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Recycling plastics Resource efficiency with an optimized sorting method
166 views / 0 likes - addedIn Germany alone, two and a half million tons of plastic packaging land in the yellow trash can. German households pre-sort their garbage into four separate trash cans; yellow for plastics, brown for compost; blue for paper and black for non-recyclables.
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How We Can Keep Plastics Out of Our Ocean | National Geographic
1,684 views / 4 likes - addedPlastic pollution poses one of the biggest known threats to the ocean, influencing all ecosystems from beautiful coral reefs to abyssal trenches, eventually accumulating in our own food. Learn more about how to upend the current system of produce-use-disc
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Learn About Plastics | Climate Champions | Cartoon Network
464 views / 0 likes - addedHumans produce and use millions of tons of plastic each year, but not all of it is thrown away properly. Find out all about recycling and how you can make a world of difference! SUBSCRIBE: https://bit.ly/3I6u2LoAbout Cartoon Network:Welcome to Cartoon Net
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Are Plastics Too Strong?
858 views / 0 likes - addedThe same chemistry that makes plastic tough, light and flexible also makes it nearly impossible to get rid of, because it’s hard to break those resilient chemical bonds. Thanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! http://twin-cities.u
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Scientists Can't Find 99% of Plastics in the Ocean, But Here's What We Know | The Swim
212 views / 0 likes - addedIn 2018, Ben Lecomte attempted a historic first - swimming across the Pacific Ocean. The expedition resulted in the collection of invaluable scientific data that could help find a solution for the plastic pollution problem in our oceans. Streaming now on
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Plastic-eating Enzyme Could Eliminate Billions of Tons of Landfill Waste
234 views / 0 likes - addedAn enzyme variant created by engineers and scientists at The University of Texas at Austin can break down environment-throttling plastics that typically take centuries to degrade in just a matter of hours to days. This discovery, published today in Nature
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life in microplastics
24 views / 1 likes - addedLittle plastics are a Big Problem. See what happens when you throw your Barbie away.More science education can be found at www.omsi.edu/explore!
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Can Plastic Be Composted?
764 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to the demands of eco-conscious consumers, biodegradable and compostable plastics are cropping up everywhere. Are these green plastics the solution to our throwaway lifestyle? Well -- it’s complicated. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions Facebook
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This Mutant Super-Enzyme Can Eat Plastic Waste Within Days
298 views / 0 likes - addedResearchers have re-engineered a plastic-eating enzyme to degrade plastic bottles within days and it might be ready to start eating our trash as soon as next year. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/Eleme
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How Microbeads In Body Wash Are Ruining The Ocean
646 views / 1 likes - addedMicrobeads make your skin feel great, but once you're done with them where do they go? Read More: 90 Percent of Seabirds Have Plastics in Their Gut http://www.discovery.com/dscovrd/wildlife/study-90-percent-of-seabirds-have-plastics-in-their-gut/ "About 9
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Chaotic pendulum's entertaining behavior, // Homemade Science with Bruce Yeany
180 views / 0 likes - addedChaotic pendulums have always been a fun classroom or home science demonstration. Here is an easy to build set of arms that can t be changed around to a few different chaotic pendulum variations. While these devices are usually made out of aluminum or pla
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Black Plastic Is Everywhere And It Doesn’t Get Recycled, Here’s Why
430 views / 1 likes - addedWe know plastic is bad, but one color in particular is heading to our landfills undetected. Which Countries Make the Most Plastic Waste?- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhNNXqUX9Nk&t=1s Learn more about the 'The Swim' here! - https://www.seeker.com/thesw
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Trapped Inside the Plastic Prison #TeamSeas
243 views / 0 likes - addedLet's join Mr.Beast and the rest of Team Seas in cleaning up trash from our oceans and rivers!Donate: https://teamseas.org/Meet The Team!Director/Voice - Pat Graziosi: http://twitter.com/PatGraziosi Animator: Robert GrishamWriter: Ashleen KnutsenProducer:
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Scientists Created a Plastic Thats Infinitely Recyclable
374 views / 0 likes - addedPlastic is suffocating the planet, but what if we could make recycling plastic more efficient? This Lawrence Berkeley National Lab team has created a brand new kind of plastic that can be recycled endlessly. Are You Seasoning Your Food With Microplastics?
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How Do We Separate The Seemingly Inseparable? - Iddo Magen
666 views / 0 likes - addedView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-do-we-separate-the-inseparable-iddo-magen Your cell phone is mainly made of plastics and metals. It’s easy to appreciate the process by which those elements add up to something so useful. But there’s another
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Biodegradable Plastic is Coming. Will it Save our Oceans?
29 views / 0 likes - addedAn earlier episode of Science to Save the World examined the enormous problem of oceanic plastic pollution. Check that out to get a full-scope picture of the problem and some potential solutions.Happily, biodegradable polymers may soon be able to help. Pl
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How Much Plastic Do You Eat? #OurBluePlanet | Earth Lab
403 views / 0 likes - addedIf you eat seafood are you eating plastic? Greg Foot visits Exeter University to find out what evidence there is of plastics winding up inside marine species found on menus and in supermarkets #OurBluePlanet. Subscribe to Earth Lab for more fascinating sc
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Worms can break down styrofoam in days instead of hundreds of years
730 views / 1 likes - addedA 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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How Close Are We to Reinventing Plastic?
418 views / 0 likes - addedOur dependence on plastic is so extreme that we have microplastics not only floating through the ocean, but also in the atmosphere, in our food, and in our bodies. So how close are we to reinventing plastic? Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribesee
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Plastic Wars (full film) | FRONTLINE
280 views / 0 likes - addedHave efforts to solve the plastic pollution problem made it worse? Go inside the battle over plastics, recycling and what’s at stake. This journalism is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station here: http://www.pbs.org/donat
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How Plastic Recycling Actually Works
831 views / 0 likes - addedCheck out REInventors here!: http://youtube.com/pbsreinventors What happens to plastic bottles when you recycle them? Do they get made into fresh bottles, or do they become something else? This week on Reactions, learn why it's easier to turn bottles into
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A brief history of plastic
374 views / 0 likes - addedTrace the history of the invention of plastic, and how the material ushered in what became known as the plastics century.--For centuries, billiard balls were made of ivory from elephant tusks. But when excessive hunting caused elephant populations to decl
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Are You Seasoning Your Food With Microplastics? (You Totally Are)
523 views / 0 likes - addedPlastic pollution has made its way from the ocean to your kitchen table. A recent study found salt grains now contain microplastics, but what does that mean for our bodies? How Seeker Will Collect The Most Extensive Data Set of the Pacific Ocean | The Swi
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Which Countries Make the Most Plastic Waste?
609 views / 0 likes - addedChina just put the brakes on buying up nearly half of the world’s exported plastics, but which country is really to blame for our plastic pollution? Here’s what we know. How Seeker Will Collect The Most Extensive Data Set of the Pacific Ocean | The Swim -
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How Plastic Hurts the World
829 views / 0 likes - addedRecycling trash is one really important way that we can help the Earth stay clean! It's much better to recycle things than throw them away, but it's super important to recycle plastic! Jessi is here to tell you why! ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want t
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Why Plastic Straws Suck
641 views / 3 likes - addedFor years, the world has been relying on the ocean as a dumping ground for our plastic waste. This video of a sea turtle having a plastic straw pulled out of its nose sparked a public outcry to ban the use of straws. There are those who require plastic st
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What do these recycling numbers actually mean? - Shannon Odell
1,447 views / 3 likes - addedDig into the biggest problems facing our current plastic recycling process, and explore potential solutions to these systems. --If youve ever looked at the bottom of a disposable bottle or cup, youve probably noticed a recycling symbol. Seeing this, many
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How Lobster Shells Could Replace Single-Use Plastic
521 views / 0 likes - addedA team of students at the Royal College of Art and Imperial College London has developed a series of machines that could help reduce single-use plastics. Operating under the name, The Shellworks, the group takes lobster shells and turns them into planters
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System can 3-D print an entire building
574 views / 0 likes - addedThe list of materials that can be produced by 3-D printing has grown to include not just plastics but also metal, glass, and even food. Now, MIT researchers are expanding the list further, with the design of a system that can 3-D print the basic structure
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Masks and PPE have a Big Plastic Problem, Here's How We're Fixing It
265 views / 1 likes - addedThe COVID-19 pandemic has created just the right conditions for a surge in plastic waste. But scientists are exploring ways to reuse protective plastics without compromising public safety. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elem
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Should We Make Robots That Die Like Humans?
608 views / 0 likes - addedScientists are developing cutting-edge technology to make robot inter and external structures decomposable! Should We Fear Artificial Intelligence? ►►►►http://bit.ly/1DbqAYF The Shocking Truth About Biodegradable Plastics►►►►http://bit.ly/1UrfS9r Sign Up
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Here's What Happens To Your Recycling | One Small Step | NowThis
947 views / 1 likes - addedWe followed the recycling process from the bins to the plant to understand where our recycling actually goes. Subscribe to NowThis Future: https://go.nowth.is/Future_Subscribe75% of our waste is recyclable but Americans only recycle 34% of what we throw o
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Plastic: the new fantastic?
254 views / 0 likes - addedPlastic has become a malevolent symbol of our wasteful society. Its also one of the most successful materials ever invented: its cheap, durable, flexible, waterproof, versatile, lightweight, protective and hygienic. During the coronavirus pandemic, plasti
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Plastic Pollution. Ocean Confetti.
2,117 views / 11 likes - addedThanks to CSIRO for supporting MinuteEarth. - http://csirofrvblog.com/ Support MinuteEarth on Subbable! - https://subbable.com/minuteearth And Subscribe! - http://www.youtube.com/user/minuteearth?sub_confirmation=1 ________________________ Created by Henr
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Can Plastic-Eating Worms Solve Our Trash Problem?
1,125 views / 1 likes - addedPlastics are everywhere, and we can’t seem to get rid of them. Could a worm be the solution we need? Does Recycling Actually Help? ►►►► http://dne.ws/16zXnMX DNews Live Tickets Here ►►►► http://dne.ws/1Fa2OCh Read More: Why Doesn't Plastic Biodegrade? htt
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Cellulose: From Trees to Explosives
377 views / 0 likes - addedCellulose is everywhere. In fact, it is the most abundant organic molecule on the Earth! Its in (but not limited to) our food, clothing, and plastics, and the cellulose compound nitrocellulose is used in explosives but also in things like x-rays, early si
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Can Everything Be Recycled? Welcome to TerraCycle | One Small Step | NowThis
351 views / 1 likes - addedPaper and plastic bottles typically come to mind when we think about recycling, but they're only a fraction of our waste this company wants to make our waste stream 100% recyclable. Subscribe to NowThis Future: https://go.nowth.is/Future_SubscribeEveryone
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How To Recycle Your Old Clothes | One Small Step | NowThis
364 views / 0 likes - addedThe average American throws away 80 lbs of clothing every year whether you want to resell, donate, or recycle, here's how to get rid of your clothes in an eco-friendly way. Subscribe to NowThis Future: https://go.nowth.is/Future_SubscribeEver wondered how
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How to Recycle Your Old Electronics | One Small Step | NowThis
385 views / 0 likes - addedYou probably have some old flip phones and iPods lying around, but few people know how to properly get rid of them here's the right way to recycle your e-waste. Subscribe to NowThis Future: https://go.nowth.is/Future_SubscribeOnly 1 out of every 6 discard
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Science Can Now Turn Plastic Bags Into Fuel!
632 views / 1 likes - addedScientists have figured out how to turn polyethylene into diesel fuel! How did they do this and what does it mean for the future of plastic? The Shocking Truth About Biodegradable Plastics - https://youtu.be/Lx0aUk2AiNQ Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter H
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Is Your Fleece Jacket Polluting The Oceans?
544 views / 1 likes - addedPlastic pollution has been a problem for decades. But new research shines the spotlight on a new plastic pollution menace -- microfibers. SUBSCRIBE to Above the Noise:[https://www.youtube.com/abovethenoise?sub_confirmation=1] ABOVE THE NOISE is a show fro
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How to 3D Print with Recycled Trash! | Maddie Moate
714 views / 1 likes - addedOn a "Trash Walk" in Bali, Greg and I learnt that plastic trash has a value and can be sold up the chain to be recycled into new plastics... BUT we also tried something a little different! Using the Precious Plastic open source machinery we attempt to tur
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The Future Of Warfare: Laser Cannons & Drone Armies
575 views / 0 likes - addedScientists recruited by the government have been developing some pretty crazy technology. What will weapons look like in the future? How Ex-Nazis & Jewish Scientists Got The U.S. To The Moon - https://youtu.be/VW2KTX0zg5g Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter
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Why Zero-Waste Grocery Shopping Matters | One Small Step | NowThis
374 views / 1 likes - addedShopping for food can be one of the most wasteful parts of our lives here are some tips and tricks for going waste-free at the grocery store. Subscribe to NowThis Future: https://go.nowth.is/Future_SubscribeAccording to the EPA, 23% of the trash Americans
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How Does Rice Grow? | Maddie Moate
1,066 views / 2 likes - added'How does rice grow?' - Come on an adventure with Maddie Moate and Greg Foot! Subscribe for more: http://bit.ly/1kPjJZL Greg and I visited the incredible Tegalalang Terraced Rice Paddies but we wanted to explore a little further and share with you HOW the
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How Much Force Does It Take To Break A Bone?
777 views / 1 likes - addedIt seems like some people break bones all the time, while others consistently end up unscathed. What exactly does it take to break a bone? Check out Seeker VR! Why Humanity Must Explore The Unknown: A Cosmological Journey - https://youtu.be/rVcwlJEfh24 Pe
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The Big Problem With The North Pole
437 views / 2 likes - addedThere's something not quite right with the North Pole.... Santa Claus Voiced by Sam Bashor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnhFudM67-ycGVx8P9Ss37A Watch more: Why Do You Get Sick When It's Cold? - Dear Blocko #9 ►►https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mt5nvW
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Why You Should Turn Your Lawn Into a Food Garden | One Small Step | NowThis
355 views / 0 likes - addedAmericans use roughly 7 billion gallons of water a day to irrigate lawns making lawns the single largest irrigated crop in the country. What if instead of well-kept grass, we used our time and resources to fill our lawns with fruit and vegetables? Subscri
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How Much Plastic is in the Ocean?
1,565 views / 5 likes - addedWhat can you do to make the oceans plastic-free? ↓↓↓Check the resources below ↓↓↓ Ocean plastic pollution is a massive environmental problem. Millions of tons of plastic waste enter the ocean every year, even plastic that goes in the trash can often ends
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The physics of music: playing fire, ice and jelly trumpets - with Anna Ploszajski
91 views / 0 likes - addedDiscover the physics of music, as Anna demonstrates how you cancreate a functioning trumpet from weird and wonderful materials.Watch Anna's full lecture on materials science here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV6XAfZcCCESubscribe for regular science vi
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‘The Swim’ Ended With 1,000 New Scientific Samples... Here’s What’s Next | The Swim
426 views / 0 likes - addedBroken sails don’t mean broken spirits for Ben Lecomte and his team. After six grueling months on the water, 'Seeker' has landed in Hawaii with a treasure trove of rare data and a commitment to a cleaner future. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Is Not What
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How To Switch Your City To 100% Renewable Energy | One Small Step | NowThis
387 views / 0 likes - addedMore than 90 cities across the United States have committed to run on 100% renewable energy, but how does a city go 100% renewable? Find out on this episode of One Small Step. Subscribe to NowThis Future: https://go.nowth.is/Future_Subscribe Sign up for o
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Why You Can’t Just Swim Straight Across the Ocean | The Swim
508 views / 0 likes - addedBen Lecomte’s route across the Pacific took years of planning, with input from meteorologists, oceanographers, and salty sailors alike – but it turns out this wild ocean packs some punches that can’t be anticipated. Follow The Swim on Seeker's website htt
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Have We Really Engineered a Plane That Prevents Jet Lag?
439 views / 1 likes - addedIf you’ve ever been on a long flight across multiple time zones, you have probably experienced the unfortunate symptoms of jet lag. How are aerospace engineers trying to improve their aircraft technologies and designs to minimize the uncomfortable symptom
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Graphene Wonder Material Can Now Be Made Using TRASH
598 views / 0 likes - addedA recent breakthrough from researchers at Rice University promises to make graphene out of garbage in a flash. Heres how this miraculous transformation happens. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/Elements
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Areca Leaf Plate Making Machine Pakku Mattai Plate Making Process
190 views / 0 likes - addedcontct: 8939999427 Other business Videos To Watch: Nattu Sakkarai Manufacturing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwS_SQHegSs paver block making process https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gL3cGYWauqc sleeping mat making process https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
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Why Does Gasoline Smell So Good?
928 views / 0 likes - addedSome people sense a sweet, euphoric odor when pumping gas into their car. Why is that? And is it hazardous? Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com: http://science.howstuffworks.com/gasoline.htm Share on Facebook: https://goo.gl/9BdfNI Share on Twitter: https://g
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This Is the Only Proven Way to Deter a Great White Shark | The Swim
1,128 views / 5 likes - addedWill deterrent technology lower an ocean swimmer's chances of a dangerous encounter with a shark? What Can Happen to the Human Heart After Months of Swimming? | The Swim - https://youtu.be/ZLnxzZuhb9Y Read More Can technology save you from a shark attack?
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How Do Microwave Ovens Work?
1,601 views / 0 likes - addedThey’re convenient, ubiquitous and easy to use. But how do these things work, exactly? What do people mean when they say a microwave cooks food inside out? Join HowStuffWorks as we answer engaging, everyday science questions, demystifying the amazing worl
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How Long Does the Novel Coronavirus Live on Surfaces?
347 views / 0 likes - addedWhat surfaces does the novel coronavirus stick to, and for how long? Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.comAs the novel coronavirus accelerates across
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Is the Secret to Superhuman Performance in Your Gut? | The Swim
521 views / 0 likes - addedCould studying Ben’s superhuman microbiome unlock secrets about the dynamic connection between our environments, activities, and everyday health? How One of NASA’s Deep Space Challenges Could Be Solved in the Ocean | The Swim - https://youtu.be/ogpE0mem9x
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Could the Biggest Ocean Recording Ever Made Redefine Marine Science?
517 views / 0 likes - addedWith the help of artificial intelligence, the crew aboard Seeker is recording and analyzing up to 3,000 hours of underwater audio to create the most comprehensive soundscape of the Pacific Ocean. Why You Can't Just Swim Straight Across the Ocean | The Swi
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A Plastic That Conducts Electricity?
516 views / 1 likes - addedPlastics usually stop electricity in its tracks, but scientists have figured out a way to keep the electrons flowing. Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo th
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This Is the Engineering You’d Need to Cross the Pacific Ocean | The Swim
460 views / 0 likes - addedThe secrets to converting a twenty-meter racing yacht into a vessel seaworthy of a historic voyage? Reverse osmosis and fiberglass batteries, of course. Could the Biggest Ocean Recording Ever Made Redefine Marine Science? - https://youtu.be/-GWVmk-U-kk Fo
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Meet the Xenobot, the Worlds First-Ever "Living" Robot
1,200 views / 1 likes - addedThese researchers paired biology with artificial intelligence to create the worlds first living robots. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.comMeasurin
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Plastic Pollution: How Humans are Turning the World into Plastic
1,708 views / 10 likes - addedModern life would be impossible without plastic – but we have long since lost control over our invention. Why has plastic turned into a problem and what do we know about its dangers? This video is a collaboration with UN Environment and their Clean
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How One of NASA’s Deep Space Challenges Could Be Solved in the Ocean | The Swim
467 views / 0 likes - addedA long-distance swimmer and a NASA astronaut have some surprising things in common, including the quest to protect their bones from deteriorating. This Is the Engineering You'd Need to Cross the Pacific Ocean - https://youtu.be/4nEV76CpF6M Follow The Swim
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How Millions of Microscopic Fibers Are Ending Up in Our Bodies | The Swim
504 views / 0 likes - addedEvery day, billions of sharp, invisible fibers are making their way out to our oceans and air, and into our water, wine, beer, and cells. Read More How much plastic is your washing machine sending out to sea? https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2018/9/19/178006
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These Power-Free 3D Printed Objects Can Talk With WiFi
293 views / 0 likes - addedResearchers at the University of Washington recently developed a way for 3D printed objects to connect to WiFi... without electronics or batteries. So, how does it work? Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly
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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Is Not What You Think It Is | The Swim
585 views / 1 likes - addedIt's not an island twice the size of Texas. But it is severely impacting marine life and human health... and incredibly hard to study. How Millions of Microscopic Fibers Are Ending Up in Our Bodies - https://youtu.be/Bbg0L7JN15U Read More What Happens to
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