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Whats the point(e) of ballet? - Ming Luke
391 views / 0 likes - addedHow does ballet convey narrative, emotion, and character? Dive into The Sleeping Beauty to see how a ballet creates its essential elements. --A baby cursed at birth. A fierce battle of good and evil. A true love awoken with a kiss. Since premiering in 189
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Whats a squillo, and why do opera singers need it? - Ming Luke
404 views / 0 likes - addedDiscover the techniques opera singers use to project their voices over the orchestra and the importance of a singers squillo. --An orchestra fills an opera house with music, but a singers voice soars above the instruments. Its melody rings out across thou
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Population, Sustainability, and Malthus: Crash Course World History 215
1,141 views / 0 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about population. So, how many people can reasonably live on the Earth? Thomas Malthus got it totally wrong in the 19th century, but for some reason, he keeps coming up when we talk about population. In 1800, the human popu
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Population Pyramids: Powerful Predictors Of The Future - Kim Preshoff
934 views / 1 likes - addedView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/population-pyramids-powerful-predictors-of-the-future-kim-preshoff Population statistics are like crystal balls -- when examined closely, they can help predict a country's future (and give important clues about
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Human Population Through Time
495 views / 0 likes - addedIt took 200,000 years for our human population to reach 1 billion—and only 200 years to reach 7 billion. But growth has begun slowing, as women have fewer babies on average. When will our global population peak? And how can we minimize our impact on
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Changes in Income, Population, or Preferences
653 views / 0 likes - addedHow demand can be effected by changes in income, population or preferences More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=do1HDIdfQkU
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Statistics: Variance of a Population
472 views / 0 likes - addedVariance of a population. More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=6JFzI1DDyyk
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Comparing Population Proportions 1
726 views / 0 likes - addedComparing Population Proportions 1 More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=a1Ye5RcWOqg
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Comparing Population Proportions 2
667 views / 0 likes - addedComparing Population Proportions 2 More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=MNbat1lrJW4
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Statistics: Sample vs. Population Mean
492 views / 0 likes - addedThe difference between the mean of a sample and the mean of a population.
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Thomas Malthus and Population Growth
680 views / 1 likes - addedThomas Malthus's views on population. Malthusian limits. More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=r1ywppAJ1xs
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Hypothesis Test Comparing Population Proportions
722 views / 0 likes - addedHypothesis Test Comparing Population Proportions More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=dvSa_tx04hw
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Land Productivity Limiting Human Population
776 views / 0 likes - addedThinking about how we get Calories from the land limits human population densities More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=xM8szz4VB28
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Population Genetics: When Darwin Met Mendel - Crash Course Biology #18
932 views / 0 likes - addedHank talks about population genetics, which helps to explain the evolution of populations over time by combing the principles of Mendel and Darwin, and by means of the Hardy-Weinberg equation. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dft.ba/-8
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Population Ecology: The Texas Mosquito Mystery - Crash Course Ecology #2
1,275 views / 1 likes - addedPopulation ecology is the study of groups within a species that interact mostly with each other, and it examines how they live together in one geographic area to understand why these populations are different in one time and place than they are in another
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The Mayor of a Ghost Town (Population: 1)
650 views / 0 likes - addedWelcome to Ballarat, California, population one. Located in the heart of the unforgiving Death Valley, the former mining supply town has been abandoned for nearly 100 years. Were it not for Rock Novak, the town’s only resident, Ballarat would belong to th
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Human Population Growth - Crash Course Ecology #3
1,777 views / 0 likes - addedIf being alive on Earth were a contest, humans would win it hands down. We're like the Michael Phelps of being alive, but with 250,000 times more gold medals. Today Hank is here to tell us the specifics of why and how human population growth has happened
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Defusing the Population Bomb
759 views / 1 likes - addedThank you to Bill and Melinda Gates for supporting PBS Digital Studios. If you’d like to take a look at the 2018 Annual Letter, you can check it out here http://b-gat.es/2Cfph0j ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Don’t miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►►
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PIG POPULATION - DOGCRAFT (EP.184)
941 views / 6 likes - addedIn the aftermath of Butch's terror, we have a lot of pigs hanging around Dogcraft now. Episode 185 will be out on Wednesday. SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/1nhrJK5 TWITTER: http://www.twitter.com/stacysays VLOGGING: http://www.youtube.com/stacyvlogs MERCH: http
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Overview Of The Bolshevik Revolution
564 views / 0 likes - addedOverview of the Bolshevik Revolution and the end of the Romanov Dynasty.
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Eating Chinas 1,000-Year-Old Egg
322 views / 0 likes - addedCentury eggs dont look anything like the eggs you might be used to. Cut one open, and youll find an albumen thats brown jelly and a yolk thats shades of black and brownish green. They are considered a delicacy in China, dating back to the Ming Dynasty. Qi
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What Maximum Security Meant for Ancient Tomb Raiders
587 views / 0 likes - addedThe Han dynasty tombs were packed with some of the empire's most valuable relics. To guard against theft, colossal stones, each weighing six tons, were cut to block the passageways from relentless tomb raiders. From: RAIDERS OF THE JADE EMPIRE http://bit.
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Great Pyramid of Giza
667 views / 0 likes - addedGreat Pyramid of Giza Ancient Egypt, 2580–2560 BC (4th dynasty) Beginning construction on 2580 BC, the great Pyramid was built for Pharaoh Khufu, son of Snefru and second ruler of the 4th dynasty as a tomb. Support the cartoons on patreon: https://www.pat
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Columbus, de Gama, and Zheng He! 15th Century Mariners. Crash Course: World History #21
1,160 views / 0 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about the beginning of the so-called Age of Discovery. You've probably heard of Christopher Columbus, who "discovered" America in 1492, but what about Vasco da Gama? How about Zheng He? Columbus gets a bad rap from many mod
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Relocating A 3-ton Rhino In Nepal (360 Video)
675 views / 0 likes - addedNepal was once home to thousands of Greater One-Horned Rhinos, but poaching decimated the population. Our team provided support to WWF to translocate five rhinos in Nepal and our cameras captured the story as they were moved more than 250 miles to their n
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Statistics: Alternate Variance Formulas
510 views / 0 likes - addedPlaying with the formula for variance of a population. More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=sRVGcYGjUk8
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Hardy-Weinberg Principle
520 views / 0 likes - addedUnderstanding allele and genotype frequency in population in Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium.
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12 Year Old Terrarium - Life Inside a closed jar, Over a decade in isolation
361 views / 0 likes - addedIn this video we take a look at the terrarium my brother made during his childhood. This terrarium was made between 2007 - 2008. This makes the terrarium at least 12 years old. Inside there is a variety of organisms. All of which have persisted within the
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Introduction to Evolution and Natural Selection
536 views / 0 likes - addedIntroduction to evolution, variation in a population and natural selection More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=GcjgWov7mTM
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Why Are Some People Left-handed? - Daniel M. Abrams
910 views / 1 likes - addedView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-are-some-people-left-handed-daniel-m-abrams Today, about one-tenth of the world's population are southpaws. Why are such a small proportion...
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Margin of Error 1
644 views / 0 likes - addedFinding the 95% confidence interval for the proportion of a population voting for a candidate. More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=OwPSuHXmiPw
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Margin of Error 2
555 views / 0 likes - addedFinding the 95% confidence interval for the proportion of a population voting for a candidate. More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=YclQE2XtaLw
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Why Overpopulation Isnt the Problem You Think It Is
890 views / 0 likes - addedAround 390,000 new humans are born every day. So, on a planet with dwindling resources and an increasing strain on natural systems is curbing our booming population the key to solving our environmental woes? Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribesee
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Statistics: Sample Variance
490 views / 0 likes - addedUsing the variance of a sample to estimate the variance of a population More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=Qf3RMGXR-h8
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Aerial Fish Dropping by Plane
648 views / 1 likes - addedThe Utah wildlife department drops about 1,000 fish into lakes from airplanes to restock their population (happens near end of clip). Thankfully, 95% of the fish survive the drop.
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Rising sea levels could displace millions of Americans by 2100
625 views / 1 likes - addedA recent study published in Nature Climate Change projects that over 4 million residents of the continental US could be affected if sea levels rise 3 feet by the end of the century. The researchers calculated the number of at-risk residents by looking at
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Why Las Vegas's Landscape Is So Lush and Green
605 views / 0 likes - addedOne of the most important byproducts of the Hoover Dam is an artificial body of water known as Lake Mead. Its presence has helped the population of Clark County grow sevenfold since 1970. From the Series: Aerial Cities: Las Vegas http://bit.ly/2HVJ4F7
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Conservation And Restoration Ecology: Crash Course Ecology #12
633 views / 0 likes - addedHank wraps up the Crash Course on ecology by taking a look at the growing fields of conservation biology and restoration ecology, which use all the kung fu moves we've learned about in the past eleven weeks and apply them to protecting ecosystems and to c
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Where to put the next billion people
646 views / 0 likes - addedThe world's population is set to increase by one billion by 2030. In this Nature Video, we take a look at where on Earth they are all going to live. Read more here: http://www.nature.com/news/where-to-put-the-next-billion-people-1.20669
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The Big History of Civilizations | The Great Courses
632 views / 0 likes - addedhttps://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/ What makes the Big History approach so unique? Whereas a traditional survey might take you through the major events of a period and introduce you to key dates and people (the “kings and battles” approach), Big History
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The rise and fall of the Kingdom of Man - Andrew McDonald
217 views / 0 likes - addedDiscover the medieval empire of the Isle of Man and the Hebrides, and how a dynasty of sea kings rose to power.--On a small island in the Irish Sea, fortresses preside over the rugged shores. This unlikely location was the birthplace of a medieval empire
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What is Evolution?
1,935 views / 0 likes - addedSupport Stated Clearly on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/statedclearly Evolution is often considered a complex and controversial topic but it's actually a very simple concept to understand. Watch this short animation to see how evolution works. Share it
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Sanitation showcase
486 views / 0 likes - addedBill Gates will visit Beijing, China for the Reinvented Toilet Expo, where some of the most high-tech toilets in the world will be on display. These toilets aren’t just fascinating gadgets – they have the potential to save millions of lives. More than hal
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Aliens: Are We Looking In The Wrong Place?
597 views / 0 likes - addedBig Alien Theory explanation website - http://www.thebigalientheory.com/ Thanks to everyone who supports MinutePhysics on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/minutephysics Link to Patreon supporters here: http://www.minutephysics.com/supporters.html Music by
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TIL: We Have Lost 50% Of Wildlife Since 1970
631 views / 1 likes - addedIn less than two generations, population sizes of vertebrate species have dropped by more than 50 percent. According to 2014’s Living Planet Report, this means we have lost over half of our birds, amphibians, reptiles, fish, and mammals. The situation is
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Part 1: How Does New Genetic Information Evolve? Point Mutations
922 views / 0 likes - addedSupport Stated Clearly on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/statedclearly This film is the first of a two part series on the evolution of new genetic information. Here we focus on Point Mutations - the simplest natural mechanisms known to increase the gene
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Where Do Galaxies Come From?
829 views / 1 likes - addedThanks to the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) and NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope for supporting this video! In particular, thanks to Dan Coe of STScI for taking the time to chat with me about what we do and don’t know about baby galaxies and
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Are you smart enough to solve this simple brain teaser?
763 views / 0 likes - addedThis simple brain teaser is not so easy. A virus is doubling every singe day. On the 67th day the virus has reached its max population. When will the virus reach half of its max population. My name is Chris and my passion is to teach math. Learning should
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What If Everyone on Earth Lived in One City?
353 views / 0 likes - added55% of the worlds population live in cities. By 2050, thatll be two thirds of the worlds population.So what does that mean? Can we accomodate this trend? Should we?What are the pros and cons of urban density? And how bad can it get?Transcript and sources:
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Why Do India And China Have So Many People?
769 views / 1 likes - addedPlease subscribe! http://goo.gl/EpIDGd And support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth India and China have so many people today because they’re good for farming and big, but they’ve always been that way, so they’ve actually had a huge prop
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Can Supercrops Feed 10 BILLION People?
413 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to Bill and Melinda Gates for sponsoring today's video. Check out their Annual Letter here: http://www.inflcr.co/SH1jPWere on PATREON now! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below If you tried to sum u
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The Case Of The Vanishing Honeybees - Emma Bryce
744 views / 0 likes - addedView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-case-of-the-vanishing-honeybees-emma-bryce In the past decade, the US honeybee population has been decreasing at an alarming and unprecedented rate. While this is obviously bad news for honeypots everywhere,
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Westward Wings | A NATURE Short Film
164 views / 0 likes - addedFollow researcher Maggie Hirschauer as she strives to learn more about the monarch butterfly population in western Montana.Please LIKE and SUBSCRIBE if you enjoyed it! **More info & videos below** ---------------For full NATURE episodes, check out http://
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Are We Too Late?
109 views / 0 likes - addedOverpopulation! Is it really a big problem? Will we run out of room?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgEiYbIJVOY - Watch this cool VitaDAO video we made!Support VitaDAO AND Life Noggin: https://www.vitadao.com/Check out Lifespan now: https://www.lifespan.i
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The 1751 Machine that Made Everything
134 views / 0 likes - addedPlease support me on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/machinethinking If you had to pick one machine that triggered the biggest explosion of wealth in our history, which would you pick? Let me know in the comments if you agree with my choice! http://machin
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Save our Water WWF PSA Campaign
240 views / 0 likes - addedAll life needs water. It is the worlds most precious resource, fueling everything from the food you eat, to the cotton you wear, to the energy you depend upon every day. Its also threatened. Climate change, population growth and changing consumption patte
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Wolves: Can't Live With 'Em, Can't Live Without 'Em
629 views / 2 likes - addedHumans dont have a great track record of coexisting with top predators, and wolves are no exception. By the early 1900s, wolves were nearly extinct in all of Western Europe as a result of government programs that rewarded people for killing them. While th
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Overpopulation & Africa
496 views / 0 likes - addedSources and further reading:https://sites.google.com/view/sourcesoverpopulationandafricaFor most of our history, the human population grew slowly. Until new discoveries brought us more food and made us live longer. In just a hundred years the human popula
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Why do people get so anxious about math? - Orly Rubinsten
1,501 views / 1 likes - addedView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-do-people-get-so-anxious-about-math-orly-rubinsten Have you ever sat down to take a math test and immediately felt your heart beat faster and your palms start to sweat? This is called math anxiety, and if it
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Atomic Tourism
470 views / 0 likes - addedRead More: http://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/atomic-tourism/ In the 1950s, tourists headed to the city of lights to see the biggest light of them all: a nuclear detonation. The cities economy and population exploded with the bombs in spite of the fears of
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What Percentage Of Your Brain Do You Use? - Richard E. Cytowic
774 views / 0 likes - addedhttp://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-percentage-of-your-brain-do-you-use-richard-e-cytowic Two thirds of the population believes a myth that has been propagated for over a century: that we use only 10% of our brains. Hardly! Our neuron-dense brains have evolved
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How Aristocracies Rule
437 views / 0 likes - addedThe American fairytale is far from enchanted. Power and wealth are concentrated in an anxious aristocracy, comprised of 10% of the population, that reigns by dividing the lower classes and pitting them against each other so that the poor turn against the
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The Past, Present And Future Of The Bubonic Plague - Sharon N. DeWitte
755 views / 1 likes - addedView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-past-present-and-future-of-the-bubonic-plague-sharon-n-dewitte The bubonic plague, which killed around 1/5 of the world’s population in the 14th century, is still around today -- but it now claims only a few
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How Do Blood Transfusions Work?
831 views / 0 likes - addedHow do we transfer blood from one person to another and when did we start doing this? Why Do We Have Blood? ►►►► http://bit.ly/1Mbk6CR Sign Up For The TestTube Newsletter Here ►►►► http://bit.ly/1myXbFG Read More: A Short History of Blood Transfusion http
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What Is The Science Behind Polls?
431 views / 0 likes - addedWhy shouldn't we always trust polls? Trace tackles this question here. Are We The Only Species That Votes? - https://youtu.be/-XOis9RTROs Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: The National Council on Public Polls (NCPP)
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How Do Solar Panels Work? - Richard Komp
1,880 views / 3 likes - addedView full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-do-solar-panels-work-richard-komp The Earth intercepts a lot of solar power: 173,000 terawatts. That’s 10,000 times more power than the planet’s population uses. So is it possible that one day the world cou
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What happens to our bodies after we die? - Farnaz Khatibi Jafari
674 views / 0 likes - addedView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-happens-to-our-bodies-after-we-die-farnaz-khatibi-jafari Since the dawn of humanity, an estimated 100.8 billion people have lived and died, a number that increases by about 0.8% of the world’s population ea
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Card Games: Crash Course Games #13
750 views / 0 likes - addedToday, we’re going to step away from video games and take a closer look at a game type that has been with us for over a millennium - card games. Since Tang Dynasty China, cards have proven to have quite the staying power spawning a countless variety of ga
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The Roman Colosseum: What It Was Like to Attend the Games
31 views / 0 likes - addedFor FREE breakfast for life with HelloFresh, use code TASTINGHISTORYFREE at https://bit.ly/47VxHts! One breakfast item per box while subscription is active.Support the Channel with Patreon https://www.patreon.com/tastinghistoryRecipe at https://www.tastin
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Is There A Disease That Makes Us Love Cats? - Jaap De Roode
1,285 views / 4 likes - addedView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/is-there-a-disease-that-makes-us-love-cats-jaap-de-roode Today, about a third of the world’s population is infected with a strange disease called toxoplasmosis — and most of them never even know it. And while th
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Future Food Menu of 2050
635 views / 1 likes - addedExperts say your food could look very different by the year 2050 as the worlds population skyrockets. Lets find out about the future food menu of 2050!Suggest a topic here to be turned into a video: http://bit.ly/2kwqhuhSubscribe for more! https://goo.gl/
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Ecology - Rules for Living on Earth: Crash Course Biology #40
2,216 views / 0 likes - addedHank introduces us to ecology - the study of the rules of engagement for all of us earthlings - which seeks to explain why the world looks and acts the way it does. The world is crammed with things, both animate and not, that have been interacting with ea
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The 26-Year-Old Trapped In A Toddler's Body | BORN DIFFERENT
258 views / 1 likes - addedSUBSCRIBE to Truly: http://bit.ly/Oc61Hj MANPREET Singh, from India, was born in 1995 but stopped growing before he could walk and talk. He stands at just 23 inches in height, and his condition has always been a mystery to medical professionals. Doctors b
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The Mystery Of Motion Sickness - Rose Eveleth
1,121 views / 0 likes - addedView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-mystery-of-motion-sickness-rose-eveleth Although one third of the population suffers from motion sickness, scientists aren't exactly sure what causes it. Like the common cold, it's a seemingly simple problem
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How Many People Would We Need To Colonize Another Earth?
468 views / 0 likes - addedVarious companies are working to settle on other planets. How long would it take and what issues would we face along the way? Earth-Like Planet Discovered! What You Need To Know - https://youtu.be/NIz42cy0vLQ Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http:
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Japanese Green Tea: From Farm to Table
417 views / 0 likes - addedIf you're like me and had no clue that most of the world's tea, including Japanese green tea, comes from the same plant, then come along for a tea learning journey!Special thanks to d:matcha for giving me a behind-the-scenes look at how it all happens in
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Diving Underwater With Elusive Devil Rays
372 views / 0 likes - addedDevil rays are mysterious sea creatures that are rarely seen in the wild. With their population dwindling, biologists are racing to learn more about the species before devil rays disappear altogether. Subscribe to Seeker VR ►►► http://bit.ly/2cPGh2u Downl
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Approximating With Powers Of 10 | Numbers And Operations | 8th Grade | Khan Academy
1,174 views / 0 likes - addedLearn how to approximate how much larger the world population was than the US population in 2014. Practice this lesson yourself on KhanAcademy.org right now: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-eighth-grade-math/cc-8th-numbers-operations/cc-8th-orders-of-
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One Of The Last Generations Of Siberian Tiger? - Operation Snow Tiger - BBC
2,798 views / 20 likes - addedThe team prepare for the cubs to be slowly released back into the wild. These three cubs represent 1% of the total Siberian Tiger population. Subscribe to BBC Earth: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=BBCEarth BBC Earth YouTube Channel: h
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The Burning of Washington
81 views / 0 likes - addedDuring the War of 1812, British forces stormed into Washington, D.C. and set fire to the White House and other federal buildings. Rather than dent U.S. morale, the sacking of Washington served to galvanize the population against the British.Untold is a fr
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In Ancient Egypt, Even Boats Had Their Own Tombs | National Geographic
2,375 views / 0 likes - addedArchaeologists recently discovered an ancient Egyptian boat burial site dating more than 3,800 years old. National Geographic grantee and Penn Museum Associate Curator Josef Wegner and his team made the discovery while excavating the tomb of 12th Dynasty
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Pumpkin vs Red Wigglers 62-day time-lapse - FAST PLAYBACK - vermicomposting
509 views / 0 likes - addedThe bin's worm population was split; half of them remaining in the bin & the other half of the worms were loaded into the hollowed-out pumpkin. A bunch of shredded paper was loaded in after them to keep the worms up near the top of the pumpkin. The id
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Five of the Most Bizarre Towns in the World
507 views / 0 likes - addedIn this reel, we go globetrotting to some of the strangest towns in the world. We begin in the Republic of Molossia, population, 32, get our tongue twisted at Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyllllantysiliogogogoch, and cruise through canals in the Ne
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Why These Parasites Eat Their Hosts To Survive
700 views / 0 likes - addedParasitoids are a type of parasite that kill their host animals to survive. While it seems gruesome, this type of behavior is important for keeping our ecosystem balanced. If parasitoids didn't destroy their hosts, the population of invasive species like
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Searching for Beavers! (Part 1) | Maddie Moate
920 views / 0 likes - addedJoin Greg and I as we go on a canoe safari in search of Beavers! Beavers were considered extinct in the UK for hundreds of years and it's only recently that they've been re-introduced! Population numbers are still so low, so seeing them in the wild is ext
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INDIAN GIANT SQUIRREL : RATUFA INDICA
640 views / 1 likes - addedThe Indian giant squirrel, or Malabar giant squirrel, (Ratufa indica) is a large tree squirrel species genus Ratufa native to India. It is a large-bodied diurnal, arboreal, and herbivorous squirrel found in South Asia. It is called 'Shekru' in Marathi and
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When Will We Run Out Of Names?
812 views / 0 likes - addedVsauce is nominated for a Webby in Science & Education! You can support learning online by voting for Vsauce or any of the FANTASTIC nominees here: http://pv.webbyawards.com/2015/online-film-video/video-channels-and-networks/science-education THANKS!! SOU
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Neural network racing cars around a track
575 views / 0 likes - addedTeaching a neural network to drive a car. It's a simple network with a fixed number of hidden nodes (no NEAT), and no bias. Yet it manages to drive the cars fast and safe after just a few generations. Population is 650. The network evolves through random
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Wild Horses: America's most beloved invasive species? | 4K Drone Footage
470 views / 0 likes - addedThank you to Target for supporting PBS. You can learn more at: https://target.com/communityShare your story today: https://to.pbs.org/3izZeXhWild horses made their home on the islands of North Carolina centuries ago, supposedly descendants of horses broug
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CHRISTMAS CARTOON: Hardrock, Coco and Joe: The Three Little Dwarfs (1951) [HD Children]
919 views / 0 likes - addedHardrock, Coco and Joe is a short stop motion animated cartoon based on a song written by Stuart Hamblen. It is about three of Santa Claus' helpers who ride on Santa's sleigh each Christmas. The short has become an annual "Christmas Classic" on Chicago's
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This Man Runs A Micronation Of 32 People
490 views / 0 likes - addedWelcome to the Republic of Molossia: Population 32. Although not officially recognized by the United States, Molossia is a self-declared nation in the middle of the Nevada desert. This micronation has its own post office, bank and space program. Its presi
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The Problem With Life Expectancy
193 views / 0 likes - addedGo to https://bit.ly/noom_minuteearth and take your free 30-second quiz! Thank you #noom for sponsoring todays video!In order to truly understand differences among animal lifespans, we need to stop thinking about a specific number and start thinking about
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Tova - Team (From "Marvel Rising: Heart of Iron"/Official Lyric Video)
820 views / 1 likes - addedWatch “Marvel Rising: Heart of Iron” starring Sofia Wylie, Dove Cameron, and Ming-Na Wen and featuring the debut of “Team” by Tova AVAILABLE NOW on the Marvel HQ YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/_V07uH-90ak "Team" is available here: Download: http://disn
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A Gazelle As Rare As It Is Small
614 views / 2 likes - addedThe Speke’s gazelle is the world's smallest gazelle, and is also one of the most endangered. This Bambi lookalike lives in the semidesert areas in the Horn of Africa. Named after English explorer John Hanning Speke, this gazelle has fallen victim to habit
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Gut Microbiome Explained in Simple Words
143 views / 0 likes - addedThe gut microbiome are the trillions of microorganisms primarily bacteria, but also fungi, viruses and protists that live inside your digestive system. Scientists are discovering that these microbes are vital for us to live healthy lives. They help us dig
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Hedgehog and Oscar Take Over the Alien Kingdom | Summer Camp Island | HBO Max
291 views / 0 likes - addedThe King leaves Hedgehog and Oscar in charge of the kingdom while he and Puddle are away, their only task is to check up on the swan population.About Cartoon Network: Welcome to Cartoon Network's YouTube Channel, your destination for episode clips, behind
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01:21
This Desert Lagoon Is No Mirage
630 views / 0 likes - addedAmid the rolling sand dunes of this Peruvian desert, an oasis springs from nowhere, adding life to the landscape. Legend has it that the lagoon was created when a princess fled her would-be captor and left the water she had been bathing in, which became t
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Accidental discovery shows we can rebuild coral reefs 40X faster
431 views / 0 likes - addedDavid Vaughan works on the Florida Reef Tract, the third largest coral reef in the world and a vastly important ecosystem for sustaining underwater life. He and a team of scientists are working to combat the crisis in the world’s coral reefs—t
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06:22
What caused the Rwandan Genocide? - Susanne Buckley-Zistel
105 views / 0 likes - addedDig into the history of the Rwandan Genocide of 1994, during which over one-tenth of the countrys population was killed.--For one hundred days in 1994, the African country of Rwanda suffered a horrific campaign of mass murder. Neighbor turned against neig
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01:31
What Happens When You Eat Too Much Sugar? According To A Sugar Expert
555 views / 0 likes - addedWhat happens when you eat too much sugar? According to Robert Lustig, the author of "The Hacking Of The American Mind," the liver is the only organ that can metabolize sugar. Consuming too much of the sweet substance can cause your liver to build a resist
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04:48
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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03:42
How Long Did People Use To Live?
244 views / 1 likes - addedStart building your ideal daily routine The first 100 people who click on the link will get a FREE week trial and 25% OFF Fabulous Premium https://thefab.co/minuteearthBy analyzing survivorship curves over the centuries, we can learn whats changed about h
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Would you eat a grasshopper? Future Sushi | We The Curious
130 views / 0 likes - addedAs our population grows & the climate changes, what are some of the foods we might have to eat more of in the future? Ross Exton of the Live Science Team goes to After Hours in At-Bristol to tuck in to some grasshopper sushi.This video was presented by: R
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The COVID-19 Vaccines Are Here. So What Happens Next?
277 views / 1 likes - addedGetting approval for one or more COVID-19 vaccines is just the first step on the long journey we've been on now. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.co
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03:01 Popular
Tokyo’s Vertical Farms - The Future of Farming | WIRED
987 views / 0 likes - addedHow do we feed a growing population in areas where land is scarce? Grant Imahara visits Tokyo, where "vertical farms" give us a glimpse at what the future of farming may look like. This video was created by WIRED Brand Lab in partnership with Mouser Elect
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Caffeine 101 | National Geographic
563 views / 0 likes - addedNearly 90% of the United States population has at least one caffeinated beverage every day. Learn about the chemistry of caffeine, how it causes increased alertness and focus, and how caffeine is capable of causing overdoses. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/Na
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05:34
The incredible secret life of London's bees - BBC
472 views / 0 likes - addedSUBSCRIBE to the OFFICIAL BBC YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2IXqEIn LAUNCH BBC iPlayer to access Live TV and Box Sets: https://bbc.in/2J18jYJ With enormous open spaces available, London's bee population is thriving, discovering innovative and new ways t
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06:33
Ugly History: Cambodian Genocide - Timothy Williams
185 views / 0 likes - addedDig into the era of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, which perpetuated a genocide that killed a quarter of the countrys population. --From 1975 to 1979, the Communist Party of Kampuchea ruled Cambodia with an iron fist, perpetrating a genocide that killed one
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The Civil War, Part I: Crash Course US History #20
1,290 views / 11 likes - addedIn which John Green ACTUALLY teaches about the Civil War. In part one of our two part look at the US Civil War, John looks into the causes of the war, and the motivations of the individuals who went to war. The overarching causes and the individual motiva
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05:13
Why Is Caviar So Expensive?
674 views / 0 likes - addedCaviar is one of the most expensive foods in the world. Selling for up to $35,000 per kilo, it's revered and relished by aristocrats across the globe. But it's an acquired taste. Turns out, caviar wasn't always so valuable. In the 19th century, sturgeon s
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04:09 Popular
Wolves 101 | Nat Geo Wild
1,796 views / 13 likes - addedWith their piercing looks and spine-tingling howls, wolves inspire both adoration and controversy around the world. Find out how many wolf species exist, the characteristics that make each wolf's howl unique, and how the wolf population in the continental
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The World’s Only Scaled Mammal Is ADORABLE
532 views / 0 likes - addedThere’s no mammal in the world quite like the tree pangolin. Covered in reptilian-like scales that protect it from predators in the wild, the pangolin will curl into a ball when threatened. Unfortunately, such tactics do little to protect it from humans.
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How do your hormones work? - Emma Bryce
1,043 views / 0 likes - addedCheck out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-do-your-hormones-work-emma-bryce Over our lifetimes, our bodies undergo a series of extraordinary metamorphoses: we grow, experience puberty, and ma
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Constitutional Compromises: Crash Course Government and Politics #5
791 views / 1 likes - addedIn which Craig Benzine teaches you about the compromises met in ratifying the U.S. Constitution. The United State’s didn’t always have its current system of government. Actually, this is it’s second attempt. Craig will delve into the failures (and few suc
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04:37
What Happened to the Milky Way?
356 views / 0 likes - addedCan you see the stars at night? Only a few centuries ago, the Milky Way was visible from almost anywhere in America. Today, more than 99 percent of the population in the continental U.S. live in light-polluted areas. It's impossible to see the Milky Way i
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Can we save frogs from a deadly fungus?
152 views / 0 likes - addedOver 40% of amphibian species are in population decline, with 200 species already extinct. And now frogs are dealing with their own pandemic. How can science help?Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibeMany species of frogs and oth
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04:31
Man Born in 1866 Talks About the Late 1800s
93 views / 0 likes - added0:00 Introduction1:38 Main VideoThis is Eugene D. Nims, born in 1866. When the United States Government opened Oklahoma for settlement in 1893, he was there and made the run on horseback into the Cherokee strip. Here he got into the lumber business. All t
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06:39
Inside the Plan to Release Life-Saving Mosquitoes | WIRED
141 views / 1 likes - addedThe Florida Keys Mosquito Control District is turning towards a novel tool to combat harmful insecticide-resistant mosquitoes like the Aedes aegypti. What are they doing exactly? They're releasing millions of genetically modified male mosquitoes engineere
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What would happen if every human suddenly disappeared? - Dan Kwartler
1,597 views / 1 likes - addedIf you enjoy this lesson, we highly recommend reading "The World Without Us." A discounted e-book version is available here: https://amzn.to/2QwSPyH Check out our book rec page to learn more: https://shop.ed.ted.com/products/the-world-without-us View full
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The Tiny Fox Making A Bold Comeback
716 views / 1 likes - addedWeighing only five pounds, the cute island fox was once thriving on the Channel Islands off the coast of California. But after the arrival of the golden eagle, its population started to dwindle. The species is now federally listed as endangered, having be
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03:02 Popular
4*TOWN (From Disney and Pixars Turning Red) - Nobody Like U (From "Turning Red")
1,165 views / 12 likes - addedDisney and Pixars Turning Red introduces Mei Lee (voice of Rosalie Chiang), a confident, dorky 13-year-old torn between staying her mothers dutiful daughter and the chaos of adolescence. Her protective, if not slightly overbearing mother, Ming (voice of S
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03:56
This Sleep Disorder Makes it Seem Like Ghosts are Visiting You - Sharp Science
504 views / 0 likes - addedSleep paralysis is a pretty frightening yet common event affecting 7.6% of the general population, 28.3% of students, and 31.9% of psychiatric patients at least once in their life. A lot of people say it feels like you’re half awake but you’re unable to s
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03:33
Protecting the Future of Rock Lobster Fishing
671 views / 2 likes - addedIn Spanish Wells, Bahamas, rock lobster fishing is a way of life. Chuck Pinder is the seventh generation of his family to dive deep for these spiny creatures, and he and his sons depend on a healthy population to make a living. Red Lobster has sourced roc
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Enlightened Monarchs: Crash Course European History #19
651 views / 0 likes - addedLast time we learned about the Enlightenment, and the philosophers and thinkers whose ideas would shape governance for hundred of years. This week, we're learning how monarchs across Europe were influenced by those ideas. Adoption of Enlightenment ideas a
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Turning Red - Cast - Nobody Like U (a cappella) (From Disney and Pixar's Turning Red)
607 views / 3 likes - addedDisney and Pixars Turning Red introduces Mei Lee (voice of Rosalie Chiang), a confident, dorky 13-year-old torn between staying her mothers dutiful daughter and the chaos of adolescence. Her protective, if not slightly overbearing mother, Ming (voice of S
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02:36
How To Build A Better City
583 views / 0 likes - addedTab for a Cause: http://www.tabforacause.org/?r=12 Subscribe to MinuteEarth! - http://www.youtube.com/user/minuteearth?sub_confirmation=1 And support us on Subbable! - https://subbable.com/minuteearth Thanks to our Subbable supporter Brenda Fleischman! -
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Watch Famous Ponies Swim In Chincoteague Island Tradition
841 views / 0 likes - addedThese horses aren't taking a dip in the water just to cool off in the sweltering Virginia summer. They're the famous Chincoteague ponies of Assateague Island, and they're herded across the channel to Chincoteague Island every July by "saltwater cowboys."
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03:32 Popular
Why Do You Sneeze in the Sun?
841 views / 0 likes - addedHave you ever stepped out on a sunny day only to be struck by a bout of sneezes? If yes, you likely suffer from a rare genetic condition that has been baffling scientists for millennia. Photic sneeze reflex—also known as autosomal compelling helio-ophthal
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The bold plan to end malaria with a gene drive
499 views / 0 likes - addedHow genetically engineered mosquitoes might defeat a disease that kills millions of children. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO The invention of the CRISPR gene editing tool has injected new life into a line of research called gene drive. Gen
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02:23
Everyone in This Village Can Speak Sign Language
582 views / 0 likes - addedBengkala, a small village tucked away in the jungles of Bali, is a demographic anomaly. Of a total 3,000 people, 40 are Deaf. Their condition is linked to a recessive gene that’s been passed down through seven generations. Rather than ostracize Deaf commu
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03:02
Nobody Like U (From Disney and Pixar's Turning Red | Sing-Along)
463 views / 1 likes - addedDisney and Pixars Turning Red introduces Mei Lee (voice of Rosalie Chiang), a confident, dorky 13-year-old torn between staying her mothers dutiful daughter and the chaos of adolescence. Her protective, if not slightly overbearing mother, Ming (voice of S
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03:11
Why cities should plant more trees
510 views / 0 likes - addedOver 3 million people die annually from air pollution. Planting trees can help lower that number. Read more: http://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2016/11/4/13510352/planting-trees-pollution-heat-waves Check out The Nature Conservancy report, "Plantin
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03:02
512 Year Old Greenland Shark. Oldest Shark in the World.
637 views / 3 likes - addedResearchers have found an ancient shark in the North Atlantic, believed to be 512 years old, which could be the oldest living vertebrate in the world. This particular shark, was measured at 18 feet in length and weighed over a tonne. By measuring the size
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01:39
Humpback Whales Lunge Feeding In Monterey Bay!
531 views / 1 likes - addedSeems like these humpback whales had a lunge date! Whale watchers in Monterey Bay were treated to a whale of a show yesterday, as over a dozen dashing diners took turns launching and lunching on anchovy antipasti! Humpback whales are here to gorge on the
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How Selfies Helped Protect a Threatened Species
445 views / 0 likes - addedWhen you visit Rottnest Island, be prepared to smile. The island is home to the largest viable population of quokkas—small wallabies that are cute and camera ready. These furry creatures have become the latest internet sensation, as visitors from all over
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01:12
Soaring Above the Clouds with the King of the Andes
469 views / 1 likes - addedWith a wingspan up to 10 feet in length, the mighty Andean condor is one of the largest flying birds in the world. Found throughout the Andes Mountains, the condor is a national symbol for many South American countries. This massive bird has a hairless he
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04:47
Are naked mole rats the strangest mammals? - Thomas Park
536 views / 0 likes - addedVisit TED-Ed's shop to pick up t-shirts, totes, mugs and more featuring characters from your favorite TED-Ed Animations: http://bit.ly/2IWAKWE View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/are-naked-mole-rats-the-strangest-mammals-thomas-park What mammal h
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04:50
Romance and revolution: the poetry of Pablo Neruda - Ilan Stavans
495 views / 0 likes - addedGet to know Pablo Neruda, one of the most celebrated poets of the 20th century and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.--A romantic and a revolutionary, Pablo Neruda was one of the most celebrated poets of the 20th century, but also one of the most ac
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Haitian Revolutions: Crash Course World History #30
1,273 views / 1 likes - addedIdeas like liberty, freedom, and self-determination were hot stuff in the late 18th century, as evidenced by our recent revolutionary videos. Although freedom was breaking out all over, many of the societies that were touting these ideas relied on slave l
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03:39
1 True Love (From "Turning Red")
319 views / 1 likes - addedTurning Red's Tyler takes us on a secret fan's journey in this music video set to 4*Town's soulful ballad, "1 True Love". Disney and Pixars Turning Red introduces Mei Lee (voice of Rosalie Chiang), a confident, dorky 13-year-old torn between staying her m
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How do crystals work? - Graham Baird
1,276 views / 1 likes - addedWhat makes crystals grow into their signature shapes? Dig into the atomic patterns and unique properties of crystals. --Many crystals have signature shapes like the cascade of pointed quartz or a pile of galena cubes. Every crystals atoms have a defining
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This Butterfly Was Extinct, 10 Years Later it Reappeared
528 views / 4 likes - addedThe Palos Verdes blue is an extremely rare butterfly species that can only be found in one specific area of Southern California. In the 1980s, the true blue beauty was thought to have been extinct, but in later years, was rediscovered the wild, to the sho
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03:20
Bay Area Teen Reverses Effects of Pesticides on Bees
133 views / 0 likes - addedHoneybees are the world’s most important pollinators, but their population is on the decline — here’s how one Bay Area teen discovered a way to repair the effects of pesticides on honeybees » Sign up for our newsletter KnowThis to
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05:46
Ugly history: Japanese American incarceration camps - Densho
597 views / 0 likes - addedDig into the historic injustice of Japanese American incarceration camps, also known as internment camps, during World War II. --On December 7, 1941, 16 year-old Aki Kurose shared in the horror of millions of Americans when Japanese planes attacked Pearl
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04:26
What If The Internet Became A Country?
578 views / 2 likes - addedThe internet is an incredible (and scary) place! What happens if it becomes a digital country?To create your stunning website & support Life Noggin, go to https://www.wix.com/go/lifenogginSubscribe: https://bit.ly/SubLifeNoggin | Get your exclusive Life N
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03:45 Popular
Can you outsmart this logical fallacy? - Alex Gendler
1,298 views / 1 likes - addedExplore the psychology of the cognitive bias known as the conjunction fallacy, where we assume specific conditions are more probable than general ones. --Meet Lucy. She was a math major in college, and aced all her courses in probability and statistics. W
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Can you solve the death race riddle? - Alex Gendler
507 views / 1 likes - addedPractice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/TedEd/ --The night before the Death Race across the Wastelands is set to begin, your uncle, the great inventor Slate Kanoli, got kidnapped by the ruthless No-Side gang. The only way to get him back is
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Sharks in the Bahamas | Blue Planet Live | BBC Earth
902 views / 2 likes - addedWatch the new promo for Blue Planet Live! BBC One will air the program at 8 pm on Wednesday 27th March for the UK audience and BBC Earth will air at 3 pm for the Canada Audience. Let us know what you think and subscribe: http://bit.ly/BBCEarthSub Steve Ba
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U Know What's Up (From Disney and Pixar's Turning Red)
672 views / 2 likes - addedDisney and Pixar’s “Turning Red” introduces Mei Lee (voice of Rosalie Chiang), a confident, dorky 13-year-old torn between staying her mother’s dutiful daughter and the chaos of adolescence. Her protective, if not slightly overbear
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The mysterious science of pain - Joshua W. Pate
1,074 views / 2 likes - addedExplore the biological and psychological factors that influence how we experience pain and how our nervous system reactions to harmful stimuli.--In 1995, the British Medical Journal published a report about a builder who accidentally jumped onto a nail, w
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Behold the Bactrian Camel
491 views / 0 likes - addedMeet Gemma, a Bactrian camel at the Greater Vancouver Zoo. At nearly 8 feet tall, she’s a beaut. Bactrians are the largest of all living camel species. Native to central Asia, these guys are special for rocking two humps instead of one. Their woolen coats
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How do virus tests actually work? - Cella Wright
679 views / 0 likes - addedDig into two testing techniques for viruses: PCR tests to diagnose an infection and immunoassays to detect antibodies. --A new virus emerges and spreads like wildfire. In order to contain it, researchers must first collect data about whos been infected. T
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Claws vs. nails - Matthew Borths
366 views / 0 likes - addedDiscover the evolutionary purpose of nails, and explore the theories of why they evolved from claws over 55 million years ago. --Consider the claw. Frequently found on animals around the world, its one of natures most versatile tools. Bears use claws for
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Can you solve the vampire hunter riddle? - Dan Finkel
611 views / 0 likes - addedYou’re a vampire hunter entering the enemy’s lair. Can you outsmart this tricky brainteaser and vanquish the vampires? -- You’ve stealthily descended into the darkness of a vampire cave, setting a sequence of mirrors as you go. When the sun reaches the ri
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05:26
The philosophy of cynicism - William D. Desmond
456 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the ancient Greek philosophy of cynicism, which calls for the rejection of materialism and conformity in favor of a simple life. --In the 4th century BCE, a young Diogenes of Sinope was found to be counterfeiting coins. He was stripped of his citi
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Is life meaningless? And other absurd questions - Nina Medvinskaya
438 views / 0 likes - addedDive into Albert Camus philosophy of the absurd, and explore the question: if the world is meaningless, could our lives still hold value? --Albert Camus grew up surrounded by violence. His homeland of Algeria was mired in conflict. He lost his father in W
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The Deadliest Flu Season in History?
390 views / 0 likes - addedCheck out Two Cents! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL8w_A8p8P1HWI3k6PR5Z6w SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss a video! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ The flu might feel like some minor illness that you don’t need to worry about
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This Stick Insect Came Back from Extinction
531 views / 0 likes - addedThe Lord Howe Island stick insect did the impossible. These "land lobsters" were once so common on Lord Howe Island in Australia that fishermen used them as bait. But in 1918, a British supply ship crashed on the island and introduced rats, which ate the
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What is Natural Selection?
1,720 views / 1 likes - addedSupport Stated Clearly on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/statedclearly Special thanks to Rosemary at Bird and Moon Comics for supplying a handful of the critter illustrations: http://www.birdandmoon.com/ Special thanks to AD for the music! http://www.pr
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1914 Civil War Veterans Reunion: COLORIZED - Jacksonville, Florida
243 views / 0 likes - addedThis is the colorized version of the Civil War Veterans Reunion in Jacksonville, Florida, filmed May 6-9, 1914. Some footage was omitted due to it not colorizing very well (for example, too many light glares will cause this). You can find the full-length,
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The secret student resistance to Hitler - Iseult Gillespie
997 views / 1 likes - addedLearn the story of the WWII student resistance group, called the White Rose, fighting against Hitler in Nazi Germany. --In 1943, Allied aircraft rained tens of thousands of leaflets on Nazi Germany below. The leaflets urged readers to renounce Hitler, to
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The fish that walk on land - Noah R. Bressman
1,298 views / 3 likes - addedExplore the challenges facing amphibious fish when they leave water and the ingenious ways they survive on land. --We think of fish as completely aquatic animals. But there are actually hundreds of fish species that are amphibious, meaning that they posse
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Which voting system is the best? - Alex Gendler
361 views / 0 likes - addedDive into four different voting systems: plurality, instant runoff, tactical, and the Condorcet method, and find out which is fairest. --Imagine we want to build a new space port at one of four recently settled Martian bases, and are holding a vote to cho
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The big-beaked, rock-munching fish that protect coral reefs - Mike Gil
903 views / 1 likes - addedDiscover the quirky creature known as the parrotfish, and the key role it plays in keeping coral reefs healthy and thriving. --As the sun rises over a quiet coral reef, one animal breaks the morning silence. Named for its vibrant scales and beak-like teet
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The Haunting Hymn of the Taos Hum
528 views / 0 likes - addedIn Taos, New Mexico, a strange, low-frequency hum plagues two percent of the local population. This persistent droning emerges seemingly from nowhere and affects those who hear it without relief. Some attribute “The Taos Hum” to hearing disorders, while o
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How Uneducated Is Our Planet?
457 views / 0 likes - addedAlthough worldwide education rates have gone up, we still have a LONG way to go. Watch more: What If You Were Never Taught Anything? ►► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwyWMbjstnY&index=115&list=PL8L0MzSk_V6JtEDRfRMyb6rFd1acqYSlO Subscribe: https://bit.ly
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Harvey Milk's radical vision of equality - Lillian Faderman
389 views / 0 likes - addedLearn about the life and tragic death of gay rights pioneer Harvey Milk, California’s first openly gay public official. -- By 1973, Harvey Milk had already been many things: naval officer, high school teacher, bit-part actor and wandering hippie. Starting
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Why isn't the Netherlands underwater? - Stefan Al
385 views / 0 likes - addedDig into the incredible engineering of the Netherlands Delta Works the most sophisticated flood prevention system in the world. --In January 1953, a tidal surge shook the North Sea. The titanic waves flooded the Dutch coastline, killing almost 2,000 peopl
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Why should you read sci-fi superstar Octavia E. Butler? - Ayana Jamieson and Moya Bailey
544 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the works of science fiction visionary Octavia E. Butler, whose novels, such as “Parable of the Sower,” influenced the growing popularity of Afrofuturism. -- Much science fiction features white male heroes who blast aliens or become saviors of bro
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Every Animal In Your DNA
441 views / 0 likes - addedSignup for your FREE trial to The Great Courses Plus here: http://ow.ly/crsQ30beNOZYou are the living ancestor of an unbroken chain of lives stretching from you, through your mother and your grandmother all the way back through the complete history of lif
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This Tortoise Could Be Extinct in 20 Years
669 views / 0 likes - addedEndemic to the dry southern forests of Madagascar, the radiated tortoise has an incredibly long lifespan—the oldest tortoise on record reached an estimated 188 years of age. They boast highly intricate, dome-shaped shells lined with blood vessels, making
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The hidden network that makes the internet possible - Sajan Saini
714 views / 0 likes - addedExplore how fiber optics uses light to transmit data over long distances, and with integrated photonics, expands our virtual world beyond the internet. -- In 2012, a team of researchers set a world record, transmitting 1 petabit of data— that’s 10,000 hou
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Can you solve the Alice in Wonderland riddle? - Alex Gendler
459 views / 1 likes - addedPractice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/TedEd/ --After many adventures in Wonderland, Alice has once again found herself in the court of the temperamental Queen of Hearts. Shes about to pass through the garden undetected, when she overhears
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The life, legacy & assassination of an African revolutionary - Lisa Janae Bacon
361 views / 1 likes - addedGet to know the life of West African revolutionary Thomas Sankara, and his pursuit of liberating Burkina Faso from colonial rule.--In 1972, Thomas Sankara was swept into the revolution seeking to wrest control of Madagascar from Frances lingering colonial
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What Is The Silver Tsunami?
646 views / 4 likes - addedSomething big is coming…and it's called The Silver Tsunami? Check out Hollywood Health & Society: https://hollywoodhealthandsociety.org Subscribe: https://bit.ly/SubLifeNoggin | Get your exclusive Life Noggin merch: http://keeponthinking.co Follow Life No
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Why Do People Pull Out Their Own Hair?
730 views / 2 likes - addedBetween 2 and 4 percent of the population suffer from trichotillomania or hair pulling syndrome. What triggers this? Follow Ali on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AliMattu Read More: Trichotillomania: Hair-pulling Disorder http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-
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Why We're Hell-Bent on Saving These Giant Salamanders
308 views / 1 likes - addedIn the fast-flowing streams of eastern Tennessee, Emilly Nolan is working hard to reestablish a population for a strange looking animal with an even stranger array of nicknames. The Eastern hellbenderaka snot otter, aka lasagna lizardis one of the largest
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Crystal Dragons - 200 Foot Long, 2.5 Million Crystals
527 views / 0 likes - addedA glassmaking company by the name of LASVIT, has created the worlds largest piece of jewellery ever made, in the form of 2 giant crystal dragon chandeliers, located in the lobby, of the imperial palace casino in Saipan.The Lasvit Group, founded in 2007 an
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Rare Mexican Wolf Pups Meet Their Wild Foster Families | Nat Geo Wild
1,331 views / 4 likes - addedThis rare Mexican wolf mom and her litter have a special mission. Four of these critically endangered pups will be placed with new foster families in the wild. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoWILDSubscribe About Nat Geo Wild: Welcome to a place so wild,
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Haiti's Heroes: Saving Lives at 6,000ft
82 views / 0 likes - addedIn Haiti, medical access is a daunting challenge. Not only does the majority of the population live outside of the capital and amongst mountainous landscape, but Haiti itself sits on a major tectonic fault line, making it prone to catastrophic earthquakes
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From white supremacy to Barack Obama: The history of the Democratic Party
662 views / 2 likes - addedThe party completely flipped. Watch the history of the Republican Party: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8VOM8ET1WU Correction: A previous version of this video incorrectly indicated that the republican candidate in 1912 was James K. Polk. It was William
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Protecting Pangolins From Poachers in South Africa
452 views / 2 likes - addedPangolins have survived for 85 million years, but their very existence is under threat now. Poachers are killing them for their scales. Dr. Ray Jansen, a zoology professor, and wildlife biologist Francois Meyer are trying to save South Africas pangolin po
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Could we harness the power of a black hole? - Fabio Pacucci
331 views / 1 likes - addedDownload a free audiobook version of "Children of Time" and support TED-Ed's nonprofit mission: https://www.audible.com/ted-edCheck out our full book recommendation: https://shop.ed.ted.com/collections/ted-ed-book-recommendations/products/children-of-time
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How Close Are We to Controlling Machines With Our Minds?
417 views / 0 likes - addedFrom outsmarting the self check-out to providing options for patients with communication disorders, merging mind with machine could be the next frontier for humanity. How close are we to controlling machines with our minds?Read more:This New Mind-Controll
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04:05
Are Australias koalas going extinct? We asked an ecologist.
521 views / 2 likes - addedThis fire season has been one of the worst on record in Australia. One billion animals are estimated to have died among them, the iconic koala. Slow-moving and dependent on the forest, koalas have been especially hard hit with thousands dead in New South
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How Scientists Are Protecting Tigers in Thailand
479 views / 5 likes - addedThe tiger population around the world has been decimated because of illegal hunting and habitat loss. But there is hopeful news coming out of Thailand. Scientists from Panthera worked with the Thai Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conserva
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Humans Are Smart. Why Are Babies So Unsmart?
466 views / 1 likes - addedCheck out Antarctic Extremes on @PBS Terra : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvRAuy1ZmTc Were on PATREON now! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below SUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_s
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11:45
Butterfly Effect: Can Monarchs Avoid Extinction?
27 views / 1 likes - addedCheck out Sharks Unknown with Jasmin Graham: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3fd9YjZXFUWhy are monarch butterflies disappearing? You may know them for their amazing transcontinental migration, but over the past few decades, monarch butterflies have been
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How Old Is The Oldest Fairy Tale?
806 views / 0 likes - addedWe know folklore goes back hundreds of years, but thanks to a new study using biological research methods, we now know it’s even older than that. Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com: http://people.howstuffworks.com/10-da... Share on Facebook: https://goo.gl/K
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How do brains count? - Numberphile
289 views / 0 likes - addedProfessor Brian Butterworth is a neuroscientist who specialises in numbers and mathematics. More from this interview at https://youtu.be/FCS4b3OjVJM and earlier videos with him at: https://bit.ly/Brian_ButterworthMore links & stuff in full description bel
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Our Senses: How Mammals See the World In Many Colors
693 views / 0 likes - addedHumans see a variety of colors because our eyes have three types of cone cells. But things don't look quite as vivid for some of our fellow mammals—some see in two colors, others just in black and white. Color vision evolved in primates about 35 million y
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How Pee Helped Win the Revolutionary War (Maybe...) - July 4th Special Episode
649 views / 0 likes - addedOld school gunpowder is really called black powder, and it was so crucial to the Revolutionary War effort that we went to great (and gross) lengths to try and make it. This week on Reactions, find out what exactly those lengths were.Subscribe! http://bit.
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Visualizing Herd Immunity (with 500 Mousetraps!) (feat. @The Slow Mo Guys)
292 views / 0 likes - addedMore vaccine info here: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/default.htm Special thanks to @The Slow Mo Guys ! https://www.youtube.com/user/theslowmoguys More info and sources below Thanks to Gates Notes for Supporting PBS.Since the start of the coronavir
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The surprising pattern behind color names around the world
687 views / 0 likes - addedWhy so many languages invented words for colors in the same order. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO In 1969, two Berkeley researchers, Paul Kay and Brent Berlin, published a book on a pretty groundbreaking idea: that every culture in history
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01:53
Weird and Wonderful: Some worms like it hot
138 views / 1 likes - addedPompeii worms are enigmatic animals that are only found on the surface of active hydrothermal chimneys. Their name refers to the ancient Roman city of Pompeii that was destroyed by ash raining down from an eruption of the large volcano Mount Vesuvius just
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OpenAI DALLE: Fighter Jet For The Mind!
357 views / 0 likes - addedCheck out Perceptilabs and sign up for a free demo here: https://www.perceptilabs.com/papers The blog post on "DALL·E: Creating Images from Text" is available here: https://openai.com/blog/dall-e/ Tweet sources: - Code completion: https://twitter.c
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03:28 Popular
Shoebill Stork Prehistoric Dinosaur Looking Bird
964 views / 0 likes - addedThis amazing looking bird, is the Shoebill Stork, a dinosaur looking bird, with a death stare that will haunt you in your dreams.The shoebill is an unusual-looking bird that grows up to 1.5m tall with a wingspan over 2m. Its habitat is restricted to swamp
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How trees inspired a new way to dispose of human waste
150 views / 0 likes - addedchange:WATER Labs (cWL) has developed a new way to dispose of human waste - by evaporating out the water! This technology emerged from work done for NASA on wastewater recycling on the International Space Station, and is now being deployed in off-grid rur
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Sumatran Rhinos Are Nearly Gone—New Plan Launched to Save Them | National Geographic
578 views / 0 likes - addedThe smallest rhino species also is the smallest in numbers. With fewer than 80 Sumatran rhinos left, a new project launched to save the species. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe #NationalGeographic #SumatranRhino #EndangeredSpecies About Nationa
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04:26
Why Is There a Scottish Village In Italy?
31 views / 0 likes - addedThe Italian Alps, home to countless quintessential Italian villagesand one not-so traditional. Welcome to Gurro, the Scottish village in Italy.So what actually makes this village Scottish? Legend has it that the population descended from Scottish soldiers
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The Most Unusual Source Of Power You've Never Heard Of
466 views / 0 likes - addedWhat if I told you we could power the world with your poop? Well... it's real! Check out VRV: http://bit.ly/noggin_VRV Merch: http://www.keeponthinking.co/ Follow Us! https://twitter.com/LifeNoggin https://facebook.com/LifeNoggin https://www.instagram.com
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11:27 Popular
The Normal Distribution: Crash Course Statistics #19
1,155 views / 0 likes - addedToday is the day we finally talk about the normal distribution! The normal distribution is incredibly important in statistics because distributions of means are normally distributed even if populations aren't. We'll get into why this is so - due to the Ce
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Lucy's Journey
141 views / 0 likes - addedMeet Lucy as she prepares for the first ever journey to the Trojan asteroids, a population of primitive small bodies orbiting in tandem with Jupiter.Video credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight CenterJames Tralie (ADNET):Lead ProducerLead EditorWriterKrystof
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Strange But True! 21 Unbelievable Historical Facts
1,350 views / 3 likes - addedHistorical facts that sound totally unbelievable but are 100% true. Mind = blown. These are some of the craziest events, facts and figures throughout history. File under: Catnip for history buffs. We got the idea for this from Reddit, but we've also done
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