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Get To Know A Dinosaur!
641 views / 0 likes - addedDo you have any questions about dinosaurs, or anything else about nature, or outer space, or machines, then let us know by leaving a comment or emailing us at kids@thescishow.com. ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to pu
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How They Found The World's Biggest Prime Number - Numberphile
594 views / 0 likes - addedFeaturing Matt Parker... See part one at: https://youtu.be/tlpYjrbujG0 Part three on Numberphile2: https://youtu.be/jNXAMBvYe-Y Matt's interview with Curtis Cooper: https://youtu.be/q5ozBnrd5Zc The previous record: https://youtu.be/QSEKzFGpCQs Mersenne Nu
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New World's Biggest Prime Number (PRINTED FULLY ON PAPER) - Numberphile
590 views / 0 likes - addedMatt Parker on the latest Mersenne Prime to take the title of "world's biggest prime". He had it printed! More from this interview very soon, including details of how the prime was found. PART TWO: https://youtu.be/lEvXcTYqtKU PART THREE on Numberphile2:
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The Basics Of Digital Illustration
529 views / 1 likes - addedHave ever wondered how digital illustrations are made? This video explains the basics. Help us keep making videos by supporting us in https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth We try to leave jargon out of our videos, but if you want to learn more about this to
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5 Amazing Animals!
1,046 views / 0 likes - addedIt’s Valentine’s Day, and Jessi and Squeaks got Valentines from their awesome animal friends all over the world! Hang out with them as they read some silly Valentine poems and learn about the animals that sent them! ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want t
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How Software is Made
754 views / 0 likes - addedThe basics of how software is created in the industry today.Topics covered: Software, Binary, Source Code, Programming Language, Compiling, Revision Control, Bugs, Proprietary, and Open Source.Help me translate this video into your language:http://www.you
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The myth of Loki and the deadly mistletoe - Iseult Gillespie
521 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 spear-wielding stork who revolutionized science - Lucy Cooke
336 views / 1 likes - addedExplore ridiculous ancient theories of bird migration and discover how scientists finally solved one of the field's oldest mysteries.--In 1822, Count von Bothmer shot down a stork in Germany. However, the bird had already been impaled by a yard-long woode
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Savitri and Satyavan: The legend of the princess who outwitted Death - Iseult Gillespie
521 views / 2 likes - addedDig into the tale of Princess Savitri and her one true love, Satyavan, and the tragic prophecy that entwined their fates forever.--Princess Savitri was benevolent, brilliant, and bright. Her grace was known throughout the land, and many princes and mercha
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A brief history of divorce - Rod Phillips
245 views / 0 likes - addedDig into the complicated history of divorce from the earliest known divorce laws in ancient Mesopotamia to modern day. --Formally or informally, human societies across place and time have made rules to bind and dissolve couples. The stakes of who can obta
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Can origami save your life? - Evan Zodl
295 views / 0 likes - addedDig into the mathematical rules and patterns of folding origami, the ancient Japanese art of paper folding. --Origami, which literally translates to folding paper, is a Japanese practice dating back to at least the 17th century. In origami, a single, trad
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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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The incredible, bendable, twistable, expandable elephant trunk - Chase LaDue & Bruce A. Schulte
1,186 views / 4 likes - addedDiscover the incredible ways elephants use their trunks to sense and communicate information and emotion. --As a breeze blows through the savannah, a snake-shaped tube stretches into the air and scans the horizon like a periscope. But its not seeing its s
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The surprising secrets of hummingbird flight - Kristiina J. Hurme and Alejandro Rico-Guevara
259 views / 1 likes - addedDig into the incredible fighting, feeding, and flying capabilities of hummingbirds.--In just a matter of seconds, hummingbirds can perform astonishing aerial acrobatics, eat lunch in midair, pollinate a flower, even escape threats while upside-down. And t
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Why are airplanes slower than they used to be? - Alex Gendler
245 views / 1 likes - addedWhy arent commercial flights getting faster? Dig into the technological and environmental problems facing supersonic flight. --In 1996, a British Airways plane flew from New York to London in a record-breaking two hours and fifty-three minutes. Today, how
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Meet the bluefin tuna, the toughest fish in the sea - Grantly Galland and Raiana McKinney
314 views / 3 likes - addedDiscover the unique adaptations that make the Atlantic bluefin tuna one of the most dominant predators in the ocean.--Whats as big as a polar bear, swallows its prey whole, and swims at forty miles an hour? Its not a shark or a killer whale... its the Atl
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Run, sail, or hide? How to survive the destruction of Pompeii - Gary Devore
291 views / 4 likes - addedDownload a free audiobook version of Into Thin Air and support TED-Ed's nonprofit mission: https://www.audible.com/ted-ed--Its a bustling day in Pompeii. After a quick visit to the market, Fabia spots her brothers, Lucius and Marcus, crossing the Forum. T
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A day in the life of an Ancient Greek oracle - Mark Robinson
277 views / 0 likes - addedFollow Aristonike, an Oracle-in-training in Delphi, as she studies to become the Pythia and communicate Apollos will and prophecies.--As the sun rises over Delphi in 500 BCE, Aristonike hurries to the temple of Apollo where a single oracle known as the Py
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Why was India split into two countries? - Haimanti Roy
400 views / 2 likes - addedDig into the 1947 Partition of India, when Britain split the region into two states, India and Pakistan, and the mass migrations and violence that followed.--In 1947, the British viceroy announced that after 200 years of British rule, India would gain ind
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The most notorious scientific feud in history - Lukas Rieppel
192 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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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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The infamous overpopulation bet: Simon vs. Ehrlich - Soraya Field Fiorio
233 views / 0 likes - addedDiscover an infamous bet between two professors, which sought to predict whether the earth would run out of resources due to a growing human population.--In 1980, Paul Ehrlich and Julian Simon bet $1,000 on a question with stakes that couldnt be higher: w
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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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What happened to the lost Kingdom of Kush? - Geoff Emberling
163 views / 0 likes - addedTrace the rise and fall of the Kingdom of Kush, an overlooked ancient African civilization which fought off both the Egyptians and Romans. --Along the Nile River, in what is now northern Sudan, lay the ancient civilization of Kush. Though they were once c
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The surprisingly long history of electric cars - Daniel Sperling and Gil Tal
174 views / 0 likes - addedCan electric cars reclaim their place on the road? Discover how developments in battery technology are making these cars more efficient and powerful.--By the end of the 19th century, nearly 40% of American cars were electric. But these vehicles had a few
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Nature's fortress: How cacti keep water in and predators out - Lucas C. Majure
185 views / 0 likes - addedDiscover the adaptations that allow cacti to not only survive, but thrive, in some of the harshest desert climates on Earth. --If you were a jackrabbit in the desert, youd be glad to stumble across a cactus: the flesh of these plants is a water source for
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The dark history of Mount Rushmore - Ned Blackhawk and Jeffrey D. Means
438 views / 2 likes - addedUncover the hidden history of the building of Mount Rushmore, and how its creation destroyed sacred Native American land.--Between 1927 and 1941, workers blasted 450,000 tons of rock from a mountainside using chisels, jackhammers, and dynamite. Gradually,
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Can you solve the birthday cake riddle? - Marie Brodsky
200 views / 0 likes - addedPractice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/TedEd--Your friends birthday is tomorrow, and hes turning well youve forgotten. A ginormous cake has been prepared and your job is to sculpt his age as the chocolate centerpiece. The birthday boy is a
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Why doesn't everyone have a jetpack? - Richard Browning
3,776 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the physics of how jetpacks fly, and discover the technology that allows pilots to maneuver the engines.--In 1961, Yuri Gagarin piloted a spacecraft in humanitys first manned space flight. A week later, Bell Aerosystems debuted a gas-powered rocke
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The myth of the moon goddess - Cynthia Fay Davis
428 views / 0 likes - addedDig into the Maya myth of the moon goddess, Ix Chel, and follow her story as she falls in and out of love with the sun god. --The sun god was in love with the moon goddess, Ix Chel. But the goddess grandfather was very possessive, and would not let the su
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Could a solar storm destroy modern civilization? - Fabio Pacucci
161 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the science of solar storms, and find out why they occur and just how prepared we are for a major event. --In September 1859, miners following the Colorado gold rush woke up to another sunny day. Or so they thought. To their surprise, they soon di
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How to make a 3D gif | Do Try This At Home | We The Curious
157 views / 0 likes - addedIs seeing really believing? Optical illusions can play tricks with your mind, but Ross of the Live Science Team shows you how to use science to fool your eyes and your brain into turning two 2D images into a single 3-dimensional, stereoscopic gif.We used
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Can you solve the feeding frenzy riddle? - Henri Picciotto
311 views / 0 likes - addedPractice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/TedEd--As Numberlands best detective, you thought youd seen it all. But the desiccated corpses of prominent natural numbers have been showing up all over the city. A lockdown is ordered from sundown t
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How does heart transplant surgery work? - Roni Shanoada
197 views / 0 likes - addedDig into the science of how heart transplants happen, how donors are matched and find out how this complex surgery saves lives.--Your heart beats more than 100,000 times a day. In just a minute, it pumps over five liters of blood throughout your body. But
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Meet the microbes that could eat your trash - Tierney Thys and Christian Sardet
144 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the possibility of plastivores organisms that can eat and break down plastic helping reduce the plastic waste on Earth.--Each year humanity produces roughly 400 million tons of plastic, 80% of which is discarded as trash. Of that plastic waste, on
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This weird trick will help you summon an army of worms - Kenny Coogan
203 views / 0 likes - addedDiscover the tradition of worm grunting, and find out why earthworms come to the surface when they sense vibrations in the earth.--In the middle of Floridas Apalachicola National Forest, a bizarre, almost magical scene is unraveling. Sliding a metal strip
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The original ring of power - Alex Gendler
270 views / 0 likes - addedDownload a free audiobook version of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and support TED-Ed's nonprofit mission: https://www.audible.com/ted-ed--More than 2,000 years ago, the Greek philosopher Plato recounted the legend of the Ring of Gyges
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How to write like the best-selling author of all time - Jamie Bernthal
191 views / 0 likes - addedDig into Agatha Christies writing style to find out how she crafted her mystery novels and how to employ these strategies in your own work. --With almost 100 mystery novels, each one a cleverly constructed puzzle box of clues, misdirection, and human dram
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Can you solve the alien pyramid riddle? - Henri Picciotto
281 views / 0 likes - addedYou and your team of scientists are trapped on Mars. Can you figure out how to survive on the desert planet?--Today is the anniversary of the best-worst day of your life. The best part was discovering a subterranean city on Mars. The worst part was when y
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Whats the smartest age? - Shannon Odell
353 views / 0 likes - addedAt what age are you smartest? Dig into how your brain development affects your skills at different stages of your life.--Tomorrow is the annual Brain Clash a decathlon of mental challenges, trivia competitions, and puzzles. Amir needs a smart and capable
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Could one vaccine protect against everything?
457 views / 0 likes - addedExplore how scientists are developing a flu vaccine that would protect you against every strain even ones that dont exist yet.--Theres a vaccine being developed now that would protect you against every strain of the flu even ones that dont exist yet. But
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Why plague doctors wore beaked masks
137 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the history of the European plague doctor, and find out where their iconic outfit of a beaked mask and robe came from.--The year is 1656. Your body is wracked by violent chills. Your head pounds and you're too weak to sit up. In your feverish stat
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The best way to apologize (according to science)
129 views / 0 likes - addedExplore what to do and not to do in order to deliver an authentic apology and make amends in a variety of situations.--Over the years, people have come up with some truly awful apologies. From classic non-apologies, to evasive excuses, and flimsy corporat
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History vs. Thomas Jefferson - Frank Cogliano
237 views / 0 likes - addedThomas Jefferson was a founding father of the United States but were his principles outweighed by his participation in slavery?--Thomas Jefferson, founding father of the United States and primary author of the Declaration of Independence, was part of Amer
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How to deal with rejection
111 views / 0 likes - addedDig into the psychology of why rejection causes us pain, and explore strategies to cope with this common experience.--Rejection hurts. Its incredibly painful to feel like youre not wanted and we do mean painful. Researchers found that we relate rejection
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Can you freeze your body and come back to life? - Shannon N. Tessier
958 views / 3 likes - addedDig into the field of cryobiology and explore the possibility of humans being frozen and preserved for future resurrection.--In 1967, James Bedford had a plan to cheat death. He was the first person to be cryogenically frozen. This process promised to pre
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The continents are moving. When will they collide? - Jean-Baptiste P. Koehl
158 views / 0 likes - addedDig into the science of plate tectonics to find out when the next supercontinent will emerge and how it could affect Earths environment.--In the early 20th century, Alfred Wegener's theory of Continental Drift laid the foundation for our modern theory of
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Puke, poop and tiny cockroaches: How the leafcutter ant queen runs her farm - Charles Wallace
119 views / 0 likes - addedTake a look inside the leafcutter ant colony as a queen begins her reign and the ants work to sustain their supply of fungus.--In a Texas clearing, an ancient tale that ties four species together is unfurling. The first involved is a soon-to-be queen leaf
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The epic tale of the wind goddess' gift - Sydney Iaukea
179 views / 0 likes - addedGet to know the Hawaiian legend of the sacred wind gourd and follow Pakaa's fight to restore his rightful place beside the king.--Long ago, the Hawaiian wind goddess wielded a gourd that housed the winds of the Islands. It came to hold her bones, along wi
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The rise and fall of the Mughal Empire - Stephanie Honchell Smith
91 views / 0 likes - addedTrace the rise and fall of the Mughal Empire, which became one of the wealthiest and most powerful states in the early modern world.--Though he was descended from some of the worlds most successful conquerors, Babur struggled to gain a foothold among the
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Can you outsmart Fate and break her ancient curse? - Dan Finkel
148 views / 0 likes - addedPractice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/TedEd--Hundreds of years ago, your ancestor stole a magical tarot deck from Fate herself and it came with a terrible cost. Once every 23 years, one member of your family must face Fate in a duel with
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Who is the fastest creature in mythology? - Iseult Gillespie
178 views / 0 likes - addedWitness the clash of mythologys speediest supernaturals in an epic race and find out which creature is the fastest.--Its time for the Myth Olympics: the eternal arena in which creatures and deities compete for glory. Almost every mythical tradition claims
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Can you solve the time traveling car riddle? - Dan Finkel
135 views / 0 likes - addedPractice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/TedEdYou and the professor have driven your DeLorean back to the past to fix issues with the spacetime continuum caused by your time traveling. But another DeLorean appears with older versions of you
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Science vs. Pseudoscience - Siska De Baerdemaeker
1,068 views / 0 likes - addedGet to know 3 factors that can help you identify pseudoscience, and find out how it differs from actual science.--Pseudoscience is a set of theories, methods, and assumptions that appear scientific, but arent. In the worst cases, pseudoscience practitione
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How the water you flush becomes the water you drink - Francis de los Reyes
136 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the science of wastewater treatment, and find out why water reuse has become increasingly common worldwide.--In 2003, Singapores national water agency launched an unprecedented program to provide more than 50% of their nations water supply by recy
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This is what happens when you hit the gas - Shannon Odell
3,229 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the differences between how a cars internal combustion engine and an electric vehicles induction motor use fuel.--In 2015, two men drove a Volkswagen across the US on just over 100 gallons of fuel. Their 81-mile-per-gallon performance doubled the
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3 tips on how to study effectively
979 views / 1 likes - addedExplore how the brain learns and stores information, and find out how to apply this for more effective study techniques.--A 2006 study took a class of surgical residents and split them into two groups. Each received the same study materials, but one group
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What really caused the Irish Potato Famine - Stephanie Honchell Smith
86 views / 0 likes - addedDig into what caused the Irish potato famine, and explore how the UK governments response turned the crisis into a catastrophe.--For over 200 years, potatoes thrived in Ireland; roughly half the countrys residents lived almost entirely on potatoes. But wh
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Why did the US try to kill all the bison? - Andrew C. Isenberg
47 views / 0 likes - addedExplore how the US government hunted bison to near-extinction in the 1800s to force Native Americans onto reservations.--By the mid-1700s, many Plains nations survived on North Americas largest land mammals: bison. They ate its meat, made the hides into w
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The largest river on Earth is actually in the sky - Iseult Gillespie
1,193 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the Amazon rainforests flying rivers, and dig into why these invisible waterways are essential to life on Earth.--The largest rainforest in the world, the Amazon, exists between two rivers but not in the way you might think. At ground level, the A
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The real reason dodo birds went extinct - Leon Claessens
27 views / 1 likes - addedUncover the most common misperceptions about dodos, and find out the truth of how the flightless birds actually went extinct.--Dodos are commonly considered brainless, blundering birds that were poorly adapted and doomed to die off, making their human-med
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Why can't you put metal in a microwave? - Aaron Slepkov
525 views / 3 likes - addedDig into the science of how microwave ovens use electromagnetic waves to heat your food, and what you should avoid cooking in them.--In 1945, engineer Percy Spencer was standing near a RADAR device that produced high-intensity microwaves and noticed that
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When is anger justified? A philosophical inquiry - Delaney Thull
30 views / 0 likes - addedExplore different philosophers ideas about anger and dig into their theories on how we should handle this complicated emotion.--Anger is a complicated emotion. It can feel reasonable and righteous or impulsive and uncontrollable. Anger can be an important
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The Oldest Unsolved Problem in Math
51 views / 0 likes - addedDo odd perfect numbers exist? Head to https://brilliant.org/veritasium to start your free 30-day trial, and the first 200 people get 20% off an annual premium subscription.If youre looking for a molecular modeling kit, try Snatoms, a kit I invented where
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What Earth in 2050 could look like - Shannon Odell
26 views / 0 likes - addedWhat could our future world look like if we continue to do nothing about climate change? Take a look at the possibilities.--While were already feeling the devastating effects of human-caused climate change, governments continue to fall short on making and
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The Nazis recruited to win the Cold War - Brian Crim
25 views / 1 likes - addedDig into Operation Paperclip, a secret intelligence program which brought scientists from Nazi Germany to the US after WWII.--In May of 1945 the Third Reich was in chaos. Adolf Hitler was dead and German surrender was imminent. But while World War II was
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