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Mushroom Canoe | The String Machine and More | Nebraska Stories | Nebraska Public Media
70 views / 0 likes - addedKaty Ayers didn't build her canoe, she grew it from mushrooms! Katy's interest in mycology (the scientific study of fungi) inspired her to research mushroom roots and how they could help the environment. It only took 14 days to grow her 8-foot boat and ev
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Nebraska retiree uses earths's heat to grow oranges in snow
813 views / 0 likes - addedWinter temperatures in Alliance, Nebraska can drop to -20°F (the record low is -40°F/C), but retired mailman Russ Finch grows oranges in his backyard greenhouse without paying for heat. Instead, he draws on the earth's stable temperature (around 5
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Rezball: The Hottest Sport in Nebraska’s Cold Winter
461 views / 0 likes - addedWinnebago, Nebraska, is a small town of just 1,500 or so residents. Located in the northeastern corner of the state, Winnebago is not a tourist hot spot. But when it’s cold outside, the town does heat up—thanks to the Winnebago High School basketball team
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How One Piece Of Legislation Divided A Nation - Ben Labaree, Jr.
696 views / 1 likes - addedView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-legislation-that-birthed-the-republican-party-ben-labaree-jr You may think that things are heated in Washington today, but the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 had members of Congress so angry they pulled out the
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Untangling the Devil's Corkscrew
629 views / 0 likes - addedIn the late 1800s, paleontologists in Nebraska found huge coils of hardened sand stuck deep in the earth. Local ranchers called them Devil's Corkscrews and scientists called them Daemonelix. It was clear these corkscrews were created by some form of life,
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The Election of 1860&the Road to Disunion: Crash Course US History #18
876 views / 1 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about the election of 1860. As you may remember from last week, things were not great at this time in US history. The tensions between the North and South were rising, ultimately due to the single issue of slavery. The Nort
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This Is How Spam Is Really Made
293 views / 0 likes - addedLet's face it — Spam is weird stuff. It might look like a block of mystery meat and taste suspiciously delicious, but it turns out there's a lot that goes into each and every can of Spam. Here's how Spam is really made. Spam is a weird thing, a tin
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Lasers Are Great, But Diamond Superlasers Are Better, Here's Why
465 views / 1 likes - addedScientists have discovered how to create a real life 'superlaser' using an ultra-pure diamond. How exactly does it work? Jellyfish Lasers Are Revolutionizing Quantum Physics - https://youtu.be/OpVvR6pa7g8 Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bi
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The 50 States and Capitals Song | Silly School Songs
2,239 views / 6 likes - addedINTERACTIVE LEARNING COURSES FOR THIS SONG AVAILABLE!!**Click the links below*** http://sillyschoolsongs.com/lessonplans/northeast http://sillyschoolsongs.com/lessonplans/southeast http://sillyschoolsongs.com/lessonplans/greatlakes http://sillyschoolsongs
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What Is 'Ranch' Flavor?
945 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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Our Best View Of Bacteria Is...From Space?!
368 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! http://twin-cities.umn.edu/Observing the effects of microbes using satellites can give us all sorts of useful information about life on Earth ... and other planets too.Thanks also to our Pat
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