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The Actual Impact Of The Placebo Effect On Science

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We know the placebo effect works, but researchers are starting to figure out exactly why and how doctors could use it to treat patients. Does The Placebo Effect Work On You? - https://youtu.be/qXrXUwyhuEg Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bi
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Electric Fields: Crash Course Physics #26

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As we learn more about electricity, we have to talk about fields. Electric fields may seem complicated, but they're really fascinating and a crucial part of physics. In this episode of Crash Course Physics, Shini chats about capacitors, conductors, electr
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The Science of Being Scared

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Squeaks surprises Jessi, which makes her wonder: What's the science behind getting scared? ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishowkids ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere o
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Induction - An Introduction: Crash Course Physics #34

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This episode was sponsored by Prudential. Go to http://Raceforretirement.com and see how quickly 1% can add up. Want more Crash Course in person? We'll be at NerdCon: Nerdfighteria in Boston on February 25th and 26th! For more information, go to http://ww
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The Birth of the Feature Film: Crash Course Film History #6

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Movies didn't always look like they do now. There was a period (kind of a problematic one) where movies transitioned from short novelties to big, epic, feature films. That's our focus this week as Craig talks to us about the birth of the feature film and
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18 MATH RIDDLES THAT EVEN YOUR MATH TEACHER WILL FAIL

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A great chance to challenge your math teacher! These 18 math riddles will trick and will make sweat even your math teacher: 00:14 - Easy riddle to warm you up for the main brain workout. Kids solve this in seconds! 00:46 - Riddle to test your ability to t
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Robots: Crash Course Computer Science #37

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Today we're going to talk about robots! Robots are often thought as a technology of the future, but they're already here by the millions in the workplace, our homes, and pretty soon on the roads. We'll discuss the origins of robotics to its proliferation,
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Determinism vs Free Will: Crash Course Philosophy #24

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Do we really have free will? Today Hank explores possible answers to that question, explaining theories like libertarian free will and it’s counterpoint, hard determinism. Get your own Crash Course Philosophy mug from DFTBA: http://store.dftba.com/product
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Designing the World of Film: Crash Course Film Production #9

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Literally, ‘mise-en-scene’ means “placing on stage.” But in film, mise-en-scene encompasses everything the camera is capturing. The artists and crafts-people who work in Production Design, Wardrobe, and Hair and Makeup are responsible for setting the stag
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Educational Technology: Crash Course Computer Science #39

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Today we’re going to go a little meta and talk about how computer science can support learning with educational technology. We here at Crash Course are big fans of interactive in-class learning and hands-on experiences, but we also believe in the additive
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Light Is Waves: Crash Course Physics #39

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The way light behaves can seem very counter intuitive, and many physicists would agree with that, but once you figure out light waves it all starts to make more sense! In this episode of Crash Course Physics, Shini shows us how we know that light exists a
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World Cinema - Part 1: Crash Course Film History #14

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The world is a big place and cinema isn't limited to just the U.S. and Europe. There are a lot of vibrant and influential film movements and cultures from all over the world. In this episode of Crash Course Film History, Craig talks to us a little about s
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Cuttlefish: Tentacles In Disguise

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Joe's proposed SXSW panel is "Science on YouTube: Where the Smart Kids Are". Vote for it before 9/4! http://vid.io/xqTj Check out #BigBlueLive! http://pbs.org/bigbluelive Tweet ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBScuttle Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBScuttleFB ↓ More i
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How the Animal Kingdom Sleeps

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Sleep is universal in the animal kingdom, but each species slumbers in a different — and often mysterious — way. Some animals snooze with half their brain, while others only sleep for two hours a day (without even suffering sleep deprivation!). Ed Yong gu
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Life Aboard the International Space Station

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From 250 miles above the Earths surface, NASA astronaut Anne McClain has a unique perspective. Subscribe so you never miss an episode: https://bit.ly/3mOfd77More info below Circling the planet 16 times a day aboard the International Space Station, NASA as
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The #1 way to strengthen your mind is to use your body | Wendy Suzuki

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Exercise gives your brain a bubble bath of neurochemicals, says Wendy Suzuki, a professor of neural science. Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1Up next, Forensic accountant explains
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Experimental and Documentary Films: Crash Course Film History #16

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It's Craig's last episode of Film and in it he's going to talk about weird stuff... and real stuff. Experimental and Documentary films could each take up their own Crash Course series. The different styles and intents of different filmmakers make each fil
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Why Don’t Woodpeckers Get Concussions?

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How To Improve Your Memory RIGHT NOW!

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These tips will give you the memory boost you need! Thanks to LastPass for sponsoring this video. Click the link to start using LastPass now! http://bit.ly/2vIFcD7 Created by: Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown Written by: Jodre Datu and Greg Brown Illustr
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Where Does Your Mind Reside?: Crash Course Philosophy #22

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Today we continue our unit on identity by asking where the mind resides. Hank explains the mind body problem and several approaches to the question of where our minds reside, including reductive physicalism, substance dualism, and mysterianism. Get your o
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Why Do You Stop Noticing Smells After A While?

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Our brains lie to us. Not maliciously – they think they’re helping. Which is why smells seem to disappear: It’s olfactory adaptation. How it happens is complicated, but Lauren breaks it down. Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com: http://health.howstuffworks.co
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The First Movie Camera: Crash Course Film History #2

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After serial photography became a thing, it wasn't long before motion pictures started to develop. And, at the front of that development was Thomas Edison, who you may know as an inventor and business person. In this episode of Crash Course Film History,
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Electric Current: Crash Course Physics #28

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So, electric current works like a river... kinda... Instead of flowing based on elevation, electric current works a little differently. But it's a good metaphor. In this episode of Crash Course Physics, Shini talks to us about electric current, voltaic ce
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Do you have good EYES? (test with answers)

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★★ For more broccolies like this... Subscribe to DB! ★★ The überchallenge is to be able to identify all the different colors in the video... if you see all 20 colors, you must have massively good eyes! ⤋ BEST OF DAILY BROCCOLI ⤋ ---------------------
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Can We Get Solar Power To Everyone Who Wants It?

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Please SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/hotmess_sub And support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hotmesspbs By the end of 2016, the US was home to over 1 million household and commercial solar energy operations, with 4 times as many solar panels installe
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38 Puzzles Train You to See Like Sherlock

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Grab some Bright Side MERCH (ships worldwide!): http://bit.ly/2OJubyAYou know that way Sherlock Holmes walks into a room and picks out all the smallest details nobody else would ever notice? Who said you can't be that way too! In fact, you might already b
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Thermodynamics: Crash Course Physics #23

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Have you ever heard of a Perpetual Motion Machine? More to the point, have you ever heard of why Perpetual Motion Machines are impossible? One of the reasons is because of the first law of thermodynamics! In this episode of Crash Course Physics, Shini tal
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The Amazing Laser

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Wherein my mind is blown by technology, yet again. Please take our survey! We wanna know your thoughts! http://fieldmuseum.fluidsurveys.com/s/thebrainscoop/ ↓ More info + Links! ↓ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natu
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How Do We Read? Its Magic (Almost)

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Check out Otherwords on @Storied! https://www.youtube.com/pbsstoried Were on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below Reading. Youre doing it right now. I bet you dont even have to think about it. Bu
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How Your Dog's Nose Knows So Much | Deep Look

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Support Deep Look on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deeplook Dogs have a famously great sense of smell, but what makes their noses so much more powerful than ours? They're packing some sophisticated equipment inside that squishy schnozz. SUBSCRIBE to De
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Sesame Street: Catch Us Every Morning&Afternoon!

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Ever look at your watch, and think "Man, I missed Sesame Street today?" Well now you have two chances to catch Sesame Street on TV! Catch all-new episodes of Sesame Street starting September 15 on PBS KIDS! Now every morning AND afternoon. Subscribe to th
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Look to the octopus to understand how aliens might think

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Octopuses are incredibly smart, yet the majority of their neurons exist in their arms and suckers, and not in their brain, making them as close to alien intelligence as we can find on Earth. Imagine: What if our hands and fingers could think for themselve
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How Your Body Knows Left From Right

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Vote PBS Digital Studios for 'Best Science&Education Network' in the 2015 Webbys -- http://vid.io/xqjk ---- Why are our bodies so symmetrical, but our guts aren't?↓ More info and sources below ↓ Subscribe to It's Okay To Be Smart: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub
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Quantum Mechanics - Part 1: Crash Course Physics #43

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What is light? That is something that has plagued scientists for centuries. It behaves light a wave... and a particle... what? Is it both? In this episode of Crash Course Physics, Shini introduces to the idea of Quantum Mechanics and how it helps us under
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Computer Vision: Crash Course Computer Science #35

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Today we’re going to talk about how computers see. We’ve long known that our digital cameras and smartphones can take incredibly detailed images, but taking pictures is not quite the same thing. For the past half-century, computer scientists have been wor
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360° Dive into a BLACK HOLE

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You just jumped into a black hole! Here's what you'll see as you hurtle toward the event horizon. SUBSCRIBE: http://youtube.com/whatthephysics?sub Learn more in NOVA's two-hour special, "Black Hole Apocalypse": http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/space/black-hol
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Humans Are Smart. Why Are Babies So Unsmart?

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Check out Antarctic Extremes on @PBS Terra : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvRAuy1ZmTc Were on PATREON now! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below SUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_s
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Data Structures: Crash Course Computer Science #14

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Today we’re going to talk about on how we organize the data we use on our devices. You might remember last episode we walked through some sorting algorithms, but skipped over how the information actually got there in the first place! And it is this abilit
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10 Trick Questions your friends will ALWAYS get Wrong!! (with answers)

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These are 10 awesome trick questions your friends will always get wrong! Guaranteed! :) I have picked these 10 funny brain teasers because I am sure that no-one would get them right when asked spontaneously. See for yourself, whether you will get the righ
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Aristotle & Virtue Theory: Crash Course Philosophy #38

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This week we explore final ethical theory in this unit: Aristotle’s virtue theory. Hank explains the Golden Mean, and how it exists as the midpoint between vices of excess and deficiency. We’ll also discuss moral exemplars, and introduce the concept of “e
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Upgrade Your Hand With This Extra Thumb

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Have you ever thought about using an extra thumb? Perhaps you could play the guitar faster, or hold an extra tool as you continue to work? Well think no more, as Dani Clode has invented just that. We took a trip down to the University of Cambridge, where
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AC Circuits: Crash Course Physics #36

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Want more Crash Course in person? We'll be at NerdCon: Nerdfighteria in Boston on February 25th and 26th! For more information, go to http://www.nerdconnerdfighteria.com/ We've talked about AC Circuits, but now it's time to delve into the world of AC Circ
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8 Incredible Deep Sea Oddities!

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You're Living On An Ant Planet

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How did ants take over the world? Well, it looks like they didnt achieve world domination all by themselves. They may have just been riding the wave of a totally different evolutionary explosion.*****PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To suppor
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Why It's Good To Have A Weak Hand

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Watch the new season of MinuteBody - and get access to both CuriosityStream and Nebula - at https://curiositystream.com/minuteearth.We might have a strong hand because having a weak hand is actually useful.LEARN MORE**************To learn more about this
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Spectra Interference: Crash Course Physics #40

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Light is everywhere … but it’s not as predictable as you might think. It’s a wave that travels in straight lines, yet it also reflects off of surfaces, refracts through various materials, and generally changes direction all the time! We’ve learned how to
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Natural Law Theory: Crash Course Philosophy #34

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Our exploration of ethical theories continues with another theistic answer to the grounding problem: natural law theory. Thomas Aquinas’s version of this theory says that we all seek out what’s known as the basic goods and argued that instinct and reason
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What is Metabolism?

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Normally when we think of metabolism, we think of weight loss fads like the Keto diet, the Paleo diet or intermittent fasting. Metabolism, however, is way more interesting than weight loss trends. It is the process used by your body to transform Cap'n Cru
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Sesame Street: Catch the Cookie Thief!

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There's a thief on the loose who has snatched up all the Cookie Art at the Cookie Museum. Who is the prime suspect? Why is the thief taking all the cookie art? Will Rachel Dratch and her posse of police penguins pin the perpetrator? Find out on PBS on Feb
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Origami: Art, Engineering or Both?

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How can one sheet of folding paper inform engineering and the future of space travel?Subscribe so you never miss an episode: https://bit.ly/3mOfd77More info below Jinkyu JK Yang sees endless possibilities in a single sheet of paper. The aeronautics and as
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How Do Glaciers Move?

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Watch WILD ALASKA LIVE starting July 23 on PBS: http://to.pbs.org/2tbKxzx Don’t miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Glacier ice is weird. It’s solid. Solid things aren’t supposed to flow. But glac
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You will NOT know all of these sounds, I am SURE!! (with answers)

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★★ For more sound broccolies like this... Subscribe to DB! ★★ You will NOT know all of these sounds, I am SURE!! I would be incredibly surprised if anyone actually identifies all of these animal sounds... This is a listening test to see how well you know
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Geometric Optics: Crash Course Physics #38

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Want more Crash Course in person? We'll be at NerdCon: Nerdfighteria in Boston on February 25th and 26th! For more information, go to http://www.nerdconnerdfighteria.com/ LIGHT! Let's talk about it today. Sunlight, moonlight, torchlight, and flashlight. T
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Special Relativity: Crash Course Physics #42

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This episode of Crash Course Physics is supported by Prudential. Go to www.raceforretirement.com to learn how, if you start saving today, you can continue to enjoy the things you love tomorrow. So we've all heard of relativity, right? But... what is relat
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Arguments Against Personal Identity: Crash Course Philosophy #20

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How can Daenerys Targaryen help us understand personal identity? Find out as Hank continues our exploration of personal identity, learning about Hume’s bundle theory and Parfit’s theory of survival through psychological connectedness. Get your own Crash C
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Electronic Computing: Crash Course Computer Science #2

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So we ended last episode at the start of the 20th century with special purpose computing devices such as Herman Hollerith’s tabulating machines. But as the scale of human civilization continued to grow as did the demand for more sophisticated and powerful
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21 FUNNY RIDDLES TO ACTIVATE YOUR THINKING PROCESS

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Enjoy these funny riddles for kids that will activate your thinking process! The best way to start your day! 00:14 - Only people with turned-on brains can guess these words right! 03:06 - Can you guess this emoji movie? Fun emoji quiz and brain teasers fo
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The Ruin And Rise Of Monterey Bay

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Magnetism: Crash Course Physics #32

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This episode was sponsored by Prudential. Go to http://Raceforretirement.com and see how quickly 1% can add up. You’re probably familiar with the basics of magnets already: They have a north pole and a south pole. Two of the same pole will repel each othe
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Black Hole Star Cake

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NOVA has teamed up with Cook's Illustrated to cook up a recipe for stars and black holes – a culinary "course" on how the most mysterious objects in the universe are created. Watch "Black Hole Apocalypse" Here: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/space/black-hol
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Circuit Analysis: Crash Course Physics #30

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How does Stranger Things fit in with Physics and, more specifically, circuit analysis? I'm glad you asked! In this episode of Crash Course Physics, Shini walks us through the differences between series and parallel circuits and how that makes Christmas li
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Neuromorphic Computing Is a Big Deal for A.I., But What Is It?

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Engineering computers to work like brains could revolutionize technology as we know it. Here’s everything you need to know about neuromorphic computing. Get 20% off http://www.domain.com domain names and web hosting when you use coupon code SEEKER at chec
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Movies are Magic: Crash Course Film History #1

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Well, they're not really "magic." Maybe "illusion" is a better way to say it. As we begin this journey of the history of cinema, we need to understand how movies trick our brains into even understanding that a movie is a movie. In this episode of Crash Co
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New IQ Test! (with answers)

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★★ More Broccoli = More IQ :DD (Please subscribe!!!) ★★ This IQ test is amazingly accurate. Check how many questions you got right and what it means in terms of your IQ. Are you smart? How intelligent are you? What is my IQ? This new IQ Test will tell you
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Binary - Representing Numbers and Letters: Crash Course Computer Science #4

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Today, we’re going to take a look at how computers use a stream of 1s and 0s to represent all of our data - from our text messages and photos to music and webpages. We’re going to focus on how these binary values are used to represent numbers and letters,
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97% Fail... Test your EYES! (incl. secret message)

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★★ Secret message because... we reached + 278k SUBS!!!! ★★ Massive thank you! You are the best!! The überchallenge is to be able to find all the letters that are hidden in the images. ...if you see all 12 letters, you must have massively good eyes! This i
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Should You Eat Every Day?

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Intermittent fasting ≠ Starving yourself EATING DISORDER HELPLINES: http://bit.ly/2Ab6rHO ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ An intermittent fasting diet is one of the hippest new nutrition and fitness philosophies, based around the idea that going hungr
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Crazy Math Trick: I will guess Your Age! (2017 with answers)

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★★ For more broccolies like this... Subscribe to DB! ★★ I will guess your age! This is a crazy math trick that is likely to impress you and your friends too! You start with a RANDOM number and then end up with your Age and that number... pretty incredible
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The Silent Era: Crash Course Film History #9

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The Silent Era of Hollywood set a lot of things into motion in terms of how movies were made and sold. Big stars were one of the main ways studios tried to make their movies stand apart from one another and get the public to make choices at the cinema. Bu
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The Cosmic Origin of Earths Most Precious Metals

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Follow me to The Bigger Picture on @PBS https://youtu.be/Wnr4RJxDifwSUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub More info and sources below Precious metals like gold, silver, platinum, and rhodium are expensive because they're rare in Eart
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Aesthetics: Crash Course Philosophy #31

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How do art and morality intersect? Today we look at an ethically questionable work of art and discuss R. G. Collingwood’s view that art is best when it helps us live better lives. We’ll go over Aristotle’s concept of catharsis and how it can resolve the p
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When Zoo Animals Speak, This Scientist Listens

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Can 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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The woman who turns brains into soup: Suzana Herculano-Houzel

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Ever wondered how many neurons are in the human brain? Meet Suzana Herculano-Houzel, a professor at Vanderbilt University whose pioneering "brain soup" technique made it possible to accurately count the number of neurons in brains of all sizes. From eleph
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Citizen Kane: Crash Course Film Criticism #1

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Try CuriosityStream today: http://curiositystream.com/crashcourse and use the promo code "crashcourse" to get the first two months free! Is Citizen Kane the BEST MOVIE EVER MADE? Is that even an answerable question? Michael Aranda will try to help us thro
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Optical Instruments: Crash Course Physics #41

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This episode of Crash Course Physics is supported by Prudential. Go to www.raceforretirement.com to learn how, if you start saving today, you can continue to enjoy the things you love tomorrow. How do lenses work? How do they form images? Well, in order t
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Trauma&Addiction: Crash Course Psychology #31

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How Bilingual Brains Perceive Time Differently

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A new study has found that what language you speak might alter your perception of time. What Happens If We Give A.I. The Ability To Remember Everything? - https://youtu.be/3Nq-9_SwC68 Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Special
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Discrimination: Crash Course Philosophy #41

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Is it OK to discriminate? Do you do it? Is it always wrong or are there cases where it can be acceptable? Today we’re talking through several tricky cases and different philosophical perspectives on this issue. Want more Crash Course in person? We'll be a
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Psychology of Computing: Crash Course Computer Science #38

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We’ve spent most of this series talking about computers. Which makes sense - this is Crash Course COMPUTER SCIENCE after all. But at their core computers are tools employed by humans and humans are pretty complicated. So today, we’re going to discuss some
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Three Solutions! Can You Find Them? (math trick with answers)

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★★ Please LIKE if you found at least ONE solution!! ★★ This is an impossible equation, because 6+4 is clearly not 4... BUT there are three solutions to this equation by moving just ONE matchstick. Can you find all three solutions? I am curious to see how
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3 Ways Black Holes Could Break Physics

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What if the Earth were swallowed by a black hole? Would humanity’s legacy be gone forever? Or could you somehow get back that information from behind the event horizon? There are three possible answers to this question...but they all break physics as we k
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How Smells Trigger Memories

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SciShow explains how smells can bring back early memories -- even memories that your brain didn’t know you had. Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn't make SciShow without them! Shout out to
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Visualizing Herd Immunity (with 500 Mousetraps!) (feat. @The Slow Mo Guys)

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More vaccine info here: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/default.htm Special thanks to @The Slow Mo Guys ! https://www.youtube.com/user/theslowmoguys More info and sources below Thanks to Gates Notes for Supporting PBS.Since the start of the coronavir
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Last Episode of Arthur. Series Finale.

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All rights belong to PBS Kids! Ep: All Grown Up What an end to a fantastic show!! After 26 years, this wonderful show has come to an end.
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How Birds Can Teach Us to Build Better Airplanes

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How one researcher is turning everything we know about flight on its head...Subscribe so you never miss an episode: https://bit.ly/3mOfd77More info below Vikram Baliga studies anatomy and movement of animals in the Department of Zoology at the University
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10 Mystery Riddles for Only the Bravest Detectives

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Riddle me this, Batman! What does your brain and biceps have in common? Both need a good daily workout to stay fit and toned! Telltale signs of a brain that's gone too long without exercise: foggy thinking, losing your train of thought, struggling to focu
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How Wildebeest Saved the Serengeti

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This breakthrough study shows how wildebeest are Serengeti keystones. Please LIKE and SUBSCRIBE if you enjoyed! http://bit.ly/1Adl6ht **More info & videos below**The Serengeti Rules premieres Wednesday, October 9 at 8|7c on PBS ---------------For full NAT
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Locke, Berkeley, & Empiricism: Crash Course Philosophy #6

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This week we answer skeptics like Descartes with empiricism. Hank explains John Locke’s primary and secondary qualities and why George Berkeley doesn’t think that distinction works -- leaving us with literally nothing but our minds, ideas, and perceptions
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Metaethics: Crash Course Philosophy #32

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We begin our unit on ethics with a look at metaethics. Hank explains three forms of moral realism – moral absolutism, and cultural relativism, including the difference between descriptive and normative cultural relativism – and moral subjectivism, which i
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That Time The Ocean Lost (Almost) All Its Oxygen

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Find Bizarre Beasts here! https://www.youtube.com/bizarrebeastsThis is the story of how our planet rescued itself from extreme conditions in the Cretaceous Period, at the cost of essentially suffocating the oceans for half-a-million years.*****PBS Member
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How soft sounds might dull pain in mice

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Experiments in mice show how sound tamps down on pain processing in the brainRead the story: https://scim.ag/3cjITbbRead the research ($): https://scim.ag/3Ok5dPa
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Programming Basics: Statements & Functions: Crash Course Computer Science #12

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Today, Carrie Anne is going to start our overview of the fundamental building blocks of programming languages. We’ll start by creating small programs for our very own video game to show how statements and functions work. We aren’t going to code in a speci
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Karl Popper, Science, And Pseudoscience: Crash Course Philosophy #8

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The early 1900s was an amazing time for Western science, as Albert Einstein was developing his theories of relativity and psychology was born, as Sigmund Freud and psychoanalysis took over the scientific mainstream. Karl Popper observed these developments
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Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence: Crash Course Computer Science #34

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So we've talked a lot in this series about how computers fetch and display data, but how do they make decisions on this data? From spam filters and self-driving cars, to cutting edge medical diagnosis and real-time language translation, there has been an
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Moral Luck: Crash Course Philosophy #39

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Can two people who make the same bad decision bear different levels of moral responsibility? Today, we try to address this question with the concept of moral luck. Hank explains the difference between moral and causal responsibility, and the reasons we as
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Sand Dunes Shouldnt Exist (Heres Why They Do)

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Check out Overview on @PBS Terra https://youtu.be/WWrb1iyCLlI Were on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below How can sand, blown by the wind, form such intricate and beautiful patterns as ripples a
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What Happened to Nuclear Power? | Hot Mess

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Peril & Promise is a public media initiative from WNET telling human stories of climate change and its solutions. Learn more at: at http://www.pbs.org/wnet/peril-and-promise/ Splitting the atom once promised to be the carbon-free energy source of the futu
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Why You Cant Smell Yourself (and Other Ways Your Senses Lie to You)

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SUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Were on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below There is an absolutely weird, but surprisingly common phenomenon called sensory adaptation
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Watch a Baby Lamb Take Its First Steps

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Here's an exclusive look at what to expect in our epic three-night broadcast. Please LIKE and SUBSCRIBE if you enjoyed! http://bit.ly/1Adl6ht **More info & videos below**American Spring LIVE premieres April 29, 30 and May 1 at 8|7c on PBS and Facebook: ht
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Crazy Math Trick: I will guess Your Age! (OLD 2016 version)

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Check here for the 2017 version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQjNF34H3Bs&feature=youtu.be ★★ For more broccolies like this... Subscribe to DB! ★★ I will guess your age! This is a crazy math trick that is likely to impress you and your friends too! You
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The nautilus will make you rethink intelligence

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Nautiluses have survived five mass extinctions thanks in large part to a big and complex brain that smells and feels better than it can see. That's why Dr. Jennifer Basil, an evolutionary biologist at Brooklyn College, has rethought how humans perceive in
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Monsieur Mallah vs Brian! | Teen Titans Go! | Cartoon Network

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Watch Teen Titans Go! on Cartoon Network and HBOMax.Monsieur Mallah is fed up with The Brain's brother staying at their place.Episode: The Brain of the Family Part 1About Cartoon Network:Welcome to Cartoon Network's YouTube Channel, your destination for e
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THE FASTEST CHILD IN THE WORLD! 7-YEAR-OLD RUDOLPH BLAZE INGRAM RAN 100 METERS IN 13.48 SECONDS!

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For copyright matters please contact us at: copymanager.mn@gmail.com BRAIN TIME ► https://goo.gl/tTWgH2 Do you think a young athlete can be cool? Many of you will probably say no. After all, children, although capable of working hard and winning competiti
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What is a Complete Breakfast?

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Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions It’s the most important meal of the day. Or is it? Breakfast has been the topic of much debate. For years, we were told to eat a complete breakfast. But what does that even mean? Should a complete breakfast include eg
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Operating Systems: Crash Course Computer Science #18

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Get 10% off a custom domain and email address by going to https://www.hover.com/CrashCourse. So as you may have noticed from last episode, computers keep getting faster and faster, and by the start of the 1950s they had gotten so fast that it often took l
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Compatibilism: Crash Course Philosophy #25

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As we continue explore free will, today Hank considers a middle ground between hard determinism and libertarian free will: compatibilism. This view seeks to find ways that our internally motivated actions can be understood as free in a deterministic world
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Batman & Identity: Crash Course Philosophy #18

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Hank explores different ways of understanding identity – including the Indiscernibility of Identicals, and essential and accidental properties. In what ways does affect identity? In what ways does it not? What does it mean for a thing to persist over time
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Why Do We Get Thirsty?

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Thirst can be satisfied instantly, but hunger cannot. Why? What exactly happens to our brain when responding to hunger and thirst? What Happens To Your Body When You're Dehydrated - http://bit.ly/2aZL4vt Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit
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What Is Justice?: Crash Course Philosophy #40

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In today’s episode, Hank asks you to consider all the ways people talk about justice and what we really mean when we use that word. We’ll explain various theories of justice, just distribution, and different approaches to punishment. Want more Crash Cours
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Why Are You SO BAD at Remembering Things?

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What the World’s Cutest Animal Can Teach Us About Saving Ourselves | Hot Mess

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Peril & Promise is a public media initiative from WNET telling human stories of climate change and its solutions. Learn more at: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/peril-and-promise/ Climate change is affecting lots of living things, including the fluffy, cute ones.
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Registers and RAM: Crash Course Computer Science #6

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Take the 2017 PBS Digital Studios Survey: http://surveymonkey.com/r/pbsds2017. Today we’re going to create memory! Using the basic logic gates we discussed in episode 3 we can build a circuit that stores a single bit of information, and then through some
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Personal Identity: Crash Course Philosophy #19

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Today Hank is building on last week’s exploration of identity to focus on personal identity. Does it in reside in your body? Is it in the collective memories of your consciousness? There are, of course, strengths and weaknesses to both of these ideas, and
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What Is A Good Life?: Crash Course Philosophy #46

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In our final episode of Crash Course Philosophy, we consider what it means to live a good life. We’ll look at the myth of Sisyphus, Robert Nozick’s experience machine, Aristotle’s eudaimonistic picture of a good human life, and the existentialists’ view t
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How Do You Become A U.S. Citizen? | AJ+

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Birthright citizenship has become a point of contention in the debate about U.S. immigration. It's one of several ways to become a U.S. citizen, but it hasn't always been open to everyone, and some critics want to eliminate birthright citizenship altogeth
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Can Illusions Teach Us How the Mind Works?

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Thank you to Policygenius for supporting PBS. To learn more, go to https://Policygenius.com/BeSmart More info and sources below Optical illusions are fun, but they can also teach us a lot about how our brains work. In particular, how our brains accomplish
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Early Computing: Crash Course Computer Science #1

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Hello, world! Welcome to Crash Course Computer Science! So today, we’re going to take a look at computing’s origins, because even though our digital computers are relatively new, the need for computation is not. Since the start of civilization itself, hum
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Kant & Categorical Imperatives: Crash Course Philosophy #35

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Our next stop on our tour of ethics is Kant’s ethics. Today Hank explains hypothetical and categorical imperatives, the universalizability principle, autonomy, and what it means to treat people as ends-in-themselves, rather than as mere means. Get your ow
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Early Programming: Crash Course Computer Science #10

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Since Joseph Marie Jacquard’s textile loom in 1801, there has been a demonstrated need to give our machines instructions. In the last few episodes, our instructions were already in our computer’s memory, but we need to talk about how they got there - this
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Scientist Gains Vision Underwater

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With severe myopia hindering her vision on land, scientist Mary Power's love for aquatic life began when she realized she could see much more clearly underwater.Please LIKE and SUBSCRIBE if you enjoyed! http://bit.ly/1Adl6ht **More info & videos below**Th
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The Cold War and Consumerism: Crash Course Computer Science #24

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Today we’re going to step back from hardware and software, and take a closer look at how the backdrop of the cold war and space race and the rise of consumerism and globalization brought us from huge, expensive codebreaking machines in the 1940s to afford
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How To Become An Engineer: Crash Course Engineering #45

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Hopefully this course has gotten you excited about all the things we can do with engineering. If so, today were going to try to help you answer a very important question: how do you become an engineer? What are the steps? What kinds of careers can you pur
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How Words Can Harm: Crash Course Philosophy #28

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Content warning: today’s episode contains language that some viewers might find upsetting and that may not be viewable in all settings. We’ve talking about how language works and how powerful it can be. Sometimes, that power can be harmful. Today, Hank ex
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Hackers & Cyber Attacks: Crash Course Computer Science #32

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Today we're going to talk about hackers and their strategies for breaking into computer systems. Now, not all hackers are are malicious cybercriminals intent on stealing your data (these people are known as Black Hats). There are also White Hats who hunt
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Nobody Really Knows What A Concussion Is

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Go to https://curiositystream.com/minute to get a free month trial with CuriosityStream and get a subscription to Nebula bundled in for free!Experts can't agree on the definition of the term "concussion," which makes it difficult to diagnose, treat, and r
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Divine Command Theory: Crash Course Philosophy #33

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As we venture into the world of ethics, there are a lot of different answers to the grounding problem for us to explore. One of the oldest and most popular is the divine command theory. But with age comes a long history of questions, too, such as the dile
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How Do You Make Memories?

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What if you couldn’t remember anything past 30 seconds? Let us introduce you to a man named Henry Molaison who was diagnosed with anterograde amnesia. He couldn’t form new memories. Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on
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Software Engineering: Crash Course Computer Science #16

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Today, we’re going to talk about how HUGE programs with millions of lines of code like Microsoft Office are built. Programs like these are way too complicated for a single person, but instead require teams of programmers using the tools and best practices
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Non-Human Animals: Crash Course Philosophy #42

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Today we are taking all the things we have learned this year about doing philosophy and applying that to moral considerations regarding non-human animals. We’ll explore what philosophers like Peter Singer and Carl Cohen have to say about their use, includ
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Why Does Every Animal Look Like This?

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Thank you to Brilliant for supporting PBSTo learn more, go to: https://brilliant.org/BeSmart/ More info and sources below In the race to survive, both predators and prey use visual tricks to get ahead. One nearly universal trick is countershading, a color
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Natural Language Processing: Crash Course Computer Science #36

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Today we’re going to talk about how computers understand speech and speak themselves. As computers play an increasing role in our daily lives there has been an growing demand for voice user interfaces, but speech is also terribly complicated. Vocabularies
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Boolean Logic & Logic Gates: Crash Course Computer Science #3

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Today, Carrie Anne is going to take a look at how those transistors we talked about last episode can be used to perform complex actions. With the just two states, on and off, the flow of electricity can be used to perform a number of logical operations, w
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Nonexistent Objects & Imaginary Worlds: Crash Course Philosophy #29

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Today we transition between units on language and aesthetics with a discussion of nonexistent and imaginary objects. Is it possible to make true assertions about things that aren’t real? We’ll explore Meinong’s Jungle and the concept of a universe of disc
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‘Glowing Tumors’ Might Be the Next Step in Detecting Cancer

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This new pill could help doctors fight cancer by making tumors glow and they can even detect some as small as 2cm. Here’s how it works. Some Popular Surgeries Are Just Placebos, Here’s Why They Still Exist - https://youtu.be/tFTDNotO0Hs Supplementary foot
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Behind the Scenes with Deep Look: Caddisflies

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How do we capture such amazing nature footage? Check out the making of "Sticky. Stretchy. Waterproof. The Amazing Underwater Tape of the Caddisfly." Watch producer Elliott Kennerson and cinematographer Josh Cassidy in action with UC Berkeley caddisfly exp
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Graphical User Interfaces: Crash Course Computer Science #26

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Today, we're going to discuss the critical role graphical user interfaces, or GUIs played in the adoption of computers. Before the mid 1980's the most common way people could interact with their devices was through command line interfaces, which though ef
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Advanced CPU Designs: Crash Course Computer Science #9

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So now that we’ve built and programmed our very own CPU, we’re going to take a step back and look at how CPU speeds have rapidly increased from just a few cycles per second to gigahertz! Some of that improvement, of course, has come from faster and more e
A Short Tale About Diplodocus' Long Neck

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PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to http://to.pbs.org/DonateEons More info below Long necks gave sauropods a huge advantage when it came to food, but not in the way you think. And this benefit would allow the
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What Sleep Deprivation Does To Your Body

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Ever wondered why everything seems funnier when you're tired? Scientists think it might be because your brain is basically drunk. How This Poo Problem Could Destroy The Hawaiian Islands - https://youtu.be/VQHW8nz0osk The Harsh Reality Of Standing Rock - h
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How A Sticker Kept 3 Billion Tons of CO2 Out of The Air

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Like this video? SUBSCRIBE to Hot Mess! ►► http://bit.ly/hotmess_sub Peril & Promise is a public media initiative from WNET telling human stories of climate change and its solutions. Learn more at: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/peril-and-promise/ Energy efficie
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Alma the Talking Dog - Dug the Dog IRL

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Students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign develop a brain-computer interface to read and vocalize the thoughts of a Labrador retriever. https://github.com/BlissChapman/Dug Jessica Austriaco, Bliss Chapman, Matthew De Venecia, Christine La
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Archerfish Says..."I Spit in Your Face!" | Deep Look

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The archerfish hunts by spitting water at terrestrial targets with weapon-like precision, and can even tell human faces apart. Is this fish smarter than it looks? SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqt DEEP LOOK is a ultra-HD (4K) short video series
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Maze for Pets - Hamster escapes. Obstacle course.

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Maze for Pet - Hamster. To pass all the tests, Captain Hamster needs to use his brain! This time the tests are very difficult, but Captain Hamster easily overcomes them! Go Captain Hamster! Check out other adventures of Captain Hamster - https://youtu.be/
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How Much Does a Thought Weigh?

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How Much Does a Thought Weigh? a.) As much as an electron b.) As much as a water molecule c.) As much as a mosquito Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/WhatThePhysics?sub_confirmation=1 ↓Want more info?↓ SCIENTIFIC NOTES: * The relationship betw
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Aliens: Crash Course Film Criticism

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James Cameron rocketed onto the action film scene with 1984's "The Terminator" and followed that up with a highly anticipated sequel to the 1979 film, "Alien." His film, "Aliens," would go on to not only be a financial success, but a critical one and has
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What's the Largest Living Thing On Earth?

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Check 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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Keyboards & Command Line Interfaces: Crash Course Computer Science #22

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Today, we are going to start our discussion on user experience. We've talked a lot in this series about how computers move data around within the computer, but not so much about our role in the process. So today, we're going to look at our earliest form o
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Family Obligations: Crash Course Philosophy #43

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For most of you, your parents brought you into this world. They also fed you, and changed your diapers, and wiped your tears. They raised you. Yet, according to contemporary American philosopher Jane English, once you’re grown, you don’t owe your parents
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Inside Alzheimer’s disease

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Our understanding of Alzheimer’s disease has come along way in the last century. In this animation, Nature Neuroscience takes us inside the brain to explore the cells, molecules and mechanisms involved in the onset and progression of this devastating cond
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The World Wide Web: Crash Course Computer Science #30

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Today we’re going to discuss the World Wide Web - not to be confused with the Internet, which is the underlying plumbing for the web as well as other networks. The World Wide Web is built on the foundation of simply linking pages to other pages with hyper
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Attack Of The Zombie Parasites!

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Did someone say BRAAAAAINS…? Subscribe: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Twitter: @okaytobesmart ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Shows like The Walking Dead are full of hungry, mindless, surprisingly fleet-footed armies of brain-eating zombies. Could they actually
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How To Go Faster Than Light Speed (Seriously)

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Thank you to Foreo for supporting PBS. For more information, go to https://foreo.se/fmg3 and use code PBSFOREO More info and sources below Nothing can travel faster than light in a vacuum. But when light slows down, sometimes matter can blaze past that sp
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Poverty & Our Response To It: Crash Course Philosophy #44

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We’re picking up where we left off last time, exploring the “ethics of care” and how it applies to extreme poverty. Are we responding to global poverty in a moral way? Philosophers like Peter Singer argue that we have an obligation to prevent harm caused
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Only 5% Of Adults Can Solve These 12 Easy Riddles

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Here is a set of 12 easy riddles that only 5% of adults can solve! Get ready to exercise your brain with this portion of fun puzzles. If you want to check your IQ level and increase your logic, then push the "Play" button :) I will be waiting for your ans
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A Sea Otter's Adorable Adoption Story

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Joe's proposed SXSW panel is "Science on YouTube: Where the Smart Kids Are". Vote for it before 9/4! http://vid.io/xqTj Check out #BigBlueLive! http://pbs.org/bigbluelive Tweet ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBS696 Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBS696FB ↓ More info an
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Michael Moschen performs THE TRIANGLE

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Master juggler Michael Moschen performs his incredibly famous, jaw-dropping piece where three balls and a triangle become a musical and visual work of art. From PBS Great Performances produced by Skip Blumberg. To book Michael Moschen visit WWW.BELENZON.C
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Can Objects Have Personalities? - with Bruce Hood

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As humans, we sometimes project our thoughts and emotions onto things that aren't human. In this clip from the 2011 CHRISTMAS LECTURES "Meet Your Brain", Bruce Hood shows how we can interpret shapes as having their own "personalities", just by the way the
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Why Is It Called 7-Eleven?

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We've all been there - strolling into a 7-11 on a blazing hot Summer day, getting a large Slurpee and getting the biggest brain freeze ever! Great times, but, how did his place, eventually known as 7-11, come to be? Go get yourself a Big Gulp, or your fav
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Capacitors and Kirchhoff: Crash Course Physics #31

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This is a re-upload because of an error in one of the equations! It's all fixed now :) Big thanks to Prudential for sponsoring this episode of Crash Course! Go to http://Raceforretirement.com and see how if you start saving more today, you can continue to
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Is It Possible To SEE Someone's Memories?

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Could you change or see someone's memories? Should this technology even exist? Watch More: What Is Synaesthesia? ►►►► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IJShO_jjy8 Get your exclusive Life Noggin merch: http://www.keeponthinking.co Support Life Noggin on Pat
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Language & Meaning: Crash Course Philosophy #26

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Today we start our unit on language with a discussion of meaning and how we assign and understand meaning. We’ll cover sense and reference, beetles in boxes, and language games. We’re also getting into the meaning-making game ourselves: bananas are now ch
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7 Scientifically Inaccurate Things They Show in Movies: Most Common Movie Mistakes and Myths

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Movie mistakes are an inherent part of any movie - its almost impossible to make movies without taking certain creative liberties to enrich and supplement the plot. In this video, well take a look at some common movie myths that dont hold up in real life.
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Maxwell's Equations: Crash Course Physics #37

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Want more Crash Course in person? We'll be at NerdCon: Nerdfighteria in Boston on February 25th and 26th! For more information, go to http://www.nerdconnerdfighteria.com/ In the early 1800s, Michael Faraday showed us how a changing magnetic field induces
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3D Graphics: Crash Course Computer Science #27

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Today we’re going to discuss how 3D graphics are created and then rendered for a 2D screen. From polygon count and meshes, to lighting and texturing, there are a lot of considerations in building the 3D objects we see in our movies and video games, but th
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How is Beef Bad for the Climate? | Hot Mess

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Like this video? SUBSCRIBE to Hot Mess! ►► http://bit.ly/hotmess_sub Peril & Promise is a public media initiative from WNET telling human stories of climate change and its solutions. Learn more at: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/peril-and-promise/ The mushroom b
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Powerpuff Girls | Moo-Joo-Moo-Moo Ice Cream | Cartoon Network

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When a mysterious new ice cream man comes to town, the girls experience the ultimate brain freeze! Episode: Brain Freeze CN GAMES: http://cartn.co/ytgames SUBSCRIBE: http://cartn.co/subscribe WATCH MORE: http://cartn.co/moreppg About The Powerpuff Girls:
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Why Don’t We Hear About the Ozone Hole Anymore? | Hot Mess

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Robotic Spy Crab Plays Own Version Of Frogger On Christmas Island!

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Spy Crab joins thousands of Christmas Island crabs as they march to the sea. But their journey is anything but easy as the crabs have to climb fences and dodge the oncoming traffic as they cross the roads to get to the sea. Will Spy Crab make it?Clip take
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Files & File Systems: Crash Course Computer Science #20

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Today we’re going to look at how our computers read and interpret computer files. We’ll talk about how some popular file formats like txt, wave, and bitmap are encoded and decoded giving us pretty pictures and lifelike recordings from just strings of 1’s
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Intro to Algorithms: Crash Course Computer Science #13

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Algorithms are the sets of steps necessary to complete computation - they are at the heart of what our devices actually do. And this isn’t a new concept. Since the development of math itself algorithms have been needed to help us complete tasks more effic
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Theres something weird about this 105 million-year-old amber.

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*****PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to http://to.pbs.org/DonateEons*****Produced by Complexly for PBS Digital StudiosSuper special thanks to the following Patreon patrons for helping make Eons possible:Coll
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What Is Luck?

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Take the 2017 PBS Digital Studios survey! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/pbsds2017 ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Is luck real? It might feel like a mystical force tugging us toward good or bad fortune, but it turns out luck is really where probability r
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These simple steps can help prevent heat-related fatalities

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During the summer of 2020, kids living in a small town above the Arctic Circle took a dip in the lake. The region had reached an unprecedented 38C. But its not all fun and games: Increased heat exposure is poised to impact the health of over 4 billion peo
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Personhood: Crash Course Philosophy #21

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Now that we’ve started talking about identity, today Hank tackles the question of personhood. Philosophers have tried to assess what constitutes personhood with a variety of different criteria, including genetic, cognitive, social, sentience, and the grad
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Artificial Intelligence & Personhood: Crash Course Philosophy #23

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Today Hank explores artificial intelligence, including weak AI and strong AI, and the various ways that thinkers have tried to define strong AI including the Turing Test, and John Searle’s response to the Turing Test, the Chinese Room. Hank also tries to
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Robotic Surgery Unlocks a New Era of Medicine

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Like this video about robotic surgery and subscribe here: https://freeth.ink/youtube-subscribe-roboticsurgeryThis video was created in partnership with Intuitive.Up next- Bringing Virtual Reality to Brain Surgery: https://youtu.be/tZvY1a-0rpgHealthcare is
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How Does Déjà Vu Work?

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Ever gotten the strange feeling that you’re repeating an experience? Researchers have over 40 theories about what’s going on in the brain during déjà vu, and Josh is here to explain the most popular ones. Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com: http://science.ho
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Sequoia Fun Facts

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Please LIKE and SUBSCRIBE if you enjoyed! http://bit.ly/1Adl6ht **More info & videos below**American Spring LIVE premieres April 29, 30 and May 1 at 8|7c on PBS and Facebook: https://to.pbs.org/2JzF5Ef---------------For full NATURE episodes, check out htt
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A Real Alien Invasion Is Coming to a Palm Tree Near You | Deep Look

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Support Deep Look on Patreon!! https://www.patreon.com/deeplook The South American palm weevil is bursting onto the scene in California. Its arrival could put one of the states most cherished botanical icons at risk of oblivion. DEEP LOOK is a ultra-HD (4
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How Blind People See With Sound feat. Molly Burke!

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Come see me on Mollys channel! https://youtu.be/MOmRQb7h5lw SUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub More info and sources below I met Molly Burke a few months ago. Shes awesome. I absolutely love what shes done on YouTube to bring awar
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The Law All Languages Obey

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Can a mathematical formula prove that dolphins have language like we do? "NOVA Wonders: What Are Animals Saying?" premieres April 25, 2018 at 9/8c on PBS NOVA on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NOVAonline NOVA on Twitter: @novapbs NOVA on Instagram: @n
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When Pterosaurs Walked

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Take the PBS Digital Studios audience survey: https://to.pbs.org/2021surveyIf you know one thing about pterosaurs, its that theyre flyers. And while pterosaurs may be well-known for their domination of the skies in the Mesozoic Era, they didnt live their
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Screens & 2D Graphics: Crash Course Computer Science #23

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Today we begin our discussion of computer graphics. So we ended last episode with the proliferation of command line (or text) interfaces, which sometimes used screens, but typically electronic typewriters or teletypes onto paper. But by the early 1960s a
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Dung Beetles: The Poop-Rolling Stargazers of the Serengeti | 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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Mind Reading

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In this episode I visit a researcher who is studying memory by using machine learning and neuroimaging to detect and predict people's brain states. I also travel to Japan to meet with a team working on ways to record the content of peoples dreams.Availabl
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Einstein Is Always Right: Gravitational Waves Edition

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Try Squarespace: http://squarespace.com/itsokaytobesmart Tweet this ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSgr Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSgrFB ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Check out this PBS Space Time playlist all about general and special relativity: https://yout
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The Mystery of Earth's Disappearing Giants | 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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Compression: Crash Course Computer Science #21

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Get your first two months of CuriosityStream free by going to http://curiositystream.com/crashcourse and using the promo code “crashcourse”. So last episode we talked about some basic file formats, but what we didn’t talk about is compression. Often files
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Do Gut Feelings Actually Exist?

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Have you ever wondered why you get that feeling in your gut when faced with a risky decision? There's more behind it than you may think. How Scientists Are Hacking Bacteria To Fight Disease - https://youtu.be/caiIUZDclIg Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter
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Beavers: The Smartest Thing in Fur Pants

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Watch WILD ALASKA LIVE starting July 23 on PBS: http://to.pbs.org/2tbKxzx Don’t miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Beavers have done more to shape North Americ
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Is It Possible To Erase Your Memories?

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Science suggests it's possible to erase specific memories. But even if we can, should we? Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com: http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/spotless-mind.htm Share on Facebook: Share on Twitter: Subscribe: http://goo.gl/ZYI7Gt Visit o
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Coral Reefs Are Dying. But They Don’t Have To.

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Like this video? SUBSCRIBE to Hot Mess! ►► http://bit.ly/hotmess_sub Peril & Promise is a public media initiative from WNET telling human stories of climate change and its solutions. Learn more at: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/peril-and-promise/ Coral reefs co
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Computer Networks: Crash Course Computer Science #28

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Today we start a three episode arc on the rise of a global telecommunications network that changed the world forever. We’re going to begin with computer networks, and how they grew from small groups of connected computers on LAN networks to eventually lar
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Exercise: Crash Course Study Skills #10

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We’re finally to the end of our time together here on Crash Course Study Skills, so this week we’re taking a more holistic approach to being the best learner you can. Part of taking care of your brain is taking care of your whole body, of which your brain
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What Happens To Your Memories After You Die?

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When we're no longer on this earth, what happens to all the memories in our heads? Do people remember their passing if they're brought back to life?Watch more: What If You Couldn't Forget ANYTHING? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJcGfahr5Z0Subscribe: htt
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Maxwell's Demon: Can Entropy Be Reversed?

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Maxwell's Demon. Maxwell's famous thought experiment. Can we break the second law of thermodynamics? Can entropy be reversed? Hi! I'm Jade. I draw pictures that move and become animated physics videos. ***SUBSCRIBE*** https://www.youtube.com/c/upandatom *
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How An Igloo Keeps You Warm

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Building a perfect igloo takes cool science! Don’t miss the next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓ More info and sources below ↓ If you ever find yourself stranded in the snowy Arctic (or bored in Minecraft), you’re gonna need to know how to
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Shoes - What They Say About You

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Omg. SHOES. … have really interesting cultural implications. What does your footwear say about YOU? ↓ More info + Links! ↓ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural News from The Field Museum, our new news show!: http:
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Sesame Street: Pentatonix Counts (&Sings) to Five

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Nobody has ever counted to five as beautifully and harmoniously as Pentatonix has. Make sure to check out their backstage mashup of "C is for Cookie" and "Rubber Duckie:" http://goo.gl/f1p2f9 Tune in to see Pentatonix on Sesame Street February 7th on PBS
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How Do We Smell? - Rose Eveleth

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-do-we-smell-rose-eveleth An adult human can distinguish up to 10,000 odors. You use your nose to figure out what to eat, what to buy and even when it's time to take a shower. But how do the molecules in the
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How did humans become (mostly) right-handed?

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Being right-handed may have deep evolutionary roots in our lineage.*****PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to http://to.pbs.org/DonateEons*****Produced by Complexly for PBS Digital StudiosSuper special thanks t
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Testing the Third Thumb

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Learn more here: https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/third-thumbHow easily could you get to grips with a third thumb?The Plasticity Lab at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (@MRCCBU) tested Dani Clode's robotic Third Thumb device @royalsociety Summer Ex
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How Many Trees Are There?

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Let PBS know more about you and what digital series you’d like to see: http://surveymonkey.com/r/pbsds2016 Tweet this ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBStree Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBStreeFB Try Squarespace: http://squarespace.com/itsokaytobesmart ↓ More info an
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Using GPS to Get Around Is Making Us Dumber

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