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Explained: Beaker Ball Balance Problem

Adults Science
This is the solution to: http://youtu.be/QD3hbVG1yxM

The Scientific Power of Meditation

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How exactly does meditation affect your body?

Just how small is an atom?

Adults Science
Just how small are atoms? And what's inside them? The answers turn out to be astounding, even for those who think they know. This fast-paced animation uses spectacular metaphors (imagine a blueberry the size of a football stadium!) to give a visceral sense of the building blocks that make our world.

How Many Stars Are There?

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Counting stars from the shore of the cosmic ocean...

Could We Stop An Asteroid? Feat. Bill Nye

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Could we stop an asteroid on a collision course for Earth?

Solar eclipse: 2015 - Stargazing Live

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Miss The Solar Eclipse This Year? Watch This Incredible Footage Of It!

Why do we get dark bags under our eyes?

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A weekly show where we endeavour to answer one of your big questions. This week, "bored during school" asks, "Why do we get dark bags under our eyes when we're tired?"

The Most Important Science Images Ever

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One picture can change the world.

Why Do We Only See One Side of the Moon?

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Only one side of the Moon is visible from Earth because the Moon rotates about its spin axis at the same rate that the Moon orbits the Earth, a situation known as synchronous rotation or tidal locking.

The Science of BBQ!!!

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Science is delicious.

What Colour Is This Dress?

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Solved with science for the sake of the human race!!

How optical illusions trick your brain

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Optical illusions are images that seem to trick our minds into seeing something different from what they actually are. But how do they work? Nathan S. Jacobs walks us through a few common optical illusions and explains what these tricks of the eye can tell us about how our brains assemble visual information into the 3D world we see around us.

The Science of Heartbreak

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Why is a 'broken heart' so painful?

Why Vaccines Work

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As more and more parents are choosing not to vaccinate their children or are vaccinating them later, diseases like measles are making a comeback. Are vaccines safe? How do they work? This week we look at why are people afraid of something that has saved so many lives, and look at the history and science of vaccines.

Scientific Weight Loss Tips

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Tired of searching for the perfect diet or pill to shed some pounds? Find out the top weight loss tips, with solid science to back them up.

How Big is the Solar System?

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The true scale of our cosmic neighborhood. Whoa.

Can Video Games Make You Smarter?

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Are video games good for you?

Why is yawning contagious? - Claudia Aguirre

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*Yaaawwwwwn* Did just reading the word make you feel like yawning yourself? Known as contagious yawning, the reasons behind this phenomenon have been attributed to both the physiological and psychological. It's been observed in children as young as four and even in dogs! Claudia Aguirre visits the many intriguing theories that might explain contagious yawning.

Why are my ears ringing?

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A weekly show where we endeavor to answer one of your big questions. This week, Emma R. asks, "Why do I get that weird ringing noise in my ears?"

An Astronaut's View of Earth

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What it's like to see the Earth from orbit.

Exploring other dimensions - Alex Rosenthal and George Zaidan

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Imagine a two-dimensional world -- you, your friends, everything is 2D. In his 1884 novella, Edwin Abbott invented this world and called it Flatland. Alex Rosenthal and George Zaidan take the premise of Flatland one dimension further, imploring us to consider how we would see dimensions different from our own and why the exploration just may be worth it.