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Something Strange Happens When You Follow Einstein's Math

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Einstein was wrong about black holes, what else? Use code veritasium at the link below to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan: https://incogni.com/veritasium A massive thank you to Prof. Geraint F. Lewis and Prof. Juan Maldacena for their expe
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Wackiest Places Around the World | 10 Minutes | Nat Geo Kids Compilation | @natgeokids

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Get the inside scoop on the wackiest places on the planet in this video series.00:00 So Many Skulls!Enter at your own risk! In Catacombs of Paris you will find spooky skulls and bones buried beneath this citys streets.01:00 Elephant Six Stories High!Disco
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I Built a LEGO Water Slide!

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I built a working LEGO water slide similar to those found in water parks around the world! Made using LEGO and LEGO Technic the water slide is nearly 80cm long and nearly 40cm tall! Waterslides are a form of amusement attraction also known as 'flumes' whe
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How Does Fusion Produce Energy?

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What exactly are the mechanisms holding atoms together and why does bringing them together create energy?-------------------------------------------------Relevant Papers:On the Mechanism of Nucleon-Nucleon Attraction by Pion Exchange - https://doi.org/10.
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How One Line in the Oldest Math Text Hinted at Hidden Universes

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Discover strange new universes that turn up at the core of Einsteins General Relativity. Head to https://brilliant.org/veritasium to start your free 30-day trial, and the first 200 people get 20% off an annual premium subscription.If youre looking for a m
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How eclipses proved that the Earth is slowing down

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This video is supported by the NASA Heliophysics Education Activation Team (NASA HEAT), part of NASAs Science Activation portfolio.Without eclipses, our world would be a lot different because eclipses give us the ability to do science we otherwise wouldnt
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The problem with the theory of everything | Janna Levin

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The hunt for the theory of everything continues but we wont find it without understanding quantum gravity first.This interview is an episode from @The-Well, our publication about ideas that inspire a life well-lived, created with the@JohnTempletonFoundati
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Einstein's equations and the enigma of wormholes | Janna Levin

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Quantum wormholes are mathematically possible but might also be physically impossible. Physicist Janna Levin explains the wormhole paradox.This interview is an episode from @The-Well, our publication about ideas that inspire a life well-lived, created wit
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Geosynchronous Orbits are WEIRD

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Go to https://givewell.org/minutephysics to have your first donation matched up to $100!This video is about the physics of geosynchronous and geostationary orbits, why they exist, when they don't, when they're useful for communication/satellite TV, etc.RE
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Why Oppenheimer Deserves His Own Movie

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J. 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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What's happening to Earth's core? - Shannon Odell

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Explore the science of why Earths atmosphere is losing hydrogen, and find out what other leaks could affect life on our planet.--A hydrogen atom is traveling high within the outermost layer of Earths atmosphere. This particular atom first entered the exos
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Scientists turn dead stars into living laboratories called pulsar timing arrays

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Read the Perspective: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abq1187In order to detect the background hum of gravitational waves in the cosmos, scientists monitor the light coming from dead stars called pulsars. These pulsars produce flashes of light
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Rare Artifacts of Abraham Lincoln

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We are in the Ripleys warehouse today with a few artifacts from good ole Honest Abe. Starting with John Wilkes Booths derringer gun that he left behind in the theater after killing President Lincoln. Its said that it fell out of his pocket after he was es
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Why Bugs Are Attracted To Light SOLVED - Mind Blow

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Use code VSAUCE250 to get 50% off your first Factor box at https://bit.ly/3mG5rbL!Thanks to Factor for sponsoring Vsauce2.Get Ad-Free Mind Blow on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Vsauce2In this episode of Mind Blow on Vsauce2: scientists have a new hypot
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When black holes go faster than light

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I made a video about black holes and gravitational waves. Everyone wanted to know what would happen if the black holes went faster than the speed of light! Here's your answer.Here's the original video: https://youtu.be/dw7U3BYMs4UHere's my video with Dest
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Gravitational Lensing: What It Is And How It Is Helping Us Discover New Galaxies

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Gravitational lensing occurs when a huge amount of matter, like a star, galaxy, or cluster of galaxies, creates a powerful gravitational field around it, strong enough to bend the light coming from distant galaxies (behind them). Roots of gravitational le
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Black Holes Explained: What Is a Black Hole? How They Form?

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A black hole is a celestial body or simply a place in space where the gravitational pull is so high that nothing, not even light can escape it. This is why it's completely black, and hence it's called a black hole. A black hole's surface, called its event
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The Life of a Black Hole

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Black holes are some of the most exciting phenomena in astrophysics, but what exactly are they? How do they live and die? Let's dive into the basics. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylistSo
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These Experiments Could Prove Einstein Wrong

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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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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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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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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 to image atoms

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In the basement of MIT.nano there is a specialized microscope able to image materials at the atomic level. In this video we go through each step of how to image the tiny building blocks for all materials: atoms. (Learn more about MIT.nano: https://mitnano
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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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A paper-thin loudspeaker plays "We Are the Champions" by Queen

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MIT engineers have developed a paper-thin loudspeaker that turn any surface into an audio source. This thin-film loudspeaker produces sound with minimal distortion while using a fraction of the energy required by a traditional loudspeaker. Watch more vide
Official World Record! Fantastic Classical Music Medley played by a Train | Miniatur Wunderland

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New GUINNESS WORLD RECORD Title! The best of classical music, played by a train. Take part in our three challenges: 1. How many songs are being played?2. Which songs? 3. How many glasses were used in total? A little hint: We used melodies from Wolfgang Am
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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Most Insane Water Parks!

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How one little boat (and me) held up miles of London traffic

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Tower Bridge is a tourist attraction these days: but first and foremost, it's a working, lifting bridge. And river traffic comes first. Thanks to the Tower Bridge team: they have details of their tours here: https://www.towerbridge.org.uk/Produced by: Cam
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I tried to film a volcano and it was a complete disaster

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Iceland has a new volcano, Fagradalsfjall: I wanted to visit, to talk about the infrastructure around it, and work out how the country deals with a new and dangerous tourist attraction. It didn't go well.Thanks to Bjorn Steinbekk, who I thoroughly recomme
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The diving gondola: a strange elevator to the ocean floor

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On the German coast of the Baltic Sea, there's a tourist attraction that I think is very strange: the "Tauchgondel", a room that sinks under the waves and lets you go diving... without getting wet.More about the Tauchgondel: https://www.tauchgondel.de/Fil
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Our Universe May Be Full of Massive Dark Matter Stars

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Recent studies point to a potential new type of matter: the dark boson. This dark matter candidate could potentially clump together out in space, forming 'ghost stars' that could grow as big as supermassive black holes. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/
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Decoded: How do black holes work?

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Black holes are dark objects in space that have intrigued scientists for centuries. Studying them is like trying to solve a puzzle made of invisible pieces.Black holes hide behind a wide surface called the Event Horizon. Nothing that crosses the Event Hor
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Can You Make Magnets Orbit Each Other?

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In this video I check if it is possible to put magnets in orbit from the magnetic field as opposed to the gravitational field. Gravity simulations created with universe sandbox:http://universesandbox.com/Get Your Experiment Box Here: https://theactionlab.
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Worlds Most Insane Roller Coaster!

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We take a wild ride with the best roller coaster videos and react to the craziest of them all!SUBSCRIBE TO THESE CHANNELS OR ELSESix Flags Over Texashttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmb_JOXBu2I&abAmusementInsiderhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn2gzcsrpUw&
Insect-like robots

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A team of researchers has developed a new generation of tiny, agile drones that look, act and maneuver like actual insects allowing them to operate in cramped spaces and withstand collisions. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2021/researchers-introduce-new
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England's Oldest Attraction Turns Teddy Bears To Stone

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In Knaresborough, in Yorkshire, sits Mother Shipton's Cave. Folks there have been charging admission for nearly 400 years, and the star of the show is a "petrifying well". A few folk legends do actually turn out to be true.Mother Shipton's Cave: https://w
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The Doubly Warped World of Binary Black Holes

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A pair of orbiting black holes millions of times the Sun’s mass perform a hypnotic dance in this NASA visualization. The movie traces how the black holes distort and redirect light emanating from the maelstrom of hot gas – called an accretion
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How Scientists Are Using Fuzziness To Solve the Mystery of Quantum Gravity

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Gravitons could bridge the divide between general relativity and quantum mechanics. But efforts to find these hypothetical particles have proved tricky until now. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/Elemen
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Gravitational Illusions

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Gravitational Illusions - Straight vs Hills experiment.
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The Difference Between Mass and Weight

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There is a common perception that weight and mass are basically the same thing. This video aims to tease out the difference between mass and weight by asking people what makes a car difficult to push. The standard answer is that it is difficult to push be
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What Forces Are Acting On You?

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What forces (i.e. pushes or pulls) are acting on you right now? Most people can identify the gravitational force down, but there must be something else otherwise you would accelerate down towards the center of the Earth. The other main force on you is cal
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Why Does the Moon Orbit Earth?

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It takes the moon about 27 days to orbit the Earth. What makes it go round? It is the gravitational attraction of the Earth on the moon. Due to the moon's velocity, the Earth keeps pulling the moon towards it without the moon actually getting closer to th
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What Is Gravity?

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People have a lot of different ideas about what gravity is: a downward force that stops you from flying off into space, an attraction smaller objects experience towards larger objects, or a mutual attraction between all masses. It is the last of these ide
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Best Film on Newton's Third Law. Ever.

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There is a gravitational force of attraction between the Earth and the moon, but is it mutual? That is, are the forces on the Earth and the moon equal? Most people would say no, the Earth exerts a greater force of attraction because it is larger and has m
Calculating Gravitational Attraction

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Misconceptions About Falling Objects

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If you drop a heavy object and a light object simultaneously, which one will reach the ground first? A lot of people will say the heavy object, but what about those who know both will land at the same time? What do they think? Some believe both objects ha
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Is There Gravity In Space?

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If you've seen footage from the International Space Station or any of the space shuttle missions, you know that astronauts float around as they orbit the Earth. Why is that? Is it because the gravitational force on them is zero in space? (Or nearly zero?)
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Why Are Astronauts Weightless?

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http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/team/default.htmI have been working with Catalyst on ABC1 to bring some Veritasium to Australian TV. In this segment I ask why astronauts in the space station are weightless. The most common answer is because there is no gra
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How One Supernova Measured The Universe

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In 2015 astronomers successfully predicted the appearance of a supernova within a couple weeks. How did they do it? Win your Ultimate Tech Bundle by entering Fasthosts Techie Test here: https://fasthosts.com/veritasium (Competition now closed) This video
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Sliding through a syringe

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MIT researchers have developed a simple, low-cost technology to administer powerful drug formulations that are too viscous to be injected using conventional medical syringes. (Learn more: https://news.mit.edu/2020/syringe-concentrated-biologic-drugs-0824)
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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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Robot takes contact-free measurements of patients' vital signs

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A team of researchers from MIT and Brigham and Women's Hospital have developed a system that allows a robot to take contact-free measurements of patients' vital signs. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2020/spot-robot-vital-signs-0831)Watch more videos fro
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Possible signs of life on Venus

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Scientists at MIT, Cardiff University, and elsewhere have observed what may be signs of life in the clouds of Earth's planetary neighbor, Venus. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2020/life-venus-phosphine-0914)Watch more videos from MIT: http://www.youtube
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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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Extracting drinkable water from the air

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Researchers at MIT and elsewhere have developed a solar-powered device that can extract drinkable water directly from the air even in dry regions. (Learn more: https://news.mit.edu/2020/solar-extracts-drinkable-water-1014) Watch more videos from MIT: http
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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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New system can sterilize medical tools using solar heat

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A team of researchers from MIT and the Indian Institute of Technology has developed a device that could provide pressurized steam to run autoclaves without the need for electricity in off-grid areas such as the developing world. (Learn more: https://news.
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Asteroid Impact: What Are Our Chances?

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Stephen Hawking thought an asteroid impact posed the greatest threat to life on Earth. Thanks to Kiwico for sponsoring this video. For 50% off your first month of any crate, go to https://kiwico.com/veritasium50 For other potential world ending catastroph
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Why Were Seeing More Gravitational Wave Events Than Ever Before

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LIGO and Virgo recently updated their gravitational-wave catalog with 39 new discoveries, including signals that could help us probe unresolved mysteries about the universe further than ever before. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch
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Work and Energy - Physics 101 / AP Physics 1 Review with Dianna Cowern

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Lesson 9 (Work and Energy) of Dianna's Intro Physics Class on Physics Girl. Never taken physics before? Want to learn the basics of physics? Need an AP Physics 1 review before the exam? This course is for you! Exercises in this video:1. A rocket pushes a
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Conservation of Energy - Physics 101 / AP Physics 1 Review with Dianna Cowern

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Lesson 10 (Conservation of Energy) of Dianna's Intro Physics Class on Physics Girl. Never taken physics before? Want to learn the basics of physics? Need an AP Physics 1 review before the exam? This course is for you! Exercises in this video:1. You compre
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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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Why is gravity different?

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We probably think we know gravity pretty well. After all, we have more conscious experience with this fundamental force than with any of the others (electromagnetism and the weak and strong nuclear forces). But even though physicists have been studying gr
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How Disney's Magic Mirror Works

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Go to https://NordVPN.com/ArtofEngineering or use code ARTOFENGINEERING to get 70% off a 3-year plan plus 1 additional month for free!A look at the magic mirror illusion from Disneys Enchanted Tales with Belle attraction.Support Art of Engineering on Patr
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How Disney Fools Your Brain with Forced Perspective

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Go to https://NordVPN.com/ArtofEngineering and use code ARTOFENGINEERING to get 68% off a 2-year plan plus 1 additional month for free. Its risk-free with Nords 30-day money-back guarantee!A comprehensive guide to forced perspective techniques at the Disn
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LISA | The Biggest Space Mission Ever

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The Lisa mission will be really cool, I look at all the reasons why.Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/domainofscienceDFTBA Store: https://store.dftba.com/collections/domain-of-science RedBubble Store: https://www.redbubble.com/people/DominicWallimanThe Eur
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Did the Universe have to be the way it is?

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If gravity were just a little stronger in our own three-dimensional world, the curvature of spacetime would be greater, and matter could more easily collapse in on itself. This arrangement would make stars, galaxies and planets extremely diminutive, compa
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The Little-Known Truth Behind Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers

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Whether or not you've been to a Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers, you've probably heard of the fast-growing chain, their tasty chicken, and their much-loved sauce. But no matter how many times you've feasted on their offerings, you probably don't know every
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Is Gravity An Illusion?

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The General Theory of Relativity tells us gravity is not a force, gravitational fields don't exist. Objects tend to move on straight paths through curved spacetime. Thanks to Casta by Lutron for sponsoring this video. Find out more at: https://www.lutron.
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Why Is It Called "Dead" Sea? Why Does Everyone Float In This Sea?

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Lying on the lowest point on the Earth, the hypersaline Dead Sea is one of the most fascinating places on this planet. People float effortlessly here and that is the major attraction of the Dead Sea. But besides this natural buoyancy, unique environmental
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Why Venus and Mercury have no Moons?

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Do you know all planets except for Mercury and Venus have moons? In fact, Earth is the only planet to have just one moon; remaining planets from Mars onward have multiple moons, with Saturn having as much as 82 moons! So when most of the planets are inund
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The eclipse photo that made Einstein famous

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In 1919, a total solar eclipse helped redefine gravity.Thanks to Raycon for sponsoring this video. Check them out at http://buyraycon.com/voxBecome a Video Lab member! http://bit.ly/video-labAlbert Einsteins theory of general relativity, published in 1915
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The Verb Song (We Love Verbs) | Silly School Songs

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Learn about action words as you sing along to this catchy verb song! For more music and information, visit http://sillyschoolsongs.com. Lyrics:We love verbs, we love verbsWe love verbs 'cause they're action wordsWe love verbs, we love verbsWe love verbs '
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The Solar System Song | Silly School Songs

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Enjoy this fun and informative song that can teach kids, adults and possibly aliens about our Solar System. For more music and information, please visit http://sillyschoolsongs.com.Lyrics:The Sun & the Moon & the starsMercury, Venus, Earth & MarsJupiter,
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Which Way Is Down?

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Jaw-dropping Facts of Planets

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This is Titan, and these are lakes and rivers of liquid methane, the main component of natural gas. In here, it naturally rains trillions of dollars worth of gas from the sky. According to NASA, Titan is the largest moon of Saturn and has hundreds of time
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Hubble Spotted New Evidence That Dark Matter Is "Cold"

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We don't know what dark matter is, because we can't detect it. But new observations from Hubble could illuminate dark matter's true identityand the role it plays in the fate of our universe. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more El
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This Dead Star Is Twisting Spacetime

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A 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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I Punched A Zombie!

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By Reese | Subscribe: http://bit.ly/sub2storybooth | We know it's a serious time with the coronavirus situation, but we also know how important it is to laugh, smile and make the best in a tough time. So we hope this story helps you laugh out loud - becau
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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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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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Robots learn to use their hands

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Having robots learn dexterous tasks requiring real-time hand-eye coordination is hard. Many tasks that we would consider simple, like hanging up a baseball cap on a rack, would be very challenging for most robot software. What's more, for a robot to learn
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How to get conductive gels to stick when wet

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A team of engineers at MIT has developed a new way of making polymers adhere to surfaces even with the introduction of moisture, that may enable better biomedical sensors and implants. (Read more: http://news.mit.edu/2020/conductive-gels-stick-wet-0320)Wa
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A New Theory Reveals Why Tabbys Star Looks So Bizarre

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Researchers might be one step closer to figuring out the mysterious behavior behind Tabby's star's dimming. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.comSome
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This Gamma-Ray Burst Was the Most Powerful Energy Event Ever Recorded

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This cataclysmic event just generated the brightest light in the known universe - and we detected it using MAGIC. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.c
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Searching for WIMP Dark Matter

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If you believe the worlds leading physicists, the vast majority of matter in the universe is hiding in plain sight. For nearly a century, evidence has mounted that the gravitational pull necessary to keep clusters of galaxies intact, as well as stars with
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The Existence of White Holes May Settle One of Physics Biggest Debates

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Chances are you are familiar with black holes, we at Seeker love to discuss black holesbut what about white holes? Its time we talk about the black holes hypothetical opposite. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http:/
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Why Do Galaxies Rotate?

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If you believe the worlds leading physicists, the vast majority of matter in the universe is hiding in plain sight. For nearly a century, evidence has mounted that the gravitational pull necessary to keep clusters of galaxies intact, as well as stars with
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How Much Dark Matter Exists in the Universe?

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If you believe the worlds leading physicists, the vast majority of matter in the universe is hiding in plain sight. For nearly a century, evidence has mounted that the gravitational pull necessary to keep clusters of galaxies intact, as well as stars with
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Three-Dimensional Mid-Air Acoustic Manipulation [Acoustic Levitation] (2014-)

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(2014/7/23) Here is Next Levitation Project! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLgD3EtxwdY Three-Dimensional Mid-Air Acoustic Manipulation (2013,2014-) Yoichi Ochiai / (The University of Tokyo / ) Takayuki Hoshi / (Nagoya Institute of Technology / ) Jun Rek
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Do Photons Cast Shadows?

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Thanks to CuriosityStream for their support. Go to http://www.curiositystream.com/minutephysics to watch Particle Fever and get Nebula! Support MinutePhysics on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/minutephysicsLink to Patreon Supporters: http://www.minutephys
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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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How ESAs Dark Energy Telescope Will Map the Dark Universe

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ESA is building its first space telescope to investigate how dark energy and dark matter control our universe. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Countdown to Launch: http://bit.ly/CTLplaylist Thumbnail Credit: Thales Alenia Spa
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Why are there giant concrete tunnels in the desert?

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The Physics Girl team visited LIGO once again. This place is Dianna's obsession.If you liked this video check out these:I Visited the First Gravitational Wave Detector! LIGO | STELLARhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtp71NT0GNg&Why aren't plants black? :he
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Robo-thread

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MIT engineers have developed a magnetically steerable, thread-like robot that can actively glide through narrow, winding pathways, such as the labyrinthine vasculature of the brain. (Learn more: https://news.mit.edu/2019/robot-brain-blood-vessels-0828)Wat
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Understanding neural networks

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MIT-IBM Watson AI lab research team member David Bau explains how computers show evidence of learning the structure of the physical world.Watch more videos from MIT: http://www.youtube.com/user/MITNewsOffice?sub_confirmation=1The Massachusetts Institute o
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Our Ignorance About Gravity

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Thanks to the Heising Simons Foundation (https://www.hsfoundation.org/) for their support of this video, and of short range gravity research.This video is about how little we know about the behavior of gravity at short length and distance scales, what the
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Scientists Just Detected Two Supermassive Black Holes on a Collision Course

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Scientists just discovered two supermassive black holes, each with a mass of more than 800 million suns. And they're on a collision course with each other. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlayl
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How Einstein's Eclipse Changed the Course of Physics Forever

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Two intrepid astronomers embarked on a scientific quest to photograph a solar eclipse, and in turn launched Einstein into an international celebrity. Subscribe to Seeker! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... Watch more Focal Point | https://bit.ly/2ST
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Is This Why We Haven't Found Alien Civilizations? | STELLAR

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Thank you to Draper and its Hack the Moon initiative for supporting PBS Digital Studios | Learn more at https://wehackthemoon.comPhysics Girl explores how Well Find the Aliens in Our Solar System!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfqpYDVhXd8&t=1sLooking up
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10 Places on Earth Where Gravity Is Zero

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Planet Earth lives by the laws of gravity discovered by Sir Isaac Newton. Gravity is constant. It's something entirely unshakeable that we can always rely on in this ever-changing world, right? Umm, not really. In fact, its not as honest and clear as you
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How Well Find the Aliens in Our Solar System! | STELLAR

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Thank you to Draper and its Hack the Moon initiative for supporting PBS Digital Studios | Learn more at https://wehackthemoon.com. I got to visit two awesome upcoming NASA missions searching for life in our solar system! The Mars 2020 rover mission target
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How Scientists Are Making 'Sonic' Black Holes in a Lab

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In order to test Hawking radiation, scientists created their own artificial black hole using sound. But how?Can Hawkings Black Hole Paradox Be Solved With Fuzzballs?https://youtu.be/esPa1tVSjewRead More: What Sonic Black Holes Say About Real Oneshttps://w
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Seeing a Black Hole with a Planet-Sized Telescope | STELLAR

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Thank you to Draper and its Hack the Moon initiative for supporting PBS Digital Studios | Learn more at https://wehackthemoon.comIt took about a century for black holes to go from impossible, to theoretical, to real. And it was just this year, in 2019, wh
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I Visited the First Gravitational Wave Detector! LIGO | STELLAR

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Thank you to Draper and its Hack the Moon initiative for supporting PBS Digital Studios | Learn more at https://wehackthemoon.comWeve been waiting to verify the existence of Gravitational Waves for over 100 years and I actually got to go to LIGO to see ex
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How Disney's Tower of Terror Works

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Go to https://NordVPN.com/ArtofEngineering to get 75% off a 3-year plan and use code ArtofEngineering to get an extra month for free! A look at the engineering behind Disney’s iconic Tower of Terror attraction. Support Art of Engineering on Patreon:
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Jupiter's Moon IO is a World of Fire and Lava | The Planets | BBC Earth

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Io is the closest of Jupiters larger moons and the most volcanic world in our solar system, with over 300 active volcanoes, thanks to its proximity to the huge gravitational pull of Jupiter.Subscribe: http://bit.ly/BBCEarthSub Watch more: Planet Earth htt
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What it's like to pilot the Millennium Falcon

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Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge opens, and Los Angeles Times reporter Todd Martens takes a look at the Millennium Falcon and finds out what it's like to fly the hunk of junk in the Smugglers Run attraction.SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS AND NEWShttp://www.youtube.com
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There Are Gravity Pulses Hiding in the Universes Most MASSIVE Stars

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Blue supergiant stars some of the hottest, biggest young stars in the universe, and their molten cores can reveal more about the formation of everything.How Scientists Found the Universes First Type of Molecule - https://youtu.be/lxepnATltvURead More: Blu
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How Astronomers Took The First Ever Image Of A Black Hole

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The Event Horizon Telescope has become the first ever to take an image of a supermassive black hole. The black hole is located 55 million light-years away in the Messier 87 galaxy. Following is a transcript of the video:What you are seeing is the first ev
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Can a black hole be destroyed? - Fabio Pacucci

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Are black holes indestructible? Explore the theory of Hawking radiation, a process that could lead a black hole to gradually lose mass and evaporate. -- Black holes are among the most destructive objects in the universe. Anything that gets too close to a
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Particle robots

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Researchers from MIT, Columbia University, and elsewhere have developed computationally simple robots that connect in large groups to move around, transport objects, and complete other tasks. (Learn more: https://news.mit.edu/2019/particle-robot-cluster-s
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Curious about Curling? Meet the MIT club

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For many people, including those that participate, the sport of curling is somewhat of a mystery. "There's a lot of science behind curling, including some that's actually not so well understood," says graduate student Nate Bailey, a member of the MIT Curl
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We’re Going to Detect More Gravitational Waves Than Ever Before, Here’s How

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Once this $35 million upgrade is in place, LIGO will start using something called quantum "squeezed light." So, what does that mean exactly? LIGO's Gravitational Wave Discovery Is Still In Question, But Why? - https://youtu.be/aQ1entvy7vI Read More: Gravi
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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 Long Could You Survive on Other Planets?

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Humanity has dreamed of living beyond Earth for millennia, but would you really want to be in a spacesuit for the rest of your life? Watch More Space Crafts! | https://bit.ly/2GqH0aO Read More: Mars Surface May Be Too Toxic for Microbial Life https://www.
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What you never learned about mass

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Probably the most familiar subject in physics is mass. Basically, it’s the amount of stuff something is made of. However, if you look at it a little more closely, you’ll find that the situation isn’t necessarily so simple. In this video, Fermilab’s Dr. Do
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Can You Survive An Elevator Fall By Jumping? Debunked

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Support Debunked and be one of the first 200 people to sign up with this link to get 20% off your subscription with Brilliant.org! https://brilliant.org/debunked We're proud to have them as a sponsor and we hope you like them too! Your monthly dose of hyp
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The Best Test of General Relativity (by 2 Misplaced Satellites)

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A launch mishap led to the best experimental confirmation of gravitational redshift. Get a free audiobook with a 30-day trial of Audible: http://audible.com/VERITASIUM or text VERITASIUM to 500500 Huge thanks to Dr. Pacome Delva: https://ve42.co/pacome Dr
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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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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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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 Would Happen If Earth Had Two Moons

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If Earth had two moons, it would be a catastrophe. An extra moon would add an extra gravitational pull, leading to larger tides and wiping out major cities like New York and Singapore. And millions of years later, the moons would collide, sending chunks c
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LIGO's Gravitational Wave Discovery Is Still In Question, But Why?

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LIGO’s discovery of gravitational waves rocked the world of physics. But now, some scientists are questioning their methods. Here’s what you need to know. WTF Is Gravity? Scientists Don’t Really Know Either - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9_PdtL627k&t=
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These Liquid-Repelling Materials Defy Nature’s Design, Here’s How

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Materials with liquid-repelling properties are for more than just your phone. They can reduce drag for boats and help heat transfer at nuclear plants. Here’s how scientists are making these seemingly impossible materials. These Strange Metals Could Make E
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Sneak Peek at 'Beauty and the Beast' Attraction Coming to Tokyo Disneyland

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We’re thrilled to share with you a sneak peek at the new Enchanted Tale of “Beauty and the Beast” attraction coming to Tokyo Disneyland as part of a large-scale development plan bringing new attractions, entertainment, shopping and dinin
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We May Have Just Found the Strongest Material in the Universe

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Underneath the crust of spinning neutron stars, there’s a material that is not only strong, but looks like pasta? Nuclear pasta to be exact. Here’s what else scientists know. The James Webb Space Telescope Is Delayed (Again)! What Is Happening? - https://
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Dinosaur Delivery Gone Wrong | LEGO JURASSIC WORLD: THE SECRET EXHIBIT

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Deliver the dinosaurs, get paid. Sound easy? See what happened before Jurassic World in LEGO Jurassic World: The Secret Exhibit on NBC, November 29. ABOUT LEGO Jurassic World: The Secret Exhibit: With the grand opening of Jurassic World’s new super-secret
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The life cycle of a neutron star - David Lunney

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Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-life-cycle-of-a-neutron-star-david-lunney About once every century, a massive star somewhere in our galaxy runs out of fuel. No longer able to produ
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Looking for Dark Matter - Christmas Lectures with Frank Close

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Frank Close looks at how observations from galaxy rotation and gravitational lensing can imply the existence of dark matter. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full lecture: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/wat
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Gravitational Lensing Theory Explained | Earth Lab

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How does matter affect light? Physics has the answer. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubscribeToEarthLab All the best Earth Lab videos http://bit.ly/EarthLabOriginals Best of BBC Earth videos http://bit.ly/TheBestOfBBCEarthVideos The Doctors Are In The House ht
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Gravitational Time Dilation causes gravitational “attraction.”

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Visualizing General Relativity. My Patreon page is at https://www.patreon.com/EugeneK
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It's Surprisingly Hard to Go to the Sun

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The Sun contains 99.8 of the mass in our solar system. Its gravitational pull is what keeps everything here, from tiny Mercury to the gas giants to the Oort Cloud, 186 billion miles away. But even though the Sun has such a powerful pull, it's surprisingly
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Why Jupiter Has So Many Moons

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Our solar system is already teaming with nearly 200 moons, and we just got 12 more to add to the list. A team led by astronomer Scott Sheppard out of the Carnegie Institution for Science discovered the moons in 2017 using one of the most powerful digital
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A Puzzling Gravitational Pull | What on Earth?

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What could be the cause of this excessive gravitational pull? A volcano, or perhaps something else? Stream Full Episodes of What on Earth?: https://www.sciencechannel.com/tv-shows/what-on-earth/ Subscribe to Science Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribeScience
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Weird Gravitational Anomaly Found in Home Makes Things Roll Uphill

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Does water boil in a vacuum? Find out with your own vacuum chamber! Buy The Action Lab box today: www.TheActionLab.com In this video I show you a weird gravitational anomaly I found in my kitchen that makes things roll uphill instead of down! I talk about
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What Does It Sound Like When Black Holes Smash Into Each Other?

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Scientists are using a $4 million supercomputer to listen to black holes colliding, and its helping us understand the beginning of our universe. Black Holes And Gravitational Waves Might Help Us Find Dark Matter - https://youtu.be/C68b9EGksuI Read More: T
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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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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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What It Would Be Like To Live On A Super Earth

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The discovery of several Earth-like planets outside the solar system has opened the possibilities of expanding our horizons and establish out first interstellar colonies. What would life be like on these 'super-Earths'? And if we ever got there... would w
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World's Heaviest Weight

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How do you measure big forces accurately? By calibrating your force transducer on the world's biggest weight - 1,000,000 pounds of force. This machine ensures planes don't break apart, jets provide required thrust, and rockets make it to their destination
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The age when dogs are cutest, according to science

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Dogs reach peak cuteness at about eight weeks old, according to a new study. The age when humans find puppies most adorable could hint at how dogs evolved as pets alongside us. Scientists researching the relationship between humans and dogs had college st
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#MacroMonday: Angles

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Things aren’t always what they seem . . . or are they? Extreme close-ups often obscure the full picture. Cloaked in mystery, this new video series introduces a variety of objects and moments — found at MIT — that invite you to take a second look. Watch mo
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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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If We Heard from Aliens, What Would It Look Like?

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Earth can be a really loud place if you’re searching for an extraterrestrial signal. So how does SETI sift through all the cosmic noise to hunt for alien signals. How Eyes Evolved to See the World Differently https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsuSfkr3I10&t=
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The Van Allen Belts Are Lethal, This Is How Astronauts Fly Through Them

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The radioactive Van Allen belts posed a serious challenge for space travel. NASA had to figure out a way for astronauts to fly through them without being exposed to deadly doses of radiation. To learn more about NASA's Van Allen belt calculations, check o
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These Alien Worlds are the Hottest in the Cosmos, Here’s What We Know About Them

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Hot Jupiters are popping up across the universe. Each one is more extreme than the last which is why they're the source of a lot of speculation in the science world. Read More: Star "Eating" Superhot Planet's Atmosphere https://news.nationalgeographic.com
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Miniatur Wunderland | The world's largest model railway exhibition

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Two brothers leave their jobs in nightlife to create the world's largest motor-railway, quickly becoming the most popular tourist attraction in Germany with 1M visitors per year. Much more than just a train set, the 1/87th scale Minatur Wunderland covers
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Can We Perform Surgery in Space?

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Dr. George Pantalos and his team pioneer futuristic surgical tools for operations on astronauts and test them on NASA's zero-gravity plane. Experience intense, unique, and sometimes dangerous moments with scientists working in the field, as they explain f
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NASA’s New Planet Hunter: TESS

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NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will find undiscovered worlds around bright nearby stars, providing targets where future studies will assess their capacity to harbor life. TESS is a NASA Astrophysics Explorer mission, led and operated
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Gravitational waves: A three minute guide

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It's almost exactly a century since Einstein first predicted the existence of gravitational waves. In this Nature Video we find out what they are, and how scientists are searching for them, in an attempt to prove Einstein right.
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What causes high tides on opposite sides of the earth? | Dance of the Tides

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A great classroom activity for demonstrating how distance and the sun's gravitational pull create tidal bulges (high tides) on both the near and far side of the earth. To explore the sun and moon's influence on our tides, try our Tide-O-Matic activity! Fu
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What If Your Airplane Door Burst Open Mid-Flight?

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Flying may be more horrifying than you think. Watch Our Latest Videos! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oCQn2VkStI&index=3&list=UUC552Sd-3nyi_tk2BudLUzA Subscribe for more science! http://bit.ly/asapsci Created by: Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown Writte
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Scaffolding of the Galaxies

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In the Center for Theoretical Physics at MIT, researchers develop ideas for describing the fundamental physical laws governing our universe, from perspectives spanning nuclear and particle physics, string theory, gravity, and quantum information. (Learn m
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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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Robo-picker grasps and packs

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A team of engineers from MIT and Princeton University has developed a robotic system that can successfully localize and pick up any item, amid clutter, and move it to another location. This technology earned them a first place spot at the 2017 Amazon Robo
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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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The Dark Energy Survey Revealed New Origins of Stars in Our Galaxy

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Rarely-seen stellar streams show us that many stars in our galaxy actually came from smaller, neighboring galaxies. Get 20% off http://www.domain.com domain names and web hosting when you use coupon code SEEKER at checkout! Black Holes And Gravitational W
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How We Know Black Holes Exist

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Thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and Space Telescope Science Institute for supporting this video. Support MinutePhysics on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/minutephysics Link to Patreon Supporters: http://www.minutephysics.com/supporters/ Th
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This Invisible Structure Was Hiding Half the Universe’s Known Matter

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Half of the universe’s baryonic matter has been missing, but astronomers just found it. Where exactly was it and what took us so long? Black Holes And Gravitational Waves Might Help Us Find Dark Matter - https://youtu.be/C68b9EGksuI Read More: The Mystery
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Experimental Stanford artist explores science, art and improvisation

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Pamela Davis Kivelson, experimental artist and lecturer in Stanford’s Design Program, has long been interested in the intersection of science, music, art and improvisation. Her latest foray into the busy intersection is a participatory performance piece i
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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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The Black Hole Tipping Point

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Thanks to https://brilliant.org/minutephysics/ for sponsoring this video! Check out their black hole course at https://brilliant.org/minutephysicsblackhole Support MinutePhysics on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/minutephysics Link to Patreon Supporters:
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How Close Are We to Photographing a Black Hole?

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What does a black hole look like? No one knows for sure. Artists make their images based on what physicists think they look like. But that could be about to change. This Is Not What Space Looks Like - https://youtu.be/N5rZ9E72zbI Read More: Scientists Won
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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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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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Neutron Star Collisions Create Gold

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Astrophysicists searching for gravitational waves have finally learned what happens when you crash two neutron stars together--and it's very, very shiny.
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LIGO's latest hit: Merging neutron stars

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LIGO's August detection of merging neutron stars was confirmed by multiple sources around the globe. Learn more: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/10/merging-neutron-stars-generate-gravitational-waves-and-celestial-light-show
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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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Blood testing via sound waves

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A multi-disciplinary team of researchers from MIT, Duke University, Magee-Women's Research Institute, and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore has developed a novel way to analyze blood, for signatures of cancer and other diseases, using sound wa
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The language of color

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Cognitive scientists from MIT and elsewhere have found that people can more easily communicate warmer colors than cool ones. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2017/analyzing-language-color-0918) Watch more videos from MIT: http://www.youtube.com/user/MITNe
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A Nuclear Waste Dump You Can Walk On: Weldon Spring, Missouri

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In Weldon Spring, Missouri, there is a strange, grey, windblasted seven-storey pile of rocks. It's the Weldon Spring Site: a nuclear and toxic waste dump on the site of an old uranium processing factory. And you can walk on it: it's technically a tourist
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What are gravitational waves? - Amber L. Stuver

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Check out all of TED-Ed's book recommendations: http://ed.ted.com/books Check out Neil deGrasse Tyson's "Astrophysics for People in a Hurry": https://shop.ed.ted.com/collections/ted-ed-book-recommendations/products/astrophysics-for-people-in-a-hurry View
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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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Bending streams of water with a static charge // Homemade Science with Bruce Yeany

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Why does a stream of water bend when a static charge is brought near it? This experiment and variations of it are explored as several theories are introduced and a variety of tests are offered to for further investigation. For many years I have offered th
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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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We’re STILL Not Saying It’s Aliens, But Tabby’s Star Is Getting Weirder

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The light from KIC 8462852 faded again, and scientists have some new theories about what's behind astronomy's most mysterious star. We're Not Saying The Kepler Discovery Is Aliens, But... - https://youtu.be/8V-TxYyyLI4 Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter He
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Unboxing the Universe

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What if everything in the universe came to your doorstep...in a box?! What The Physics is BACK! Future episodes will explore the universe—but first, let's unbox it. Subscribe: http://youtube.com/whatthephysics?sub... ↓Want more info?↓ SCIENTIFIC NOTES: Ex
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Flying Into the Sun? NASA's Parker Solar Probe Mission

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NASA is planning a mission to get as close as possible as we can to the Sun and reveal its mysteries. Support us at: http://www.patreon.com/universetoday More stories at: http://www.universetoday.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @universetoday Like us on Facebo
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Gravitational Astronomy? How Detecting Gravitational Waves Changes Everything

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We’ve now had multiple detections of gravitational waves, opening up a whole new field: gravitational astronomy. We talk about the detections made so far, and how we can see the Universe in a whole new way. Support us at: http://www.patreon.com/universeto
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Why So Many Meteorites Come From The Same Place

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Because of space physics, one faraway asteroid is likely the progenitor of almost a third of all the meteorites on Earth. Thanks to Skillshare for sponsoring this video: http://skl.sh/MinuteEarth Jorge and Daniel's awesome new book, "We Have No Idea": htt
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Float Through Japan's Floral Fairytale Wonderland

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Located just an hour's drive from Tokyo is the 23-acre Ashikaga Flower Park, home to over 350 brilliantly pastel-colored flowers including Japan's oldest and largest wisteria, which adorns an entire half-acre in bright hanging bulbs. The park is a year-ro
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How to Weigh a Star Using Gravitational Lensing

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Astronomers recently tapped Einstein's concept of gravitational lensing to determine the weight of a distant star. Watch and learn how this concept came to be and how it works. Subscribe to our channel! https://www.youtube.com/SciAmerican
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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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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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Can We Survive Curiosity?

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There's a March for Science happening all over the world: http://marchforscience.com This is a video about how science is both inherently political and apolitical. And how hopefully we won't end up in nuclear war... REFERENCES: Language acquisition and ag
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Is Fear Contagious? | Gross Science

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Fear may be able to spread from person to person—just like a virus. Subscribe to Gross Science! http://bit.ly/1FkxVLb ‖ Twitter! https://twitter.com/gross_science ‖ Tumblr! http://grossscience.tumblr.com/ ↓Want more gross info?↓ New York Magazine: Is Ther
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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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Since Mass Exists, Can There Be Negative Mass?

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Media outlets claim researchers have created negative mass, but what they really created is negative 'effective' mass, which is a little different. Black Holes And Gravitational Waves Might Help Us Find Dark Matter - https://youtu.be/C68b9EGksuI Sign Up F
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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 humans will look like in 1,000 years

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There will eventually be a day where prosthetics are no longer just for the disabled. However, it’s not just our outside appearance that will change – our genes will also evolve on microscopic levels to aid our survival. For example, an Oxford-led study d
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Black Holes And Gravitational Waves Might Help Us Find Dark Matter

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Evidence has shown that almost 85% of the matter in the universe is unaccounted for, but scientists now think they might have a way to fix that. Gravitational Waves Discovered! Here's What You Need To Know - https://youtu.be/72AQsQ2v5cA Edge Of Space: See
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New coating could prevent pipeline clogging

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Researchers at MIT have developed a coating that could stop the buildup of hydrate ices that slow or block oil and gas flow. These hydrates are potentially explosive and are largely responsible for the initial failure to contain the oil spill that rocked
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A light rain can spread soil bacteria far and wide

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Using high-resolution imaging, researchers from MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering observed the effect of raindrops falling on dry soil laden with bacteria. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2017/light-rain-spread-soil-bacteria-0307) Watch more vid
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How to mathematically calculate a fall through the Earth

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Huge thanks to the Great Courses Plus for sponsoring this video. Click here to check out the free trial: http://ow.ly/gSm4302OFJw Watch the full integration! Worth it even just for the Simple Harmonic Motion which drops out at the end. https://www.youtube
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Gravitational Waves, Theoretical Alien Antenna, Europa and More: 60-Second Science Podcasts

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Listen to the experts discuss the use and misuse of science in the courtroom to interpret forensic science, how ancient dental plaque can be used to understand what Neandertals ate, the instruments like Pulsar Timing Arrays that could detect gravitational
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Building a soft robotic cube

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Researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have developed a soft robotic cube that uses a series of spring-loaded metal tongues to jump, bounce, and roll. In this video, we watch the process of building a
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LIGO again detects gravitational waves

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For the second time, scientists have directly detected gravitational waves — ripples through the fabric of space-time, created by extreme, cataclysmic events in the distant universe (Learn more: http://mitsha.re/7qYU301i1L1). The team has determined that
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Furry Wetsuits

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Inspired by hairy, semiaquatic mammals such as beavers and sea otters, a group of MIT engineers are fabricating fur-like rubbery pelts learn how these mammals stay warm and even dry while diving underwater. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2016/beaver-ins
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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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Muscles made of nylon

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MIT researchers have come up with one of the simplest and lowest-cost systems yet for developing artificial muscles, in which a material reproduces some of the bending motions that natural muscle tissues perform. The key ingredient? Nylon fiber. (Learn mo
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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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