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Hanging With the Spider-Man of the Science Department

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Like most superheroes, Moises Vazquez prefers to keep his identity hidden—however, unlike most other costumed crusaders, you can find Vazquez in the front of a classroom. The 27-year-old, who dresses up as Spider-Man for his classes, teaches science at th
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Make way for Little HERMES, the lightweight bipedal robot

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Engineers at MIT have designed a new lightweight bipedal robot, that can lean from side to side, walk in place, and jump while keeping its balance. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2019/two-legged-robot-mimics-human-balance-while-running-jumping-1030)Watc
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The Physics of Life: How Water Folds Proteins - with Sylvia McLain

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Sorry about the audio problems for the first 30 seconds or so - stick with it, it levels out soon. Proteins are arguably the most important biological components in any living creature but only now are we beginning to look into the role water plays in the
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Exploding Wires

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Putting electrical current through wires made from different metals.More links and info in full description Featuring Senior Technician Neil Barnes and Professor Martyn PoliakoffA video on every element: http://bit.ly/118elementsDiscuss this video on Brad
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The MIT Intelligence Quest

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The MIT Intelligence Quest seeks to discover the foundations of human and machine intelligence and drive the development of technological tools that can positively influence society. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2018/mit-launches-intelligence-quest-02
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How Not To Be Wrong: The Power Of Mathematical Thinking

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The maths we learn in school can seem like a dull set of rules, laid down by the ancients and not to be questioned. Jordan Ellenberg shows how wrong this view is through stories that show the power of mathematical thinking. Subscribe for regular science v
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How to mass produce cell-sized robots

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A team of engineers at MIT have developed a novel method to mass-produce tiny robots, no bigger than a cell, quickly, easily and accurately with little to no external stimulus. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2018/how-mass-produce-cell-sized-robots-1023)
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Unpopular People May Die Sooner, Here’s Why

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Is there scientific proof that social standing affects your health and helps you live longer? How would it do this? How Poverty Changes Your Brain - https://youtu.be/BycBq5FbVak Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: Soc
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Why Do I Sleep Better With My Feet Uncovered?

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Have you ever had a hard time sleeping, but the moment you stick your feet outside the covers, you pass out? Why does this happen? Why Do We Sleep? ►►►► http://dne.ws/1UtslKc Read More: The roles of hands and feet in temperature regulation in hot and cold
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New method removes micropollutants from water

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A team of MIT researchers has developed a new way to clear pollutants from water, even when present in extremely low concentrations. (Learn more about their novel method: http://news.mit.edu/2017/electrochemical-clear-pollutants-water-0510) Watch more vid
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The Colours of Hydrogen - Periodic Table of Videos

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We explode some "Green Hydrogen" and discuss the other colours available.More links and info in full description Featuring Sir Martyn Poliakoff and Neil Barnes.See our table of patrons: http://periodicvideos.com/patreon_table/table.jpgSupport us on Patreo
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Blasting the middle from a coin - Periodic Table of Videos

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A phosphorus explosion blows the centre from a £1 coin. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ The £5 bank note in acid: https://youtu.be/wMwThGTYT2o More slow motion experiments: http://bit.ly/chemslomo White Phosphorus: https://youtu.be/U6_-EUcswSc
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Researcher Explains Why Cats May Like Their Owners as Much as Dogs | WIRED

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Cats are famously temperamental and are generally considered to be less loyal and social than dogs. But recent research suggests that cats actually have similar levels of attachment to their human caregivers as dogs and infants. WIRED's Arielle Pardes spo
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Surprise Signature - Periodic Table of Videos

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The Professor is surprised to find TWO Ernest Rutherford signatures in a book on his shelves. Check Objectivity at: http://bit.ly/ObjectivityMore links and info in full description Patrons can download hi-res images of the signature and periodic table her
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Should You Be Worried About Zika?

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Get your Audible trial here: http://audible.com/ok Tweet this video ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSzika1 Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSzikaFB ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Get yourself an awesome IOTBS shirt! http://dftba.com/besmart Follow the latest news on
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Backflipping MIT Mini Cheetah

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MIT'S new mini cheetah robot is the first four-legged robot to do a backflip. At only 20 pounds the limber quadruped can bend and swing its legs wide, enabling it to walk either right side up or upside down. The robot can also trot over uneven terrain abo
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How Mantises Became Natures Strangest Assassins

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Mantises 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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Giving bug-like, flying robots a boost

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A new fabrication technique, developed by a team of electrical engineers and computer scientists, produces low-voltage, power-dense artificial muscles that improve the performance of flying microrobots. (Learn more: https://news.mit.edu/2021/micro-robots-
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How viruses are slowly turning Greenland black | We The Curious

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What is a virus? How can some of the smallest structures in the world influence the climate of our entire planet?Find out more about biogeochemistry, microbiology in arctic environments & the Black and Bloom project here: https://blackandbloom.org/ FInd o
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Nuclear Landmines and Chickens - Periodic Table of Videos

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The Professor with a tale to tell - and lessons learned about chickens and Project Blue Peacock.More links and info in full description Gallium Video: https://youtu.be/N6ccRvKKwZQVideos on all the elements: http://bit.ly/118elementsThe Professor speaks in
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The X-10 Nuclear Reactor - Periodic Table of Videos

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The X-10 at Oak Ridge was the first continuously-running nuclear reactor. It paved the way to larger-scale Plutonium production....More links and info in full description This was recorded behind the scenes at Oak Ridge National Laboratory - https://www.o
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Revolutionizing Agriculture with Low Emissions, Resilient Crops

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This project is working to revolutionize the agricultural sector with climate-resilient crops and fertilizers that have the ability to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from food production. Learn more about this project: https://climategrandch
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Iodine Clock (slow Motion) - Periodic Table Of Videos

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See the famous Iodine Clock reaction filmed with a high-speed camera. Explained by Professor Martyn Poliakoff. Also featuring Dr Samantha Tang. More chemistry at http://www.periodicvideos.com/ Follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/periodicvideo
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Cockroach-inspired robots crashes into walls on purpose

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Tiny roach-bots ram their heads into walls to propel themselves upward. Read more: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/02/watch-cockroach-inspired-robot-try-walk-through-walls Read the research: http://rsif.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/15/139/201706
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$500,000 of Calcium - Periodic Table of Videos

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The rare isotope Calcium-48 plays a key role in the creation of superheavy elements. But it's not easy to obtain. Filmed at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, in Dubna, Russia. Featuring Professor Sir Martyn Poliakoff. See our elements inauguration
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How bighorn sheep use crowdsourcing to find food on the hoof

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New study suggests migration routes are passed down from generation to generation. Read more - https://scim.ag/2wQTfHX Read the research - (free) https://scim.ag/2wN74Ye CREDITS ------------------------ editor/animator/narrator Chris Burns supervising pro
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Your Brain Changes All the Time, but Being a Mom Changes It Forever

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Mother's bodies go through tons of changes before and after giving birth, but so do their brains! What really makes a mom's brain different? How Hard Is It To Get Pregnant? - https://youtu.be/H9ySBfbGkU4 Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit
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Can YOU Solve It? This Question Stumped 75% Of PhD Economists

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Introductory economics courses cover the concept of an opportunity cost. Can you figure out the opportunity cost for the problem in the video? This video presents a question that surprisingly more than 75% of PhD economists did not answer correctly. Paper
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Beauty Beyond Skin Deep

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*** We're now on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/scifri - Please Help Support Our Video Productions! *** Some say that beauty's only skin-deep. But one veterinary surgeon and his team look beneath the surface...literally. Scott Echols says that we don't a
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A new way to mix oil and water

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A team of researchers in the Varanasi Lab at MIT has developed a way to create nanoscale emulsions, of oil and water, stable enough to last indefinitely, and with no mixing required. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2017/new-way-mix-oil-and-water-1108) Wa
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Jell-O-like, expanding pill

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MIT engineers have designed an ingestible, Jell-O-like pill that, upon reaching the stomach, quickly swells to the size of a soft, squishy ping-pong ball big enough to stay in the stomach for an extended period of time. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/20
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What Color Is A Banana?

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To discover more go to http://lego.build/CITYSpaceWere 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_sub What color is a banana? Duh, its yel
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Plug-and-play diagnostics

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Researchers at MIT’s Little Devices Lab have developed a set of modular blocks that can be put together in different ways to produce diagnostic devices. These “plug-and-play” devices, which require little expertise to assemble, can test blood glucose leve
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One giant leap for the mini cheetah

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A new control system, designed by researchers in MIT's Improbable AI Lab and demonstrated using MITs robotic mini cheetah, enables four-legged robots to traverse across uneven terrain in real-time. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2021/one-giant-leap-mini
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Lab on a LEGO

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A team of MIT engineers turned to LEGO bricks as the basis of their new microfluidic design because of their precision and consistency. No matter where in the world they are found, LEGO bricks are guaranteed to line up, and snap seamlessly and securely in
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Round Peg in a Square Hole - Numberphile

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Featuring Tadashi Tokieda - more Tadashi videos at: http://bit.ly/tadashi_vids More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Tadashi Tokieda is a Professor of Mathematics at Stanford University (though this was filmed when he was at Cambridge, in the U
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This long-lasting hydrogel could be used to replace damaged human tissues

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More entanglements in the material help polymer chains slip without breakingRead the research: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abg6320Hydrogels, water-absorbing materials similar to soft tissues, have been used in countless biomedical applicat
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The Mystery Of Paperclips

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As an innovation, the modern paperclip has a peculiar history.HISTORY OF PAPERPaper was first created in China during the first century A. Initially made from cotton and linen, these fabric papers were expensive to produce and were generally reserved for
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Barking Dog (slow Motion) - Periodic Table Of Videos

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Barking Dog reaction at 3000 frames per second. More about filming & editing this video: http://youtu.be/vfKUG11FKGE The Barking Dog is combustion of nirous oxide (laughing gas) and sulfur dioxide. This video features Martyn Poliakoff, Pete Licence and Da
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How do robots balance? | We The Curious

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Last year, we explored the science of humans balancing on ice. This year, Nerys and Ross get their skates back on and take to the ice once more to investigate how robots can balance; using tools such as gyroscopes, accelerometers, gimbals, and adaptive co
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Life on Venus?

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While Mars may be the planet that springs to mind when there are discussions of possible alien life in our Solar System, a publication on the discovery of a rare gas (phosphine) in Venus atmosphere may mean that there is more than one planet that possesse
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The 6 Craziest Extinctions Ever

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The earth has been through some major changes! Animals we wish still existed: http://youtu.be/wutj5z1lElU SUBSCRIBE (it's free): http://bit.ly/10kWnZ7 GET THE BOOK: http://asapscience.com/book/ Written by Tyler Irving (@tylereirving), Mitchell Moffit and
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Fact-Checking this Viral Bottle Trick

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Breaking the bottom out of a glass bottle by hitting the top is a challenging trick, but involves a ton of physics. The explanation is related to cavitation - a process seen in the Mantis Shrimp attack, head injuries and pouring honey!Creator/Host/Writer:
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Thulium (new) - Periodic Table of Videos

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A new and improved video about Thulium. More links and info in full description Support Periodic Videos on Patreon (and appear on our table): https://www.patreon.com/periodicvideosVideos on all 118 elements: http://bit.ly/118elementsCleve on the discovery
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HEAVY WATER (and stopping Germany building an Atom Bomb) - Periodic Table of Videos

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The professor receives a sample of heavy water - and tells an interesting story about it.More links and info in full description Sydney Pearson on IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0669392/Our original Heavy Water video: https://youtu.be/hUVzb0fzHskCan yo
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How to make Plutonium

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Exploring how Plutonium-238 is produced.Go to https://wix.com/go/PeriodicVideos to create your own Wix website. See ours at https://www.periodicvideos.netMore links and info in full description This was recorded behind the scenes at Oak Ridge National Lab
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Forest search-and-rescue

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A group of researchers from MIT and the NASA Langley Research Center has developed an autonomous system for a fleet of quadrotor drones that enables them to search collaboratively under dense forest canopies using only on-board computation and wireless co
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PTX Vol. III Teaser

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Lining the GI tract

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By making use of enzymes found in the digestive tract, MIT engineers have devised a way to apply a temporary synthetic coating to the lining of the small intestine. This coating could be adapted to deliver drugs, aid in digestion, or prevent nutrients suc
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The NASA Engineer Making STEM Sing

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Growing up, Dajae never saw anyone like her represented in the world of STEM. But after attending Missouri University of Science and Technology as a college athlete, she pursued her love for engineering. Today, shes an engineer at the NASA facility in Pas
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Iridium - Periodic Table Of Videos

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Up close with some big samples of real Iridium. Our thanks to Johnson Matthey. See all the elements at http://bit.ly/118elements Naming Iridium: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe6SjQRzxZQ Gold Vault: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTtf5s2HFkA More chemist
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Does Letter Order Matter?

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You’ve probably seen the internet meme about word order – but is it true? Does the order of letters in a word matter, or can people read a jumble just as quickly as a proper sentence? Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com. Share on Facebook: https://goo.gl/97ny
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Art Trip: Washington D.C. | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios

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Today's episode has been sponsored by Squarespace. For more information, visit http://www.squarespace.com/artassignment In which we explore Washington, DC's vast and diverse collection of landmarks, museums, and galleries - ranging from institutions like
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Origami-inspired medical patch for sealing internal injuries

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Taking inspiration from origami, MIT engineers have designed a medical patch that can be folded around minimally invasive surgical tools and delivered through airways, intestines, and other narrow spaces, to patch up internal injuries. (Learn more: https:
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Meet the Xenobot, the Worlds First-Ever "Living" Robot

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These researchers paired biology with artificial intelligence to create the worlds first living robots. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.comMeasurin
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Vision-free MIT Cheetah

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MIT's Cheetah 3 robot can now leap and gallop across rough terrain, climb a staircase littered with debris, and quickly recover its balance when suddenly yanked or shoved, all while essentially blind. Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2018/blind-cheetah-rob
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Sandpiles - Numberphile

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Luis David Garcia-Puente discusses sandpiles, and how they produce amazing "fractal zeroes". Dr Garcia-Puente is an associate professor at Sam Houston State University and was interviewed while attending an MSRI-UP summer program. We'd also like to thank
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Glowing plants provide light to read

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MIT engineers have been able to induce plants to give off a dim light for nearly four hours. And they believe that, with further optimization, such plants will one day be bright enough to illuminate an entire workspace. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/20
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Plant-to-human communication

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MIT engineers have transformed spinach plants into sensors that can detect explosives and wirelessly relay that information to a handheld device similar to a smartphone. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2016/nanobionic-spinach-plants-detect-explosives-103
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How to make a Wildlife Camera (using a Raspberry Pi!) | Maddie Moate

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For a long time I've really wanted to get stuck in with a Raspberry Pi project and the My Naturewatch Camera has been something I've been meaning to make for AGES. This video is a detailed step by step instructional video, something that I couldn't find o
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Boiling Water - Periodic Table Of Videos

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Original Everest video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTL4dj3Gx1o This video features Martyn Poliakoff, Samantha Tang and Neil Barnes. Thanks to Buddhi Rai and Chandra Rai for all theri help with the Everest boiling. More chemistry at http://www.periodic
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Bohemian Rhapsody: Star Wars Edition

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Press "CC" in the player for the lyrics! Based on "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen and STAR WARS created by George Lucas. Performed by the Star Wars cosplayers of the Arizona geek community! Produced by the Students and Faculty of the Digital Video Program at
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Science Fiction VS Science Fact | Movie Myths Debunked

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Movies take a lot of dramatic license where science is concerned, but who's getting it all wrong on the silver screen. From the g-force you would suffer when achieving lightspeed to what a nuclear bomb would sound like in space we investigate what's right
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How To Drink Coffee In Space

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You can learn more at https://curiositystream.com/smart SUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub More info and sources below I love coffee. Like, a lot. You know who else loves coffee? Astronauts! And also the people who help them do aw
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Thallium - Periodic Table of Videos

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A new video about the element Thallium.More links and info in full description Featuring Professor Martyn Poliakoff and Neil Barnes.Thanks to The Royal Society of Chemistry for supporting this episode: https://www.rsc.orgSome papers and credits...Prelimin
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Magnetic shape-shifters

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MIT engineers have created soft, magnetic 3-D-printed structures that can transform their shape almost instantaneously by the wave of a magnet. The structures are flexible, yet strong and could be used to develop remotely controlled biomedical devices. (L
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Mountains of the Future: applying experimental plate tectonics to understand our geological past

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You could call it experimental plate tectonics. Predicting the Mountains of the Future requires developing ‘rules’ and ‘recipes’ of geological behaviour. Geologists at Utrecht University's Faculty of Geosciences drew up a series of
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Accent Expert Breaks Down 4 Amazing Things About Languages | WIRED

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Ever wonder why we pronounce words differently than we did 100 years ago? Dialect coach Erik Singer breaks down four of the most mind-blowing facts we know about human language. CORRECTION: The scan shown at 4:44 is an ultrasound image, not an MRI. We reg
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14 Ancient Monsters Terrified Even Dinosaurs

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We dive back in time and into the oceans over half a billion years ago. Watch out! Its not Megalodon or giant sea reptiles like Mosasaurus you need to look out for . Its a bizarre, unearthly looking creature called anomalocaris. It looked like a nightmari
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Making Artificial Earthquakes with a Four-Tonne Steel Ball

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In Göttingen, Germany, there's a four-tonne steel ball that can be raised up a 14-metre tower -- and then dropped in less than two seconds, crashing back to earth. It makes tiny, artificial earthquakes: here's why. Thanks to all the team at Wiechert'
Robotic fibers can make breath-monitoring garments

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A new kind of fiber developed by researchers at MIT and in Sweden can be made into cloth that senses how much it is being stretched or compressed, and then provides immediate tactile feedback in the form of pressure or vibration. Such fabrics, the team su
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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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Do High Fives Help Sports Teams Win?

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A UC Berkeley psychology professor examined NBA games to see if high fives actually help teams win. How Power Makes People Selfish: https://youtu.be/0vvl46PmCfE Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1fUWHyY The research highlighted in this video has been supported in
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Slime Oobleck - The science of cornstarch and water

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When 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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Your Very Special Bacterial Cloud

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It's floating all around you, all the time—a wafting cloud formed by billions of bacteria that slough off your body with every movement you make. At the Biology and the Built Environment Center at the University of Oregon, researchers have revealed that n
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Would You Wear Clothing Made of Slime?

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Scientists think hagfish slime could be the next eco-friendly, high-performance material.Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1FkxVLb Twitter! https://twitter.com/gross_science Tumblr! http://grossscience.tumblr.com/Want more info?More on hagfish slime from the Fudge
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Famous Science Spectacles - Periodic Table Of Videos

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Joseph Priestley made a famous discovery - but it seems his eyesight wasn't too good? Royal Society (Romantic Chemistry Exhibition until June 14): http://royalsociety.org/events/2012/romantic-chemistry/ Professor Martyn Poliakoff is Foreign Secretary of t
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Passing Gases: Effusion, Diffusion and the Velocity of a Gas - Crash Course Chemistry #16

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We have learned over the past few weeks that gases have real-life constraints on how they move here in the non-ideal world. As with most things in chemistry (and also in life) how a gas moves is more complex than it at first appears. In this episode, Hank
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Christmas Lectures 2021: The Perfect Storm - with Jonathan Van Tam

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In the second lecture of the 2021 Christmas Lectures, Jonathan Van-Tam is joined by airborne infection expert Cath Noakes and mathematician Julia Gog is uncover what drives a virus to world domination, and how maths may be the secret weapon to thwart it.
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The Manhattan Project (extra) - Periodic Table of Videos

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Extra footage with The Prof... from this video about the core of atom bombs: https://youtu.be/QLZMzsRB86EMore links and info in full description Flyorov's Office: https://youtu.be/UMa21BUinsISee the first time Sir Martyn told us the Alfie Maddock story (w
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Women of wonder - with Rosie Curran Crawley at Ada Lovelace Day

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Jane Marcets Conversations on Chemistry was first published anonymously in 1805 and is thought to be one of the first science textbooks. After watching Humphry Davys lectures at the Royal Institution, Marcet believed it to be important to discuss these sc
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Young Designer Creates Cooking Tools For The Blind | Made In Singapore | CNA Insider

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Troubled by the scars and scabs they received in the kitchen, Singaporean designer Kevin Chiam developed a set of cooking tools for the visually impaired in his final year at the National University of Singapore. The problem? Finding someone to help him b
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Testing wastewater to help detect Covid-19

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In a project that will run through the fall semester, wastewater from seven buildings on campus will be tested each day for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19. The project is designed to determine if wastewater testing can be an effective early wa
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How Sea Lions Are Inspiring the Future of Underwater Transport

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Don’t be fooled by a sea lion’s big, sweet eyes and playful demeanor—these guys move through water like a torpedo. While most animals swim using a tail or fluke, sea lions clap their fore flippers into their bodies to propel themselves to incredible speed
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Red-Hot Platinum Ingot - Periodic Table Of Videos

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Casting a 4kg platinum ingot. It's worth... well, that depends on today's platinum price! More from our visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg2WzCzKpYU Subscribe to computerphile - http://bit.ly/XqEDYi Filmed at Johnson Matthey - our thanks to them. Mo
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The Distributed Mind: Octopus Neurology

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CEPHALOPOD WEEK IS NIGH: From June 21 to 28, celebrate our favorite undersea creatures with Science Friday. https://www.sciencefriday.com/cephalopodweekIt was in a lab full of marine invertebrates that Dominic Sivitilli first glimpsed something uncanny ab
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Christmas Lectures 2021: The Invisible Enemy - with Jonathan Van Tam

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In the first lecture of the 2021 Christmas Lectures, Jonathan Van Tam dives into the micro-world of viruses, revealing how these invisible invaders can infect our bodies, and how a revolution in testing may transform medicine forever with the help of immu
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Dark Matter: Crash Course Astronomy #41

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Today on Crash Course Astronomy, Phil dives into some very dark matters. The stuff we can actually observe in the universe isn’t all there is. Galaxies and other large structures in the universe are created and shifted by a force we detect mostly indirect
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How Big Is The Universe?

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Is the Universe infinite? Or does it somehow fold in on itself? And if so in what shape? Join us today as explore the size of the Universe. Written and presented by Prof David Kipping, with special thanks to cosmologist Prof Colin Hill for fact checking.
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Self-folding printable structures

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A team of researchers from MIT and Umass Amherst have designed 3-D printed structures that can fold themselves up without any outside stimulus, and the folding begins the instant it is peeled off the printing platform. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/201
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Destructive Hippos, Chatty Whales, and More: 60 Second Science Podcasts

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Explore Arctic ponds created by invading beavers, reefs ruled by sharks, streams shaped by salmon, and oceans filled with whales propelling, snacking, and talking. Reported by Jason G. Goldman, Emily Schwing, and Christopher Intagliata. Beluga sounds prov
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g-conjecture - Numberphile

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Discussing h-vectors and the g-conjecture. Featuring June Huh from the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University. More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ A little extra bit from this interview: https://youtu.be/cFKGX3vAs_Q Shapes in hi
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Animation of SARS-CoV-2 entry into human host-cell.

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How does the Coronavirus enter a human cell to insert the viral-RNA into the host? Which mechanism makes this possible? This animation bei Janet Iwasa in cooperation with the Coronavirus structural taskforce gives an insight to this interesting yet comple
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Artificial Leaf Technology Could One Day Power Our World

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This artificial leaf creates methanol, absorbs CO2 from the air and is 10 times more efficient than plant photosynthesis. Can you be-leaf it?! Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Visit our
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Incredibly rare and radioactive elements ☢

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Plutonium, Uranium, Holmium, Neptunium, Curium and many more. We're at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in Tennessee. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ ORNL: https://www.ornl.gov Our thanks to Rose Boll and the team. Our videos on all 118 elem
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Christmas Lectures 2021: Fighting Back - with Jonathan Van Tam

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In the third and final lecture of the 2021 Christmas Lectures, Jonathan Van-Tam is joined by vaccine scientist Teresa Lambe and microbiologist Sharon Peacock to explore the inner workings of vaccines to reveal how these medical marvels can help win the wa
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How Technology Can Turn VR into Powerful Therapy

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Most people associate virtual reality with gaming, but what if its immersive worlds could be used as therapy? What if virtual reality could help veterans with PTSD? At the University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies, clinical psy
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Making Medallions at MIT

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Each year, the Department of Materials Science and Engineering gives its graduating students a bronze medallion of the MIT seal. These medallions are entirely prepared, cast, and finished by students in the Merton C. Flemings Materials Processing Laborato
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System can 3-D print an entire building

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The list of materials that can be produced by 3-D printing has grown to include not just plastics but also metal, glass, and even food. Now, MIT researchers are expanding the list further, with the design of a system that can 3-D print the basic structure
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What is life and how does it work? - with Philip Ball

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Discover a leading-edge new vision of biology that will revise our concept of what life itself is, and how to enhance it. Sign up as a member to watch the Q&A for this talk, and get early ad-free access to all our talks: https://youtu.be/CEoJ88W4aXQ B
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The Great Stink of 1858

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→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →How "Dick" came to be short for 'Richard': https://youtu.be/BH1NAwwKtcg?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2Acy6g9Ta7hzC0Rr3RDS6q Never run out of things to say at the wate
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Berkelium in Berkeley (new) - Periodic Table of Videos

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We're at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory where the element Berkelium has "come home" for some cutting edge research. More links and info in full description With thanks to Professor Polly Arnold and her group for hosting us at LBNL - https://che
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Christmas Lectures 2022: Lecture 1/3 with Sue Black

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Discover the secrets of forensic science as Professor Dame Sue Black tells the story of a 1,000 year old skeleton, in the first of the Royal Institution's annual Christmas lectures for 2022. Watch the second lecture here: https://youtu.be/yIFcRjCq0TQWatch
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My Friends Made Hateful Jokes Because I Was Jewish

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By Cian | 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.Growing up Cian was always the "different" kid. The reason he was so unique was
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Old School Professor - Periodic Table Of Videos

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Professor Martyn Poliakoff visits Westminster School, where he scored 6 out of 10 on his first chemistry experiment! The Prof gave the annual Tizard Lecture. More at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CK4WHElb4Q Here is his Nyholm Lecture: http://www.youtub
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Why It's Impossible To Engineer Earthquake-Proof Buildings | We The Curious

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What causes earthquakes? Why do buildings collapse? Can engineers design buildings that resist the forces beneath our feet? Ross Exton speaks to scientists and engineers to find out.From plants to prosthetics: the science of 3D printing https://youtu.be/H
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The Uncracked Problem With 33 - Numberphile

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33 is the lowest unsolved problem in the world of "summing three cubes". But 30 was also a tough nut to crack! Featuring Tim Browning from the University of Bristol. Taxi Cab Numbers: https://youtu.be/LzjaDKVC4iY Fermat's Last Theorem: https://youtu.be/qi
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Thomas Watson Explains the 1876 Invention of the Telephone - Enhanced Video & Audio

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For this video, I enhanced it using AI optimization software, speed-adjusted it and refined it with De Blur, Sharpness and Stabilization. For the audio, I remastered it using noise gate, compression, loudness normalization, EQ and a Limiter. Born in Salem
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Artificial Intelligence, the History and Future - with Chris Bishop

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Chris Bishop discusses the progress and opportunities of artificial intelligence research. Subscribe for weekly science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe The last five years have witnessed a dramatic resurgence of excitement in the goal of creating intell
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How One Horse Inspired the Invention of Movies

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This is a story about a horse—a horse whose fate was inextricably tied to the invention of film. It all started in 1872, when eventual Stanford University founder Leland Stanford made a bet with some colleagues. The bet in question concerned whether, at a
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Train for any argument with Harvards former debate coach | Bo Seo

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Train for any argument with Harvards former debate coach, Bo Seo.Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1Up next, Harvard negotiator explains how to argue https://youtu.be/IDj1OBG5TpwBo
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What sounds did dinosaurs make? ft. Joe Hanson

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Despite what you’ve seen in the movies, dinosaurs probably didn’t roar. And they may have come in a rainbow of colors. Subscribe to Science Magic Show Hooray! https://bit.ly/2LLNAci Follow me to It's Okay To Be Smart! https://youtu.be/gQJHuG1Byj0 Fossil e
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Yttrium - Periodic Table of Videos

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Here is a new and improved video about Yttrium.More links and info in full description Ytterby road trip videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBD7394CC1433D0EBFeaturing Sir Martyn Polikaoff and Neil Barnes. Including superconductors and YInMn Bl
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World's Saltiest Water - Periodic Table of Videos

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A recently created lake/pond in Ethiopia contains the world's most saline water body. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ This video features Professor Sir Martyn Poliakoff. PAPER: Chemical Analysis of Gaet’ale, a Hypersaline Pond in Danakil Depre
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I Tried Paramedic Academy

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Movable microplatform floating on droplets

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A new approach to microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), developed by a team of researchers at MIT, could offer a new way of making movable parts with no solid connections between the pieces, potentially eliminating a major source of wear and failure. (Le
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How Malaria Was Eradicated In The U.S.

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Get 1 year of both Nebula and Curiosity Stream for just 11.99 here: http://curiositystream.com/realscience using the code "realscience"New streaming platform: https://watchnebula.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephaniesammaInstagram: https://www.instag
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Water Boiling At Everest - Periodic Table Of Videos

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Boiling water at various altitudes on the trek from Lukla to Everest Base Camp. Part Two: https://youtu.be/sCh2T9axLyY Nepal Flag: http://bit.ly/10G3Ef3 Everest 8848: http://bit.ly/11ilGvs More scenic clips from Brady's trip: http://bit.ly/12di1M8 Special
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How will the Universe end? with Katie Mack

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From the big crunch or big rip to vacuum decay, Katie Mack explains the different ways in which physicists believe our universe might end.Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibeKatie Mack is a theoretical astrophysicist and one of
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Tunnel Vision: The Borderline Mural Project at MIT

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During the 2017 spring semester a group of students organized to design and paint interactive murals covering a 200-foot long stretch of wall in the tunnel system located under the campus of MIT. The interactive portion comes in the form of augmented real
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Francium (new video) - Periodic Table of Videos

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A new video about Francium. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ Underwater Caesium: https://youtu.be/b2YrZNahqiw Videos on all elements: http://bit.ly/118elements Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/periodicvideos With thanks to Maurici
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Three pioneers who predicted climate change | BBC Ideas

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We've known about climate change and the warming impact of CO2 for a very long time... Here are three key figures in the history of climate change science - Eunice Foote, Guy Stewart Callendar and Charles Keeling. Not all of them them got the recognition
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Honey bees and zebra fish come to a consensus, thanks to a little robotic intervention

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Species 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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What Shape Do YOU See? The Most Incredible Optical Illusion!

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Do you see a diamond or a cirlce? This ambiguous cylinder illusion is one the most INCREDIBLE optical illusions that exist! These are my favorite 3D illusions. You won't believe your eyes! Make one shape turn to another shape. Turn circles into squares. S
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A History of Eastern Europe | The Great Courses

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https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/show/a_history_of_eastern_europe?utm_source=US_SocialMedia&utm_medium=SocialMediaEditorialYoutube&utm_campaign=138569 Taught by Professor Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius, an award-winning professor at the University of Tennes
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Surrounded by KILLER WHALES!

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Please SUBSCRIBE - http://bit.ly/BWchannel Tour Tickets on Sale! - http://bit.ly/bravetickets Pre-Order Coyote’s Book - http://bit.ly/BOOKbraveadventures Watch More - http://bit.ly/OLgoldticket On this episode of Beyond the Tide, Coyote and Mark go kayaki
Your brain is wired for negative thoughts. Here's how to change it.

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Theres a reason that insults stick with us longer than compliments and it may serve an evolutionary purpose. Subscribe and turn on notifications so you don't miss any new videos: http://bit.ly/1fUWHyY Is the glass half full or half empty? Turns out, the w
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How a Supervolcano Made the Cenozoic’s Coolest Fossils

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One of the most dynamic, transformative, and potentially dangerous features in North America is also responsible for some of the continent’s most amazing fossil deposits. It’s a supervolcano we now call Yellowstone. Thanks to Rick Otto and the Ashfall Fos
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AUDIO: New AI model detects asymptomatic Covid-19 infections

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A team of MIT researchers have developed an AI model that can distinguish asymptomatic people with Covid-19 from healthy individuals without the disease through forced-cough recordings. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2020/covid-19-cough-cellphone-detect
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Palladium - Periodic Table Of Videos

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For our updated Palladium video, we are mining the Royal Society archives for the story of its discovery - a tale of money, an asteroid and stolen samples? The discovery was made by William Hyde Wollaston. Royal Society (Romantic Chemistry Exhibition unti
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The Case for Saving PARASITES.

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PARASITE. Doesn't the word just make your skin crawl? (that's actually the worms living under your flesh... just kidding). Despite our "ick" reaction to these animals, they play important roles in their environments - and many are under threat. ↓↓↓ Check
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Lending a Hand

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An Inflatable robotic hand design gives amputees real-time tactile control and enables a wide range of daily activities, such as zipping a suitcase, shaking hands, and petting a cat. The smart hand is soft and elastic, weighs about half a pound, and costs
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Hurricane in a Box

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http://www.patreon.com/scifri - Please Help Support Our Video Productions! Brian Haus watches as the still air stirs into over 150 mph winds. The flat turquoise water suddenly churns a series of endless crashing waves of white frothy foam. Thankfully, Hau
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Social distancing during coronavirus, explained by an expert

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To fight coronavirus, we need to change how we live.Read more about the coronavirus pandemic at http://vox.com/coronavirusSocial distancing, also called physical distancing, is the best way to slow the spread of coronavirus and save lives in your communit
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Inside a Nuclear Reactor

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We're at the High Flux Isotope Reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.Go to https://wix.com/go/PeriodicVideos to create your free Wix website. Check out our new website at https://periodicvideos.netMore links and info in full description Thanks to every
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How to Build a Lava Moat (with xkcd)

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Where to Buy "How To" by Randall Munroe: PRH.com: https://bit.ly/2L2G5hy Amazon: https://bit.ly/2zfy974 Barnes and Noble: https://bit.ly/2Zozxmt IndieBound: https://bit.ly/2ZfwSre Books-A-Million: https://bit.ly/2ZfxD3y Apple Books: https://bit.ly/33TK3kX
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Oceanic Trouble? Summon These Aquanauts! | That's Amazing

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Our oceans are in imminent danger—marine life is dying at an alarming rate due to pollution, overfishing and climate change. Summon the aquanauts! These diver-scientists are a real-life team of superheroes from all over the globe conducting cutting-edge r
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Your brain doesnt detect reality. It creates it. | Lisa Feldman Barrett

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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://bit.ly/thewell-youtubeWatch Lisa Feldman Barretts next interview h
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Why do honey bees dance? | We The Curious

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Could you tell your friends where to find food just by dancing? Join Ross Exton of the Live Science Team as he takes a look inside a hive to discover the mysterious behaviour of honey bees.This video was presented by: Ross Exton, Live Science Video Produc
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Neutron stars collide

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For the first time, scientists have directly detected gravitational waves – ripples in space-time – in addition to light from the spectacular collision of two neutron stars. This marks the first time that a cosmic event has been viewed in both gravitation
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The 4 things it takes to be an expert

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Which experts have real expertise? This video is sponsored by Brilliant. The first 200 people to sign up via https://brilliant.org/veritasium get 20% off a yearly subscription.Thanks to https://www.chess24.com/ and Chessable for the clip of Magnus.Chase,
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Want a Whole New Body? Ask This Flatworm How | Deep Look

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Planarians are tiny googly-eyed flatworms with an uncanny ability: They can regrow their entire bodies, even a new head. So how do they do it? You can learn more about CuriosityStream at https://curiositystream.com/deeplook Support Deep Look on Patreon!!
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How tough is the new £5 note?

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The UK's new £5 bank note - made of polymer rather than paper - gets the "chemistry treatment". Lots of raw footage: https://youtu.be/KUjh_z1A_RQ Featuring Professor Sir Martyn Poliakoff and Neil Barnes. Gun cotton: https://youtu.be/38w2-NCdtio Gold vault
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This Is Not An Avocado

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Meet the artist who has invented the ecovado, an alternative avocado that might just trick you into thinking its the real deal. Arina Shokouhi was an avo-lover before realizing their farming process has a huge impact on the environment. She decided to tak
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Masks and PPE have a Big Plastic Problem, Here's How We're Fixing It

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The COVID-19 pandemic has created just the right conditions for a surge in plastic waste. But scientists are exploring ways to reuse protective plastics without compromising public safety. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elem
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Nanoscale Machines: Building The Future With Molecules

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Professor of Chemical Nanoscience Neil Champness explores the future of nanoscale machines. Can we build a machine simply from molecules at the nanoscale? Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe The idea of building machines that a
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Augmented Reality Sandbox will Blow Your Mind!

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Craig Beals unveils his latest build - a sandbox like no other! The white sand acts as a projector screen and an topographic map image is projected on the surface. An XBOX Kinect is positioned to read the contours of the sand and draw new topographic line
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Meet Boston Jedi

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Meet Boston Jedi, a Boston-based lightsaber stage combat club that meets weekly to practice on MIT's campus. Members of the club, which include MIT students and alumni, use lightsaber props to create visually engaging battle sequences to perform for audie
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Mercury And Relativity - Periodic Table Of Videos

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A new paper discusses how relativity plays a role in Mercury's low melting point. Planet Mercury (Sixty Symbols): http://youtu.be/rZU8Y9DIBtI Copernicium: http://youtu.be/fqCdP9Uw5vo Gallium: http://youtu.be/N6ccRvKKwZQ Gold Vault :http://youtu.be/CTtf5s2
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The Centrifuge Problem - Numberphile

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More videos with Dr Holly Krieger: http://bit.ly/HollyKrieger More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Dr Holly Krieger is based at Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge. Want some chemistry videos? Brady does those too: https://www.yout
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Last Cards Match - Numberphile

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Numberphile Playing Cards: http://bit.ly/NumberphileCards More card videos: http://bit.ly/Cards_Shuffling More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Featuring Tadashi Tokieda, a professor of mathematics at Stanford University. More Tadashi Videos: h
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How languages steal words from each other

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This is the only pirate reference you're getting from me. Written with Molly Ruhl and Gretchen McCulloch. Gretchen's podcast has an episode all about this: https://lingthusiasm.com/post/684727483493384192/episode-68-tea-and-skyscrapers-when-words-get More
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Looping Violin + Beatbox | The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army Cover (One Shot)

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Rob Landes combines looping a violin and beatboxing to create this awesome cover of The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army. Subscribe→ http://bit.ly/kumaf1lms // More vids → http://bit.ly/kumavids // Kuma shirts→ http://bit.ly/KumaShirt http://www.kumafilm
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Einsteinium - Periodic Table of Videos

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A new video about the element Einsteinium.Videos on all 118 elements: http://bit.ly/118elementsMore links and info in full description More reading:The New Elements Einsteinium and Fermium, Atomic Numbers 99 and 100: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/70q40
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Yum! Brands: The Company Behind KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut

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Support us on Patreon to vote on which company we do next: https://www.patreon.com/business_casual Join us at our subreddit and on social media: Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/businesscasual Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/business.casual.yt Twitter: htt
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Why Parents Should Play Video Games With Their Kids

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Many parents think of video games as either a total waste of time, or an activity for their kids to pursue on their own. But Dr. Sinem Siyahhan encourages parents to play video games with their kids. An associate professor at California State University s
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Musket Firing (slow Motion) - Periodic Table Of Videos

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Firing a (very old) musket and filming with a (very new) high-speed camera. With thanks to Jim Gamble. Also discussed by Professor Martyn Poliakoff. Ebay auction has ended. Music courtesy of Henrik 'Appe' Johansson. More chemistry at http://www.periodicvi
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Graphene Could Solve the World's Water Crisis

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Turning saltwater into clean drinking water is an expensive, energy-intensive process, but could the wonder material graphene make it more accessible? New Discovery Could Unlock Graphene's Full Potential - https://youtu.be/J0ZMi83oUjk Sign Up For The Seek
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Holy Smoke And A New Pope - Periodic Table Of Videos

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We use the Vatican's own recipe to re-create the black and white smoke used during the Papal Conclave. The cardinals elected a former chemist as Pope - Pope Francis! Black Smoke = No Pope White Smoke = Pope This video features Dr Darren Walsh. Thanks also
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You Don't Want To Touch An Electric Eel

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Of all the amazing species on the planet, the most shocking are the ones that harness electricity. These animals are electric type.Go to https://expressvpn.com/animalogic, to take back your Internet privacy TODAY and find out how you can get 3 months free
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One of the strongest lightweight materials known

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A team of MIT engineers has successfully designed a new 3-D material with five percent the density of steel and ten times the strength, making it one of the strongest lightweight materials known. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2017/3-d-graphene-stronges
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Hydrogen Explosions (slow Motion) - Periodic Table Of Videos

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High-speed footage of Hydrogen explosions, with and without Oxygen added to the initial mixture. Professor Martyn Poliakoff discusses, - and muses over questions about our previous hydrogen videos. Watch videos about EVERY element: http://bit.ly/VT9nNZ Re
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Andrea Bocelli: Music For Hope - Live From Duomo di Milano

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On Easter Sunday (April 12, 2020), by invitation of the City and of the Duomo cathedral of Milan, Italian global music icon Andrea Bocelli gave a solo performance representing a message of love, healing and hope to Italy and the world. Download the hymn s
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Find the Volume of Any Shape Using Calculus

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Calculus isn't just abstract mathematics, it is an incredibly useful tool. Here I show you how to use it to derive the volumes of 3D shapes. Check out my posters here https://store.dftba.com/collections/domain-of-scienceThis was the first example that rea
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If Your Hands Could Smell, You’d Be an Octopus | Deep Look

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Those hundreds of powerful suckers on octopus arms do more than just stick. They actually smell and taste. This contributes to a massive amount of information for the octopus’s brain to process, so the octopus depends on its eight arms for help. To
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Flip-Flops Made From Plants And Algae Can Help Reduce Plastic Pollution | World Wide Waste

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Researchers at the University of California San Diego have figured out how to turn algae into flip flops. They founded a startup to sell the shoe, but face a challenge in getting their invention mass produced: There aren't enough algae farms to support th
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High Speed Chemistry - Periodic Table Of Videos

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Filming chemistry with a high-speed camera - main videos coming soon, but here's a preview and chance to see someone stroke The Prof's hair! Reactions filmed with a Phantom Miro (awesome!). We used this: http://www.visionresearch.com/Products/High-Speed-C
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Why Every Picture Of A Black Hole Is An Illustration

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Scientists are pretty sure black holes are real. Soon they'll know for sure. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO The biggest problem with trying to detect a black hole is that even the supermassive ones are relatively tiny. "The largest one in
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The Best (and Worst) Ways To Shuffle Cards - Numberphile

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Persi Diaconis (Stanford University) on card shuffling. See full description for links to additional videos and detailed papers. EXTRAS FROM THIS INTERVIEW --- 1/3: https://youtu.be/1jfm42Qd7Qw --- 2/3: http://youtu.be/c_Hunaf0tWw --- 3/3: http://youtu.be
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Could you go a week without producing any trash?

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Lauren Singer lives a nearly trash-free life, but she didn’t go zero waste overnight. Her story, and some easy tips to get started on reducing your own waste. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1fUWHyY Can poop power our cars? https://youtu.be/syj_TNogOs4 A growing
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This Superheavy Atom Factory Is Pushing the Limits of the Periodic Table

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As we push the Periodic Table of the Elements further and further into the unknown, its familiar columns and rows are threatening to crumble. Whats next for this science icon?Videos of the Flerov Lab courtesy of the JINR video portal - https://www.youtube
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Light-based therapy for Alzheimer's disease

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Researchers in Li-Huei Tsai's laboratory at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have shown that disrupted gamma waves in the brains of mice with Alzheimer’s disease can be corrected by a unique non-invasive technique using flickering light. (Lea
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Whats Actually Happening in Your Noise-Canceling Headphones

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Noise-canceling headphones have been offering humans a layer of protection against the sounds of everyday life for a while nowbut how do these ear shields actually work? Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly
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A Video Game That Teaches You How To Code

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"Everybody in this country should learn how to program a computer because it teaches you how to think,” Steve Jobs said in 1995. But for a beginner, learning to code can be intimidating. Enter CodeSpells. UC San Diego's Sarah Guthals has developed this vi
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Why Machines That Bend Are Better

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Compliant mechanisms have lots of advantages over traditional devices. SimpliSafe is awesome security. It's really effective, easy to use, and the price is great. Check out SimpliSafe here: https://simplisafe.com/veritasium I visited the Compliant Mechani
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Swimming In Syrup Is As Easy As Swimming In Water

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In this video I test out the proposition that swimming in syrup is as easy as swimming in water. Based on a research paper published at the University of Minnesota (https://aiche.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/aic.10389)Get Your Experiment Box He
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Chemistry of Spice Melange (from Dune) - Periodic Table of Videos

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We look at a published chemical structure for the mythical Spice Melange from the Dune science fiction series. More links and info in full description Featuring Jessie Groves (senior technician), Martyn Poliakoff and Robert Stockman.Thanks also to Finlay
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3D printing with living organisms

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A method for printing 3D objects that can control living organisms in predicable ways has been developed by an interdisciplinary team of researchers at MIT and elsewhere. This technique may lead to 3D printing of biomedical tools that can be customized to
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You Have Mites Living On Your Face

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Right now, there are tiny mites eating, laying eggs, dying, and leaking feces on your face. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1FkxVLb ‖ Twitter! https://twitter.com/gross_science ‖ Tumblr! http://grossscience.tumblr.com/ ↓Want more info?↓ Your Wild Life—Meet Your
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Why These Bears Waste Food

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Offset 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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The Plutonium Core of an Atom Bomb - Periodic Table of Videos

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Professor Martyn Poliakoff discusses atom bombs with a Plutonium core - including the crucial role of Gallium. Extra footage from this interview at: https://youtu.be/KyEn4On9S-8More links and info in full description Previous video on Gallium: https://you
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Can We Use Wi-Fi To See Through Walls?

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We use Wi-Fi to stay connected, but Yasamin Mostofi shows that Wi-Fi can also be used to sense the world around us – even behind walls. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1fUWHyY A Video Game That Teaches You to Code: https://youtu.be/OxYW0bqtiTo The world wants to
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Click Chemistry (Nobel Prize 2022) - Periodic Table of Videos

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The 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded to three scientists for pioneering "Click Chemistry".More links and info in full description Featuring Martyn Poliakoff, Miriam O'Duill and Christopher Merrett.Details of Christopher's experiment here: http://p
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Brian Cox School Experiments: machine learning - classroom video

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The Royal Society has produced a new set of videos and resources, presented by Professor Brian Cox, based around new and emerging STEM technologies. In this video, Brian joins a teacher to demonstrate a machine learning activity, including set-up, demonst
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These Power-Free 3D Printed Objects Can Talk With WiFi

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Researchers at the University of Washington recently developed a way for 3D printed objects to connect to WiFi... without electronics or batteries. So, how does it work? Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly
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Can Math Explain How Animals Get Their Patterns?

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How Alan Turing's Reaction-Diffusion Model Simulates Patterns in Nature Thanks to http://www.audible.com/minuteearth for sponsoring this video. Asparagus Pee Survey Results: https://goo.gl/8x7abL ___________________________________________ If you liked th
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Nitrogen (new) - Periodic Table of Videos

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Here it is - a new video about the element Nitrogen. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ Objectivity: http://bit.ly/Objectivity Chemistry of Lunar Lift-Off: https://youtu.be/JLCrZGgKD-k Liquid Oxygen 1: https://youtu.be/7NXfyCezUFk Liquid Oxygen 2
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LOONEY TUNES CARTOONS COMPILATION: [ULTRA HD 4K] Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and more! [for Children]

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For the first time ever 8thManDVD Cartoon Channel has remastered and restored 11 of the best classic Looney Tunes Cartoons, some never before seen on YouTube, which streams up to ULTRA HD 4K (2160p) running over 1 and half hours. This features some of the
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Discovering the Mystery of the Eagle Ray

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Off the coast of Sarasota, Florida, lives the spotted eagle ray—a beautiful, yet mysterious, sea creature. Very little is known about the eagle ray, so research teams from Florida Atlantic University and Mote Marine Lab are pioneering new techniques to be
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Make The Best Pie Ever Using Science

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You may have Grandma’s recipe for the perfect crust, but do you really know what goes on at a molecular level? Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1fUWHyY What Does A Cancer Cell Look Like?: https://youtu.be/BhAP6IfykEQ UCLA biophysicist Amy Rowat shares some of the
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Secrets of the conch shell and its toughness

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The shells of marine organisms take a beating from impacts due to storms and tides, rocky shores, and sharp-toothed predators. But as recent research has demonstrated, one type of shell stands out above all the others in its toughness: the conch. Now, res
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Why Rare Steak is Safe but NOT Rare Chicken

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Rare steak is pretty safe to eat, because the germs of greatest concern are usually found on the surface and will be killed when seared. But, as Dr. Francisco Diez-Gonzalez of the University of Georgia's Center for Food Safety explains, research shows sim
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Why we really really really like repetition in music

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It slays all day. In episode #5 of Vox Pop's Earworm, producer Estelle Caswell, comes to appreciate the art of repetition with the help of Colin Morris and Elizabeth Margulis. Colin is a computer scientist who created two really amazing ways to visualize
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What Does Malaria Do to the Human Body?

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Malaria is one of the oldest diseases in human history, dating back to ancient civilizations in Greece and China. It has even been attributed to aiding the fall of the Roman Empire.So if weve been fighting malaria for so long, why havent we been able to s
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Two Colour Chemiluminescent Clock Reaction - Periodic Table Of Videos

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More details in full description. Dr Sam Tang adds hydrogen peroxide to pyrogallol, formaldehyde and luminol. Chemiluminescence is caused by molecules being formed with some of their electrons in a higher energy level and then losing that energy as light.
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Why We're Hell-Bent on Saving These Giant Salamanders

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In the fast-flowing streams of eastern Tennessee, Emilly Nolan is working hard to reestablish a population for a strange looking animal with an even stranger array of nicknames. The Eastern hellbenderaka snot otter, aka lasagna lizardis one of the largest
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Champions of Illusion Susana Martinez-Conde

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You can watch all our videos at https://scienceandnonduality.com Visual illusions are those perceptual experiences that do not match the physical reality. Our perception of the outside world is generated indirectly by brain mechanisms, so all visual perce
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Meet Dream Chaser, The Next-Generation Space Plane | Countdown to Launch

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This new space plane just got one step closer to liftoff, and it could change spaceflight to the ISS in years to come. Subscribe to Seeker!http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Countdown to Launch: http://bit.ly/CTLplaylist The Space Shuttle Orbiter is
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The Great Emu War of 1932

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I Tried 3 First Lady Cookie Recipes Tasty

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These cookies are good enough for the President, but which First Lady cookie is your favorite?Follow Tikeyah on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/keeya_mommamia/Subscribe to Tasty: https://bzfd.it/2ri82Z1TastyTastyThe official YouTube channel of all th
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How To Clone A Mammoth: The Science Of De-Extinction - With Beth Shapiro

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Could we bring back mammoths? Should we bring back mammoths? Beth Shapiro explains the science of de-extinction and Jurassic Park, and asks if it’s a good idea at all. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Could extinct species,
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What Has No Brain And the Ability To Self-Heal?!

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With 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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Scientists Just Captured This Rare Giant Squid Footage, Here's How

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Scientists 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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Fast and forceful gel robots

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Engineers at MIT have fabricated transparent gel robots that can perform a number of fast, forceful tasks, including kicking a ball underwater, and grabbing and releasing a live fish. (Learn more:https://news.mit.edu/2017/transparent-gel-robots-catch-rele

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