Veritasium's Derek Muller Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions | WIRED
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Veritasium's Derek Muller answers the web's most searched questions about himself. Where did the name 'Veritasium' come from? Is Veritasium a real element? Where does Derek live? Is he married? What was Veritasium's first video? Derek answers all these questions and much more!
What if We Replaced Nuclear With Potatoes
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Energy use can be confusing – I mean, how do you compare gasoline in your car to electricity piped to your house? That's why we made these things spud-tacularly simple.
Fact vs. Theory vs. Hypothesis vs. Law… EXPLAINED!
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ome people try to attack things like evolution by natural selection and man-made climate change by saying “Oh, that’s just a THEORY!”
You Don’t Actually Know What Your Future Self Wants | Shankar Vedantam | TED
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"You are constantly becoming a new person," says journalist Shankar Vendantam. In a talk full of beautiful storytelling, he explains the profound impact of something he calls the "illusion of continuity" -- the belief that our future selves will share the same views, perspectives and hopes as our current selves -- and shows how we can more proactively craft the people we are to become.
Let’s Travel to The Most Extreme Place in The Universe
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This time you can join us on a journey through the microcosm. Curious? Head over to our shop and get it while supplies last.
A Molecule-Thick Coating Changes What a Surface Does, Thanks to Nanoscience
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This episode was made in partnership with The Kavli Prize. The Kavli Prize honors scientists for breakthroughs in astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience — transforming our understanding of the big, the small, and the complex.
Primitive Technology: Smelting Iron In Brick Furnaces
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I made 3 furnaces from bricks using different configurations to test their effectiveness. The benefit of using bricks to make a furnace is that it's quicker, easier, re-useable and portable relative to a furnace constructed in-situ from clay.
The Real Reason Leaves Change Color In the Fall
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Want to learn more about the topic in this week’s video? Here are some keywords to get your googling started:
Leaf senescence, chlorophyll, carotenoid, anthocyanin
The hidden meanings of yin and yang - John Bellaimey
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The ubiquitous yin-yang symbol holds its roots in Taoism/Daoism, a Chinese religion and philosophy.
Primitive Technology: Rock-Throwing Catapult (Trebuchet)
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I built a trebuchet, a type of catapult that uses a counter weight to store gravitational potential energy which is then used to fire a projectile via a sling.
How to write like the best-selling author of all time
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Dig into Agatha Christie’s writing style to find out how she crafted her mystery novels and how to employ these strategies in your own work.
How Schools Can Nurture Every Student's Genius | Trish Millines Dziko | TED
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Forget home economics and standardized tests, education visionary Trish Millines Dziko has a much more engaging and fulfilling way for students to develop real-world skills.
Bill Nye Breaks Down Webb Telescope Space Images | WIRED
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The James Webb Space Telescope has dazzled us with its first batch of images. WIRED got in touch with the one and only Bill Nye to break down some of these astonishing photos, explaining what we're really looking at.
Primitive Technology: Trebuchet
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I built a trebuchet, a type of catapult that uses a counter weight to store gravitational potential energy which is then used to fire a projectile via a sling.
How Different Species of Fireflies Blink
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Did you know that not all species of fireflies blink the same?
Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Birds
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This summer, we partnered with Nate Senner of the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Tebughna School in Beluga, Alaska to make this series of videos all about how, why, and where birds migrate.
The 4 things it takes to be an expert
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Which experts have real expertise?