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Parkour Atlas Robot. Incredible Jumping Skills.

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Atlas does parkour. The control software uses the whole body including legs, arms and torso, to marshal the energy and strength for jumping over the log and leaping up the steps without breaking its pace. (Step height 40 cm.) Atlas uses computer vision to
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Do Five Dimensional Black Holes Prove Einstein Wrong?

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Scientists have recently modeled a strange black hole in a 5D universe. What does this mean to Einstein's Theory of Relativity? Sign Up For The TestTube Newsletter Here ►►►► http://bit.ly/1myXbFG NASA Accidentally Discovers Giant Black Holes►►►►http://bit
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Solar Powered Toy Hammer-solar motor-no electric = Homemade Science with Bruce Yeany

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Here is my Solar motor being put to work, can it hammer a nail, or even break an egg? No, but it it's fun coming up with ideas of jobs for it to do. You can see more solar motors on my other video at: https://youtu.be/VQqpnAKf9cM These devices are sometim
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Why Can't We Get Power From Waves?

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Thanks to OIST for sponsoring this video. To learn more, visit https://admissions.oist.jp/ Wave power hasn’t yet made a splash because it’s hard to use waves to spin turbines, and because the sea is a harsh place to build things. Thanks also to our Patreo
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The Independence Day: Resurgence Spaceship Has Its Own Gravity.

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In the trailer for Independence Day: Resurgence, the alien spacecraft seems to rip buildings from the ground using gravitational force. Is that physically possible? Nope. But that didn't stop us from calculating the mass it would need in order to destroy
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How Rotting Vegetables Make Electricity | World Wide Waste

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Every year, 1.3 billion tons of food gets thrown away. But instead of sending unsold vegetables to a landfill, the Bowenpally market converts them into biogas. Its a clean energy source that powers buildings, streetlights, and a kitchen that serves 800 me
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Observe Newton's Cradle

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Observing Newton's Cradle A slow motion look at the interesting interactions of the 5 pendulums of a Newton's Cradle. For an explanation of this complex interplay of momentum and Kinetic Energy, view this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNYS1ZhTJRA
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Food Chains Compilation: Crash Course Kids

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Maybe you'd like to just hear about one topic for a while. We understand. So today, let's just watch some videos about how we get energy. And how one animal gets energy from another animal, or a plant. It's all about food chains and food webs in this Cras
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4850 Feet Below: The Hunt For Dark Matter

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Deep in an abandoned gold mine in rural South Dakota, a team of physicists are hunting for astrophysical treasure. Their rare and elusive quarry is dark matter, a theoretical particle which has never been seen or directly detected. Yet its gravitational e
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Sesame Street: Evan Lysacek teaches Elmo and Stinky about Confidence

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Stinky wants to tell you about the word confidence, but he's not confident that he can do it. Of course, confidence is about believing in yourself and your ability to do what you want to do. If only Stinky could learn to practice the very definition of th
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Underwater robot may unearth climate mysteries

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Two hundred meters under the sunny waves of the ocean lies the mesopelagic zone, a cold, dark section of water where humans rarely venture. This area, dubbed the twilight zone houses animals like krill, squid, and jellyfish. Twilight zone animals play a m
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Life On Other Planets: Crash Course Kids #45.1

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Have you ever wondered if there is anyone (or anything) else out there in the universe? Well, you're not alone. But what would alien life look like? And what would their food chains and food webs look like? In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina gi
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Gotta Eat! - Crash Course Kids 1.1

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Welcome to Crash Course Kids. In this first episode, Sabrina takes a look at why all living things need to eat. Plus, she shows you a way to investigate why all living things need to eat. This first series is based on 5th grade science. We're super excite
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Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048: Complete 4K UHD; Voices of Music

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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 :) For the first time in 4K Ultra High Definition video, Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major (BWV 1048), complete, per
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Is Your House Causing Global Warming?

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Energy efficiency at home is crucial to protecting the environment. Where exactly do our houses waste the most, and how can we fix it? The Difference Between Global Warming and Climate Change - http://bit.ly/1Od6jXZ Sign Up For The TestTube Newsletter Her
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String Theory - Brian Greene

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/brian-greene-on-string-theory Physicist Brian Greene explains superstring theory, the idea that miniscule strands of energy vibrating in 11 dimensions create every particle and force in the universe. Talk by Bri
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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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Who Needs Dirt?: Crash Course Kids #27.1

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So... do plants need dirt? The truth might shock you. In this episode of Crash Course kids, Sabrina talks about how plants get energy and how that energy is transported around them. Also, she talks about dirt. Watch More Crash Course Kids: https://www.you
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Planetary Plants: Crash Course Kids #45.2

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So we know what life needs here to work, and we've talked a little about what life COULD look like on other planets. But what about plant life? What could plant life look like on other planets? In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina chats to us jus
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The Roots of Exploring Plant Intelligence

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Tune in and join the conversation during the premiere of "Intelligence Without Brains" on Friday, November 8th at 8pm EST.PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONHow much brain do you need to be smart? Bees and ants perform marvels as colonies, though each insect has barely a
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Can a Plant Remember?

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Tune in and join the conversation during the premiere of "Intelligence Without Brains" on Friday, November 8th at 8pm EST.PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONHow much brain do you need to be smart? Bees and ants perform marvels as colonies, though each insect has barely a
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How UV Causes Cancer and Aging

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UV at ground level is non-ionizing but it damages DNA and causes photoaging - how? Also, it turns out glass doesn't block all UV (specifically UVA passes through). This is something I learned filming with the UV camera inside. Special thanks to Dr. Hayley
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What Does It Take To Enrich Uranium?

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We're constantly hearing about nuclear enrichment in the news, but what does it mean and when should we be concerned? Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Visit our shop at http://shop.seek
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Insane Electric Guitar Skills - Arpeggios at the speed of light

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In this video you can see how I play with my guitar in the street: Arpeggios at the speed of light. It was incredible the positive energy and the passion that we live in those 6:59 minut. I like to motivate people to fulfill their dreams. I try to motivat
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Plant Cells: Crash Course Biology #6

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Hank describes why plants are so freaking amazing - discussing their evolution, and how their cells are both similar to&different from animal cells. Crash Course Biology now available on DVD! http://dftba.com/product/1av/CrashCourse-Biology-The-Complete-S
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We Can Recycle Plastic - Mike Biddle

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Less than 10% of plastic trash is recycled -- compared to almost 90% of metals -- because of the massively complicated problem of finding and sorting the different kinds. Frustrated by this waste, Mike Biddle has developed a cheap and incredibly energy ef
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The beginning of the universe, for beginners - Tom Whyntie

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-beginni... How did the universe begin -- and how is it expanding? CERN physicist Tom Whyntie shows how cosmologists and particle physicists explore these questions by replicating the heat, energy, and activi
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An Actually Good Explanation of Moles

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The first 200 people to sign up at https://brilliant.org/stevemould/ will get 20% off an annual subscription that gives you access to the full archive of Daily Challenges and every single courseMoles (in chemistry) are really clever and useful. The defini
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Einstein Might Have Been Wrong About Gravity... Here's Why

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The universe is expanding, and fast. And this new theory could explain why. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.com The universe is expanding, and that
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This Is the Largest Map of Our Universe Ever Created

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Scientists have mapped the largest amount of the night sky ever and you can explore it on the internet. The giant 2D map is a prerequisite for a 3D mapping project using the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, or DESI. Check out the map here: legacysurv
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What is the First Law of Thermodynamics?

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With the a little hydrogen, a few balloons and a couple of makeshift rockets, Valeska Ting launches into an explanation of what the first law of thermodynamics is, and why it matters to our lives. Day 5 of our 2016 advent calendar. Open each day here: htt
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How does a Refrigerator work ?

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Have you ever wondered how the refrigerators in your home work? Refrigerators, which have become an integral part of every household, work based on some simple and interesting scientific principles. Beginning with a basic refrigerator model, this video wi
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The kilogram has changed forever. Here's why.

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In November, scientists from around the world met in Paris to do something remarkable: they redefined the kilogram. This standard of measure was once based on a hunk of metal under lock and key in France but in 2019, it will officially be defined by somet
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A Teacher Growing Green In The South Bronx - Stephen Ritz

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A whirlwind of energy and ideas, Stephen Ritz is a teacher in New York's tough South Bronx, where he and his kids grow lush gardens for food, greenery -- and jobs. Just try to keep up with this New York treasure as he spins through the many, many ways the
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Vegetation Transformation: Crash Course Kids #5.2

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Have you ever seen a magic trick where one thing changes to another thing? Well, that's nothing compared to what plants can do through a process called photosynthesis. In this episode, Sabrina talks about how photosynthesis works! This first series is bas
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Motion In A Straight Line: Crash Course Physics #1

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In this, THE FIRST EPISODE of Crash Course Physics, your host Dr. Shini Somara introduces us to the ideas of motion in a straight line. She talks about displacement, acceleration, time, velocity, and the definition of acceleration. Also, how does a physic
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Want to Save the Planet? Start with Reinventing the Motor

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The switched reluctance motor is a climate tech breakthrough. Can it help us power a more sustainable future? This video was created in paid partnership with Turntide.Subscribe here: https://freeth.ink/youtube-subscribe-turntideThe motors that run our veh
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Trying to Catch 300+ MPH Eggs ------ Physics Impulse Challenge

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Thank you to everyone that made suggestions in the comment section!Catching eggs without them breaking either by hand or some other means has always been a great way of teaching the concept of Impulse. A concept I decided to explore at faster rates. I fou
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Light: Crash Course Astronomy #24

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In order to understand how we study the universe, we need to talk a little bit about light. Light is a form of energy. Its wavelength tells us its energy and color. Spectroscopy allows us to analyze those colors and determine an object’s temperature, dens
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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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Nebraska retiree uses earths's heat to grow oranges in snow

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Winter temperatures in Alliance, Nebraska can drop to -20°F (the record low is -40°F/C), but retired mailman Russ Finch grows oranges in his backyard greenhouse without paying for heat. Instead, he draws on the earth's stable temperature (around 5
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900 Mousetraps Unleashed with Science Bob on Jimmy Kimmel Live

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This demonstration utilized 900 mousetraps that were set-up for a chain reaction. It took 4 people 7 hours to set up the traps! As far as we know there has not been a similar reaction at this scale. The demonstration visualizes how nuclear fission, Newton
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Wireless Electricity Is Coming, Here’s Where We’re At

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Imagine a world where charging cords don't exist and every device is powered as soon you walk into a room. Well, soon that might be a reality. Disney Invented A Room Where Your Phone Will Never Die - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWjsXjVc_LE Read More:
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Introduction To Partial Pressure | Gases And Kinetic Molecular Theory | Chemistry | Khan Academy

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Definition of partial pressure and Dalton's law of partial pressure. Example of calculating partial pressure of a gas in a mixture from the total pressure and partial pressure of the other gases in the mixture. Chemistry on Khan Academy: Did you know that
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Student Musical Instrument Projects // Homemade Science with Bruce Yeany

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Updated collection of musical instruments made by mIddle school physical science students as part of our study in sound, waves and energy. In this case, students are asked to make and present a musical instrument that can play 8 notes, it may be one octav
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What is Evolution? A Simple and Brief Explanation

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Life is insanely diverse, and thats because of evolution. But there is much that people misunderstand about evolution and how it happens. So, heres a compressed crash course on evolution - from the mutations and recombinations in the DNA which create dive
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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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How To Turn Poop Into Power

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Go to https://NordVPN.com/minuteearth and use code MINUTEEARTH to get 70% off a 3 year plan and an extra month for free. Protect yourself online today.We could generate a lot of usable energy from human and animal poop through greater adoption of a proces
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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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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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Ghost Particles Erupting from Antarctica Could Shatter Standard Physics

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Ultra-high-energy neutrinos are hitting Antarctica, so what experiments are working to discover the particles? Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.comT
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Two Colour Chemiluminescent Clock Reaction - Periodic Table Of Videos

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More details in full description. Dr Sam Tang adds hydrogen peroxide to pyrogallol, formaldehyde and luminol. Chemiluminescence is caused by molecules being formed with some of their electrons in a higher energy level and then losing that energy as light.
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How Do Greenhouse Gases Actually Work?

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Thanks to Kurz Gesagt for illustrating this video! http://www.youtube.com/kurzgesagt And for composing the music!: https://soundcloud.com/epicmountain/minute-earth Thanks also to our Patreon patrons: - AshrafDude - Nasser Hamed Alminji - Jeff Straathof -
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Could Everything We Know About String Theory Be Wrong?

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It’s been 50 years since string theory was first proposed, but now some new research could call it all into question. WTF is Quantum Retrocausality? (ft. Physics Girl) - https://youtu.be/5hYBeFNSv2o Read More: String Theory May Create Far Fewer Universes
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Don't Choose Extinction - UNDP | United Nations | Jack Black | Climate Action

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The world spends an astounding US$423 billion annually to subsidize fossil fuels for consumers – oil, electricity that is generated by the burning of other fossil fuels, gas, and coal. This is four times the amount being called for to help poor coun
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How humans disrupted a cycle essential to all life

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How one animal dug up carbon and put it back into the atmosphere at an astounding pace. Become a member of the Vox Video Lab! https://www.vox.com/join. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Carbon cycles through earth at a steady pace. Plants and
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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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The UK Is Racing to Build the Worlds First Commercial Fusion Power Plant

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What could the UKs recent investment announcement mean for the future of sustainable energy? Subscribe to Seeker!http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylistThere are many directions we could go when it comes to the fu
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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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Here's How Much Gas Really Costs (If You Account for Global Warming)

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The true cost of fossil fuels is hidden in subsidies, but a new study has estimated just how much they really are. And let's just say, fossil fuels are expensive. Which Power Source Is Most Efficient? - https://youtu.be/0c4xk5dB014 Sign Up For The Seeker
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Freedom Of Speech: Crash Course Government And Politics #25

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Today, FINALLY, Craig is going to talk about Free Speech! Now, free speech is so important because it not only allows you to critique the government, but it also protects you from the government. But it's essential to remember that not ALL speech is prote
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Kangaroo robot by Festo

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Festo's Kangaroo robot "With the BionicKangaroo, Festo has technologically reproduced the unique way the kangaroo moves. Like its natural role model, it can recover the energy exerted when jumping, store it and retrieve it efficiently on the next jump." -
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Conjugate acid-base pairs | Acids and bases | Chemistry | Khan Academy

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Introduction to conjugate acid-base pairs. Definition and examples of conjugate acid-base pairs. Chemistry on Khan Academy: Did you know that everything is made out of chemicals? Chemistry is the study of matter: its composition, properties, and reactivit
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Could Space Mirrors Cool The Globe? | Hot Mess

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Like this video? SUBSCRIBE to Hot Mess! ►► http://bit.ly/hotmess_sub Peril & Promise is a public media initiative from WNET telling human stories of climate change and its solutions. Learn more at: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/peril-and-promise/ Humans are run
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Feynman's Building Blocks of Thermodynamics - with Andrea Sella

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How Richard Feynman’s classic analogy of building blocks explains the conservation of energy. Professor Andrea Sella recalls Feynman’s illustration of the first law of thermodynamics with a child’s building blocks and wily mother. This animation is day 6
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The Modern Revolution: Crash Course Big History #8

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In which Hank and John Green teach you a Crash Course on the modern revolution, and the upside of the progress that humanity has made in the last 500 years or so. And while there are two sides to every history, and many of these changes haven't been great
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How America can leave fossil fuels behind, in one chart

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And what the 2020 US election means for climate change.What do you think the presidential candidates should be talking about? http://vox.com/ElectionVideos All of recorded human history has happened during a period in which the average global temperature
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Buffers, the Acid Rain Slayer: Crash Course Chemistry #31

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You can directly support Crash Course at http://www.subbable.com/crashcourse Subscribe for as little as $0 to keep up with everything we're doing. Also, if you can afford to pay a little every month, it really helps us to continue producing great content.
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How Supercapacitors Could Make Batteries a Thing of the Past

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An accidental breakthrough in supercapacitor technology could finally make them more efficient than batteries! Here’s how it could lead to a brighter energy future. These Squishy Batteries Are Made Out of Water, Here’s How They Work - https://youtu.be/3BZ
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Maxwell's Demon: Can Entropy Be Reversed?

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

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Plastic has become a malevolent symbol of our wasteful society. Its also one of the most successful materials ever invented: its cheap, durable, flexible, waterproof, versatile, lightweight, protective and hygienic. During the coronavirus pandemic, plasti
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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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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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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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Why Daffodils Grow in the Same Place Every Year

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Spring is almost here, and that means daffodils are blooming around the fort. But how do these flowers survive the long cold winters?----------Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a Patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishowIf you
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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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What is Symmetry in Physics? With Tara Shears

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Symmetry underlines our whole understanding of the universe. And the deeper we look, the more symmetries we find, reflecting our world in new and beautiful ways. Subscribe for weekly science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Symmetry is vital to understan
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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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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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Is There A Better Way To Power Airplanes?

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This video was made in partnership with Bill Gates. To learn more about his work on clean energy, visit https://gatesnot.es/2WDTJ1LIts hard to replace jet fuel because the alternatives arent energetic enough, are too dangerous, or arent yet being made at
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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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World's Lightest Solid!

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Aerogels are the world's lightest (least dense) solids. They are also excellent thermal insulators and have been used in numerous Mars missions and the Stardust comet particle-return mission. The focus of this video is silica aerogels, though graphene aer
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TIL: Hummingbirds Are the World's Hungriest Birds | Today I Learned

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Hummingbirds are the hungriest birds in the world, burning through energy extremely fast. According to Nat Geo grantee Anusha Shankar, a human would have to eat 300 hamburgers just to match the equivalent of what hummingbirds consume to survive every day.
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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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The first electric generator#Shorts

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On 17 and 18 October 1831, Michael Faraday developed the first-ever electric generator. Watch the demo: as the magnet moves, the lines of magnetic force repeatedly intersect with the wire, exciting the electrons in the wire and generating electrical curre
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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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What Exactly Is Fracking, And Is It Really That Bad?

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Fracking, the controversial method of extracting natural gas from deep beneath the ground, is gaining popularity. But is it safe? Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Visit our shop at http
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Amazing Wave Illusion: Public Media Art #1 "WAVE"

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Public Media Art #1 "WAVE" with Anamorphic illusion APR. 2020 We, d'strict specializes in designing, making, and delivering breathtaking visual content on Digital Out of Home. In order to offer the world a new experience, we are proud to announce some exc
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The Electricity Show!

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Citizens of Earth! Scientists of all ages! Please join us for a livestream of our Centre Stage show, Electricity, with presenting partner, BC Hydro! To learn more about energy, visit http://www.schools.bchydro.com Our dome is closed, eliminating our main
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Save our Water WWF PSA Campaign

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All life needs water. It is the worlds most precious resource, fueling everything from the food you eat, to the cotton you wear, to the energy you depend upon every day. Its also threatened. Climate change, population growth and changing consumption patte
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Spinning Sphere of Sodium Simulate Earth's Magnetic Field

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An experiment on how turbulent convection in Earth's core makes a magnetic field Get a free audiobook with a free 30 day trial at http://www.audible.com/Veritasium or text Veritasium to 500-500 Huge thanks to Prof. Dan Lathrop and team: http://ve42.co/Lat
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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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Experience The Disaster That Wiped Out Dinosaurs

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When the dinosaur-killing asteroid struck Earth, most of the impact energy was directed outwards and upwards into space. Only 1% of the force traveled down into the ground, but it was enough to ring the planet like a bell and wipeout species around the gl
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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.
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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Chain Reaction

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Deane explains nuclear energy by setting up a chain reaction with mousetraps and ping pong balls. SUBSCRIBE NOW http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CuriosityShow CONNECT WITH CURIOSITY Facebook ➤ http://www.facebook.com/CuriosityShow Twitt
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The SAT Question Everyone Got Wrong

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How an SAT question became a mathematical paradox. 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.I invented Snatoms, a molecule modeling kit where the atoms sn
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I Ran A Marathon In The Hottest Place On Earth

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What Is The Higgs Boson?

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What is this thing we keep hearing about - the Higgs Boson, and why is it important? Support us at: http://www.patreon.com/universetoday More stories at: http://www.universetoday.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @universetoday Follow us on Tumblr: http://univer
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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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Why are sloths so slow? - Kenny Coogan

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-are-sloths-so-slow-kenny-coogan Sloths spend most of their time eating, resting, or sleeping; in fact, they descend from their treetops canopies just once a week, for a bathroom break. How are these creature
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Why don't we cover the desert with solar panels? - Dan Kwartler

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Watch the 2021 TED Global Countdown Livestream here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG_vqlb1pOQThis empowering event lays out a credible and realistic pathway to a net-zero future. Featuring some of your favorite celebrities, Countdown will leave you hop
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Make way for Little HERMES, the lightweight bipedal robot

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Engineers at MIT have designed a new lightweight bipedal robot, that can lean from side to side, walk in place, and jump while keeping its balance. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2019/two-legged-robot-mimics-human-balance-while-running-jumping-1030)Watc
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The 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 1950s Science Kit That Had Real Uranium

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The Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab was meant to let kids experiment with nuclear physics in the comfort of their own home! Read more: http://bit.ly/2wNN0ER FOLLOW US! http://www.ripleys.com https://www.facebook.com/RipleysBelieveItorNot https://www.twitt
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Projecting Sunlight Pictures Onto Plants - Christmas Lectures with George Porter

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George Porter shows how we can project pictures onto geranium leaves using sunlight.Watch the full third lecture of the series: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1976/the-natural-history-of-a-sunbeam/a-leaf-from-nature?utm_source=youtube&utm_m
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Flettner Rotor Sail Cart // Homemade Science with Bruce Yeany

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The Flettner rotor is a large spinning cylinder that was originally developed to harness wind energy for moving large transport ships. It was introduced during the 1920's and uses the Magnus Effect to capture the wind instead of a more traditional sail fo
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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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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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Fabulous Food Chains: Crash Course Kids #7.1

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Everyone eats, right? But how does that food get the energy to power you? In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks about the way energy moves, or flows, through an ecosystem and how that movement forms Food Chains! This first series is based on
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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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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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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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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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Why Are Healthy People Still Spreading Viruses?

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The Coronavirus is spreading quickly. Are some people spreading viruses without knowing it?Watch more: What Should You Do If You're Stuck Inside For Weeks? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkTvjvwO54MMeet The Team!Director/Voice - Pat Graziosi: http://twit
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The Islands With Too Much Power

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The Orkney Islands, off the northern tip of Scotland, have so much electricity that it's actually a problem. Here's why: and here's what they're doing about it. This video has a correction: Hornsdale Power Reserve didn't catch fire! It was the newer Victo
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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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NASA | Blazar Bonanza

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A long time ago in a galaxy half the universe away, a flood of high-energy gamma rays began its journey to Earth. When they arrived in April, NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope caught the outburst, which helped two ground-based gamma-ray observatories
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If "A Star Is Born" was literally about a star being born (Lady Gaga Shallow Parody)

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The formation of a star, supernovas, black holes - all with the help of Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper! And moments before the first ever black hole photo! Get the song: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/a-star-is-born-literally-science-parody-single/145857
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So Rad | Teen Titans Go! | Cartoon Network

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Robin explains the definition of "rad" to his fellow Titans. CN GAMES: http://bit.ly/CNGames SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/109Y6wq WATCH MORE: http://bit.ly/VgnfHu About Teen Titans GO!: TEEN TITANS GO! is a comedy featuring the beloved DC heroes seen in a ske
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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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How NASA Built the Fastest Spacecraft Ever

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Engineers and designers working on the Parker Solar Probe tackled challenges such as size, weight, and extreme heat. Their design combined unique materials and underwent rigorous testing to transform the Probe into a record-breaking spacecraft. This Is No
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Radioactive Boy Scout - How Teen David Hahn Built a Nuclear Reactor

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Think a teenager can't build a nuclear breeder reactor without getting caught? Think again. David Hahn, aka the Radioactive Boy Scout, was able to easily collect radioactive and highly dangerous materials to experiment with nuclear energy. Just when you t
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Why Don't Sled Dogs Ever Get Tired?

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Thanks to Squarespace for sponsoring this video! https://squarespace.com/minuteearth Sled dogs are the best endurance athletes in the world thanks to a weird quirk in their metabolism. Thanks also to our supporters on https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth _
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A new way to mix oil and water

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

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

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Solar energy technology is becoming more efficient and more effective while also becoming invisible to the naked eye - here's how. Which Power Source Is More Efficient? - http://bit.ly/28LCSkh Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI
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One giant leap for the mini cheetah

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

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A team of MIT engineers turned to LEGO bricks as the basis of their new microfluidic design because of their precision and consistency. No matter where in the world they are found, LEGO bricks are guaranteed to line up, and snap seamlessly and securely in
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Where does the periodic table end?

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Read more: https://scim.ag/2WArizx Credits producer/editor Meagan Cantwell supervising producers Sarah Crespi Lila Guterman story by Sam Kean photos and video Archive.org Kyodo Luca Florio Max Aguilera Hellweg U.S. Department of Energy Videoblocks illustr
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DAFFY DUCK HD 4K KIDS COLLECTION VOL. 1 | Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies | Cartoons for Children

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Daffy Duck Vol. 1 Collection contains four classic Looney Tunes cartoons for children. All cartoons have been remastered and restored in high definition ultra HD 4K (2160p) and closed captioned. Daffy Duck is a crazy duck that many times revials Bugs Bunn
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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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Scientists Explore the Breaking Point Between Classical and Quantum Physics

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Crazy, but true: quantum objects can stay cool despite a growing energy supply. To understand how that happens, we must first explore the line where classic physics ends and quantum physics begins. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch
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The Importance of Staring Out Of The Window

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We are so busy and so obsessed with our phones, we rarely take a break to do that vital and rather philosophical thing: stare out of the window. Looking to achieve a better state of calm? Try our calm cards. http://bit.ly/29D6yiW If you like our films, ta
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Lining the GI tract

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

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Grab a mic, pick a song and unleash your inner singer. Thats all you need for a great time at a karaoke bar. Karaoke is everywhere, but have you ever wondered where it came from?Karaoke originated in 1968 in Osaka, Japan and by definition it literally des
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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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How Long To Fall Through The Earth?

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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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Biodiesel: The Afterlife Of Oil - Natascia Radice

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/biodiesel-the-afterlife-of-oil-natascia-radice How could you dispose of your cooking oil when you're done cooking? The easiest thing to do might be to pour it down your drain -- but if you save it up and send it
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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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Glowing plants provide light to read

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

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MIT engineers have transformed spinach plants into sensors that can detect explosives and wirelessly relay that information to a handheld device similar to a smartphone. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2016/nanobionic-spinach-plants-detect-explosives-103
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Bacteriopolis | Exploratorium

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The colored areas are different types of bacteria. The colors come from different pigment molecules that the bacteria use to capture energy from light. All these bacteria were in the pond mud we used to make this exhibit. But bacteria in a pond don't look
Atlas | Partners in Parkour

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Parkour is the perfect sandbox for the Atlas team at Boston Dynamics to experiment with new behaviors. In this video our humanoid robots demonstrate their whole-body athletics, maintaining its balance through a variety of rapidly changing, high-energy act
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Wheels, Bombs, and Perpetual Motion Machines

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This is a collaboration with the Royal Institution! Go check out their video here: https://youtu.be/sScrtGdKmho -- Perpetual motion machines are badly named. And impossible. But that hasn't stopped a lot of people trying to build them. Sure, you could try
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This Massive Black Hole Is Blasting a Jet at 99% the Speed of Light

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Jets of particles appear to be streaming from the center of the supermassive black hole M87* faster than the speed of light. But how could that be the case??! Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPl
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What Will The Big Crunch Do To Earth?

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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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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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What Percentage Of Your Brain Do You Use? - Richard E. Cytowic

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http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-percentage-of-your-brain-do-you-use-richard-e-cytowic Two thirds of the population believes a myth that has been propagated for over a century: that we use only 10% of our brains. Hardly! Our neuron-dense brains have evolved
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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Festo - BionicKangaroo (English)

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With the BionicKangaroo, Festo has technologically reproduced the unique way the kangaroo moves. Like its natural role model, it can recover the energy exerted when jumping, store it and retrieve it efficiently on the next jump. ---- Find out more: http:/
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BUGS BUNNY HD 4K KIDS COLLECTION Vol. 1 | Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies | Cartoons for Children

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Bugs Bunny Vol. 1 Collection contains four classic Looney Tunes cartoons for children. All cartoons have been remastered and restored in high definition ultra HD 4K (2160p) and closed captioned. Bugs Bunny is one of the most well known cartoon characters
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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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What If We Created a Black Hole on Earth? (We can!)

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Somewhere, deep underground in super-secret laboratories, scientists are trying to create a black hole. It looks like the latest experiment was a success! The black hole hovers above the desk for a moment, but then, in a split second, it eats it whole. Th
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Teen Titans Go! | Shrimps And Prime Rib | Cartoon Network

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Beast Boy is tasked to "take out" the robot guard so that he and the other Titans can gain access to the building, but his definition of "take out" is a little different than what the other Teen Titans had in mind... CN GAMES: http://bit.ly/CNGames SUBSCR
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The Most Unusual Source Of Power You've Never Heard Of

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Iceland's superpowered underground volcanoes - Jean-Baptiste P. Koehl

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Explore how geothermal energy the heat in the Earths crust is being used to create renewable electricity and power.--While the weather in Iceland is often cold, wet, and windy, a nearly endless supply of heat bubbles away below the surface. In fact, almos
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What Happens When You Point the World's Largest Microscope at Nothing?

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The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, the European Center for Nuclear Research, is the world's largest and most energy particle collider. It began operating in 2009, and since that point approximately 2,000 papers have been published based on this data. I wi
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Photosynthesis: The Biochemistry Behind How Plants Make Their Food

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Plants, unlike most living things, produce their own food through a process called photosynthesis. Photosynthesis means 'making using light'. Plants use the energy from the sunlight to make food. The food matter comes from carbon dioxide present in the ai
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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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SpongeBob & Patrick = Friendship GOALS! | 20 Minute Compilation | SpongeBob

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SpongeBob and Patrick are the definition of goals when it comes to best friends. Whether they are hanging out and just walking around Bikini Bottom or living in their own imagination, these two just love each other's company. Check out some of their best
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Why It Is What Time It Is (The History of Time)

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A brief history of time… Don’t miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ How did we come up with our system of telling time? Why do we divide the day into 24 hour
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Why Solar Storms Are So Dangerous | Strip the Cosmos

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More than 20 solar storms a day can occur on the surface of the sun. These energy surges can cause real problems down on Earth. | For more STRIP THE COSMOS, visit http://www.sciencechannel.com/tv-shows/strip-the-cosmos/#mkcpgn=ytsci1 Subscribe to Science
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How does an air conditioner actually work? - Anna Rothschild

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Dig into the science of how heat pumps both heat and cool a home, and find out the benefits and drawbacks of this technology.--Typically, with any piece of technology, you pump one unit of energy in and you get about one out. Thats just the first law of t
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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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Whisper tube science demonstration /// Homemade Science with Bruce Yeany

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The whisper tube is a 35 foot long vacuum hose that is able to carry whispers for the length of the tube with very little loss of energy. Even though the person speaking is 35 feet away, to the person listening, it sounds just as loud as if the person wer
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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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How Stress Affects Your Brain - Madhumita Murgia

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-stress-affects-your-brain-madhumita-murgia Stress isn’t always a bad thing; it can be handy for a burst of extra energy and focus, like when you’re playing a competitive sport or have to speak in public. But
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Making Medallions at MIT

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

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The list of materials that can be produced by 3-D printing has grown to include not just plastics but also metal, glass, and even food. Now, MIT researchers are expanding the list further, with the design of a system that can 3-D print the basic structure
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Should You Wipe Off Your Sweat?

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Want to donate to the highest-impact charities AND get your donation matched up to $100? Visit https://Givewell.org/MinutePhysicsIf youre in scorching heat, or when your body is working hard and youve got hot, hot sweat all over, sticky and stifling - doe
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Tubes and Taps: "Flight of the Bumblebee!"

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I recently had the pleasure of collaborating with the one-and-only Snubby J, mastermind of the RimbaTubes! This instrument requires an epic amount of energy. And I thought tap dancing was hard!!SnubbyJ's channel: https://youtube.com/snubbyjSnubbyJ's Insta
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Why Do People Pull Out Their Own Hair?

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Between 2 and 4 percent of the population suffer from trichotillomania or hair pulling syndrome. What triggers this? Follow Ali on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AliMattu Read More: Trichotillomania: Hair-pulling Disorder http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-
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What Is An Aurora? - Michael Molina

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-epic-solar-winds-make-brilliant-polar-lights-michael-molina Why do we see those stunning lights in the northern- and southernmost portions of the night sky? The Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis occur whe
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How Stress Affects Your Body - Sharon Horesh Bergquist

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-stress-affects-your-body-sharon-horesh-bergquist Our hard-wired stress response is designed to gives us the quick burst of heightened alertness and energy needed to perform our best. But stress isn’t all goo
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Re-thinking Progress: The Circular Economy

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There's a world of opportunity to re-think and re-design the way we make stuff. 'Re-Thinking Progress' explores how through a change in perspective we can re-design the way our economy works - designing products that can be 'made to be made again' and pow
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How highly magnetized neutron stars set off powerful cosmic explosions

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Recent eruptions have helped researchers better understand magnetarsIn 1979, a messenger arrived from deep space: Satellites detected a mysteriously short and powerful flash of gamma rays, the highest energy form of light. In the decades since, researcher
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The Ocean Holds Enough Uranium To Power The Planet For 10,000 Years

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Stanford University researchers have found a new way to extract particles of Uranium from seawater. Could this bring us closer to sustainable nuclear power? The Internet Is Overreacting About Fukushima's Radiation, Here's Why - https://youtu.be/_jVm0N2dnh
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Dark Matter: Crash Course Astronomy #41

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Today on Crash Course Astronomy, Phil dives into some very dark matters. The stuff we can actually observe in the universe isn’t all there is. Galaxies and other large structures in the universe are created and shifted by a force we detect mostly indirect
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Light leaves leaves light | Photosynthetic Floatation - Science Snack Activity

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Light leaves leaves light. Photosynthetic organisms capture energy from the sun and matter from the air to make the food we eat, while also producing the oxygen we breathe. In this Snack, oxygen produced during photosynthesis makes leaf bits float like bu
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This Fluoride Battery Could Mean Phone Batteries That Last a Week

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Scientists have been working on this alternative battery design since the 1970s, and now they’ve made a breakthrough. Is this the end of the lithium-ion battery? Batteries! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAg_8iCLIIw&list=PL6uC-XGZC7X5nglarE119ScPQ_MEyJ
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Food waste is the world's dumbest problem

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Eat your peas! It’s the easiest way to fight climate change. This is the fourth episode of Climate Lab, a six-part series produced by the University of California in partnership with Vox. Hosted by Emmy-nominated conservation scientist Dr. M. Sanjayan, th
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Is there life on your nose?

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Microbes: they live on and inside your body and in the rest of the world. In all honesty, however, what exactly do we really know about these tiny invisible creatures? This reason is why Micropia, the only microbe museum in the world, shows how incredible
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Movable microplatform floating on droplets

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A new approach to microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), developed by a team of researchers at MIT, could offer a new way of making movable parts with no solid connections between the pieces, potentially eliminating a major source of wear and failure. (Le
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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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How to fight climate change with parking lots

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Why havent we covered them in solar panels?This episode is presented by Delta. Delta doesnt have a say in our editorial, but they make videos like this possible. For more information, visit http://www.delta.com/sustainability.Subscribe to our channel and
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BUGS BUNNY & DAFFY DUCK KIDS COLLECTION 2 | Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies | Cartoons for Children

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Bugs Bunny & Daffy Duck Kids Collection 2 is a compilation with 4 classic Looney Tunes (Merrie Melodies) cartoons for children. All cartoons have been remastered and restored in high definition ultra HD 4K (2160p) and closed captioned. Bugs Bunny & Daffy
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The Sun | Interesting Facts | Nuclear fusion | Science

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Great research and facts about the Star in our Solar System, the Sun. Learn about the size of the Sun and also about the Thermo Nuclear Fusion that goes about in it, which is what powers it. See how Hyderogen atoms undergo Nuclear Fusion to generate Heliu
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The Meaning Of Knowledge: Crash Course Philosophy #7

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On today’s episode...CATS. Also: Hank talks about some philosophy stuff, like a few of the key concepts philosophers use when discussing belief and knowledge, such as what defines an assertion and a proposition, and that belief is a kind of propositional
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Jugglers Hit The Right Note

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OUTRAGEOUS ACTS OF SCIENCE http://www.sciencechannelgo.com When their hands hit the tubes it gives the air inside more energy. Those air molecules move in order to create vibrations and musical notes. Watch full episodes: https://www.sciencechannelgo.com
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BUGS BUNNY & DAFFY DUCK KIDS COLLECTION 1 | Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies | Cartoons for Children

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Bugs Bunny & Daffy Duck Kids Collection 1 is a compilation with 4 classic Looney Tunes (Merrie Melodies) cartoons for children. All cartoons have been remastered and restored in high definition ultra HD 4K (2160p) and closed captioned. Bugs Bunny & Daffy
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Our Brains Can Store 10x More Than We Thought!

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Researchers have just figured out how much storage space we have in our brains. How much is it and how do they know? 3 Ways To Improve Your Memory ►►►► http://bit.ly/20P1MG7 Sign Up For The TestTube Newsletter Here ►►►► http://bit.ly/1myXbFG Read More: Me
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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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How to Make a Cold Fire Torch That You Can Touch and Not Get Burned!

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Get your Action Lab Box Now! https://www.theactionlab.com/In this video I show you how to make cold fire! I show you why fire is normally hot and why plasmas are usually hot. Then I show you how to actually make cold fire by removing the thermal energy of
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The Death Of The Universe - Renée Hlozek

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-death-of-the-universe-renee-hlozek The shape, contents and future of the universe are all intricately related. We know that it's mostly flat; we know that it's made up of baryonic matter (like stars and plan
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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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Going green shouldn't be this hard

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Going green does not need to be a sacrifice, either for us as individuals or for businesses, governments and the economy. This is the second episode of Climate Lab, a six-part series produced by the University of California in partnership with Vox. Hosted
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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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An engineer in Chile created a device that could use earthquake vibrations to charge phones

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Luciano Chiang, a Chilean engineer, built a machine that turns the earth's vibrations into energy that can be used to charge phones and small electronics. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/sai FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/techinsider TWITTER

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