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Why Doesn't Time Flow Backwards?

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Thanks to Google Making and Science for supporting this series, and to Sean Carroll for collaborating on it!

m&m's Dissolving in Water - 4K

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We dropped m&m's chocolate in water and discovered something really wonderful!

How Big do Tsunamis Get?

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How big do Tsunamis Get? The answer is pretty terrifying, and pretty big.

Google Timelapse Walks You Through Decades of Change in Seconds

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Three decades of change in five seconds.

Crazy Lake Experiment

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1 tablespoon of olive oil destroys half an acre of waves on this lake. What The Physics?!

Why doesn't anything stick to Teflon?

AdultsScienceTechnologyHistory
Teflon was in the spacesuits the Apollo crew wore for the moon landing, in pipes and valves used in the Manhattan project, and it may be in your kitchen, as the nonstick coating on frying pans and cookie sheets.

How These Sea Shells Know the Weather in Greenland

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Foraminifera - tiny, single-celled marine life forms - build gorgeous houses that record how much ice there is on the planet.

Death From Space

AdultsScienceSpaceTechnology
There are cosmic snipers firing at random into the unvierse. What are they and what happens if they hit us?

You Can't See This (MIND TRICKS)

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Your eyes aren't always telling the truth.

Indestructible Coating?!

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Used in everything from bullet-proof vests to the walls of the Pentagon, polyurea's strength comes from its long-chain molecules.

The Future Of Agriculture Is Here

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Project Flora Robotica studies the symbiotic relationships between robots and plants.

What the Fahrenheit?!

AdultsHistoryScience
The crazy story of the arbitrary temperature scale used in a tiny minority of countries.

How do whales sing?

AdultsAnimalsNatureScience
Communicating underwater is challenging. Light and odors don't travel well, but sound moves about four times faster in water than in air - which means marine mammals often use sounds to communicate.

Is It Okay to Touch Mars?

AdultsScienceSpace
What exactly makes a journey to Mars so perilous? Is it okay to touch Martian dirt with your bare hands?

Why Do Animals Eat Their Babies?

AdultsAnimalsNatureScience
Sometimes, it makes sense for critters across the animal kingdom to chow down on their own young.

Are preservatives bad for you?

AdultsFoodHealthScience
Food doesn't last. In days, sometimes hours, bread goes moldy, apple slices turn brown, and bacteria multiply in mayonnaise. But you can find all of these foods out on the shelf at the grocery store, hopefully unspoiled, thanks to preservatives.

Is This What Quantum Mechanics Looks Like?

AdultsPhysicsScience
Silicone oil droplets provide a physical realization of pilot wave theories.