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Enceladus's Super-Thin Ice
You might not want to sign up for the Enceladus Ice Hockey League... And some researchers have an idea that might make the Big Bang model more accurate!
TED Talks
TED: The future of money | Neha Narula
What happens when the way we buy, sell and pay for things changes, perhaps even removing the need for banks or currency exchange bureaus? That's the radical promise of a world powered by cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and ethereum. We're...
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The New Gel That Regrows Brains
A new healing gel helped mice regrow brain tissue after a stroke, and scientists suspect someone out there is producing a bunch of ozone-destroying CFCs in defiance of an international agreement!
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What's Up With the 'Alien Megastructure?'
The Kepler space telescope found a star that randomly gets really dim, and some people are suggesting the star's being blocked by a huge alien structure. It's probably not aliens, though.
Crash Course Kids
Gravity Compilation
Maybe you'd like to just hear about one topic for a while. We understand. So today, let's just watch some videos about Gravity. We'll learn about why we don't fly off into space, what mass has to do with it, how does air resistance work,...
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Carbon on the Moon Hints That It Didn’t Form Like We Thought | SciShow News
The idea that the Moon is a blown-off chunk of the Earth is known as the giant impact hypothesis - but the presence of carbon on the Moon throws this hypothesis into question.
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How the White House Killed Two Presidents
Working in the White House in the 1840s may have been more hazardous than we thought.
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Mind the (Solar System's) Gap
Giant disks around baby stars filled with gas and dust provide the material to make all sorts of planets, and new evidence proves that our solar system’s had a massive gap in it! And the water vapor in Jupiter’s moon, Europa, might not...
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Meet the Milky Way's Last Big Meal: The Sausage Galaxy
Our Milky Way Galaxy once dined on the Sausage Galaxy, and Jupiter's auroras seem to be heavily influenced by one of its moons. It's a galaxy-eat-galaxy kind of universe out there!
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The Milky Way May Have a Disk of Black Holes
Computer models are helping scientists on the hunt for small black holes and new data is giving us a better understanding of the universe’s largest explosions.
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Can You Rip a Phone Book in Half?
If you can find a phone book these days, science is here to help you rip it in half with your bare hands!
TED Talks
TED: The big-data revolution in health care | Joel Selanikio
* Viewer discretion advised. This video includes discussion of mature topics and may be inappropriate for some audiences. Collecting global health data is an imperfect science: Workers tramp through villages to knock on doors and ask...
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How Recycling Works
Join SciShow as we explore what happens to your stuff after you toss it into the little green bin with the arrows on it.
PBS
When Quasars When Quasars Collide STJC
In this video, we discuss the reports about the detection of a pair of supermassive black holes orbiting only one light year apart from each other. Studying the dance of these giants should tell us a ton about how black holes grow.
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Why Do Old Books Smell So Good?
Musty, with hints of vanilla, coffee, and maybe fresh cut grass-- why do old books smell the best?
Crash Course Kids
Danger! Falling Objects
So, what would happen if you dropped a hammer and a feather at the same time, from the same height? Well, the hammer would hit the ground first, right? But why? You might think it's because the hammer is heavier, or has more mass than...
TED Talks
Béatrice Coron: Stories cut from paper
With scissors and paper, artist Béatrice Coron creates intricate worlds, cities and countries, heavens and hells. Striding onstage in a glorious cape cut from Tyvek, she describes her creative process and the way her stories develop from...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How folding paper can get you to the moon - Adrian Paenza
Can folding a piece of paper 45 times get you to the moon? By seeing what happens when folding just one piece of paper, we see the unbelievable potential of exponential growth. This lesson will leave you wanting to grab a piece of paper...
TED Talks
TED: The art of paying attention | Wendy MacNaughton
In an invitation to slow down and look at the world around you, graphic journalist Wendy MacNaughton illustrates how drawing can spark deeply human, authentic connections. Ready to try? Grab a pencil and join MacNaughton for this...
SciShow
Why We Didn't Know How Long a Venus Day Was
Researchers have finally determined how long a day on Venus is, give or take an episode of Brooklyn 99.
TED Talks
TED: Inside the mind of a master procrastinator | Tim urban
Tim urban knows that procrastination doesn't make sense, but he's never been able to shake his habit of waiting until the last minute to get things done. In this hilarious and insightful talk, urban takes us on a journey through YouTube...
SciShow Kids
Make the Ocean in a Jar!
We've been learning a whole lot about the ocean lately, so we thought it might be fun to put all that knowledge to use with a fun project! Join us as we make an ocean in a jar and learn a little more about the different ocean zones!
TED Talks
TED: How to use a paper towel | Joe Smith
You use paper towels to dry your hands every day, but chances are, you're doing it wrong. In this enlightening and funny short talk, Joe Smith reveals the trick to perfect paper towel technique.
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7 New Species Discovered in Cities
Scientists are discovering new species at the bottom of the ocean and deep in the rainforest, but there are also plenty of new animals being discovered in cities around the world!