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A Halloween Candy That Comes From Bones and Bugs! | SciShow Kids
Today, Jessi and Squeaks learn about some common (and maybe even spooky) ingredients used to make candy, including what might be the most famous Halloween candy of them: Candy Corn! Second Grade Next Generation Science Standards...
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Terran 1: The 3D Printed Rocket
Early this year, 3D printing showed off its space-age technology capabilities by printing most of a rocket that was launched into space.
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Why is Indigo in the Rainbow?
Indigo may be a very vague and unnecessary color, but it has an interesting history that involves some plants, turmoil, and Isaac Newton's interest in the number seven. Hosted by: Hank Green
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Where Did Last Year's Banana Trees Go?
Everyone loves bananas. But because banana trees die and grow back every year, researchers want to find ways to recycle all that biomass -- from bioplastic, to solar panels, to skateboards.
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Wiggly Gelatin Treats! | The Science of Food! | SciShow Kids
Mister Brown and Squeaks learn all about gelatin, and investigate if it is a liquid or a solid!
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Why Do Pineapple and Kiwi Ruin Gelatin?
Adding the wrong fruits to your gelatin can turn it into a big, goopy mess. But understanding why this happens can help you learn how to make better desserts, and level up your cooking game in general.
TED-Ed
TED-ED: The deadly irony of gunpowder - Eric Rosado
In the mid-ninth century, Chinese chemists, hard at work on an immortality potion, instead invented gunpowder. They soon found that this highly inflammable powder was far from an elixir of life -- they put it to use in bombs against...
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7 Kinds of Makeup Chemistry
You look really pretty, but what are you actually putting all over your face?
MinutePhysics
Schrodinger's Cat
In this episode we discuss Schrodinger's cat, quantum entanglement, and our perception of reality.
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What Happens to Your Body If You Die on Mars?
It's not the happiest subject, but when someone dies in space, or on another planet, what will happen to the body?
MinuteEarth
How To Hear Halfway Around The World
Sounds in the ocean can travel more than 10,000 miles - that's halfway around the world! Here's how.
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A Deadly Mistake That Led to Safer Medicine | Elixir Sulfanilamide
In the 1930s, a mistake that cost over a hundred lives helped usher in a new era of safer medicine.
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The Science of the Cinnamon Challenge
Hank explains the science behind the "cinnamon challenge," and reveals why it is nearly impossible to complete.Do not attempt the cinnamon challenge! Instead, why not just watch some videos of the thousands of YouTubers failing at it!...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The ingredient in almost everything you eat | Francesca Bot
Soybeans have been cultivated in Asia for thousands of years, and have since spread across the globe. Today, soy is in so many foods that most people consume it every day without even knowing it. So, what makes soybeans so versatile? And...
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Miracle Fruit: How to Trick Your Taste Buds
Hate the taste of sour stuff? Well fret no more with this miracle berry! It will coat your tongue with an awesome protein to make everything taste sweet! Hank Green explains in this episode of SciShow.
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Why is Indigo in the Rainbow?
Indigo may be a very vague and unnecessary color, but it has an interesting history that involves some plants, turmoil, and Isaac Newton's interest in the number seven.
SciShow Kids
What Is Pumpkin Spice?
Sam the Bat stopped by the fort today, and brought his famous pumpkin spice cookies! But what exactly is pumpkin spice?
TED-Ed
TED-ED: The history of chocolate - Deanna Pucciarelli
If you can't imagine life without chocolate, you're lucky you weren't born before the 16th century. Until then, chocolate only existed as a bitter, foamy drink in Mesoamerica. So how did we get from a bitter beverage to the chocolate...
Curated Video
Harmful Drugs: Cocaine
Cocaine is derived from the coca plant and is used in powder and rock forms. What effects does cocaine have on the brain and body, and what makes it such an addictive drug? Biology - Healthy Living - Cocaine is a drug derived from the...
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Harmful Drugs: Ecstasy
Ecstasy, also known as MDMA, is one of the most commonly used harmful drugs. How does the drug affect the brain and body, and what are the long-term repercussions associated with its use? Biology - Healthy Living - Ecstasy is a drug...
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How We Taste
Taste is a survival instinct: we instinctively dislike bitter or sour tastes in case food is off or poisonous. An introduction to the tongue and how it helps us to taste. Biology - Being Human - Learning Points. Taste is a survival...
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Oxidation Reactions
Why do we cook our food wrapped in aluminium foil? Why does metal rust? It all comes down to oxidation reactions. Discover what happens to cause these reactions, and how to stop them. Chemistry - ReactionsLearning Points. The combustion...
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Microbes in Milk
We examine the number of microorganisms in different types of milk using resazurin indicator. Samples of pasteurised milk, UHT milk and powdered milk are left in the open for three days before resazurin indicator is added and the samples...
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Avalanches
Whether they are slow slab avalanches or hurtling powder avalanches, these powerful snow slides can be extremely destructive and it can take as little as a weak snow layer to cause them. Earth Science - Weather - Learning Points....