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This Is Not A Bee
1,438 views / 0 likes - addedIt can be hard to distinguish bees from all the other insects out there that look like bees. Thanks also to our supporters on https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth ___________________________________________ If you want to learn more about this topic, start
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Why Its So Hard To Recycle Styrofoam and Polystyrene | World Wide Waste
228 views / 0 likes - addedMany people think Styrofoam or polystyrene foam can't be recycled. It can, but because the product is mostly air, it's hard to do it profitably. One company in Mexico City figured out how.CORRECTION: A previous version of this video incorrectly stated tha
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Can you solve the dark matter fuel riddle? - Dan Finkel
517 views / 0 likes - addedAn ancient, abandoned alien space station has been discovered. Can you beat everyone in the galaxy and reach it first?--Its an incredible discovery: an abandoned alien space station filled with precursor technology. Now every species in the galaxy is in a
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Are There Dead Wasps In Figs?
619 views / 1 likes - addedFigs aren't exactly fruits...but that's not the only bizarre thing about them. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1FkxVLb ‖ Twitter! https://twitter.com/gross_science ‖ Tumblr! http://grossscience.tumblr.com/ ↓Want more info?↓ Great 1977 paper by J. Galil on Fig Bi
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How do ocean currents work? - Jennifer Verduin
1,743 views / 0 likes - addedDive into the science of ocean currents (including the Global Conveyor Belt current), and find out how climate change affects them. -- In 1992, a cargo ship carrying bath toys got caught in a storm. Shipping containers washed overboard, and the waves swep
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This one weird trick will help you spot clickbait - Jeff Leek & Lucy McGowan
418 views / 0 likes - addedTest your wits with a set of hypothetical health studies and find out just how good you are at spotting clickbait.--Health headlines are published every day, sometimes making opposite claims from each other. There can be a disconnect between broad, attent
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Can you solve the honeybee riddle? - Dan Finkel
435 views / 1 likes - addedPractice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/TedEd/ --Youre a biologist on a mission to keep the rare honeybee Apis Trifecta from going extinct. The last 60 bees of the species are in your terrarium. Youve already constructed wire frames of the
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Animal Size Comparison
1,185 views / 1 likes - addedDear world, As people were always demanding comparison movies, and wanted to see a zoom into microscopic things, I noticed how complicated the realm of elementary particles is. Maybe another time. But what about life? How small can it go? It makes you rea
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Can you solve the cuddly duddly fuddly wuddly riddle? - Dan Finkel
1,096 views / 1 likes - addedYouve promised to get your son the cutest creature in creation: the cuddly. Can you outsmart the cuddly incubator and go home a hero?--Youve promised to get your son the cutest creature in creation: the cuddly. Its part of the Wuddly species, cousin to th
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How to see more and care less: The art of Georgia O'Keeffe - Iseult Gillespie
340 views / 1 likes - addedGet to know the life and works of painter and sculptor Georgia OKeeffe, whose art became a cornerstone of American Modernism. --Feeling disconnected from creating art within classical conventions, artist Georgia OKeeffe began experimenting with abstract d
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Why should you read Kafka on the Shore? - Iseult Gillespie
437 views / 0 likes - addedFollow the entwined destinies of Kafka and Nakata in Haruki Murakamis mind-bending novel Kafka on the Shore.--Desperate to escape his tyrannical father and the family curse he feels doomed to repeat, Haruki Murakamis teenage protagonist renames himself Ka
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Why do people fear the wrong things? - Gerd Gigerenzer
333 views / 0 likes - addedHow can we use statistics to evaluate risk? Dig into the difference between relative risk and absolute risk and how each is used in the news.--A new drug reduces the risk of heart attacks by 40%. Shark attacks are up by a factor of two. Drinking a liter o
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A day in the life of an Aztec midwife - Kay Read
400 views / 0 likes - addedJoin the Aztec midwife Xoquauhtli as she tends to her patients and honors the warrior goddess Teteoinnan at a festival ushering in the season of warfare.--The midwife Xoquauhtli has a difficult choice to make. She owes a debt to her patron Teteoinnan, the
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Is the weather actually becoming more extreme? - R. Saravanan
436 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the differences between weather and climate what they are, how we predict them, and what those predictions can tell us. --From 2016 to 2019, the world saw record-breaking heat waves, rampant wildfires, and the longest run of category 5 tropical cy
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A brief history of dogs - David Ian Howe
945 views / 1 likes - addedTrace the history of how wolves, one of humanity’s oldest rivals, evolved into the domesticated dogs we call “man’s best friend.” -- Since their emergence over 200,000 years ago, modern humans have established communities all over the planet. But they did
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The Greek myth of Talos, the first robot - Adrienne Mayor
675 views / 2 likes - addedGet to know the myth of Talos, a robot powered by ichor and created by Hephaestus to defend the island kingdom of Crete from intruders. --Hephaestus, god of technology, was hard at work on his most ingenious invention yet. He was creating a new defense sy
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Which type of milk is best for you? - Jonathan J. OSullivan & Grace E. Cunningham
1,582 views / 4 likes - addedDive into the most popular milks dairy, almond, soy and oat to find out which is healthiest for you and for the planet.--If you go to the store in search of milk, there are a dizzying number of products to choose from. Theres dairy milk, but also plant-ba
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Einstein's twin paradox explained - Amber Stuver
1,308 views / 0 likes - addedFollow two astronauts into outer space to explore time dilation and Einsteins theory of relativity through the Twin Paradox thought experiment. --On their 20th birthday, identical twin astronauts volunteer for an experiment. Terra will remain on Earth, wh
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How do antidepressants work? - Neil R. Jeyasingam
283 views / 0 likes - addedDig into the discovery of antidepressant drugs, how they work, and what we still dont know about depression.--In the 1950s, the discovery of two new drugs sparked what would become a multi-billion dollar market for antidepressants. Neither drug was intend
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Why should you read The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan? - Sheila Marie Orfano
398 views / 0 likes - addedGet to know Amy Tans novel The Joy Luck Club, a series of interconnected vignettes centered around four Chinese American families. --In her Auntie An-meis home, Jing-Mei reluctantly takes her seat at the eastern corner of the mahjong table. At the north,
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How do self-driving cars see? - Sajan Saini
753 views / 0 likes - addedTake a look at the LIDAR and integrated photonics technologies that help self-driving cars navigate obstacles, no matter the environment, weather or light.--Its late, pitch dark and a self-driving car winds down a narrow country road. Suddenly, three haza
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The chaotic brilliance of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat - Jordana Moore Saggese
486 views / 1 likes - addedLearn about the life of American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, from his start as part of graffiti duo SAMO to his rise as an internationally renowned painter. -- Like Beat writers who composed their work by shredding and reassembling scraps of writing, art
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Licking bees and pulping trees: The reign of a wasp queen - Kenny Coogan
1,283 views / 5 likes - addedTake a look inside a hive as a wasp queen begins her reign; founding a colony, hunting to feed her brood and defending against intruders. -- As the sun rises, something royal stirs inside a pile of firewood. It's the wasp queen; one of thousands who mated
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How does laser eye surgery work? - Dan Reinstein
703 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the eye-opening science of LASIK: corrective laser eye surgery that focuses on reshaping the cornea to fix blurry vision.--In 1948, Spanish ophthalmologist Jose Ignacio Barraquer Moner was fed up with glasses. He wanted a solution for blurry visio
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The Gauntlet| Think Like A Coder, Ep 8
357 views / 0 likes - addedThe adventure continues! Episode 8: Ethic and Hedge find themselves at a gauntlet of forking paths. Can they find the right one before theyre captured?--This is episode 8 of our animated series Think Like A Coder. This 10-episode narrative follows a girl,
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The imaginary king who changed the real world - Matteo Salvadore
357 views / 0 likes - addedGet to know the legend of the king known as Prester John, whose myth would impact the decisions of European leaders for 400 years. --In 1165, copies of a strange letter began to circulate throughout Europe. It spoke of a fantastical realm, containing the
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The tale of the boy who tricked the Devil - Iseult Gillespie
629 views / 2 likes - addedDiscover the tale of the lovestruck boy sent into Hell to steal 3 hairs from the Devil to appease his true love's father, the king.--In a small town, a proud mother showed off her newborn son. Upon noticing his lucky birthmark, townsfolk predicted he woul
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The myth of Loki and the deadly mistletoe - Iseult Gillespie
522 views / 2 likes - addedDiscover the Norse myth of Baldur, the most beloved being in Asgard, and how the trickster god Loki plotted his death. --Baldur was the gentlest and most beloved being in all of Asgard. But lately, he had been plagued by gruesome visions foretelling his o
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The strange history of the world's most stolen painting - Noah Charney
430 views / 0 likes - addedDiscover Jan van Eycks masterpiece, the Ghent Altarpiece, and explore how it became the worlds most stolen artwork.--Throughout six centuries, the Ghent Altarpiece, also called The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, has been burned, forged, and raided in three
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Why do you get a fever when you're sick? - Christian Moro
989 views / 6 likes - addedDiscover what happens in your body when you have a fever and why its role in our immune response remains a mystery to scientists. --There are many mysteries around fever, but we do know that all mammals, some birds and even a few invertebrate and plant sp
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The method that can "prove" almost anything - James A. Smith
2,955 views / 2 likes - addedExplore the data analysis method known as p-hacking, where data is misrepresented as statistically significant.--In 2011, a group of researchers conducted a study designed to find an impossible result. Their study involved real people, truthfully reported
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Who decides whats in the dictionary? - Ilan Stavans
303 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the history of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary and find out how old words get redefined and how new words are added. --While the concept of a dictionary dates back to ancient civilizations, the first English dictionary wasnt published until 1604. I
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Why British People Can't Donate Blood in America
254 views / 0 likes - addedGet 1 year of both Nebula and CuriosityStream for just 14.79 here: http://curiositystream.com/realscience using the code "realscience"New streaming platform: https://watchnebula.com/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/realscienceTwitter: https://twitter.com/
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The most notorious scientific feud in history - Lukas Rieppel
194 views / 0 likes - addedGet to know one of the most infamous scientific rivalries in history, known as the Bone Wars, where two scientists competed to find dinosaur fossils.--After the California Gold Rush of 1848, settlers streamed west to strike it rich. In addition to preciou
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What is MSG, and is it actually bad for you? - Sarah E. Tracy
201 views / 0 likes - addedDig into the seasoning known as MSG, and find out how this flavoring was developed and if its actually bad for your health.--In 1968, Dr. Robert Ho Man Kwok felt ill after dinner at a Chinese restaurant and wrote a letter to a medical journal connecting h
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Who decides how long a second is? - John Kitching
442 views / 2 likes - addedDiscover how scientists developed atomic clocks, which use the vibrations of atoms to measure and maintain a globally consistent time.--In 1967, researchers gathered to answer a long-running scientific question: just how long is a second? It might seem ob
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Whats the best fuel for your car?
596 views / 0 likes - addedDig into which fuel gasoline, electric, biofuels, or electrofuels is both affordable for consumers and sustainable for the planet.--Historically, most cars have run on gasoline, but that doesnt have to be the case in the future: other liquid fuels and ele
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The worlds most painful insect sting - Justin Schmidt
296 views / 1 likes - addedFind out whether a honeybee, a tarantula hawk wasp, or a bullet ant has the most painful insect sting, and what each of their stings feel like. --One of these three creatures is thought to possess the worlds most painful insect sting: theres an ant that f
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Axolotls: The salamanders that snack on each other (but don't die) - Luis Zambrano
490 views / 1 likes - addedDiscover the extraordinary regenerative powers of the axolotl, a salamander native to Mexico and one of sciences most studied animals.--Axolotls are one of sciences most studied animals. Why, you ask? These extraordinary salamanders are masters of regener
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The myth of the boiling frog
292 views / 0 likes - addedExplore how greenhouse gas emissions impact global warming and why its necessary to get emissions down to net zero. --Since 1850, global average temperatures have risen by 1 degree Celsius. That may not sound like a lot, but it is. Why? 1 degree is an ave
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Debunking the myth of the Lost Cause: A lie embedded in American history - Karen L. Cox
302 views / 1 likes - addedExamine the myth of the Lost Cause: a campaign created by pro-Confederates after the Civil War to promote the lie that they seceded for state's rights.--In the 1860s, 11 southern states withdrew from the United States and formed the Confederacy. They sece
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Can you be awake and asleep at the same time? - Masako Tamaki
220 views / 0 likes - addedDiscover the phenomenon known as asymmetrical sleep, where parts of an animal's brain are asleep while other areas remain active.--Many animals need sleep. But all of the threats and demands animals face dont just go away when its time to doze. Thats why
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The Deadliest Being on Planet Earth – The Bacteriophage
1,282 views / 2 likes - addedA war has been raging for billions of years, killing trillions every single day, while we don’t even notice. This war involves the single deadliest being on our planet: The Bacteriophage. Created with scientific advice and editing by James Gurney. Kurzges
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Why good ideas get trapped in the valley of death and how to rescue them
310 views / 1 likes - addedExplore why zero-carbon technologies are vulnerable to the valley of death in product development and how we can change it.--All new products must pass through the "valley of death" before they reach the market. Many never make it out, and sometimes thats
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Can you solve the rogue submarine riddle? - Alex Rosenthal
291 views / 1 likes - addedPractice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/TedEd--Smuggling yourself aboard the rogue submarine was the easy part. Hacking into the nuclear missile launch override a little harder. And youve got a problem: you dont have the override code. You
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Watch a prodigy create -- from four notes in a hat
879 views / 1 likes - added60 Minutes pulls four musical notes out of hat, and young composer Alma Deutscher takes off, improvising a piano sonata in under a minute Subscribe to the "60 Minutes" Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/1S7CLRu Watch Full Episodes of "60 Minutes" HERE: http://cb
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