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The (mostly) true story of ghost photography"
227 views / 1 likes - addedWilliam Mumler claimed he could photograph ghosts ... and no one could prove he couldnt.Subscribe and turn on notifications so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO In the mid-1800s, the development of exciting new forms of communication, like p
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This Dead Star Is Twisting Spacetime
283 views / 0 likes - addedA pulsar has just confirmed another piece of the general relativity puzzle Einstein predicted, and its the first real detection of an effect known as frame dragging. And its kind of a big deal. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more
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The Palm Oil Catastrophe
286 views / 0 likes - addedThe history of palm oil production and how it lead to a climate catastrophe. Facebook: https://facebook.com/nextobserver Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nextobserver Sources Use of U.S. Croplands for Biofuels Increases Greenhouse Gases Through Emissions
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Why Are Stop Signs Red?
1,140 views / 1 likes - addedWhy aren’t stop signs yellow, purple or green? Brainstuff explains the origins of the red, octagonal stop sign and some hints about why red might be the best color to use if you want to throw cold water on somebody’s need for speed. Learn more at HowStuff
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The Great Emu War of 1932
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Love is bigger than fear Hospital de Amor
775 views / 1 likes - addedWinning the cancer battle is much easier when you are surrounded by care. In over 50 years of history, our institution (Hospital de Cancer de Barretos / Hospital de Amor in Brazil) has always strived to provide highly qualified, humanized and loving care.
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How do Steam Engines Work?
315 views / 0 likes - addedWe make steam every morning while preparing our morning coffee. But how can it be used to move this massive machine? In this episode, we explore how engineers designed steam engines to turn fire, water, and steam into tremendous amounts of force.This vide
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NASA | Blazar Bonanza
684 views / 0 likes - addedA long time ago in a galaxy half the universe away, a flood of high-energy gamma rays began its journey to Earth. When they arrived in April, NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope caught the outburst, which helped two ground-based gamma-ray observatories
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Nobody Really Knows What A Concussion Is
552 views / 0 likes - addedGo 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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Why Is Lyme Disease Getting Worse?
399 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! https://twin-cities.umn.edu/Lyme disease is spreading like wildfire around the world: here's why.Thanks also to our Patreon patrons https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth and our YouTube member
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Can A Thousand Tiny Swarming Robots Outsmart Nature? | Deep Look
607 views / 1 likes - addedHow does a group of animals -- or cells, for that matter -- work together when no one’s in charge? Tiny swarming robots--called Kilobots--work together to tackle tasks in the lab, but what can they teach us about the natural world? ↓ More info, videos, an
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10 Creatures That Prove Superpowers Actually Exist in Real Life
761 views / 0 likes - addedSuperpowers like living forever, surviving without oxygen and imitating any sound. Bright Side found some creatures with abilities that are even more surprising, funny, weird, and sometimes disgusting than any superhero. Animation is created by Bright Sid
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From the Cambrian Explosion to the Great Dying
549 views / 0 likes - addedYou can go to https://Audible.com/Eons or text “Eons” to 500-500 to get started today with your 30-day trial membership with a free audiobook The first era of our current eon, the Paleozoic Era, is probably the most deceptively fascinating time in Earth’s
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Did Dinosaurs Ever Live Alongside Humans?
588 views / 1 likes - addedYou may have been told online or at special interest museums that dinosaurs once lived alongside humans, or maybe even still live today. Here we look closely at this claim, and discover what science can tell us. This animation was based partially on two w
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What Would 24 Hours In The Desert Do To Your Body?
855 views / 1 likes - addedIf you find yourself stranded or trapped in a desert, what would happen to your body in the first 24 hours? Can humans really survive the challenge?Watch more: Trapped In Space https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PevXm5qYCkSubscribe: https://bit.ly/SubLifeNo
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How Many Mass Extinctions Have There Been?
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The Facts About Dinosaurs & Feathers
510 views / 0 likes - addedOver the past 20 years, dinosaurs of all types and sizes have been found with some sort of fluff or even full-on plumage. These fuzzy discoveries have raised a whole batch of new questions so we're here to tell you everything we know about dinosaurs and f
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How far back in time could you go and still understand English?
1,139 views / 3 likes - addedIf you had a time machine, how far back could you go and still understand English? AT what point in history would you not be able to understand the English language? If you went back in time to the 1800's and 1700's, you'd probably still be okay. This exc
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Why Is Duct Tape So Strong?
662 views / 0 likes - addedDuct tapes were first invented by a female factory worker during World War II. They were originally called 'duck' tape because it was made out of a cotton duck fabric and it repelled water like a duck's back. Following is a transcript of the video. Narrat
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The Windiest Places on Earth | SciShow Kids
44 views / 0 likes - addedJessi and Squeaks explore two of the windiest places on Earth: Mount Washington in New Hampshire, USA, and Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica.Hosted by: Jessi Knudsen Castaeda (she/her/they/them)Next Generation Science Standards:Disciplinary Core Ideas:ESS2.D:
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YOU ARE MOVING A MILLION MPH NOW!
211 views / 0 likes - addedHow fast are you moving? Remarkably you are moving, by some definitions, around a million miles per hour. But, why don't we feel this motion? Is this speed useful in some way? And what does the question of speed really even mean? Join us today as Cool Wor
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Why Malaria Isn’t Just a Tropical Disease
679 views / 0 likes - addedWatch Hot Mess here! ►► http://bit.ly/hotmess_sub Malaria is a global disease that we've beaten back around the world, including in some tropical places, but we’ve had the hardest time in Africa. Thanks to our Patreon patrons https://www.patreon.com/Minut
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The Astounding Physics of N95 Masks
386 views / 0 likes - addedHead to https://brilliant.org/MinutePhysics to sign up for free and get 20% off a Premium subscription to Brilliant!This video was written in collaboration with Aatish Bhatia - https://aatishb.com To learn more about using & decontaminating N95 masks: htt
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Why Is The Very Hungry Caterpillar So Dang Hungry? | Deep Look
728 views / 1 likes - addedBecause it's hoarding protein. Not just for itself, but for the butterfly it will become and every egg that butterfly will lay. And it's about to lose its mouth... as it wriggles out of its skin during metamorphosis. DEEP LOOK is a ultra-HD (4K) short vid
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Where Will The Next Pandemic Come From?
167 views / 0 likes - addedOrder your copy of How To Prevent The Next Pandemic here: https://www.amazon.com/Prevent-Next-Pandemic-Bill-Gates/dp/0593534484 The most likely cause of the next pandemic will be the spillover of a disease from one of a select group of animals with partic
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6 Forensic Technologies of the Future
395 views / 0 likes - addedGo to https://NordVPN.com/scishow and use code SCISHOW to get 75% off a 3 year plan. Protect yourself online today!As powerful as todays forensic science technologies are, everything can benefit from an upgrade. Today we'll tell you about 6 new techniques
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What's The Most Expensive Book In The World?
781 views / 0 likes - addedSometimes super-wealthy people like to spend millions on a single book. Which one cost the most? Hint: It’s about water and it's written backwards. Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com: http://www.howstuffworks.com/arts/literature/10-rare-books4.htm Share on F
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You'd Never Guess What an Acorn Woodpecker Eats | Deep Look
669 views / 0 likes - addedOK. Maybe you would. But the lengths they have to go to to stock up for the winter *will* surprise you. When you see how carefully they arrange each acorn, you might just need to reorganize your pantry. Join Deep Look on Patreon NOW! https://www.patreon.c
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What the Fahrenheit?!
907 views / 0 likes - addedThe crazy story of the arbitrary temperature scale used in a tiny minority of countries. Check out Audible: http://bit.ly/AudibleVe Snatoms are available again! http://www.snatoms.com Support Veritasium on Patreon: http://bit.ly/VePatreon Celsius didn't i
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WWII Files - Pigeon Guided Missiles and Literal Bat Bombs
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The Evolution Of CPU Processing Power Part 1: The Mechanics Of A CPU
200 views / 0 likes - addedSERIES LINK - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC7a8fNahjQ8IkiD5f7blIYrro9oeIfJUIn this multi-part series, we explore the evolution of the microprocessor and its astonishing growth in processing power over the decades. In Part 1, we learn about the
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Testing the US Militarys Worst Idea
115 views / 0 likes - addedAn engineer came up with a plan to drop tungsten telephone poles from space - the idea has been seriously considered on multiple occasions, so we tested it. Head to https://brilliant.org/Veritasium to start your free trial. The first 200 will get 20% off
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Students Built World's Fastest Electric Monowheel
299 views / 0 likes - addedA small group of students from the Duke University in North Carolina USA, have built the Worlds Fastest Electric, Monowheel, called the EV360, specifically designed to exceed speeds of 70 mph, in preparation for setting a new Guinness World Record.Now the
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Looking at the Earth! | SciShow Kids
376 views / 0 likes - addedTeachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!If you were looking down at the Earth from space, what would you be able to see? Do you think you would be able to see your house? What if you wer
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Who Owns The Moon?
871 views / 0 likes - added***NOTE*** This video was originally uploaded in 2013 but has been unavailable for more than a year! Basically, a channel I shouted-out in the first version asked to be removed. That's okay! Now, in a slightly re-edited version, the video is back! And spa
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Does It Pay To Cheat?
203 views / 0 likes - addedThanks Thryve for sponsoring the video. Get 50% off your gut health test at https://trythryve.com/MinuteEarthFor some birds, trying to cheat your neighbors into raising your babies is just as much work - and is no more successful - than doing it yourself.
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Why Oppenheimer Deserves His Own Movie
98 views / 0 likes - addedJ. Robert Oppenheimer forever changed the course of history. He may be the most important physicist to have ever lived. Part of this video is sponsored by Wren. Offset your carbon footprint on Wren: https://www.wren.co/start/veritasium1 For the first 100
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Meet the Marsupials! | SciShow Kids
121 views / 0 likes - addedTeachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!Squeaks and Jessi have been having fun learning all about Australia. Squeaks wants to know more about marsupials, the special group of animals tha
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How Do Lakes Form? | Goodbye, Mister Brown! | SciShow Kids
118 views / 0 likes - addedMister Brown is moving away to Wisconsin, so Jessi, Squeaks and all of his Fort friends are here to say goodbye. But before he goes, Mister Brown want to teach everyone about the place he's moving to and all the amazing glacial lakes he'll be living near!
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The Similarity Trap
708 views / 0 likes - addedTry Squarespace for free: http://squarespace.com/MinuteEarth And subscribe to MinuteEarth! http://goo.gl/EpIDGd As we try to figure out the evolutionary trees for languages and species, we sometimes get led astray by similar but unrelated words and traits
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Did ancient Troy really exist? - Einav Zamir Dembin
561 views / 0 likes - addedIf you enjoy this lesson, we highly recommend reading "Fallen Glory: The Lives and Deaths of History's Greatest Buildings." Discounted e-book versions available here: https://amzn.to/2LL50Zk Check out our book rec page to learn more: http://bit.ly/2mZ9LQS
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How to find a planet you can't see
160 views / 0 likes - addedTiny wobbles and faint twinkles that have led astronomers to nearly 5,000 new worlds.Subscribe and turn on notifications so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO For a tour of some of the odd exoplanets scientists have found, watch part one, her
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How Does Caffeine Wake You Up?
845 views / 0 likes - addedWhen you get coffee jitters, caffeine has tricked your brain into anticipating danger. Lauren explains how it works. Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com: http://science.howstuffworks.com/caffeine.htm Share on Facebook: https://goo.gl/adWdyH Share on Twitter:
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Why Do All YouTube Videos Look Alike?
85 views / 0 likes - addedDon't make us crabby! Join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/MinuteEarthMany crustaceans from all sorts of starting points evolve to end up looking similar, likely due to outside pressures. Thats sort of like what happens with YouTube videos.LEARN MORE**
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The House Centipede is Fast, Furious, and Just So Extra | Deep Look
651 views / 2 likes - addedPlease follow us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deeplook Take the PBSDS survey: https://to.pbs.org/2018YTSurvey CORRECTION, 9/26/2018: This episode of Deep Look contains an error in the scientific name of the house centipede. It is Scutigera coleoptr
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Why This Enormous Plane Really Exists: The An-225 Mriya
278 views / 0 likes - addedSign up for an annual CuriosityStream subscription and you’ll also get a free Nebula subscription here: http://CuriosityStream.com/mustard The Energia-Buran was the most expensive and ambitious Soviet space project in history. As the Soviet Union&rs
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These Lizards Have Been Playing Rock-Paper-Scissors for 15 Million Years | Deep Look
812 views / 1 likes - addedMale side-blotched lizards have more than one way to get the girl. Orange males are bullies. Yellows are sneaks. Blues team up with a buddy to protect their territories. Who wins? It depends - on a genetic game of roshambo. SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://
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How Long Would It Take to Count to a Billion and What’s the Highest Anyone Has Counted?
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Where Do Caves Come From? | Let's Explore Caves! | SciShow Kids
142 views / 0 likes - addedTeachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!Squeaks is back from visiting Sam the Bats cave and is excited to learn all about how different caves form and why they look the ways they do! Hos
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Why Do Tumbleweeds Tumble? | Deep Look
641 views / 0 likes - addedYou can learn more about CuriosityStream at https://curiositystream.com/deeplook . The silent star of classic Westerns is a plant on a mission. It starts out green and full of life. It even grows flowers. But to reproduce effectively it needs to turn into
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The Deadliest Ice Age Ever
876 views / 0 likes - addedA big thank you to our supporters on https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth : - Today I Found Out - Maarten Bremer - Jeff Straathof - Mark Roth - Tony Fadell - Muhammad Shifaz - 靛蓝字幕组 - Maletendo Bezenga - Kapero - Candy - Zarko Obrenovic - Duhilio Patiño -
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How Blood Evolved (Many Times)
551 views / 0 likes - addedBlood is one of the most revolutionary features in our evolutionary history. Over hundreds of millions of years, the way in which blood does its job has changed over and over again. As a result, we animals have our familiar red blood. But also blue blood.
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The Invention of the Cardboard Box
783 views / 1 likes - added→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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What Happens if You Accidentally Damage or Destroy a Priceless Work of Art in a Museum
710 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to Skillshare for sponsoring this video! First 200 people will get a 2 month trial for free here: http://skl.sh/2xwnKCg If you happen to like our videos and have a few bucks to spare to support our efforts, check out our Patreon page where we've go
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Gamma-Ray Bursts: Crash Course Astronomy #40
780 views / 1 likes - addedGamma-ray bursts are not only incredible to study, but their discovery has an epic story all its own. Today Phil takes you through some Cold War history and then dives into what we know. Bursts come in two rough varieties: Long and short. Long ones are fr
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Can YOU Fix Climate Change?
653 views / 1 likes - addedThis video was supported by Gates Notes, the personal blog of Bill Gates, where he writes about global health, climate change, and more. Check out it out to learn more about ways the world can work together to reach zero greenhouse gas emissions:https://w
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Why Are Old People Taking The Blood Of Young People?
811 views / 1 likes - addedThe older generation is taking the blood of younger people in increasing numbers. Does young blood transfusions really help adults?Watch more: Can You Give Blood After Death? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs7tyYpKDc0&t=22s Subscribe: https://bit.ly/SubL
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Toothpaste | Ingredients With George Zaidan (Episode 1)
882 views / 0 likes - addedAncient toothpaste used stuff like rocks and bones -- and modern toothpaste isn’t all that different. Watch as chemist George Zaidan tries to create his own homemade toothpaste. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe ➡ Watch all episodes of Ingr
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The Not-So-Secret Secret Elevators of the Haunted Mansion
571 views / 0 likes - addedYou can support this channel on Patreon! Link below Is this haunted room actually stretching? The answer may surprise you! (barf) The stretching rooms at the Haunted Mansion are perhaps my favorite piece of hidden engineering at the Disney Parks. While on
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Why Exercise Is Hard
384 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! http://twin-cities.umn.edu/Because exercise isn't essential for short-term survival, we don't exercise enough, so we need to reincorporate purposeful physical activity into our lives.Thanks
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Ancient Humans Made Millions Of These - We Dont Know Why
84 views / 0 likes - addedThe Acheulean handaxe was the most common tool of early humans, but we still dont know what the heck they used it for.LEARN MORE**************To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: - Acheulean handaxe: large, chipped ston
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The Ancient Animal Crossing | SciShow Kids
49 views / 0 likes - addedJoin Squeaks and Jessi as they learn about a time when lots of animals switched places -- like bears, sloths, armadillos, and more.Hosted by: Jessi Knudsen Castaeda (she/her/they/them)Second Grade Next Generation Science StandardsDisciplinary Core Ideas:L
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Oldest Footage Of Paris Ever
556 views / 1 likes - addedEnglish: The Oldest Footage Of Paris Ever Historical film production company Yestervid have released their latest video, 'The Oldest Footage of Paris'. It features a stunning collection of the oldest footage of various places around the great city of Pari
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How Horses Save Humans From Snake Bites
272 views / 1 likes - addedThis video is sponsored by Brilliant. The first 200 people to sign up via https://brilliant.org/veritasium get 20% off a yearly subscription. To make antivenom, you first need to collect venom from the worlds most deadly snakes.Huge thanks to the Australi
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The Island of Shrinking Mammoths
408 views / 1 likes - addedYou can check out Google's Science Journal app at https://g.co/sciencejournal The mammoths fossils found on the Channel Islands off the coast of southern California are much smaller than their relatives found on the mainland. They were so small that they
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The Rubber Band: Holding It Together Since 1820
693 views / 0 likes - added→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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Debunking Anti-Vaxxers
894 views / 1 likes - addedHere's what to say to anti-vaxxers! Check out Bill and Melinda Gates Annual Letter: http://b-gat.es/2Cfph0j Subscribe, it's free! http://bit.ly/asapsci Created by: Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown Written by: Amanda Edwards, Annik Carson, Rachel Salt, Gr
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Weird Things Animals Do During Eclipses
15 views / 0 likes - addedThis Product is supported by the NASA Heliophysics Education Activation Team (NASA HEAT), part of NASAs Science Activation portfolio.The material contained in this document is based upon work supported by a National Aeronautics And Space Administration (N
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An Unexpected Consequence of COVID
309 views / 0 likes - addedLearn more about Lydalls mission to create a cleaner, quieter and safer world at https://www.lydall.com. The global pandemic led to a drop in outdoor air pollution, but it also led to an increase in indoor air pollution - and our exposure to it.LEARN MORE
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Why Don't More Animals Eat Wood?
252 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to OIST for sponsoring this video. To learn more, visit https://admissions.oist.jp/Wood is abundant and full of energy, but outside of some insects, almost no animals eat it because the stuff it's made of is hard to break down.Thanks also to our Pa
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The US Military Gave Out Shark Repellent For Years. . . So Why Did They Stop?
459 views / 0 likes - addedDownload the PBS Video App: https://www.pbs.org/pbs-video-app/People have been developing different forms of shark repellent for decades--the military even issued a chemical shark repellent called Shark Chaser to pilots, sailors, and astronauts(!) from th
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How Birds Almost Escalated The Cold War
210 views / 0 likes - addedTo find out how you can help Nature Canada protect at least 30% of the worlds lands and ocean by 2030, visit https://www.naturecanada.ca/?utm_source=MinuteEarth.A technology to ignore birds on radar ended up being useful to study and conserve them.LEARN M
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How the T-Rex Lost Its Arms
808 views / 0 likes - addedSupport us on Patreon! https://patreon.com/eons Tyrannosaurus rex was big, Tyrannosaurus rex was vicious, and Tyrannosaurus rex had tiny arms. The story of how T-Rex lost its arms is, itself, pretty simple. But the story of why it kept those little limbs,
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When Giant Scorpions Swarmed the Seas
528 views / 2 likes - addedTry Audible for 30 days visit https://www.audible.com/eons or text eons to 500500! Sea scorpions thrived for 200 million years, coming in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. Over time, they developed a number of adaptations--from crushing claws to flatten
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When Humans Were Prey
481 views / 0 likes - addedNot too long ago, our early human ancestors were under constant threat of attack from predators. And it turns out that this difficult chapter in our history may be responsible for the adaptations that allowed us to become so successful. Thanks to Julio La
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