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Engines of Destruction: The Science of Hurricanes!
A typical tropical cyclone consumes the same amount of power as the entire United States. Scientists understand hurricanes and predict their sizes and paths. The video explains the relationship between hurricanes and ideal engines. It...
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What’s Really Warming the Earth?
More carbon dioxide exists in the atmosphere than ever in human history. An informative video introduces the topic of global warming as part of a larger playlist. It looks at possible causes such as Earth's orbit, Earth's moving axis,...
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Attack of the Zombie Parasites!
There is a law in Haiti that makes it a crime to turn someone into a zombie. But is such a thing even possible? Scholars see examples of zombie-like organisms found here on Earth with a video that explores numerous examples, from...
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Rise of the Superbugs
The narrator of a short video shows learners the history of antibiotics with the use of penicillin. Viewers then see how bacteria are becoming resistant to antibiotics and what that means for our future health and for the...
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Why Are The Bees Dying?
Honeybees fly at 15 miles per hour — not bad for such a small animal! These speedy llittle creatures are the subject of a video that shows viewers how honeybees are incredibly important in the pollination world. The narrator...
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The Ruin and Rise of Monterey Bay
Eating sardines provides a myriad of health benefits; it wards off heart disease, strengthens bones, maintains healthy skin, and prevents some types of cancers. Alas, sardines in have been over-fished. Scholars learn about Monterey Bay...
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Cuttlefish: Tentacles In Disguise
Cuttlefish are actually not fish — they are relatives of the octopus, squid, and nautilus! Scholars explore this concept and more as they observe cuttlefish and their ability to change their coloring through chromatophores. Viewers...
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My Date With A Giant Pacific Octopus!
The largest giant Pacific octopus on record measured 30 feet across and weighed more than 600 pounds. Viewers get to see a giant Pacific octopus in its habitat at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. The narrator interviews its caretaker and...
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I Don't Think You're Ready for These Jellies
If a jellyfish is cut into two parts, each part can regenerate, creating two new organisms.This phenomenon and other interesting facts about jellyfish are explored in the Monterey Bay aquarium's exhibit on jellies and talks with the...
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A Sea Otter's Adorable Adoption Story
Sea otters, an important species in the Pacific coast kelp ecosystem, are the focus of a short video that observes sea otters in captivity. One of the few animals that use tools to help them eat, viewers see how females in captivity will...
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Why Do We Have To Sleep?
Humans are the only mammals who delay sleep. Viewers learn this and other interesting facts in a video that explores sleep in humans. The narrator also discusses how lights affect our sleep, the importance of sleep, and how...
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How To Hit A Major League Fastball (According to Science)
A baseball player with a vision of 20/7.5 can clearly see an object 20 feet away that normal folks could only see clearly at 7.5 feet away. This fact along with other interesting examples are explored in a video that explains how senses...
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Ebola Explained
While Ebola killed 70 percent of some communities, the worldwide outbreak in 2014 only killed 40 percent of those infected. The biggest predictors of survival are access to health care and sanitary conditions for the deceased. This video...
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Why I'm Scared of Spiders
Eighty-four percent of people have an irrational fear. This video focuses on a fear of spiders. It explains the different types of fear, the conditioning that creates fear, and the evolutionary advantage to these fears. It doesn't just...
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Why Are Some People Left-Handed?
Most animals that show a paw preference are split 50/50 with half of the population preferring one side and the other half preferring the other, yet in humans only 10 percent are left-handed. The video explains what part of the brain...
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Where Do Birds Go In Winter?
The poet Homer believed that birds went to battle tribes of goat-riding dwarfs during the winter. As the video explains, this myth and many others that seem crazy to us now, wasn't questioned for many years. The reality isn't quite as...
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%$?# Allergies!
About 40,000 people have sinus surgery every year, hoping to relieve sinus congestion due to allergies. Learners see why some people have allergies and others don't. From flowers' pollen to pet dander, some human immune systems are...
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The Strange Science of the Placebo Effect
Scholars see how doctors first used placebos to help soldiers during WWII with pain. Viewers then see what placebos are and how effective they can be. The narrator reminds viewers that while placebos cannot cure everything,...
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Your Mom is LITERALLY Part of You!
You will always be on your mother's mind — literally, as it turns out. The video explains how cells pass between mother and child during pregnancy and how long these cells lasts. For up to 50 years after being born, you have cells from...
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Did Dinosaurs Really Go Extinct?
Most meat-eating dinosaurs had bones filled with air, just like today's birds. Scholars explore the idea that humans still live with dinosaurs, aka birds in a video that explains how researchers determined that modern birds...
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Amazing Facts About Whales!
The blue whale is the largest creature ever to have lived on Earth. Scholars explore the world of these cetaceans, see how whales evolved, explore their characteristics, listen to their communication, and learn about their diet.
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Should You Be Worried About Zika?
In 2007, 73 percent of the population in Polynesia was infected with the Zika virus, and, like today, there was no vaccine. Viewers see the history of Malaria, dating back to Roman times and its relationship to the Zika virus....
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Why Do We Cook?
Are you hungry right now? If you are, it might be because your brain is so large. The video describes the shift from larger jaw to larger brain and the relationship of larger brains to cooking. Crushing, preserving, and drying also made...
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How Your Body Knows Left From Right
While our outsides are mostly symmetrical, our internal organs aren't. Why would this be the case? Are other animals the same? What determines if your organs are on the "correct" side or backwards? Here's a video that answers these...