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How batteries will power the future - with The Faraday Institution

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Why are batteries so important for our future? Find out from expert Professor Louis Piper of WMG, University of Warwick, and a Principal Investigator at the Faraday Institution.The Faraday Institution is the UKs independent institute for electrochemical e
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Smithsonian National Zoo (webisode)

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A brief look at Great Museums' episode featuring the Smithsonian National Zoo and its efforts to save endangered species of our planet, which aired on Public Television in Fall 2008. Click on http://greatmuseums.org for more information.
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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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Media Institution: Crash Course Government And Politics #44

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So today we're going to look at the rather thorny issue of the media and its role in politics. Wether you're talking about older forms of media like newspapers and radio or newer forms like television and the Internet, all media serves the same purpose -
Mesmerizing: Watch a Speedy Chocolate Get Wrapped Smithsonian Channel

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We dont give chocolate wrappers much thoughtafter all, we cant wait to tear them off. But the process of applying wrapping to chocolates is actually pretty ingeniousand so fun to watch!Paramount+ is here! Stream all your favorites shows now on Paramount+.
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Why 18,000 Bones Are Hidden In This Smithsonian Warehouse | Colossal Collections | Business Insider

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The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History has over 18,000 specimens in its marine mammal bone collection, notably featuring a rare 8.5-foot adult Rice's whale skull. This collection is so large in both size and scale that it has outgrown the muse
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Egypt Sacred Sites: FULL EPISODE | Smithsonian Channel

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Of all the ancient civilizations, Egypt has left the greatest legacy. But is there a hidden secret about their belief in the afterlife lurking within the recordings known as the Book of the Dead? One unique artifact may hold the answers.Egypt is episode 4
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Crazy Monsters: Spiders FULL EPISODE | Smithsonian Channel

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Meet a family of hairy, scary eight-legged beasts of all shapes and sizes. This bizarre creature showcase is as fascinating as it is frightening, featuring spiders that walk on water, cartwheel across deserts, shoot hairs at predators, and delivery venom
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Why Wales is the Place to Go for Medieval Castles Aerial Britain | Smithsonian Channel

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Wales has no shortage of magnificent castles from the impenetrable stronghold of Harlech Castle, to the fierce fortifications of Carnarvon. Wales boasts a series of castles known as the Iron Ring, built as part of Edward Is determination to stamp his auth
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How Scientists Knew Hawaii's Kilauea Was About to Erupt Volcanoes | Smithsonian Channel

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Since April 2018, scientists had noticed signs that Hawaii's Kilauea, one of the world's most monitored volcanoes, might be close to erupting. On May 3rd, their predictions were justified in the most devastating manner.From Volcanoes: Dual Destruction htt
Giant Eagle Rays Launching Themselves into the Air Epic Animal Migrations | Smithsonian Channel

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While spring is feeding time for the ocean dwellers off the western coast of Mexico, its also mating time for the giant eagle rays. Their eye-catching leaps out of the water serve as a way to get noticed.From Epic Animal Migrations: https://bit.ly/3pNqVzV
This Arabian Dog is Fast Enough to Catch a Gazelle Amazing Dogs | Smithsonian Channel

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Saluki are a breed of desert dog famed for their speed. In the old days, Bedouins of the Arabian Peninsula relied on them to hunt for gazelle. Today, they are more likely to race for sport.Paramount+ is here! Stream all your favorites shows now on Paramou
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This Ancient Mongolian Fishing Method Yields 1000s of Fish China From Above | Smithsonian Channel

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In the northeast province of Jilin, China, local fishermen rely on an ancient Mongolian technique to fish in the frozen waters of Lake Chagan. And despite temperatures reaching minus 30 degrees Fahrenheit, all they need are a net, two horses, and a spindl
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Mornings Are a Busy Time at the Nursery Orangutan Jungle School | Smithsonian Channel

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Mornings at the orangutan nursery school are usually a chaotic time, with 16 hungry orphan orangutans demanding full attention. Today, is no exception. The orangutan jungle school is preparing to move to a new location. Soon, the young orangutans will be
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Tracking Down 5 Missing Lion Cubs Big Cat Country | Smithsonian Channel

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A filmmaker experiences anxiety over the fate of 5 missing lion cubs that shes been tracking. Tension turns to guarded relief as she notices movement in the dense undergrowth.Five missing lion cubs appear in the undergrowth, one after the other. Its a mom
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How Alan Eustace Performed the World's Highest Free Fall Jump Risk Takers | Smithsonian Channel

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In 2014, Alan Eustace accomplished the highest altitude free fall jump ever recorded, from nearly 26 miles above earth. To accomplish this safely, he wore a revolutionary new liquid cooling suit attached to a balloon, to lift him into the stratosphere.Fro
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Prehistoric Dinosaur Bird Fossils Found in China Are Amazingly Detailed | Smithsonian Channel

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The Liaoning Province of China has a reputation as a place where dinosaur fossils turn up on a regular basis in a remarkably preserved state. Many people think evolution happens in a very linear way. But the dinosaur bird fossils of Liaoning Province help
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10 Colorized Videos That Bring American History to Life Smithsonian Channel

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Using digital colorization technology, these clips from Prohibition to the moon landing bring American history to life.0:00 - Intro to 10 Colorized Videos0:23 - 1920s: Prohibition Drives Drinking Underground2:40 - 1920s: Iconic Skyscrapers Go up in Manhat
Yellowstone Bison Are Built for Winter Survival Epic Yellowstone | Smithsonian Channel

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With a dense coat, a powerful mass of muscle and a large head ideally suited for clearing away snow and locating buried grass, bison are built for frigid conditions in Yellowstone. If it wasnt for a hidden herd in the deepest reaches of this National Park
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Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of the Brain - Royal Institution Christmas Lectures - BBC Four

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Subscribe and to the BBC https://bit.ly/BBCYouTubeSubWatch the BBC first on iPlayer https://bbc.in/iPlayer-Home More about this programme: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b018l6vy Professor Bruce Hood uses a magnet to show that the brain uses electrical s
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Can We Build An Elevator To Space? - The Royal Institution Christmas Lecture 2010 - BBC Four

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Subscribe and to the BBC https://bit.ly/BBCYouTubeSubWatch the BBC first on iPlayer https://bbc.in/iPlayer-Home More about this programme: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00x1ynyMaterials scientist Dr Mark Miodownik reveals that we are now capable of mak
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The Liquid That Flows Upwards - The Royal Institution Christmas Lecture 2010, Preview - BBC Four

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Subscribe and to the BBC https://bit.ly/BBCYouTubeSubWatch the BBC first on iPlayer https://bbc.in/iPlayer-Home More about this programme: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00x1ygpMaterial scientist Dr Mark Miodownik demonstrates an incredible ferro-fluid
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Wild Thing: The Smithsonian National Zoo

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As part of its mission to "advance research and scientific knowledge in conserving wildlife and to teach and inspire people to protect wildlife, natural resources, and habitats," scientists at the National Zoo breed endangered species for the purpose of r
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The Giant Squid's Biggest Mystery

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*** Please support our video productions - http://www.patreon.com/scifri *** MORE CEPHALOPOD VIDEOS - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB2w1JNHV4HSYPPZ0p_OD3kJO9SxlwAOa Deep below the sea surface, giant squid fight off predatory sperm whales--stirri
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Why Do I Get Wrinkly Fingers in the Bath?

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Have you ever noticed that your fingers and toes are all wrinkly and funny looking after you spend a lot of time in the water? Well, Jessi wants to know why that happens! Join her to find out the answer! Hi there! We at SciShow want to learn more about yo
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Why Do We Sneeze?

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Everyone does it, but why? In this episode of SciShow Quick Questions you get the answers! Hosted by: Michael Aranda ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon s
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Slavery - Crash Course US History #13

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In which John Green teaches you about America's "peculiar institution," slavery. I wouldn't really call it peculiar. I'd lean more toward horrifying and depressing institution, but nobody asked me. John will talk about what life was like for a slave in th
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Key Exchange

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This clip from the 2008 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures shows a simple demonstration of how two people can agree on a secret key, even though all of their communications are carried out in public. In the electronic world, secret key exchange allows c
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Inside the Whale Warehouse!

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Whales are fascinating! They're also, oftentimes, absolutely gigantic-- which makes storing them in a museum collection quite challenging. We had the chance to visit the Smithsonian's "Whale Warehouse" to chat with Curator of Marine Mammals Dr. Michael Mc
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What Holding Your Breath Does To Your Body

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Is holding your breath bad for you? And did you know that you can hold it longer underwater than you can on land? How Our Ocean Obsession Led To A One-Man Submarine - https://youtu.be/FMdN5YtKhVY Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1
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What Is a Baby Porcupine Called?

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Baby porcupines are born with soft, fuzzy quills and rusty red fur. Perhaps even more adorable is what they're technically called. A caretaker at the Smithsonian's National Zoo fills us in. #ZooQs
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This Is What It Takes to Keep a Zoo Animal Happy

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The zoo extends the collecting mission of the Smithsonian into the realm of the living. From the Series: Stories From the Vault: Random? http://bit.ly/2gfy5hO
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What Fossils Reveal about Today's Climate Change

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Dr. Scott Wing spent a decade combing the hills in the Bighorn Basin of Wyoming to find fossil evidence of an extinction event that occurred in the Southern Ocean of Antarctica, 56 million years ago. Here, we talk with him and Dr. Kirk Johnson about how s
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The Wonderful World of Worms

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Earthworms & leeches, parasitic nematodes, bristle worms, velvet worms, bobbit worms! Dr. Anna J. Phillips, Curator of Parasitic Worms and Protozoa at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History took us back into the invertebrate zoology collecti
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What Do Otters Eat?

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For hungry Asian small-clawed otters at Smithsonian's National Zoo, variety is the spice of life. A caretaker explains what items are on a typical menu. #ZooQs
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This Is Alexander Graham Bell's Voice

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Plucked from the Smithsonian archives, the liberated recording features Bell, through must and static, saying "Hear my voice, Alexander Graham Bell."
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This Paleo-Artist Recreates Our Early Ancestors

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Bone by bone, paleo-artsist John Gurche builds the life-like sculptures of our early ancestors. From the Series: Smithsonian Spotlight: Human Origins http://bit.ly/2gQl8bf
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This Is Martha, The World's Last-Known Passenger Pigeon

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Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History houses one of largest bird collections in the world. One of their most prized birds, Martha, was the last passenger pigeon to ever fly. From: SERIOUSLY AMAZING OBJECTS: Trailblazers http://bit.ly/1XCulD1
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Math Mechanics of Thai Banking Crisis

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Going through the mechanics of how a Thai financial institution can lose their shirt when their currency devalues. More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=9p3HNMe-oAI
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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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How Big Is a Komodo Dragon?

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Komodo dragons are considered the largest land reptiles on Earth. A caretaker at Smithsonian's National Zoo shows us just how enormous they can be. #ZooQs From: WILD INSIDE THE NATIONAL ZOO: How to Train Your Dragon http://bit.ly/2bOllIC
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Remote Controls

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Finalist of the Best Illusion of the Year Contest 2016Title: Remote Controls Author: Arthur G. Shapiro Institution: American University, USA
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Silhouette Zoetrope

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Finalist of the Best Illusion of the Year Contest 2016Title: Silhouette ZoetropeAuthor: Christine VerasInstitution: Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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Change the color

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Best Illusion of the Year Contest - 2019Title: Change the Color Author: Haruaki FukudaInstitution: University of TokyoCountry: Japan
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Mask Induced Filling out

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Best Illusion of the Year Contest - 2017 The Mask Induced Filling-outAuthor: Shuichiro TayaInstitution: Hiyoshi Psychology Laboratory, Keio UniversityCountry: Japan
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First Look: Rare Ruby Seadragon Filmed in the Wild | National Geographic

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The elusive and delicate ruby seadragon glides through waters off the southern coast of Australia. Video: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the w
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Bodiject Fingers

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Best Illusion of the Year Contest - 2019Title: Bodiject FingersAuthor: Kenri KodakaInstitution: Naoya City UniversityCountry: Japan
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Helix Rotation

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Best Illusion of the Year Contest - 2019Title: Helix Rotation Author: Arthur G. ShapiroInstitution: American University Country: USA
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Partial Disappearance Illusion

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Best Illusion of the Year Contest - 2017Title: Partial Disappearance IllusionAuthor: Kokichi SugiharaInstitution: Meiji UniversityCountry: Japan
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The Dalesmen Singers Illusion

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Finalist of the Best Illusion of the Year Contest 2016Title: The Dalesmen Singers IllusionAuthor: Mike Pickard and Gurpreet SinghInstitution: Sunderland University, UK
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A New Illusion at Your Ellbow

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Finalist of the Best Illusion of the Year Contest 2016Title: A New Illusion At Your Elbow Author: Peter Brugger and Rebekka MeierInstitution: University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
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Dynamic Mller Lyer Illusion

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Best Illusion of the Year Contest - 2017 Title: Dynamic Mller-Lyer IllusionInstitution: Archimedes Laboratory ProjectAuthor: Gianni A. SarconeCountry: Italy
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Facing-Right Illusion

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Best Illusion of the Year Contest - 2019 Title: Facing-Right IllusionAuthors: Kokichi SugiharaInstitution: Meiji UniversityCountry: Japan
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Magic Tic-Tac-Toe

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Best Illusion of the Year Contest - 2019Title: Magic Tic-Tac-Toe Authors: Gianni A. Sarcone and Marie-Jo WaeberInstitution: Sarcones StudioCountry: Italy and Switzerland
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The Chunder Thunder Illusion

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Best Illusion of the Year Contest - 2019Title: The Chunder Thunder IllusionAuthors: Mike Pickard and Gurpreet SinghInstitution: The University of SunderlandCountry: United Kingdom
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The Chemistry of Fire and Gunpowder - with Andrew Szydlo

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Andrew Szydlo gives a spectacular demo-filled talk of explosive science using gunpowder, energetic reactions and quite a few flames. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe The talk was filmed on the eve of Bonfire Night, also know
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The Shrunken Finger Illusion

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Finalist of the Best Illusion of the Year Contest 2016Title: The Shrunken Finger Illusion Authors: Vebjrn Ekroll, Bilge Sayim, Ruth Van der Hallen and Johan WagemansInstitution: University of Leuven, Belgium
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Ambiguous Cylinder Illusion

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Finalist of the Best Illusion of the Year Contest 2016 Title: Ambiguous Cylinder Illusion Author: Kokichi Sugihara Institution: Meiji University, Japan
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This NASA Scientist Studies Forests by Looking at Them From Space I NOVA I PBS

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NASA Goddard researcher Lola Fatoyinbo shoots lasers at trees in order to measure how much carbon forests store.PRODUCTION CREDITS:Excerpted in part from NOVA's "Can We Cool the Planet?"Producer/Director: Ben KalinaDirector/Camera: Jen SchneiderEdited by:
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Caught inside a bubble

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Finalist of the Best Illusion of the Year Contest 2016Title: Caught Inside A BubbleAuthors: Mark Vergeer, Stuart Anstis and Rob van Lier Institution: University of Leuven, Belgium, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands, and UC San Diego, USA
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The Best Pokmon (According to Science)

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Use the promo code "minuteearth" at https://curiositystream.com/minuteearth for 26% off an annual subscription to CuriosityStream, plus access to Nebula!Theres lots of debate as to which original starter Pokmon is the best fighter among squirtle, bulbasau
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How Eddie Van Halen Invented Tapping

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Watch the entire interview here: http://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2015/02/14/necessity-is-the-source-of-eddie-van-halens-inventions/events/the-takeaway/ At a What It Means to Be American event at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, leg
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Delighted panda cub plays in the snow for the first time

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Bao Bao, a giant panda at Washington DC's Smithsonian National Zoo playfully tumbles down a hill as she experiences snow for the very first time Sixteen-month-old Giant panda cub Bao Bao played in the snow for the first time today at the Smithsonian's Nat
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An Acquiring Mind: Philippe de Montebello and The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The extraordinary legacy of Philippe de Montebello, who served for 31 years as Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. During his tenure, Mr. de Montebello guided the acquisition of more than 84,000 works of art, demanded innovation in conservation te
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Why Spiders Don't Stick To The Web

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www.sciencefriday.com Why Spiders Don't Stick to The Web William Eberhard, of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and the University of Costa Rica, and colleague Daniel Briceno film spiders in the lab, in the field and under a dissecting microscop
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United States Postal Service Technology

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Each day the United States Postal Service processes hundreds of millions of pieces of mail and delivers to over 150 million addresses. At the center of this bustling postal network are more than a hundred Processing and Distribution Centers spread across
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Four Dimensional Maths: Things To See And Hear In The Fourth Dimension With Matt Parker

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Matt Parker, comedian and mathematician, shows how four-dimensional shapes appear a 3D world in this hands-on talk, featuring what is possibly the world's nerdiest knitted hat! Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Discover how t
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The history of electricity - with Dan Plane

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An electrifying ride for adults and kids, packed with demos showing how electricity can be harnessed, and featuring the Ri's own demonstrator extraordinaire, Dan Plane. No Barbies were harmed in the making of this show.Subscribe for regular science videos
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TIL: Mount St. Helens Has a Baby Volcano Inside It | Today I Learned

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On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens in Washington State erupted in the most explosive volcanic event in U.S. history. Fifty-seven people and countless animals died, a forest was leveled, and ash blanketed the region as far away as Minnesota. ➡ Subscribe: ht
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Michael Faraday's Electric Frogs

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Why did the Royal Institution used to have a froggery? Before more sophisticated methods for detecting electricity emerged, Michael Faraday and his colleagues used a rather brutal method… No frogs were harmed in the making of this video. Well, not since t
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Searching for Life at the Bottom of the Arctic

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Creatures living among the hydrothermal vents burbling under the Arctic Ocean's ice layer have been historically difficult to study, but an underwater vehicle, the Nereid Under Ice, can get close to the vents to peek in at the animals and their homes with
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Wheels, Bombs, and Perpetual Motion Machines

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This is a collaboration with the Royal Institution! Go check out their video here: https://youtu.be/sScrtGdKmho -- Perpetual motion machines are badly named. And impossible. But that hasn't stopped a lot of people trying to build them. Sure, you could try
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How a dragon gets a check-up | Science Magic Show Hooray

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Komodo dragons may not breathe fire or fly, but they're fantastic beasts nonetheless. Watch one get a check-up at the Smithsonian National Zoo. Subscribe to Anna's Science Magic Show Hooray! https://bit.ly/2LLNAci Many thanks to the National Zoo for letti
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Mercury: Crash Course Astronomy #13

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Mercury is the closest planet to the sun. It has no atmosphere and is, as such, covered in craters. It's also incredibly hot but, surprisingly, has water ice hiding beneath its surface. -- Table of Contents Closest Planet to the Sun 0:03 Rotation Locked t
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Rebuilding Dinosaurs With The 'Skeleton Crew'

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Some of the most impressive dinosaur skeletons in the world are housed in a nondescript warehouse in Ontario, Canada. There, a team of experts carefully unpacks, preserves, and mounts dinosaur fossils into displays for the Smithsonian and American Museum
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Stars: Crash Course Astronomy #26

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Today Phil’s explaining the stars and how they can be categorized using their spectra. Together with their distance, this provides a wealth of information about them including their luminosity, size, and temperature. The HR diagram plots stars’ luminosity
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Why Is Blue So Rare In Nature?

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Duh, except for the sky… and the ocean… Don’t miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Among living things, the color blue is oddly rare. Blue rocks, blue sky, blue water, sure. But blue animals? They
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Bacteria And Antibiotics: Revenge Of The Microbes

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What are bacteria? How do antibiotics work? And what can we do about increasing antibiotic resistance? Jenny Rohn, scientist and novelist, investigates the fascinating world of bacteria in this Friday Evening Discourse event from the Ri. Subscribe for reg
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Sea monsters are real! Well...they used to be.

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Giant marine reptiles resembling sea monsters were the kings of the ocean in the Cretaceous. But their world was not as foreign as you might think. Subscribe to Science Magic Show Hooray! https://bit.ly/2LLNAci Sea Monsters Unearthed is now open at Smiths
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Richard Dawkins - CHRISTMAS LECTURES 1991 - Growing up in the Universe

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The world-famous evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins presents the Royal Institution CHRISTMAS LECTURES in 1991. Original broadcast live on the BBC, the series explored "our own growing knowledge of how life grows up in the universe."This is the first l
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Slavery, Ghosts, and Beloved: Crash Course Literature 214

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You can directly support Crash Course at http://www.subbable.com/crashcourse Subscribe for as little as $0 to keep up with everything we're doing. Free is nice, but if you can afford to pay a little every month, it really helps us to continue producing th
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How To Make A Pinhole Camera

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Take authentic vintage-style photos with a camera you can make yourself. In a world saturated with selfies and instant effects layered over endless phone photos, take a step back and experience the science of the spiritual home of photography. 'How to mak
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When Whales Walked

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We know whales as graceful giants bound to the sea. But what if we told you there was actually a time when whales could walk. Signup for your FREE trial to The Great Courses Plus here: http://ow.ly/x0Hi30egd4K Produced in collaboration with PBS Digital St
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Chemical Curiosities: Surprising Science and Dramatic Demonstrations - with Chris Bishop

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Professor Chris Bishop, presenter of the 2008 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, leads us through a spectacular tour of the curious, and sometimes surprising, world of chemistry.Please help us transcribe this lecture: http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_v
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The Mother Of Hubble | NOVA

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As a woman in her generation, astronomer Nancy Roman could not get tenure at a research institution, so instead she was invited to work on Hubble's design and development for more than 25 years. Her perservance and vision earned her the nickname "the moth
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Christmas Lectures 2012 - Lighting a fire in 15% Oxygen

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As part of Lecture One of his 2012 Christmas Lectures, 'The Modern Alchemist', Dr Peter Wothers visits a research lab near Cambridge where they are investigating new fire prevention technologies.Normal air contains 21% Oxygen. Will Peter be able to light
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Women of wonder - with Rosie Curran Crawley at Ada Lovelace Day

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Jane Marcets Conversations on Chemistry was first published anonymously in 1805 and is thought to be one of the first science textbooks. After watching Humphry Davys lectures at the Royal Institution, Marcet believed it to be important to discuss these sc
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Black Hole Seen For The First Time. Black hole breakthrough: Event Horizon Telescope's landmark imag

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On April 10, 2019, the international Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration revealed humanity's first glimpse of a black hole. Learn more: https://insidetheperimeter.ca/black-hole-breakthrough-astronomers-release-landmark-image Download free posters
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3D photogrammetry maps of coral reefs

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Photographic studies of coral reefs are being stitched together, piece by piece, using a 3D technology called photogrammetry. Scientists Stuart Sandin and Jennifer Smith at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego are mapping 100 coral reefs a
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How Close Are We to a Complete Tree of Life?

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Nearly 90% of all life on Earth is unaccounted for, but how close are we to discovering all life on Earth before it disappears? Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more How Close Are We | http://bit.ly/HCAWplaylist Follow Olivia on In
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Expansion and Consequences: Crash Course European History #5

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European exploration had a lot of side effects. When the Old World and the New World began to interact, people, wealth, food, animals, and disease began to flow in both directions. In the New World, countless millions were killed by smallpox, measles, and
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How Do Our Bodies Fight Off Dangerous Chemicals?

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UC San Diego's Amro Hamdoun explains how you can think of cells like night clubs. With every substance that a cell encounters it has to decide which to eliminate and which to let in. Since humans have generated over 80,000 synthetic compounds, it's now ev
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Into the Deep Unknown | bioGraphic

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In the summer of 2017, a team of scientists led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution ventured a thousand kilometers off the coast of Brazil to explore the seafloor around a little-known cluster of islets called St. Paul's Rocks. One of those scient
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TIL: Life Could Exist on Mars Thanks to Methane | Today I Learned

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Discovering life on Mars is now looking more promising. According to geobiologist Jeff Marlow, anywhere on Earth we see liquid water and enough energy, we see life. The best way to find it on Mars might be to consider what early life on Earth looked like.
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Benjamin Franklin: Founding Father and Fireman

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Firetrucks, fire stations, even those cool poles that firefighters slide down—they all date back to colonial times and a certain founding father. Famous for his contributions to the U.S. Constitution, electricity and bifocals, it turns out that Benjamin F
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Physics experiments that changed the world with Suzie Sheehy

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Twentieth-century physics has changed the world - and some of the most important discoveries happened right here at the Royal Institution. Watch the Q&A here: https://youtu.be/gEHXJEFSftE Suzie's books 'The Matter of Everything' is out now: https://geni.u
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Tour of the Galaxy | California Academy of Sciences

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Depart Earth’s surface and fly through the solar system to the edge of the Milky Way, discovering objects at increasingly distant locations from Earth. - - - The California Academy of Sciences is a renowned scientific and educational institution ded
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Paleontologist Answers Dinosaur Questions From Twitter | Tech Support | WIRED

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Paleontologist Dr. Hans Sues answers the internet's burning questions about dinosaurs. Why did T-Rex have such tiny arms? What colors were dinosaurs? How do dinos get their names? What did Jurassic Park get wrong? Why do fossils exist? Dr. Sues answers al
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The Science of Fireworks!

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A brief history of the modern firework. Help us write subtitles for thislecture: http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_video?v=rmtK2BgmGCw Professor Chris Bishop, presenter of the 2008 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, gives a family lecture on the history
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Uncovering the Secret Lives of Reed Frogs | California Academy of Sciences

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Academy researcher Rayna Bell was drawn to studying frogs because there's still so much we don't know about them. She's currently asking questions about speciation, coloration, and what frogs see.Learn more about Dr. Bell's work here: https://www.calacade
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Incredible Animation Shows How Humans Evolved From Early Life

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Humans have had a long history. 3.8 million years in the making, to be precise. From the primordial puddle to the modern day, here's how humans have evolved from the first life. The following is a review of the life forms depicted in the video: Prokaryote
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Why Jupiter Has So Many Moons

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Our solar system is already teaming with nearly 200 moons, and we just got 12 more to add to the list. A team led by astronomer Scott Sheppard out of the Carnegie Institution for Science discovered the moons in 2017 using one of the most powerful digital
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Behind the Doodle: 155th Anniversary of Juneteenth

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Today’s video Google Doodle, illustrated by Los Angeles-based guest artist Loveis Wise and narrated by actor and activist LeVar Burton, honors the 155th anniversary of Juneteenth. Short for “June Nineteenth,” Juneteenth marks the true en
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The Case for Saving PARASITES.

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PARASITE. Doesn't the word just make your skin crawl? (that's actually the worms living under your flesh... just kidding). Despite our "ick" reaction to these animals, they play important roles in their environments - and many are under threat. ↓↓↓ Check
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Nectarine = Mutant Peach?!

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What makes a peach a peach and a nectarine a nectarine? A single genetic mutation! Trying to document grad school one YouTube video at a time, from lab equipment to genetics lessons to interviews with other students! Each week is a new view into life as a
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Eric Laithwaite's 1974 Christmas Lectures: The Engineer Through the Looking Glass

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In this video, I have combined all of Professor Eric Laithwaite's 1974 lectures from the Royal Institution's annual Christmas Lectures series. There are 6 lectures in total and the series is entitled "The Engineer Through the Looking Glass". Eric mirrors
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Sign Language in a Mirror - with Charles Stirling

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Is sign language left or right handed? Can it be mirrored without losing its message? Charles Stirling seeks answers to these questions in the 1992 CHRISTMAS LECTURES "Our World Through the Looking Glass". Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.
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Storing Data in DNA?! w/ Dina Zielinski

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Could you store all of your computer files in DNA? I chat with researcher Dina Zielinski about her project to do just that! DNA Fountain Website: http://dnafountain.teamerlich.org/ Reddit AMA: https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/5xt0gl/science_ama_s
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The Fine Art of Television Repair

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Chi-Tien Lui is an electrical engineer and technician whose craft has evolved to the realm of high art. Born in China, he trained as a technician in Taiwan before moving to the U.S. and setting up his own shop in downtown Manhattan in 1968. During this ti
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Travel Deep Inside a Leaf | California Academy of Sciences

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Take a journey inside a leaf of a redwood tree. Enter the stoma and view photosynthesis on a molecular level, knowing that the animation prioritizes scientific accuracy. Educators might also be interested in an annotated version of this video: https://you
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Using a Cell Phone in 1985 - with David Pye

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The first commercially available mobile phone went on sale in 1984 – and cost around $4000. In this clip from the 1985 CHRISTMAS LECTURES 'Communicating', David Pye demonstrates the power of this (then) brand new technology on an unsuspecting member of th
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How We Learn to Interpret Speech - Charles Taylor

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Balloons are fun at parties, but with a bit of work, you can also make them talk. In this clip from the 1989 CHRISTMAS LECTURES, Charles Taylor demonstrates what 'talking' balloons can tell us about how we process and understand speech. Subscribe for regu
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Fighting Firedamp - The Lamp That Saved 1,000 Lives

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With a beautiful, explosive experiment, Andy demonstrates how Humphry Davy's simple invention saved hundreds of lives from firedamp. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Firedamp is a flammable gas found in coal mines that contr
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Chameleon Communications - with Sir Colin Blakemore

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Chameleons are well known for being able to change their body colour to blend in with their surroundings. They can however also use this ability to communicate with other chameleons. In this clip from the 1982 CHRISTMAS LECTURES "Common sense", Sir Colin
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How to make a hoverboard | Do Try This At Home | We The Curious

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Great Scott! Hoverboards are no longer a thing of science fiction! Andy and Kerina show you how to make a mini-hoverboard and hack a leaf blower to travel back to the future. Heavy.Download the free CD-Hoverboard template: http://bit.ly/HoverPDFThe Hendo
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The Phone Book from 1880 - with Gareth Roberts

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In 1880, there were so few telephones in London that it was possible for '1' to be your phone number. In this clip from the 1988 CHRISTMAS LECTURES "The home of the future", Gareth Roberts takes a look at a small, red book – the London telephone directory
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Parafilm | What is this thing?!

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What is this thing?! It's parafilm, a beloved lab staple! Thanks to Bemis for sending me some Parafilm, and to our summer lab students for being awesome! Another giant thank you to my Patreon supporters, including my amazing ribosomes: Marcel Ward Brad Fi
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World's First Electric Generator

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Huge thanks to the Royal Institution, Professor Frank James, and Katie Atmore for filming.For the Sixty Symbols version of this experiment click http://bit.ly/RGfLY5Michael Faraday created the first electric generator in 1831 using a coil of wire and a pe
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"It's My Own Invention" Eric Laithwaite 1974 RI Christmas Lectures, Lecture 6

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Professor Eric Laithwaite presents his second televised series of CHRISTMAS LECTURES exploring the world of engineering.A sequel to his 1966 series, 'The Engineer in Wonderland', Laithwaite was the first person to present two series of Lectures on nationa
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Artificial Intelligence, the History and Future - with Chris Bishop

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Chris Bishop discusses the progress and opportunities of artificial intelligence research. Subscribe for weekly science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe The last five years have witnessed a dramatic resurgence of excitement in the goal of creating intell
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We Need to Talk About Physics - with Helen Czerski

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Helen Czerski explores the everyday oddities that shed light on some of the most important science of our time. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the Q&A here: https://youtu.be/nAWHJViVfcU When we hear about physics, we
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Mimicry vs Language - with Sir David Attenborough

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Some animals have the physical equipment to mimic human speech, but that doesn’t mean they have the brain to understand human language. In this clip from ‘The language of animals’ (1973) Sir David Attenborough chats with a greater Indian hill myna. Subscr
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How Books Are Handmade At The Last Printing Press Of Its Kind In The US | Still Standing

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Arion Press is the last printing press in the US where books are handmade from start to finish. Using machines and techniques that date back to the 1800s, these books can take years to make and cost up to $10,000 to buy. Set against the tech hub backdrop
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Adam Savage Meets Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 Spacesuit!

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It's an emotional day for Adam Savage as he comes face to face with Neil Armstrong's A7-L pressure suit, then learns about its long, delicate conservation process from National Air and Space Museum's Objects Conservator, Lisa Young. You can now see the ne
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What Is The Magician's Oath?

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What keeps magicians from revealing the secrets to their illusions? It’s not a pact with The Devil… Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com Share on Facebook: https://goo.gl/d8pJsy Share on Twitter: https://goo.gl/M9IocY Subscribe: http://goo.gl/ZYI7Gt Visit our
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Whats In a 20,000 Year-Old Cube of Ice?

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It’s time for the PBSDS Annual Survey! We want to hear from YOU Share your feedback here: https://www.pbsresearch.org/c/r/IOTBS_YTvideo ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Earth’s climate is changing in a big way,
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The Whales of New York

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*** We're now on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/scifri - Please Help Support Our Video Productions! *** Within sight of the famous New York skyline, you might see something unexpected—whales. Vast schools of menhaden baitfish swirl in the New York Bight,
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Musical Wooden Blocks - with Charles Taylor

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The frequency of sound waves and the pitch of the sound we hear are inextricably linked; the higher the frequency, the higher the pitch. Charles Taylor demonstrates this in our final Ri Advent clip from the 1989 CHRISTMAS LECTURES "Exploring music", where
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How to Speak Backwards - with Eric Laithwaite

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When looking into a mirror, you see a likeness of yourself, but it is not you. Would you be able to communicate with your mirror double? Eric Laithwaite attempts speaking backwards as an option. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscR
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How Encryption Keys Work - with Chris Bishop

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What does the padlock icon on your internet browser mean and why is encryption important? In this clip from 2008 CHRISTMAS LECTURES "Hi-tech trek", Chris Bishop uses coloured water to demonstrate how information is transferred on the internet. Subscribe f
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How Would We Communicate with Alien Life? - with Carl Sagan

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If life exists elsewhere in the Universe, would we be able to communicate with it? In this clip from the 1977 CHRISTMAS LECTURES "The planets", Carl Sagan demonstrates how we could send a signal that would make sense to intelligent beings that have evolve
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The DNA Code - with Alison Woollard

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DNA is the instruction manual for life on Earth. In this clip from the 2013 CHRISTMAS LECTURES "Life fantastic", Alison Woollard explains how the DNA code stores the information to make all living things. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.l
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Can Objects Have Personalities? - with Bruce Hood

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As humans, we sometimes project our thoughts and emotions onto things that aren't human. In this clip from the 2011 CHRISTMAS LECTURES "Meet Your Brain", Bruce Hood shows how we can interpret shapes as having their own "personalities", just by the way the
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Making Machines Speak - with David Pye

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Modern speech synthesisers can simulate human speech so perfectly that it's nearly indistinguishable from the real thing. In this clip from the 1985 CHRISTMAS LECTURES, David Pye demonstrates earlier versions of mechanical and electronic speech synthesise
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How Stick Insects Use Camouflage - with Richard Dawkins

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Some insects have evolved incredibly detailed foms of camouflage, so they appear to blend almost perfectly into their surroundings. In this clip from 1991 CHRISTMAS LECTURES "Growing up in the Universe"', Richard Dawkins gets into a sticky situation with
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Facial Character Analysis - with Heinz Wolff

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Our faces display messages to the world around us by expressing what we are thinking or feeling, and giving clues about our character. In this clip from the 1975 CHRISTMAS LECTURES 'Signals from the interior', Heinz Wolff analyses the characters of an aud
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Incredible Candle And Water Trick - ExpeRimental Extras

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Watch a candle suck up water into a jar as if by magic. Click here for more great science experiments to try with candles: http://youtu.be/Uau_eKoRn6c For info sheets and printable badges, click here: http://bit.ly/EggspeRiments ExpeRimental is a series o
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Topology, Geometry And Life In Three Dimensions

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If you imagine a three dimensional maze from which there is no escape, how can you map it? Is there a way to describe what all possible mazes look like, and how do mathematicians set about investigating them? Subscribe for regular science videos: http://b
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How Ants Defend Their Home Trees - with Sue Hartley

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Plants may seem passive and defenceless, but they have plenty of ways to fight off attackers. In this clip from the 2009 CHRISTMAS LECTURES "The 300 Million Year War", Sue Hartley demonstrates a particularly gruesome strategy used by some plants to protec
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Bioluminescence - with David Attenborough

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Many animals, especially insects and deep sea marine species, produce light to send signals to those around them. This is called bioluminescence. In this clip from the 1973 CHRISTMAS LECTURES "The languages of animals", Sir David Attenborough performs sim
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Trying Out Battery Powered Welding - with Saiful Islam

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Batteries are everywhere in modern life, but these amazing pieces of technology can often seem all too familiar. In this clip from the 2016 CHRISTMAS LECTURES "Supercharged: Fuelling the Future", Saiful Islam makes sparks fly, and writes a message with a
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Simulating Tastes and Smells Using a Digital Lollipop - with Danielle George

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We can use technology to send sounds and images to people far away – but what about our other senses? In this clip from the 2014 CHRISTMAS LECTURES "'Sparks will fly: How to hack your home", Danielle George demonstrates a device for sharing tastes and sme
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Why Humans Can't Run Cheetah Speeds (70mph) and How We Could | WIRED

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Why is it that cheetahs can run so fast? How can humans get to be that fast? Cheetah biologist Adrienne Crosier and orthopedic surgeon Dr. Chris Raynor explain why cheetahs are so quick and why humans and limited comparatively.Adrienne Crosier is a biolog
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12 Animals That Can Do Unusual Things

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Superheroes are not only found in movies. Some incredible superpowers already exist in the world. We found creatures with abilities that are even more surprising, funny, and weird than any superhero. For example, each octopus has 3 hearts and 9 brains. Ev
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Making Liquid Nitrogen From Scratch!

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I used a nitrogen membrane and Stirling cryocooler to liquefy nitrogen out of the air. For this video I partnered with Starbucks to celebrate their Nitro Cold Brew. Order one here: https://starbucks.app.link/derekmullerMaking liquid nitrogen is hard - in
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What Happens During a Space Walk - with Kevin Fong and Dan Tani

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Space walks are one of the most dangerous things an astronaut must face - clear communication between the astronauts out in space, inside the International Space Station and engineers on the ground at Mission Control is critical. In this clip from the 201
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The Mathematics of Error Correction - with Marcus du Sautoy

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Computers use error-correcting codes to detect mistakes in binary notations - even just a single change from 0 to 1. In this clip from the 2006 CHRISTMAS LECTURES "The num8er my5teries", Marcus du Sautoy runs error-correcting code tests with an audience m
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The Sokol Space Suit: Helen Sharman On Being In Space

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A space suit is a carefully engineered cocoon, designed to protect an astronaut from the perils of the abyss. Helen Sharman walks us through the suit she trusted with her life when she went into space. Day 6 of our advent calendar, A Place Called Space: h
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Periodic Success: The Hidden Beauty Of The Periodic Table

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Join a guided tour of science’s most iconic image with chemical physicist and material scientist Jamie Gallagher, geek songstress Helen Arney and nanoscientist Suze Kundu. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe The periodic table
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Making Holocaust Archives Available to Everyone

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Allan Brauner is a Holocaust researcher. His late mother Margaret Brauner, who lived from 1924 to 2017, was a Holocaust survivor. He discovered her name, the number tattooed on her arm and her signature on a list of female prisoners held at Auschwitz by t
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The Search for Life

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Are we alone in the universe? This is a fundamental question that intrigues us all. On September 21, 2016, NASA scientists and stakeholders came together at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum for a presentation on the agency’s search for life b
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Haptic Technology Demonstration - with Danielle George

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Haptic technology recreates the sensation of touch through forces and vibrations. In this clip from the 2014 CHRISTMAS LECTURES "Sparks will fly: How to hack your home", Danielle George and a young audience member experiment with haptic technology. This p
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How to Create the Perfect Floating Ball Illusion - The Science Behind Jeff Koons' Art

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No wizardry or sleights of hand are involved in creating this illusion of a perfectly balanced basketball floating in pure water.Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibeFran's has been a science presenter for the BBC and Channel 4,
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Exploding a Lithium Ion Battery - 2016 CHRISTMAS LECTURES

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Saiful Islam drops a nail through a lithium battery, and explains what it is that causes mobile phones to explode in the third of the 2016 CHRISTMAS LECTURES.Saiful Islam presents his final Lecture from his 2016 series, 'Supercharged: Fuelling the future'
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Mercury Rising: America's First Steps Into Space

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In 1959, Project Mercury became the United States' maiden space programme. This is the story of that programme, told through beautiful archive footage. Visit http://rigb.org/advent for your daily instalment in the Ri advent calendar, A Place Called Space.
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Is Space Travel Worth It? Spoken Word With Mark Grist

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Is space travel a waste of money? Can we justify reaching for the stars when there’s so much that needs our attention here on earth? Poet Mark Grist battles it out. Visit Mark's channel for more poetry: https://www.youtube.com/user/Montygristo And visit h
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Most Dangerous Place On Earth!

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We react to the most dangerous places in the world, from zip lining over a volcano to the deepest hole in the ocean. These are places you don't want to go to!CHECK OUT THESE CHANNELS OR ELSE!National Geographic UKhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDwsPczaBC
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Is It Possible To SEE Someone's Memories?

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Could you change or see someone's memories? Should this technology even exist? Watch More: What Is Synaesthesia? ►►►► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IJShO_jjy8 Get your exclusive Life Noggin merch: http://www.keeponthinking.co Support Life Noggin on Pat
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Jelle Atema playing Neanderthal flute replica made with 50-100,000 year old cave bear fossil at AMNH

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Jelle Atema is a Professor of Biology and Adjunct Scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He is also an accomplished flautist with a particular interest in Neanderthal flute replicas. There is only one flute that has ever been identified as
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Mantis Shrimp Punch at 40,000 fps! - Cavitation Physics

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The mantis shrimp punch is fast enough to boil water! How much force do they create, and how is physics preventing them from being any faster? Find out how mantis shrimp cause cavitation! Deep Look talks about crazy Mantis Shrimp eyes → https://www.youtub
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Science For Kids - How To Make Microwave Cupcakes - ExpeRimental #20

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Make a cake in a microwave with our recipe, and do a science experiment for children. Download the infosheet for more instructions, ideas and the recipe: http://bit.ly/MicroCakes_IS Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Jo and he
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Fast Radio Bursts Probably Aren’t Aliens, BUT We Haven’t Ruled It Out

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Check out: To Boldly Go Where No Dog Has Gone Before https://youtu.be/Edx7TZZVi5I Scientists have taken a closer look at the source of those mysterious fast radio bursts you’ve heard about, and they have some new theories. An Interstellar Asteroid Just Fl
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The Dreams Of An Astronaut - With Helen Sharman

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What do astronauts dream of? In 1991, Helen Sharman became the first Briton in space; in this animation she shares a dream she has about returning to space, and talks about what it’s like to gaze down on the earth from above. This is the first instalment
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"I'm a Barbie girl" again, but in the style of 6 classical composers - Josep Castanyer Alonso

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Sheet music transcription: https://payhip.com/b/oaYNA On the day of the ”Barbie” film premiere and almost exactly one year after my Barbie Girl Fugue, nothing less could be expected than a follow-up! In the same educational spirit as in the pr
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Humphry Davy's Potassium Volcano

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Join this free online course on FutureLearn to learn more about Davy, his scientific achievements and his role as a romantic poet.: http://bit.ly/2whg9G0 Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Humphry Davy is one of the best know
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A Journey to the Centre of the Sun - with Lucie Green

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Lucie Green takes us on a journey from the centre of the sun to planet earth in a run-down of the latest solar physics research. Watch the Q&A here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JkxTILe2Nk 110 times wider than Earth; 15 million degrees at its core; an
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Discoveries from Faraday's Laboratory with David Ricketts

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Find out what Michael Faraday discovered - filmed in his original basement lab in London, at the Royal Institution.You can visit the lab yourself - find out how on our website: https://www.rigb.org/visitProf David Ricketts is an Innovation Fellow in the T
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Can This New Method of Recycling Reduce Fashion Waste?

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Considered the alchemist of waste, materials scientist Veena Sahajwalla is closing the loop on fast fashion by tapping into fabrics molecular potential.Watch more Focal Point: https://bit.ly/2GEgBpxRead More:Nothing Should Be Classified As Waste': Crisis
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Weather In Space (the Rocky Planets): Crash Course Kids #43.1

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Do other planets have weather? It turns out that, yes, they do! But, the weather isn't all the same on other planets because of things like atmosphere. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina takes us on a tour of the weather on the rocky planets in
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Science For Kids - How To Make Fizzy Bottle Rockets - ExpeRimental #16

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Make a juice bottle rocket fly through the air with some fizzy tablets and water in this fun science experiment for children. Download the infosheet for more ideas and information: http://bit.ly/FBR_Infosheet2 Subscribe for regular science videos: http://
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How Bacteria Make It Rain (with Kim Prather) – Speaking of Chemistry Road Trip

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Did you know that the ocean launches bacteria and other goo into the atmosphere? And that those particles can seed clouds? Atmospheric chemist Kimberly Prather of UCSD and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography drops some serious knowledge on us. ↓↓More
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Science For Kids - Colour Changing Cabbage Experiment - ExpeRimental #17

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Make a beautiful colour changing liquid from cabbage juice, and explore the science of indicator solutions in this fun chemistry experiment for children. Download the infosheet for more instructions and ideas: http://bit.ly/ColourCabbage_info Subscribe fo
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How To Remember Things - Psychology Experiments for Kids

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Learn a trick to memorise more objects than you thought possible in this fun psychology activity for kids. Download the info sheet here: http://www.rigb.org/families/experimental/memory-masters Tell us what you think of these videos, and win £100: https:/
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Why Do Deep Sea Creatures Look So Scary?

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Deep sea creatures like the anglerfish look terrifying. Turns out, there’s a reason for that. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1FkxVLb ‖ Twitter! https://twitter.com/gross_science ‖ Tumblr! http://grossscience.tumblr.com/ ↓Want more info?↓ How far does light trav
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Junk Log 034 | A Space Debris Short Story

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The story of a lost piece of debris, struggling to find her place in the vastness of space. An illustrated short story. Day 11 of A Place Called Space: http://rigb.org/advent Thousands of pieces of man-made debris hurtle through the space around our plane
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Living In Space: An Astronaut's Perspective

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Four seasoned astronauts recall what life in space is really like. Helen Sharman, Michael Barratt, Daniel Tani and Jean-Francois Clervoy talk about weightlessness, space walks, and coming home. Day 18 of our advent calendar: http://rigb.org/advent Watch t
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Weightless Water - Experiments In Zero Gravity

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Why does water behave in such weird ways in microgravity? We went on a parabolic 'vomit comet' flight to investigate. Check out the interactive 360 footage from this flight: https://youtu.be/mVJvyteAH0E Day 16 of our advent calendar: http://rigb.org/adven
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Tagging the Largest Shark on Earth #OurBluePlanet - BBC Earth

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The size of a school bus but in many ways a mystery, whale sharks continue to fascinate. Join a team of international scientists at a renowned marine sanctuary in Cabo Pulmo, Mexico and discover how we’re trying to better understand these remarkable creat
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The Cosmic Origins of Earth's Water

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To learn more about Brilliant, check out https://brilliant.org/BeSmart/ Give us a hand and SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Why is Earth is a blue planet? Because it’s covered in
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What Does Earth Look Like From Space? An Astronaut's Perspective

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What’s it like to see our planet from above? To gaze upon the Earth from beyond our atmosphere? Four seasoned astronauts, Helen Sharman, Daniel Tani, Michael Barratt and Jean-Francois Clervoy, recall that unique experience. Day 8 of our advent calendar, A
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Science For Kids - How To Inflate A Balloon With A Chemical Reaction - #ExpeRimental 18

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Try this fizzy cubes experiment with your children, then use the reaction to make a balloon blow itself up. Download the infosheet for more ideas and information: http://bit.ly/FizzyInfosheet Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe
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Science For Kids – How To Make Bouncing Eggs – ExpeRimental #12

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Make bouncy eggs and experiment with the chemistry of liquids around the house in this science activity to do with children. For info sheets and printable badges, click here: http://bit.ly/EggspeRiments ExpeRimental is a series of videos showing fun, chea
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Science For Kids - How To Make Butter - ExpeRimental #19

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Make your own butter and whipped cream from double cream in this fun science experiment for children. Download the infosheet for more ideas and information: http://bit.ly/ButterInfosheet Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Cath
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Project Apollo: Shooting For The Moon

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Project Apollo: the most famous space programme to date. In the final part of our trilogy exploring American’s first steps into space, we tell the tale of the Apollo program. Watch Project Gemini: https://youtu.be/rXTTXAJJkhc Watch Project Mercury: https:
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Science For Kids - How To Make Play Dough - ExpeRimental #15

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Make home-made play dough and learn about mixtures, solutions and chemical reactions in this fun and simple science activity to do with children. Download the info sheet with recipe and full instructions here: http://bit.ly/PlayingPlayDough ExpeRimental i
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Postcard From Baikonur: The World’s First Spaceport

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A look at the history and habitat of the inhospitable home of space travel: Baikonur Cosmodrome. Please let us know what you thought of this video series: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/riadvent2015 Part of A Place Called Space, our 2015 advent calendar
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Hypergolic Fuels – The Chemistry Of A Rocket Launch

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Chemist Andrea Sella combines dimethylhydrazine with dinotrogen tetroxide to show how hypergolic mixtures fire rockets into space. Part of A Place Called Space, our 2015 advent calendar: http://rigb.org/advent Subscribe for regular science videos: http://
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Carl Sagan On Space Travel: A Dandelion Going To Seed

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In 1977 Carl Sagan gave the CHRISTMAS LECTURES on space travel. In his final lecture, he spoke about the human race venturing out into space; his words are as relevant now as they were then. Day 14 of our advent calendar, A Place Called Space. http://rigb
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At home science - How to make play dough - ExpeRimental #15

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Make home-made play dough and learn about mixtures, solutions and chemical reactions in this fun and simple science activity to do with children. Download the info sheet with recipe and full instructions here: http://bit.ly/PlayingPlayDough ExpeRimental i
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This Is How Your Body Makes New Blood

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Forget about young blood! Your body is constantly making new blood every second of your life and this process is unlike anything else around. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Human! http://bit.ly/HUMANplaylist Visit our shop a
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Quantum Biology: An Introduction

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What is quantum biology? Philip Ball explains how strange quantum effects take place in the messy world of biology, and how these are behind familiar biological phenomena such as smell, enzymes and bird's migration. Subscribe for regular science videos: h
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Zero Gravity In 360 - A Trip On A Parabolic Flight

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Experience a zero gravity parabolic flight, or ‘vomit comet’ in 360 video. Please note: this interactive video will only work properly on a modern browser or YouTube mobile app. Day 12 of A Place Called Space, our 2015 advent calendar: http://rigb.org/adv
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Christmas Lectures 2022: Lecture 3/3 with Sue Black

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Professor Sue Black investigates a heist in the Ri, and reveals how forensics works in the courtroom. This is is the third of the annual Royal Institution Christmas lectures for 2022.Watch the first lecture here: https://youtu.be/Bo18brJhK1IWatch the seco
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Project Gemini: A Bridge To The Moon

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Project Apollo took America to the moon. But what came before? The second in our series of films using archive footage to tell the story of America's early days in space looks at Project Gemini: America's crucial programme designed to ready themselves for
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Stress In Space - Judging An Astronaut's Mental State

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Being an astronaut is stressful. But astronauts aren’t the best at admitting when they’re feeling the strain. An innovative research project uses speech analysis to spot hints of underlying anxieties. Day 19 of our advent calendar, A Place Called Space ht
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Christmas Lectures 2022: Lecture 2/3 with Sue Black

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Professor Sue Black investigates a mysterious crime scene, and reveals some of the forensic techniques that are used to track down criminals. This is the second of the 2022 Royal Institution annual Christmas lectures.Watch the first lecture here: https://
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Why ski jumpers hold their skis in a V

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Its more about aerodynamics than aesthetics. Subscribe and turn on notifications so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO If you looked at photos of ski jumpers today and ski jumpers 50 years ago, youd notice one big difference.In the past, jump
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Science For Kids - Jumping Candle Flame Experiment - ExpeRimental #13

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Make a flame jump through the air in this fun science experiment to do at home with children. For info sheets and printable badges, click here: http://bit.ly/CandleChem ExpeRimental is a series of videos showing fun, cheap, simple science activities to do
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What Would We Lose If We Wiped Out Vampire Bats? | NPR's SKUNK BEAR

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In Latin America, vampire bats drink the blood of big animals and spread the deadly rabies virus. Cows die. People die. Ranchers want them exterminated. But scientists are discovering these bats not only have weird abilities - they also form human-like fr
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The Protestant Reformation: Crash Course European History #6

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You may have noticed that the internet is terrible at religious discourse. Well, this is not a new phenomenon. In the early 16th century, the Roman Catholic church dominated Christianity in Europe, and the institution was starting to show some cracks. Ten
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The volcanic chemistry of sulfur - with Andrew Szydlo

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Ri favourite and science icon Andrew Szydlo takes you on a tour of the amazing, and sometimes explosive, chemistry of sulfur.Join this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYeF244yNGuFefuFKqxIAXw/joinSubscribe for regular scienc
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The Most Common Allergy In The World

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Get both CuriosityStream and Nebula when you sign up at https://curiositystream.com/minuteearth.The urushiol molecules in poison ivy have the ability to trigger a harmful immune response in most people because the immune system mistakenly labels them as a
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Three Ways Pee Could Change The World

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We can use urine to make medicines, power cell phones, and create “pee-cycled” water. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1FkxVLb ‖ Twitter! https://twitter.com/gross_science ‖ Tumblr! http://grossscience.tumblr.com/ ↓Want more info?↓ From Gunpowder to Teeth Whitene
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A Series of Fortunate Events with Sean B. Carroll

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Is simple chance the source of all the beauty and diversity we see in the world? Sean B. Carroll tells the story of the awesome power of chance.Sean's book "A Series of Fortunate Events" is available now: https://geni.us/mPPrdQHWatch the Q&A: https://yout

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