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Did We Just Detect Life on Venus?
254 views / 0 likes - addedThe announcement of the detection of a possible biomarker in the atmosphere of Venus has shook up the field of astrobiology and grabbed headlines across the world. Today, we explore why Venus could plausibly host life, how this detection was made, and whe
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Reinforcement Learning: Crash Course AI#9
357 views / 1 likes - addedReinforcement learning is particularly useful in situations where we want to train AIs to have certain skills we dont fully understand ourselves. Unlike some of the techniques weve discussed so far, reinforcement learning generally only looks at how an AI
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Turbulence: one of the great unsolved mysteries of physics - Tomás Chor
439 views / 0 likes - addedWhat is turbulence and why does it happen? Explore the phenomenon that has perplexed physicists for over a century. -- You’re on an airplane when you feel a sudden jolt. Outside your window nothing seems to be happening, yet the plane continues to rattle
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3 Incredible Examples of Evolution Hidden In Your Body
696 views / 0 likes - addedLearn more about your personal DNA story by going to https://23andMe.com/okay Don't miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Humans are special, and we got that way thanks to evolution and natural sele
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The Giant Dinosaur That Was Missing a Body
395 views / 1 likes - addedFrom end to end, its forelimbs alone measured an incredible 2.4 meters long and were tipped with big, comma-shaped claws. But other than its bizarre arms, very little material from this dinosaur had been found: no skull, no feet, almost nothing that could
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Why Do Nuclear Bombs Make Mushroom Clouds?
678 views / 0 likes - addedIf you’ve ever put your feet up on a warm summer’s day and played “spot the shape in the cloud,” you might’ve seen a kangaroo, a guy preparing to facepalm, maybe a mushroom... On second thought, hopefully not that last one. Hosted by: Michael Aranda -----
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Robots Inspired By Animals
641 views / 0 likes - addedLearn about the robots inspired by animals with Hank! Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn't make SciShow without them! Shout out to Justin Ove, Justin Lentz, David Campos, Chris Peters, and
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Supervised Learning: Crash Course AI #2
316 views / 0 likes - addedToday were going to teach John Green Bot how to tell the difference between donuts and bagels using supervised learning! Supervised learning is the process of learning WITH training labels, and is the most widely used kind of learning with it comes to AI
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PAINT Super Soaker Battle (w/ Colin Furze)- Splatoon IRL
188 views / 0 likes - addedI made 7 Super Soakers that shoot paint like Splatoon in real life. Then challenged my niece and Nephews to battle in a pure white room. It didn't go well.CHANNEL LINKS-Colin's Channel- https://www.youtube.com/user/colinfurzeDavid and Ryan's channel- http
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The Case of the Dinosaur Egg Thief
474 views / 0 likes - addedCheck out Serving Up Science! https://youtube.com/PBSFoodPaleontologists found a small theropod dinosaur skull right on top of a nest of eggs that were believed to belong to a plant-eating dinosaur. Instead of being the nest robbers that they were origina
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Why Do All YouTube Videos Look Alike?
85 views / 0 likes - addedDon't make us crabby! Join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/MinuteEarthMany crustaceans from all sorts of starting points evolve to end up looking similar, likely due to outside pressures. Thats sort of like what happens with YouTube videos.LEARN MORE**
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How We Domesticated Cats (Twice)
666 views / 0 likes - addedA 9,500 year old burial in Cyprus represents some of the oldest known evidence of human/cat companionships anywhere in the world. But when did this close relationship between humans and cats start?And how did humans help cats take over the world?Big thank
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When the Sahara Was Green
293 views / 0 likes - addedCheck out Antarctic Extremes on PBS Terra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvRAuy1ZmTcThe climate of the Sahara was completely different thousands of years ago. And were not talking about just a few years of extra rain. Were talking about a climate that w
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When Giant Lemurs Ruled Madagascar
486 views / 1 likes - addedOur new pin! https://store.dftba.com/collections/all/products/eons-enamel-pinJust a few thousand years ago, the island of Madagascar was inhabited by giant lemurs. How did such a diverse group of primates evolve in the first place, and how did they help s
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What Do Raindrops Really Look Like?
740 views / 0 likes - addedLearn more about opportunities from KiwiCo here: https://www.kiwico.com/okay SUBSCRIBE so you never miss a video! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ What do raindrops look like? Exactly how we drew them as kids, right? Wrong! T
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How do ocean currents work? - Jennifer Verduin
1,792 views / 0 likes - addedDive 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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What causes panic attacks, and how can you prevent them? - Cindy J. Aaronson
272 views / 0 likes - addedDig into the science of what triggers panic attacks, how to recognize them, and the available treatments for panic disorder.--Countless poets and writers have tried to put words to the experience of a panic attack a sensation so overwhelming, many people
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Banana Birthday Bash | GORILLAVILLE
566 views / 0 likes - addedSarge gives the Apes the important task of baking banana cream pies for Jane's birthday. What could possibly go wrong? → Credits ← Executive Producer: Ron Yavnieli Executive Producer: Birk Rawlings Created by: Ron Yavnieli Written by: Devin T. Quin & Ron
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This one weird trick will help you spot clickbait - Jeff Leek & Lucy McGowan
424 views / 0 likes - addedTest your wits with a set of hypothetical health studies and find out just how good you are at spotting clickbait.--Health headlines are published every day, sometimes making opposite claims from each other. There can be a disconnect between broad, attent
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The myth of Thor's journey to the land of giants - Scott A. Mellor
837 views / 0 likes - addedDownload a free audiobook and support TED-Ed's nonprofit mission: http://adbl.co/2om4O4Q Check out Neil Gaiman's "Norse Mythology": http://bit.ly/2opZptA View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-myth-of-thor-s-journey-to-the-land-of-giants-scott-a
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Can you solve the honeybee riddle? - Dan Finkel
446 views / 1 likes - addedPractice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/TedEd/ --Youre a biologist on a mission to keep the rare honeybee Apis Trifecta from going extinct. The last 60 bees of the species are in your terrarium. Youve already constructed wire frames of the
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2018 Breakthrough of the Year
383 views / 0 likes - addedLearn about our Breakthrough of the Year: tracking development cell by cell. Nine other advances are recognized as runners-up. Read more - https://vis.sciencemag.org/breakthrough2018/ CREDITS --------------------------- producer/editor/animator Chris Burn
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Can Microbes Solve Murder Mysteries?
555 views / 1 likes - addedMeet your necrobiome: The microbes that feast on your body after death. Wanna know more about the science of death? Follow me to It's Okay To Be Smart and BrainCraft! Do Animals Mourn?: https://youtu.be/rHJDmMSKlHM The Surprising Ways Death Shapes Our Liv
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The mysterious life and death of Rasputin - Eden Girma
398 views / 0 likes - addedGet to know the story of Rasputin, known as the Mad Monk, who was assassinated for his involvement with the Russian monarchy.--On a night in 1916, Russian aristocrats set a plot of assassination into motion. If all went as planned, a man would be dead by
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When is a pandemic over?
321 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the three strategies governments and communities can use to contain and end a pandemic, and find out which method is best.--Consider the following scenario: a highly infectious, sometimes deadly respiratory virus infects humans for the first time.
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When Dinosaurs Chilled in the Arctic
380 views / 0 likes - addedAll told, the Arctic in the Cretaceous Period was a rough place to live, especially in winter. And yet, the fossils of many kinds of dinosaurs have been discovered there. So how were they able to survive in this harsh environment?Thanks to Nathan E. Roger
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What's Actually the Plane of the Future
431 views / 0 likes - addedBuild your web presence for 10% off at http://squarespace.com/wendover Subscribe to this brand new channel from Wendover Productions: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuCkxoKLYO_EQ2GeFtbM_bw?sub_confirmation=1 Check out my podcast with Brian from Real Eng
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Could a breathalyzer detect cancer? - Julian Burschka
517 views / 0 likes - addedDiscover how scientists are analyzing compounds in the breath to create a versatile breathalyzer capable of detecting disease.--How is it that a breathalyzer can measure the alcohol content in someones blood, hours after they had their last drink, based o
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When the Rainforests Collapsed
299 views / 0 likes - addedCheck out Animal Wonders! https://youtu.be/tyK21xUnGrkThe Carboniferous Rainforest Collapse set the stage for a takeover that would be a crucial turning point in the history of terrestrial animal life. If it werent for that time when the rainforests colla
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The Nearsightedness Epidemic
617 views / 0 likes - addedWhile not the kind of epidemic you're used to hearing about, nearsightedness is becoming a major health issue in many places. Learn about how scientists are finding out the reasons behind the increase in myopia, and how sunlight might be an important comp
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How A Bee Becomes Queen
976 views / 2 likes - addedRoyal jelly! For bees, it’s what makes all the difference between a queen and a worker. Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn't make SciShow without them! Shout out to Justin Ove, Justin Lent
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Why are earthquakes so hard to predict? - Jean-Baptiste P. Koehl
1,266 views / 7 likes - addedTake a look at the theories behind why earthquakes occur, what makes them so hard to predict and the warning system technologies we rely on today. -- In 132 CE, Zhang Heng presented his latest invention: a large vase he claimed could tell them whenever an
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Are You Smarter Than A Slime Mold?
735 views / 0 likes - addedFollow me to Deep Look! https://youtu.be/Nx3Uu1hfl6Q Tweet this ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSslime Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSslimeFB ↓ More info and sources below ↓ I really hope you guys check out Deep Look, it’s one of my favorite channels, full of great
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How to spot a pyramid scheme - Stacie Bosley
565 views / 0 likes - addedLearn the techniques and tricks that pyramid schemes use to recruit new members and how to avoid being fooled yourself. -- In 2004, a nutrition company offered a life-changing opportunity to earn a full-time income for part-time work. There were only two
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Can you solve the cuddly duddly fuddly wuddly riddle? - Dan Finkel
1,106 views / 1 likes - addedYouve 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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Did Dinosaurs Really Have Feathers?
2,149 views / 0 likes - addedAt least one entire class of dinosaurs seems to have had feathers -- including velociraptors, and probably T. rex. Find out how we know, and how we even know what color some of them were! Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the followi
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How to see more and care less: The art of Georgia O'Keeffe - Iseult Gillespie
348 views / 1 likes - addedGet to know the life and works of painter and sculptor Georgia OKeeffe, whose art became a cornerstone of American Modernism. --Feeling disconnected from creating art within classical conventions, artist Georgia OKeeffe began experimenting with abstract d
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Top 5 Glowups | Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers | Disney+
190 views / 0 likes - addedIt's no secret that Dale isn't the only 2D Disney star to get a fabulous transformation.A comeback 30 years in the making, the hybrid live-action/CG animated action-comedy catches up with the former Disney Afternoon television stars in modern-day Los Ange
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Maggie Rogers - Give A Little
373 views / 0 likes - added‘Give A Little’ by Maggie Rogers from her new album 'Heard It In A Past Life'. Out now: https://maggierogers.lnk.to/HeardItInAPastLifeYD Directed by Maggie Rogers & Alan Del Rio Ortiz Dancers: Rachel Matthews, Camila Mendes Skaters: Bridge
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World's Only Moving Mud Puddle
379 views / 3 likes - addedWant to support more videos like this? Patreon.com/physicsgirl A mud puddle started moving across the California desert, and no one knows why. Dianna visited the mud spring to find out how a puddle became declared a natural disaster.Special thanks to our
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Dear Future Husband by Meghan Trainor - Cover by Aaliyah Rose
1,045 views / 3 likes - addedGet it on Itunes here: http://ldr.fm/F2tYU Please enjoy this fun cover of "Dear Future Husband" by Meghan Trainor. This was such a fun video to shoot with Kokoblush.com If you like it please help support 12 year old Aaliyah Rose's music by liking and shar
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How Do Airplanes Fly?
980 views / 0 likes - addedHow Airplanes Are Made: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rMgpExA4kM Thanks to Airbus for supporting this video http://www.a350xwb.com MinutePhysics is on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 And facebook - http://facebook.com/minutephysics And twitter - @minute
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Mary Poppins Returns | Official Trailer
537 views / 0 likes - addedSee Mary Poppins Returns in theatres December 19! In Disney’s “Mary Poppins Returns,” an all new original musical and sequel, Mary Poppins is back to help the next generation of the Banks family find the joy and wonder missing in their l
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Do politics make us irrational? - Jay Van Bavel
457 views / 0 likes - addedDig into the psychology of political partisanship, how to recognize it and what strategies can be used to combat it. --Can someones political identity actually affect their ability to process information? The answer lies in a cognitive phenomenon known as
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Why should you read Kafka on the Shore? - Iseult Gillespie
446 views / 0 likes - addedFollow the entwined destinies of Kafka and Nakata in Haruki Murakamis mind-bending novel Kafka on the Shore.--Desperate to escape his tyrannical father and the family curse he feels doomed to repeat, Haruki Murakamis teenage protagonist renames himself Ka
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How South America Made the Marsupials
476 views / 0 likes - addedThroughout the Cenozoic Era -- the era were in now -- marsupials and their metatherian relatives flourished all over South America, filling all kinds of ecological niches and radiating into forms that still thrive on other continents. Thanks to Darin Crof
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How Leonardo da Vinci made a "satellite" map in 1502
1,142 views / 1 likes - addedIt was a feat of technological and symbolic imagination. And it was pretty accurate, too. Join the Video Lab to see Phil's Q&A! http://bit.ly/video-lab Leonardo da Vinci’s known for his art and inventions — but also his groundbreaking maps, like this one
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Why Are There Penguins At The Equator?
774 views / 1 likes - addedTry Dashlane here: http://bit.ly/minutedash. Plus, here’s a 10% off promo code for Dashlane Premium: minuteearth When nutrients from the ocean depths reach the sunlit surface (like in the Galapagos), life is more productive. Thanks also to our Patreon pat
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Where Do Teeth Come From?
2,490 views / 5 likes - addedWatch the tasty new series “Tacos of Texas” https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdzQ_ilHPH3rQtgzo4nKM_g Remember to brush, floss, and SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Teeth. We’ve all got ‘em (most of us, anyway). But
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Ocean Volcanoes May Hold Clues To Alien Life
640 views / 0 likes - addedScientists think studying 'extremophiles' in toxic hydrothermal vents could teach us about potential extraterrestrial life. Why Does Deep Sea Life Look So Strange? - https://youtu.be/A23wI4lvCgY Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1P
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Why should you read "Hamlet"? - Iseult Gillespie
653 views / 0 likes - addedExplore 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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Can you solve the Ragnarok riddle? - Dan Finkel
1,033 views / 0 likes - addedPractice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/TedEd/--Ragnarok: The fabled end of the world, when giants, monsters, and Norse gods battle for the future. The gods were winning until the great serpent Jrmungandr emerged. It swallowed Valhalla and
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Cowboy Bebop's "The Real Folk Blues" Special Performance feat. Yoko Kanno, Steve Blum, and more
334 views / 0 likes - addedAnime gives back! In collaboration with Funimation, Sunrise and Mason Lieberman, we are thrilled to share this star-studded tribute to the gorgeous music of Yoko Kanno and Cowboy Bebop to benefit COVID-19 relief. Featuring over forty special guests includ
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Why Most New Species Are Discovered By Amateurs
257 views / 0 likes - addedCheck out Terra Maters new video about the Skywalker Gibbon - and subscribe - at https://youtube.com/terramaterofficial.Most new species are discovered by amateurs because nowadays non-professionals are actually better suited to the requirements of new sp
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Whats the Most Animal Animal? Crash Course Zoology #2
253 views / 2 likes - addedThank you to The Great Courses Plus for supporting PBS. For more information and a trial, go tohttp://ow.ly/zREQ30rDCDz. Picture an animal in your mind right now. What does it look like? A dog? A lion? Maybe a sloth, pangolin,naked mole-rat, or even just
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AI Playing Games: Crash Course AI #12
420 views / 1 likes - addedAs we mentioned last episode, one of the best test spaces for building new AI systems are games. This is because games provide a great framework for an AI to learn an objective and slowly improve. In recent years, AI has made huge strides in games from be
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Endocrine System, Part 1 - Glands & Hormones: Crash Course A&P #23
1,945 views / 0 likes - addedHank begins teaching you about your endocrine system by explaining how it uses glands to produce hormones. These hormones are either amino-acid based and water soluble, or steroidal and lipid-soluble, and may target many types of cells or just turn on spe
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Why do people fear the wrong things? - Gerd Gigerenzer
337 views / 0 likes - addedHow can we use statistics to evaluate risk? Dig into the difference between relative risk and absolute risk and how each is used in the news.--A new drug reduces the risk of heart attacks by 40%. Shark attacks are up by a factor of two. Drinking a liter o
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6 Food Magic Tricks Anyone Can Do
1,062 views / 13 likes - addedFood Magic Tricks! In this How To Magic, Evan Era and crew travel to Italy to show 6 Food Magic Tricks Anyone Can Do! Easy food tricks for kids, beginners, and all ages! Fun family-friendly magic food trick tutorials with step-by-step instructions for eac
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How Plankton Created A Bizarre Giant of the Seas
345 views / 0 likes - addedCheck out Bizarre Beasts! https://youtu.be/DtufV5JZLW4At more than 2 meters long, Aegirocassis was not only the biggest radiodont ever, but it also may have been the biggest animal in the Early Ordovician. This bizarre marine giant may have only been poss
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What is normal and what is different? - Yana Buhrer Tavanier
197 views / 0 likes - addedDiscover where our perception of what is normal comes from, and how it impacts the decisions we make.--The word normal is often used as a synonym for "typical," "expected," or even "correct." By that logic, most people should fit the description of normal
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A day in the life of an Aztec midwife - Kay Read
407 views / 0 likes - addedJoin the Aztec midwife Xoquauhtli as she tends to her patients and honors the warrior goddess Teteoinnan at a festival ushering in the season of warfare.--The midwife Xoquauhtli has a difficult choice to make. She owes a debt to her patron Teteoinnan, the
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The Surprising Reason We Eat Spicy Food
456 views / 0 likes - addedCheck out Nourish from PBS! https://www.youtube.com/PBSNourish SUBSCRIBE to It's Okay To Be Smart! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ People who live near the equator use more spices per recipe than people who live far from the
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Price Schools - I'm Here (Official Video)
507 views / 0 likes - addedInterested 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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A brief history of chess - Alex Gendler
495 views / 1 likes - addedTrace the storied history of the game of chess, from its origins in 7th century India to the computer software we use today. --The attacking infantry advances, their elephants already having broken the defensive line. The king tries to retreat, but the en
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How to grow your own glacier - M Jackson
519 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the ancient methods of growing glaciers, the homemade bodies of ice used as water sources, and how they can be used to combat climate change. -- In the 13th century, Genghis Khan embarked on a mission to take over Eurasia, swiftly conquering count
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The French Revolution: Crash Course European History #21
528 views / 0 likes - addedIn 1789, the French Monarchy's habit of supporting democratic popular revolutions in North America backfired. Today, we're talking about the French Revolution. Across the world, people were rising up to throw off monarchies, and Louis didn't see the writi
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Can you solve the Big Bang riddle? - James Tanton
262 views / 0 likes - addedPractice 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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Can You Really Name A Star?
622 views / 0 likes - addedSince the dawn of recorded history humankind has tried to classify and study the stars. It’s a continuing mission, and astronomers are finding new stars all the time. But how do they get their names? Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com: http://science.howstuf
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The Most Advanced Robots In The World
1,140 views / 4 likes - addedThe most advanced robots in the world might not be exactly what you’re expecting. But they’re shaping humanity’s future. Hosted by: Michael Aranda ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn't make SciShow without them!
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When Penguins Went From The Sky To The Sea
415 views / 0 likes - addedThank you for The Great Courses Plus for supporting PBS. To learn more click http://ow.ly/DIED30qpmFaToday, we think of penguins as small-ish, waddling, tuxedo-birds. But they evolved from a flying ancestor, were actual giants for millions of years, and s
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Is the weather actually becoming more extreme? - R. Saravanan
446 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the differences between weather and climate what they are, how we predict them, and what those predictions can tell us. --From 2016 to 2019, the world saw record-breaking heat waves, rampant wildfires, and the longest run of category 5 tropical cy
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Can you solve the multiverse rescue mission riddle? - Dan Finkel
534 views / 0 likes - addedA bug in the superconductor system has trapped your team in 11 separate dimensions. Can you get them back home safely? --It was a normal Tuesday at the superconductor, until a bug in the system caused your team to be trapped in 11 separate dimensions. For
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The Insane Engineering of the SR-71 Blackbird
561 views / 1 likes - addedGet a year of both Nebula and Curiosity Stream for just 11.99 here: http://www.CuriosityStream.com/realengineering and using the code, "realengineering"New streaming platform: https://watchnebula.com/Vlog channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMet4qY3
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DC League of Super-Pets - Batman Trailer | Cartoon Network UK
300 views / 0 likes - addedDwayne Johnson stars as the voice of Krypto the Super-Dog in DC League of Super-Pets, in cinemas this year.The film also stars the voices of Kevin Hart (the Jumanji and Secret Life of Pets films), Kate McKinnon (the Magic School Bus Rides Again films, Fer
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How Habits are Formed
497 views / 0 likes - addedYou have the power to change your brain! Make watching our videos a habit and SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Got a bad habit you just can’t seem to break? That’s because it’s literally wired into your brain. Ever
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The wild world of carnivorous plants - Kenny Coogan
802 views / 0 likes - addedVenus fly traps, bladderworts and sundews, oh my! Learn about carnivorous plants and their predatory antics to lure, trap and digest prey. -- Around the world there are more than 600 plant species that supplement a regular diet of sunlight, water and soil
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Are all of your memories real? - Daniel L. Schacter
452 views / 0 likes - addedDig 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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Why should you read Midnights Children? - Iseult Gillespie
501 views / 1 likes - addedDive into Salman Rushdies masterpiece, Midnights Children, a work of magical realism that deals with Indias transition from British colonialism to independence.--It begins with a countdown. A woman goes into labor as the clock ticks towards midnight. Acro
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How the Walrus Got Its Tusks
396 views / 0 likes - addedThe rise and fall of ancient walruses, and how modern ones got their tusks, is a story that spans almost 20 million years.And while there are parts of the story that were still trying to figure out, it looks like tusks didnt have anything to do with how o
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The Romans flooded the Colosseum for sea battles - Janelle Peters
573 views / 1 likes - addedDig in to the history of the Roman Empires staged gladiatorial naval battles and how they flooded the Colosseum to reenact famous battles.--Starting in 80 CE, residents of Rome and visitors from across the Roman Empire would fill the stands of the Colosse
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How do ventilators work? - Alex Gendler
389 views / 0 likes - addedTake a journey into the respiratory system to see how ventilators bypass constricted airways and help damaged lungs send oxygen to the body. --In the 16th century, physician Andreas Vesalius described how a suffocating animal could be kept alive by insert
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What happens if you cut down all of a city's trees? - Stefan Al
340 views / 0 likes - addedExplore what makes trees a vital part of cities, and how urban spaces throughout history have embraced the importance of trees.--By 2050, its estimated that over 65% of the world will be living in cities. We may think of nature as being unconnected to our
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Why Do Things Keep Evolving Into Crabs?
551 views / 1 likes - addedHelp out Eons and take the PBS Digital Studios annual survey: http://to.pbs.org/2020surveyFor some reason, animals keep evolving into things that look like crabs, independently, over and over again.What is it about the crabs form that makes it so evolutio
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The problem with the U.S. bail system - Camilo Ramirez
269 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the U.S. bail systems reliance on cash bail and how it disproportionately hurts people in low-income communities and communities of color.--Since 2000, the annual number of people convicted of crimes in the United States has stayed steady, but the
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Why It's Good To Have A Weak Hand
213 views / 0 likes - addedWatch the new season of MinuteBody - and get access to both CuriosityStream and Nebula - at https://curiositystream.com/minuteearth.We might have a strong hand because having a weak hand is actually useful.LEARN MORE**************To learn more about this
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How Ankylosaurs Got Their Clubs
420 views / 0 likes - addedTake the PBS Digital Studios annual survey: http://to.pbs.org/2020surveyOur National Fossil Day Livestream will be on Facebook and YouTube at 8 PM ET on October 14th. Here's the link to the YouTube livestream: https://youtu.be/hW6XW1YgAlUWhile clubs are p
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Why 8 Eyes Are Better Than 2 (If You're a Spider )
188 views / 0 likes - addedCheck 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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Switches are Clicky; Here's Why
530 views / 0 likes - addedYou can support this channel on Patreon! Link below Click clack I was taken aback. Wonderin bout those switches of light, yeah.Lets find out what the point is of all that clacking, shall we?Hey! Here are some fun links!Technology Connections on Twitter:ht
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Expansion and Resistance: Crash Course European History #28
528 views / 0 likes - addedIn 19th century Europe, with nation building well under way, thoughts turned outward, toward empire. This week, we're looking at how Europeans expanded into Africa, Asia, and Oceania during the 1800s. You'll learn about China and the Opium War, British In
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Pulse Oximeters; An Amazing Use of Light
393 views / 0 likes - addedYou 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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Do Animals Laugh?
991 views / 2 likes - addedIt’s no secret that some animal species are highly intelligent – but do they also “get” jokes? Can they laugh? Are laughter and intelligence even related? Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com: http://animals.howstuffworks.com/animal-facts/do-animals-laugh.htm
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Space Volcanoes - Shelf Life 360
684 views / 0 likes - addedHere on Earth, volcanic eruptions are dramatic manifestations of our dynamic planet. Elsewhere in our solar system, awe-inspiring extraterrestrial volcanoes—both active and extinct—provide clues to planetary formation and hints of how life may
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Elephant Moms Carry the Wisdom of Generations | IN OUR NATURE
192 views / 0 likes - addedIn Our Nature is a NEW special limited series on Its Okay To Be Smart!Were on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below Seemingly distant ecosystems, even half a world apart, are connected in surprisi
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Cantor's Infinity Paradox | Set Theory
483 views / 0 likes - addedSign 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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How Music Was Made On Super Nintendo
731 views / 0 likes - addedA closer look at the sound system of the SNES! Get a 30 day free trial of VRV here: vrv.co/nerdwriter Support Nerdwriter videos: https://patreon.com/nerdwriter| Subscribe:http://bit.ly/SubNerdwriter Watch the most popular Nerdwriter episodes: https://yout
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The Greek myth of Talos, the first robot - Adrienne Mayor
694 views / 2 likes - addedGet to know the myth of Talos, a robot powered by ichor and created by Hephaestus to defend the island kingdom of Crete from intruders. --Hephaestus, god of technology, was hard at work on his most ingenious invention yet. He was creating a new defense sy
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When Trees Go Nuts
472 views / 0 likes - addedPlease support us through Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/minuteearth Or, click the "Sponsor" button to support us through YouTube itself. Thank you! Every once in a while, all the oaks or spruces or other plants in a region suddenly produce a tremendous
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The Problem Dogs Solved That We Couldn't
115 views / 0 likes - addedSign up to Morning Brew for free today!: https://morningbrewdaily.com/realscienceWatch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/realscience-the-problem-dogs-solved-that-we-coudlntPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/realscienceInstagram: https:/
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1,591 views / 4 likes - addedDive into the most popular milks dairy, almond, soy and oat to find out which is healthiest for you and for the planet.--If you go to the store in search of milk, there are a dizzying number of products to choose from. Theres dairy milk, but also plant-ba
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932 views / 1 likes - addedThey move so fast that human eyes see only a hovering spot of color, a blur of wings. But when frozen in time by high-speed cameras, hummingbirds yield their secrets. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographi
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1,318 views / 0 likes - addedFollow two astronauts into outer space to explore time dilation and Einsteins theory of relativity through the Twin Paradox thought experiment. --On their 20th birthday, identical twin astronauts volunteer for an experiment. Terra will remain on Earth, wh
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How Much Air Can A Tree Hold? #TeamTrees
353 views / 0 likes - addedGo to https://teamtrees.org Let's plant some trees! #TeamTreesTrees can take an astounding amount of carbon out of the air, which is good, because we need to do that times a trillion.Thanks also to our Patreon patrons https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth a
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A Baby Dragonfly's Mouth Will Give You Nightmares | Deep Look
335 views / 0 likes - addedDragonflies might rule the skies, but their babies grow up underwater in a larva-eat-larva world. Luckily for them, they have a killer lip that snatches prey, Alien-style, at lightning speed.SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqtDEEP LOOK: a new ult
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Why The Shortest Day Of The Year Isn't The Coldest
196 views / 0 likes - addedWatch the new season of MinuteBody - and get access to both CuriosityStream and Nebula - at https://curiositystream.com/minuteearth.The way we experience seasons don't necessarily line up with how they're technically defined - here's why.LEARN MORE*******
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The murder of ancient Alexandria's greatest scholar - Soraya Field Fiorio
460 views / 1 likes - addedDive into the life of one of Ancient Romes most powerful figures, Hypatia of Alexandria, a renowned scholar and political advisor to the city's leaders.--In the city of Alexandria in 415 CE, the bishop and the governor were in a fight. It started with a d
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Can you outsmart the fallacy that started a witch hunt? - Elizabeth Cox
359 views / 1 likes - addedDig into the burden of proof fallacy, which assumes that something is true unless proven false and relies on arguments from ignorance.--Its 1950. Anti-communist sentiment in the United States is at an all-time high. Senator Joseph McCarthy claims he has a
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How Plants Became Carnivores
412 views / 1 likes - addedGo check out Overview on PBS Terra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHMZwaopAaIDeep Looks episode on Sundews! https://youtu.be/D4kBrsyWhS4How and why does botanical carnivory keep evolving? It turns out that when any of the basic things that most plants n
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1,291 views / 1 likes - addedFollow on Instagram: https://instagram.com/kevlieber/ LÜT is a showcase of some of the coolest and weirdest things you can buy online. *** LINKS TO EVERYTHING *** Mocoro Robot Cleaning Ball (0:00) http://www.firebox.com/product/6901/Mocoro-Robot-Cleaning-
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The last chief of the Comanches and the fall of an empire - Dustin Tahmahkera
318 views / 0 likes - addedGet to know the story of Quanah Parker, a Native American warrior and leader, and the last chief of the Comanche tribe. --Late one night in 1871, a group of riders descended on a sleeping army camp, stole about 70 horses, and disappeared. Led by a young c
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It's Official: We Were WRONG About the Big Bang
173 views / 0 likes - addedWhat is the universe expanding into? Where did the big bang happen?Sign up for my FREE Varsity Tutors class! https://bit.ly/DiannaCowernVTClass2Check out Varsity Tutors Club STEM! https://www.varsitytutors.com/classes/clubs/curious-world-stem-clubSupport
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Why should you read The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan? - Sheila Marie Orfano
406 views / 0 likes - addedGet to know Amy Tans novel The Joy Luck Club, a series of interconnected vignettes centered around four Chinese American families. --In her Auntie An-meis home, Jing-Mei reluctantly takes her seat at the eastern corner of the mahjong table. At the north,
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866 views / 2 likes - addedWhere are all the aliens? The universe is too big and too old, why have we not met aliens yet? Do they live in computers? Were they wiped out by an ancient super intelligence? Or are we just to primitive to understand their motives? Whatever the answer is
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1,265 views / 0 likes - addedA shooting star crashes onto Earth and unleashes a hideous, rampaging blob. Can you stop it from destroying the planet? -- A shooting star crashes onto Earth and a hideous blob emerges. It creeps and leaps, it glides and slides. It’s also unstoppabl
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The Unbelievable Story of Earths Most Epic Flood
316 views / 3 likes - addedHead 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 Caffeine Accidentally Took Over The World
121 views / 0 likes - addedHey MinuteEarthlings! If you join us on Patreon this month (April 2023) at https://patreon.com/minuteearth, we will draw you a custom MinuteEarth stick figure (that we could feature in an upcoming video) AND send you a custom coffee mug with your beautifu
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Economic Depression and Dictators: Crash Course European History #37
549 views / 0 likes - addedWe're still leading up to World War II, but first we gotta talk about the rise of the dictators. Today we talk about the rise of militaristic dictatorships in Germany, the Soviet Union, Japan, and Spain, and the economic depression that set the stage for
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How to 3D Print with Recycled Trash! | Maddie Moate
727 views / 1 likes - addedOn a "Trash Walk" in Bali, Greg and I learnt that plastic trash has a value and can be sold up the chain to be recycled into new plastics... BUT we also tried something a little different! Using the Precious Plastic open source machinery we attempt to tur
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Russian Revolution and Civil War: Crash Course European History #35
706 views / 0 likes - addedWorld War I was very hard on the Russian Empire. So hard, in fact, that it led to the end of the Russian Empire. As the global conflict ground on, Tsar Nicholas II faced increasing unrest at home. Today we'll learn about the Revolutions of 1917, the rise
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How do self-driving cars see? - Sajan Saini
769 views / 0 likes - addedTake a look at the LIDAR and integrated photonics technologies that help self-driving cars navigate obstacles, no matter the environment, weather or light.--Its late, pitch dark and a self-driving car winds down a narrow country road. Suddenly, three haza
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Why every world map is wrong - Kayla Wolf
340 views / 1 likes - addedDig into the inaccuracies of flat maps and how different map designs can shift our point of view.--Fourteen Greenlands could fit in Africa but you wouldnt guess it from most maps of the world. The fact is, every world map humans have ever made is wrong. A
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Why Do Disney Princesses All Look Like Babies?
584 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to Wix for supporting PBS Digital Studios. To learn more: https://Wix.com/go/OKAY Help us out and complete the 2018 PBS Digital Studios survey! https://to.pbs.org/2018YTSurvey ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ I noticed something weird about Disn
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The Real Meaning Of E=mc² | Space Time | PBS Digital Studios
1,667 views / 0 likes - addedWant to ask some sort of crazy question about Space?: Tweet at us! @pbsspacetime Facebook: facebook.com/pbsspacetime Email us! pbsspacetime [at] gmail [dot] com Comment on Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/pbsspacetime Let us know what topics you want to le
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1,301 views / 5 likes - addedTake a look inside a hive as a wasp queen begins her reign; founding a colony, hunting to feed her brood and defending against intruders. -- As the sun rises, something royal stirs inside a pile of firewood. It's the wasp queen; one of thousands who mated
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How Your Brain Helps You Lie To Yourself
452 views / 0 likes - addedA new study aims to find out why and how we avoid information we don't want to hear-- and how we can stop doing it. The Best Way to Convince Someone They're Wrong - https://youtu.be/sJ64h49gSwY New York Bagels Are NYC's Tastiest Jewish Tradition || Food/G
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The Sea Monster from the Andes
436 views / 0 likes - addedIn 1977, a farmer was plowing his field on a plateau high in the Andes mountains when he stumbled upon a giant fossilized skeleton.How did this giant marine reptile end up high in the Andes Mountains?Spanish subtitles/CC by Carlos J. Pardo De la Hoz.Thank
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Lets make a movie recommendation system: Crash Course AI #16
320 views / 0 likes - addedFollow along: https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1-v9cw18wTDjaCUlECKHsQnHeisLKyG8U We need to save Jabril and John Green Bots movie nights. Jabril generally likes action movies and John Green Bot likes romantic movies, but they need to find something
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Why we need national parks - Elyse Cox
818 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the creation of national parks and the importance of finding a balance between public use and ecological preservation.--In 1903, US President Theodore Roosevelt took a camping trip in Californias Yosemite Valley with conservationist John Muir. Roo
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I Trained Like A Broadway Star For 6 Weeks
109 views / 0 likes - addedWATCH THE MUSICAL HERE: https://youtu.be/wSmJByYYnLQTurn on notifications so you dont miss it :) For 6 weeks, I immersed myself in the world of Broadway! I worked with professional choreographer and Broadway dancer Joseph Corella, trained with vocal coach
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Godzilla vs. Kong Official Trailer
739 views / 1 likes - addedIn theaters and streaming exclusively on @HBOMax* March 26. *Available on @HBOMax in the US only, for 31 days, at no extra cost to subscribers. https://www.godzillavskong.com/ https://www.facebook.com/GodzillaVsKong https://www.instagram.com/godzillavsko
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Can We Really Have Stealth Helicopters When They’re So Loud?
551 views / 0 likes - addedCan helicopters be quiet as a mouse or is the technology so secret because it’s not real? and riding a helicopter is always going to be loud. Find out how this technology works and how close are we to the stealth helicopter reality. Why These Lasers Are T
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These animals can hear everything - Jakob Christensen-Dalsgaard
86 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the extraordinary auditory adaptations in the animal kingdom, and find out which creature has the best hearing.--The world is always abuzz with sounds, many of which human ears simply cant hear. However, other species have extraordinary adaptation
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When Hobbits Were Real
425 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to Raycon wireless earphones for supporting PBS. Go to http://buyraycon.com/eons to learn more.Subscribe to Sound Field: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvMLMyKPomE6kTTL9Kv8IwwIts discoverers named it Homo floresiensis, but its often called the ho
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English Civil War: Crash Course European History #14
448 views / 0 likes - addedThe English Civil War. We'll talk about England after Elizabeth, in which things didn't go that smoothly. We'll talk about James I, Charles I, Oliver Cromwell, Charles II, and James II, all of whom ruled England, (and tried to rule all of Britain and Irel
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Why doesn't the Leaning Tower of Pisa fall over? - Alex Gendler
556 views / 0 likes - addedDig 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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Why Don't Ants Get Stuck In Traffic?
588 views / 1 likes - addedGo to http://Raceforretirement.com and see how the action gap affects you. Tweet this video ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBStraf Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBStrafFB ↓ More info and sources below ↓ CGP Grey “The Simple Solution to Traffic” https://youtu.be/iHzzSa
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EXCLUSIVE SHORT: The Better-Than-Bunnies Magic Show! | SPIRIT RIDING FREE
916 views / 0 likes - addedWhen the PALs put on a magic show for their friends, they have a tough time pulling off their tricks. Until suddenly... magic really happens! Look for all new episodes of DreamWorks Spirit Riding Free on Netflix September 8! Directed By: Jim Schumann Stor
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The Best Dragon (According to Science)
398 views / 0 likes - addedCheck out Extra Credits' video: The Origin of Dragons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL8qSfXIo4MWe ranked dragons based on how biologically and evolutionarily plausible they are.Thanks also to our Patreon patrons https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth and o
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Why We Faint (When Other Animals Don't)
230 views / 0 likes - addedGet a limited edition MinuteEarth YETI tumbler when you become a new patron at the $6 or above tiers or upgrade an existing pledge: https://patreon.com/minuteearthHumans are the only animals known to faint due to triggers like shock, fear, or pain; this i
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Why Do Dogs Eat Poop?
948 views / 5 likes - addedIt's called "coprophagia," and lots of dogs do it. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1FkxVLb ‖ Twitter! https://twitter.com/gross_science ‖ Tumblr! http://grossscience.tumblr.com/ ↓Want more info?↓ Behavioural defences in animals against pathogens and parasites: p
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The Frog with Hidden Claws
160 views / 0 likes - addedA frog with retractable claws? Weird. A frog with claws that it has to push through its skin to use? Even weirder.Hosted by: Hank GreenSciShow is on TikTok! Check us out at https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow ----------Support SciShow by becoming a patron on
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The battle that formed the universe - Fabio Pacucci
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How does laser eye surgery work? - Dan Reinstein
715 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the eye-opening science of LASIK: corrective laser eye surgery that focuses on reshaping the cornea to fix blurry vision.--In 1948, Spanish ophthalmologist Jose Ignacio Barraquer Moner was fed up with glasses. He wanted a solution for blurry visio
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When Rodents Had Horns
348 views / 0 likes - addedThese odd rodents belong to a genus known as Ceratogaulus, but theyre more commonly called horned gophers, because, you guessed it, they had horns.And it turns out the horns probably had a purpose - one that rodents would likely benefit from today.Samanth
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What if there were 1 trillion more trees? - Jean-Franois Bastin
288 views / 0 likes - addedHow can trees help in the fight against climate change? Dig into the efforts to rebuild damaged ecosystems and reduce carbon emissions.--Today humanity produces more than 1,400 tons of carbon every minute. To combat climate change, we need to reduce fossi
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Unsolved Math Mystery - What's The Largest Sofa That Can Fit Around a Corner?
442 views / 0 likes - addedSign up to Brilliant to receive a 20% discount with this link! https://brilliant.org/upandatom/Recommended course: Advanced Geometry Puzzles https://brilliant.org/courses/advanced-geometry-puzzles/Mathematica Notebook and animations can be found at the bo
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The ingredient in almost everything you eat - Francesca Bot
163 views / 0 likes - addedDig into the science of soy, and discover what makes soybeans such versatile plants and whether its healthy for you and the planet.--Soybeans have been cultivated in Asia for thousands of years, and have since spread across the globe. Today, soy is in so
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The Gauntlet| Think Like A Coder, Ep 8
361 views / 0 likes - addedThe adventure continues! Episode 8: Ethic and Hedge find themselves at a gauntlet of forking paths. Can they find the right one before theyre captured?--This is episode 8 of our animated series Think Like A Coder. This 10-episode narrative follows a girl,
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How a Hot Planet Created the World's Biggest Snake
617 views / 5 likes - addedAbout 59 million years ago, the largest animal lurking in the ancient forests of Colombia by far was Titanoboa - the largest snake ever known. Its only been in the past few years that weve put together the many pieces of this puzzling creature, but it tur
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The imaginary king who changed the real world - Matteo Salvadore
361 views / 0 likes - addedGet to know the legend of the king known as Prester John, whose myth would impact the decisions of European leaders for 400 years. --In 1165, copies of a strange letter began to circulate throughout Europe. It spoke of a fantastical realm, containing the
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Change Your Life One Tiny Step at a Time
238 views / 1 likes - addedChange Your Life One Tiny Step at a TimeGet your Habit Journal here: https://shop-us.kurzgesagt.org/collections/habitSources & further reading:https://sites.google.com/view/sources-change/If you are like most people, there is a gap between the person you
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Ambergris: Why Perfume Makers Love Constipated Whales
627 views / 0 likes - addedHow whale poop becomes perfume. Thanks to Crunchyroll for sponsoring this video! http://www.crunchyroll.com/minuteearth Thanks also to our supporters on https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth ___________________________________________ FYI: We try to leave j
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Brown; color is weird
473 views / 0 likes - addedYou 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 Congress of Vienna: Crash Course European History #23
462 views / 0 likes - addedThe end of the Napoleonic Wars left the great powers of Europe shaken. Judging from the destruction that had been wrought across the continent, it seemed to the powers that be that the Enlightenment had liberated the people, and led to disaster. So, every
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Why Can't We Get Power From Waves?
463 views / 0 likes - addedThanks 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 dark history of IQ tests - Stefan C. Dombrowski
368 views / 0 likes - addedExplore 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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Changing the Blueprints of Life - Genetic Engineering: Crash Course Engineering #38
338 views / 0 likes - addedCan we change the blueprints of life? This week we are exploring that question with genetic engineering. Well discuss how selective breeding can improve agricultural practices, and the potential DNA-level engineering could have on other fields of engineer
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When Tree Planting Goes Wrong
74 views / 0 likes - addedSpecial thanks to the Society for Ecological Restoration and its global partners for their support during this production; and to the Convention on Biological Diversity, which is part of the United Nations Environment Programme. Thanks to Kingsley Dixon a
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Why are eating disorders so hard to treat? - Anees Bahji
167 views / 0 likes - addedDig into the psychiatric conditions of eating disorders, and explore the complex effects they have on the body and mind. --Globally, about 10% of people will experience an eating disorder during their lifetime. And yet, eating disorders are profoundly mis
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Modern Life: Crash Course European History #30
350 views / 0 likes - addedSo, "modern" is kind of a loaded term, but today we're going to talk about modern life in Europe, as it looked around the time the 19th century turned into the 20th. We'll look at what life was like in the rapidly growing urban centers of Europe, how deve
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The dark history of zombies - Christopher M. Moreman
273 views / 0 likes - addedTrace the origins of zombies from the Afro-Haitian religion of vodou, and discover how zombification was a reflection of slavery.--Zombies have a distinct lineage one that traces back to Equatorial and Central Africa. For three centuries, African people w
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The tale of the boy who tricked the Devil - Iseult Gillespie
638 views / 2 likes - addedDiscover the tale of the lovestruck boy sent into Hell to steal 3 hairs from the Devil to appease his true love's father, the king.--In a small town, a proud mother showed off her newborn son. Upon noticing his lucky birthmark, townsfolk predicted he woul
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Why movies went from 15 minutes to 2 hours
351 views / 0 likes - addedMovies used to be really short. How did it change?Almanac Hollywouldn't is our miniseries on big changes to movies that came from outside Hollywood. Watch all of the episodes right here on YouTube.Episode 1: https://youtu.be/NMkZpuiEqh8Episode 3: https://
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How much electricity does it take to power the world?
748 views / 1 likes - addedDiscover 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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Where Do Our Drugs Come From?
844 views / 0 likes - addedThe incredible chemical weapon-making abilities of fungi, bacteria, and plants have created a diverse array of compounds that are useful to humans. Thanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! http://twin-cities.umn.edu/ Thanks also to
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This thing is -270C and is EVERYWHERE
270 views / 0 likes - addedDownload the PBS Video App: https://www.pbs.org/pbs-video-app/The universe is microwaving itself. A mystery signal discovered in the 1960s led to a Nobel prize. In this video, Dianna explores one of the most mysterious discoveries in physics - a constant
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How An Extreme Solar Storm Almost Wiped Out Our Entire Electronic Infrastructure
239 views / 1 likes - addedSolar superstorms and Aurora Science in AlaskaFor your chance to win the Tesla Model X Plaid and support a great cause, enter at https://www.omaze.com/physicsgirlSupport Physics Girl videos https://www.patreon.com/physicsgirlSpecial thank you to our X-Ray
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From pacifist to spy: WWIIs surprising secret agent - Shrabani Basu
413 views / 0 likes - addedLearn about the life of World War II spy Noor Inayat Khan and how she worked with the French Resistance to build the network that defeated the Nazis.--In May 1940, with the German army ready to occupy Paris, Noor Inayat Khan was faced with a difficult cho
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The Industrial Revolution: Crash Course European History #24
588 views / 0 likes - addedWe've talked about a lot of revolutions in 19th Century Europe, and today we're moving on to a less warlike revolution, the Industrial Revolution. You'll learn about the development of steam power and mechanization, and the labor and social movements that
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How humanity got hooked on coffee - Jonathan Morris
64 views / 0 likes - addedTrace the history of coffee, from its first known origins to its rise in popularity due to trade routes and cultivation.--One day around 850 CE, a goatherd observed that his goats started acting abnormally after nibbling on some berries. The herder tried
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Dutch Golden Age: Crash Course European History #15
472 views / 0 likes - addedWhile the English were falling apart a little, with their civil war and their restoration and their succession problems, the Dutch were getting their act together. They were throwing off the yoke of the Spanish Empire, uniting their provinces, and buildin
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How Do Some Waves Get SO Big?
230 views / 0 likes - addedGet 10% off all orders with code MINUTEEARTH now through May 31. After that, code is valid on 6" and 8.5" only. Shop now on https://bit.ly/MinuteEarthGlobes.All over the world, giant wave breaks appear because of underwater geology that supercharges their
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Can you solve the risky disk riddle? - James Tanton
232 views / 0 likes - addedPractice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/TedEd--Your antivirus squad is up against a code thats hijacked your mainframe. What youve learned from other infected systems, right before they went dark, is that it likes to toy with antivirus agen
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Why Are Some People Left-Handed?
686 views / 0 likes - addedThe science of their sinister ways… Subscribe to It’s Okay To Be Smart: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Follow on Twitter: http://twitter.com/jtotheizzoe Follow on Tumblr: http://www.itsokaytobesmart.com Follow on Instagram: http:/
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How Old Is The Oldest Fairy Tale?
815 views / 0 likes - addedWe know folklore goes back hundreds of years, but thanks to a new study using biological research methods, we now know it’s even older than that. Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com: http://people.howstuffworks.com/10-da... Share on Facebook: https://goo.gl/K
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Why should you read Moby Dick? - Sascha Morrell
483 views / 0 likes - addedDive into Herman Melvilles classic novel Moby Dick, the story of Captain Ahabs hunt for revenge against the white whale who bit off his leg. --A mountain separating two lakes. A room papered floor to ceiling with bridal satins. The lid of an immense snuff
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Do Robots Deserve Rights? What if Machines Become Conscious?
866 views / 2 likes - addedWhat shall we do once machines become conscious? Do we need to grant them rights? Check out Wisecrack and their video: https://goo.gl/oaUbAF 'The Philosophy of Westworld': https://goo.gl/8Tn2m5 Support us on Patreon so we can make more videos (and get coo
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The dark history of the Chinese Exclusion Act - Robert Chang
245 views / 0 likes - addedDig 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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The 2015 Nobel Prizes!
743 views / 0 likes - addedOver 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 myth of Hades and Persephone - Iseult Gillespie
409 views / 1 likes - addedDig 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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Russell's Paradox - A Ripple in the Foundations of Mathematics
442 views / 0 likes - addedBertrand Russell's set theory paradox on the foundations of mathematics, axiomatic set theory and the laws of logic. A celebration of Gottlob Frege. Thank you to Professor Joel David Hamkins for your help with this video. Hi! I'm Jade. Subscribe to Up and
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Whatever happened to acid rain? - Joseph Goffman
262 views / 1 likes - addedDiscover what causes acid rain, and how scientists were able to largely eliminate this major environmental threat. --In 1963, scientists studying Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest made a shocking discovery. Their most recent rainfall samples were nearly 1
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World's Cutest Animals!
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Why is this black square famous? - Allison Leigh
114 views / 1 likes - addedDiscover the symbolism of Kazimir Malevichs Black Square, and how it pushed the boundaries of what art is and what it can be.--In 1915, an exhibition of radical artworks opened in Russia. Many pieces pushed the boundaries of form and style, but one was pa
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Why do cats have vertical pupils? - Emma Bryce
3,828 views / 0 likes - addedDive into the incredible diversity of animal pupils, and how the different shapes indicate the animals role in an ecosystem.--Peering into the eyes of different animals, youll see some extraordinarily shaped pupils. House cats, for one, are twilight hunte
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Science vs. Pseudoscience - Siska De Baerdemaeker
1,093 views / 0 likes - addedGet to know 3 factors that can help you identify pseudoscience, and find out how it differs from actual science.--Pseudoscience is a set of theories, methods, and assumptions that appear scientific, but arent. In the worst cases, pseudoscience practitione
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Would you raise the bird that murdered your children? - Steve Rothstein
209 views / 0 likes - addedDig into the evolutionary strategy of brood parasitism, where one animal tricks another into rearing its young.--A mother honeyguide has placed its chick into a bee-eaters nest puncturing all the other eggs in the nest and leaving only its own hatching al
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Once a Spawn a Time: Horseshoe Crabs Mob the Beach | Deep Look
178 views / 0 likes - addedHorseshoe crabs may look scary, but when it's springtime in Delaware Bay, millions of these arthropods show they're lovers, not fighters. They lay masses of blue-green eggs up on the shore. At just the right time, they pop and release the larvae within th
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The dark history of werewolves - Craig Thomson
111 views / 0 likes - addedExplore how werewolves have evolved in folklore, literature, and pop culture throughout history, and where these stories originated.--Stories of werewolves have existed for thousands of years and continue to live on today. Theyre especially prominent in E
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Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake - The Kirov Ballet
363 views / 1 likes - addedTchaikovsky: Swan Lake - The Kirov Ballet Buy from Amazon: http://smarturl.it/KirovSwanLakeAmazon In this production of the best loved classical ballet 'Swan Lake' the naturally gifted Yulia Makhalina dances the challenging role of Odette/Odile while the
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How to Fix Traffic Forever
473 views / 0 likes - addedThe first 100 people to sign up will get three meals off their Blue Apron order free! Click here: http://cook.ba/2tNrXSI This video is sponsored by Blue Apron. Check out my new podcast with Brian from Real Engineering: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/
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What did people do before anesthesia? - Sally Frampton
1,537 views / 2 likes - addedTrace the history of anesthesia from the 3rd century to today, and explore how doctors performed surgery before anesthetic drugs.--The quest for anesthetics that could induce unconsciousness and enable more meticulous surgeries began around the early 3rd
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Where Does One Ocean End And Another Begin?
290 views / 0 likes - addedCheck out Brilliant (and get 20% off) here: https://brilliant.org/MinuteEarth/Earth's ocean water is continuous. How can we divide it into sections that are more useful?Thanks also to our Patreon patrons https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth and our YouTube
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The Artists | Think Like A Coder, Ep 5
358 views / 0 likes - addedThe adventure continues! Episode 5: Ethic and Hedge arrive in the 198forest in search of the second artifact. Can they sneak past the guards to get to the tower? --This is episode 5 of our animated series Think Like A Coder. This 10-episode narrative foll
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3 Things 'Faster Than Light'
786 views / 0 likes - addedThese 3 things go "faster" than the speed of light. How's that even possible? Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj1gf... ↓Want more info?↓ More about the experiment: Marissa Giustina’s research: http://arxiv.org/abs/1511.03190 Advanced scientific
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The rise and fall of Italys warriors-for-hire - Stephanie Honchell Smith
88 views / 0 likes - addedDig into the history of the elite mercenaries known as condottieri, who were soldiers for hire for Italy's rich and powerful.--During the 14th and 15th centuries, mercenaries known as condottieri dominated Italian warfare, profiting from and encouraging t
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How to prevent political corruption - Stephanie Honchell Smith
54 views / 0 likes - addedExplore common types of corruption and find out what we can do to combat it and promote transparency in our institutions.--Corruption is often defined as misuse of a position of power for personal gain. And while corruption in politics is nothing new, it
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Why Robots That Bend Are Better
307 views / 0 likes - addedRobots of the future may be softer, squishier and bendier than robots today. This could make them ideal for space exploration. Check out http://kiwico.com/Veritasium50 for 50% off your first month of any subscription!On Thursday February 18th, 2021 the NA
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Ancient Humans Made Millions Of These - We Dont Know Why
83 views / 0 likes - addedThe Acheulean handaxe was the most common tool of early humans, but we still dont know what the heck they used it for.LEARN MORE**************To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: - Acheulean handaxe: large, chipped ston
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10 Ways Cats Say "I Love You"
537 views / 2 likes - addedIn this video, we will discuss 10 ways that cats show their love. Prolonged eye contact and slow blinking. Youve probably noticed your cat staring intently into your eyes at one point or another - dont worry! your kitty is showing you how much they love y
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The artist who won a Nobel Prize... in medicine - Melanie E. Peffer
327 views / 2 likes - addedExplore 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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Searching for Bats (using a Night Vision 'Special Camera!') | Maddie Moate
512 views / 0 likes - addedSearching for the rare Barbastelle Bat! - Filmed on a Sony NightShot Camcorder- http://amzn.to/2kkYA31 See below for links and make sure you subscribe for more: http://bit.ly/1kPjJZL Natterer's Bat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku09eT_vpdY Common Pipi
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