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Mitosis: Splitting Up is Complicated - Crash Course Biology #12

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Hank describes mitosis and cytokinesis - the series of processes our cells go through to divide into two identical copies. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dftba.com/product/1av/CrashCourse-Biology-The-Complete-Series-DVD-Set Like Cras
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Einstein's grades

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Come and take a look at Einstein's report card from his final school year and his time studying at ETH university in Switzerland. We will learn interesting facts about his life, his teachers and the state of physics at the time. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro1:
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How Ghost Particles Are Slowing Down Stars

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There's no such thing as empty space in outer space. What are virtual particles and how do they create friction in the vacuum of space? How Long Could You Survive In Outer Space - http://bit.ly/2c2WSyH Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.l
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ATP&Respiration: Crash Course Biology #7

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In which Hank does some push ups for science and describes the "economy" of cellular respiration and the various processes whereby our bodies create energy in the form of ATP. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dftba.com/product/1av/Cras
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What Could An Explosion On the Sun Do Here On Earth?

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The sun is essential plant food thats heating our planet, but we dont often think about the wild things happening on and below its surface. In this episode of #Untold, a new #YouTubeLearning series from ACS, PBS, and YouTube, we talk about those wild thin
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We Built the World's Largest Jello Cup!

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Exactly what you think it is. Find out just how epic swimming in the world's largest jello cup was! Buy here: https://www.vat19.com/products/search?q=world%27s+largest&submit=Search&adid=youtube Subscribe to Vat19: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_cent
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Cellulose: From Trees to Explosives

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Cellulose is everywhere. In fact, it is the most abundant organic molecule on the Earth! Its in (but not limited to) our food, clothing, and plastics, and the cellulose compound nitrocellulose is used in explosives but also in things like x-rays, early si
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Circulatory&Respiratory Systems - CrashCourse Biology #27

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Hank takes us on a trip around the body - we follow the circulatory and respiratory systems as they deliver oxygen and remove carbon dioxide from cells, and help make it possible for our bodies to function. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! ht
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How your dog sees the world (w/ Cleo Abram)

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Apps claim to show you the colors dogs see but where does that information come from?WELCOME TO HOWTOWN! Our small but mighty team of two (Joss Fong and Adam Cole) digs into the evidence behind commonly held facts and claims in the news.We're grateful for
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Old&Odd: Archaea, Bacteria&Protists - CrashCourse Biology #35

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Hank veers away from human anatomy to teach us about the (mostly) single-celled organisms that make up two of the three taxonomic domains of life, and one of the four kingdoms: Archaea, Bacteria, and Protists. They are by far the most abundant organisms o
A Short Tale About Diplodocus' Long Neck

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

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Because of their strange combination of bear-like and dog-like traits, theyre sometimes confusingly called the beardogs. And even though youve never met one of these animals, the beardogs are key to understanding the history of an important branch of the
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The Astounding Physics of N95 Masks

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Head 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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Natural Selection - Crash Course Biology #14

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Hank guides us through the process of natural selection, the key mechanism of evolution. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dftba.com/product/1av/CrashCourse-Biology-The-Complete-Series-DVD-Set Like CrashCourse on Facebook: http://www.fa
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What Caused Life's Major Evolutionary Transitions?

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Join us as we explore the fascinating transition from early cells to multi-celled animals. This transition, as well as several other major evolutionary transitions, dramatically increased the complexity of lifeforms on our planet. If you enjoyed the show,
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Vivaldi Four Seasons: "Winter" (L'Inverno), complete; Cynthia Freivogel, Voices of Music 4K RV 297

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Hey everyone~! Please consider a donation, https://www.voicesofmusic.org/donate.html and we will make more videos like this one :) Vivaldi's Concerto for solo baroque violin and strings in F Minor, "Winter" (L'Inverno, RV 297), performed by Cynthia Miller
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When Bats Took Flight

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Bats pretty much appear in the fossil record as recognizable, full-on, flying bats. And they show up on all of the continents, except Antarctica, around the same time. So where did bats come from? And which of the many weird features that bats have, showe
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Can Hawking’s Black Hole Paradox Be Solved With Fuzzballs?

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Our current ideas about black holes present some interesting paradoxes. Could this unusual black hole model solve them? Why Don’t We Have a Photo of a Black Hole Yet? - https://youtu.be/7fFL9oLNJOI Read More: The Fuzzball Fix for a Black Hole Paradox http
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Population Genetics: When Darwin Met Mendel - Crash Course Biology #18

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Hank talks about population genetics, which helps to explain the evolution of populations over time by combing the principles of Mendel and Darwin, and by means of the Hardy-Weinberg equation. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dft.ba/-8
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DNA Structure and Replication: Crash Course Biology #10

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Hank introduces us to that wondrous molecule deoxyribonucleic acid - also known as DNA - and explains how it replicates itself in our cells. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dftba.com/product/1av/CrashCourse-Biology-The-Complete-Series
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The Only Video You'll Ever Need to Watch About Gluten

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Make Your Own Bread: https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/swirled-cinnamon-raisin-bread Don't miss out--subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions Bakers on TV are always talking about whether their bakes have enough gluten. But the masses on Twitter act like i
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How do you become a marine biologist? | Earth Unplugged

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Diving with sharks, whales and dolphins is part of Rachel Butler’s day job as a marine biologist and wildlife filmmaker. What’s her advice to anyone wanting to work in the ocean? Subscribe to Earth Unplugged for more amazing animal videos: http://bit.ly/S
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The Rise and Fall of the Tallest Mammal to Walk the Earth

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It arose from rhino ancestors that were a lot smaller, but Paraceratherium would take a different evolutionary path. Believe it or not, it actually became so big that it probably got close to what scientists think might be the actual upper limit for a lan
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The Race To See The Black Hole At The Center Of Our Galaxy

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We've never observed a black hole directly, but with a wild collection of telescopes, these astronomers are determined to be the first. What Can Giant Telescopes Reveal About Our Universe? - http://bit.ly/1P8wM9F Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - h
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How Earth's First, Unkillable Animals Saved the World

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Support us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/eonsThey have survived every catastrophe and every mass extinction event that nature has thrown at them. And by being the little, filter-feeding, water-cleaning creatures that they are, sponges may have saved the
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Climate Deal In Paris: Everything You Need To Know

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What exactly was in the COP21 deal, what do countries have to do now that it's signed and done? Which Countries Will Be Underwater Due To Climate Change ►►►► http://dne.ws/1Rpo0J4 Sign Up For The TestTube Newsletter Here ►►►► http://dne.ws/1McUJdm Read Mo
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The Raptor That Made Us Rethink Dinosaurs

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Get access to our quarterly livestream! http://patreon.com/eonsIn 1964, a paleontologist named John Ostrom unearthed some fascinating fossils from the mudstone of Montana. Its discovery set the stage for whats known today as the Dinosaur Renaissance, a to
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Pluto’s Mysterious Atmosphere Could Help Us Fix Global Warming

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Pluto’s haze is incredibly effective at cooling the planet and scientists think we can apply its principles on Earth to fight climate change. Do you think it could work? Pluto Could Be Made A Planet Again, Along With 102 Other Celestial Bodies - https://y
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Photosynthesis: Crash Course Biology #8

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Hank explains the extremely complex series of reactions whereby plants feed themselves on sunlight, carbon dioxide and water, and also create some by products we're pretty fond of as well. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dftba.com/pro
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What is a gene?

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Support Stated Clearly on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/statedclearly You've probably heard about GMOs or Genetically Modified Organisms but what exactly is a gene and what does it mean to modify the genes of a plant or animal? We hear about DNA and ge
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How Pterosaurs Got Their Wings

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When pterosaurs first took flight, you could say that it marked the beginning of the end for the winged reptiles. Because, strangely enough, the power of flight -- and the changes that it led to -- may have ultimately led to their downfall.Thanks to Ceri
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The Fuzzy Origins of the Giant Panda

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To discover more go about the LEGO Ideas Tree House set go tohttps://www.lego.com/en-us/product/tree-house-21318?CMP=SOC-PBSEons21318How does a bear -- which is a member of the order Carnivora -- evolve into an herbivore? Despite how it looks, nothing abo
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When We Took Over the World

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Check out Monstrum! https://www.youtube.com/monstrumpbs From our deepest origins in Africa all the way to the Americas, by looking at the fossils and archaeological materials we have been able to trace the path our ancestors took during thee short window
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How Volcanoes Froze the Earth (Twice)

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Over 600 million years ago, sheets of ice coated our planet on both land and sea. How did this happen? And most importantly for us, why did the planet eventually thaw again? The evidence for Snowball Earth is written on every continent today.Thanks to Jul
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ChatGPT: 30 Year History | How AI Learned to Talk

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This video explores the journey of AI language models, from their modest beginnings through the development of OpenAI's GPT models. Our journey takes us through the key moments in generative neural network research involved in next word prediction. We del
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Is Anything Truly Random?

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In 2012, scientists developed a system to predict what number a rolled die would land on. Is anything truly random or is it all predictable? Can Game Theory Help A Presidential Candidate Win? - http://bit.ly/2bMqILU Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here
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How did humans become (mostly) right-handed?

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Being right-handed may have deep evolutionary roots in our lineage.*****PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to http://to.pbs.org/DonateEons*****Produced by Complexly for PBS Digital StudiosSuper special thanks t
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Cell Meiosis: Crash Course Biology #13

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Hank gets down to the nitty gritty about meiosis, the special type of cell division that is necessary for sexual reproduction in eukaryotic organisms. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dftba.com/product/1av/CrashCourse-Biology-The-Compl
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When the Earth Suddenly Stopped Warming

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For decades, scientists have been studying the cause of the Younger Dryas, and trying to figure out if something like it could happen again. And it turns out that what caused this event is the subject of a heated debate.Thanks to these wonderful paleoarti
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Why the Southern Hemisphere is Poorer

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How Humans Lost Their Fur

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Were the only primate without a coat of thick fur. It turns out that this small change in our appearance has had huge consequences for our ability to regulate our body temperature, and ultimately, it helped shape the evolution of our entire lineage.Thank
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The Giant Dinosaur That Was Missing a Body

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From end to end, its forelimbs alone measured an incredible 2.4 meters long and were tipped with big, comma-shaped claws. But other than its bizarre arms, very little material from this dinosaur had been found: no skull, no feet, almost nothing that could
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The Case of the Dinosaur Egg Thief

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Check out Serving Up Science! https://youtube.com/PBSFoodPaleontologists found a small theropod dinosaur skull right on top of a nest of eggs that were believed to belong to a plant-eating dinosaur. Instead of being the nest robbers that they were origina
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How We Domesticated Cats (Twice)

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A 9,500 year old burial in Cyprus represents some of the oldest known evidence of human/cat companionships anywhere in the world. But when did this close relationship between humans and cats start?And how did humans help cats take over the world?Big thank
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When the Sahara Was Green

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Check out Antarctic Extremes on PBS Terra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvRAuy1ZmTcThe climate of the Sahara was completely different thousands of years ago. And were not talking about just a few years of extra rain. Were talking about a climate that w
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When Giant Lemurs Ruled Madagascar

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Our new pin! https://store.dftba.com/collections/all/products/eons-enamel-pinJust a few thousand years ago, the island of Madagascar was inhabited by giant lemurs. How did such a diverse group of primates evolve in the first place, and how did they help s
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Whatever Happened to the Ozone Hole? A Story of A/C, Atoms, and CFCs

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It might feel like theyre making us cooler, but refrigerators and air conditioning are actually making our world warmer. Yes, they use a huge amount of electricity, but many older cooling methods also released tons of molecules that are still hanging arou
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When Dinosaurs Chilled in the Arctic

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All told, the Arctic in the Cretaceous Period was a rough place to live, especially in winter. And yet, the fossils of many kinds of dinosaurs have been discovered there. So how were they able to survive in this harsh environment?Thanks to Nathan E. Roger
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Challenger: The Real Story of an Avoidable Disaster

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On January 28, 1986, the Challenger Space Shuttle broke apart just 73 seconds into its flight. All seven crew members aboard were killed and space travel was changed forever. In this episode of #Untold, a new #YouTubeLearning series from ACS, PBS, and You
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When the Rainforests Collapsed

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Check out Animal Wonders! https://youtu.be/tyK21xUnGrkThe Carboniferous Rainforest Collapse set the stage for a takeover that would be a crucial turning point in the history of terrestrial animal life. If it werent for that time when the rainforests colla
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CERNs Ambitious Plan to Build the Largest Particle Smasher Ever

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The LHC is the worlds largest particle collider, but has it hit its limit? An international community of physicists are calling for a new CERN discovery machine that can reach even higher collision energies and potentially unlock the biggest mysteries of
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The Island of the Last Surviving Mammoths

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The Wrangel Island mammoths would end up being the final survivors of a once-widespread genus. In their final years, after having thrived in many parts of the world for millions of years, the very last mammoths that ever lived experienced whats known as a
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Why The Giraffe Got Its Neck

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How and why the giraffe's neck emerged in the first place has been a mystery that generations of biologists have argued over one that has made us reconsider our understanding of how evolution actually works over and over again.*****PBS Member Stations rel
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The History Of Life On Earth - Crash Course Ecology #1

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With a solid understanding of biology on the small scale under our belts, it's time for the long view - for the next twelve weeks, we'll be learning how the living things that we've studied interact with and influence each other and their environments. Li
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How South America Made the Marsupials

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Throughout the Cenozoic Era -- the era were in now -- marsupials and their metatherian relatives flourished all over South America, filling all kinds of ecological niches and radiating into forms that still thrive on other continents. Thanks to Darin Crof
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Watch: Putting A Camera On A Whale Shark

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Engineer Graham Wilhelm joined National Geographic Emerging Explorer Brad Norman on an expedition to Ningaloo Reef, Australia’s longest fringing reef. Their goal was to deploy Crittercams on whale sharks to get a glimpse of the sharks’ underwater world an
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How Plankton Created A Bizarre Giant of the Seas

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Check out Bizarre Beasts! https://youtu.be/DtufV5JZLW4At more than 2 meters long, Aegirocassis was not only the biggest radiodont ever, but it also may have been the biggest animal in the Early Ordovician. This bizarre marine giant may have only been poss
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How did the Universe gets its texture?

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What do zebras have to do with the structure of the cosmos? Imagine a single zebra in your mind. With twitching ears, tufted hair, and a visual interference pattern wrapped over muscle and skin, the animal has its own contours, which are easy to make out
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The Traits That Spawned the Age of Mammals

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Lots of the traits we think of as defining us as mammals show up pretty early, during the time of the dinosaurs. And, in some cases, they show up a lot earlier and in things that werent mammals at all.Big thanks to Julio Lacerda (https://twitter.com/Julio
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How Ancient Art Captured Australian Megafauna

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Check out Self-Evident on PBS Voices: https://youtu.be/B6QeZ07FaggBeneath layers of rock art are drawings of animals SO strange that, for a long time, some anthropologists thought they could only have been imagined. But what if these animals really had ex
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When Penguins Went From The Sky To The Sea

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Thank you for The Great Courses Plus for supporting PBS. To learn more click http://ow.ly/DIED30qpmFaToday, we think of penguins as small-ish, waddling, tuxedo-birds. But they evolved from a flying ancestor, were actual giants for millions of years, and s
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The Pandemic That Lasted 15 Million Years

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Our DNA holds evidence of a huge, ancient pandemic, one that touched many different species, spanned the globe, and lasted for more than 15 million years.The paper we discuss throughout the episode:Diehl, W., Patel, N., Halm, K. and Johnson, W., 2016. Tra
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How the Walrus Got Its Tusks

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The rise and fall of ancient walruses, and how modern ones got their tusks, is a story that spans almost 20 million years.And while there are parts of the story that were still trying to figure out, it looks like tusks didnt have anything to do with how o
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How Dogs (Eventually) Became Our Best Friends

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Were still figuring out the details, but most scientists agree that it took thousands of years of interactions to develop our deep bond with dogs. When did they first become domesticated? Where did this happen? And what did the process look like, in terms
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Will This Hypnotize You?

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Is hypnosis real? Here's the science! Watch us get hypnotized: https://youtu.be/LtElP2x5hCM SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/asapsci Written by Rachel Salt, Gregory Brown and Mitchell Moffit GET THE ASAPSCIENCE BOOK: http://asapscience.com/book/ FOLLOW US! Instag
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Why Do Things Keep Evolving Into Crabs?

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

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Check out Overview! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnOajuolHWI Lizards are incredibly widespread and diverse but it took them a long time to get to where they are now. Because they used to face some pretty stiff competition from a group of lizard look-al
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When Ichthyosaurs Led a Revolution in the Seas

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The marine reptiles Ichthyosaurs arose after The Great Dying, which wiped out at least 90 percent of life in the oceans, changing the seas forever and triggering a new evolutionary arms race between predator and prey.Thank you to these paleoartists for al
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How Ankylosaurs Got Their Clubs

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Take the PBS Digital Studios annual survey: http://to.pbs.org/2020surveyOur National Fossil Day Livestream will be on Facebook and YouTube at 8 PM ET on October 14th. Here's the link to the YouTube livestream: https://youtu.be/hW6XW1YgAlUWhile clubs are p
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What Ancient Egyptian Sounded Like - and how we know

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How did Egyptians pronounce the language behind the hieroglyphs? Subscribe for more: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=NativLang Become my patron: https://www.patreon.com/NativLang ~ Briefly ~ From Hatshepsut to Nefertiti to a Coptic Ab
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How Air Conditioning Works

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To beat the summer heat, we turn to air conditioning. But that sweet, cool relief isn’t magic: it’s the science of heat transfer and the chemistry of refrigerants. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions Facebook! http://facebook.com/ACSReaction
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Where Did Viruses Come From?

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Try CuriosityStream today: http://curiositystream.com/eons There are fossils of viruses, of sorts, preserved in the DNA of the hosts that they’ve infected. Including you. This molecular fossil trail can help us understand where viruses came from, how they
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How a Mass Extinction Event Created the Amazon

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The Amazon rainforest of South America is a paradise for flowering plants. But long ago, the landscape that we now think of as the Amazon looked very different. And would you believe that the entire revolution of the Amazon began with just one day?Produce
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How Humans Became (Mostly) Right-Handed

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Thank you for The Great Courses Plus for Supporting PBS. To learn more and try The Great Course pulse click, http://ow.ly/m3ap30rzWfP.No other placental mammal that we know of prefers one side of the body so consistently, not even our closest primate rela
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How Plants Became Carnivores

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Go check out Overview on PBS Terra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHMZwaopAaIDeep Looks episode on Sundews! https://youtu.be/D4kBrsyWhS4How and why does botanical carnivory keep evolving? It turns out that when any of the basic things that most plants n
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The Sea Monster from the Andes

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In 1977, a farmer was plowing his field on a plateau high in the Andes mountains when he stumbled upon a giant fossilized skeleton.How did this giant marine reptile end up high in the Andes Mountains?Spanish subtitles/CC by Carlos J. Pardo De la Hoz.Thank
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Why A Kilogram Isn't Actually 1,000 Grams

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We usually think of weight in terms of pounds and kilograms. But how do we decide how much a kilogram actually weighs? Subscribe to Seeker VR - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXiR5VZGA_xproMufNXLYZA Inside The Arctic Doomsday Seed Vault For The First Ti
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How does a Bowling Pinsetter Machine work? (Brunswick GS-X)

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3D animation of how a Bowling Pinsetter Machine works. Let's go behind the scenes!Check out https://KiwiCo.com/jaredowen to get 50% off your first month of any subscription crate.more links belowThanks to the Brunswick team for helping me review this vide
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The Mystery Behind the Biggest Bears of All Time

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Our new shirt! https://store.dftba.com/products/eons-pocket-shirt The short-faced bears turned out to be remarkably adaptable, undergoing radical changes to meet the demands of two changing continents. And yet, for reasons we don’t quite understand, their
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When Hobbits Were Real

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Thanks to Raycon wireless earphones for supporting PBS. Go to http://buyraycon.com/eons to learn more.Subscribe to Sound Field: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvMLMyKPomE6kTTL9Kv8IwwIts discoverers named it Homo floresiensis, but its often called the ho
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Play Drums Without a Drum Set!

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Aerodrums motion-capture electronic drum kit allows you to play drums without drums! Buy here: https://www.vat19.com/item/aerodrums-motion-capture-electronic-drum-kit?adid=youtube Watch Ben and Jon play Name That Tune: https://www.vat19.com/item/aerodrums
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What Happened to the World's Biggest Beaver?

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Check out Animal Wonders and Huckleberry! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONb2FVNe-7o&list=PL2Ol2gat902eYrXakcgw0FSS86fF0Ix6W&index=1Its important to us that you understand how big this beaver was. Just like modern beavers, it was semiaquatic -- it lived
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When Rodents Had Horns

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These odd rodents belong to a genus known as Ceratogaulus, but theyre more commonly called horned gophers, because, you guessed it, they had horns.And it turns out the horns probably had a purpose - one that rodents would likely benefit from today.Samanth
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When Trees Took Over the World

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420 million years ago, the forest floor of what's now New York was covered with a plant that didnt look like a tree at all, except its roots were made of wood. Instead of looking up to learn about the evolution of trees, it turns out paleobotanists should
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How a Hot Planet Created the World's Biggest Snake

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About 59 million years ago, the largest animal lurking in the ancient forests of Colombia by far was Titanoboa - the largest snake ever known. Its only been in the past few years that weve put together the many pieces of this puzzling creature, but it tur
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How Close Are We to Talking With Animals?

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We know about apes learning sign language, but what about dolphins typing on an underwater keyboard? Or A.I. machines translating prairie dog chirps? We want to answer how close we are to conversing with the animal kingdom. How Close Are We: Season 2 - ht
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Why Do We Cringe?

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Where Are All the Medium-Sized Dinosaurs?

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The remains of medium-sized predatory dinosaurs are pretty rare in places where giant predators like T. rex existed. Which is weird, because thats just not how ecosystems work today.Thanks to Franz Anthony, Jack Mayer Wood, ABelov2014, Fabrizio De Rossi,
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The Croc That Ran on Hooves

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Our Pocket Shirt!: https://store.dftba.com/collections/eons/products/eons-pocket-shirt In the Eocene Epoch, there was a reptile that had teeth equipped for biting through flesh, its hind legs were a lot longer than its front legs and instead of claws, its
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How Our Deadliest Parasite Turned To The Dark Side

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Around 10,000 years ago, somewhere in Africa, a microscopic parasite made a huge leap. With a little help from a mosquito, it left its animal host - probably a gorilla - and found its way to a new host: us. *****PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like yo
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New Fundamental Particle Discovered?? + Challenge Winners! | Space Time | PBS Digital Studios

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Be sure to check out Matt’s AMA at https://www.reddit.com/r/science on Monday, June 13th. He’ll be discussing the upcoming documentary he was a part of Distant Quasars: Shedding Light on Black Holes http://www.amnh.org/explore/science-bulletins/(watch)/as
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5 Amazing Animals!

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It’s Valentine’s Day, and Jessi and Squeaks got Valentines from their awesome animal friends all over the world! Hang out with them as they read some silly Valentine poems and learn about the animals that sent them! ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want t
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How the Starfish Got Its Arms

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Thank you to Blinkist for supporting PBS. For more information and trial go to https://www.blinkist.com/pbseonsThe story of how the starfish got its arms reminds us that even animals that might be familiar to us today can have incredibly deep histories -
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How Plants Caused the First Mass Extinction

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Check out Journey to the Microcosmos: https://youtube.com/microcosmosIn the middle of the Cambrian, life on land was about to get a little more crowded. And those newcomers would end up changing the world. The arrival of plants on land would make the worl
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The Fossil Record In Your Mouth

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The hardened residue scraped off your teeth at the dentist is called your dental calculus, and your dental calculus is the only part of your body that actually fossilizes while youre alive! And scientists have figured out how to study & trace the evolutio
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I Waterproofed Myself With Aerogel!

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Aerogel has extraordinary properties but it can be tough to work with. This video looks at modifying aerogels to take advantage of their unique characteristics.Subscribe to Veritasium: https://ve42.co/subHuge thanks to Dr. Stephen Steiner and the crew at
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The Creature That Stumped Darwin

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Check out Mega Wow: https://youtu.be/meU4f31gqYI And go get our pins!! https://store.dftba.com/collections/eonsToxodon was one of the last members of a lineage that vanished 11,000 years ago after thriving in isolation for millions of years. And its fossi
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What Is The Shortest Poem?

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Heat Engines, Refrigerators, & Cycles: Crash Course Engineering #11

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Cycles are a big deal in engineering. Today well explain what they are and how theyre used in heat engines, refrigerators, and heat pumps. Well also discuss phase diagrams and the power of using renewable energy resourcesCrash Course Engineering is produc
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One of the most "dangerous" men in American history - Keenan Norris

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Get to know the story of David Walker, an abolitionist whose antislavery pamphlet made him an enemy of the US government.--In 1830, David Walker sewed a pamphlet into the lining of a coat. The volume was thin enough to be hidden, but its content was far f
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We Made The World’s Largest Gummy Pizza!

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The Gigantic Gummy Pizza Slice is 28 pounds of fruity gummy. Buy here: https://www.vat19.com/item/gigantic-gummy-pizza-slice?adid=youtube Surprise Pizza Party video: https://www.vat19.com/item/gigantic-gummy-pizza-slice?adid=youtube Subscribe to Vat19: ht
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When Ants Domesticated Fungi

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While we’ve been farming for around 10,000 to 12,000 years, the ancestors of ants have been doing it for around 60 million years. So when, and how, and why did ants start … farming? Thanks to Franz Anthony (https://franzanth.com) for the exce
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Why It's So Hard For The Government To Hack Your Phone

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The FBI is currently in a battle with Apple to allow encrypted phones be unlocked, but how does encryption even work? How Powerful Is Apple? ►►►► http://bit.ly/1OBOqRk Sign Up For The TestTube Newsletter Here ►►►► http://bit.ly/1myXbFG How Secure Are Fing
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The Genes We Lost Along the Way

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Our DNA holds thousands of dead genes and weve only just begun to unravel their stories. But one thing is already clear: were not just defined by the genes that weve gained over the course of our evolution, but also by the genes that weve lost along the w
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What is Ringworm and How Do You Get Rid of It?

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Did you know ringworm is not actually a worm? This week on Reactions find out what ringworm is, how the culprit feeds on your skin, hair, and nails, and learn how to not be its next meal.Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactionsFacebook! http://facebook.com/A
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I Asked An Actual Apollo Engineer to Explain the Saturn 5 Rocket - Smarter Every Day 280

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Keep exploring at https://brilliant.org/smarter Get started for free, and hurry—the first 200 people get 20% off an annual premium subscription 2nd Channel Longer interview with Luke Talley: https://youtu.be/cUkbdqw9pBk Luke Talley is a Docent Emeri
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How Does The Internet Work? An Epic Quest...

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Sign up to brilliant.org with this link to receive a 20% discount! https://brilliant.org/upandatom/ Check out Sophie (in the U.K)'s channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-Qj80avWItNRjkZ41rzHyw This video follows my epic journey to understand the TRUT
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The Two Viruses That Weve Had For Millions of Years

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Theres one kind of herpesvirus thats specific to one species of primate, and each virus split off from the herpesvirus family tree when the primate split off from its own tree. But of course, humans are a special kind of primate.Here are the two studies w
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What Is It Like To Be Deaf?

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Why Don't We Launch Our Trash Into The Sun?

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DNA, Hot Pockets,&The Longest Word Ever: Crash Course Biology #11

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Hank imagines himself breaking into the Hot Pockets factory to steal their secret recipes and instruction manuals in order to help us understand how the processes known as DNA transcription and translation allow our cells to build proteins. Crash Course B
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When Antarctica Was Green

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Help Eons out and fill out this survey! https://www.pbsresearch.org/c/r/Eons_YTvideoBefore the start of the Eocene Epoch about 56 million years ago--Antarctica was still joined to both Australia and South America. Andit turns out that a lot of what we rec
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How Lucid Dreaming Works

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You may have heard of lucid dreaming, the type of dream where the dreamer is aware of dreaming. Is lucid dreaming a real phenomenon? Sleep expert Matthew Walker explains how much we know about lucid dreams so far. Following is a transcript of the video. J
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Why Does This U.S. Town Ban WiFi And Cell Phones?

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Imagine living where Wi-Fi and cell-phones are banned. This Virginian town, is a gem for space science and safe haven for many. How Close Are We To Giving The Entire World Internet? - https://youtu.be/vNn0hwhRMyw Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - h
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Why Twisted Light Holds the Key to Radically Faster Internet

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With this new nanophotonic device, scientists might have just unlocked how to harness the data transfer potential of “twisted light”. How Ferroelectricity Could Change the Way We Store Data- https://youtu.be/IwT_ECJ1TEY Read More: Angular-momentum nanomet
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Pythagoras Would Be Proud: High School Students' New Proof of the Pythagorean Theorem [TRIGONOMETRY]

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Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson are two high school students at St. Mary's Academy in New Orleans who recently presented a new proof of the Pythagorean theorem at the Spring Southeastern Sectional Meeting of the American Mathematical Society. The
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How Close Are We To Hypersonic Travel?

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Flying at hypersonic speed could revolutionize transportation, but there are incredible engineering and logistical challenges we need to get through first. So, how close are we to hypersonic travel? How Close Are We? Playlist - https://youtu.be/ZW_YCWLyv6
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The First and Last North American Primates

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How To Vote in Every State: https://youtube.com/HowToVoteInEveryStateEarly primates not only lived in North America -- our primate family tree actually originated here! So what happened to those early relatives of ours? Thank you to these paleoartists for
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The Reign of the Hell Ants

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This ancient species had the same six legs and segmented body that wed recognize from an ant today. But it also had a huge, scythe-like jaw and a horn coming out of its head. This bizarre predator belonged to a group known as hell ants. But theyre gone no
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How To Stop Yourself Being Ticklish - With Dr Emily Grossman

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Are you ticklish? Dr Emily Grossman shows you how to use the science of tickling to stop yourself squirming when you're tickled. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Why do we feel ticklish? Why does it make us laugh? It’s hard
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How to Tell Matter From Antimatter | CP Violation & The Ozma Problem

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This video was made with the support of the Heising Simons Foundation.Support MinutePhysics on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/minutephysicsLink to Patreon Supporters: http://www.minutephysics.com/supporters/This video is about the Ozma problem of disting
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Everything, The Universe...And Life: Crash Course Astronomy #46

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Here it is, folks: the end. In our final episode of Crash Course Astronomy, Phil gives the course a send off with a look at some of his favorite topics and the big questions that Astronomy allows us to ask. Thank you for watching. -- Crash Course Astronom
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Robot Ant Swarms Have Arrived!

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Robot design commonly mimics the abilities of their human creators, but some researchers have been inspired by a possibly unexpected creature: an ant.Hosted by: Michael ArandaSciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at htt
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Inside the Illegal Songbird Trade in Indonesia

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There are few birds more colorful or with a more beautiful song than the Javan green magpie. Unfortunately, this beauty has led the birds to be captured and sold illegally into the songbird trade in Indonesia for singing competitions or as pets. Conservat
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MinuteEarth Explains: Solar Eclipses

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What Would Happen If You Never Woke Up?

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What's going on inside our body when it never really wakes up? Watch more: “What If You NEVER left your bed?” ►► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSMQBLD1z-s Subscribe: https://bit.ly/SubLifeNoggin | Get your exclusive Life Noggin merch: http://keeponthink
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This New Martian Moon Mission Could Explain How Life Began

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Japan is aiming to complete the first round-trip mission to Mars and its moons in 2024 heres how JAXA is preparing for a mission others have failed. Subscribe to Seeker!http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Countdown to Launch: http://bit.ly/CTLplaylis
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When Pterosaurs Walked

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Take the PBS Digital Studios audience survey: https://to.pbs.org/2021surveyIf you know one thing about pterosaurs, its that theyre flyers. And while pterosaurs may be well-known for their domination of the skies in the Mesozoic Era, they didnt live their
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Silicon Valley billionaires created AltSchool

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Silicon Valley is working on ways to change the way that we drive, eat, live, and now thanks to a new type of school, the way our children learn. The school is called AltSchool, and it's the brainchild of a former Google executive, Max Ventilla. The schoo
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Why Route 66 became Americas most famous road

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Who made these circles in the Sahara?

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Someone left these marks in the sand. We had to find out who.Subscribe and turn on notifications so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Deep in the Sahara, far from any towns, roads, or other signs of life, is a row of markings in the sand. Th
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The Biggest Frog that Ever Lived

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Untangling the origins of Beelzebufo -- the giant frog that lived alongside the dinosaurs -- turns out to be one of the most bedeviling problems in the history of amphibians.Thank you to these paleoartists for allowing us to use their wonderful illustrati
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The Milky Way: Crash Course Astronomy #37

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Today we’re talking about our galactic neighborhood: The Milky Way. It’s a disk galaxy, a collection of dust, gas, and hundreds of billions of stars, with the Sun located about halfway out from the center. The disk has grand spiral patterns in it, formed
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Distances: Crash Course Astronomy #25

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How do astronomers make sense out of the vastness of space? How do they study things so far away? Today Phil talks about distances, going back to early astronomy. Ancient Greeks were able to find the size of the Earth, and from that the distance to and th
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5 Chemicals That Are In (Almost) Everything You Eat

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Discover 5 key chemicals that we use to make our food taste the way it’s supposed to taste, look the way we expect it to look, and generally survive the journey to our tables intact. Hosted by: Michael Aranda ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the followin
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Here's Why You Should Never Get Breakfast At Starbucks

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There are more than 30,000 Starbucks locations worldwide in grocery stores, airports, and, of course, its many standalone locations. Chances are, you've stopped into a Starbucks with your stomach grumbling and picked up one of the hearty breakfast options
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What Is The Oldest Living Thing?

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From eldritch aspen colonies to immortal jellyfish, the world is lousy with long-lived organisms. But what’s the oldest? Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com Share on Facebook: https://goo.gl/IDNsbs Share on Twitter: https://goo.gl/QXC2XL Subscribe: http://goo
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Why You Should Be Adding Butter To Your Hard-Boiled Eggs

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Eggs may be the most versatile food in the kitchen. How to prepare them? Let us count the ways. All kinds of ingredients, when added to scrambled eggs, can boost their flavor profile, everything from orange juice to peanut butter. As for hard-boiled eggs,
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The $18 Million Problem Hiding Underground

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The Map of Mathematics

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The entire field of mathematics summarised in a single map! This shows how pure mathematics and applied mathematics relate to each other and all of the sub-topics they are made from. If you would like to buy a poster of this map, they are available here:
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What If You Only Drank Milk?

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38 People on this Flight Got Sick. Why? - The Science of Ventilation

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How likely are you to get sick on an airplane? How safe are airplanes? The science of ventilation and bioaerosol research. If you liked this video, check out: What stretching actually does to your body: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JgBp7dX4AUOnly some
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Nobody Really Knows What A Concussion Is

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Go to https://curiositystream.com/minute to get a free month trial with CuriosityStream and get a subscription to Nebula bundled in for free!Experts can't agree on the definition of the term "concussion," which makes it difficult to diagnose, treat, and r
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The Triassic Reptile With "Two Faces"

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Figuring out what this creatures face actually looked like would take paleontologists years. But understanding this weird animal can help us shine a light on at least one way for ecosystems to bounce back from even the worst mass extinction.Thanks to Ceri
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The Longest-Running Evolution Experiment

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If you ran evolution all over again, would you get humans? How repeatable is #evolution? This video is sponsored by @BountyBrand. #biology #science #QPU #HygieneBeginswithBounty #BountyPartnerSpecial thanks to Prof. Richard Lenski and team for showing me
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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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The Map of Chemistry

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The entire field of chemistry summarised in 12mins from simple atoms to the molecules that keep you alive.This video was sponsored by The Great Courses Plus, start your free trial and help out this channel here http://ow.ly/crsQ30beNOZIf you would like to
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Roly Polies Came From the Sea to Conquer the Earth | Deep Look

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Pill bugs. Doodle bugs. Potato bugs. Wood Shrimp. Whatever you call them, there’s something less creepy about these critters than other insects. Maybe it’s because they’re not insects at all. SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqt DEEP LOOK is a ult
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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
Red Sprites and Blue Jets Explained - New Discovery!

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Science of how red sprites and blue jets form over thunderstorms. Some of the greatest red sprites ever caught on camera with easy to understand explanations including a new discovery are highlighted in this video. Explore the colorful world of Transient
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Why Are Stop Signs Red?

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Why 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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Where Did the Expression The Big Cheese Come From?

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Watch a Seed Sprout! | Squeaks Grows a Garden! | SciShow Kids

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Squeaks and Mister Brown are just about ready to start their garden, but first they want to learn all about how the tiny little seeds they'll plant in the ground will grow into vegetables they can eat! And Juniper stops by to explain how you can watch a s
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Let It Go (Disney's "Frozen") Vivaldi's Winter - The Piano Guys

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10 Surprising Chemicals Your Body Makes

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Everything is made of chemicals, including the human body, but there are some especially weird ones... Hosted by: Michael Aranda ---------- Sources: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK22459/ https://www.dnalc.org/view/841-dopamine-and-ADHD.html http://h
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6 Surgical Devices Inspired by Nature

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From the sharp mouthparts of mosquitoes to the sticky feet of geckos, researchers have found all kinds of amazing adaptations in the natural world that could be useful in the operating room.Hosted by: Hank GreenSciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called S
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Weird Things Animals Do During Eclipses

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Why Time Actually Flows Both Ways

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