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How Does Hedonic Adaptation Affect the Pursuit of Happiness? - with Joe Gladstone

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In this clip from a longer talk, Joe Gladstone explains what hedonic adaptation is and how it can hinder us becoming more happy. Watch the full talk: https://youtu.be/6Gpxjeq2CJ8 Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Hedonic adap
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The Science of Speciation – Molecular Adaptation in Vampire Bats

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Over 20% of all living mammal species are bats, and each is adapted to a particular diet: nectar, fruit, meat, insects—even blood! Follow scientists into the jungles of Brazil, and to a genomic sequencing lab at Temple University, as they decode the evolu
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Would winning the lottery make you happier? - Raj Raghunathan

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/would-winning-the-lottery-make-you-happier-raj-raghunathan Imagine winning a multi-million dollar lottery tomorrow. If you’re like many of us, you’d be ecstatic, unable to believe your good luck. But
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Multi-Agent Hide and Seek

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We’ve observed agents discovering progressively more complex tool use while playing a simple game of hide-and-seek. Through training in our new simulated hide-and-seek environment, agents build a series of six distinct strategies and counterstrategi
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Language, Voice, and Holden Caulfield: The Catcher in the Rye Part 1

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In which John Green examines JD Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye. John pulls out the old school literary criticism by examining the text itself rather than paying attention to the biographical or historical context of the novel (that's for next wee
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Natural Selection - Crash Course Biology #14

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Hank guides us through the process of natural selection, the key mechanism of evolution. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dftba.com/product/1av/CrashCourse-Biology-The-Complete-Series-DVD-Set Like CrashCourse on Facebook: http://www.fa
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Can you figure out the Castle Illusion?

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Can you trust your senses? In this mind-blowing neuroscience illusion, you'll experience a common but shocking effect known as sensory adaptation. Learn more about it by subscribing to our channel and watching our full-length episode that explains everyth
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The Motion Aftereffect Illusion #shorts

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Can you trust your senses? In this mind-blowing neuroscience illusion, you'll experience a common but shocking effect known as sensory adaptation. Learn more about it by subscribing to our channel and watching our full-length episode that explains everyth
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Blubber Glove - Sick Science! #092

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Read the full experiment at http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/experiment/blubber-gloves The animals of the Arctic and Antarctic circles spend their lives surviving subfreezing air temperatures and frigid water. Their secret is blubber, a thick layer of
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What to Expect From an Expecting Seahorse

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http://www.sciencefriday.com Although it's well known that seahorses and their cousins the pipefish are the only vertebrates where males become pregnant, researchers have only begun to understand how this unique adaptation works. By studying the behavior
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Community Ecology II: Predators - Crash Course Ecology #5

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Hank gets to the more violent part of community ecology by describing predation and the many ways prey organisms have developed to avoid it. Like SciShow: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Follow SciShow: http://www.twitter.com/scishow TABLE OF CONTENTS Her
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The Dark Side of Evolution

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Get the Animalogic Art Book Here: https://bit.ly/AnimalogicStore Melanism is an adaptation that makes an animal dark, and it serves two purposes: it increases an animals chance of survival and it makes it look awesome.Support Animalogic on Patreon:https:/
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How to calculate pi by throwing sausages | Do Try This At Home | We The Curious

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Did you know it's possible to calculate the number 'pi' by throwing sausages? Ross & Kerina take maths to the kitchen & show you how to try this adaptation of the 'Buffon's Needle Problem' at home.How to test your knee-jerk reflex & other tendon tricks:ht
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Why Do You Stop Noticing Smells After A While?

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Our brains lie to us. Not maliciously – they think they’re helping. Which is why smells seem to disappear: It’s olfactory adaptation. How it happens is complicated, but Lauren breaks it down. Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com: http://health.howstuffworks.co
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What you can do with an extra jaw - Darien Satterfield

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Discover the adaptation of the pharyngeal jaw, a secondary set of jaws that allow fish to capture and eat their prey at the same time. --After stalking a cuttlefish, a moray eel finally pounces. As the eel snags the mollusk in its teeth, its prey struggle
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Tigers 101 | Nat Geo Wild

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Tigers are icons of beauty, power, and the importance of conservation. Learn five surprising facts about these striped felines, including how large the cats can be, an adaptation some developed for swimming, and how much wild tiger populations have declin
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Kids Perform Count Olaf's Play (A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS) | BOOK BISCUIT

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In A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning, Count Olaf puts on a play, but how exactly did it go? The book doesn't say, so please enjoy this adaptation and performance of what the play was probably exactly like! Credits Hosts:Luxy BynumSofia Sha
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The Longest-Running Evolution Experiment

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If you ran evolution all over again, would you get humans? How repeatable is #evolution? This video is sponsored by @BountyBrand. #biology #science #QPU #HygieneBeginswithBounty #BountyPartnerSpecial thanks to Prof. Richard Lenski and team for showing me
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Bioluminescence Explained | Lights of the Deep Sea

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Bioluminescence in the deep sea is a natural phenomenon present in many deep sea creatures. Bioluminescent twinkling, flashing, pulsating lights are the result of a chemical reaction that produces light energy within the body of an organism. It is a commo
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LOONEY TUNES (Looney Toons): Porky's Bear Facts (Porky Pig) (1941) (Remastered) (HD 1080p)

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Porky's Bear Facts is a Looney Tunes cartoon animated short starring Porky Pig. Released March 29, 1941, the cartoon is directed by Friz Freleng. The voices were performed by Mel Blanc. This short is an adaptation of the Aesop fable "The Ant and the Grass
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How Animals Are Rapidly Evolving Because of Climate Change | WIRED

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Squids are shrinking, birds are migrating and lizards are getting blown away by hurricanes. The signs are everywhere; animals are changing because of climate change. We asked biologist Thor Hanson to walk us through three animal adaptation experiments.Rea
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Why You Cant Smell Yourself (and Other Ways Your Senses Lie to You)

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SUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Were on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below There is an absolutely weird, but surprisingly common phenomenon called sensory adaptation
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Evolution 101

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Every creature that’s ever lived, including you, has been honed by the powerful force of evolution. Play NOVA's Evolution Lab to learn how it’s responsible for the explosion of Earth's biodiversity. Play the Evolution Lab: http://www.pbs.org/nova/labs/lab
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1970: How the FIRST EVER TV play was made in 1930 | Review | Making Of... | BBC Archive

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Review marks the 40th anniversary of the first ever television play, an adaptation of Luigi Pirandello's The Man With the Flower in His Mouth, which was broadcast using John Logie Baird's television system. The surviving members of the original cast and p
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Does This Strange Animal Have Alien DNA?

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Tardigrades are awesome! They can survive in extreme weather and even breed in space, but what else do we know about these mysterious creatures? Understanding The Weird Anatomy Of An Octopus ►►►► http://bit.ly/1IWZSen Sign Up For The TestTube Newsletter H
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Why Your Body Is Built To Run Long Distances

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Marathons are very popular all around the world, but were humans built for endurance running? Why Your Brain Hates Excercise ►►►► http://dne.ws/1QZVRYM Sign Up For The TestTube Newsletter Here ►►►► http://dne.ws/1McUJdm Read More: Born To Run http://disco
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Disney's Aladdin - Special Look: In Theaters May 24

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A thrilling and vibrant live-action adaptation of Disney’s animated classic, “Aladdin” is the exciting tale of the charming street rat Aladdin, the courageous and self-determined Princess Jasmine and the Genie who may be the key to their future. Directed
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Community Ecology: Feel The Love - Crash Course Ecology #4

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Interactions between species are what define ecological communities, and community ecology studies these interactions anywhere they take place. Although interspecies interactions are mostly competitive, competition is pretty dangerous, so a lot of interac
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Disney's Aladdin Official Trailer - In Theaters May 24!

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A thrilling and vibrant live-action adaptation of Disney’s animated classic, “Aladdin” is the exciting tale of the charming street rat Aladdin, the courageous and self-determined Princess Jasmine and the Genie who may be the key to their
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Simple Animals: Sponges, Jellies,&Octopuses - Crash Course Biology #22

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Hank introduces us to the "simplest" of the animals, complexity-wise: beginning with sponges (whose very inclusion in the list as "animals" has been called into question because they are so simple) and finishing with the most complex molluscs, octopuses a
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Charlie Puth - Free (Official Lyric Video)

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Music video by Charlie Puth performing Free (Official Lyric Video) from Disneys One and Only Ivan. 2020 Walt Disney RecordsDisneys The One and Only Ivan now streaming exclusively on Disney+An adaptation of the award-winning book about one very special gor
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The problems with rebuilding beaches

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Beach nourishment is the latest chapter in a never-ending tale of erosion. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO About 80 to 90 percent of sandy beaches along America's coastlines are eroding. This is a problem because the developments humans bui
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CHRISTMAS CARTOON: Mr. Piper And The Story Of Tin Soldier (1956) [HD 1080] [Cartoons for Children]

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Mr. Piper and The Story The (Brave) Steadfast Tin Soldier (1963) Adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen Christmas Fairy Tale: "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" (Danish: Den standhaftige tinsoldat) is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a t
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Ecology - Rules for Living on Earth: Crash Course Biology #40

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Hank introduces us to ecology - the study of the rules of engagement for all of us earthlings - which seeks to explain why the world looks and acts the way it does. The world is crammed with things, both animate and not, that have been interacting with ea
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Why Are Babies So Cute?

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What makes babies so AWW? Video on UGLY animals: http://youtu.be/8nYpVlTdr3I SUBSCRIBE - it's free!: http://bit.ly/10kWnZ7 FOLLOW US! Links below: Instagram and Twitter: @whalewatchmeplz and @mitchellmoffit Clickable: http://bit.ly/16F1jeC and http://bit.
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Can Low Frequency Sound Waves Make You Sick?

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Loud noises can give you a headache, but scientists think it’s the sounds we can’t even hear that are making us sick. What’s infrasound? The Coolest Things Sound Waves Do ►►►► http://bit.ly/1QWKVsW Sign Up For The TestTube Newsletter Here ►►►► http://bit.
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Claws vs. nails - Matthew Borths

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Discover the evolutionary purpose of nails, and explore the theories of why they evolved from claws over 55 million years ago. --Consider the claw. Frequently found on animals around the world, its one of natures most versatile tools. Bears use claws for
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First Alice In Wonderland film ever made (1903) - With new soundtrack

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We put a new soundtrack to the first ever Alice In Wonderland film from 1903. This rare film, of which only one copy exists, is the first movie adaptation of Lewis Carroll's book 'Alice's Adventures In Wonderland'. It was directed by Cecil Hepworth and Pe
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What If You Only Ate Meat?

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This would take your high protein, paleo, keto diet to a new level Learn all about YOU at http://23AndMe.com/ASAP (US viewers) http://23AndMe.com (international viewers) Which diets actually work? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPl0naO6GR0 Vegan vs Meat
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We Can Now 3D Print in Suspended Gravity (And It’s Mesmerizing!)

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Rapid liquid printing is faster and better than 3D printing, how does this sci-fi-like method work? Scientists Put the Brain of a Worm Into a Robot… and It MOVED - https://youtu.be/eYS7UIUM_SQ Read More: 3d Printing is Yesterday's News. Westworld-style Li
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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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How To Talk To Climate Change Deniers

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Australian bushfires, flooding, hurricanes. We need to COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE DENIAL so this video explains how!Listen to the Sidenote podcast episode here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/climate-change-deniers/id1383086982?i=1000456167905FOLLOW GRE
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Maria von Trapp teaches Julie Andrews to Yodel

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Julie Andrews meets the real Maria von Trapp from the 45th anniversary Blu-ray of THE SOUND OF MUSIC. Originally from The Julie Andrews Hour. The 1965 film The Sound of Music is produced and directed by Robert Wise, and starring Julie Andrews and Christop
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The Game That Learns

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Sherlock Holmes and the case of the Red-Headed League - Alex Rosenthal

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Download the Audible Original podcast Moriarty: The Silent Order and support TED-Ed's nonprofit mission: https://www.audible.com/ted-ed --One day in the fall, you called upon your friend, Sherlock Holmes, and found him in conversation with Jabez Wilson. W
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Meet the Autonomous Insect Robots That Will One Day Swarm the Skies

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Meet the fleet of next-generation autonomous robots that are modeled entirely after insects, and one in particular: the fly. Designed with speed and agility in mind, Robofly relies on natures wisdom to fly tether-free. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/s
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The Little Mermaid - Official Teaser Trailer

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Out of the sea, wish I could be... part of that world. Disney's The Little Mermaid is coming to theaters May 26, 2023. “The Little Mermaid,” visionary filmmaker Rob Marshall’s live-action reimagining of the studio’s Oscar®-winn
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How Fish Get Away With Being Colorful

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Coral reef fish get away with being colorful thanks to a weird quirk of underwater optics. LEARN MORE**************To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: - Visual resolution: the ability to see fine spatial detailSUPPORT
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New Evidence Could Rewrite the History of Human Bipedalism

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You might want to take a seat for this one: Humans walked on two feet way earlier than we previously thought. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.comWh
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The Cello Song - (Bach is back with 7 more cellos) - The Piano Guys

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Why These Bears Waste Food

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Offset your carbon footprint with Wren! They'll protect 5 extra acres of rainforest for each of the first 100 people who sign up at https://www.wren.co/join/minuteearth.Optimal foraging theory means that turning down food is sometimes more efficient than
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The Triassic Reptile With "Two Faces"

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Figuring out what this creatures face actually looked like would take paleontologists years. But understanding this weird animal can help us shine a light on at least one way for ecosystems to bounce back from even the worst mass extinction.Thanks to Ceri
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How Many Languages Are There?

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The answer is, of course, a bit more complicated than you might think. Written with Molly Ruhl and Gretchen McCulloch. Gretchen's podcast has an episode all about this: https://lingthusiasm.com/post/154520059101/lingthusiasm-episode-1-speaking-a-single-la
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The Illusion Only Some Can See

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Ames window illusion illustrates how we don't directly perceive external reality. Special Holiday deal! Go to https://NordVPN.com/veritasium and use code VERITASIUM to get 68% off a 2 year plan plus 4 additional months free. Its risk free with Nords 30 da
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Upside-Down Catfish Doesn't Care What You Think

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You 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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Why Do All YouTube Videos Look Alike?

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Don't make us crabby! Join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/MinuteEarthMany crustaceans from all sorts of starting points evolve to end up looking similar, likely due to outside pressures. Thats sort of like what happens with YouTube videos.LEARN MORE**
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Why Are There Penguins At The Equator?

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Try Dashlane here: http://bit.ly/minutedash. Plus, here’s a 10% off promo code for Dashlane Premium: minuteearth When nutrients from the ocean depths reach the sunlit surface (like in the Galapagos), life is more productive. Thanks also to our Patreon pat
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A Baby Dragonfly's Mouth Will Give You Nightmares | Deep Look

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Dragonflies 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 Fastest-Growing Plant In The World

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Get your first audiobook and two Audible Originals for free when you try Audible for 30 days visit https://www.audible.com/minuteearth or text minuteearth to 500-500!Bamboo is the worlds fastest growing plant thanks to the cell elongation process it share
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E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial Commercial - A Holiday Reunion Xfinity 2019

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‘E.T.’ Phones Home Again In Reunion Short Film Premiering On NBC And Syfy EXCLUSIVE: A short film reuniting the creature from E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial and Henry Thomas, who played Elliott in the 1982 Steven Spielberg film, is premiering Thur
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Where The Weird Things Are

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We made this video in partnership with the Bik Lab at University of Georgia and the National Science Foundation.Life in Antarctica's ocean has followed a completely different evolutionary path from other ocean life because of how cold and isolated the oce
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How To Avoid The Next Atlantis

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A 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

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Not 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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The Island of Shrinking Mammoths

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You can check out Google's Science Journal app at https://g.co/sciencejournal The mammoths fossils found on the Channel Islands off the coast of southern California are much smaller than their relatives found on the mainland. They were so small that they
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The Most Misunderstood Concept in Physics

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One of the most important, yet least understood, concepts in all of physics. 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 you're looking for a molecular mo
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Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Birds

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This summer, we partnered with Nate Senner of the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Tebughna School in Beluga, Alaska to make this series of videos all about how, why, and where birds migrate. We had so much fun making these videos that we decided t

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