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Why the Three-Body Problem is Unsolvable*

Adults Education
What is the THREE-BODY PROBLEM? What does it have to do with the award-winning book of the same name?

The Language Counting Paradox

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Lots of languages and species are going extinct, but because others keep getting found or described, the official counts of languages and species are still increasing.

The Solar System is Beige

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Whether you grew up with a poster of the solar system on your bedroom wall or not, you've probably got a specific idea of what the planets look like. From brilliantly blue Neptune to the "red planet" Mars. But if you managed to actually visit these worlds, you'd find reality... a little beige.

Inside The Sunny Center of a Hurricane

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Why is the middle of a hurricane sometimes so clear and calm?

What Makes Kurzgesagt So Special?

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We're finally revealing the secret sauce behind kurzgesagt videos.

Alex Honnold Explores Sustainability at Epcot

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For Earth Month, Alex Honnold visited Walt Disney World to find out how the Sunshine State's namesake is helping to sustainably power the park while also boosting biodiversity.

How AI Will Step Off the Screen and into the Real World | Daniela Rus | TED

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The convergence of AI and robotics will unlock a wonderful new world of possibilities in everyday life, says robotics and AI pioneer Daniela Rus.

Crash Course Art History Preview

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Welcome to Crash Course Art History! Over the next 22 episodes, Sarah Urist Green will explore the hidden stories behind artworks.

Does Fallout's "Rule of Thumb" Work?

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Is #fallout 's famous Vault Boy actually hiding some accurate nuclear blast survival tactics?

Why the Hardest Rocks Can Be Easy to Break

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So, rocks are hard. But the scale we use to rank them, the Mohs scale, is only really good at quantifying that for one kind of hardness, and topaz is a perfect stone to talk about to explain that. And you can check it out in our SciShow Rocks Box subscription!

MinuteEarth Explains: Solar Eclipses

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Over the last year, we at MinuteEarth and MinutePhysics have had the privilege of working with NASA's Heliophysics Education Activation Team make a series of videos about the awesomeness of solar eclipses. Here they are, all seven of them!

There Are Thousands of Alien Empires in The Milky Way

Adults Education
We often assume that advanced technology will make it easy for aliens to colonize space. But what if space exploration is always difficult, no matter how advanced you are?

The Billion-Dollar Problem in Education

Adults Education
Standardized testing is deeply woven into the fabric of US education, but does it foster genuine learning?

How the Most Expensive Swords in the World Are Made

Adults Education
This is a video about how Japanese samurai swords, aka katanas, are made – from the gathering of the iron sand, to the smelting of the steel, to the forging of the blade.

Primitive Technology: One-Way Blower Iron Smelt & Forging Experiment

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I tested the one-way spinning blower in an iron smelt and it is more effective than the previous both way spinning blower.

Cardiologist Answers Heart Questions From Twitter

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Cardiologist Dr. Sunil Rao answers your questions about the heart from Twitter. How do you measure your maximum heart rate?

Why Do All YouTube Videos Look Alike?

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Many crustaceans from all sorts of starting points evolve to end up looking similar, likely due to outside pressures. That’s sort of like what happens with YouTube videos.