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Instructional Video4:29
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: The science of snowflakes - Maruša Bradač

Pre-K - Higher Ed
One could say that snowflakes are simply frozen water — but if you compare a snowflake to an ice cube, you’ll notice a big difference. Why are all snowflakes six-sided? Why are none of them exactly the same? And how do we ski on them?...
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Instructional Video12:34
TED Talks

TED: Why having fun is the secret to a healthier life | Catherine Price

12th - Higher Ed
Have you had your daily dose of fun? It's not just enjoyable, it's also essential for your health and happiness, says science journalist Catherine Price. She proposes a new definition of fun -- what she calls "true fun" -- and shares...
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Instructional Video4:00
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: The operating system of life - George Zaidan and Charles Morton

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Humans, octopi and pine trees alike are all made up of cells, tiny but sophisticated systems that keep life going. Cells are almost like tiny factories run by robots, with the nucleus, DNA, proteins, lipids, and vitamins and minerals all...
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Instructional Video4:53
TED-Ed

TED-ED: The science of skin color - Angela Koine Flynn

Pre-K - Higher Ed
When ultraviolet sunlight hits our skin, it affects each of us differently. Depending on skin color, it'll take only minutes of exposure to turn one person beetroot-pink, while another requires hours to experience the slightest change....
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SciShow

This comb jelly literally tears itself a new one. #throwbackthursday #shorts #science #SciShow

12th - Higher Ed
This comb jelly literally tears itself a new one. #throwbackthursday #shorts #science #SciShow
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Instructional Video18:48
TED Talks

TED: Finding life we can't imagine | Christoph Adami

12th - Higher Ed
How do we search for alien life if it's nothing like the life that we know? Christoph Adami shows how he uses his research into artificial life -- self-replicating computer programs -- to find a signature, a "biomarker," that is free of...
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Instructional Video7:29
Bozeman Science

The Three Domains of Life

12th - Higher Ed
Paul Andersen starts with a brief description of the history of life. He then discusses the seven characteristics of life and why viruses are not alive. He then describes the three domains in the current classification system and...
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Instructional Video3:54
TED-Ed

TED-ED: The science of spiciness - Rose Eveleth

Pre-K - Higher Ed
When you take a bite of a hot pepper, your body reacts as if your mouth is on fire -- because that's essentially what you've told your brain! Rose Eveleth details the science and history behind spicy foods, giving insights into why some...
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Instructional Video14:34
TED Talks

TED: The line between life and not-life | Martin Hanczyc

12th - Higher Ed
In his lab, Martin Hanczyc makes "protocells," experimental blobs of chemicals that behave like living cells. His work demonstrates how life might have first occurred on Earth ... and perhaps elsewhere too.
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Instructional Video3:54
Science360

Synthetic proteins: Mimicking the molecular machinery of life - Science Nation

12th - Higher Ed
Imagine synthetic antibiotics that could fight infections like MRSA, custom pharmaceuticals to treat advanced prostate cancer, and new enzymes that will turn cellulose into fuel. With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF),...
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Instructional Video2:34
Science360

DigiMorph: Bringing Fossils to Life - Science Nation

12th - Higher Ed
High tech x-ray scanning equipment has opened up a whole new world to scientists studying delicate specimens such as fossils, skeletons and ancient manuscripts. It's called "high resolution X-ray computed tomography," and it essentially...
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Instructional Video2:58
SciShow

Why Are Marine Mammals So Big

12th - Higher Ed
Marine mammals are famously large, but why is that? And is there a polar bear-sized sea otter in our future?
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Instructional Video10:39
TED Talks

TED: 3 moons and a planet that could have alien life | James Green

12th - Higher Ed
Is there life beyond earth? Join NASA's director of planetary science James Green for a survey of the places in our solar system that are most likely to harbor alien life.
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Instructional Video28:02
Curated Video

5 Unusual Places to Look for Life | Compilation

12th - Higher Ed
From "superhabitable planets" that can potentially sustain life longer than earth to rogue planets that don't even orbit a star, we’ve talked about some strange places that could host extraterrestrial life over the last few years. Here...
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Instructional Video5:25
TED Talks

TED: How we'll find life on other planets | Aomawa Shields

12th - Higher Ed
Astronomer Aomawa Shields searches for clues that life might exist elsewhere in the universe by examining the atmospheres of distant exoplanets. When she isn't exploring the heavens, the classically trained actor (and TED Fellow) looks...
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Instructional Video5:25
TED-Ed

TED-ED: The life cycle of a t-shirt - Angel Chang

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Consider the classic white t-shirt. Annually, we sell and buy 2 billion t-shirts globally, making it one of the most common garments in the world. But how and where is the average t-shirt made, and what's its environmental impact? Angel...
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Instructional Video9:47
SciShow

4 Real Inventions Inspired by Science Fiction

12th - Higher Ed
Where science fiction becomes science fact - that is the place Hank is exploring in today's episode of SciShow. Many inventions we use today were first imagined in stories that described fantastical futures. Hank talks about the origins...
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Instructional Video8:03
TED Talks

TED: A sci-fi vision of life in 2041 | Chen Qiufan

12th - Higher Ed
Sci-fi writer Chen Qiufan doesn't fear a dystopian future. Instead, he believes developments in artificial intelligence will make all of our lives better, healthier and safer. He takes us on a tour of the next 20 years of AI and shares...
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Instructional Video13:50
TED Talks

TED: How humanity doubled life expectancy in a century | Steven Johnson

12th - Higher Ed
Doubling human life expectancy in a century is our greatest achievement, says author Steven Johnson. How did we make it happen -- and can we keep it going? Backed by fascinating historical anecdotes, he shares some life-lengthening...
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Instructional Video19:05
TED Talks

Freeman Dyson: Let's look for life in the outer solar system

12th - Higher Ed
Physicist Freeman Dyson suggests that we start looking for life on the moons of Jupiter and out past Neptune, in the Kuiper belt and the Oort cloud. He talks about what such life would be like -- and how we might find it.
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Instructional Video18:23
TED Talks

Penelope Boston: There might just be life on Mars

12th - Higher Ed
So the Mars Rovers didn't scoop up any alien lifeforms. Scientist Penelope Boston thinks there's a good chance -- a 25 to 50 percent chance, in fact -- that life might exist on Mars, deep inside the planet's caves. She details how we...
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Instructional Video4:08
Curated Video

The Next Search for Alien Life, and Release the Cubesats!

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow Space explores the latest mission to search for extraterrestrial life, and the mission of two tiny satellites that aims to make space travel safer.
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Instructional Video3:40
SciShow

Astrobiology & the Search for Alien Life

12th - Higher Ed
Hank talks about astrobiology - the study of and search for life in the universe off Earth. Right now, the field has more questions than answers, but all they all seek to answer that one fundamental query: are we alone in the universe?
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Instructional Video2:42
SciShow

How Do Marine Mammals Hold Their Breath For So Long?

12th - Higher Ed
How is it possible for air-breathing marine mammals like sperm whales and elephant seals to hold their breath for so long?

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