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Crash Course: Trippy Shapes
In school, you learn about shapes with sides and edges - but there are weird shapes out there (beyond our 3 dimensions) that defy our normal idea of geometry. QuanQuan and Jenny explain, knit, and 3D print their way through trippy...
University of Massachusetts
Science Out Loud: What Do Horses, Cars, & Planes Have in Common?
Ever wondered what horsepower really means, and what horses have to do with other modes of transportation? Luke and Abhi take us behind how engines work in machines all around us, including the surprising ways that they're all related!...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Science Out Loud: Why Can We Regrow a Liver but Not a Limb?
Unlike lizards, humans can't regrow limbs. But we can kinda-sorta regenerate our livers. Ceri, an undergrad in Biology and Comparative Media Studies at MIT, explains how and why. [4:06]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: #Ask Mit: Could You Make a Robot With Feelings?
"Could you make a robot with feelings?" Find out the answer from Dr. Goren Gordon. [3:11]
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Mitk12 Videos: #Ask Mit: Why Do Stars Twinkle and Move?
Astronomer and MIT professor Anna Frebel answers the questions, "Why do stars twinkle instead of shine steady?" and "Do stars move at night or do they just look like they do because of the earth spinning?" [3:01]
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Mitk12 Videos: #Ask Mit: How Hot Is the Core of Venus?
MIT professor and astronomer, Anna Frebel explains, "How hot is the core of Venus?" [1:01]
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Mitk12 Videos: #Ask Mit: Could You Make a Unicorn by Crossing Dna?
Biologist, Dr. Sera Thornton entertains the question, "Is there any way to make a unicorn by crossing DNA?" [2:46]
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Mitk12 Videos: #Ask Mit: Could We Engineer Ourselves to Need Less Oxygen?
MIT biologist, Dr. Nathaniel Schafheimer answers the question, "Could we engineer ourselves to need less oxygen someday?" [2:58]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: #Ask Mit: What Does the Future of Nuclear Science Look Like?
Senior reactor operator at the MIT Research Nuclear Reactor, Sarah Don discusses what the future of nuclear science looks like. [2:00]
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Mitk12 Videos: #Ask Mit: Why Don't We Use All of Our Brain Cells?
"Why don't we use all our brain cells and what do we do with the ones we don't use?" Find out from Hannah Iaccarino, a graduate student in Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT and a researcher at the Picower Institute for Learning and...
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Mitk12 Videos: Mit Physics Demos: Conservation of Angular Momentum
Watch as Ryan spins a bike wheel where nothing crazy happens. But something weird happens when he flips it over. Learn about the conservation of angular momentum in this demonstration. [2:15]
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Mitk12 Videos: Mit Physics Demos: Exploding Wire & Ohm's Law
When Natalia flips a switch, a huge explosion happens- watch and learn as she shows and explains Ohm's law. [2:24]
Crash Course
Crash Course: The Incredible, Smellable Science of Your Farts
Behind every fart (and poop) is an army of gut bacteria undergoing some crazy (and crazy useful) biochemistry. Learn what they have in common with beer brewing, and why we'd want to know about this science anyway. [4:53]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Science Out Loud: Solving Biology's Mysteries With Plants
Some of the most powerful and useful things in our world come from plants. Who knew they could help us unlock some of the biology's mysteries - all using an approach of mapping biological pathways! [3:55]
Crash Course
Crash Course:why Do We Have Snot?
This video discusses the reasons that the body produces "snot".