | Deep Look
468 views / 1 likes - addedThey may look cute and colorful, but starfish are actually voracious predators. To sniff out and capture their prey, they rely on hundreds of water-propelled tube feet, each with a fiercely independent streak. Watch the new PBS Terra science show, OVERVIE
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02:48
Danny Trejo as The Cupcake Man | Victor and Valentino | Cartoon Network
393 views / 0 likes - addedWatch more Victor & Valentino http://cartn.co/YTVicValWhen Victors bad behavior gets out of control, Chata sends him to the one man in town who can set him straight, The Cupcake Man, voiced by Danny Trejo!Episode: The Cupcake ManAbout Victor and Valentino
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11:31 Popular
10 Animals You Thought Didn't Exist Until Now
1,509 views / 2 likes - added10 Animals You Thought Didn't Exist Until NowIf you're new, Subscribe! http://goo.gl/djmfuXTop 5 Best is the #1 place for all your heart warming stories about amazing people that will inspire you everyday. Make sure to subscribe and never miss a single vi
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06:08
Scientists Explore the Breaking Point Between Classical and Quantum Physics
399 views / 0 likes - addedCrazy, but true: quantum objects can stay cool despite a growing energy supply. To understand how that happens, we must first explore the line where classic physics ends and quantum physics begins. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch
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05:48
Is human evolution speeding up or slowing down? - Laurence Hurst
388 views / 0 likes - addedDownload a free audiobook version of "Sapiens" and support TED-Ed's nonprofit mission: https://www.audible.com/ted-ed Check out our full book recommendation: https://shop.ed.ted.com/collections/ted-ed-book-recommendations/products/sapiens--In the past 3,0
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05:47 Popular
The fish that walk on land - Noah R. Bressman
1,306 views / 3 likes - addedExplore the challenges facing amphibious fish when they leave water and the ingenious ways they survive on land. --We think of fish as completely aquatic animals. But there are actually hundreds of fish species that are amphibious, meaning that they posse
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Coanda Effect
662 views / 2 likes - addedFluids flowing near a surface tend to follow the shape of the surface. Using Schlieren optics, we can see this behavior. It is known as the Coanda Effect and its explanation depends on viscosity, the frictional forces between the molecules of a fluid (be
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05:20
Chaotic Waterwheel
235 views / 0 likes - addedA waterwheel with leaky buckets undergoes chaotic motion. Our wheel is about 1 meter in diameter and was fabricated with wood in our shop. The little buckets are citronella candle holders with holes drilled out of the bottom. The sump pump was purchased f
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04:32
What if the Universe Was Lopsided?
262 views / 0 likes - addedA new study suggests that our universe might not be isotropic like we thought, but instead it could actually be anisotropicmeaning we might live in a lopsided universe. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/
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05:34
Clever Humpback Whale Pops Up for a Snack
357 views / 0 likes - addedGetting hungry can be a problem, especially for a creature the size of a humpback whale. Fortunately, these marine mammals are also incredibly intelligent and adept at learning new foraging techniques. Subscribe: https://shorturl.at/wBNSW Follow marine bi
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10:56 Popular
18 Strangest Cat Behaviors Explained (Jaw-Dropping Cat Facts)
738 views / 2 likes - added18 Strangest Cat Behaviors Explained. Here is the list of unusual cat behaviors. Chewing on plasticIf your cat is chewing on plastic, blankets, furniture or other things they shouldnt be chewing on, they may have pica. Cats often get pica from anxiety or
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Interpret Dog Tail Wags: How to Understand Dog's Body Language
1,110 views / 0 likes - addedIn this video, we'll explain the meaning of each dog's tail signs.The position of a dog's tail can reveal a lot about what that dog is thinking and feeling. The speed of the wag, the pattern of movement, and the breadth of each tail sweep can all give inf
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04:51
The Secrets of Magic Angle Graphene Are Now Fully Revealed
264 views / 0 likes - addedEver since its discovery, magic-angle graphene has taken the scientific community by storm. Now, researchers have mapped the materials entire structure to find out what makes it so magical. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Ele
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02:44
Two Monkeys Were Paid Unequally: Excerpt from Frans de Waal's TED Talk
402 views / 0 likes - addedWhat happens when you pay two monkeys unequally? Watch what happens. An excerpt from the TED Talk: "Frans de Waal: Moral behavior in animals." Watch the whole talk here: http://www.ted.com/talks/frans_de_waal_do_animals_have_morals.html
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04:09
CRUSHED By My Crush
475 views / 3 likes - addedDownload Words With Friends 2 for free here iOS: https://pixly.go2cloud.org/SH1Vj Android: https://pixly.go2cloud.org/SH1Vj and challenge Daphne! Thanks to Zynga for sponsoring this video. Username: DAPHNEstoryboothBy Dez | Subscribe: http://bit.ly/sub2st
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03:31
Venom Injection: How Ant Stingers Work!
354 views / 0 likes - addedAnt venom delivery captured, for the first time, in slow-motion (1,000fps) & up-close video. The ants (and stingers) featured in this video are the Florida harvester ant Pogonomyrmex badius and the trap-jaw ant Odontomachus ruginodis.Filmed by Adrian Smit
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17 Signs You Are a Genius, Have High Intelligence and High IQ - You may be smarter than you think!
17.7k views / 12 likes - added17 signs that you may be a genius without knowing it. 1. you forget where you kept your keys or phoneAccording to many psychologists, being scatterbrained practically guarantees your standing as a genius. When youre a genius, its hard to be preoccupied wi
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10 Scientific Ways To Know If Your Dog Loves You
481 views / 1 likes - added10 scientific ways to know your dog loves you so muchDog cognitive science has come a long way over the past two decades. Wagging tails, persuasive looks and the shape of ears yield all kinds of information about a dogs intentions and emotional state.The
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Science Confirms That Dogs Can Recognize Untrustworthy People
609 views / 1 likes - addedScientists confirm that dogs can recognize an untrustworthy person.When your dog growls at someone in your home - they may be onto something.So on our countdown today - we have the top 4 reasons why you should trust your dog before you believe your friend
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Scientists Confirm Dogs Can Detect 8 Diseases
500 views / 0 likes - addedScientists Confirm Dogs Can Detect 8 DiseasesYou may be surprised to learn that dogs can detect life-threatening diseases in humans. #1. Dogs can tell when you have cancerdogs can detect breast cancer, prostate cancer, and even bladder cancer. Simply by s
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12 Things Cats Love the Most
653 views / 0 likes - addedThere are a few things in this world that cats like more than a fresh meal. In this video, we will discover the top 12 things cats love. #1. Scratching! We have all seen how our furniture looks like after a cat gets to it with their claws. Scratching is o
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10 Ways Cats Say "I Love You"
537 views / 2 likes - addedIn this video, we will discuss 10 ways that cats show their love. Prolonged eye contact and slow blinking. Youve probably noticed your cat staring intently into your eyes at one point or another - dont worry! your kitty is showing you how much they love y
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06:08
The Astounding Physics of N95 Masks
385 views / 0 likes - addedHead to https://brilliant.org/MinutePhysics to sign up for free and get 20% off a Premium subscription to Brilliant!This video was written in collaboration with Aatish Bhatia - https://aatishb.com To learn more about using & decontaminating N95 masks: htt
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03:55
How Can You Start Feeling Less Sad?
388 views / 1 likes - addedFeeling down? How can you improve your mental health right now?Check out Kati Morton's channel on Mental Health: https://www.youtube.com/user/KatiMortonMeet The Life Noggin Team!Director/Voice - Pat Graziosi: http://lifenogg.in/PatGraziosi Executive Produ
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04:07
This Brainless Organism is Mapping Dark Matter
329 views / 0 likes - addedThe food-seeking behavior of slime mold is helping astronomers map dark matterheres how. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.com Scientists are trying
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10:16
Why Moving People is Complicated: Crash Course Engineering #41
302 views / 0 likes - addedTransportation is a big part of our world and engineers play a big role in making it happen. Today well explore how transportation systems are designed and some things transportation engineers have to take into consideration, like signaling, user behavior
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Slow Moving Waves in Giant Hanging Loops--- Cool Science Experiment
462 views / 0 likes - addedThe speed of waves through a stationary ropes or chain can vary due to the tension and the density of the material. What happens when the rope itself is put into motion and then a wave disturbance is added. This idea is the start of our investigation usin
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04:06
Why Engineers Turned to Origami to Create Reality-Bending Metamaterials
304 views / 0 likes - addedUniversity of Washington researchers have developed a novel solution to help reduce impact forces for potential applications in spacecraft, cars and beyond. And the new approach was inspired by origami. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker W
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Ring and Chain Trick Supersized // Homemade
332 views / 0 likes - addedA popular "magic" trick can also be a great learning tool for students to investigate. Starting with the original materials and then going larger plus watching it in slow motion makes the science behind the behavior easier to follow. This video offers a b
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01:42
Eye Gaze and Intent: How Robots Are Learning to Help People
387 views / 0 likes - addedCarnegie Mellon University's Henny Admoni studies human behavior in order to program robots to better anticipate people's needs. Admonis research focuses on using assistive robots to address different impairments and aid people in living more fulfilling l
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Using Eye Gaze to Teach a Robot
328 views / 0 likes - addedCarnegie Mellon University's Henny Admoni uses nonverbal human behavior, such as eye gaze, to better understand people's intentions. Using that information, Admoni creates algorithms that will allow future robots to be more collaborative in everyday life.
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How ads follow you around the internet
423 views / 0 likes - addedHint: Its why every site asks you to accept cookies.Join the Open Sourced Reporting Network: http://www.vox.com/opensourcednetworkYouve seen the pop-ups: This site uses cookies to improve your experience. Please accept cookies.Cookies do improve your expe
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04:19
A New Theory Reveals Why Tabbys Star Looks So Bizarre
371 views / 0 likes - addedResearchers might be one step closer to figuring out the mysterious behavior behind Tabby's star's dimming. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.comSome
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07:21
This Is Your Brain on Pokemon
379 views / 0 likes - addedPlease support our videos - http://www.patreon.com/scifriBack in 1996, Jesse Gomez memorized over 150 Pokmon by sight while playing the Nintendo Gameboy version of the popular anime. Little did he know that Gomezs geeky point of pride would become the bas
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03:50
Why Do We Smile?
322 views / 0 likes - addedMany species show off their teeth as a threat, so where did humans get our friendly smiles?Hosted by: Hank GreenSciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org----------Support SciShow by becomin
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04:43
Richard Feynman Fire
369 views / 0 likes - addedRichard Phillips Feynman was an American physicist known for the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics and the physics of the super fluidity of super cooled liquid helium, as well as work in particle physics
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Synchronising Metronomes in a Spreadsheet
431 views / 1 likes - addedThe Ri Lectures are on BBC4 and iPlayer now:https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00pmbqqThey'll be on the Ri channel a month later:https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRoyalInstitutionThanks to Jane Street, pateron supports and all viewers! Here's to another year
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Do Cut Resistant Gloves Actually Work?
343 views / 0 likes - addedFor a limited time, get 25% off the ENTIRE TKOR Store: http://bit.ly/2NnXiVpToday we're testing out cut resistant gloves. How effective are they at resisting knives, and how much can they take?Check out the TKOR Shop: http://bit.ly/2UCNpEbSee What Else We
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How the Disco Clam Uses Light to Fight Super-Strong Predators | WIRED
331 views / 0 likes - addedWhen the disco clam, a bivalve with a flashing light display, is faced with the predatory power of the punching mantis shrimp, things get interesting. Marine biologist Lindsey Dougherty explains the bizarre behavior shes been observing in her lab.CORRECTI
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The First Results Are in From NASAs Closest Flyby of the Sun
340 views / 0 likes - addedThe Parker Solar Probe sent back its first batch of results and the observations reveal various solar oddities never seen from Earth. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Visit our shop at
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05:14
What Has No Brain And the Ability To Self-Heal?!
315 views / 0 likes - addedWith its ability to self-heal and farm bacterial crops, slime mold is challenging everything we know about intelligent life. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Visit our shop at http://sh
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Could The Dip Really Kill a Toon? and Other Cartoon Chem (ft. SpongeBob, Popeye, & more)
522 views / 0 likes - addedAre bananas actually that slippery? Could spinach give you superhuman strength? And what the heck is Toon Acid? This week, watch some cartoons alongside our writer and host, Sam Jones, and learn whether their chemistry checks out. Subscribe! http://bit.ly
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Can The Words You Read Change Your Behavior?
389 views / 0 likes - added"Priming" is the idea that the words you read can change the way you act. And yes, there are papers that show an effect: but we also need to talk about the Replication Crisis. MORE LANGUAGE FILES: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL96C35uN7xGLDEnHuhD
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How The Modern World Tricks Our Bodies Into Hurting Themselves
430 views / 1 likes - addedThanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! http://twin-cities.umn.edu/The same enzyme that used to save us is now killing us because the body reactions it catalyzes now cause more harm than good.Thanks also to our Patreon patrons htt
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The Secret to Roasting Amazing Potatoes According to Chemistry
313 views / 0 likes - addedIn the mood for more food science? Check out PBS Digital Studios newest show--Serving Up Science! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClJ8BxAuS5hDlTnlZoDPV5wMaking delicious roasted potatoes is all about finding the right texture and consistency. Here at Rea
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Game theory challenge: Can you predict human behavior? - Lucas Husted
438 views / 0 likes - addedSolve this classic game theory challenge: given integers from 0 to 100, what would the whole number closest to of the average of all numbers guessed be?--Given a range of integers from 0 to 100, what would the whole number closest to 2/3 of the average of
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Smartphones: A New Model for Energy Efficiency?
380 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! http://twin-cities.umn.edu/The way smartphones made many devices nonessential is a model for a new way to think about improving energy efficiency.Thanks also to our Patreon patrons https://w
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The Bizarre Behavior of Rotating Bodies, Explained
347 views / 0 likes - addedSpinning objects have strange instabilities known as The Dzhanibekov Effect or Tennis Racket Theorem - this video offers an intuitive explanation.Part of this video was sponsored by LastPass, click here to find out more: https://ve42.co/LPReferences:Prof.
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The dangers of mixing drugs - Celine Valery
377 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the science of why mixing drugs and drug interactions with other substances can lead to dangerous health complications.--Which of the following is risky behavior: a person taking cholesterol medicine with grapefruit juice? Or a person taking Aceta
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Kidnapper Ants Steal Other Ants' Babies - And Brainwash Them | Deep Look
599 views / 1 likes - addedKidnapper ants raid other ant species' colonies, abduct their young and take them back to their nest. When the enslaved babies grow up, the kidnappers trick them into serving their captors hunting, cleaning the nest, even chewing up their food for them.Pl
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This Killer Fungus Turns Flies into Zombies | Deep Look
548 views / 2 likes - addedSomething is growing inside that fruit fly in your kitchen. At dusk, the fly points its wings straight up and dies in a gruesome pose so that a fungus can ooze out and fire hundreds of reproductive spores.Join our community on Patreon! https://www.patreon
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Slime Oobleck - The science of cornstarch and water
462 views / 0 likes - addedWhen you mix cornstarch and water, weird things happen. Sometimes it acts like a liquid and sometimes it acts like a solid. Now, a team of MIT engineers have developed a mathematical model that can accurately predict this material's behavior under various
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The Worlds First Photo of Quantum Entanglement Could Disprove Einsteins Theory
412 views / 1 likes - addedEinstein dubbed the idea of quantum entanglement as "spooky action at a distance." Now for the first time ever, scientists have taken a picture of it. Subscribe to Seeker!http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylistTod
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02:58 Popular
Multi-Agent Hide and Seek
899 views / 1 likes - addedWe’ve observed agents discovering progressively more complex tool use while playing a simple game of hide-and-seek. Through training in our new simulated hide-and-seek environment, agents build a series of six distinct strategies and counterstrategi
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Why Exercise Is Hard
383 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! http://twin-cities.umn.edu/Because exercise isn't essential for short-term survival, we don't exercise enough, so we need to reincorporate purposeful physical activity into our lives.Thanks
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How We Evolved To Browse The Web
404 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! http://twin-cities.umn.edu/The decisions we make while we browse the internet are suprisingly similar to the ones animals make as they forage for food...here's why.Thanks also to our Patreon
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The Bacteria That Made Life Possible Are Now Killing Us
558 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to the St. Croix Watershed Research Station for sponsoring this video! To learn more about their work, visit https://www.smm.org/scwrs/.Aquatic cyanobacteria first oxygenated earths air, making human life possible; now, due to our actions, cyanobac
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Scientists Just Captured This Rare Giant Squid Footage, Here's How
1,153 views / 3 likes - addedScientists know more about the surface of Mars than the largely unexplored deep sea, but new deep sea robots could offer a further glimpse of life in the Twilight Zone. Subscribe to Seeker!http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/E
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Our Ignorance About Gravity
439 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to the Heising Simons Foundation (https://www.hsfoundation.org/) for their support of this video, and of short range gravity research.This video is about how little we know about the behavior of gravity at short length and distance scales, what the
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The high-stakes race to make quantum computers work - Chiara Decaroli
896 views / 0 likes - addedGet to know the unique properties of quantum computers and the obstacles that have prevented this theoretical technology from becoming a reality. --Quantum computers could eventually outstrip the computational limits of classical computers. They rely on t
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The murder of ancient Alexandria's greatest scholar - Soraya Field Fiorio
460 views / 1 likes - addedDive into the life of one of Ancient Romes most powerful figures, Hypatia of Alexandria, a renowned scholar and political advisor to the city's leaders.--In the city of Alexandria in 415 CE, the bishop and the governor were in a fight. It started with a d
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Earths Magnetic North Pole Is Shifting South So What Now?
432 views / 0 likes - addedThe Earth's magnetic poles are constantly shifting, and scientists believe they've figured out why. Subscribe to Seeker!http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist The North and South poles are often thought of as the
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why typing like this is sometimes okay.
438 views / 0 likes - addedLanguage changes over time, and that's fine. Time for a dose of descriptivism, as the Language Files return. Pull down the description for the references! MORE LANGUAGE FILES: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL96C35uN7xGLDEnHuhD7CTZES3KXFnwm0 Writte
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Largest Known Marine Stingray Study | National Geographic
626 views / 0 likes - addedDue to the elusive nature of these fish, very little is known about their ecology and behavior. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe#NationalGeographic #Stingrays #OceansAbout National Geographic:National Geographic is the world's premium destination
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Meeting a Wormlion Is the Pits | Deep Look
357 views / 0 likes - addedStraight out of science fiction, the fearsome wormlion ambushes prey at the bottom of a tidy - and terrifying - sand pit, then flicks their carcasses out. These meals fuel its transformation into something unexpected.SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/
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A Game You Can Never Win
456 views / 0 likes - addedWatch my newest video, "The Game You Win By Losing (Parrondo's Paradox)": https://youtu.be/PpvboBJEozMNot a real offer.*** LINKS ***Get Vsauce's favorite science and math toys delivered to your door!https://www.curiositybox.com/2018 Currency Budgethttps:/
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BIZARRE Cat Behaviors Explained!
724 views / 3 likes - addedTop strange cat behaviors explained! Watch to find out the meanings behind weird cat behaviors and how to understand cats as well as learn some of the bizarre cat language these felines tend to use!11. Chatterbox One of the odd behaviors you may have noti
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The lovable (and lethal) sea lion - Claire Simeone
470 views / 0 likes - addedPlunge into the oceans depths to take a closer look at the sea lions hunting skills, and to learn more about how climate change is affecting its habitat. --Sunning themselves on rocks or waddling awkwardly across the beach, its easy to think of sea lions
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The Invention of Music
455 views / 0 likes - addedWatch my newest video, "The Game You Win By Losing (Parrondo's Paradox)": https://youtu.be/PpvboBJEozM"All audible musical sound is given us for the sake of harmony, which has motions akin to the orbits in our soul, and which, as anyone who makes intellig
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How this disease changes the shape of your cells - Amber M. Yates
414 views / 0 likes - addedDig into the science of how a single genetic mutation alters the structure of hemoglobin and leads to sickle-cell disease. -- What shape are your cells? Squishy cylinders? Jagged zig-zags? You might not spend a lot of time thinking about the bodies of the
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When Giant Scorpions Swarmed the Seas
525 views / 2 likes - addedTry Audible for 30 days visit https://www.audible.com/eons or text eons to 500500! Sea scorpions thrived for 200 million years, coming in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. Over time, they developed a number of adaptations--from crushing claws to flatten
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When We Tamed Fire
511 views / 0 likes - addedOur new shirt! https://store.dftba.com/products/eons-pocket-shirt The Best-Of Nature League: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZftFO1i4jNijeKInnCZXTYg9l3HVlbXl The ability to make and use fire has fundamentally changed the arc of our evolution. The
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Can You Recover Sound From Images?
572 views / 0 likes - addedIs it possible to reconstruct sound from high-speed video images? Part of this video was sponsored by LastPass: http://bit.ly/2SmRQkk Special thanks to Dr. Abe Davis for revisiting his research with me: http://abedavis.com This video was based on research
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Can naked mole rats solve autism, epilepsy, and schizophrenia? || EXPERIMENTALS: Moles (part 1)
479 views / 0 likes - addedNaked mole rats look like walking steamed spring rolls (with tails). But, beneath their translucent skin, they have a 35 million year old superpower: they are super carbon dioxide breathers (trust us, they’re joining the Avengers). And it’s not like they
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Praying Mantis Love is Waaay Weirder Than You Think | Deep Look
670 views / 2 likes - addedSupport Deep Look on Patreon!! https://www.patreon.com/deeplook These pocket-sized predators are formidable hunters. But when it comes to hooking up, male mantises have good reason to fear commitment. SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqt DEEP LOOK
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Homemade Balancing Toys Part Two // Homemade Science with Bruce Yeany
609 views / 1 likes - addedHere are a few more example of balancing toys that are made with simple materials. Making these types of toys have been especially popular with students. Toys can be a great lead in to the study of center of mass, center of gravity, levers, torque. Also m
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These Dogs Sniff Out Wildlife Crime
756 views / 4 likes - addedAt this very moment, with their noses to the ground, four-legged heroes are actively defending our planet. With keen olfactory systems and an ability to read human behavior, dogs are not only [wo]man’s best friends—they’re indefatigable allies in the figh
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Honey bees and zebra fish come to a consensus, thanks to a little robotic intervention
418 views / 1 likes - addedSpecies from both land and sea are able to reach a collective decision with the help of robot mediators. Once day, researchers hope to use machine learning to train robots on collective behavior in animals. Read the paper - http://robotics.sciencemag.org/
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When We First Made Tools
447 views / 0 likes - addedTry CuriosityStream today: http://curiositystream.com/eons The tools made by our human ancestors may not seem like much when you compare them to the screen you’re looking at right now but their creation represents a pivotal moment in the origin of technol
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03:44
The Way We Build Video Games Is Changing, Here’s How
384 views / 0 likes - addedIn the age of A.I., video games are being used as a neural network training ground. A.I. has been used to recreate virtual levels and worlds replicating very closely to how a human would operate. Neural Networks: How Do Robots Teach Themselves? - https://
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01:38
Do Penguins Fly? | Penguin 101
627 views / 3 likes - addedWe get this question a lot at the Aquarium: "Do penguins fly? They're a bird, right?" And the answer is: "Yes, penguins fly—but not through the air!" Penguins are expert swimmers and use their paddle-like wings to fly through the water. Penguins are shape
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03:55
Jerusalem Crickets Only Date Drummers | Deep Look
525 views / 1 likes - addedWith their big heads and beady black eyes, Jerusalem crickets aren't winning any beauty contests. But that doesn't stop them from finding mates. They use their bulbous bellies to serenade each other with some furious drumming. Support Deep Look on Patreon
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04:05
Daddy Longlegs Risk Life ... and Especially Limb ... to Survive | Deep Look
507 views / 0 likes - addedWhen predators attack, daddy longlegs deliberately release their limbs to escape. They can drop up to three and still get by just fine. SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqt DEEP LOOK: a new ultra-HD (4K) short video series created by KQED San Fran
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03:48 Popular
Why Earthquakes Are So Hard To Predict
1,012 views / 1 likes - addedScientists are trying to figure out if they can predict big earthquakes by simulating small quakes in labs and studying big quakes under the ocean. Thanks to the University of Rhode Island for sponsoring this video. Thanks also to our Patreon patrons http
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03:52
Could a Dyson Sphere Harness the Full Power of the Sun?
458 views / 0 likes - addedSpace colonization and traveling through deep space require lots of energy. Could Dyson Spheres offer humanity a nearly unlimited power source? Watch More Space Crafts! | https://bit.ly/2GqH0aO Read More: The Kardashev Scale Type 0: Why Earth is a Level Z
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11:26
Does Sugar Make Kids Hyper?! Debunked
634 views / 0 likes - addedParents have been telling us for years, that if you give a child candy and cola it will hype them up and make them go nuts! But, how much truth is there to the 'sugar rush', and how much of it is just in the parents perception? Thanks for watching and sup
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07:44
Newton's Remarkable Cradle
447 views / 0 likes - addedThis deceptively simple device can behave in some very unexpected ways. The math and physics behind the movements can be used to explain this behavior.
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The Humans That Lived Before Us
421 views / 1 likes - addedAs more and more fossil ancestors have been found, our genus has become more and more inclusive, incorporating more members that look less like us, Homo sapiens. By getting to know these other hominins--the ones who came before us--we can start to answer
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Humpback Whales Return To New York | Cities: Nature's New Wild | BBC Earth
555 views / 1 likes - addedAre 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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02:23
Baby Flying Foxes Rescued in the City | Cities: Nature's New Wild | BBC Earth
656 views / 1 likes - addedThese 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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02:48
This AI Learns Human Movement From Videos
386 views / 0 likes - addedThe paper "Towards Learning a Realistic Rendering of Human Behavior" is available here: https://compvis.github.io/hbugen2018/ Pick up cool perks on our Patreon page: › https://www.patreon.com/TwoMinutePapers We would like to thank our generous Patreon sup
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02:54 Popular
Mosasaurs 101 | National Geographic
961 views / 0 likes - addedMosasaurs were Earth's last great marine reptiles. Learn about the surprising places they'd hunt, how some species dwarfed even the Tyrannosaurus rex, and how key physical adaptations allowed these reptiles to become a prehistoric apex predator. ➡ Subscri
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02:25
Why Electroshock Therapy Is Back
390 views / 0 likes - addedPlease support us on https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth or as a YouTube Sponsor! Thanks to everyone who already does! Shocking the brain has come and gone as a medical treatment, but it’s currently resurging, as it often provides the best form of relief
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09:52
When Humans Were Prey
477 views / 0 likes - addedNot too long ago, our early human ancestors were under constant threat of attack from predators. And it turns out that this difficult chapter in our history may be responsible for the adaptations that allowed us to become so successful. Thanks to Julio La
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02:12
Snippet: Worms blob together, act as liquid or solid
493 views / 0 likes - addedHalf the size of a cigarette and squirmy, the black aquatic worm Lumbriculus variegatus isn’t much to look at. But these denizens of sulfur caves and flooded areas like company and often many thousands come together as “blobs” with behavior not unlike the
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01:25
Sharpshooter insect pees faster than a cheetah accelerates
496 views / 0 likes - addedThe rapid acceleration of a cheetah chasing down its prey is slow motion compared with the pee flying out of the rear end of a glassy sharpshooter a new study has found. Read more: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/01/sharpshooter-insect-pees-faster-ch
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Discovering the Past Through Dinosaur Poop
554 views / 0 likes - addedPlease support our videos http://www.patreon.com/scifri Although the praire outside of Choteau, Montana is best known as the fossil quarry that provided definitive paleontological insights into the parenting habits of dinosaurs, it’s also the perfec
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05:24
Why should you read Kurt Vonnegut? - Mia Nacamulli
618 views / 0 likes - addedDownload a free audiobook version of "Slaughterhouse Five" and support TED-Ed's nonprofit mission: https://adbl.co/2DPI5Ys Check out our full book recommendation: https://shop.ed.ted.com/products/slaughterhouse-five Kurt Vonnegut found the tidy, satisfyin
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10:12
When Camels Roamed North America
435 views / 1 likes - addedCamels are famous for adaptations that have allowed them to flourish where most other large mammals would perish. But their story begins over 40 million years ago in North America, and in an environment you’d never expect: a rainforest. Special thanks t
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Why Metallic Hydrogen Is the Holy Grail of High Pressure Physics
408 views / 0 likes - addedMaking hydrogen a metal takes lot of pressure. But after a group of scientist’s lost the world’s first sample, the pressure is really on. Is Jupiter the Reason for Life on Earth? - https://youtu.be/nsGRvnPL95I Read More: Settling Arguments About Hydrogen
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07:26 Popular
This 3D Quantum Gas Clock Could Redefine Time
713 views / 0 likes - addedTime may be a human construct but that hasn't stopped physicists from perfecting it. Read More: JILA’s 3-D Quantum Gas Atomic Clock Offers New Dimensions in Measurement https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2017/10/jilas-3-d-quantum-gas-atomic-clock-offer
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