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Complex Animals: Annelids&Arthropods - CrashCourse Biology #23

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Hank continues our exploration of animal phyla with the more complexly organized annelida and arthropoda, and a biolography on insects. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dft.ba/-8css Like CrashCourse on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com
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Helen Keller & Anne Sullivan (1928 Newsreel Footage with Open Captions and Audio Description)

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Helen Keller's loss of vision and hearing in infancy made comprehension of the outside world next to impossible—or so it seemed. When teacher Anne Sullivan agreed to work with Keller, that world opened up, especially when Keller comprehended the fun
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The Age of Giant Insects

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Signup for your FREE trial to The Great Courses Plus here: http://ow.ly/PeiY30egcZN Insects outnumber humans by a lot and we only like to think we're in charge because we're bigger than they are. But insects and other arthropods weren’t always so small. A
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Why insects are attracted to light

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Contrary to popular belief, insects don't fly to lights at night because they mistake light for the moon or because they are attracted to the warmth. In reality, insects are trying to turn their backs on the light in order to orient themselves in space an
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Why Are There So Many Insects? - Murry Gans

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-are-there-so-many-insects-murry-gans If insects suddenly morphed into large beings and decided to wage war on us, there’s no doubt that humans would lose. There are an estimated 10 quintillion individual ins
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Are Giant Insects Larger Than Humans Possible?

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Science fiction films like 'The Fly' and 'Mothra' will show you giant insects creating havoc and destroying world order with their giantness. But, is that even possible? Science says, not really. When the insect's exoskeleton expands it gets too heavy and
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Squishy Makeovers: Fixing YOUR Squishies! *READ DESCRIPTION*

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80% of the comments are raging because I didn't know the ice cream cone was a ghost. OKAY I GET IT, IT'S A GHOST WITH ARMS.
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What If All Insects Disappeared?

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Although its impossible to say exactly what would happen if all insects on Earth suddenly vanished, its likely that civilization if not most ecosystems throughout the planet would be in serious trouble. Without dung beetles and other poop-eaters, nitrogen
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How life-span shifting insects are reshaping aging research

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Bees, termites, and ants can teach us a lot about cooperation, communication, and the skills that keep societies together. But these so-called social insects may also hold secrets that could reshape our understanding of human aging. Many social insects ex
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Scientists Want Us To Eat Insects

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As scientists look for food sources that are more environmentally friendly, they're turning away from meat and towards insects.
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Should We All Be Eating Insects?

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Could these creepy crawlers be the future of food? HOW TO EAT BUGS: http://bit.ly/1jLnYXe Subscribe! It's free: http://bit.ly/10kWnZ7 --- Follow us (Links Below) --- Instagram and Twitter: @whalewatchmeplz and @mitchellmoffit Clickable: http://bit.ly/16F1
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In Search of Undiscovered Insects

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If you think entomologists just sit in labs all day looking at slides, think again. Dr. R. Isaí Madriz is out in the field, embarking on dangerous expeditions to the harsh, remote Patagonian Ice Fields in search of undiscovered insect species. These insec
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How Do Insects Survive the Winter?

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Birds fly south, humans bundle up, but what do insects do to survive the winter? From creating antifreeze-like alcohols to burrowing in the ground, bugs have a few solutions to carry on. Hosted by: Michael Aranda ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a p
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Jumping Plant Lice: The Fastest Front-Flipping Insects

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Jumping plant lice, or psyllids, are the fastest front-flipping insects, but not many people know about how amazing they are! I set out to film the high-flying flips of these plant-feeding, often thought of as pest, insects. They are hemipterans in the su
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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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Meet The Many Insects That Insist On Being Sticks And Leaves | Absurd Creatures | WIRED

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A surprising number of insects look like sticks and leaves. But nobody created them that way—they’re the product of the wonderful processes of natural selection. Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? ►► http://wrd.cm/15fP7B7 CONNECT WITH WIRED Web
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Do Insects Sleep?

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Sleep is a necessary part of survival for most animals, but what about for bugs? Do insects sleep? How Do Fish Sleep?- http://bit.ly/2cF1LRD Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: Do Bugs Sleep? Why They're Surprisingly
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Insects in flight | 11 incredible species in SLOW MOTION

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Takeoff and flight sequences of insects spanning 5 different taxonomic orders captured at 3,200 fps!00:00 - weevils01:44 - katydids03:02 - bark lice04:00 - march fly04:59 - assassin bug06:02 - katydidTaxonomic info:nut/acorn weevil (Curculio sp.)broad-nos
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Why Insects Love Summer – Flight, Fights And Booze

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Have you ever wondered what happens when insects get drunk? Can you tell the temperature by the frequency of a cricket’s chirps? Do you know what temperature a butterfly has to be to take off? Kate buzzes around the science of summer insects. Subscribe fo
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Bio-Inspired Clothing Technology: How Insects Inspire Better Waterproof, Breathable Sportswear

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In this video, we explore how bio-inspired clothing technology is changing the game for environmentally conscious outdoor enthusiasts. While traditional outdoor gear relies on a combination of materials coated in non-degradable chemicals, Amphico has take
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Meet 3 Giant Insects!

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Jessi and Squeaks love looking for insects, but they’ve never seen anything like these before! Hi there! We at SciShow want to learn more about you and your opinions! If you have time, please take a moment to fill out this survey: https://www.surveymonkey
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These Giant Leaf Insects Will Sway Your Heart | Deep Look

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Giant Malaysian leaf insects stay still – very still – on their host plants to avoid hungry predators. But as they grow up, they can't get lazy with their camouflage. They change – and even dance – to blend in with the ever-shiftin
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A simple way to tell insects apart - Anika Hazra

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Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/a-simple-way-to-tell-insects-apart-anika-hazra There are nearly a million known insect species in the world, but most have one of just five common types
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When Insects First Flew

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Insects were the first animals to ever develop the ability to fly, and, arguably, they did it the best. But this development was so unusual that scientists are still/working on, and arguing about, how and when insect wings first came about. Special thanks
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Crustaceans, the 'Insects' of the Deep Sea

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Crustaceans, of all the animal groups in the ocean, are by far the most successful. Coming in a boundless array of colours, shapes and sizes, crustaceans have diversified so much that they are often called the insects of the oceans, a title reflecting the
Australian Walking Stick Insects Are Three Times Weirder Than You Think | Deep Look

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Take the PBS Digital Studios audience survey! https://to.pbs.org/2021surveyThe Australian walking stick is a master of deception, but a twig is just one of its many disguises. Before its even born, it mimics a seed. In its youth it looks and acts like an
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Sharpshooter Insects are Real Wizzes at Whizzing | Deep Look

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Sharpshooters survive by guzzling a lot of plant sap. But drinking all of that liquid nutrition presents a problem for these tiny insects: How do they move it all out? Easy. They've perfected a super-propulsive urination technique using a special catapult
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Incredible Slime-Eating Insects: Slime Flux BioBlitz

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An inventory of insects that showed up in a 6-day, 46hr timelapse of a tree oozing slime flux. 15 species appeared and some really neat predator-prey encounters were captured on film!Subttulos en Espaol por Magda Argueta: http://thebeebiologist.com/Insect
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Masses of insects on the move

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Long-term radar studies reveal masses of winged migrants. Learn more: http://scim.ag/2igdQjx Read the research: http://scim.ag/2h6qxZb
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Mechanical gears in jumping insects

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Previously believed to be only man-made, a natural example of a functioning gear mechanism has been discovered in a common insect - the plant-hopper Issus - showing that evolution developed interlocking cogs long before we did. Professor Malcolm Burrows t
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Sesame Street: Learn About The Insects In Your Neighborhood

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Sing along with Ernie and learn all about the critters that live in your neighborhood, like the caterpillars that crawl around, or the grasshoppers that leap up and down. Subscribe to the Sesame Street Channel here: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_cen
Insects in Flight | Ladybug in SLOW MOTION

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From Egg to first Flight - Ladybug takes off in extreme Slow Motionat 5,000 fps. As the camera I used (Photron Fastcam Nova S16) got a 1000x1000 pixel sensor, the footage is taken at F16 and cropped to 720p.------------------------------------------------
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Bugs and Insects | 2020 | Compilation | Highlights Kids

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Did you know, there are more than 3500 species of mosquitoes? Can help the ants find all the hidden objects. Laugh and Learn with Highlights.SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4p_YSvJlJpEhAh5PMyhkiQ?sub_confirmation=1#VideosForKids #Games #Highl
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Harvard University is creating robotic insects to monitor the environment

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RoboBees are being made at Harvard's Wyss Institute. They can be used for environmental monitoring, search and rescue, and crop pollination. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/sai FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/techinsider TWITTER: https://twit
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Yuck! How birds share knowledge of disgusting foods—and help insects evolve

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Study shows how some bugs develop their warning colors. Learn more: http://scim.ag/2CF1Z4L Read the paper ($): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-017-0418-x Credits: producer/script Sarah Crespi story by Virginia Morell citation and research footage R
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Why are mosquito bites so itchy? #shorts #science #scishowkids #mosquito #insects

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Hosted by: Jessi Knudsen Castaeda (she/her/they/them)Michal Richardson: WriterKyle Nackers: Fact CheckerAlex Billow: Script EditorMadison Lynn: VideographerSam Schultz: Script SupervisorAimee Roberts: PuppeteerStefan Chin: EditorDaniel Comiskey: Editorial
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The Insects Who Vibrate To Communicate | Planet Earth III | BBC Earth

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In the Amazon, there are many weird and wonderful creatures not least of all these treehoppers, who communicate with each other by vibrating. This comes in useful when their young are under attack, and this mother enlists the help of her forest friends fo
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Insects (Butterflies) are so cool! | Did You Know? | Highlights Kids | Kids Videos

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Did you know that Butterflies taste food with their feet? That is so cool! Also, scientists estimate that there are at least 20,000 different species of butterflies! Wow! Learn more about these amazing bugs in this episode of Did you Know?! #funfacts #fac
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The Beautiful Tricks Of Flowers - Jonathan Drori

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/jonathan-driori-the-beautiful-tricks-of-flowers In this visually dazzling talk, Jonathan Drori shows the extraordinary ways flowering plants -- over a quarter million species -- have evolved to attract insects t
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Duck Dinner

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Insertion Sort Algorithm

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This Pink Winged Stick Insect is Hiding in Plain Sight

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This is a pink winged stick insect at the Montreal Zoo. These guys have quite the camouflage on them. Despite growing up to 21 inches in length, these insects are able to hide in plain sight, blending in among sticks and foliage. As camouflage is their pr
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Twin Paradox in General Relativity

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A more detailed description of the Twin Paradox in Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity.
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This Rare Stick Insect Is Among the Last of Its Kind

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This is the black beauty stick insect, a rare species only found in a tiny 12-acre area high in the mountains of northern Peru. Only discovered in 2005, not much is known about these insects, but they are believed to be most active at night when their dee
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How Bugs Are Trained For TV And Movies

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Movies will often use live bugs on camera instead of CGI to make their story feel more real and to get your skin crawling. But getting these insects to do what you want requires lots an understanding of how they function. That's where Steven Kutcher comes
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The Invisible Insect Highway Above You

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An animation with Robert Krulwich about the amazing amount of insects that are zipping around high up in the sky above you.
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What if Grass Disappeared? | #aumsum #kids #science #education #children

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What if Grass Disappeared?Firstly, if grass disappeared, public parks will lose their charm, people may stop visiting them.Secondly, if grass disappeared, animals likes cows and goats will have to change their eating habits.Thirdly, grass is nature's way
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AP Chemistry multiple choice sample: Boiling points

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Comparing the boiling point of nonane and 2,3,4-trifluoropentane. A sample multiple choice problem from the 2014 AP course description.
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Stephen Fry discusses self-pity (how to be happy)

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Wonderful description of the harm that self-pity does to people. A must listen.
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Super Strong Dragonflies!

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Dragonflies are totally awesome! Join Jessi and Squeaks as they learn about these really large and really cool insects! ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishowkids ---------- Lo
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Christmas Lectures 2018: What Makes Me, Me? - Alice Roberts and Aoife McLysaght

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What makes humans human? And what makes every person an individual? Watch more Christmas Lectures: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description Due to copyright restrictions, we are not able to inc
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Inspect An Insect

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There are more insects in the world than any other kind of animal! In this episode of SciShow Kids, Jessi and Squeaks show you how to identify an insect, in three easy steps! ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on
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Why Triassic Animals Were Just the Weirdest

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Try CuriosityStream today: http://curiositystream.com/eons The Triassic was full of creatures that look a lot like other, more modern species, even though they’re not closely related at all. The reason for this has to do with how evolution works and with
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Cooking in the Future Will Require Creativity. Here's One Solution. | NYT Opinion

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This is part three in “We’re Cooked,” a three-part series from NYT Opinion. Watch part one here: https://youtu.be/kOcLyyVyb6o , and part two here: https://youtu.be/m6xE7rieXU0 Mealworm soup. Chile-lime cricket tacos. Charred avocado tart
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The beauty of light trapping | Natural History Museum

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There is a huge variety of animals that are active after sunset. The absence of light can make spotting them a challenge, especially when it comes to insects. Dr Gavin Broad, Principal Curator in Charge of Insects at the Museum, introduced us to the world
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Bill meets bots

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Bill Gates visited a Harvard University lab that makes robotic gloves, pants, and flying insects. These incredible creations are powerful examples of the exciting innovation underway in the field of robotics. Learn more at https://b-gat.es/2TqZoDP
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Christmas Lectures 2018: Where Do I Come From? - Alice Roberts and Aoife McLysaght

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In the first lecture of the 2018 Christmas Lectures Alice Roberts and Aoife McLysaght explore the tree of life and see where humans come from. Watch more Christmas Lectures: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social
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MOST ANNOYING Things PARENTS Do on ROAD TRIPS! | Diary of a Wimpy Kid presents CLICKABLE

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SPONSOREDDiary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul hits Theatres May 19th, so we teamed up to count down the 5 most hilariously annoying things moms & dads do on road trips! Some of these are gonna be too familiar!! _ Meerp! You found me!Lookie here! You took a
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Why Bees Going Extinct Could Mean No More Ice Cream Or Avocados

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Bees pollinate more than a third of the worlds crops. So what would happen if they went extinct? For one, it would likely halve the number of fruits and vegetables on supermarket shelves. Plus, it could drastically alter the food chain, starting with inse
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The Carnivorous Plant That Feasts on Mice

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While the carnivorous cravings of most flesh-eating plants are limited to small insects, one exception is the pitcher plant. It can consume anything that fits in its mouth--including a mouse! From: CRAZY MONSTER: Gulpers http://bit.ly/2jdlwQt
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Must Love Bugs

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Entomologists Charlie and Lois O’Brien have the largest private collection of insects in the world. In their 55 years of marriage, these real life “love bugs” have traveled the world gathering specimens for their unique collection. Now in their 80s, the c
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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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The Small, but Mighty, Hercules Beetle

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Reaching up to 17 cm in length, the Hercules beetle is one of the largest insects in the world. They’re commonly identified by the characteristic horn-like pincers found on male beetles. Just like its heroic namesake, these little guys are strong. They ca
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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 YOU Eat Bugs For Thanksgiving?

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Follow me to The Brain Scoop: https://youtu.be/6vOzt-YQjIAWere on PATREON now! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below SUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub People say insects are the f
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Christmas Lectures 2018: What Makes Me Human? - Alice Roberts and Aoife McLysaght

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In the second lecture of the 2018 Christmas Lectures Alice Roberts and Aoife McLysaght explore human evolution. Watch more Christmas Lectures: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description Due to co
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The World Under a Rock!

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Check out life under a rock to see what you can learn about insects, spiders, and other animals! ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome prod
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The Giant Anteater Carries On, 25 Million Years and Counting

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Meet Peter, a giant anteater at the Santa Ana Zoo. Reaching up to 7 feet in length, these guys are the largest of the four anteater species. Without teeth, anteaters use their long tongues to catch and consume their prey. Their tongues can flick up to 150
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What Happens When You Levitate Flies?

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http://sciencefriday.com Everything is a little bit magnetic, says physicist Richard Hill, of The University of Nottingham. So with a powerful magnet, it is possible to levitate almost anything--strawberries, water, insects. In a recent study, Hill levita
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Jumping Hoppers in SLOW MOTION!

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Leafhoppers, treehoppers, planthoppers, and froghoppers are all insects in the order Hemiptera that are some of the fastest jumping animals on earth! They are also super-common, so I collected a bunch and filmed their jumps in slow-motion!References (Prof
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Cambridge Ideas - Sticky Feet

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Ants have incredibly sticky feet. With them they can hang onto ceilings, while carrying 100 times their body weight. But if they are stuck down so successfully - how do they ever get them unstuck? Chris Clemente is studying the mechanisms that ants and ot
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$100 VS $5,000 COFFEE SHOPS *Budget Challenge*

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$100 VS $5,000 COFFEE SHOPS *Budget Challenge* GRAB SOME MERCH! https://www.jstushop.com INSTAGRAM:@ ItsJustinStuart@ AndrewScitesMain Channel - @JSTU**DESCRIPTION OF VIDEO**SUBSCRIBE IF ...... ! -----------------------------------------------------------
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Busy Bees

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You see them when it’s warm outside, hanging out in flowers and working away. Bees! Check out what these buzzing insects are up to, and how you can tell the difference between a bumblebee and a honey bee. ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help suppor
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This Stick Insect Came Back from Extinction

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The Lord Howe Island stick insect did the impossible. These "land lobsters" were once so common on Lord Howe Island in Australia that fishermen used them as bait. But in 1918, a British supply ship crashed on the island and introduced rats, which ate the
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How Ants Make Our Cities Healthier

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In pavement cracks, roadside medians, and parking lots, there are incredible miniature civilizations booming within our concrete jungles: ants! We dont often think of urban areas as having ecologies but Amy Savage, Ph.D. studies the amazing diversity of a
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The Tortoise and the Hare | Bedtime Stories | Story time | Made by Red Cat Reading

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The Tortoise and The Hare read by Maryssa.Find more FREE stories at https://www.redcatreading.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_content=description&utm_campaign=tortoiseandhare-read-along-youtubeSit back and enjoy this Bedtime story with your k
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Watch: Glowing Bug Attracts And Devours Prey

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These wormlike larvae use bioluminescence to attract their prey. Read about other glowing insects: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/08/120830-glowing-cockroaches-bugs-science-animals/ Watch Scorpions Glow in the Dark https://www.youtube.com/wa
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Jewel Caterpillar from the Amazon rainforest of Ecuador

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What looks like a tasty gummy sweet is actually a Translucent Jewel Caterpillar from the Amazon rainforest of Ecuador. This species is probably Minacraga argentata and belongs to a family of moths known as Dalceridae whose larvae are also called slug cate
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Most Amazing Insect Facts! | SciShow Kids Compilation

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In this SciShow Kids compilation, get to know the most amazing insects on the planet! From staggering stag beetles to camouflaged caterpillars to bugs that aren't really bugs, come learn some of the most wild facts about some of the world's most wild inse
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Visualising Resonance - Christmas Lectures with Leonard Maunder

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What does resonance look like? Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full third lecture of the series: http://rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1983/machines-in-motion/vibration?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_
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Minecraft Earth: Official Reveal Trailer

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In this first-ever look at Minecraft Earth, discover how the reality-bending, world-blending abilities of AR bring blocks to life! Armed with just your phone and your creativity, you now have the power to Minecraft your world. Learn how at minecraft.net/e
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Blind Men and Elephant | Bedtime Stories | Story time | Made by Red Cat Reading

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Did you ever heard about the story of the Blind Men and Elephant! Listen and watch this bedtime story books for Pre-kindergarten.Find more FREE books at https://www.redcatreading.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_content=description&utm_campaig
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A Boy, a Robot and a Buzz Wire - Christmas Lectures with Leonard Maunder

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Robots are remarkably good at some things that humans are not naturally so adept at. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full fourth lecture of the series: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1983/machines-in
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Why Americans Don't Eat Bugs

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People all around the world eat bugs regularly, but Americans are more hesitant to add insects to their diet. However, eating bugs is not only good for you, but also the environment. Insects require significantly less land and water than cattle, and they
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The Cloud Chamber - Christmas Lectures with Frank Close

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The cloud chamber is an incredible piece of equipment that allows us to visualise ionising radiation. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full lecture: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1993/the-cosmic-onio
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Giant Amazon Spider Preys on Opossum | Nat Geo Wild

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During a night survey in the Peruvian forest, scientists saw a spider catch this remarkable meal. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoWILDSubscribe About National Geographic Wild: National Geographic Wild is a place for all things animals and for animal-love
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What Keeps Airplanes Up? - Christmas Lectures with Leonard Maunder

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How do airplane wings generate lift? Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full fifth lecture of the series: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1983/machines-in-motion/under-control?utm_source=youtube&utm_medi
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Flying in miniature: Secrets of the featherwing beetle

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Flying is a tricky business, but when you are less than half a millimetre long, things get even tougher. At such tiny scales the physics of flight changes, and yet insects have evolved strategies to fly in miniature. In this Nature video we zoom in on new
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How Do Nerve Cells Carry Information? - Christmas Lectures with David Pye

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What is action potential and how does it help nerves carry information, such as pain or pleasure signals? Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full lecture: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1985/communicati
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What is Bandwidth - Christmas Lectures with David Pye

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How are signals transmitted and processed and what's the role of bandwidth within it? Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full lecture: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1985/communicating/no-man-is-an-isla
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The Human And The Honeybee - Dino Martins

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-human-and-the-honeybee-dino-martins Both honeybees and humans originated in East Africa, and the connection between us has survived the ages. Some of your favorite delicacies -- coffee, chocolate, mangoes --
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Tensile Strength Challenge: Cotton vs. Steel - Christmas Lectures with Charles Stirling

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There are situations where cotton is stronger than steel.Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibeWatch the full fifth lecture of the series: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1992/our-world-through-the-looking-glass/in-t
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Xbox Adaptive Controller for Severely Disabled Users

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Create a custom controller experience that is uniquely yours. The Xbox Adaptive Controller connects to external switches, buttons, mounts, and joysticks to help make gaming more accessible. Learn more at http://xbox.com/adaptive-controller. Video with Aud
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Glow In The Dark Worm Genes - Christmas Lectures with Alison Woollard

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Alison Woollard shows how we can use special genes to make worms' muscle cells glow in the dark. Watch the full first lecture of the series: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/2013/life-fantastic/where-do-i-come-from?utm_source=youtube&utm_medi
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Looking for Dark Matter - Christmas Lectures with Frank Close

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Frank Close looks at how observations from galaxy rotation and gravitational lensing can imply the existence of dark matter. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full lecture: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/wat
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Firefly Signalling - Christmas Lectures with David Pye

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Fireflies use their bio-luminescence to communicate with each other to find a mate. And to lure unsuspecting prey with false signalling. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full lecture:http://www.rigb.org/christmas-l
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How Pasteur Demonstrated Molecular Asymmetry - Christmas Lectures with Charles Stirling

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Louis Pasteur showed how some molecules are optically asymmetrical by investigating tartaric acid compounds present in wine.Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibeWatch the full third lecture of the series: https://www.rigb.org/chr
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How Helium Changes our Voice - Christmas Lectures with Eric M Rogers

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Eric M Rogers demonstrates how helium can change our voice with comedic effect.Watch the full third lecture of the series: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1979/atoms-for-enquiring-minds/electrified-atoms?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&
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Visualising Antimatter with Bubble Chambers - Christmas Lectures with Frank Close

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You can use a bubble chamber to visualise the passage of negatively charged electrons and their positively charged antimatter counterparts - positrons. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full lecture: http://www.rigb
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The Mechanics of the Piano - Christmas Lectures with Charles Taylor

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What makes a piano produce a sound?Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibeWatch the full fifth lecture of the series: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1989/exploring-music/scales-synthesizers-and-samplers?utm_source=yo
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The Golden Angle - Christmas Lectures with Ian Stewart

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Thr golden angle is a mathematical concept, closely related to the golden ratio and Fibonacci numbers. Where can you find it and how is it formed? Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full lecture: http://www.rigb.org/
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Your Nose Can Tell Left From Right - Christmas Lectures with Charles Stirling

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The handedness of molecules can change how they smell, Charles Striling demonstrates this using the carvone molecule.Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibeWatch the full fourth lecture of the series: https://www.rigb.org/christmas
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How Does Gel Electrophoresis Work? - Christmas Lectures with Walter Bodmer

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Gel electrophoresis is used to study DNA and other complex molecules with the help of electricity. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full third lecture of the series: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/19
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Early 3D Movement Analysis - Christmas Lectures with Leonard Maunder

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Today's impressive motion capture technology couldn't exist without the work done in the 1970s and 80s. One such example is the CODA, demonstrated here in 1983. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full sixth lecture o
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What Keeps a Nucleus Together? - Christmas Lectures with Frank Close

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Positive charge repels other positive charges. So what kind of force keeps the proton filled nucleus from exploding apart? Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full lecture: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch
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A Basic Explanation on Why (Almost) All Tortoiseshell Cats Are Female - with Walter Bodmer

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Tortoiseshell cats almost all female because the genes coding for fur colour are on the X chromosomes - the black fur gene on one and the orange one on the other. In each cell, only one X chromosome is activated, giving a patchwork pattern. Subscribe for
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How We Harness the Energy of a Chain Reaction - Christmas Lectures with Eric M Rogers

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Eric M Rogers demonstrates how we can harness the power of uranium-235 atoms, with help from a giant mousetrap.Watch the full fifth lecture of the series: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1979/atoms-for-enquiring-minds/atoms-and-energy?utm_so
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Checking the Weather Report in 1985 - Christmas Lectures with David Pye

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Computers had come a long way by the 1980s. With only a few gadgets you could even get the weather report right to your computer screen without having to wait for the evening news. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the
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How Jets Are Used to Attitude Control Satellites - Christmas Lectures with Leonard Maunder

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Controlling the orientation of an object is called attitude control. Leonard Maunders shows how small jets are used to control the attitude of satellites. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full second lecture of the
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Tyndall's Experiments on Resonance - Christmas Lectures with Charles Taylor

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Charles Taylor recreates John Tyndall's experiments demonstrating resonance.Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibeWatch the full second lecture of the series: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1989/exploring-music/the-
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The Hidden Significance of Shell Chirality - Christmas Lectures with Charles Stirling

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Snails with right-handed shells cannot mate with those with left-handed ones. But you can predict the presence of oil in a location by looking at their ratios. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibeWatch the full second lecture of
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KILLER Dinosaur Bugs!

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Sometimes dinosaurs didn't just have to worry about other dino predators: sometimes they were on the run from KILLER PREHISTORIC INSECTS! Watch the whole playlist of dinosaur videos here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sW4p6vzviKQ&list=PLfpPYJH6OjtZGZH1hl
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Using Radar to Detect and Identify Movement - Christmas Lectures with David Pye

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Radars can be used to detect and identify all sorts of moving objects. David Pye demonstrates a handheld one and also shows how birds and planes can be detected. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full lecture: http:
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Help track mosquitoes with your cellphone

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Mosquitoes can be deadly, transmitting malaria, dengue, and Zika. But tracking them is tough. Now, researchers—led by Stanford University bioengineer Manu Prakash—have developed a new, cheap way to monitor these insects—with mobile phones and a Shazam-lik
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The Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction - Christmas Lectures with Ian Stewart

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Ian Stewart demonstrates the classic oscillating BZ reaction as an example of symmetry breaking or non-equilibrium thermodynamics. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full lecture: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectur
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How Does an Organ Work? - Christmas Lectures with Charles Taylor

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Charles Taylor goes inside a church organ to see how the different sounds are produced.Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibeWatch the full fourth lecture of the series: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1989/exploring
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Memory Tricks with Chirality - Christmas Lectures with Charles Stirling

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Do you remember which way the Mona Lisa faces? Or the Queen on a 10p coin? Test your memory and ability to tell left from right in this clip from the 1992 Christmas Lectures.Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibeWatch the full fir
The Writer Automaton (VOSTFR)

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N'oubliez pas d'activer les sous-titres!Vido originale:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUa7oBsSDk8&sns=emTraduction de la description originale:Extrait du programme de la BBC "Mechanical Marvels:Clockwork Dreams, avec le professeur Simon Schaffer et une cr
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Demonstrating Resonance with Chladni Figures - Christmas Lectures with Charles Taylor

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Charles Taylor recreates the famous Chadni figures and shows how vibrating plates are used to make music in various instruments.Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibeWatch the full third lecture of the series: https://www.rigb.org
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Electron Microscopy - Christmas Lectures with Frank Close

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What does the world look like at an atomic level? Frank Close dons his 'atomic spectacles' and takes a look at copper and iron atoms. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full lecture: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lec
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The Laser Eavesdropper - Christmas Lectures with RV Jones

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RV Jones demonstrates the hottest spy gadget in espionage stories at the time - a laser eavesdropper. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full lecture: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1981/from-magna-cart
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Tricks of Perspective - Christmas Lectures with Eric M Rogers

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Eric M Rogers gives us a warning about the way we attach new unfamiliar knowledge to old familiar things that we already know.Watch the full sixth, and final, lecture of the series: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1979/atoms-for-enquiring-mi
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Types of Oscillators - Christmas Lectures with Philip Morrison

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What are the similarities and differences between pendulums and spring oscillators? Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full lecture:http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1968/gullivers-travels/beyond-the-map?u
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Lego insect manipulator stop motion | Natural History Museum

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Natural History Museum scientists have created a tool made from Lego to hold and manipulate delicate specimens such as tiny insects. The pinned insect manipulator (IMp) allows scientists to easily move the specimen into different positions and rotate it o
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Demonstrating How Sound Can't Travel Through a Vacuum - Christmas Lectures with Charles Taylor

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Sound cannot travel in a vacuum as is demonstrated in this clip from Charles Taylor's first 1989 Christmas LectureSubscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibeWatch the full first lecture of the series: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lec
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How to Extract DNA at Home - Christmas Lectures with Walter Bodmer

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It is easy to extract DNA from something like strawberries at home, as Walter Bodmer demonstrates in this clip from his second Christmas Lecture. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full second lecture of the series:
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Fractals: The Geometry of Chaos - Christmas Lectures with Ian Stewart

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Using a simple set of mathematical rules, a very intricate geometry can be created in the form of fractals. The Sierpinski triangle is a famous example. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full lecture: http://www.rig
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The Doppler Effect - Christmas Lectures with RV Jones

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Police sirens change pitch when going past us due to the Doppler effect. This phenomenon can also be used to measure speeds, even of faraway objects, like stars. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full lecture: http:
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Seeing in the Dark - Christmas Lectures with RV Jones

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How to keep an eye on intruders in total darkness? RV Jones gets a helping hand from an infrared camera. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full lecture: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1981/from-magna-c
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What Would Happen If All The Bugs Died?

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Insects might seem annoying, but what happens if they all died off? Watch More: When Did Multicellular Life Begin? ►►►► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2ZHMeF9dgA Get your exclusive Life Noggin merch: http://www.keeponthinking.co Support Life Noggin on P
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This Is Not A Bug

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Its common to call creepy crawlies bugs, but because entomologists refer to a specific class of insects as bugs, its wrong to call other things bugs - right?LEARN MORE**************To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: -
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What's a Laserdisc? - Christmas Lectures with RV Jones

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Laserdisc was the very first optical disk, able to hold recordings of images, audio and video. RV Jones explains the mechanism of how it works. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full lecture: http://www.rigb.org/chr
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Optical Fiber Cables - Christmas Lectures with David Pye

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In 1985, fiber optic cables were just starting to get widely adopted. David Pye shows the principles behind them and how old telephone cables were swapped out for new ones. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full lec
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Microsoft Cognitive Services: Introducing the Seeing AI app

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Saqib is a core Microsoft developer living in London, who lost the use of his eyes at age 7. He found inspiration in computing and is helping build Seeing AI, a research project that helps people who are visually impaired or blind to better understand who
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How Do Maglev Trains Work? - Christmas Lectures with Leonard Maunder

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Maglev stands for magnetic levitation which is how these trains hover and are pushed along the tracks. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe While only three countries currently have operational maglev trains, China, Japan and So
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Properties of Liquid Nitrogen - Christmas Lectures with EM Rogers

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Eric Rogers explores some of the properties of liquid nitrogen in this clip from his first Christmas Lecture in 1979.Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibeWatch the full first lecture of the series: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-
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Water Rockets - Christmas Lectures with Eric M Rogers

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Eric M. Rogers gives a brief explanation of water rocket with a demonstration to cap it all off.Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibeWatch the full second lecture of the series: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1979/
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Meet the Sharpshooter Research Team | #DeepLook #Shorts

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Producer Mimi Schiffman collaborated with UC Berkeley researcher Liz Clark and Georgia Tech researcher Elio Challita for our episode about sharpshooter pee. Watch the full video here https://youtu.be/AWLIlc-IRK4Merry Go - Silent Film Light by Kevin MacLeo
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Measuring the Average Foot - Christmas Lectures with RV Jones

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How can one estimate the average length of a foot? RV Jones shows a simple yet elegant demonstration. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full lecture: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1981/from-magna-cart
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The Guthrie Test - Christmas Lectures with Walter Bodmer

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A version of the newborn blood spot test or Guthrie test is to this day administered for early detection of diseases such as PKU, sickle cell disease and cystic fibrosis. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full sixth
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Offering A Plant A Radioactive Cocktail - Christmas Lectures with Eric M Rogers

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Eric M Rogers puts real radioactivity to use, demonstrating how a tomato plant drinks up radioactive water.Watch the full fourth lecture of the series: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1979/atoms-for-enquiring-minds/atoms-that-explode?utm_sou
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Non-Euclidean Geometry of a Sphere - Christmas Lectures with Philip Morrison

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According to Euclidean geometry the angles of a triangle add up to 180 degrees. Philip Morrison shows an example of where this isn't true, and non-Euclidean geometry applies. Watch the full lecture: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1968/gulliv
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Mini Stirling Engine - Science Toy

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ELENKER Low Temperature Stirling Engine - http://amzn.to/2jofTkC Main channel CrazyRussianHacker - http://www.youtube.com/user/CrazyRussianHacker DISCLAIMER: In this video description contains affiliate links, which means that if you click on one of the p
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Four Fancy Meals You Can Make With Bugs | Foraging | NPR

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Culinary alchemist Pascal Baudar demonstrates how to make four fancy dishes using wild ingredients found in nature, including insects. The first insect that Pascal Baudar ever tried eating was an ant he found in his kitchen. The verdict? "It tasted like s
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Thermodynamics - Explaining the Triple Point

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This experiment demonstrates the triple point of a substance. Watch how water behaves at the triple point where it co-exists in solid, liquid and vapour form. There is also a short description of where the triple point lies on a P-T-diagram. Created by me
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The Mathematics of Locomotion - Christmas Lectures with Ian Stewart

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The scof all living things is governed by nerve impulses that follow a pattern of travelling waves. This is true for the trot of a horse, the tripod gait of an ant, the undulating movement of the millipede and even the slither of a snake. Subscribe for re
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Surface Area to Volume Ratios - Christmas Lectures with Philip Morrison

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The mathematicians of Lilliput assumed that Gulliver would need 1728 times as much food as an individual Lilliput. Philip Morrison shows why this is not true, using surface area to volume ratios. Watch the full lecture: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectu
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Visualising Brownian Motion - Christmas Lectures with Philip Morrison

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Philip Morrison uses a microscope and a model made of small ball bearings and a magnetic field to demonstrate Brownian motion. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full lecture: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/w
Should we eat bugs? - Emma Bryce

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/should-we-eat-bugs-emma-bryce What's tasty, abundant and high in protein? Bugs! Although less common outside the tropics, entomophagy, the practice of eating bugs, was once extremely widespread throughout cultur
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Velocity of a Bullet - Christmas Lectures with RV Jones

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RV Jones demonstrates a way to measure the speed of an air rifle pellet with a method similar to one that has been used to measure the speed of molecules – and even the speed of light. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch
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Do we really need pesticides? - Fernan Pérez-Gálvez

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/do-we-really-need-pesticides-fernan-perez-galvez Annually, we shower over 5 billion pounds of pesticides across the Earth to control insects, unwanted weeds, funguses, rodents, and bacteria that may threaten our
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Why Do Volcanic Eruptions Form Mushrooms Clouds? - Christmas Lectures with James Jackson

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Volcanic eruptions form distinctive mushroom clouds when the extremely hot mixture of gas, magma and rocks shoots out of the volcano at high speed.Watch the full third lecture of the series: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1995/planet-earth-
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What is the Sun Made Of? - Christmas Lectures with James Jackson

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What is the sun made of? And can the answers we find there help us figure out what' deep inside our own planet - Earth?Watch the full first lecture of the series: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1995/planet-earth-an-explorers-guide/on-the-ed
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These beetlebots keep flying, even after crashing into poles

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Beetles are virtually crash resistant. Their wings fold up when they collide with objects, and then quickly spring back into place. That helps the insects stay on course and fly straight, rather than spiral to the ground, while exerting little energy. Res
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Acrobatic DNA Replication - Christmas Lectures with Alison Woollard

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Alison Woollard demonstrates how DNA replicates when it divides, with some acrobatic help from the Infinity Elites cheerleaders. Watch the full second lecture of the series: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/2013/life-fantastic/am-i-a-mutant?u
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The Mathematics of Walking and Gait - Christmas Lectures with Philip Morrison

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Just like the extent of the swing of a pendulum is proportional to the length of the pendulum, the pace of an animal walking is proportional to the length of the leg of the animal. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the
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Bringing Dinosaurs Back To Life - Christmas Lectures with Simon Conway Morris

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Simon Conway Morris shows what the world would have looked like when ancient animals like the Brachiosaurus were alive.Watch the full second lecture of the series: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1996/the-history-in-our-bones/the-fossils-com
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The Secret Artists in Bugs

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Reclusive painter, Hollywood "bug wrangler," and entomologist Steven Kutcher reveals how his obsession with insects led to a unique artistic discovery in Iqbal Ahmed's short documentary. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/571024/bug-man/ "
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Properties of Resistors - Christmas Lectures with Philip Morrison

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What's the relationship of a resistors size to its electrical resistance? And how does resistance change when resistors are set in a series or in parallel? Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full lecture: http://www.
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Worms can break down styrofoam in days instead of hundreds of years

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A paper came out recently showing the common mealworms could eat, survive on and break down styrofoam. I decided to test this with a different species to see if this is something more insects could do. And sure enough they can! Could be a great way to dea
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AMKK presents: Botanical animation "Story of Flowers" full ver.

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AMKK Presents:Botanical animation "Story of Flowers" The animation was developed for kids to show the life cycle of flowers.-Story-Many different flowers are growing beautifully and strongly in this world. Taking their roots in the earth, sprouting, bloom
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The Skeletal System: It's ALIVE! - CrashCourse Biology #30

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Hank introduces us to the framework of our bodies, our skeleton, which apart from being the support and protection for all our fleshy parts, is involved in many other vital processes that help our bodies to function properly. Crash Course Biology is now a
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Turret Spiders Launch Sneak Attacks From Tiny Towers | Deep Look

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There are strange little towers on the forest floor. Neat, right? Nope. Inside hides a spider that's cunning, patient and ruthless. SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqt Please follow us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deeplook DEEP LOOK is a u
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Liquid Nitrogen Fossilisation - Christmas Lectures with Simon Conway Morris

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Simon Conway Morris shows how animals became fossilised, speeding up the process using liquid nitrogen.Watch the full first lecture of the series: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1996/the-history-in-our-bones/staring-into-the-abyss?utm_sourc
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Christmas Lectures 2020: Engine Earth - with Chris Jackson

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In the first lecture of the 2020 Christmas Lectures, geologist Chris Jackson shows us how the planets oldest rocks and fossils tell a story of radical climate changes throughout history and how the Earths finely balanced tectonic system volcanoes has cont
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How Do We Know That the Earth's Magnetic Poles Have Flipped? - Christmas Lectures with James Jackson

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Volcanic rocks contain small bits of iron oxide that get magnetised in the direction of the Earth's magnetic field as they cool. Comparing rocks of different ages reveals the magnetic history of our planet.Watch the full second lecture of the series: http
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Cicadas: The Dormant Army Beneath Your Feet - Rose Eveleth

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/cicadas-the-dormant-army-beneath-your-feet-rose-eveleth Every 13 or 17 years, billions of cicadas emerge from the ground to molt, mate and die. Adult cicadas only live a few weeks above ground, but you'd be hard
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How Nylon Was Discovered - Christmas Lectures with George Porter

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George Porter shows how nylon was discovered by chemists, and gives a demonstration of how we can spin nylon threads.Watch the full second lecture of the series: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1976/the-natural-history-of-a-sunbeam/light-and
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Projecting Sunlight Pictures Onto Plants - Christmas Lectures with George Porter

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George Porter shows how we can project pictures onto geranium leaves using sunlight.Watch the full third lecture of the series: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1976/the-natural-history-of-a-sunbeam/a-leaf-from-nature?utm_source=youtube&utm_m
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Becoming A Pterodactyl - Christmas Lectures with Simon Conway Morris

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Simon Conway Morris demonstrates how awesomely huge pterodactyls were, with a little help from some members of the audience. Watch the full fourth lecture of the series:https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1996/the-history-in-our-bones/innovation
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What Happens To Sunbeams On Their Journey To Earth? - Christmas Lectures with George Porter

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George Porter shows what happens on a sunbeams journey from the sun to Earth, with some help from John Tyndalls blue sky tube.Watch the full first lecture of the series: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1976/the-natural-history-of-a-sunbeam/f
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The Recipe For Life - Christmas Lectures with Simon Conway Morris

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Simon Conway Morris gives us a demonstration of the quantities of chemical elements needed to create life.Watch the full fifth lecture of the series: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1996/the-history-in-our-bones/feet-on-the-ground-head-in-th
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Living Medicines - Christmas Lectures with Alison Woollard

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Alison Woollard explains how we can now use cell therapy to create living medicines, with help from Natalie Mount from Cell Therapy Catapult.Watch the full third lecture of the series: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/2013/life-fantastic/coul
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Rewinding 65 Million Years - Christmas Lectures with Simon Conway Morris

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Simon Conway Morris turns back the clock 65 million years to find out how the configuration of the continents has changed.Watch the full third lecture of the series: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1996/the-history-in-our-bones/the-great-dyi
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How Does Convection Work? - Christmas Lectures with George Porter

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George Porter demonstrates the process of convection, helping to solve the age-old problem of why sauces on our plate stay hot while everything else gets cold.Watch the full fourth lecture of the series: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1976/
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Can We Make Fuel Out Of Sunlight? - Christmas Lectures with George Porter

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George Porter shows how we can make a type of fuel by shining light on a substance.Watch the full sixth lecture of the series: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1976/the-natural-history-of-a-sunbeam/survival-under-the-sun?utm_source=youtube&ut
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Whack! Jab! Crack! It's a Blackback Land Crab Smackdown | Deep Look

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It's an all-out brawl for prime beach real estate! These Caribbean crabs will tear each other limb from limb to get the best burrow. Luckily, they molt and regrow lost legs in a matter of weeks, and live to fight another day. You can learn more about Curi
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George Porter shows how we can make heat engines by harnessing the power of sunlight, and what we can use them to do.Watch the full fifth lecture of the series: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1976/the-natural-history-of-a-sunbeam/making-lig
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Christmas Lectures 2020: Up in the Air - with Tara Shine

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In the third lecture of the 2020 Christmas Lectures, environmental scientist Tara Shine demonstrates how Earth produces a never-ending supply of oxygen the raw material for all complex life.Watch more Christmas Lectures: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lect
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In the third and final lecture of the 2019 Christmas Lectures, Hannah Fry looks at why maths can fail and asks what the limits of maths are. Watch more Christmas Lectures: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&u
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In the second lecture of the 2019 Christmas Lectures, Hannah Fry shows how data-gobbling algorithms have taken over our lives and now control almost everything we do without us even realising. Watch more Christmas Lectures: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-l
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In this video, we'll show you how animals see the world. Animals such as Dogs, Cats, Sharks, Snakes, Horses, Lizards, Fish, etc. These animal visions are based on Scientific Studies.How animals see the world is much different than you might think. For exa
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Christmas Lectures 2019: How to Get Lucky - Hannah Fry

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In the first lecture of the 2019 Christmas Lectures, Hannah Fry explores how mathematical thinking and probability can allow us to understand and predict complex systems - even helping us to make our own luck.Watch more Christmas Lectures: http://www.rigb
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Jerusalem Crickets Only Date Drummers | Deep Look

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With their big heads and beady black eyes, Jerusalem crickets aren't winning any beauty contests. But that doesn't stop them from finding mates. They use their bulbous bellies to serenade each other with some furious drumming. Support Deep Look on Patreon
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Artist Jeremy Mayer has dedicated himself to transforming mechanical typewriter parts, and only typewriter parts, into detailed sculptures of birds, insects and human figures.Still havent subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? http://wrd.cm/15fP7B7 Also, check o
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What will we eat for breakfast in 2039? | BBC Ideas

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Fancy a bowl of insects? How about music-infused coffee delivered by drone? Welcome to your future breakfast. Subscribe to BBC Ideas https://bbc.in/2F6ipav ------------------- Do you have a curious mind? You’re in the right place. Our aim on BBC Ideas is
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The Monty Hall Problem - Christmas Lectures with Ian Stewart

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In the second lecture of the 2020 Christmas Lectures, physicist and oceanographer Helen Czerski unpicks the Earths heating and plumbing systems, showing how shifting ocean water creates an engine that distributes heat and nutrients around our planet.Watch
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DISCLAIMER! If you've done any of these things, I am not calling you "stupid". Everyone has done these (including me!) and it's meant as a joke :) If you take it as more than a joke, then you're actually stupid. I'm sorry to have to tell you like this...-
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Professor Brian Cox explores the power of gravity and how small creatures such as insects appear to have superpower strength in comparison to humans. Taken from Wonders of Life. Subscribe to BBC Earth: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=B
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The sarcasm is strong in the title of this animation. #2Pro5Me Don't forget to leave a like if you enjoyed and share it with your friends who may also be skating pros! Then we can all be pro skaters together and wear beanies.------------------------------

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