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The Paralyzed Jockey Who’s Still In The Race

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Andrew Lakeman was an up-and-coming jockey when his horse clipped heels in a race at Belmont Park and fell on him. He suffered countless injuries and ended up paralyzed from the waist down. But instead of quitting, Lakeman got a trainer's license, bought
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The Most Famous Dog Who Ever Lived

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Dogs! Enough about humans and more about some creatures that matter, you no doubt were saying in your mind. So here's a story on pets. This is the story of Hachiko, who is likely the most famous dog in human history. But what is it about this dog that con
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Can Some People See More Colors Than You?

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Forget Roy G. Biv. Some people can see over a million colors! How does that work? What Causes Color Blindness? ►►►► http://bit.ly/1USU8qn Check Out Fig. 1 ►►►► http://bit.ly/1AKpGBH Sign Up For The TestTube Newsletter Here ►►►► http://bit.ly/1myXbFG Read
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How Close Are We to Building a Moon Base?

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For decades, humans have fantasized about living on the moon, but we haven't sent anyone there since 1972. So, how close are we to a moon base? Apollo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wo1jasvnUg&list=PL6uC-XGZC7X6t9SWSCN0ETF6HWcxy6bVc How Close Are We?
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Throwback On A Comeback: The Last Cassette Tape Factory

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Bust out your mix tapes and dust off those Walkmans: Cassette tapes are having a comeback. National Audio Company—the last cassette factory in the U.S.—is ready for the renewed demand. Cranking out analog audio tapes since 1969, the company boasted its be
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This Man Runs A Micronation Of 32 People

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Welcome to the Republic of Molossia: Population 32. Although not officially recognized by the United States, Molossia is a self-declared nation in the middle of the Nevada desert. This micronation has its own post office, bank and space program. Its presi
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Capturing Space Rocks In Antarctica

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Planetary scientist Constantine Tsang is trying to answer the great mystery of the universe: where did we come from? To do so, Tsang and his NASA-funded team spent two months searching for meteorites on the ice shelves of Antarctica. Daunting as it sounds
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The Lone Man Building A Cathedral By Hand

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For 53 years, Justo Gallego has been building a cathedral by hand on the outskirts of Madrid almost entirely by himself. Gallego has no formal architecture or construction training, but that hasn't stopped him from toiling on this herculean task. At 90 ye
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A Gazelle As Rare As It Is Small

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The Speke’s gazelle is the world's smallest gazelle, and is also one of the most endangered. This Bambi lookalike lives in the semidesert areas in the Horn of Africa. Named after English explorer John Hanning Speke, this gazelle has fallen victim to habit
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Penny Farthing Racing Is Still A Thing

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Forget lowrider bikes, the O.G. bicyclists rode high atop penny farthings. These old-school bikes with on oversized front wheel require excellent balance, and are still raced by cyclists today. We spoke with a penny farthing champion about the danger and
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What’s REALLY Warming the Earth?

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Watch my other climate science videos: http://bit.ly/climatevids Get yourself an awesome I DID A SCIENCE shirt! http://dftba.com/besmart ↓ More info and sources below ↓ References/Learn more: July 2016 is hottest on record: http://climate.nasa.gov/news/24
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The Math Behind Basketball's Wildest Moves | Rajiv Maheswaran | TED Talks

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Basketball is a fast-moving game of improvisation, contact and, ahem, spatio-temporal pattern recognition. Rajiv Maheswaran and his colleagues are analyzing the movements behind the key plays of the game, to help coaches and players combine intuition with
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Five Reasons To Thank Plankton

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For too long plankton have slaved away in obscurity, making the world a better place for generations of ungrateful humans. Until now. Find out how much you owe these little guys with Nature Video’s Five Reasons To Thank Plankton. For more videos of super
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How Native Americans Are Saving Vegetables from Extinction

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Rare strains of corn, beans, squash and other native crops might have been lost forever if not for the protection efforts of the Potawatomi and Ojibwe tribes and the Jijak Foundation in Hopkins, Michigan. Thanks to the salvation efforts of these tribes an
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The Man Who Escaped The Iron Curtain In A DIY Plane

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The dusty desert of Lucin, Utah, isn't for everyone. It's lonely, windy and hot. But for Ivo Zadarsky, it's home. The inventor, who in 1984 escaped Czechoslovakia in a homemade aircraft, lives in an airplane hangar about 25 miles from his nearest neighbor
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The New York Public Library Has a Human Google

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At the New York Public Library, you can call a librarian who will answer any researchable question you might have. The help-line has been around for over 40 years, and to this day it receives more than 30,000 calls a year. Need to know the color of an arc
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How Much Force Does It Take To Break A Bone?

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It seems like some people break bones all the time, while others consistently end up unscathed. What exactly does it take to break a bone? Check out Seeker VR! Why Humanity Must Explore The Unknown: A Cosmological Journey - https://youtu.be/rVcwlJEfh24 Pe
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This Desert Lagoon Is No Mirage

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Amid the rolling sand dunes of this Peruvian desert, an oasis springs from nowhere, adding life to the landscape. Legend has it that the lagoon was created when a princess fled her would-be captor and left the water she had been bathing in, which became t
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How Tiny Are You Compared To The Biggest Sea Creatures?

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Humans are so much smaller than a bunch of sea creatures. We thought it would be fun to animate our size compared to some of the largest animals. To check out all our animated videos, make sure to ‘LIKE’ us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DiscoveryN
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Digging A Hole Through The Earth - Pixel Animation

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What if we dug a hole through the earth and out the other side? We created a pixel animation journey to the deepest things humans and animals have dug, through molten rock, and withstanding crushing pressure. Using the most current scientific research we
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Competing For The First Olympic Refugee Team

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Popole Misenga and Yolande Mabika are two of 10 refugees selected for the first Olympic refugee team. They both fled civil conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and in the 2016 Olympics these hopefuls will compete without a country. By competing i
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This Gardener Regularly Grows 100-Pound Vegetables

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Growing up in a family of 13, Phillip Vowles learned to appreciate the effort it took to feed all his brothers and sisters. So when he started harvesting his own crop, he decided to supersize his venture. As Phillip says, “big vegetables feed big families
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This Man Protects the World's Rarest Colors

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The materials collection, at the Harvard Art Museums in Cambridge, MA, houses thousands of pigments, including some of the world’s rarest. Dragon's blood, mummy, Indian yellow: these are but a few flashy highlights from the museum's collection. SUBS
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True Grit: Training For Tug Of War

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Tug of war is a real sport. And it’s hard. Once upon of time it was an official Olympic event, before it got cut for budget reasons. Today, a dedicated group of athletes still train and compete in the gritty sport on a global level. This isn’t the tug of
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Belgian Feather Bowling In The Motor City

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Feather bowling, an obscure Belgian sport similar to bocce ball, is thriving at Detroit's Cadieux Cafe. The object of the game is to bowl a wooden disk down a concave lane and land it as close as possible to a single feather. Beyond the love of the game,
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How Smart Are Animals? Our Tests May All Be Wrong…

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The way animals think and communicate is a mystery, but science is working on changing that. Here’s what we know so far. After a Decade of Colony Collapse, Bees Are Bouncing Back! (Sort Of) - https://youtu.be/n9NQ9o7UWT4 Read More: Sheep are able to recog
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Is Superhero Strength Real?

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Youve probably heard stories about mothers lifting cars to save their baby trapped underneath--but is that just an urban myth? This week on Reactions we talk about superhero strength and the chemistry behind whats possible. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSRea
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On Target: Shooting Arrows Without Arms

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Matt Stutzman was born without arms. But that hasn't stopped him from becoming one of the world's best archers. In fact, he competes professionally for the U.S. Paralympic Archery Team and even set the Guinness World Record for longest accurate shot in ar
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The Vegetable Orchestra Literally Plays with Their Food

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In Vienna, Austria, there is an orchestra that performs with instruments made from vegetables. For the past 18 years, these musicians have been purchasing produce from a local market, turning that produce into instruments and performing with them in front
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Meet Kenya’s Only Ice Hockey Team

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Ben Azegere is the captain of the Kenyan ice hockey team. And yes, people play ice hockey 90 miles from the equator. Despite a lack of funding for ice hockey in Kenya, the 30-member team has big plans for the future, including a goal to play in the Winter
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These Hairworms Eat a Cricket Alive and Control Its Mind | Deep Look

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Support Deep Look on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deeplook A baby hairworm hitches a ride inside a cricket, feasting on its fat until the coiled-up parasite is ready to burst out. Then it hijacks the cricket's mind and compels it to head to water for
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Kimchi: A Story of Love and Patience

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For South Korea, kimchi is a symbol of national pride, and Kim Myung-Sung makes some of the best fermented vegetables around. Originally inclined to make a delicious gift for his wife, he has since committed his life to making the perfect kimchi. Here's h
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Inside New York’s Only Bird Rehab Center

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When Rita McMahon found a half-dead goose on the side of a street in New York City, she quickly discovered that there was nowhere in the area to bring injured or sick wildlife. So McMahon took it upon herself to create a haven for injured birds by foundin
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Why IQ is not the same as intelligence | BBC Ideas

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Does IQ really measure how smart you are? Is it possible to accurately assess intelligence through a test? And does who is setting the test, and why, make a difference? Will humans keep getting smarter? Or are the limits to our intelligence? Watch more ab
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The Blind Astronomer Of Nova Scotia

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Tim Doucette is legally blind, yet he sees the stars better than most people. A childhood diagnosis of congenital cataracts forced doctors to remove Doucette's lenses and widen his pupils. That left the amateur astronomer with only about 10 percent of his
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What Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins Feared Most

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Fifty years ago, as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin bounced on the moons surface below, Apollo 11 Command Module Pilot Michael Collins briefly disappeared behind the lunar disk, becoming the first person to experience space entirely alone. As we set our si
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Blue Origin's Vision to Send Millions of People to Space

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Fifty years ago, as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin bounced on the moons surface below, Apollo 11 Command Module Pilot Michael Collins briefly disappeared behind the lunar disk, becoming the first person to experience space entirely alone. As we set our si
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What It Takes to Boldly Go

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Fifty years ago, as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin bounced on the moons surface below, Apollo 11 Command Module Pilot Michael Collins briefly disappeared behind the lunar disk, becoming the first person to experience space entirely alone. As we set our si
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Accidental discovery shows we can rebuild coral reefs 40X faster

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David Vaughan works on the Florida Reef Tract, the third largest coral reef in the world and a vastly important ecosystem for sustaining underwater life. He and a team of scientists are working to combat the crisis in the world’s coral reefs—t
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Sweet Salute: In Berlin, He Dropped Candy Not Bombs

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At the end of World War II, Germany was divided. Berlin, its capital, was in crisis. The city was partially controlled by the Soviets, who held it under a siege. In order to save millions from starvation, the United States and England devised a plan: They
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Hearing The Beautiful Game: Soccer Without Sight

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Brazil and soccer: the two are practically synonymous. In a country with over 200 million people, everyone gets a chance to play, including the blind. For Andre de Souza Carlos, soccer provided a fuel to keep fighting after he lost his vision. During matc
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Chris Urmson: How A Driverless Car Sees The Road

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Statistically, the least reliable part of the car is ... the driver. Chris Urmson heads up Google's driverless car program, one of several efforts to remove humans from the driver's seat. He talks about where his program is right now, and shares fascinati
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Musics power over your brain, explained | Michael Spitzer

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Humans are musical animals 4 million years in the making, explained by music expert Michael Spitzer.Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1Up next, 40,000 years of music explained in 8
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Which Animals Have Night Vision? | Animal Autofill

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When many humans are sleeping, some animals are wide-awake. This is because of their unique ability to see in the dark. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoWILDSubscribe #NatGeoWILD #AnimalAutofill #NightVision About National Geographic Wild: National Geogra
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How to know if you're being selfish (and whether or not that's bad) - Mark Hopwood

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Explore a classic philosophical debate and decide: is it human nature to be selfish? And if so, is it possible to overcome it?--The question of whether or not humans are inherently selfish is one of philosophys oldest debates. The idea that we only act ou
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Machine Learning Explained

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Machine learning explained simply. In this video you'll learn what exactly machine learning is and machine learning basics. No knowledge of machine learning required to watch this video. Hi! I'm Jade. Subscribe to Up and Atom for new physics, math and com
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Why Do Animals Have Tails?

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Jessi and Squeaks got another science question from one of their viewers! Why do animals have tails and we don't? ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishowkids ---------- Looking
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Moon 101 | National Geographic

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What is the moon made of, and how did it form? Learn about the moon's violent origins, how its phases shaped the earliest calendars, and how humans first explored Earth's only natural satellite half a century ago. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscrib
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Why Are Praying Mantises Wearing 3D Glasses? | WIRED

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Researchers at Newcastle University, UK have been studying stereoscopic vision in praying mantises by having them wear tiny 3D glasses. WIRED's Matt Simon talks with Jenny Read, a vision scientist who led the research, about how their vision compares with
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"Ooga Boo" MUSIC VIDEO feat. Cher | HOME ADVENTURES WITH TIP AND OH

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Chercophonie has a message for all the Boovs and humans out there. Feast your eyes and ears on her Ooga Boo music video! #OogaBoo " Follow DreamWorksTV! instagram - https://instagram.com/dreamworkstv/ twitter - https://twitter.com/dreamworkstv facebook -
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How NASA Plans to Return to the Moon | Apollo

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NASA hasn't sent humans back to the Moon in almost 50 years, but in the next decade, the agency has ambitious plans for a lunar revival. Check out the entire Apollo series here!: https://bit.ly/2ApSfg9 Read More: What’s Really Changed—and What Hasn’t—Abou
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Got A Pest Problem? Call The Quack Squad

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They’re short, they waddle, and they’re coming to eat the snails. Meet the quack squad, nature’s very own pest control. Every morning, duck farmer Denzel Metthys releases over 1,000 Indian Runner ducks on the Vergenoegd Winery in South Africa. Trained to
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Why am I so sweaty?

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Humans are sweatier than most other animals—and it might be one of the reasons we’re such smart creatures. Subscribe to Anna's Science Magic Show Hooray! https://bit.ly/2LLNAci -- What to read more about sweat? Here's Nina Jablonski writing in Scientific
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Thailand's Famous Snake Village | Earth Unplugged

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Steve Backshall returns to the Thai village where humans and snakes cohabit.Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubscribeToEarthUnplugged Animal Slow Motion: http://bit.ly/EarthUnpluggedSlowMotionTimelapse Expeditions: http://bit.ly/EarthUnpluggedExpeditionsAndLocat
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Your Face Could Be Recreated From DNA: Should You Worry?

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Can we predict what a person's face looks like based solely on a sample of their DNA? A new study says yes, but geneticists aren't so sure. Getting A DNA Test Could Keep You From Your Dream Job - https://youtu.be/6EPpjOAeOtg For a 30-day, unrestricted tri
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Meet The Voice Of The Early Internet

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If you logged onto the internet circa 1997, chances are you heard this guy, Elwood Edwards, greet you with a warm “Welcome! You’ve got mail.” Edwards scored his place in internet history back in 1989, after submitting a handful of recorded phrases to a co
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These Ice Swimmers Battle Frozen Death with Every Stroke | That's Amazing

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High in the mountains of southern Africa, 15 swimmers compete in one of the most extreme—and chilling—races on earth. With no wet suits or protection, they swim one kilometer in water that is cold enough to kill them. For these athletes, it’s not just a b
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Collecting the World: Inside the Smithsonian

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The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History has over 144 million different objects in its collections. A sample of these collections are on display to the public, but 99 percent of the Smithsonian’s treasures remain behind the scenes. Scientists wo
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Sun, Stars, Swells: Sailing The Globe Using Nothing But Nature

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Hawai'i—possibly the most remote island chain on the planet—was discovered hundreds of years ago by Polynesian voyagers in canoes. These ancient explorers relied exclusively upon their knowledge of the stars, bird behavior and ocean swell patterns to find
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Becoming King Of The Lionfish To Save The Ocean

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John McCain (not that one) is a professional diver who cares deeply about the health of the ocean. This year, he's channeling his love for the aquatic world into a fishing competition. A contradiction? Hardly. McCain will be competing to catch lionfish, a
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Harvesting One Million Christmas Trees by Helicopter

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Welcome to Holiday Tree Farms—the largest Christmas tree farm in the world. Located in Corvallis, Oregon, 30-year veteran tree farmer Mark Arkills uses a combination of helicopters (that's right, helicopters) and brute force to harvest over one million tr
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The Poison Supper Club That Made Our Food Safe

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Before the FDA came around, there was some pretty gnarly stuff in our food: additives like formaldehyde, borax, and copper sulfate—poisons! To prove these toxins weren't good for us, Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, a chemist, organized a volunteer supper club to d
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Deep Underground, The Coolest Club In Lebanon

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Jeita Grotto is the largest cave in Lebanon and the main water source for Beirut. While only a small portion of it is open to the public, a select group gets to explore its mysterious depths. Founded in 1951, the Spéléo Club du Liban is the oldest caving
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24 Pet Myths You Should Stop Believing

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In this video, we will debunk 24 myths about your pet, dog and cat.Do dogs have cleaner mouth than humans? Do cats really hate water? Is raw meat the only best food for dogs? In this video, we will discover the truth behind myths about pets.#24. A dogs mo
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How to get your overweight dog back in shape

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Is your dog overweight? Well consider this: You might be rewarding your dog the wrong way. Many American dogs are overweight for the same reason that American humans are overweight. We enjoy rewarding our dogs, and ourselves, with food. Next time you want
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Re-wilding Europe, One Bison At A Time

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When you think of Europe, wild animals roaming through open fields isn’t the first thing that comes to mind, right? Well, you might be surprised to learn that 18 percent of Europe’s land is protected nature. Thanks to the efforts of one organization, Euro
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AlterEgo: Interfacing with devices through silent speech

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AlterEgo is a wearable system that allows a user to silently converse with a computing device without any voice or discernible movements — thereby enabling the user to communicate with devices, AI assistants, applications, or other people in a silent, con
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Hidden Valley Ranch Is A Real Place

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n the 1950s, a man name Steven Henson (his name had previously been Ken) invented a creamy salad dressing at his ranch in California. He called it his ranch dressing. And that ranch? It was called Hidden Valley Ranch. Everyone loved the dressing—so much s
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Take Me Out To the Boov Game | DreamWorks Home Adventures With Tip and Oh

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The Boov have discovered the game of baseball! See them enjoy this humans game for the first time in an all-new season of DreamWorks Home Adventures with Tip & Oh, coming to Netflix January 27th! Follow DreamWorksTV! instagram - https://instagram.com/drea
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Elon Musk And Stephen Hawking Fear A Robot Apocalypse. But A Major Physicist Disagrees.

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All new technology is frightening, says physicist Lawrence Krauss. But there are many more reasons to welcome machine consciousness than to fear it. Read more at BigThink.com: http://bigthink.com/videos/should-we-be-scared-of-ai Follow Big Think here: You
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How to Make Whipped Nutella Dalgona for Kids + 3 Other Recipes (No Coffee)

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Learn how to make whipped Dalgona with Oreos, Nutella, Milo or Peanut Butter for kids. No coffee recipe!Okay, we're stepping outside of the norm of the videos that we usually create, but hey, we're stuck at home and running seriously thin on travel conten
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The Tiny Yorkie Who Became a World War II Hero

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World War II had its fair share of heroes: Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle, Commander Eisenhower. But one you probably don't recognize is Smoky—a Yorkshire terrier. This is the story of the smallest war hero of the century. SUBSCRIBE: https://goo.gl/
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Atomic Clocks Are Reinventing Time

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Though humans don't experience it in their daily lives, gravity and movement can change how time elapses. Ultra-precise atomic clocks are now able to measure these tiny changes, known as time dilation. It's a technological advance that could revolutionize
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Baking Bread with Lava in Iceland

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Siggi Rafn Hilmarsson is an Icelandic baker with an interesting technique. He buries his dough 16 inches underground where it actually bakes from the natural heat generated by Iceland's volcanic hot springs. Why doesn't Siggi just use a conventional oven?
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Decoded: How much do you really know about viruses?

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These sometimes deadly packets of genetic information are more numerous in number than the stars in the cosmos. Viruses are tiny infectious agents that dominate much of the microscopic world.Theyre incredibly abundant. There are more viruses in a single d
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The Artificial Gravity Lab

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In the Ashton Graybiel Spatial Orientation Laboratory at Brandeis University, there's the Artificial Gravity Facility: otherwise known as the rotating room. No-one's invented futuristic gravity plating yet, but if you want to test how humans would cope wi
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10 Facts About Great White Sharks

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Remarkably little is known about great white sharks, but they are similar to humans in a lot of ways - they give birth to live young, maintain a higher body temperature than their surroundings and they are apex predators. There are also many misconception
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Nick Tunes: Composing The Soundtrack To Your Childhood

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Rick Witkowski made a name for himself in the 1990s as a music writer for Nickelodeon. Most famously, he wrote the theme song for the television show "Guts." But that's just scratching the surface. Witkowski also composed music for Nickelodeon shows, such
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African killifish embryos enter suspended animation to survive

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To survive parched pond beds during months-long dry seasons in countries like Zimbabwe and Mozambique, the African turquoise killifish (Nothobranchius furzeri) does something usually reserved for the realm of sci-fi: its embryos enter suspended animation.
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Human Extinction

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Some ideas about our end. Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tweetsauce Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/electricpants MORE LINKS BELOW! related Vsauce videos: What Will We Miss? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uiv6tKtoKg Cruel Bombs: https://www.youtube
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How Much Heat Can Your Body Take Before Killing You?

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Our world is getting undeniably hotter, and parts of it could soon be too hot for human survival. But how could hot temperatures actually kill you? Waves Can Tell Us A Lot About Climate Change, But You Have to Catch Them First - https://youtu.be/toeoYNQNZ
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Ants Are Growing Food and They're Better at It Than We Are

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Believe it or not, ants started farming way before we did. How do they do it? What A Bug Scientist Says About 'Ant-Man' - https://youtu.be/-nUpY4M1dWA Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: Ants Mastered Sustainable Agri
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The Ghost Town Stuck In Time

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On the Eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada mountains lies a town that time forgot. Bodie, Calif. was once a mining village with 10,000 residents. Today, it looks as if the townsfolk simply vanished one day: cues remain on the pool tables, jackets hang next
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Civil War Tails: 5,000 Mini Cats Recreate American History

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Rebecca and Ruth Brown are twin sisters who run a museum about the Civil War in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The twist? Their scale model dioramas are filled with thousands of miniature cats depicting key moments from the war. That’s right: tiny cat soldiers
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The FUTURE of TRAVEL: Hyperloop Trains and Hypersonic Jets | Earth Lab

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Dom Burgess investigates whether humans are likely to be able to travel the globe in minutes. What do you think? Let us know in the comments. Subscribe to Earth Lab for more fascinating science videos - http://bit.ly/SubscribeToEarthLab All the best Earth
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Pounding Mochi With The Fastest Mochi Maker In Japan

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Mitsuo Nakatani is a mochi master, and to watch him do his work is a genuine thrill. Turning sticky rice into Japan’s traditional soft and chewy treat requires pounding, flipping and smashing the glutinous rice at high speeds in perfect coordination with
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Feel The Beat: Dancing While Deaf

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Antoine Hunter just wants to be heard and understood. Born completely without hearing in his left ear and hard of hearing in his right, Hunter, who's now completely deaf, gravitated towards dance to express himself. Now, as director of the Urban Jazz Danc
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How The World's First Written Languages Spread

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The introduction of writing systems changed the world. It allowed humans to physically express thoughts and language, as well as record events for future generations to study. Although different writing systems developed independently in different areas o
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The last star in the universe will be a red dwarf. Red dwarfs in general might be great places to look for aliens – or planets for humans to find a new home after our solar system has died. Support us on Patreon so we can make more stuff (and get cool wal
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How Close Are We to Talking With Animals?

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We know about apes learning sign language, but what about dolphins typing on an underwater keyboard? Or A.I. machines translating prairie dog chirps? We want to answer how close we are to conversing with the animal kingdom. How Close Are We: Season 2 - ht
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'Darkness Is My Canvas, Light Is My Brush'

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During the dark winter months in Finland, one man fills the night with light. Hannu Huhtamo is a light painter. The artist takes long exposure photographs and uses flashlights and other simple tools to transform dark and sometimes forgotten places into ma
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The World’s Only Scaled Mammal Is ADORABLE

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There’s no mammal in the world quite like the tree pangolin. Covered in reptilian-like scales that protect it from predators in the wild, the pangolin will curl into a ball when threatened. Unfortunately, such tactics do little to protect it from humans.
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For the Animal Lover in All of Us

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The Origin of the Hip-Hop Air Horn

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Making Mammoth Meals with the Zoo Chef

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On busy days, a chef may feel like she works in a zoo. For Stacy Kyles, that’s exactly the point. She’s the commissary supervisor in charge of buying and preparing food for animals at the Oakland Zoo, but she’s better known as “the zoo chef.” Every day th
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Learn About Plastics | Climate Champions | Cartoon Network

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Harvesting Guitars From The Bones Of New York City

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The Man Who Put The Pee In Phosphorus

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In the 1660's, German alchemist Hennig Brand thought he knew the secret to making solid gold: pee. So set was he on these golden ambitions, he dehydrated 1,500 gallons (gallons!) of human urine to make it happen. Though pee ultimately failed to produce go
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Welcome to the Bunny Island Web Series! In this video, a herd of rabbits swarm their feeder and have no reservations climbing all over his body to get at the delicious pellets during their mealtime. Japan's Rabbit Island, Ōkunoshima (大久野島), is a small isl
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What Would Walking For 24 Hours Do To Your Body?

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Walking for 24 hours straight is a brutal challenge that nobody should really try, but what would happen if someone did? Today’s video is sponsored by Keeps. Get your first month FREE: http://keeps.com/lifenoggin Subscribe: https://bit.ly/SubLifeNoggin |
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Why Dirt and Microbes Could Be Good for Us - with B Brett Finlay

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B Brett Finlay discusses whether we have taken our war on germs a step too far. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Although hygiene and antibiotics have overall improved our health, we might have taken our war against germs to
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Why the Bubonic Plague Still Exists Today

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When you think of the Plague, the Black Death of the 14th century, with its medieval cities overrun with rats and creepy plague masks, probably comes to mind. But the Plague isn't a disease of the past; it's still very much around. Subscribe to Seeker! ht
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Solving a Maze using Chemistry

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We use chemistry and a food dye to solve a maze faster than most humans can! All you need is a 3D printed maze, 1M sodium hydroxide, 10% hydrochloric acid, and oleic acid. This chemistry experiment is amazingly simple once you have the right materials.Edu
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Underwater robot may unearth climate mysteries

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Two hundred meters under the sunny waves of the ocean lies the mesopelagic zone, a cold, dark section of water where humans rarely venture. This area, dubbed the twilight zone houses animals like krill, squid, and jellyfish. Twilight zone animals play a m
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How Were Fooled By Statistics

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Watch the world’s smallest bear copy its friends’ facial expressions

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For the first time, researchers observe exact facial mimicry outside humans and primates Read the story: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/03/watch-world-s-smallest-bear-copy-its-friends-facial-expressions Read the research: https://www.nature.com/arti
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This student lab activity is on calculating human horsepower by using data from walking, jogging, and running up a staircase. Student calculations depended on three measurements. 1.The amount of applied force, in this case they were lifting their own body
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Which is the deadlier planet: Mars or Venus? And be sure to order your PBS Space Time t-shirt. http://store.dftba.com/collections/space-time Tweet at us! @pbsspacetime Facebook: facebook.com/pbsspacetime Email us! pbsspacetime [at] gmail [dot] com Comment
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The Iconic ‘Seinfeld’ Theme Song Was Totally Improvised

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Whether you’re a “Seinfeld” devotee or not, the iconic synth-bass sounds of the sitcom’s theme music are unmistakable. And the man behind the improvised riff is just as original. Meet composer Jonathan Wolff; he’s responsible for writing the theme songs t
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Step into This Soviet Arcade Time Machine

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While American teens in the '80s were obsessing over Pac-Man and Donkey Kong, their Soviet counterparts were playing arcade games meant to prepare them for war. At the time, video games weren't easily accessible in the Soviet Union. So the government fash
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They Built a Rainforest Ecosystem inside a Geodesic Dome

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You have your mom's smile, your dad's eyes, and the ear muscles of a Triassic mammal. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Forty-two percent of Americans say that humans were created in their present form within the past 10,000 years — a percent
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Why is Carbon the Key to Life? (On Earth, Anyway)

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One element is the backbone of all forms of life weve ever discovered on Earth: carbon. Number six on the periodic table is, to the best of our knowledge, impossible to live without. In this episode of Reactions, discover what makes carbon so exceptional,
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Bill Nye Answers Science Questions From Twitter - Part 4 | Tech Support | WIRED

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Bill Nye uses the power of Twitter to once again answer common questions about science. Is evolution just an unproven theory? What do brains actually feel like? Will humanity ever leave the solar system? Are humans advanced AI? Bill answers all these ques
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Kish | He’s a Real ‘Batman’ Who Can See With Sound

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In a world full of noise, Daniel Kish has learned how to harness that information and see with sound. After he became blind as a baby, he developed the ability to navigate using echolocation—a technique used by bats previously thought to be impossible for
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The Surprising Science Behind the Word ‘Pokemon

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By now, words like “Pokémon,” “karaoke” and “anime” are established terms in modern English. But … are these words English or Japanese? As it turns out, neither! They fall into their own category entirely.
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12 Ways to Tell Your Cat You Love Them in a Language They Understand

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In this video, well show you 12 ways to tell your cat you love them in language theyre sure to understand#12. Slow Eye Blink Slowly blinking your eyes at your cat is akin to the human kiss. Cats show affection by looking at someone and slowly closing thei
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Computer Scientist Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty | WIRED

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Moravec's paradox is the observation that many things that are difficult to do for robots to do come easily to humans, and vice versa. Stanford University professor Chelsea Finn has been tasked to explain this concept to 5 different people; a child, a tee
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Drilling Through Ice in the Hunt for Celestial Life | That's Amazing

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Explorer and engineer Bill Stone has been steadfast in his desire to travel to space since he watched the first astronauts land on the moon as a boy. Today, he’s closer than ever to launching his own inventions—advanced unmanned robots called “Cryobots”—
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What the world looks like to an algorithm

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Artificial intelligence is governing more and more of our lives, but the way it sees and understands the world is completely different from you or me. For this video, we found a way to look around inside AI’s “brain.” First, we asked fellow humans to gues
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The Impossible Hugeness of Deep Time

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Creating the Worst Video Game of All Time

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The video game 'E.T, The Extraterrestrial' for Atari 2600 is considered one of the biggest flops in gaming history. Yet the game's designer, Howard Scott Warshaw, says he couldn't be prouder of that honor. This is the story of an awesomely bad video game.
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How to Make Stone Tools in a Survival Situation | Basic Instincts | WIRED

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If you're in the wilderness and have nothing, perhaps the most important thing you need is a sharp, durable edge. Humans are among the weakest species on the planet and tools are what help us compensate for that lack of strength. Dr. Bill Schindler, a pro
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Why Apple Pie Isn't American

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How Birds Can Teach Us to Build Better Airplanes

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When you think about it, your eyebrows are a little strange! But they're also really important! From protecting your eyes to helping others know how you feel, those little bits of hair in the middle of your face have some big jobs! ---------- Love SciShow
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Signs of symbolic behavior emerged at the dawn of our species

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Early humans made advanced stone tools, used colorful pigments, and formed long-distance networks as environment changed. Read more: http://scim.ag/2FCut4R CREDITS --------------------------------- producer/editor/script/animator Nguyên Khôi Nguyên superv
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For thousands of years, medical professionals have diagnosed illness based on their patient’s scent. How do humans, dogs and machines smell disease today? Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com. Share on Facebook: https://goo.gl/6igAQs Share on Twitter: https://
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Inside Jurassic Park’s Most Iconic Special Effect

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Researcher Explains Why Cats May Like Their Owners as Much as Dogs | WIRED

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Cats are famously temperamental and are generally considered to be less loyal and social than dogs. But recent research suggests that cats actually have similar levels of attachment to their human caregivers as dogs and infants. WIRED's Arielle Pardes spo
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Deciphering the Secret Language of Whales

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Fabrice Schnöller is on a mission to unlock the secret language of sperm whales, the largest predators on Earth. Founder of the DAREWIN Project, Fabrice’s goal is to record sperm whale vocalizations in hopes of deciphering their means of communication. By
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Meet the Man Who Beat 'Pac-Man'

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In 1999, Billy Mitchell was the first person to achieve a perfect score in "Pac-Man." His ability to reach the end of the game even stumped "Pac-Man's" creators and designers, who named him the “video game player of the century.” Here’s
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This robot can hike as fast as a human

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*Correction: Joonho Lee's first name is misspelled in the credits.In 2020, researchers at ETH Zurich introduced the world to a four-legged robot named ANYmal that could traverse a variety of environments without slipping. The machine relied solely on prop
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That Time When Men, Not Women, Wore High Heels

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The Farthest We've Ever Gone in Space

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Humans have never visited another planet, but we can send special spacecraft called probes to visit them for us! One of those probes, called Voyager 1, has gone deeper into space than any other, and it's sent us some amazing pictures along the way! ------
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Why Eyebrows Are More Important Than Eyeballs

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If you had to choose, would you keep your eyeballs or eyebrows? The first 1000 people to use this link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: https://skl.sh/asapscience12201Join our mailing list: https://bit.ly/34fWU27Written by Mitchell
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How small are we really?

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Dear World, I often heard "How tiny we are!" in the comments to my Star Size Comparisons. I know that while our place in the cosmos is minuscule, still a lot of people think we are the masters of this planet. But our place in life on earth is also less th
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Fearless: 5 Stories Of Extreme Confidence In Dangerous Situations

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The Dark Past of Sea Monkeys

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This is the story of how a tiny, magical creature was transformed into a cultural phenomenon by inventor, marketing genius and complicated eccentric Harold von Braunhut. Full of fun facts (both charming and disturbing), Just Add Water is a colorful short
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We're all familiar with goat cheeses and cow's milk cheeses, but what about cheese from donkey milk? At the Zasavica Special Nature Reserve in Serbia, Slobodan Simić creates the world's most expensive cheese with milk from his herd of donkeys. Donkeys onl
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Scientists Confirm Dogs Can Detect 8 Diseases

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Scientists Confirm Dogs Can Detect 8 DiseasesYou may be surprised to learn that dogs can detect life-threatening diseases in humans. #1. Dogs can tell when you have cancerdogs can detect breast cancer, prostate cancer, and even bladder cancer. Simply by s
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Whistling In The Wind: Preserving A Language Without Words

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On La Gomera, a small island in Spain’s Canary Islands, the last speakers of a language without words reside. "El Silbo," a whistled communication used in rural and isolated areas, is dying out as islanders embrace digital communication and move to cities
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How do robots balance? | We The Curious

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Last year, we explored the science of humans balancing on ice. This year, Nerys and Ross get their skates back on and take to the ice once more to investigate how robots can balance; using tools such as gyroscopes, accelerometers, gimbals, and adaptive co
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This Solar-Powered Plane Can Circle the Globe Without Stopping | That’s Amazing

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Some dreams are so fantastic, it takes an unprecedented bid for adventure and glory to see them blossom to fruition. Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, captivated by the spirit of great expeditions of the past, partnered to make the first flight acros
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These People Crave Blood Like a Vampire

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Morbius might get negative reviews, but the Marvel / Sony film has some science behind it. Will drinking or swapping blood cure any kind of disease? Script:As a biochemist, Morbius actually has a lot in common with real-world scientists. For one, hes not
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Seven Million Years of Human Evolution

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Scientists use fossils to reconstruct the evolutionary history of hominins—the group that includes modern humans, our immediate ancestors, and other extinct relatives. Today, our closest living relatives are chimpanzees, but extinct hominins are eve
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Wild Monkeys Roaming The Streets Hong Kong | BBC Earth

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Thanks to 23andMe for sponsoring this video! http://www.23andme.com/minuteearth Snakes occupy a special place in the human brain because they’re so weird. Thanks also to our supporters on https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth _______________________________
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Party in a Can: The Story of Silly String

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The invention of Silly String was a complete accident that nearly didn't happen. In 1972, inventor Leonard A. Fish and chemist Robert P. Cox set out to create an aerosol spray that would act as an instant cast for broken limbs. After dozens of tests, they
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No Limbs Needed for This Mountaineer

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When he was young, Kyle Maynard's dream was to become a professional athlete. Born with a condition that left him without legs or arms, Kyle never stopped pursuing that goal. In high school, he was a champion wrestler at the state level. In his 20s, he be
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Hello, world! Welcome to Crash Course Computer Science! So today, we’re going to take a look at computing’s origins, because even though our digital computers are relatively new, the need for computation is not. Since the start of civilization itself, hum
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At 27 years old, Shinri Tezuka may be one of the youngest people still practicing the dwindling art of amezaiku, or candy crafting, in Japan. The self-taught Japanese artist carves, sculpts and paints delicate lollipops into intricate edible sculptures. A
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Enter the Cave of Glowing Worms

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In caves that are 30 million years old and 150 feet underground, an unforgettable site glows in the dark. The Waitomo Caves in New Zealand are home to around 30,000 endemic glowworms. The worms spend their days spinning silk nests from the ceilings and lo
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Science of Five Nights at Freddy's!

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At the Aviation Career and Technical High School, students literally have to earn their wings. Everyday, students take classes in an airplane hangar and work on real aircrafts. The New York City public high school has been training students since the 1930
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How Do We Sing?

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Sam the Bat is visiting today, and Jessi wants to use a cool trick to show him how we use a special part of our body to sing ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishowkids --------
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Ancient Aliens... DEBUNKED! | COLOSSAL MYSTERIES

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Its a theory thats just as compelling as it is crazy: aliens invading Earth in ancient times to teach humans alien tech, leading to an explosion in human advancement! It sure sounds nice, but: is there any sound evidence for this popular pseudoscience?Ima
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Art of the Future: These Interactive Sculptures Respond to You

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Geoffrey Drake-Brockman makes cybernetic sculptures that appear to come alive with human interaction. Using his background as a computer programmer, this Australian artist makes work that moves, twists and even changes colors in response to a viewer’s mov
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What If You Break The Speed Of Sound With Your Body?

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Rollin' around at the speed of sound. Gotta go fast. Watch more: “What Would a 24 Hour Flight Do To Your Body?” ►► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqb6lcRtrvA Subscribe: https://bit.ly/SubLifeNoggin | Get your exclusive Life Noggin merch: http://keeponthi
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Could Piranhas Really Turn You Into a Skeleton in a Matter of Minutes?

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→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →How "Dick" came to be short for 'Richard': https://youtu.be/BH1NAwwKtcg?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2Acy6g9Ta7hzC0Rr3RDS6q Never run out of things to say at the wate
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Do Lizard People Run the World? | COLOSSAL MYSTERIES

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Its one of the most bizarre conspiracies theories today: ancient, blood-sucking lizard- people, disguised as humans, who secretly rule the world. Where did this bizarre theory start, and is there any chance at all its true?Images used under license from S
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Thomas Jefferson&His Democracy: Crash Course US History #10

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In which John Green teaches you about founding father and third president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson is a somewhat controversial figure in American history, largely because he, like pretty much all humans, was a big bundle of contra
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Swim Peacefully with Thousands of Jellyfish in Palau

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On Eil Malk Island in Palau, you can swim with jellyfish without getting stung. This marine lake was once connected to the ocean, but as the island changed, it was cut off. Now in isolation, it's filled with a jellyfish species found nowhere else. With no
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Mad Skills: Stories of Doing What You Love and Doing It Well

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Great Big Reel 151: New to our channel, or don't have time to look through our back catalog? This video is part of a series of Great Big Reels we've put together for a blast through our world. In this reel, we combine stories about various topics that sha
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If You Were Strong As These Animals, You'd Be Unstoppable

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Find the coolest MERCH at Bright Side's Amazon store (US only): http://amzn.to/3tkGbpYYeah, insects are scary and make your skin crawl. But there's always comfort in knowing that you have size on your side. Well, maybe not! There are bugs out there that a
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Do Aliens Exist? | COLOSSAL QUESTIONS

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For as long as humans have existed, one specific mystery has inspired more curiosity than all others: are we alone in the universe, or is there alien life in outer space? Welcome to COLOSSAL QUESTIONS, the show that answers all of life's most pressing que
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Why I'm Scared Of Spiders

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Joe's proposed SXSW panel is "Science on YouTube: Where the Smart Kids Are". Vote for it before 9/4! http://vid.io/xqTj The science of… OH GOD IS THAT A SPIDER?! Subscribe to It's Okay To Be Smart: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓ More info and sources below ↓ F
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The Fantastic Feet of the Microcosmos

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The first 1000 people to use the link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: https://skl.sh/journeytothemicrocosmos04211Follow Journey to the Microcosmos:Twitter: https://twitter.com/journeytomicroFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/Journe
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Protecting Orphaned Gorillas | Mission Critical

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Two orphaned mountain gorillas, whose mothers were killed by humans, are being moved from their cramped town house garden to the forests they came from. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoWILDSubscribe ➡ Get More Mission Critical: http://bit.ly/NGWMissionCr
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Why Do We Laugh? | COLOSSAL QUESTIONS

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Everybody loves to laugh. Even the strictest teacher in the school will giggle at a well-timed fart. So when did humans first start laughing, and WHY do we love to laugh so much? Welcome to COLOSSAL QUESTIONS, the show that answers all of life's most pres
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97% of Climate Scientists Really Do Agree

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Subscribe to HOT MESS! ►► http://bit.ly/hotmess_sub Watch the first episode: https://youtu.be/LKhGg0jDZTc ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Do 97% of climate scientists really agree that humans are the main cause of climate change? Yep! Here’s what the
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What is Impossible in Evolution?

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Were on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmartSUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub More info and sources below Could humans ever evolve to have wings? Why dont fish have propellers? Why dont tigers have
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This Great Dane is the World's Tallest Dog - Guinness World Records

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Subscribe || https://gwr.co/YT-SubFavourites || http://gwr.co/YT-FavsRead more: https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2022/5/can-i-ride-him-zeus-the-great-dane-confirmed-as-worlds-tallest-dogZeus was measured at 1.046 metres (3 ft 5.18 in) when being
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Better Living Through Snail Slime (And How It’s Harvested)

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For centuries, humans have put snail slime on their faces. Why? They believed its nutrient-rich properties fought wrinkles, scars and redness. Modern research shows they were right to covet snail slime, and that’s where Simone Sampò comes in. After realiz
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How Technology Can Turn VR into Powerful Therapy

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Most people associate virtual reality with gaming, but what if its immersive worlds could be used as therapy? What if virtual reality could help veterans with PTSD? At the University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies, clinical psy
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Why Do We Cry Sad Tears?

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To learn more about Brilliant, check out https://brilliant.org/BeSmart/ You might cry if you don’t SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Why do we cry? It’s weird. Humans leak water out of their faces when they get sad.
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These 5 Japanese Food Stories Will Satisfy Every Appetite

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Great Big Story 142: New to our channel, or don't have time to look through our back catalog? This video is part of a series of Great Big Reels we've put together for a blast through our world. In this reel, we get some of the most tantalizing tales from
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Our Senses: Touch, From Single Cell To Whiskers

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Touch is perhaps the most primordial sense – even some single-celled organisms are able to sense pressure. Humans have many different types of touch receptors, including one that can also be found at the base of cat and mouse whiskers. OUR SENSES, a new e
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Could Robots Take Over Earth? | COLOSSAL QUESTIONS

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Every day, more and more robots are designed to help make our everyday lives easier! But could robots become so intelligent that they think for themselves like humans? And if so, could they take over the world? Welcome to COLOSSAL QUESTIONS, the show that
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Class Is In Session At These 5 Schools For Extraordinary Abilities

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Great Big Reel 140: New to our channel, or don't have time to look through our back catalog? This video is part of a series of Great Big Reels we've put together for a blast through our world. In this reel, we register at five different schools for extrao
28 Ways Potatoes Are Eaten Around the World | Around The World

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Since 8000 BC, humans have cultivated potatoes. Easy to grow in most climates, potatoes are part of diets across the globe. From pairings with fried onions and red chilies in Bangladesh to cheese curds and gravy in Canada, were taking a look at how potato
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Searching For Life In Volcanoes And Other Extreme Environments - Nat Geo Live

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Found everywhere from the rim of a lava lake to the inside an iceberg, microbes are remarkable organisms that can live in places humans can only dream of. How do they do it? And what can we learn from them about the limits of life both on our planet and e
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Stranded on a Glacier in Iceland? Call This Number | That's Amazing

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Iceland is an island of climactic extremes. There, people face a relentless war against the elements, and every year, tourists and citizens alike are caught off-guard by rapidly changing weather. Even well-prepared people have found themselves drifting ou
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These Supercomputers Are Altering Reality

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Esports is a massive cultural phenomenon, but it takes more than expert gamers to stage battles in fan-filled arenas. These games require supercomputers, expert designers, and advanced modeling technology. Enter Scott Misage, a specialist who builds some
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Earth currently experiencing a sixth mass extinction, according to scientists | 60 Minutes

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Leading biologist tells Scott Pelley humans would need “five more Earths” to maintain our current way of life. #60Minutes #News #Extinction "60 Minutes" is the most successful television broadcast in history. Offering hard-hitting investigativ

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