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I Built a Guitar Out of 1200 Colored Pencils

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I build an electric guitar, Fender Stratocaster, out of 1200 colored pencils. Please subscribe if you'd like to see more!
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The Contributions Of Female Explorers - Courtney Stephens

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-contributions-of-female-explorers-courtney-stephens During the Victorian Age, women were unlikely to become great explorers, but a few intelligent, gritty and brave women made major contributions to the stud
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NASA Explorers S4 E1: Orbiting Laboratory

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Things behave a bit differently aboard the International Space Station, thanks to microgravity. Sure, floating looks like fun, but it could also unlock new scientific discoveries. Microgravity makes the station the perfect place to perform research that i
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What Do Antarctic Explorers Wear? (Then and Now!) | Maddie Moate

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Join me at the Polar Research Institute in Cambridge to find out first hand what Antarctic Explorers wore over 100 years ago! Greg helps me to see how modern expedition clothing works using the help of our thermal imaging camera and I get to try on polar
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Diving Deep With Underwater Explorers

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In this reel, we take to the open waters with adventure-seeking scuba divers. We dive deep with an underwater criminal investigator, explore a museum below the Caribbean waters, and swim with giant rays with the Manta Queen. SUBSCRIBE: https://goo.gl/vR6A
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Meet the Robot Explorers Hunting for Alien Life | WSJ

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Scientists from The Georgia Institute of Technology are using a robot called ICEFIN to explore the world beneath Antarctica's sea ice. WSJ followed the team during a recent deployment to find out why the project might one day enable exploration of the sol
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Artemis Mission: The Next Giant Leap For Mankind | Moon Explorers | BBC Earth Lab

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Back to the moon, for good! In 2021, astronaut Jessica Meir was one of 9 in the running to make history as the first woman on the moon. The Artemis mission ultimately aims to make lunar history with the construction of a permanent station, and one handy s
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ColourisedThe 1890's ~ Amazing Rare Footage of Cities Around the World AI Restoration

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The start of motion pictures, late 1890's. Rare film of cities, towns and countries. High-quality remastered prints from the Lumiere archives and EYE Film Museum. Clips listed in order below. Music Tracks: "Dream Walking" & "What Must Be" by Dhruva Al
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Supersonic ping pong balls...vacuum and compression cannon combination. PART TWO

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If supersonic ping pong balls can't do enough damage alone, filling the balls with water first and then firing them will give them a bit more destructive punch. Ideally a vacuum cannon can expel a ping pong ball to exit velocities somewhere between 400-60
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Sun, Stars, Swells: Sailing The Globe Using Nothing But Nature

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Hawai'i—possibly the most remote island chain on the planet—was discovered hundreds of years ago by Polynesian voyagers in canoes. These ancient explorers relied exclusively upon their knowledge of the stars, bird behavior and ocean swell patterns to find
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First footage of deep-sea anglerfish pair

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Learn more: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/03/exclusive-i-ve-never-seen-anything-it-video-mating-deep-sea-anglerfish-stuns-biologists CREDITS producer Sarah Crespi story by Katie Langin video footage Kirsten and Joachim Jakobsen Rebikoff-Niggeler Fou
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Gertrude Benham: Ultimate Mountain Climber | WHAT THE PAST?

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One of the worlds most accomplished explorers and mountain climbers was a woman mostly-forgotten to history named Gertrude Benham.Images used under license from Shutterstock.comNarrated by: Kayla RosenbergWritten & Directed by: Matt LevyEdited & Animated
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What’s Special About a Wolf’s Paw Print? | National Geographic

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Wolf paws leave behind more than just a print on the ground. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world's premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class sc
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2019 Nautilus Expedition Highlights | Nautilus Live

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From the South Pacific to California's coast, documenting deepwater coral colonies to the peaks of underwater volcanoes, the 2019 Nautilus expedition has spanned six months and hundreds of hours of ROV dives. As we switch our live streams off for the year
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Do Your Swimming Skills Match Up to a Humpback Whale’s? | National Geographic

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Humpback whales are great swimmers, and absolutely massive creatures—some comparable to the size of a bus. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world's premium destination for science, exploratio
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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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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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Extreme Hot Glass Popcorn Machine | Nickipedia

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Build a Tiny Plant World!

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Jessi and Squeaks just learned about terrariums, and now they want to make one for themselves! Join them to learn all about these tiny gardens in a bottle and how you can make one of your own! ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Beco
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How This Forest Runs on Salmon

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What do salmon—and their sex lives—have to do with keeping a forest healthy? In this episode, Bertie explains that salmon equal more than just meal time for coastal predators roaming the shores and tidal shelves; they're also a rich source of marine nutri
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TIL: From Fleece Jackets to Your Food: The Scary Journey of Microplastics | Today I Learned

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National Geographic explorer and grantee Gregg Treinish wants everyone to know about the hidden toxic cost of synthetic fabrics. Tiny, invisible microplastics are entering our waterways straight from our washing machines. About 2,000 synthetic particles a
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How To Celebrate Christmas On A Volcano

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How do explorers celebrate Christmas? Hint: It's on a volcano. Evolutionary biologist and National Geographic grantee Borja Milá and fellow biologist Christophe Thébaud traveled to Réunion, a volcanic island in the southern Indian Ocean, in hopes of figur
An extraordinary deep-sea sighting: The giant phantom jelly

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This ghostly giant is a rare sight. But in November 2021, MBARI researchers spotted this giant phantom jelly (Stygiomedusa gigantea) with the ROV Doc Ricketts 990 meters (3,200 feet) deep in Monterey Bay. The bell of this deep-sea denizen is more than one
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3-D Technology Offers Clues to How Egypt’s Pyramids Were Built

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Archeologist Yukinori Kawae is leading an interdisciplinary approach to studying the Egyptian pyramids by combining computer science, 3-D data, and the latest technology to help decode how and why the pyramids were built. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeo
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Trig Review for Physics - Common Math Tools - Physics 101, AP Physics 1 Review with Physics Girl

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Creator/Host/Writer: Dianna CowernProducer: Laura ChernikoffHead Writer: Jeff BrockResearcher/Writer: Sophia ChenEditor: Levi ButnerExercises in this video: Problem 1: 1. You are running north-east at a speed of 4 m/s. What component of your velocity is n
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How Long Would It Take To Walk Around The World?

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Ben explains what goes into calculating how long it would take to traverse the globe on foot, and tells us about some intrepid explorers who've tried to do it. Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com. Share on Facebook: https://goo.gl/CBwvRQ Share on Twitter: htt
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The Amazing Life and Strange Death of Captain Cook: Crash Course World History #27

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In which John Green teaches you about the life and death of one of history's great explorers, Captain James Cook of the British Navy. He charted large swaths of the Pacific ocean, laid claim to Australia and New Zealand, and died a bizarre death in the Sa
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The secret superpowers of jellyfish

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We know remarkably little about the tens of thousands of jellies species in our oceans. So scientists are searching for deep-sea jellyfish to decode their genes. SUBSCRIBE: https://goo.gl/kdDpXu In the Deep is a new series by Quartz on the wonders of our
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What Is Life? | Jeff Marlow | TEDxBeaconStreet

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What is life? Even as we send robotic explorers into space to look for signs of life and answer eternal questions of life beyond Earth, scientists lack a coherent definition of the phenomenon. A theoretical underpinning of life is needed, and expeditions
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Finding life in the deep sea

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With a robot as their eyes and arms, scientists are looking for life deep beneath the ocean's surface—before it’s too late. "If we don't know what's there, we can't protect it." SUBSCRIBE: https://goo.gl/kdDpXu In the Deep is a new series by Quartz on the
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Wingsuit Flying Over a Dam Wall

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This is Brendan Weinstein, a 29 yr old wingsuit pilot, the mountain Brendan is flying down is Le Pleureur, located in Switzerland, and the dam is called Mauvoisin Dam .Brendan said , he has been making this jump for 2 years with one goal, to build up enou
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Gulper Eel Balloons Its Massive Jaws | Nautilus Live

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Big gulp! The Nautilus team spotted a gulper eel (Eurypharynx pelecanoides) doing just that in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. Its pouch-like mouth can inflate in an instant, scooping up much larger prey just like a pelican--and giving it that
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Travel Through Kenya With These Five Stories

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Ready for another adventure. Travel with us to Kenya where we meet explorers, innovators and trailblazers building the future. We meet a dream team saving Kenya's wild animals, sing along with a country music star and meet a mother passing on her strength
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The Science Of A Happy Mind, Part 1 - Nat Geo Live

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Renowned neuroscientist Richard Davidson is finding that happiness is something we can cultivate and a skill that can be learned. Working with the Dalai Lama, Davidson is investigating the far-reaching impact of mindfulness, meditation, and the cultivatio
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Exploring Super-Remote Caves In Greenland: #bestjobever

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Gina Moseley loves caves. She started caving for sport when she was 13 years old, and now she’s in it for science. Moseley is a geologist and National Geographic grantee who traveled to a remote region of northeast Greenland to conduct climate-change rese
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Octopuses and cuttlefish through alien eyes

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Octopus, cuttlefish and other cephalopods are masters of camouflage, and they may be the closest thing on Earth to alien intelligence. To better understand them, a team of scientists took a one-of-a-kind camera to the South Pacific. Their goal: to see the
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My Dog Stories

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Sesame Street: Grover And Elmo Find A Pyramid

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Explorers Grover and Elmo are traveling through the jungle to find the Great Pyramid of Squeeze. What does a pyramid look like? Is it round? Square? Will Elmo and Grover ever find the ancient object they are looking for? Subscribe to the Sesame Street Cha
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The Master of Singapore’s Carrot-less Carrot Cake

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To a lot of people, carrot cake means a sweet delicious treat made with … carrots of course. But in Singapore, carrot cake contains no carrot at all. Say what? Instead, it’s a savory, crispy snack made mainly of white radish, and no one makes it better th
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Searching For The World’s Last Pristine Seas - Nat Geo Live

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Feeling like he was writing the obituary for our oceans while studying the human impact on our seas, marine ecologist and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Dr. Enric Sala decided to leave academia and devote his life to ocean conservation. He foun
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The Black Legend, Native Americans, and Spaniards: Crash Course US History #1

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In which John Green kicks off Crash Course US History! Why, you may ask, are we covering US History, and not more World History, or the history of some other country, or the very specific history of your home region? Well, the reasons are many. But, like
Walking with Giants: How the Easter Island Moai Moved | Nat Geo Live

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For centuries, the mystery of how the colossal stone statues of Easter Island moved captivated scientists. See their theories come to life. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe Get More Nat Geo Live: http://bit.ly/MoreNatGeoLiveAbout Nat Geo Live (Nat
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Sinuous Asperoteuthis Mangoldae Squid Filmed Alive for First Time | Nautilus Live

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Hovering above the seafloor, the Asperoteuthis mangoldae squid is a recently discovered deep-sea species that was just seen alive for the first time! Researchers think this unusual squid's tail may help it mimic other animals, like a stinging siphonophore
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Fish Sounds: Do fish talk to each other? | Earth Unplugged

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Did you know fish chirp, crackle and whoop?! Hear why fish make these surprising sounds as Professor Steve Simpson reveals how technology is uncovering a hidden world of communication on our coral reefs. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubscribeToEarthUnplugged
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Why Is Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" Significant? | History

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Take a journey through the history of science fiction and examine the cultural influences such as the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movement, and space exploration, that influenced Stanley Kubrick's 1968 visionary film "2001: A Space Odyssey". Subscribe f
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Searching For Life In Volcanoes And Other Extreme Environments - Nat Geo Live

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Found everywhere from the rim of a lava lake to the inside an iceberg, microbes are remarkable organisms that can live in places humans can only dream of. How do they do it? And what can we learn from them about the limits of life both on our planet and e
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In Singapore, 70 Years of Crafting a Unique Theme Park

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Haw Par Villa is a special kind of theme park located in Singapore. There, you won’t find any rides, but instead a unique collection of over 1,000 surreal sculptures, depicting scenes from Chinese mythology and history. For the past 70 years, Teo Veoh Sen
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How Giant Lava Caves on Earth May Help Us Survive on Mars | National Geographic

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The first humans to arrive on Mars will experience life-threatening conditions including intense radiation, dust storms, and extreme temperatures. Researchers are mapping lava tubes at the Craters of the Moon National Monument in Idaho in hopes that their
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TIL: The World’s Largest Migration Isn’t What You Think | Today I Learned

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When you think about animal migration, what comes to mind? Probably birds in flight or wildebeests moving across the Serengeti. Yet the largest migration on the planet is harder to see—and it happens every day. Ocean technologist and submersible pilot Dr.
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TIL: Why Is the Ocean Salty? | Today I Learned

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How is it that we didn't know why the ocean was salty until 1979? National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Bob Ballard explains why such a basic question remained a mystery for so long—and where his team finally found the answer. Subscribe: http://
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Forget GPS, Future Missions May Use Neutron Stars to Navigate Deep Space

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Lighthouses have helped safely guide mariners for centuries. As space explorers consider traveling to far-flung destinations, could pulsars provide them with similar guidance? Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://
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Extracting Water on Mars | MARS: How to Survive on Mars

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The biggest thinkers in the world discuss how Martian explorers would extract water from Mars. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe ➡ Watch all clips of MARS here: http://bit.ly/WatchMARS ➡ Get More MARS: http://bit.ly/NatGeoMARS ➡ NEW SERIES MARS P
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Love Quinoa? Thank the International Man of Botany

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Love mangoes and dates? Cant imagine a grain bowl without quinoa? We have botanist David Fairchild to thank for bringing these foods and many more to the United States. Fairchild spent his entire career traveling the world learning from indigenous food cu
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How Surfers Help Scientists Study the Ocean | Earth Unplugged

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Smartfin is a technology that could help surfers give back to the ocean. Subscribe to Earth Unplugged for more amazing animal videos - http://bit.ly/SubscribeToEarthUnplugged Surfers using this clever technology are giving scientists new insights into oce
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Hunting For The Bones Of An Ancient Sea Monster: #bestjobever

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As it turns out, the Jurassic Park films are not entirely accurate. Aubrey Jane Roberts, a National Geographic Young Explorers grantee and professional dinosaur hunter (aka paleontologist) loves the films but laments the fact that they have not kept up wi
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TIL: A Venomous Animal May Save Your Life

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It might surprise you that some of the world’s deadliest animals save millions of human lives—one day they might even save yours. In this week’s Today I Learned, National Geographic Emerging Explorer Zoltan Takacs reveals how venomous creatures could be t
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TIL: These Birds Trick Others Into Raising Their Gigantic Kids | Today I Learned

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In this week’s Today I Learned, National Geographic explorer Luke Powell tells you about some of the worst bird parents out there – brood parasites. These birds don’t build nests, but sneak their eggs into other birds’ nests and fly. ➡ Subscribe: http://b
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The Amazing Underwater Frozen Landscapes of Antarctica | Earth Unplugged

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Hugh Miller dived into the freezing waters of Antarctica in order to capture the amazing scenery of Blue Planet II. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubscribeToEarthUnplugged Watch more videos from Earth Unplugged: Stunning Animal Slow Motion Time-lapses: http://
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Saturn's Rings Finally Explained After 400 Years

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Saturn's ring formation has been a mystery since Galileo first discovered them in 1610. Now, scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of California, Berkeley, using data from NASA's Cassini mission, suggest the planet's r
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TIL: Almost 40 Percent of New Yorkers Are Immigrants | Today I Learned

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On display in the heart of Times Square, "We Were Once Strangers Too” was a public data sculpture that highlighted the role of immigrants in the Big Apple. The installation won the 2017 Times Square Valentine Heart Design Competition, which celebrated Val
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COLD HARD SCIENCE: SLAPSHOT Physics In Slow Motion - Smarter Every Day 112

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Tweet this: http://bit.ly/SlapShotSci - FB it: http://bit.ly/SlapShotSlow Download a free Audio book: http://bit.ly/AudibleSED Infographics are Here: http://smartereveryday.tumblr.com/ I shot the skaters with a Phantom MIRO LC320S made by Vision Research:
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TIL: These White Sand Beaches Aren’t What You Think | Today I Learned

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Characterized by their large green bodies and beak-like teeth, bumphead parrotfish can be found near the coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific. These large corallivores use their mighty teeth to grind up the hard exterior of coral in search of the small creatur
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TIL: You Can Smell Through Your Skin | Today I Learned

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Ever have a funny taste in your mouth? It could be something other than bad breath caused by your lunch. Did you know you may actually be “tasting” through your skin? Some molecules are small enough to enter your body through your pores, disperse into you
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TIL: Nuclear Waste Could Power the World for 72 Years | Today I Learned

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National Geographic Emerging Explorer Leslie Dewan is helping to revolutionize the nuclear power industry by designing a safer, more efficient alternative to today’s reactors. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe ➡ Watch All Today I Learned Clips he
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TIL: Why Your Brain is Wrinkly | Today I Learned

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The human brain looks like a big, pinkish-gray, wrinkly walnut. There are so many folds in it that, if it could be unfolded, it could be a small tablecloth. Pinkish-gray might not match your decor, but it would be about the right size! ➡ Subscribe: http:/
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The Big Problem With The Drugs You Take

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Who makes sure the drugs you take are safe, and can you trust them? TAKE THIS SURVEY! (sponsored link): http://bit.ly/LifeNoggin Subscribe: https://bit.ly/SubLifeNoggin | Get your exclusive Life Noggin merch: http://keeponthinking.co Support Life Noggin o
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Whale Fall Actively Devoured by Scavengers at Davidson Seamount | Nautilus Live

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During the final dive of this year’s Nautilus expedition season, our team discovered a whale fall while exploring Davidson Seamount off central California’s coast with researchers from Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. The skeletal remai
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Revealing the Secrets of the Deep Ocean | Our Blue Planet | Earth Unplugged

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Profile of scientist Mandy Joye, who has dedicated her life to explore the ocean ecosystems and uncover its secrets. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubscribeToEarthUnplugged Watch more videos from Earth Unplugged: Stunning Animal Slow Motion Time-lapses: http
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Jellyfish Stinging In MICROSCOPIC SLOW MOTION - Smarter Every Day 120

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Who Built The Pyramids

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Try 23andMe: http://www.23andme.com/okay Enjoy this video? SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Who built the pyramids? The colossal geometric monuments found at Giza and elsewhere in Egypt are some of Earth’s most impr
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TIL: That's No Moon. It's Aliens. (Maybe.) | Today I Learned

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UPDATE: 11/6/2015 The SETI Institute reports that after observing the star with its Allen Telescope Array for more than two weeks, it has found no clear evidence for a signal in either narrowband transmissions, which might be used as a hailing signal for
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TIL: Archaeologists Are Coming for Your Trash | Today I Learned

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When you think of archaeology, you might think of ancient buildings or Han Solo in a fedora, but the truth is, archaeologists spend more time digging through ancient trash than avoiding ancient Peruvian blowgun traps. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubs
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The Mystery Of Paperclips

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As an innovation, the modern paperclip has a peculiar history.HISTORY OF PAPERPaper was first created in China during the first century A. Initially made from cotton and linen, these fabric papers were expensive to produce and were generally reserved for
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TIL: Cairo’s “Garbage People” Farm Their City's Trash | Today I Learned

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In this episode of Today I Learned, National Geographic Emerging Explorer Thomas Taha Rassam Culhane introduces this industrious community and explains how they’ve built a way of life around Cairo’s garbage. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe ➡ Wa
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Athlete’s Paralympic Journey Inspired by Prosthetic Tail Dolphin | Our Blue Planet | Earth Unplugged

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When quadruple amputee Ellie Challis met Winter the dolphin at Clearwater Aquarium in Florida it changed her life. Winter lost her tail as a calf and has adapted to life with a prosthetic. Elie was so inspired she decided to learn to swim and now dreams o
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This Guy Is Making Furniture and Buildings out of Your Trash | Nat Geo Live

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How many objects in your vicinity contain recycled material? Probably none. Engineer Arthur Huang is trying to change this by designing from trash new materials that can be used to make furniture, buildings, and even airplanes. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/
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Cirroteuthid Octopus Billows Like a Circus Tent | Nautilus Live

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Dancing at a depth of around 1,600 meters (5,250 feet), this elegant octopus measures an estimated 1.3 m (4.2 ft) long and entertained our watch team for more than five minutes. Its really putting on a show for us, said a researcher as the cephalopod made
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TIL: This Wasp Turns Prey Into Zombies

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If you see a cockroach scurry through your kitchen, your first reaction might be: “Arghh! A cockroach! Quick! Squish it with John Grisham!” But wait! You don’t need to sully your favorite legal caper. Instead, fetch a jewel wasp to do your bidding. These
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Should We Go to Mars?

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Jessi and Squeaks love pretending to be space explorers, visiting far-away planets! Did you know that, right now, there are scientists working on ways to send people to other planets in real life? And where better to start than our closest neighbor, Mars?
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How do you become a marine biologist? | Earth Unplugged

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Diving with sharks, whales and dolphins is part of Rachel Butler’s day job as a marine biologist and wildlife filmmaker. What’s her advice to anyone wanting to work in the ocean? Subscribe to Earth Unplugged for more amazing animal videos: http://bit.ly/S
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TIL: This Volcano Has Erupted Almost Every Hour For 94 Years | Today I Learned

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In this episode of Today I Learned, National Geographic explorer and volcanologist Stephanie Grocke explains what might be driving Santiaguito’s almost hourly eruptions. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe ➡ Watch All Today I Learned Clips here: ht
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TIL: These Spiny Sea Creatures Can Regrow Lost Body Parts | Today I Learned

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What can liquefy its limbs, throw up its own stomach and still live? Echinoderms, a group of sea creatures that can regenerate their own body parts! In this episode of Today I Learned, National Geographic Explorer Paul Bump tells you all about echinoderm’
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TIL: Why Mars's Ocean Disappeared | Today I Learned

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MARS AIRS MONDAYS 9/8c ➡Get More MARS: http://bit.ly/NatGeoMARS ➡Watch all clips of MARS here: http://bit.ly/WatchMARS Mars, the red planet, may not have always been so red. In fact, 3.5 billion years ago it had an ocean that spanned its entire northern h
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TIL: Bees Could Help Save Elephants—By Scaring Them | Today I Learned

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Elephants versus bees: Who wins? In one corner, you have the African elephant, weighing in at around 2,000 pounds. In the other, the tiny African honeybee, weighing about one-tenth of a gram. Seems like a quick win for the elephant, but the African honeyb
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TIL: How to Transform Mars into Our Second Home | Today I Learned

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MARS AIRS MONDAYS 9/8c ➡Get More MARS: http://bit.ly/NatGeoMARS ➡Watch all clips of MARS here: http://bit.ly/WatchMARS Have you ever dreamed of living on another planet? Well it might not be as sci-fi as it sounds. In this episode of Today I Learned, astr
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4 Revolutionary Riddles Resolved!

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The solution to 4 rotation-related riddles, including the mystery cylinder, bike pedal pulling puzzle, track problem, and train part going backwards. Thank you to everyone who responded, liked, shared, or made a video response.Please fill out this short s
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TIL: Orangutans Build Comfy Nests to Sleep in | Today I Learned

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Do you love jumping into a comfy bed at the end of the day? So do orangutans! ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe ➡ Watch All Today I Learned Clips here: http://bit.ly/2WatchTodayILearned ➡ Get More TIL (Today I Learned): http://bit.ly/MoreTIL Abou
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The Extreme Environments Where Astronauts Train For Space

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We all know astronauts have an exciting and dangerous job, but what kind of extreme lengths do they go to to train for space? What Does Space Smell Like? - https://youtu.be/Dn23GbsWJjE Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read Mo
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TIL: Why Do These Birds Eat Dirt? | Today I Learned

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Did you wake up today with a craving for clay, or dirt? That’s called pica, an abnormal craving for substances other than typical food. If you went ahead and acted on your impulse, it's probably a good idea to head over to your doctor’s office. Research i
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TIL: Dinosaurs May Have Danced Like Birds | Today I Learned

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Take a look out your window and you're bound to see a dinosaur or two—or at least the descendant of one. That little blue jay? Dinosaur. The obnoxious early rising crow? Dinosaur. The squirrel running up the tree? Well, that’s still a squirrel. But those
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Prehistoric Human Remains Found In Underwater Mexican Cave

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#recentarchaeology #underwaterobject #archaeological Cave divers have discovered the eerie underwater grave of an ancient woman with a deformed skull who lived on the Yucatán Peninsula around 10,000 years ago. This discovery making her one of the e
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Primitive Technology: Lime

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At the old hut site (the new one being temporarily cut off by flooding) I made lime mortar from the shells of rainforest snails by firing them in a kiln, slaking them in water, mixing them into lime putty. Limestone is basically calcium carbonate (CaCO3).
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TIL: Cicadas Can Damage Your Hearing | Today I Learned

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Imagine you spent your entire childhood, teenage years, and young adulthood stuck inside a small closet. One day, after much of your life has passed you by, you realize that you can just open up the door, change into some more appropriate clothes, and hit
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PROOF...Dinosaurs had FEATHERS!

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TIL: Mount St. Helens Has a Baby Volcano Inside It | Today I Learned

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On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens in Washington State erupted in the most explosive volcanic event in U.S. history. Fifty-seven people and countless animals died, a forest was leveled, and ash blanketed the region as far away as Minnesota. ➡ Subscribe: ht
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TIL: We Waste One-Third of Food Worldwide | Today I Learned

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When you were a kid, your mom probably made you stay at the dinner table until you finished your peas. Most of us eventually gave in, swallowing the evil little green bits like pills with milk. It was torture at the time, but mom had the right idea—and no
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TIL: Hummingbirds Are the World's Hungriest Birds | Today I Learned

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Hummingbirds are the hungriest birds in the world, burning through energy extremely fast. According to Nat Geo grantee Anusha Shankar, a human would have to eat 300 hamburgers just to match the equivalent of what hummingbirds consume to survive every day.
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The MOST FAMOUS DINOSAUR Tooth!

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TIL: Life Could Exist on Mars Thanks to Methane | Today I Learned

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Discovering life on Mars is now looking more promising. According to geobiologist Jeff Marlow, anywhere on Earth we see liquid water and enough energy, we see life. The best way to find it on Mars might be to consider what early life on Earth looked like.
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What Lives In The Deepest Place On Earth?

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Only 3 humans have ever been to the deepest known place on Earth named the Mariana Trench. What else exists nearly 11,000 meters below sea level? Get 15% off http://www.domain.com domain names and web hosting when you use coupon code DNEWS at checkout! Th
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TIL: A Bumblebee's Buzz Is Basically a Superpower | Today I Learned

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In this week's Today I Learned, National Geographic photographer and conservation filmmaker Clay Bolt explains how a bumblebee's buzz could be considered a superpower—and one far more beneficial than any run-of-the-mill, comic book variety. ➡ Subscribe: h
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TIL: Lionfish Jewelry Can Help Save the Ocean | Today I Learned

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National Geographic grantee Erin Spencer dives into this week’s Today I Learned with one of the leading threats to biodiversity: the invasive lionfish. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe ➡ Get More TIL (Today I Learned): http://bit.ly/MoreTIL Abou
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These squids can fly... no, really - Robert Siddall

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Dive into the incredible flying capabilities of squids, and how they use flight as a survival tactic.--In 1947, explorers noticed a strange phenomenon while crossing the Pacific Ocean. Somehow, small squid known to live deep beneath the waves kept appeari
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TIL: Whale Poop Freshens Our Air | Today I Learned

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The ocean produces at least 50 percent of the Earth’s oxygen, and strangely enough, whale poop is the fuel that helps keep our oceans alive. In this episode of Today I Learned, Asha de Vos tell us why we should all say thanks to whales and their poop. ➡ S
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Watch: Putting A Camera On A Whale Shark

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Engineer Graham Wilhelm joined National Geographic Emerging Explorer Brad Norman on an expedition to Ningaloo Reef, Australia’s longest fringing reef. Their goal was to deploy Crittercams on whale sharks to get a glimpse of the sharks’ underwater world an
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Fossil Hunting in the BADLANDS!

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There Are Thousands of Alien Empires in The Milky Way

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Go to https://ground.news/nutshell to get 40% off unlimited access to Ground News so you can compare coverage and think critically about the news you read. Get a very special piece of kurzgesagt you can take home (and support our channel in the process!)
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TIL: Choosing a Mars Landing Spot is Harder Than You Think | Today I Learned

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MARS AIRS MONDAYS 9/8c ➡Get More MARS: http://bit.ly/NatGeoMARS ➡Watch all clips of MARS here: http://bit.ly/WatchMARS When you have an entire planet to explore, how do you decide where to land the rover? There’s no wrong place to start, according to plan
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This Cryptic Underwater Maze Holds Life That Survives on Methane

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John Pohlman and David Brankovits dive into underwater caves to study organisms that feast on methane in total darkness. Plummet into a labyrinth of sinkholes and tunnels in the Yucatan Peninsula and see what it takes to collect untapped data. Experience
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Can We Perform Surgery in Space?

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Dr. George Pantalos and his team pioneer futuristic surgical tools for operations on astronauts and test them on NASA's zero-gravity plane. Experience intense, unique, and sometimes dangerous moments with scientists working in the field, as they explain f
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The Dangerous Truth Behind Lunar Dust

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During the first lunar missions, NASA discovered the dangerous nature of the moons dust. So as we get ready to head back, are we ready to deal with lunar dust? Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsP
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TIL: We Could Give Mars Our "Cooties" | Today I Learned

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Catching "cooties"—it's not just fodder for playground politics. What if a single hair on your head, the oils on your fingertips, or one of the thousands of droplets of saliva you expel each time you cough had the potential to jeopardize a multibillion-do
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Why Do So Many Price Tags End In .99?

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It’s very common to see the number 9 at the right end of a price tag. Why is this? Lauren explains the psychology of prices and nines in this episode of BrainStuff. Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com. Share on Facebook: Share on Twitter: Subscribe: htt
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NASAs Gold Box Will Make Oxygen on Mars

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NASAs next rover mission has a special device aboard thatll do something revolutionary: make oxygen on Mars for the first time. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Focal Point | https://bit.ly/2s0cf7w Visit our shop at http://sho
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Everything It Takes to Explore Beneath Polar Ice Caps

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The advanced age of Arctic and Antarctic exploration is here, and it's still a risky mission. This team designs custom gliding robots to collect vital data from the depths beneath diminishing ice. W\hat Are We Doing to Prepare for the Next Big Oil Spill?
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How This Next Generation Satellite Will 3D Print Itself in Space

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Made In Space is building a satellite that can 3D print itself in space. If successful, their satellite could revolutionize how we design future spacecraft. Subscribe to Seeker!http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Countdown to Launch: http://bit.ly/CT
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When Giant Amphibians Reigned

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Try CuriosityStream today: http://curiositystream.com/eons Temnospondyls were a huge group of amphibians that existed for 210 million years. And calling them ‘diverse’ would be putting it mildly. Yet in the end, two major threats would push them to extinc
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Did Dinosaurs Ever Live Alongside Humans?

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You may have been told online or at special interest museums that dinosaurs once lived alongside humans, or maybe even still live today. Here we look closely at this claim, and discover what science can tell us. This animation was based partially on two w

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