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Hawking's black hole paradox explained - Fabio Pacucci

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Where does quantum information go when it enters a black hole? Investigate the theories of the black hole information paradox. --Today, one of the biggest paradoxes in the universe threatens to unravel modern science: the black hole information paradox. E
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The Guy Who Figured Out How Snowflakes Work

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Dr Ken Libbrecht is the world expert on snowflakes, designer of custom snowflakes, snowflake consultant for the movie Frozen - his photos appear on postage stamps all over the world. This video is sponsored by Brilliant. The first 200 people to sign up vi
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A Mickey Mouse Cartoon : Season 2 Episodes 11-19 | Disney Shorts

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Oh, boy! Get ready to laugh while watching some favorite shorts starring Mickey Mouse and his friends Donald Duck, Goofy, Minnie Mouse, Pluto, and more. #HappyBirthdayMickey New Mickey Mouse Cartoons season 2 full episodes 11-18 Ep. 11: Mickey Monkey Ep.
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History of Bionics

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The history of bionics **** SOURCES AND LINKS **** Nyctalope http://www.coolfrenchcomics.com/nyctalope.htm Cyborg http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/09/the-man-who-first-said-cyborg-50-years-later/63821/ http://web.mit.edu/digitalapollo/Do
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Bookside High E01: SCHOOL BULLY Paralyzes Student | Dhar Mann Studios

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Ugly History: Witch Hunts - Brian A. Pavlac

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Uncover the history of the witch hunts that swept through Europe and the American colonies from the 15th century until the 18th century.--In the German town of Nrdlingen in 1593, innkeeper Maria Hll found herself accused of witchcraft. She was arrested fo
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All The Times We Nearly Blew Up The World

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How do ocean currents work? - Jennifer Verduin

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Dive into the science of ocean currents (including the Global Conveyor Belt current), and find out how climate change affects them. -- In 1992, a cargo ship carrying bath toys got caught in a storm. Shipping containers washed overboard, and the waves swep
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Vultures: The acid-puking, plague-busting heroes of the ecosystem - Kenny Coogan

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Explore the essential role vultures play in cleaning our ecosystems and why their conservation is key to a healthy planet.--In the African grasslands, a gazelle suffering from tuberculosis takes its last breath. The animals corpse threatens to infect the
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Does Homeopathy Work?

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Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions Homeopathy is a category of “alternative medicine” that emerged some 200 years ago. But does it work? While a growing number of people are turning to such remedies to treat a range of health conditions, the majority o
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We made an epic fireworks display to explain every aspect of fireworks

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Paleoart: Painting the Land Before Time

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The Field Museum has a long history of hiring artists to help teach people about the dinosaurs and other early life on earth. Maybe you've heard of the famous painter Charles R. Knight -- but what about John Conrad Hansen, or Maidi Wiebe? After months of
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The rise and fall of the Byzantine Empire - Leonora Neville

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Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-byzantine-empire-leonora-neville Most history books will tell you that the Roman Empire fell in the fifth century CE, but this
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What Happened At The Beginning Of Time? - with Dan Hooper

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Were learning more and more about the recent history of our universe, but how much do we really know about its very first few seconds?Dans book "At The Edge Of Time" is available now - https://geni.us/noTSAWatch the Q&A: https://youtu.be/Vjkj0m9YgcAEver s
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What's Actually the Plane of the Future

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Why is cotton in everything? - Michael R. Stiff

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Dig into the science of how cotton transforms from seed to fiber, and how these cotton fibers are used to make everything from fabrics, to currency, and fishing nets.--Centuries ago, the Inca developed ingenuous suits of armor that could protect warriors
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Can you solve the cheating royal riddle? - Dan Katz

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Practice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/TedEd/--Youre the chief advisor to an eccentric king who needs to declare his successor. He wants his heir to be good at arithmetic, lucky, and above all else, honest. So hes devised a competition to
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Can you solve the cuddly duddly fuddly wuddly riddle? - Dan Finkel

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Youve promised to get your son the cutest creature in creation: the cuddly. Can you outsmart the cuddly incubator and go home a hero?--Youve promised to get your son the cutest creature in creation: the cuddly. Its part of the Wuddly species, cousin to th
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Why Do Things Spin? - with Hugh Hunt

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Why does a spinning top stand up? Why doesn't a rolling wheel fall over? And how does a falling cat always manage to land on its feet?You can find more of Hugh's work on his website here: http://www2.eng.cam.ac.uk/~hemh1/From topspin in tennis, to angular
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A Mickey Mouse Cartoon : Season 2 Episodes 1-10 | Disney Shorts

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Oh, boy! Get ready to laugh while watching some favorite shorts starring Mickey Mouse and his friends Donald Duck, Goofy, Minnie Mouse, Pluto, and more. #HappyBirthdayMickey New Mickey Mouse Cartoons season 2 full episodes 1-10 Ep. 1: Cable Car Chaos Ep.
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Weenie War | TOO LOUD

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The Chestertown Food Fair is here, and Sara decides to help Patrick with his hot dog sales. But its going to be difficult with his sneaky competition Polly Bretzel right across the street! Credits Created and Directed by: Nico ColaleoVoice Talent:Sara: Ke
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Can you solve the riddle and escape Hades? - Dan Finkel

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Practice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/TedEd/--The underworld is overcrowded, and Zeus has ordered Hades to let some spirits out. Hades arranges all the souls of the dead in a line before Cerberus. When one of his three heads bites down on
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Voyager 2 Discovers Wall of Fire at Solar System's Edge

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You can buy Universe Sandbox 2 here: http://amzn.to/2yJqwU6 Wonderful Person t-shirts: https://teespring.com/stores/whatdamath Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about the reports of what Voyager 2 discovered as it left th
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What Will Technology Look Like In 100 Years?

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Why should you read "Hamlet"? - Iseult Gillespie

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Explore William Shakespeares classic tragedy, Hamlet, a play about conspiracy, deception and the tragic consequences of indecision.--Whos there? Whispered in the dark, this question begins a tale of conspiracy, deception and moral ambiguity. And in a play
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The rise and fall of historys first empire - Soraya Field Fiorio

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Discover historys first empire: Sumer, located in Mesopotamia, which built the worlds first cities and created the first writing system.--Historys first empire rose out of a hot, dry landscape, without rainfall to nourish crops, without trees or stones fo
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The magical, mathematical fictions of Jorge Luis Borges - Ilan Stavans

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Dive into the mind-bending works of Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges, whose work pioneered the literary style magical realism.--What would it be like to have a limitless memory? Can the meaning of life be found in an infinite library? Is time a labyri
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Why should you read The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy? - Laura Wright

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Dig into Arundhati Roys The God of Small Things, and follow the story of fraternal twins whose lives are destroyed by societys Love Laws. --Set in a small town in India, The God of Small Things revolves around fraternal twins Rahel and Estha, who are sepa
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How do blood transfusions work? - Bill Schutt

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Dive into the history of the life-saving procedure of blood transfusions and how it has evolved since the 17th century. --In 1881, doctor William Halsted rushed to help his sister Minnie, who was hemorrhaging after childbirth. He quickly inserted a needle
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How do viruses jump from animals to humans? - Ben Longdon

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Discover the science of how viruses can jump from one species to another and the deadly epidemics that can result from these pathogens.--At a Maryland country fair in 2017, farmers reported feverish hogs with inflamed eyes and running snouts. While farmer
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Trying the Ramen Spice Challenge

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This ramen is on If you're looking for a ramen that can surprise you, excite you or even BLOW AWAY your taste buds? Then you've stopped on the right video! This is Samyangs Buldak-Bokkeum-Myeon. This instant ramen has set the benchmark for all other ramen
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The tale of the doctor who defied Death - Iseult Gillespie

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Dive into the German tale of Godfather Death and his godson, the doctor who tries to master mortality.--A husband and wife were in despair. The woman had just given birth to their 13th child, and the growing family was quickly running out of food and mone
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Student HIDES His DISABILITY From SCHOOL, What Happens Is Shocking | Dhar Mann

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How the Monkey King escaped the underworld - Shunan Teng

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Meet Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, and follow his journey to the Realm of the Dead and his fierce battle to escape the underworld.--The Monkey King, a legendary troublemaker hatched from stone and schooled in divine magic, had stolen the Dragon Lords most
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Is Meat Really that Bad?

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The first 1,000 people to use this link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare:https://skl.sh/kurzgesagtinanutshell11211Sources & further reading:https://sites.google.com/view/sources-climate-meat/Food is arguably the best thing about being alive. No
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Price Schools - I'm Here (Official Video)

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Interested in becoming a Price Knight? Our K-12 school is now open for enrollment for the 2019/20 school year. Request a tour! http://www.priceschools.org/imhere (323) 789-3885 Original music written and performed by Frederick K.C. Price III Christian Sch
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Why should you read Lord of the Flies by William Golding? - Jill Dash

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Explore William Goldings timeless satire, Lord of the Flies, which follows a group of shipwrecked boys as they descend into anarchy. --After witnessing the atrocities of his fellow man in World War II, William Golding was losing his faith in humanity. Lat
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The meaning of life according to Simone de Beauvoir - Iseult Gillespie

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Explore the life and works of Simone de Beauvoir, the author of The Second Sex and existentialist philosopher who influenced early feminist theory. --At the age of 21, Simone de Beauvoir became the youngest person to take the philosophy exams at Frances m
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The touch lamp; a neat idea, and older than you'd think!

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I think we really oughta make this fashionable again, don't you?Links and stuff down below!First, the patents!Aladdin's Fantastical Lamp;https://patents.google.com/patent/US2810066Scott M Kunen's not-original patent;https://patents.google.com/patent/US466
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Can you solve the Big Bang riddle? - James Tanton

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Practice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/TedEd--Its moments after the Big Bang and youre still reeling. Youre a particle of matter, amidst a chaotic stew of forces, fusion, and annihilation. If youre lucky and avoid being destroyed by antima
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How to 3D print human tissue - Taneka Jones

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Explore the science of bioprinting, a type of 3D printing that uses bioink, a printable material that contains living cells. --There are currently hundreds of thousands of people on transplant lists, waiting for critical organs like kidneys, hearts and li
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The secret language of trees - Camille Defrenne and Suzanne Simard

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Learn how trees are able to communicate with each other through a vast root system and symbiotic fungi, called mycorrhizae.--Most of the forest lives in the shadow of the giants that make up the highest canopy. These are the oldest trees, with hundreds of
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A day in the life of a Cossack warrior - Alex Gendler

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Join the Cossack soldier Stepan as he tries to keep order in the battalion and help his people regain their independence. --The year is 1676, and a treaty has officially ended hostilities between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Ottoman Empire.
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The dangers of mixing drugs - Celine Valery

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Explore the science of why mixing drugs and drug interactions with other substances can lead to dangerous health complications.--Which of the following is risky behavior: a person taking cholesterol medicine with grapefruit juice? Or a person taking Aceta
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How Are Skyscrapers Engineered? - with Roma Agrawal

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How high can we build skyscrapers with the help of new materials and technologies?Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibeBuy Roma's book "Built: The Hidden Stories Behind our Structures" now - https://geni.us/UcXf3Roma Agrawal delv
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Could Kangaroo Farts Curb Global Warming?

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Cows burps release a ton of methane into the atmosphere. Can other animals, like kangaroos, teach us how to make cow gas more eco-friendly?Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1FkxVLb Twitter! https://twitter.com/gross_science Tumblr! http://grossscience.tumblr.com/W
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Are all of your memories real? - Daniel L. Schacter

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Dig into the psychology of how memories are susceptible to false information and why we shouldnt treat them as truth.--In a 1990s study, participants recalled getting lost in a shopping mall as children. Some shared these memories in vivid detail, but the
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The Heart, Part 2 - Heart Throbs: Crash Course A&P #26

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Today we're talking the heart and heart throbs -- both literal and those of the televised variety. Hank explains how your heart’s pacemaker cells use leaky membranes to generate their own action potentials, and how the resulting electricity travels throug
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Can you solve the feeding frenzy riddle? - Henri Picciotto

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Practice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/TedEd--As Numberlands best detective, you thought youd seen it all. But the desiccated corpses of prominent natural numbers have been showing up all over the city. A lockdown is ordered from sundown t
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Pinocchio | Teaser Trailer | Disney+

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When you wish upon a star Watch the trailer for the all-new live action #Pinocchio and stream the movie, a #DisneyPlusDay premiere, September 8 on @DisneyPlus. The global celebration of Disney+ Day will return on Thursday, September 8, 2022, leading into
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A brief history of dogs - David Ian Howe

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Trace the history of how wolves, one of humanity’s oldest rivals, evolved into the domesticated dogs we call “man’s best friend.” -- Since their emergence over 200,000 years ago, modern humans have established communities all over the planet. But they did
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How the Meter Became the Meter

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Try CuriosityStream and learn something new today: http://curiositystream.com/smart ↓ More info and sources below ↓ The meter is the world’s ultimate measure, but how did it become “the” meter? What is this measurement based on? The story of this revoluti
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Drilling a hole in a living Egg... to save it

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Unless you know what you're doing, don't. I have found a paper on 'safety holes'... very interesting. One could argue that chicks that are not strong enough to get out of the egg by themselves should not survive. I have a different opinion. To me all life
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Ethical dilemma: The burger murders - George Siedel and Christine Ladwig

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Whats the best way to handle a crisis in business? Dig into how different strategies can work when faced with an ethical dilemma.--You founded a company that manufactures meatless burgers that are sold in stores worldwide. But youve recently received awfu
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What's the Colour of Music? Messiaen and Colour

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Many composers over the years have claimed to experience synaesthesia, a condition where one sense is activated by experiencing another, and for music, this normally means that when someone hears sounds, they see colours. Scriabin, Liszt and Ligeti are so
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Why 8 Eyes Are Better Than 2 (If You're a Spider )

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Check out Rogue History on @PBS Origins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuT35ud41QQ More info and sources below Why do spiders have 8 eyes? Its a seemingly simple question with a surprisingly complex answer. Well be hanging out with some jumping spiders
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What's so special about Viking ships? - Jan Bill

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Explore the history and technology of Viking longships, which helped the Scandinavians conquer trade routes and new territories.--As the Roman Empire flourished, Scandinavians had small settlements and no central government. Yet by the 11th century, they
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String Theory Explained – What is The True Nature of Reality?

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Is String Theory the final solution for all of physic’s questions or an overhyped dead end? This video was funded by SNSF under Agora Grant n. 171622 and through the NCCR SwissMAP: The Mathematics of Physics. Kurzgesagt Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/cRUQx
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Pulse Oximeters; An Amazing Use of Light

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You might have been seeing a lot about these little devices lately. Have you ever wondered how they work? Well, let's find out! This channel is supported through viewer contribution on Patreon. Thanks to the generous support of people like you, Technology
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Cantor's Infinity Paradox | Set Theory

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Sign up to brilliant.org to receive a 20% discount with this link! https://brilliant.org/upandatom/ Cantor sets and the nature of infinity in set theory. Hi! I'm Jade. Subscribe to Up and Atom for new physics, math and computer science videos every two we
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Game theory challenge: Can you predict human behavior? - Lucas Husted

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Solve this classic game theory challenge: given integers from 0 to 100, what would the whole number closest to of the average of all numbers guessed be?--Given a range of integers from 0 to 100, what would the whole number closest to 2/3 of the average of
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How to Do Maths Without a Calculator - with Rob Eastaway

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Knowing how to quickly estimate sizes and numbers is a useful everyday application of maths.Buy Rob's book "Maths on the Back of an Envelope" now - https://geni.us/yaeUJwHow many cats are there in the world? What's the chance of winning the lottery twice?
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The lovable (and lethal) sea lion - Claire Simeone

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Plunge into the oceans depths to take a closer look at the sea lions hunting skills, and to learn more about how climate change is affecting its habitat. --Sunning themselves on rocks or waddling awkwardly across the beach, its easy to think of sea lions
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But What Are NFTs Actually

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Get started with Brilliant for free: https://brilliant.org/stevemould. The first 200 people get 20% off Brilliant's annual premium subscription.When you know the technical details of what NFTs are you realise that the way most people talk about them is co
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Cashier SHAMES POOR MOM On Food Stamps, What Happens Next Is Shocking | Dhar Mann

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You really shouldn't judge someone before you get to know them. Hi #DharMannFam, thanks for watching my video! For exclusive giveaways & more inspirational content follow me on Instagram here: http://bit.ly/2Kcbgs2Also, did you know we have an official Fa
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Harvard Professor Explains Algorithms in 5 Levels of Difficulty | WIRED

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From the physical world to the virtual world, algorithms are seemingly everywhere. David J. Malan, Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University, has been challenged to explain the science of algorithms to 5 different people; a child, a teen, a coll
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Risking My Life To Settle A Physics Debate

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Everyone will say this craft breaks the laws of physics. This video is sponsored by Kiwico, For 50% off your first month of any subscription crate from KiwiCo (available in 40 countries!) head to https://www.kiwico.com/Veritasium50 A HUGE thanks to Rick a
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The Amazonian myth of the goblins' revenge - Nathan D. Horowitz

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Discover the Siekopai myth of the air goblins, spirits who fly and control the winds, as they clash with the human world. --Deep in the Amazon rainforest in the river Neaocoy lived a school of particularly big and tasty fish. When the rains came and the w
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Essential Functions of Sleep: Learning, Memory and Changing Your Mind - with Gina Poe

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Sleep is vital to our wellbeing. The stages of deep and dreamless slow wave sleep and vivid dreaming REM sleep both have important traits. They each have their role to play in cleaning, up, putting away, and integrating new items into our knowledge schema
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The mysterious origins of life on Earth - Luka Seamus Wright

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Where on Earth did life begin? Explore the hydrothermal vents in Earths crust as simple compounds gave way to complex life. --Billions of years ago, simple organic compounds assembled into more complex coalitions that could grow and reproduce. At the time
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The hidden life of Rosa Parks - Riche D. Richardson

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Learn about the life of civil rights activist Rosa Parks her work with the NAACP, bus boycotts, and her lifelong fight against racial inequality.--Throughout her life, Rosa Parks repeatedly challenged racial violence and the prejudiced systems protecting
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What is consciousness? - Michael S. A. Graziano

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Explore the theories of human consciousness and the science of how your brain works to create a conscious experience. -- Patient P.S. suffered a stroke that damaged the right side of her brain, leaving her unaware of everything on her left side. If someon
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This Machine makes me WEIGHTLESS!!

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Become a bullet jumping Space Ninja for FREE on all platforms https://wrfr.me/duviri-furze-01Get a special Bullet Jump item pack with my code: DUVIRI-FURZE (limit 1 per player)Thanks to Warframe and its latest update - The Duviri Paradox - for sponsoring
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11 Levels of Prosthetic Makeup: Easy to Complex | WIRED

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Professional prosthetic makeup artist Meg Wilbur explains special effects makeup in 11 levels of difficulty, from easy to complex. Special effects makeup is a really broad category, so Meg defines complexity as increasingly elaborate flourishes, texture a
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Christmas Lectures 2022: Lecture 3/3 with Sue Black

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Professor Sue Black investigates a heist in the Ri, and reveals how forensics works in the courtroom. This is is the third of the annual Royal Institution Christmas lectures for 2022.Watch the first lecture here: https://youtu.be/Bo18brJhK1IWatch the seco
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Does Shaving Cream Do Anything?

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Whether you rock sideburns or baby-smooth legs, all shavers share one concern –– the threat of razor-sharp metal. But luckily, shaving cream packs the right chemistry to keep us looking good while protecting our sensitive skin. What is this fantastic foam
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Who Owns The Statue of Liberty? (New Jersey vs New York)

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Bizarre borders part 4! Discuss this video: https://old.reddit.com/r/CGPGrey/comments/9son6t/who_owns_the_statue_of_liberty/ Wallpapers on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/project-liberty-22392131 Special thanks: Jameson W. Doig, Professor Emeritus,
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How one scientist took on the chemical industry - Mark Lytle

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Discover the groundbreaking environmental work of Rachel Carson, whose book Silent Spring explores how human actions threaten the balance of nature. --In 1958, after receiving a letter describing the deaths of songbirds due to the pesticide known as DDT,
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Chemical Wonders with Andrew Szydlo

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Why do things change colour, why do things burn, and most of all why do things explode? Andrew will take us on a journey through the exciting, confusing and sometimes explosive world of chemical changes. Andrew Szydlo is a chemist and secondary school tea
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Can the ocean run out of oxygen? - Kate Slabosky

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Get to know how a healthy marine ecosystem functions, and what creates the lethal conditions that lead to dead zones. --For most of the year, the Gulf of Mexico is teeming with marine life, from tiny crustaceans to massive whales. But every summer, disast
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How Do Our Brains Perceive the World Around Us? - with Anil Seth

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How does our brain translate visual signals into a conscious experience?Watch Anil's talk on the same topic: https://youtu.be/qXcH26M7PQMAnil's new book "Being You" is available now: https://geni.us/anilAnil Seth is Professor of Cognitive and Computationa
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The Unbelievable Story of Earths Most Epic Flood

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Head to http://actnow.climeworks.com/besmart and learn more about removing CO from the air. More info and sources below One day around 15,000 years ago, a wall of ice 2,000 feet tall and 30 miles wide suddenly broke wide open, and it unleashed the largest
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How the world's longest underwater tunnel was built - Alex Gendler

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Discover how the English Channel Tunnel was built and the engineering challenges of building a 200 kilometer long tunnel underwater.--Flanked by two powerful nations, the English Channel has long been one of the worlds most important maritime passages. Ye
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The Fundamental Constituents of Matter and the Eightfold Way

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Join Ben Still as he deconstructs particle physics brick by brick on a journey through the creation of the standard model.Ben's book: https://geni.us/X7TggmLearn more on Ben Still's channel: youtube.com/drbenstill Visit Ben Still's website: http://pprc.qm
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The world depends on a strange collection of items. They're not cheap

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Why every world map is wrong - Kayla Wolf

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Homeopathy Explained – Gentle Healing or Reckless Fraud?

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The Genius of 3D Printed Rockets

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3D printed rockets save on up front tooling, enable rapid iteration, decrease part count, and facilitate radically new designs. For your chance to win 2 seats on one of the first Virgin Galactic flights to Space and support a great cause, go to https://ww
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The chaotic brilliance of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat - Jordana Moore Saggese

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Learn about the life of American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, from his start as part of graffiti duo SAMO to his rise as an internationally renowned painter. -- Like Beat writers who composed their work by shredding and reassembling scraps of writing, art
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An unsung hero of the civil rights movement - Christina Greer

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Learn about the life of Bayard Rustin, a leader in the Civil Rights Movement, a gay rights activist, and one of Martin Luther King’s closest advisors. -- In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech at the March on Washington to n
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Could The Universe Be Inside A Black Hole?

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PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to:http://to.pbs.org/DonateSPACE Sign Up on Patreon to get access to the Space Time Discord! https://www.patreon.com/pbsspacetime What is inside a black hole? Inevitable crush
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The wicked wit of Jane Austen - Iseult Gillespie

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English novelist Jane Austen’s beloved works, like “Pride and Prejudice,” explored the dependence of women on marriage in British high society. -- Whether she’s describing bickering families, quiet declarations of love, or juicy gossip, Jane Austen’s writ
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Christmas Lectures 2022: Lecture 2/3 with Sue Black

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Professor Sue Black investigates a mysterious crime scene, and reveals some of the forensic techniques that are used to track down criminals. This is the second of the 2022 Royal Institution annual Christmas lectures.Watch the first lecture here: https://
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How to speak whale with Tom Mustill and Michael Bronstein

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The Math (and money) of Soccer Stickers - Numberphile

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A day in the life of an ancient Peruvian shaman - Gabriel Prieto

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Follow Quexo, a Peruvian shaman, as he searches for cinnabar to complete a special ritual that will protect his village from winter storms.--The year is 1400 BCE. At the temple of the fisherman, the morning is unusually still and this is just the latest i
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The accident that changed the world - Allison Ramsey and Mary Staicu

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Learn how Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, and how the antibiotic has changed medicine and the treatment of infections. --In 1928, scientist Alexander Fleming returned to his lab and found something unexpected: a colony of mold growing on a Petri
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Can you solve the dragon jousting riddle? - Alex Gendler

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Practice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/TedEd/ -- After years of war, the worlds kingdoms have come to an agreement. Every five years, teams representing the elves, goblins, and treefolk will compete in a grand tournament of dragon jousting
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The Fourier Series and Fourier Transform Demystified

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Why doesn't the Leaning Tower of Pisa fall over? - Alex Gendler

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Dig into the 800 year history and architecture of the Leaning Tower of Pisa and find out what gives the tower its infamous tilt. --In 1990, the Italian government enlisted top engineers to stabilize Pisas famous Leaning Tower. Thered been many attempts du
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Mathematics is the Art of the Shortcut - with Marcus du Sautoy

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From algebra to geometry, maths is often about finding shortcuts to large problems.Marcus' new book is available now: https://geni.us/dusautoyMarcus du Sautoy is the Charles Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at the Oxford Universit
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A quantum thought experiment - Matteo Fadel

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Can you win a game of quantum foosball using a giant electron instead of a ball? Explore how to use quantum mechanics to your advantage. --After a long day working on the particle accelerator, you and your friends head to the arcade to unwind. The lights
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THE MOLE—as in 6.02214076×10^23, the unit in chemistry used to count really really tiny stuff like atoms and molecules. Well, THE MOLE changed (it's not simply 6.022x10^23 anymore). And while you may not have noticed it, a fundamental shift in
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Unsolved Math Mystery - What's The Largest Sofa That Can Fit Around a Corner?

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Why do animals form swarms? - Maria R. D'Orsogna

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Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-do-animals-form-swarms-maria-r-d-orsogna When many individual organisms come together and move as one entity, that’s a swarm. From a handful of bird
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Can you solve the birthday cake riddle? - Marie Brodsky

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Practice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/TedEd--Your friends birthday is tomorrow, and hes turning well youve forgotten. A ginormous cake has been prepared and your job is to sculpt his age as the chocolate centerpiece. The birthday boy is a
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Will Computers Ever Think Like Human Beings? - with Vint Cerf

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The rise of artificial intelligence has seen computers beating chess experts and performing incredibly complex tasks. But why cant they think the same way we do?Watch the Q&A: https://youtu.be/Gwa38tzo2NcWe have built incredibly powerful, multi-layered, n
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The real reason dodo birds went extinct - Leon Claessens

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Uncover the most common misperceptions about dodos, and find out the truth of how the flightless birds actually went extinct.--Dodos are commonly considered brainless, blundering birds that were poorly adapted and doomed to die off, making their human-med
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You can support this channel on Patreon! Link below This video discusses the color brown. Seriously.That Aging Wheels playlist:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmBDJoIaNRGiK2BgCwz2ALDnNanKBSOgOAnd, of course, the Weird World in RGB for those of you
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The myth of Jason and the Argonauts - Iseult Gillespie

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Download a free audiobook version of "Circe" and support TED-Ed's nonprofit mission: https://www.audible.com/ted-edCheck out our full book recommendation: https://shop.ed.ted.com/collections/ted-ed-book-recommendations/products/circe--Hercules, the strong
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The dark history of IQ tests - Stefan C. Dombrowski

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Explore the history of IQ tests; how they measure a persons intelligence and the ways they have been used to justify scientifically baseless ideologies. --In 1905, psychologists Alfred Binet and Thodore Simon designed a test for children who were struggli
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Explore the wonderfully bizarre life of the sea cucumber, and discover the essential role they play in keeping ocean ecosystems healthy.--Is it a fuzzy sock? An overripe banana? A moldy tube of toothpaste? No! In fact, its a humble sea cucumber: a brainle
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When voting rights didn't protect all women

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The suffrage movement didnt protect all womens right to vote. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjOOn this landmark 100th anniversary of womens suffrage, historians Martha S. Jones and Daina Ramey Berry reflect on what the 19th Amendment means fo
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What yoga does to your body and brain - Krishna Sudhir

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Explore the ancient tradition of yoga, and discover how its blend of physical and mental exercise impacts your health.--There are many different approaches to modern yoga though most forms have three core elements: physical postures, breathing exercises,
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The Egyptian myth of the death of Osiris - Alex Gendler

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Dig into the Egyptian myth of Osiris, trapped by his brother, the warrior god Set, in a coffin and tossed into the Nile to die. --Long jealous of his older brother Osiris, the god who ruled all of Egypt, the warrior god Set plotted to overthrow him. Hosti
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Why are airplanes slower than they used to be? - Alex Gendler

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Why arent commercial flights getting faster? Dig into the technological and environmental problems facing supersonic flight. --In 1996, a British Airways plane flew from New York to London in a record-breaking two hours and fifty-three minutes. Today, how
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Use the URL: http://www.squarespace.com/nutshell for 10% with a new website and support this channel. Also make your life easier. Thanks a lot to Squarespace for supporting the show! There are cosmic snipers firing at random into the unvierse. What are th
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How to biohack your cells to fight cancer - Greg Foot

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Check out the science of biohacking, where biologists go into a patient’s genetic code and reprogram their immune system to recognize and fight cancer cells. -- The human body is made up of about 30 trillion cells that carry a code which has been duplicat
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Discover how much electricity humanity uses, and how clean energy sources could help revolutionize our energy supply in the future. --All around the world, millions of people are flipping a switch, plugging in, and pressing an on button every second. So h
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The myth of Loki and the deadly mistletoe - Iseult Gillespie

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Discover the Norse myth of Baldur, the most beloved being in Asgard, and how the trickster god Loki plotted his death. --Baldur was the gentlest and most beloved being in all of Asgard. But lately, he had been plagued by gruesome visions foretelling his o
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What happened to the lost Kingdom of Kush? - Geoff Emberling

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Trace the rise and fall of the Kingdom of Kush, an overlooked ancient African civilization which fought off both the Egyptians and Romans. --Along the Nile River, in what is now northern Sudan, lay the ancient civilization of Kush. Though they were once c
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A day in the life of an Ancient Greek oracle - Mark Robinson

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Follow Aristonike, an Oracle-in-training in Delphi, as she studies to become the Pythia and communicate Apollos will and prophecies.--As the sun rises over Delphi in 500 BCE, Aristonike hurries to the temple of Apollo where a single oracle known as the Py
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Do mosquitos actually bite some people more than others? - Maria Elena De Obaldia

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Explore the science of what attracts mosquitos, and find out why mosquitos bite some people more than others.--Some swear theyre cursed to be hunted by mosquitos while their close-by companions are regularly left unscathed. Are mosquitos really attracted
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The dark history of the Chinese Exclusion Act - Robert Chang

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Dig into the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, which suspended Chinese immigration to the U.S. and blocked Chinese immigrants from citizenship.--In 1882, the United States Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, the first federal law that restricted immig
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Over the past few weeks, the Nobel committees have been announcing the 2015 laureates. This year’s winners in the physics and chemistry categories made discoveries about the tiny neutrinos flying through all of us, and the ways our bodies repair DNA. Host
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The Furnace Bots | Think Like A Coder, Ep 3

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The adventure continues! Episode 3: Ethic and Hedge must sabotage the furnace-bots to get to the first artifact. Can they find a way out? --This is episode 3 of our animated series Think Like A Coder. This 10-episode narrative follows a girl, Ethic, and h
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What if every satellite suddenly disappeared? - Moriba Jah

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Explore what would happen if all of humanitys satellites disappeared and the real-life scenarios that could lead to such a catastrophe. --What would happen if one day all of humanitys artificial satellites suddenly disappeared? Within hours, most of the p
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The myth of Hades and Persephone - Iseult Gillespie

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Dig into the Greek myth of Persephone, who is abducted by Hades and is only allowed to leave the underworld every spring.--One day, Persephone was frolicking in a meadow with the nymph, Cyane. As they admired a flower, they noticed it tremble in the groun
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Reusable handwarmers that get hot by freezing

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The epic tale of the wind goddess' gift - Sydney Iaukea

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Get to know the Hawaiian legend of the sacred wind gourd and follow Pakaa's fight to restore his rightful place beside the king.--Long ago, the Hawaiian wind goddess wielded a gourd that housed the winds of the Islands. It came to hold her bones, along wi
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Discover the incredible ways elephants use their trunks to sense and communicate information and emotion. --As a breeze blows through the savannah, a snake-shaped tube stretches into the air and scans the horizon like a periscope. But its not seeing its s
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Why should you read Dantes Divine Comedy? - Sheila Marie Orfano

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Explore Dante Alighieris epic poem, Divine Comedy, a 3-part narrative that follows Dantes journey for salvation through Hell.--Abandon all hope, ye who enter here Inscribed above the Gate of Hell, this prophecy sets into motion an epic journey for salvati
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Who were Las Mariposas, and why were they murdered? - Lisa Krause

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Get to know the story of the Mirabal sisters, who led a revolution against Rafael Trujillos dictatorship in the Dominican Republic. --For over 30 years, thousands of people were imprisoned, tortured, and murdered under Rafael Trujillos dictatorship in the
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How Our Deadliest Parasite Turned To The Dark Side

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Around 10,000 years ago, somewhere in Africa, a microscopic parasite made a huge leap. With a little help from a mosquito, it left its animal host - probably a gorilla - and found its way to a new host: us. *****PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like yo
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This tool will help improve your critical thinking - Erick Wilberding

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Explore the technique known as the Socratic Method, which uses questions to examine a persons values, principles, and beliefs. --Socrates, one of the founding fathers of Western philosophical thought, was on trial. Many believed he was an enemy of the sta
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How to Fix Traffic Forever

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China and India Shock NASA By Turning Earth More Green Than Before

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Follow me on Twitter for my science stuff: https://twitter.com/WhatDaMath Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about a NASA discovery from a few months back that suggest China and India have replanted a tremendous amount of
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The artist who won a Nobel Prize... in medicine - Melanie E. Peffer

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Explore how a scientist and artist discovered how our brains transmit signals throughout the body, and laid the foundation for modern neuroscience.--In the 1860s, scientists believed they were on the verge of uncovering the brains biggest secret: how the
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Discuss this video: http://reddit.com/r/cgpgrey http://www.cgpgrey.com Music: http://www.daveconservatoire.org/ Watch the other part: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQVmkDUkZT4&feature=youtu.be - Mark Govea - Wenhao Nie - Thomas J Miller Jr MD - dedla -
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How do steroids affect your muscles and the rest of your body? - Anees Bahji

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Dig into the science of how anabolic steroids and their recreational use can affect your body, organs and brain. --Steroids. Theyve caused global scandals. Theyre banned in most athletic competitions. Yet the same properties that help elite athletes and b
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How Plants Caused the First Mass Extinction

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Check out Journey to the Microcosmos: https://youtube.com/microcosmosIn the middle of the Cambrian, life on land was about to get a little more crowded. And those newcomers would end up changing the world. The arrival of plants on land would make the worl
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Why is pneumonia so dangerous? - Eve Gaus and Vanessa Ruiz

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Explore how pneumonia attacks the tiny air sacs in your lungs and how your immune system works to fight off the infection.--Every time you breathe, air travels down the trachea, through a series of channels, and then reaches little clusters of air sacs in
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Why Do We Gain Fat? with Eugenia Cheng

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In this short clip from her talk 'How To Think Like A Mathematician', Eugenia Cheng explains how a whole web of interconnected factors cause us to gain fat. Watch the full talk: https://youtu.be/8emPcpfqPRUEugenia's book "The Art of Logic" is available no
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The Japanese myth of the trickster raccoon - Iseult Gillespie

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Dive into the Japanese myth of the shape-shifting tanuki, as the raccoon-like creature rewards a traveling salesman for his kindness.--On the dusty roads of a small village, a traveling salesman was having difficulty selling his wares. As he wandered the
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The surprising secrets of hummingbird flight - Kristiina J. Hurme and Alejandro Rico-Guevara

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Dig into the incredible fighting, feeding, and flying capabilities of hummingbirds.--In just a matter of seconds, hummingbirds can perform astonishing aerial acrobatics, eat lunch in midair, pollinate a flower, even escape threats while upside-down. And t
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Why it took 379 pages to prove 1+1=2

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Sign up to Brilliant to receive a 20% discount with this link! https://brilliant.org/upandatom/ Hi! I'm Jade. If you'd like to consider supporting Up and Atom, head over to my Patreon page :) https://www.patreon.com/upandatom Visit the Up and Atom store h
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Could underwater farms help fight climate change? - Ayana Johnson and Megan Davis

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Dive into the world of aquaculture and see how restorative ocean farming could play a vital role in helping our coastal communities, our oceans and our climate.--For billions of people, seafood provides a significant source of protein and nutrition, but o
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Who decides whats in the dictionary? - Ilan Stavans

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Explore the history of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary and find out how old words get redefined and how new words are added. --While the concept of a dictionary dates back to ancient civilizations, the first English dictionary wasnt published until 1604. I
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Why is it so hard to escape poverty? - Ann-Heln Bay

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Explore the paradox of welfare programs, and learn how they inadvertently reinforce generational poverty, and what we can do to fix them.--Imagine that youve been unemployed for months. Government benefit programs have helped you cover your expenses, but
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Neurons are amazing little microbes capable of learning and making decisions. Modern AI tries to take inspiration from living neurons, but why settle for the synthetic version? By growing human neurons directly connected to a computer it's possible to mak
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How could so many people support Hitler? - Joseph Lacey

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Explore the philosophy of Hannah Arendt, and get to know her strategies to combat the threat of totalitarianism and oppression.--Philosopher Hannah Arendt was a German Jew who dedicated herself to understanding how the Nazi regime came to power, and more
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The hardened residue scraped off your teeth at the dentist is called your dental calculus, and your dental calculus is the only part of your body that actually fossilizes while youre alive! And scientists have figured out how to study & trace the evolutio
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Explore the Rashomon effect, where individuals give significantly different but equally believable accounts of the same event. --A samurai is found dead in a quiet bamboo grove. One by one, the crimes only known witnesses recount their version of the even
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What is phantom traffic and why is it ruining your life? - Benjamin Seibold

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The myth of Gawain and the Green Knight - Dan Kwartler

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Dig into the myth of the Green Knight, who comes to King Arthurs court to challenge the honor and bravery of Camelots knights. --It was Christmas in Camelot and King Arthur was throwing a party. In the midst of the revelry, a towering knight proposed a ga
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Why Being A Failure Is A Good Thing

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Many of the world's most successful people have failed many times before finding success. Here's why failure is so important. Why Parents Need To Stop Coddling Their Kids - http://bit.ly/2bGgnLQ Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1P
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The rise and fall of the Lakota Empire - Pekka Hmlinen

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Trace the rise and fall of the Lakota Empire which, at their height, were the most dominant power in the American West.--In 1776, a powerful empire was born in North America. The Lakotas had reached the Black Hills, the most sacred place and most coveted
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Twentieth-century physics has changed the world - and some of the most important discoveries happened right here at the Royal Institution. Watch the Q&A here: https://youtu.be/gEHXJEFSftE Suzie's books 'The Matter of Everything' is out now: https://geni.u
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Are locust plagues unstoppable? - Jeffrey A. Lockwood

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Discover what causes desert locusts to transform into crop-consuming plagues and how they directly endanger humanity.--A ravenous swarm stretches as far as the eye can see. It has no leader or strategic plan; its only goals are to eat, breed, and move on.
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Why was India split into two countries? - Haimanti Roy

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Dig into the 1947 Partition of India, when Britain split the region into two states, India and Pakistan, and the mass migrations and violence that followed.--In 1947, the British viceroy announced that after 200 years of British rule, India would gain ind
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What Can Intelligent Materials Do? - with Skylar Tibbits

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How can we design simple and elegant intelligent materials, that may one day animate and improve themselves?Buy Skylar's book: https://geni.us/3ORQAAEWatch the Q&A: https://youtu.be/C1liR2zeS4sTodays researchers are designing materials that physically sen
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Can you solve the fantasy election riddle? - Dennis E. Shasha

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Practice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/TedEd--After much debate, the realm has decided dragon jousting may not be the best way to choose its leaders, and has begun transitioning to democracy. Your company was hired to survey the citizens o
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What is MSG, and is it actually bad for you? - Sarah E. Tracy

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Dig into the seasoning known as MSG, and find out how this flavoring was developed and if its actually bad for your health.--In 1968, Dr. Robert Ho Man Kwok felt ill after dinner at a Chinese restaurant and wrote a letter to a medical journal connecting h
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Why did the US try to kill all the bison? - Andrew C. Isenberg

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Explore how the US government hunted bison to near-extinction in the 1800s to force Native Americans onto reservations.--By the mid-1700s, many Plains nations survived on North Americas largest land mammals: bison. They ate its meat, made the hides into w
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A brief history of Spanish - Ilan Stavans

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Trace the history and evolution of the Spanish language, from its origins in the 3rd century BCE to modern day. --Beginning in the third century BCE, the Romans conquered the Iberian peninsula. This period gave rise to several regional languages in the ar
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Can loud music damage your hearing? - Heather Malyuk

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Dig into the properties of sound to find out just how bad loud music is for your hearing.--After a concert, you find it difficult to hear your friend rave about the show. It sounds like they're speaking from across the room, and its tough to make out thei
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Can you solve the time traveling car riddle? - Dan Finkel

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Practice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/TedEdYou and the professor have driven your DeLorean back to the past to fix issues with the spacetime continuum caused by your time traveling. But another DeLorean appears with older versions of you
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Savitri and Satyavan: The legend of the princess who outwitted Death - Iseult Gillespie

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Dig into the tale of Princess Savitri and her one true love, Satyavan, and the tragic prophecy that entwined their fates forever.--Princess Savitri was benevolent, brilliant, and bright. Her grace was known throughout the land, and many princes and mercha
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Why We Should NOT Look For Aliens - The Dark Forest

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Getting something from the kurzgesagt shop is the best way to support us and to keep our videos free for everyone. Thank You! https://kgs.link/shop. (Worldwide Shipping Available)Sources & further reading:https://sites.google.com/view/sources-darkforest/T
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Why is the Mona Lisa so famous? - Noah Charney

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Discover what factors helped Leonardo da Vincis Mona Lisa become the worlds most famous painting.--More than 500 years after its creation, Leonardo da Vincis Mona Lisa is arguably the worlds most famous painting. Many scholars consider it an outstanding w
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The benefits of daydreaming - Elizabeth Cox

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Enter the mind of a bored teenager to discover what happens in the brain when we daydream and find out what purpose it serves.--On a daily basis, you spend between a third and half of your waking hours daydreaming. That may sound like a huge waste of time
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The dark history of Mount Rushmore - Ned Blackhawk and Jeffrey D. Means

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Uncover the hidden history of the building of Mount Rushmore, and how its creation destroyed sacred Native American land.--Between 1927 and 1941, workers blasted 450,000 tons of rock from a mountainside using chisels, jackhammers, and dynamite. Gradually,
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The paradox at the heart of mathematics: Gdel's Incompleteness Theorem - Marcus du Sautoy

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Explore Gdels Incompleteness Theorem, a discovery which changed what we know about mathematical proofs and statements.--Consider the following sentence: This statement is false. Is that true? If so, that would make the statement false. But if its false, t
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The Train Heist | Think Like A Coder, Ep 4

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The adventure continues! Episode 4: The trio plot how they can steal the first artifact the Node of Power. Can they take it without being discovered? --This is episode 4 of our animated series Think Like A Coder. This 10-episode narrative follows a girl,
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How stretching actually changes your muscles - Malachy McHugh

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Dig into the science of stretching, and find out what it actually does to your muscles and how you can improve your flexibility.--An athlete is preparing for a game. Theyve put on their gear and done their warmup, and now its time for one more routine str
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Can you freeze your body and come back to life? - Shannon N. Tessier

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Dig into the field of cryobiology and explore the possibility of humans being frozen and preserved for future resurrection.--In 1967, James Bedford had a plan to cheat death. He was the first person to be cryogenically frozen. This process promised to pre
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What Earth in 2050 could look like - Shannon Odell

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What could our future world look like if we continue to do nothing about climate change? Take a look at the possibilities.--While were already feeling the devastating effects of human-caused climate change, governments continue to fall short on making and
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Could Life On Earth Have Come From A Comet?

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What if alien DNA led to human existence? This amino acid recently found in comets gives us insight on our potential alien-relatives. Are We Sabotaging Our Search For Life On Mars? - http://bit.ly/29MAiYY Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bi
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The secret society of the Great Dismal Swamp - Dan Sayers

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Uncover the history of the hidden communities that inhabited the Great Dismal Swamp in North America. --Straddling Virginia and North Carolina is an area that was once described as the most repulsive of American possessions. By 1728, it was known as the G
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How to write like the best-selling author of all time - Jamie Bernthal

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Dig into Agatha Christies writing style to find out how she crafted her mystery novels and how to employ these strategies in your own work. --With almost 100 mystery novels, each one a cleverly constructed puzzle box of clues, misdirection, and human dram
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The myth of Zeus' test - Iseult Gillespie

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Dig into the myth of Baucis and Philemon, a couple who unknowingly showed the gods hospitality after their neighbors refused.--It was dark when two mysterious, shrouded figures appeared in a hillside village. The strangers knocked on every door in town, a
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Why can parrots talk? - Grace Smith-Vidaurre and Tim Wright

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Explore the specialized anatomy that allows parrots to talk, scream, curse, and recite facts like humans. --Whether theyre belting Beyonc, head-banging to classic rock, or rattling off curse words at zoo-goers, parrots are constantly astounding us. They a
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A day in the life of an ancient Athenian - Robert Garland

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Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/a-day-in-the-life-of-an-ancient-athenian-robert-garland It’s 427 BCE, and the worst internal conflict ever to occur in the ancient Greek world is in its
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The First Billion Years of the Universe - with Emma Chapman

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What happened after the Big Bang? When did the very first stars burst into life? Why are those stars were so unusual, and what they can teach us about the Universe today?Watch the Q&A: https://youtu.be/9zxsC68PJUIEmma's book "First Light" is available now
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Demolition, disease, and death: Building the Panama Canal - Alex Gendler

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Discover what it took to build the Panama Canal, and how this colossal construction project changed the region. --In the 19th century, the California gold rush brought thousands of settlers to America's west coast. But finding gold may have been easier th
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Will there be another pandemic in your lifetime?

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Explore the probability of a future pandemic and the steps we can take to reduce its destructiveness.--We tend to think of pandemics as unlikely events, but disease outbreaks are surprisingly common. Over the past 400 years, the longest stretch of time wi
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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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The Impossible Problem NO ONE Can Solve

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Why is Marie Antoinette so controversial? - Carolyn Harris

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Marie Antoinette became a symbol for the evils of excess but was she a wasteful queen or a convenient scapegoat? You decide.--She was the Queen of France, notorious for living in opulence while peasants starved and became a symbol of everything wrong with
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How do you know you're not dreaming? - Daniel Gregory

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Download a free audiobook version of The Sandman and support TED-Ed's nonprofit mission: https://www.audible.com/ted-ed--Bizarre things happen in dreams: you fly, or conjure an all-you-can-eat buffet out of thin air, or get chased by witches through the h
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A day in the life of an ancient Babylonian business mogul - Soraya Field Fiorio

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Follow Beltani, a Babylonian priestess and businesswoman, as she investigates who is undermining her barley fields and tavern.--Its 1762 BCE. As dawn breaks in the Babylonian city of Sippar, Beltani a priestess and businesswoman receives an urgent visit f
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6 myths about the Middle Ages that everyone believes - Stephanie Honchell Smith

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Explore the 6 most common misconceptions about the Middle Ages, and find out what living in medieval times was actually like.--Medieval Europe. Where unbathed, sword-wielding knights ate rotten meat, thought the Earth was flat, defended chastity-belt wear
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How (and why) to read William Faulkner - Sascha Morrell

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Get to know the works of William Faulkner, whose inventive literature made him one of Americas most remarkable writers.--William Faulkner is considered one of Americas most remarkable and perplexing writers. He confused his audience intentionally, using c
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The rise and fall of the Mughal Empire - Stephanie Honchell Smith

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Trace the rise and fall of the Mughal Empire, which became one of the wealthiest and most powerful states in the early modern world.--Though he was descended from some of the worlds most successful conquerors, Babur struggled to gain a foothold among the
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The worlds most painful insect sting - Justin Schmidt

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Find out whether a honeybee, a tarantula hawk wasp, or a bullet ant has the most painful insect sting, and what each of their stings feel like. --One of these three creatures is thought to possess the worlds most painful insect sting: theres an ant that f
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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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The epic of Gilgamesh, the king who tried to conquer death - Soraya Field Fiorio

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Dive into the Epic of Gilgamesh, and follow the king of Uruk on a series of dangerous quests as he searches for immortality.--In 1849, in the ancient city of Nineveh in Iraq, archaeologists sifted through dusty remains, hoping to find records to prove tha

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