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The Snail-Smashing, Fish-Spearing, Eye-Popping Mantis Shrimp
798 views / 1 likes - addedThe killer punch of the mantis shrimp is the fastest strike in the animal kingdom, a skill that goes hand in hand with its extraordinary eyesight. They can see an invisible level of reality using polarized light, which could lead to a breakthrough in dete
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So ... Sometimes Fireflies Eat Other Fireflies | Deep Look
500 views / 0 likes - addedMost firefly flashes are pure romance, a sexy form of skywriting. But one variety copies the mating signals of others to lure them to their demise. SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqt DEEP LOOK: a new ultra-HD (4K) short video series created by K
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Sticky. Stretchy. Waterproof. The Amazing Underwater Tape of the Caddisfly | Deep Look
670 views / 0 likes - addedWhat do you do if you are a tiny caddisfly larva growing up in a torrent of water and debris? Simple. You build a shelter out of carefully selected pebbles and some homespun waterproof tape. SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqt DEEP LOOK is a ultr
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Why Do Pumpkins Get So Big? | SciShow Kids
96 views / 0 likes - addedTeachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!It's almost Jack O' Lantern time! Which has Squeaks wondering why pumpkins get so big and other vegetables don't. First Grade Next Generation Scie
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Why Our Favorite Crops Live Fast and Die Young
531 views / 0 likes - addedTo start using Tab for a Cause, go to: http://tabforacause.org/r/minuteearth2 We mostly grow annual plants because they reliably produce energy-rich seeds, which we like to eat. Thanks to our Patreon patrons https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth and our You
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Want a Whole New Body? Ask This Flatworm How | Deep Look
548 views / 0 likes - addedPlanarians are tiny googly-eyed flatworms with an uncanny ability: They can regrow their entire bodies, even a new head. So how do they do it? You can learn more about CuriosityStream at https://curiositystream.com/deeplook Support Deep Look on Patreon!!
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How Ticks Dig In With a Mouth Full of Hooks | Deep Look
608 views / 1 likes - addedSupport Deep Look on Patreon!! https://www.patreon.com/deeplook Why can't you just flick a tick? Because it attaches to you with a mouth covered in hooks, while it fattens up on your blood. For days. But don't worry – there *is* a way to pull it out. SUBS
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Students Built World's Fastest Electric Monowheel
299 views / 0 likes - addedA small group of students from the Duke University in North Carolina USA, have built the Worlds Fastest Electric, Monowheel, called the EV360, specifically designed to exceed speeds of 70 mph, in preparation for setting a new Guinness World Record.Now the
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Should Airships Make a Comeback?
96 views / 0 likes - addedWill we see a new generation of airships roaming our skies? Head to https://www.odoo.com/r/veritasium to start building your own website for free.If youre looking for a molecular modeling kit, try Snatoms a kit I invented where the atoms snap together mag
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These Fighting Fruit Flies Are Superheroes of Brain Science | Deep Look
307 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to The Great Courses Plus for sponsoring this episode of Deep Look. Try a 30 day trial of The Great Course Plus at http://ow.ly/7QYH309wSOL. If you liked this episode, you might be interested in their course Major Transitions in Evolution. POW! BAM
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Why Don't All Skeletons Become Fossils?
2,158 views / 5 likes - addedSkeletons of ancient animals sometimes become fossilized. But if this happened to every animal that ever lived, wouldn’t we be swimming in a sea of fossils right now? BrainStuff explains why only a fraction of animal bones turn into fossils. Learn more at
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Should We Contact Uncontacted Peoples?
838 views / 0 likes - addedA big thank-you to our supporters on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth : - Today I Found Out - Maarten Bremer - Jeff Straathof - Mark Roth - Tony Fadell - Muhammad Shifaz - 靛蓝字幕组 - Maletendo Bezenga - Kapero - Zarko Obrenovic - Duhilio Patiño -
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What Are Brain Waves?
474 views / 0 likes - addedThis video was sponsored by "Robot-Proof", written by Northeastern University's President, Joseph E. Aoun. Learn more here: https://goo.gl/uF5Kx8 Thank you to our supporters on https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth Even the parts of our brains that don't co
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Watch These Frustrated Squirrels Go Nuts! | Deep Look
597 views / 2 likes - addedHumans aren’t the only creatures that get frustrated. Squirrels do too. One researcher wants to know, could there be an evolutionary benefit to losing your cool? SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqt DEEP LOOK is a ultra-HD (4K) short video series
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Can Sharks Really Grow an Unlimited Number of Teeth
1,161 views / 7 likes - addedIf you happen to like our videos and have a few bucks to spare to support our efforts, check out our Patreon page where we've got a variety of perks for our Patrons, including Simon's voice on your GPS and the ever requested Simon Whistler whistling packa
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This Pulsating Slime Mold Comes in Peace (ft. It's Okay to Be Smart) | Deep Look
945 views / 1 likes - addedAre You Smarter Than A Slime Mold? Let’s go ask Joe Hanson: https://youtu.be/K8HEDqoTPgk SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqt DEEP LOOK: a new ultra-HD (4K) short video series created by KQED San Francisco and presented by PBS Digital Studios. See
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If Your Hands Could Smell, You’d Be an Octopus | Deep Look
932 views / 3 likes - addedThose hundreds of powerful suckers on octopus arms do more than just stick. They actually smell and taste. This contributes to a massive amount of information for the octopus’s brain to process, so the octopus depends on its eight arms for help. To
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The Amazing Life of Sand | Deep Look
604 views / 1 likes - addedThere's a story in every grain of sand: tales of life and death, fire and water. If you scooped up a handful of sand from every beach, you'd have a history of the world sifting through your fingers. SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqt DEEP LOOK:
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Leaf Miner Fly Babies Scribble All Over Your Salad | Deep Look
295 views / 0 likes - addedThis flys larvae tunnel inside bitter-tasting greens like arugula and kale, leaving squiggly marks behind. The plants fight back with toxic chemicals. So before laying her eggs, the fly mom digs into a leaf and slurps its sap a taste test to find the leas
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Did AI Just Solve a 50 Year Old Biology Problem?
52 views / 0 likes - addedYou may remember Google's DeepMind from their AI system, AlphaGo, which beat the world champion Go player in 2016. DeepMind has recently achieved breakthrough success in accurately predicting protein structures, using its system, AlphaFold. TRY IT YOURSEL
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This Vibrating Bumblebee Unlocks a Flower's Hidden Treasure | Deep Look
764 views / 1 likes - addedMost flowering plants are more than willing to spread their pollen around. But some flowers hold out for just the right partner. Bumblebees and other buzz pollinators know just how to handle these stubborn flowers. They vibrate the blooms, shaking them un
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This Is Why Water Striders Make Terrible Lifeguards | Deep Look
463 views / 1 likes - addedThey may look serene as they glide across the surface of a stream, but don't be fooled by water striders. They're actually searching for prey for whom a babbling brook quickly becomes an inescapable death trap. SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqt
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Decorator Crabs Make High Fashion at Low Tide | Deep Look
319 views / 0 likes - addedWhen you live by the seashore, one day you're in, the next day you're lunch. So these crabs don the latest in seaweed outerwear and anemone accessories to blend in.SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqtDEEP LOOK is a ultra-HD (4K) short video series
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Upside-Down Catfish Doesn't Care What You Think
836 views / 5 likes - addedYou might suppose this catfish is sick, or just confused. But swimming belly-up actually helps it camouflage and breathe better than its right-side-up cousins. SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqt DEEP LOOK: a new ultra-HD (4K) short video series
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This Giant Plant Looks Like Raw Meat and Smells Like Dead Rat | Deep Look
749 views / 2 likes - addedWith rows of Dr. Seuss-like flowers hidden deep inside, the corpse flower plays dead to lure some unusual pollinators. SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqt DEEP LOOK is a ultra-HD (4K) short video series created by KQED San Francisco and presented
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It’s a Goopy Mess When Pines and Beetles Duke it Out | Deep Look
559 views / 0 likes - addedAn onslaught of tiny western pine beetles can bring down a mighty ponderosa pine. But the forest fights back by waging a sticky attack of its own. Who will win the battle in the bark? SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqt DEEP LOOK is a ultra-HD (4
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The Double-Crossing Ants to Whom Friendship Means Nothing | Deep Look
641 views / 0 likes - addedThe Peruvian Amazon is a dangerous place when you're small. So the young Inga tree hires ants as bodyguards to protect its vulnerable leaves. Their pay: delicious nectar served up in tiny ant-sized dishes. But will the ants keep up their end of the bargai
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Why Do So Many Price Tags End In .99?
782 views / 1 likes - addedIt’s very common to see the number 9 at the right end of a price tag. Why is this? Lauren explains the psychology of prices and nines in this episode of BrainStuff. Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com. Share on Facebook: Share on Twitter: Subscribe: htt
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What If There's A Black Hole Inside The Sun? | Hawking Stars
41 views / 0 likes - addedCheck out the NEW Space Time Merch Store: https://www.pbsspacetime.com/shop Use Code: PBS at Checkout for 15% off in DecemberPBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to:http://to.pbs.org/DonateSPACESign Up on Patreon
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What Is Life? Is Death Real?
1,009 views / 1 likes - addedSo what is the difference between you and a rock? This seems like an easy, even stupid question. But even the smartest people on earth have no idea where to draw the line between living and dead things. Which leads to mind-blowing implications. What is li
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Lipstick | Ingredients With George Zaidan (Episode 2)
816 views / 1 likes - addedGround-up bugs? Rust? There might be some unexpected ingredients in your lipstick. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe ➡ Get updates and tweet episode ideas @georgezaidan ➡ New episodes every Thursday About Ingredients: Join MIT-trained chemist and
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The House Centipede is Fast, Furious, and Just So Extra | Deep Look
651 views / 2 likes - addedPlease follow us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deeplook Take the PBSDS survey: https://to.pbs.org/2018YTSurvey CORRECTION, 9/26/2018: This episode of Deep Look contains an error in the scientific name of the house centipede. It is Scutigera coleoptr
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What Is 'Ranch' Flavor?
955 views / 0 likes - addedA plumber in Alaska invented a bizarre condiment that launched a multimillion dollar industry, and today ranch is the most popular salad dressing in the US. But what exactly is this stuff? Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com: http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/
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Winter is Coming For These Argentine Ant Invaders | Deep Look
586 views / 1 likes - addedArgentine ants are spreading across the globe, eliminating local ants with their take-no-prisoners tactics: invade, dismember, repeat. But this ruthless killer seems to have met its match in the winter ant, a California native with a formidable secret wea
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It took 10 YEARS (But it was worth it) - Amazing Science Gadgets/Toys
96 views / 0 likes - addedPhysicsFun is bringing you 12 Amazing, Innovative Science Gadgets/Toys!This video contains many interesting science gadgets, satisfying science experiments, innovative science toys, amazing science toys/gadgets and many more DIY, handmade physics toys, ga
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Watch These Cunning Snails Stab and Swallow Fish Whole | Deep Look
558 views / 0 likes - addedJoin Deep Look on Patreon NOW! https://www.patreon.com/deeplook Cone Snails have an arsenal of tools and weapons under their pretty shells. These reef-dwelling hunters nab their prey in microseconds, then slowly eat them alive. SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! htt
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Invasion Of The Yellow Crazy Ants!
878 views / 1 likes - addedThanks to Wet Tropics Management Authority for supporting MinuteEarth - http://wettropics.gov.au/ Subscribe to MinuteEarth! - http://www.youtube.com/user/minuteearth?sub_confirmation=1 And support us on Subbable! - https://subbable.com/minuteearth _______
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The Humans That Lived Before Us
421 views / 1 likes - addedAs more and more fossil ancestors have been found, our genus has become more and more inclusive, incorporating more members that look less like us, Homo sapiens. By getting to know these other hominins--the ones who came before us--we can start to answer
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These Lizards Have Been Playing Rock-Paper-Scissors for 15 Million Years | Deep Look
812 views / 1 likes - addedMale side-blotched lizards have more than one way to get the girl. Orange males are bullies. Yellows are sneaks. Blues team up with a buddy to protect their territories. Who wins? It depends - on a genetic game of roshambo. SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://
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This Adorable Sea Slug is a Sneaky Little Thief | Deep Look
632 views / 1 likes - addedTake the PBSDS survey: https://to.pbs.org/2018YTSurvey Explore our VR slug and support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deeplook Nudibranchs may look cute, squishy and defenseless ... but watch out. These brightly-colored sea slugs aren't above stea
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How Kittens Go From Clueless to Cute | Deep look
811 views / 2 likes - addedPlease support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deeplook Take the PBSDS survey: https://to.pbs.org/2018YTSurvey Fluffy kittens chasing a ball are beyond adorable -- but they sure aren't born that way. Practically deaf and blind, in their first few w
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Cockroach vs. Hydraulic Press: Who Wins? | Deep Look
161 views / 0 likes - addedDo cockroaches -- those daring, disgusting disease vectors -- have anything at all to offer us? Scientists think so. They compressed American roaches with a hydraulic press, subjecting them to the force of 900 times their body weight. Don't worry (or do):
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Blue Whales: The Biggest Animal EVER! | SciShow Kids
356 views / 0 likes - addedDid you know that the biggest animal that ever lived is still alive today? Let's learn all about what blue whales eat, where they live, and just how big they are, with Jessi and Squeaks!Hosted by: Jessi Knudsen Castaeda (she/her/they/them)Teachers and par
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Why Do Tumbleweeds Tumble? | Deep Look
642 views / 0 likes - addedYou can learn more about CuriosityStream at https://curiositystream.com/deeplook . The silent star of classic Westerns is a plant on a mission. It starts out green and full of life. It even grows flowers. But to reproduce effectively it needs to turn into
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This Snail Goes Fishing With a Net Made of Slime | Deep Look
104 views / 0 likes - addedMost of the sea snails in this tide pool cruise around searching for food. But not the scaled wormsnail. It cements its shell to a rock and snags its meals using the one thing a snail has plenty of: mucus!SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! https://www.youtube.com/us
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Why Does Peppermint Taste So Cold? | SciShow Kids
666 views / 1 likes - addedTeachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!Hosted by: Jessi Knudsen Castaeda (she/her/they/them)Jessi and Squeaks explore why peppermint candies, and mint plants in general, make your mouth
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How Elephants Listen ... With Their Feet | Deep Look
950 views / 2 likes - addedLove Deep Look? You can support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deeplook African elephants may have magnificent ears, but on the savanna, they communicate over vast distances by picking up underground signals with their sensitive, fatty feet. SUBSC
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The Super Secrets of Sewage
367 views / 0 likes - addedOrder your copy of ""How To Prevent The Next Pandemic"" here: https://www.amazon.com/Prevent-Next-Pandemic-Bill-Gates/dp/0593534484In 2020, many cities started monitoring wastewater for viruses, and there are a lot of non-virus reasons to keep doing it.LE
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Using Our Senses to Explore the Beach! | Science at the Beach! | SciShow Kids
118 views / 0 likes - addedSqueaks went on a trip to the beach, and wants to tell Mister Brown all about it! And, we can learn all about the science that formed the beach, plus a guest appearance by Grady the tardigrade to talk all about the plants and animals in the ocean that we
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A Baby Dragonfly's Mouth Will Give You Nightmares | Deep Look
336 views / 0 likes - addedDragonflies might rule the skies, but their babies grow up underwater in a larva-eat-larva world. Luckily for them, they have a killer lip that snatches prey, Alien-style, at lightning speed.SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqtDEEP LOOK: a new ult
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The Coldest Seas on Earth! | SciShow Kids
51 views / 0 likes - addedThe oceans around Antarctica are cold, but full of life. Join Jessi and Squeaks to learn about the blubber of seals, the amazing antifreeze blood of fish, and the shrinking skills of krill.Hosted by: Jessi Knudsen Castaeda (she/her/they/them)Teachers and
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What Gall! The Crazy Cribs of Parasitic Wasps | Deep Look
669 views / 0 likes - addedPlenty of animals build their homes in oak trees. But some very teeny, tricky wasps make the tree do all the work. And each miniature mansion the trees build for the wasps' larvae is weirder and more flamboyant than the next. SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http:
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Watch This Bee Build Her Bee-jeweled Nest | Deep Look
655 views / 0 likes - addedTake the PBSDS survey: https://to.pbs.org/2018YTSurvey Please support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deeplook Pollinator. Mason. Jeweler. A female blue orchard bee is a multitasking master. She fashions exquisite nests out of mud and pollen that r
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There's Something Very Fishy About These Trees ... | Deep Look
726 views / 1 likes - addedSalmon make a perilous voyage upstream past hungry eagles and bears to mate in forest creeks. When the salmon die, a new journey begins – with maggots. SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqt DEEP LOOK is a ultra-HD (4K) short video series crea
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Peregrine Falcons are Feathered Fighter Jets, Basically | Deep Look
541 views / 1 likes - addedPeregrine falcons catch other birds mid-flight by diving at more than 200 mph. To do it, they need some high-precision gear: special eyesight, talons and aerodynamics that can't be beat.SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqtPlease support us on Patr
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3 Brand New Colors That Scientists Discovered
660 views / 1 likes - addedFor millennia, we mostly had to make do with natural pigments and dyes, but in the last 300 years or so, chemical synthesis has revolutionized the colors of our world. We're conducting a survey of our viewers! If you have time, please give us feedback: ht
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The Not-So-Secret Secret Elevators of the Haunted Mansion
571 views / 0 likes - addedYou can support this channel on Patreon! Link below Is this haunted room actually stretching? The answer may surprise you! (barf) The stretching rooms at the Haunted Mansion are perhaps my favorite piece of hidden engineering at the Disney Parks. While on
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Why Can't We Get Power From Waves?
464 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to OIST for sponsoring this video. To learn more, visit https://admissions.oist.jp/ Wave power hasn’t yet made a splash because it’s hard to use waves to spin turbines, and because the sea is a harsh place to build things. Thanks also to our Patreo
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How To Avoid The Next Atlantis
1,223 views / 0 likes - addedA big thank you to AXA for sponsoring this video. Visit http://www.axa.com/resilience to learn more about their survey on how cities and businesses worldwide are adapting to climate-related challenges. Thanks also to our Patreon patrons: - Today I Found O
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This is NOT a Dandelion. | Deep Look
262 views / 0 likes - addedNot every yellow bloom or fluffy white globe taking over your backyard is a dandelion. Some of them are close relatives called catsears. But both of them have a little secret. To tell them apart and discover why they’re so successful you need to pee
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Why Don't Americans Eat Reindeer?
542 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to http://www.audible.com/minuteearth for sponsoring this video! Reindeer meat could’ve entered North American cuisine and culture, but our turn of the century efforts to develop a reindeer industry were stymied by nature, the beef lobby, and the G
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These Giant Leaf Insects Will Sway Your Heart | Deep Look
445 views / 1 likes - addedGiant Malaysian leaf insects stay still – very still – on their host plants to avoid hungry predators. But as they grow up, they can't get lazy with their camouflage. They change – and even dance – to blend in with the ever-shiftin
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Glasswing Butterflies Want To Make Something Perfectly Clear | Deep Look
746 views / 1 likes - addedEver wanted to be invisible? The elusive glasswing butterfly knows just how to do it. Its transparent wings, covered in an anti-glare nano-coating, help it hide from its predators in the rainforest. Please join our community on Patreon! https://www.patreo
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Why Exercise Is Hard
384 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! http://twin-cities.umn.edu/Because exercise isn't essential for short-term survival, we don't exercise enough, so we need to reincorporate purposeful physical activity into our lives.Thanks
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How Mosquitoes Use Six Needles to Suck Your Blood | Deep Look
764 views / 1 likes - addedSeen up close, the anatomy of a mosquito bite is terrifying. The most dangerous animal in the world uses six needle-like mouthparts to saw into our skin, tap a blood vessel and sometimes leave a dangerous parting gift. SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.g
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How The Coronavirus Attacks Your Lungs | Deep Look
332 views / 0 likes - addedThe new coronavirus packs a devastating punch. It penetrates deep into your lungs, causing our immune cells to go haywire and damage tiny air sacs the alveoli where oxygen normally flows into our blood.More COVID-19 Reporting and resources from KQED Scien
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You Wish You Had Mites Like This Hissing Cockroach | Deep Look
340 views / 0 likes - addedNot all roaches are filthy. The Madagascar hissing cockroach actually makes a pretty sweet pet, thanks to the hungry mites that serve as its cleaning crew.Check out Antarctic Extremes on PBS Terra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvRAuy1ZmTcSUBSCRIBE to D
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6 Surgical Devices Inspired by Nature
285 views / 0 likes - addedFrom the sharp mouthparts of mosquitoes to the sticky feet of geckos, researchers have found all kinds of amazing adaptations in the natural world that could be useful in the operating room.Hosted by: Hank GreenSciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called S
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How Two Microbes Changed History
609 views / 0 likes - addedWhat if I told you that, more than two billion years ago, some tiny living thing started to live inside another living thing … and never left? And now, the descendants of both of those things are in you? Produced in collaboration with PBS Digital Studios:
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The Ancient Animal Crossing | SciShow Kids
49 views / 0 likes - addedJoin Squeaks and Jessi as they learn about a time when lots of animals switched places -- like bears, sloths, armadillos, and more.Hosted by: Jessi Knudsen Castaeda (she/her/they/them)Second Grade Next Generation Science StandardsDisciplinary Core Ideas:L
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Growing Human Neurons | DIY Electrode Array
872 views / 0 likes - addedNeurons are amazing little microbes capable of learning and making decisions. Modern AI tries to take inspiration from living neurons, but why settle for the synthetic version? By growing human neurons directly connected to a computer it's possible to mak
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Why Do We Call Parents Mom and Dad Instead of Their Names?
633 views / 0 likes - addedIf you happen to like our videos and have a few bucks to spare to support our efforts, check out our Patreon page where we've got a variety of perks for our Patrons, including Simon's voice on your GPS and the ever requested Simon Whistler whistling packa
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The Truth About the Origin of the Potato Chip
847 views / 1 likes - addedSignup for your FREE trial to The Great Courses Plus here: http://ow.ly/egt230aclmo →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/BH1NAwwKtc
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The Curious Webspinner Insect Knits a Cozy Home | Deep Look
481 views / 0 likes - addedTo protect herself and her eggs, female webspinners shoot super-fine silk from their front feet. They weave the strands to build a shelter that serves as a tent, umbrella and invisibility cloak. But shooting silk from her feet requires her to moonwalk to
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How the Chalicothere Split In Two
510 views / 1 likes - addedTry CuriosityStream today: http://curiositystream.com/eons Two extinct relatives of horses and rhinos are closely related to each other but have strikingly different body plans. How did two of the same kind of animal, living in the same place, end up look
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These Face Mites Really Grow on You | Deep Look
507 views / 0 likes - addedYep, you probably have Demodex mites living on your face. These tiny arachnids feast on sebum, the greasy oil in your pores. But should you be worried about your eight-legged guests?SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqtPlease support us on Patreon!
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Cape Sundews Trap Bugs In A Sticky Situation | Deep Look
377 views / 0 likes - addedCape sundews are carnivorous plants that grow in bogs, where they don't have access to many nutrients. So they exude sweet, shimmering droplets from their tentacles to lure in unsuspecting insects. Once their prey is hopelessly stuck, they wrap it up and
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Look Inside a Rattlesnake's Rattle | Deep Look
649 views / 4 likes - addedCheck out America From Scratch: https://youtu.be/LVuEJ15J19sA rattlesnake's rattle isn't like a maraca, with little bits shaking around inside. So how exactly does it make that sound?SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqtPlease support us on Patreon
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Kidnapper Ants Steal Other Ants' Babies - And Brainwash Them | Deep Look
601 views / 1 likes - addedKidnapper ants raid other ant species' colonies, abduct their young and take them back to their nest. When the enslaved babies grow up, the kidnappers trick them into serving their captors hunting, cleaning the nest, even chewing up their food for them.Pl
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This Dangerous Mosquito Lays Her Armored Eggs in Your House | Deep Look
263 views / 0 likes - addedThe Aedes aegypti mosquito, which can transmit dengue fever and Zika, makes a meal of us around our homes. And her eggs are hardy. They can dry out, but remain alive for months, waiting for a little water so they can hatch into squiggly larvae.Please join
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Living Underwater: How Submarines Work
280 views / 0 likes - addedTry Brilliant out for free at http://Brilliant.org/WendoverThe first 200 people to use that link will also get 20% off their annual premium subscriptionSubscribe to Half as Interesting (The other channel from Wendover Productions): https://www.youtube.com
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Watch Bed Bugs Get Stopped in Their Tracks | Deep Look
453 views / 1 likes - addedAt night, these parasites crawl onto your bed, bite you and suck your blood. Then they find a nearby hideout where they leave disgusting telltale signs. But these pests have an Achilles heel that stops them cold.SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXq
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Watch These Peregrine Falcons Become Fierce Parents | Deep Look
346 views / 2 likes - addedHigh up in their 300-foot tower penthouse, falcon stars Annie and Grinnell's romance quickly gets real, as they face the tough demands of raising a family. They furiously guard their eggs from invaders, then stuff their screaming newborn chicks with meat.
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California Floater Mussels Take Fish For an Epic Joyride | Deep Look
310 views / 0 likes - addedThe California floater mussel does a surprising amount of travel - for a bivalve. First it gets ejected from its parent's shell into the wide watery wilderness. Then it leads a nomad's life clamped on the fins or gills of a fish. Once it's all grown up, t
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This Killer Fungus Turns Flies into Zombies | Deep Look
550 views / 2 likes - addedSomething is growing inside that fruit fly in your kitchen. At dusk, the fly points its wings straight up and dies in a gruesome pose so that a fungus can ooze out and fire hundreds of reproductive spores.Join our community on Patreon! https://www.patreon
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This Bee Gets Punched by Flowers For Your Ice Cream | Deep Look
627 views / 0 likes - addedAlfalfa leafcutting bees are way better at pollinating alfalfa flowers than honeybees. They dont mind getting thwacked in the face by the spring-loaded blooms. And that's good, because hungry cows depend on their hard work to make milk.Join our community
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Why Your Body Is AMAZING!
810 views / 0 likes - addedOur bodies are pretty incredible, here's why! SUBSCRIBE! It's free: http://bit.ly/asapsci Follow us @whalewatchmeplz & @mitchellmoffit SHARE on Twitter: http://bit.ly/1LSruiE SHARE on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1NSpYh2 Written by Rachel Salt, Gregory Brown
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What Actually Makes Water Roll Off a Duck's Back? | Deep Look
310 views / 0 likes - addedDucks and geese spend *a lot* of time preening their all-weather feathers. This obsessive grooming and a little styling wax from a hidden spot on their back side maintains the microscopic feather structure that keeps them warm and dry in frigid waters.Ple
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Walking Sticks Stop, Drop and Clone to Survive | Deep Look
349 views / 0 likes - addedIndian walking sticks are more than just twig impersonators. They even clone themselves into a surprising variety of colors to stay hidden in plain sight from predators.Please join our community on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deeplookSUBSCRIBE to Dee
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A Tsetse Fly Births One Enormous Milk-Fed Baby | Deep Look
364 views / 0 likes - addedMammalian moms, you're not alone! A female tsetse fly pushes out a single squiggly larva almost as big as herself, which she nourished with her own milk.Please join our community on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deeplookSUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://g
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Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED
48 views / 0 likes - addedThe blue LED was supposed to be impossibleuntil a young engineer proposed a moonshot idea. Head to https://brilliant.org/veritasium to start your free 30-day trial, and the first 200 people get 20% off an annual premium subscription.If youre looking for a
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04:34
Here's How That Annoying Fly Dodges Your Swatter | Deep Look
280 views / 0 likes - addedA fly has a pair of tiny, dumbbell-shaped limbs called halteres that were once a second pair of wings. They wield them to make razor-sharp turns and land out of reach on your ceiling. But don't despair there *is* a trick to smacking these infuriating inse
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Kangaroo Rats Are Furry, Spring-Loaded Ninjas | Deep Look
559 views / 2 likes - addedKangaroo rats use their exceptional hearing and powerful hind legs to jump clear of rattlesnakes or even deliver a stunning kick in the face.Please join our community on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deeplookSUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqt
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This Country Has Something Everyone Else Wants
397 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! http://twin-cities.umn.edu/Morocco has 3/4 of the worlds known reserves of rock phosphate, our main source of phosphorus, so Morocco may be key to our long-term ability to grow food.At the t
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See Sea Slugs Scour Seagrass by the Seashore | Deep Look
294 views / 0 likes - addedEelgrass sea hares may look like lazy, zebra-striped spoonfuls of jello, but these sea slugs are actually environmental heroes. Their voracious appetite for algae helps keep underwater meadow ecosystems in balancewhich is great news for sea otters. Deep L
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Meeting a Wormlion Is the Pits | Deep Look
357 views / 0 likes - addedStraight out of science fiction, the fearsome wormlion ambushes prey at the bottom of a tidy - and terrifying - sand pit, then flicks their carcasses out. These meals fuel its transformation into something unexpected.SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/
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Is Bigger Better?
159 views / 0 likes - addedThis video was made in partnership with Popsci! They recently published their "Muscles" issue, and wrote an article to go along with this video that you can read here: https://popsci.com/environment/strongest-animal-by-weightElephants might be strong, but
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Five Crazy Bridges For Animals
932 views / 1 likes - addedWatch Frankenstein MD on PBS Digital! http://pbly.co/FMDep1 ________________________ Please support MinuteEarth on Patreon - https://patreon.com/minuteearth And subscribe! - http://www.youtube.com/user/minuteearth?sub_confirmation=1 ______________________
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Closed Captioning: More Ingenious than You Know
477 views / 0 likes - addedYou can support this channel on Patreon! Link below Over the years Ive found that there are plenty of people who use captions, not just those who need them. But did you know that it took until the 1970s for anyone to think of putting captions on TV? I can
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When Fish Wore Armor
517 views / 0 likes - addedCheck out Hot Mess: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsaEBhRsI6tmmz12fkSEYdw 420 million years ago, some fish were more medieval. They wore armor, sometimes made of big plates, and sometimes made of interlocking scales. But that armor may actually have se
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The Fermi Paradox — Where Are All The Aliens? (1/2)
1,203 views / 1 likes - addedThe universe is unbelievably big – trillions of stars and even more planets. Soo… there just has to be life out there, right? But where is it? Why don’t we see any aliens? Where are they? And more importantly, what does this tell us about our own fate in
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