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Blood Vessels, Part 2: Crash Course A&P #28

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And now we return to blood vessels. In this episode, we start discussing what blood pressure is, how it can become "high", and what that means for our health. One of the more interesting points is that your body has ways of dealing with high blood pressur
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Endocrine System, Part 1 - Glands & Hormones: Crash Course A&P #23

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Hank 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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How Geography Gave the US Power

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How This Bizarre Virus Killed 500 Million People

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Sources & further reading: https://sites.google.com/view/sources-smallpox/This video was made possible through a grant by Open Philanthropy.Check out '500 Million, But Not A Single One More' by Rational Animations here: https://youtu.be/ljmifo4Klss?si=uo5
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Microsoft And Connected Consoles: Crash Course Games #10

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Today, we wrap up our discussion of the console wars by taking a look at Microsoft’s Xbox which was announced in 2001. The early 2000s saw a lot of innovation in hardware and games and we’ll cover some of that, but one significant change that would heavil
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Ben 10 | How to Draw: HEATBLAST | Cartoon Network

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Learn how to draw Heatblast like an expert from one of our experts, Chase Standley - character designer for Ben 10! Ben 10 | How To Draw: Heatblast | Cartoon Networkhttps://youtu.be/iNjAqzppmIEABOUT BEN 10Why have one set of super powers when you can have
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Its pronounced GIF.

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Is there a "right" way to pronounce it? And why is it so complicated? Written with Molly Ruhl and Gretchen McCulloch. Gretchen's podcast has an episode all about this: https://lingthusiasm.com/post/180153994181/lingthusiasm-episode-26-why-do-c-and-g-come-
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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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That Time The Ocean Lost (Almost) All Its Oxygen

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Find Bizarre Beasts here! https://www.youtube.com/bizarrebeastsThis is the story of how our planet rescued itself from extreme conditions in the Cretaceous Period, at the cost of essentially suffocating the oceans for half-a-million years.*****PBS Member
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How to do an Identity Check! (DIY Fingerprinting) | D.I.SPY

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Today's assignment from Head Quarters: spies-in-training Izzy and Kaiden must keep their identities a secret and be able to check on others. Watch to learn how to DIY a spy ID and take fingerprints! Spy ID Template: https://pin.it/p4wnki6terlgib → Credits
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How to Decode a Secret Message! (DIY Decoder) | D.I.SPY

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Today's assignment from Head Quarters: spies-in-training Izzy and Kaiden must spy decode secret messages. Watch to learn how to make DIY invisible ink and a decoder. -Credits- Executive Producer - Judy Meyers Executive Producer – Camie Holmes Writer / Pro
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MMORPGs - Crash Course Games #12

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So we ended the last episode with casual gaming and a more connected gaming community, but these connected communities started much before smartphones and Facebook. Today, we’re going to talk about MMORPGs - or Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Ga
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How to Cure Aging – During Your Lifetime?

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What if we could stop aging forever? Thanks so much for help with the video to Lifespan.io. Check them out and learn how you can get active here: Lifespan.io facebook.com/LifespanIO https://www.leafscience.org/blog/ Kurzgesagt Newsletter: http://eepurl.co
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Capitalism and the Dutch East India Company: Crash Course World History 229

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Want to help keep CrashCourse going? Consider becoming a Patron and help us keep making awesome content for such awesome people. SUBBABLE SUBSCRIBERS READ FURTHER↓ https://www.patreon.com/crashcourse In which John Green teaches you about the Vereenigde Oo
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Can you solve the secret werewolf riddle? - Dan Finkel

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Practice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/TedEd/ Signup to receive the bonus riddle's solution: https://brilliant.org/TedEdWerewolf/ You’re on the trail of a werewolf that’s been terrorizing your town. After months of detective work, you’ve n
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Top Gun: Maverick - Official Trailer IN LEGO

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After months of painstaking work I recreated the TOP GUN: MAVERICK trailer in Lego, one frame at a time. This was created 100% independently out of my love for Top Gun, cinema, and LEGO. Support what I do!PATREON https://www.patreon.com/OnbeatmanI created
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The Gene Patent Question

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Why the Northernmost Town in America Exists

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Muscles, Part 1 - Muscle Cells: Crash Course A&P #21

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We're kicking off our exploration of muscles with a look at the complex and important relationship between actin and myosin. Your smooth, cardiac, and skeletal muscles create movement by contracting and releasing in a process called the sliding filament m
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How Could We Get To Mars In Only 28 Hours?

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There's a cheat code to getting to Mars. Can humans handle the harsh conditions that space will throw at them?Watch more: Trapped In Space ft William Osmen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PevXm5qYCkMeet The Life Noggin Team!Director/Voice - Pat Graziosi:
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History vs. Henry VIII - Mark Robinson and Alex Gendler

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Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/history-vs-henry-viii-mark-robinson-and-alex-gendler He was a powerful king whose break with the church of Rome would forever change the course of Engli
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How to Make a Perfect Getaway! (DIY Smoke Distraction) | D.I.SPY

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Today's assignment from Head Quarters: spies-in-training Izzy and Kaiden must steal some freshly baked cookies without being caught by Kaiden's mom. Watch to learn how to make DIY mirrored glasses and a flour bomb! → Credits ← Executive Producer - Judy Me
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Where Do New Viruses Come From?

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Where do new viruses come from and how do they end up infecting humans? One way this can happen is via zoonosis - when a disease jumps from an animal to a human via a spillover event.Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe---A very
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What Exists In The Dark Space Between Solar Systems?

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Many people think that space is a vacuum, but that’s actually a misconception. What exactly exists between solar systems? Is This the Creepiest Satellite That's Ever Flown? ►►►►http://bit.ly/1NQANPm Sign Up For The TestTube Newsletter Here ►►►► http://bit
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Everything You Didn't Want To Know About Snot

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You swallow a ton of snot every single day. Head over to Reactions for more snot science! https://youtu.be/RbcUcYDejks Previous collab with Reactions: http://bit.ly/2jojAsd Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1FkxVLb ‖ Twitter! https://twitter.com/gross_science ‖ Tu
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How to Spy in Camouflage! (DIY Camo Binoculars) | D.I.SPY

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Today's assignment from Head Quarters: spies-in-training Izzy and Kaiden must spy on his big sister's date in the park. Watch to learn how to make DIY camouflage binoculars and a spy case to hide them and other secret documents in! → Credits ← Executive P
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Top Gun: Maverick - Official Trailer in LEGO - Side by Side Version

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WATCH THE 4k LEGO TRAILER HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEzbim8peGUAfter months of painstaking work I recreated the TOP GUN: MAVERICK trailer in Lego, one frame at a time. This was created 100% independently out of my love for Top Gun, cinema, and
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The Heart, Part 1 - Under Pressure: Crash Course A&P #25

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Your heart gets a lot of attention from poets, songwriters, and storytellers, but today Hank's gonna tell you how it really works. The heart’s ventricles, atria, and valves create a pump that maintains both high and low pressure to circulate blood from th
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Ben 10 HEATBLAST in Hex and Smythe Unite! | Ben 10 Toys | Cartoon Network

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What is Artificial Intelligence? with Mike Wooldridge

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Hear more from the 2023 CHRISTMAS LECTURER, Mike Wooldridge, as he explains what Artificial Intelligence is.This year's CHRISTMAS LECTURES are on the theme 'The Truth About AI' - find out more at https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lecturesInitiated by Michael
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Ben 10 FOUR ARMS in A Matter of Size! | Ben 10 Toys | Cartoon Network

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Check out these shiny new toys available now at these fine retailers below! TOYS R US: http://bit.ly/2w3lN1Q AMAZON: http://amzn.to/2vqt0rU TARGET: http://bit.ly/2f9AYj7 WALMART: http://bit.ly/2vJOYo5 Ben 10 | Toy Play: Four Arms | Episode 3 | Cartoon Net
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The Myth of Hercules: 12 labors in 8-bits - Alex Gendler

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Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-myth-of-hercules-12-labors-in-8-bits-alex-gendler Hercules — son of Zeus and champion of humankind — stricken with a temporary curse of madness, has
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How Airlines Price Flights

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Historical Figures Brought To Life (Catherine Parr, Queen Anne, Marie Antoinette, Bonaparte...)

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Historical Figures Brought To Life. The photos of the subjects in this video have been digitally manipulated and brought to life using various AI tools. Images have been manually enhanced, colorized and facial motion added (including smiling, ageing etc.)
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Why a total solar eclipse is such a big deal

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How solar and lunar eclipses work. Note: This is an update of a video we published in 2015. Sources: Getty Images https://www.amazon.com/Totality-Great-American-Eclipses-2017/dp/0198795696/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1500557252&sr=8-1&keywords=totality NASA: h
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How Do Pandemics Get Around the World?

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Most outbreaks of diseases area localised events but some such as Black Death, chikungunya and the swine flu break the norm and become worldwide pandemics. How do they travel around the world and how do scientists map them?Subscribe for regular science vi
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The Last Human A Glimpse Into The Far Future

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Because of the potential size of the future, the most important thing about our actions today might be their impact on future generations. This simple-sounding idea has some surprising moral implications: https://80000hours.org/kurzgesagt-last-humanSource
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Cellulose: From Trees to Explosives

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Cellulose is everywhere. In fact, it is the most abundant organic molecule on the Earth! Its in (but not limited to) our food, clothing, and plastics, and the cellulose compound nitrocellulose is used in explosives but also in things like x-rays, early si
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Ben 10 DIAMONDHEAD in The Forbidden Temple! | Ben 10 Toys | Cartoon Network

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Diamondhead vs. Hex! Which alien would you transform to defeat him? Come up with your own adventures and grab these Ben 10 toys at one of these retailers below: TOYS R US: http://bit.ly/2w3lN1Q AMAZON: http://amzn.to/2vqt0rU TARGET: http://bit.ly/2f9AYj7
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How Overnight Shipping Works

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The Weird World in RGB

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You can support this channel on Patreon! Link below Have you ever wondered why the word looks so weird? Wait. Weird as in, like, all the time? Of course! We live in a weird world! But light, though! What about weird light? Ahhh, that's what this video is
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Autonomic Nervous System: Crash Course A&P #13

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Hank takes you on a tour of your two-part autonomic nervous system. This episode explains how your sympathetic nervous system and parasympathetic nervous system work together as foils, balancing each other out. Their key anatomical differences - where ner
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Muscles, Part 2 - Organismal Level: Crash Course A&P #22

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Hank calls in a friend to do his push ups for him today to explain how skeletal muscles work together to create and reverse movements. Hank and Claire also demonstrate the role size plays in motor units, the three phase cycle of muscle twitches, and how t
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Casual Gaming: Crash Course Games #11

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Today, we’re moving on from game consoles to talk about a bigger shift that was happening in the gaming industry. In the mid 2000s, we saw a proliferation of Internet accessible devices and with them gaming would expand to a new audience. We’re going to t
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Mario WASN'T Supposed to Have a MUSTACHE or CAPPY?!? | WHAT THEY GOT RIGHT

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Mario, Princess Peach, and Bowser used to look completely different in their early character designs! On WHAT THEY GOT RIGHT, Ruby Jay tells you about all the alternate versions of the characters the artists considered for the show before landing on the h
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Taste&Smell: Crash Course A&P #16

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Hank resists the urge to devour a slice of pizza so that he can walk you through the way we experience our major special senses. It all boils down to one thing: sensory cells translating chemical, electromagnetic, and mechanical stimuli into action potent
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Ben 10 | Assembly Required: Rustbucket Toy Set! | Cartoon Network

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Trusty but rusty! Pick up a Ben 10 Rustbucket for your own roadtrip adventures from one of these fine retailers today! TOYS R US: http://bit.ly/2w3lN1Q AMAZON: http://amzn.to/2vqt0rU TARGET: http://bit.ly/2f9AYj7 WALMART: http://bit.ly/2vJOYo5 Ben 10 Toys
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Do You Have Free Will?

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Take control over what occupies your mind with Ground News. Go to https://ground.news/nutshell to get 40% off unlimited access to a news platform that helps you break free from manipulative algorithms and discover news you might be missing. THE CLOCK IS T
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The LEGO Movie Almost Looked Like THIS? | WHAT THEY GOT RIGHT

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Everything is awesome when it comes to the Lego Movie & Lego Batman! But some of the early designs for characters in those movies were way weirder than you would ever expect! On WHAT THEY GOT RIGHT, Ruby Jay tells you about all the different styles the th
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Christmas Lectures 2022: Lecture 1/3 with Sue Black

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Discover the secrets of forensic science as Professor Dame Sue Black tells the story of a 1,000 year old skeleton, in the first of the Royal Institution's annual Christmas lectures for 2022. Watch the second lecture here: https://youtu.be/yIFcRjCq0TQWatch
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What can science tell us about dogs? with Jules Howard

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Does your dog really love you? Can dogs understand human emotions? And what's the history of dogs and scientific research? Watch the Q&A here: https://youtu.be/1fWCiccira4Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibeGet Jules's book 'Won
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GULLIVER'S TRAVELS Fleischer Studios (1939) (Remastered) (HD 1080p)

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Gulliver's Travels is a 1939 American cel-animated Technicolor feature film, directed by Dave Fleischer and produced by Max Fleischer for Fleischer Studios. The film was released on December 22, 1939 by Paramount Pictures, who had the feature produced as
What Are Rocks and How Do They Form? Crash Course Geography #18

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From towering mountains to pebbles along a river, the Earth is made of a huge variety of rocks. In today's episode, we're going to follow the rock cycle of a piece of granite in the Himalayan mountains, and as you'll see, every rock has a far-reaching sto
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Why don't Americans use electric kettles?

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It's not really a mystery. links 'n stuff My video on 240V power in the US; https://youtu.be/jMmUoZh3Hq4 Technology Connections on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TechConnectify The TC Subreddit https://www.reddit.com/r/technologyconnections This channel is
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SPONGEBOB Used to Look Like THIS?!? | WHAT THEY GOT RIGHT

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Spongebob, Patrick, and the rest of the gang looked and acted really different in early versions of the Spongebob character designs! On WHAT THEY GOT RIGHT, Ruby Jay tells you about all the alternate versions of the characters the artists considered for t
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Emergence – How Stupid Things Become Smart Together

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How can many stupid things combine to form smart things? How can proteins become living cells? How become lots of ants a colony? What is emergence? This video was made possible by a donation by the Templeton World Charity Foundation. A huge thanks to them
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Are Negative Ions Good For You?

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Do negative air ions improve mood, anxiety, depression, alertness? Part of this video was sponsored by LastPass, click here to find out more: http://bit.ly/2RZZTZk Special thanks to Prof. Jack Beauchamp and Dr. Nathan Dalleska from Caltech for all their h
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How the US Government Will Survive Doomsday

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How Shazam Works

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What is an Animal? Crash Course Zoology #1

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Check out Animal IQ on PBS Terra! https://youtu.be/Ejhbr_t7BlcSo what is an animal anyway? In our inaugural episode of Crash Course Zoology, well endeavor to answer just that because as it turns out, its complicated! But before we get there well need to i
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Watch This Before You Eat Another M&M

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M&M's are truly a delicious candy staple. But where did the idea for them come from, and how have they become so popular? We decided to dig deep to discover everything there is to know about these delicious chocolate treats.For many people, M&M's are a re
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How (and Why) to Make a Pill Out of Poop

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The latest clinical trials for poop pills that can fight a gut infection failed. But that's no reason to flush this research down the toilet. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1FkxVLb ‖ Twitter! https://twitter.com/gross_science ‖ Tumblr! http://grossscience.tumbl
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What If You Detonated a Nuclear Bomb In The Marianas Trench? (Science not Fantasy)

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Did you ever wonder what happened if you detonated a nuclear bomb in the Marianas Trench? No? We neither! Let us find out together! This video was inspired by xkcd and a video that shall remain unnamed. https://what-if.xkcd.com/15/ Sources and further rea
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Playstation And More Immersive Video Games: Crash Course Games #9

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So by the mid-90s the video game industry was once again booming and this attracted the attention of the Japanese electronics giant Sony. In 1994, Sony introduced their Playstation console which successfully coupled cutting edge technologies with some gre
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Theres something weird about this 105 million-year-old amber.

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*****PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to http://to.pbs.org/DonateEons*****Produced by Complexly for PBS Digital StudiosSuper special thanks to the following Patreon patrons for helping make Eons possible:Coll
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Enlightened Monarchs: Crash Course European History #19

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Last time we learned about the Enlightenment, and the philosophers and thinkers whose ideas would shape governance for hundred of years. This week, we're learning how monarchs across Europe were influenced by those ideas. Adoption of Enlightenment ideas a
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How did consciousness evolve? - with Nicholas Humphrey

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Find out how consciousness is generated in the human brain - and discover the evidence suggesting some animals are also sentient.Read Nicholas's book 'Sentience: The Invention of Consciousness' here: https://geni.us/eCGsWatch the Q&A here: https://www.you
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A Selfish Argument for Making the World a Better Place – Egoistic Altruism

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What Happened Before History? Human Origins

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Use the URL: http://www.audible.com/nutshell to get a free audiobook and 30 days free trial and support this channel. Thanks a lot to Audible for supporting us! Humans. We have been around for a while now. When we think about our past we think about ancie
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What Is Intelligence? Where Does it Begin?

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You can find our beautiful education posters in our shop: https://shop.kurzgesagt.orgThis video was made possible by a grant from the Templeton World Charity Foundation.Sources & further reading:https://sites.google.com/view/sourcesintelligenceHumans are
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Are There Lost Alien Civilizations in Our Past?

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What Did John Snow Know About Cholera? - with James Grime

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Physician John Snow famously figured out the cause of a cholera outbreak using maths and statistics, and thereby helped to disprove the miasma theory of disease - that people get ill from 'bad air'.Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSub
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Airline Food During the Golden Age of Air Travel

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Parents Try Guessing What Their Kid Will Do With $100 | What Would My Kid Do? (React)

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The largest telescope that will ever be built*

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The asterisk is important. AD: NordVPN's best deal is here: https://nordvpn.com/tomscott - with a 30-day money-back guarantee. More on the ELT: @ESOobservatory https://eso.org The Extremely Large Telescope, in Paranal, Chile, is probably going to be the l
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Fusion Energy Explained – Future or Failure

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How does Fusion Energy work and is it a good idea? Support us on Patreon so we can make more videos (and get cool stuff in return): https://www.patreon.com/Kurzgesagt?ty=h Kurzgesagt merch here: http://bit.ly/1P1hQIH Get the music of the video here: sound
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Titanic: The ONLY Genuine Footage - Verified By Experts

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Incredibly rare, genuine & authenticated. This stunning footage is the OLDEST AND ONLY known remaining film of Titanic above water. Combined with footage from the wreck - utterly beautiful and heartbreaking. Ever since Titanic was lost at sea that fat
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How did humans become (mostly) right-handed?

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Being right-handed may have deep evolutionary roots in our lineage.*****PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to http://to.pbs.org/DonateEons*****Produced by Complexly for PBS Digital StudiosSuper special thanks t
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Show Yourself - Frozen 2 in Real Life

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Support more music videos, become a LemonHead: Join our Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/workingwithlemons Working with Lemons presents our cover of Show Yourself the Disney Song. Show Yourself is Elsa’s big musical song since Let it Go came out. O
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The Truth About Toilet Swirl - Northern Hemisphere

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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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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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How the worlds tallest skyscraper was built - Alex Gendler

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Discover the engineering innovations that made building Burj Khalifa, the worlds tallest skyscraper, possible.--In 2004, construction began on a new building in Dubai, promising a revolutionary design that would dwarf the rest of the worlds skyscrapers. F
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The life cycle of a pair of jeans - Madhavi Venkatesan

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Trace the life cycle of a pair of denim jeans, and discover the labor and environmental costs of this fashion staple.--The first pairs of jeans were designed for durability; denim was constructed as a sturdy weave worn by sailors and miners. But over the
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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 To Detect A Secret Nuclear Test

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Thanks to the CTBTO for helping keep the world safe by detecting secret nuclear tests. http://www.ctbto.org http://www.twitter.com/ctbto_alerts http://www.facebook.com/CTBTO http://www.youtube.com/CTBTO Music by Nathaniel Schroeder http://www.soundcloud.c
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The Hardcore Crickets That Only Live on Bare Lava

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Build your own website today at https://wix.com/go/scishow.Some animals live in pretty extreme places, but the lava cricket might be the most hardcore of them all. These crickets have only been observed right after volcanic eruptions, and scientists have
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Axolotls: The salamanders that snack on each other (but don't die) - Luis Zambrano

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Discover the extraordinary regenerative powers of the axolotl, a salamander native to Mexico and one of sciences most studied animals.--Axolotls are one of sciences most studied animals. Why, you ask? These extraordinary salamanders are masters of regener
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How to Build the Universe with Ben Still

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Ben Still shows how a handful of different building bricks and a few construction rules cooked up the chemical elements essential to life on Earth. Ben's book: https://geni.us/X7TggmWatch the Q&A: https://youtu.be/5GB6HH0O0XoLearn more on Ben Still's chan
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A day in the rebellion against the Inca Empire - Gabriel Prieto

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Follow Maxo, a warrior of the Chimu Empire, as he navigates the Inca-conquered streets of Chan Chan to receive a secret message.--Its daybreak in the city of Chan Chan, and former soldier Maxo has been up all night fretting. Last night, a friend stopped b
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Can you solve the fortress riddle? - Henri Picciotto

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Practice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/TedEd--Bad news: your worst enemies are at the gate. Your fledgling kingdom guards the worlds only herd of tiny dino creatures. To you, theyre sacred. To everyone else, theyre food. The three closest
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How do personality tests work? - Merve Emre

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Examine how popular personality tests, like the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and the Enneagram, are designed and their inconsistencies. --In 1942, a mother-daughter duo named Katherine Cook Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers developed a questionnaire that clas
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Ethical dilemma: Should we get rid of mosquitoes? - Talya Hackett

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Explore how the technology of gene drives could lead to the eradication of mosquitoes and what that could mean for our ecosystems.--Mosquitoes are responsible for more human deaths every year than any other animal, but very few of the 3,500 mosquito speci
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Venus May Have Life!

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Check Out Overview of PBS Terra: https://bit.ly/33otrUnIf you rank the most habitable places in our solar system Venus lands pretty low, with surface temperatures hot enough to melt lead and sulphuric acid rain. And yet it may have just jumped to the fron
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The myth of the original star-crossed lovers - Shannon Zhao

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Get to know the myth of the weaver and the cowherd, a pair of star-crossed lovers banished to opposite sides of the Milky Way.--In the court of the Jade Emperor, a young princess had a special skill: she could pluck clouds from the sky and spin them into
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The 10 Equations that Rule the World - with David Sumpter

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Is there a secret formula for getting rich? For making something a viral hit? For deciding how long to stick with your current Netflix series, job, or even relationship? David Sumpter has the answers.David's book "The Ten Equations: And How You Can Use Th
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How one design flaw almost toppled a skyscraper - Alex Gendler

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Dig into the unique engineering of New York Citys Citicorp Center tower, and the design flaw that threatened to topple it.--In 1978, Diane Hartley was writing her undergraduate architecture thesis when she made a shocking discovery. After weeks of poring
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Car Mechanic Tries To SCAM A WOMAN, Instantly Regrets It | Dhar Mann

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You should never judge a book by its cover. 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 you can text me at 213-212-4550 or click t
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Accidental Discoveries That Go Boom

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Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions Chemistry usually involves precise measurements and careful testing in order to get significant results. But a bunch of notable discoveries happened by accident. In the second edition of our accidental discoveries ser
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The dark history of the overthrow of Hawaii - Sydney Iaukea

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Get to know the story of Queen Liliuokalani, the last queen of Hawaii, and how she fought the US annexation of the islands. --On January 16th, 1895, two men arrived at Liliuokalanis door, arrested her, and imprisoned her. The Missionary Party had recently
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One of the worlds oldest condiments - Dan Kwartler

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Trace the history of ketchup, from the condiments origins in 3rd century China to becoming a staple of American cuisine.--In the mid-18th century, England was crazy for ketchup. The sauce was a staple, but this ketchup wasnt the ubiquitous red goop youre
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Which animal has the best eyesight? - Thomas W. Cronin

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Explore the incredible diversity of eyes and vision in the animal kingdom, and find out which creature has the best eyesight.--The animal kingdom boasts an incredible diversity of eyes. Some rotate independently while others have squiggly-shaped pupils. S
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A Series of Fortunate Events with Sean B. Carroll

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Is simple chance the source of all the beauty and diversity we see in the world? Sean B. Carroll tells the story of the awesome power of chance.Sean's book "A Series of Fortunate Events" is available now: https://geni.us/mPPrdQHWatch the Q&A: https://yout
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Why do we, like, hesitate when we, um, speak? - Lorenzo Garca-Amaya

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Why do we fill pauses in speech with words like um, uh, and like? Dig into the hesitation phenomenon to find out their linguistic significance.--For as long as weve had language, some people have tried to control it. And some of the most frequent targets
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The diseases that changed humanity forever - Dan Kwartler

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Explore the history of humanitys deadliest diseases, and find out how our progress and innovation exposed us to new pathogens.--Since humanitys earliest days, weve been plagued by countless disease-causing pathogens. Invisible and persistent, these microo
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How to Hide Your Secrets! (DIY Secret Book Storage) | D.I.SPY

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Today's assignment from Head Quarters: spies-in-training Izzy and Kaiden must disguise a USB drive with top secret files. Watch to learn how to hide a USB drive in a glue stick and how to hollow out a book for even more secret storage! → Credits ← Executi
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The worlds most dangerous fart - Nick Caruso and Dani Rabaiotti

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Dive into the bowels of the animal kingdom to explore why animals fart, and find out which creature has the foulest flatulence. --For most humans, farts are a welcome relief, an embarrassing incident, or an opportunity for a gas-based gag. But for many ot
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The myth of Pegasus and the chimera - Iseult Gillespie

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Discover the myth of Bellerophon, the hero who battled and killed the Chimera monster atop the winged horse Pegasus.--Shielded from the gorgons stone gaze, Perseus crept through Medusas cave. When he reached her, he drew his sickle and brought it down on
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Why a sausage can do what your gloves cannot - Charles Wallace and Sajan Saini

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Dig into the science of touchscreens, and find out the difference between the two most common types: capacitive and resistive.--In 2010, South Korea experienced a particularly cold winter. People couldnt activate their smartphones while wearing gloves, so
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Why Do Clouds Stay Up?

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There’s nothing wrong with having your head in the clouds. 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 Foll
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The Chemistry of Redheads

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Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions St. Paddy's Day is just around the corner, and so instead of celebrating with a glass of green beer, these year we decided to take a closer, chemical look into what makes redheads stand out from the crowd. It might su
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A 5,300-year-old murder mystery - Albert Zink

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Get to know the story of tzi the Iceman, a 5,300-year-old glacier mummy who researchers discovered had been murdered.--In September 1991, two hikers discovered a corpse emerging from the ice. Researchers soon realized they were looking at the mummified bo
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The Counterintuitive Physics Of Turning A Bike

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Thanks to http://www.harrys.com for sponsoring this video – use offer code MinutePhysics for $5 off your first purchase A HUGE thanks to Michael Aranda for aerial and slow motion photography and Wren Weichman (@wrenthereaper) for helping with the 3D bike
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What Happens If We Throw an Elephant From a Skyscraper? Life & Size 1

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Size is the most under appreciated regulators of living things. Let us demonstrate that by throwing animals from buildings. Kurzgesagt Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/cRUQxz Support us on Patreon so we can make more videos (and get cool stuff in return): ht
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The warrior who defeated the mighty Mughals - Stephanie Honchell Smith

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Trace Malik Ambars historic rise from enslaved youth to brilliant military tactician and kingmaker in the Indian sultanate.--In 1624, Mughal Emperor Jahangir received word of yet another defeat at the hands of his greatest enemy: Malik Ambar. Jahangir was
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Can you solve the cursed dice riddle? - Dan Finkel

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Practice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/TedEd--Ah, spring. As Demeter, Goddess of the Harvest, its your favorite season. Humans and animals look to you to balance the bounty of the natural world which, like any self-respecting Goddess, you
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How to manage your emotions

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Explore the framework known as the Process Model, a psychological tool to help you identify, understand, and regulate your emotions.--After a week of studying, you feel confident that you'll ace your exam. But when you get your grade back, it's much lower
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What If We Detonated All Nuclear Bombs at Once?

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Sources: https://sites.google.com/view/sourcesallthebombs/ What happens if make a huge pile from all 15,000 nuclear bombs and pull the trigger? And what happens if we make an even bigger pile? Support us on Patreon so we can make more videos (and get cool
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The Million Dollar Equations - with Tom Crawford

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In the year 2000 it was announced that seven of the biggest unsolved problems in mathematics would each be given a $1million prize. Only one has been solved.Watch the Q&A: https://youtu.be/AFc7kGfLSIcSubscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiS
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How pigeons took over the world - Elizabeth Carlen and Joanna Moles

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Trace the ancient history of the pigeon, and discover how these birds became one of the most abundant species on the planet.--Seeing their meat as a protein source and their poop as the perfect fertilizer, humans brought pigeons into captivity as far back
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Test yourself: Can you tell the difference between music and noise? - Hanako Sawada

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Get to know avant-garde music composer John Cage, whose work challenged the boundaries between music and noise.--In 1960, composer John Cage went on television to share his latest work. But rather than using traditional instruments, Cage appeared surround
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Does math have a major flaw? - Jacqueline Doan and Alex Kazachek

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Practice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/teded--A mathematician with a knife and ball begins slicing and distributing the ball into an infinite number of boxes. She then recombines the parts into five precise sections. Moving and rotating th

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