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Supersonic Rubberband Whip - Easy Fun DIY
I had a bunch of fun at Maker Faire NYC! I saw a lot of really neat builds, tools, workshops and displays, but the rubber band whip really stood out as something easy and fun anybody can do. Maybe im still a 12 year old at heart but I...
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Tetramminecopper(II) sulfate experiments.
Schweizer's reagent is produced by copper hydroxide, then a excess of ammonia not just coppersulfate with ammonia, thats just Tetramminecopper(II) sulfate.
Next Animation Studio
Moon Had ‘Magnetic Field That Protected Earth’
Scientists say they’re finding clues that support a theory that the early moon and Earth’s magnetospheres combined
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Shooting Watermelons with 'Exploding' Sodium Bullets!
This is part 2 from my liquid metal bullets experiment! We shot watermelons, cinderblocks, starting fluid, and a bunch more. Its a long video, but totally worth staying till the end because you get to see me choke on a bug haha. The...
Science360
Exercise Scientist - Beth Mooradian
What's it really like to be an engineer or a scientist? What does an exercise scientist really do all day? You're about to find out! Meet the next generation of engineers and scientists in these profiles of young professionals, who may...
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What happens when a NERF dart breaks the SPEED OF SOUND?
A few more thoughts on the Nerf Cannon. Yes, I know if I used a longer barrel I could get higher speeds, but I did not want to deal with a 20ft long gun. I think a 6ft barrel was enough to show what a supersonic nerf dart can do. I...
Science360
Extremophile Hunter
With support from the National Science Foundation, Astrobiologist Richard Hoover really goes to extremes to find living things that thrive where life would seem to be impossible--from the glaciers of the Alaskan Arctic to the ice sheets...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
The Public Sector's Role in "Greasing Collaboration"
In part 6 of INET's interview with Fred Block, he discusses the idea that In an economy increasingly defined by "networked collaborations," the government can play a key role in overseeing innovation
Professor Dave Explains
Marine Ecologist Virginia Schutte (Get to Know a Scientist!)
When we think of a scientist hard at work, we usually picture them in a laboratory, with all kinds of glassware and solutions and high-tech gizmos all around them. But lots of scientists work in nature! Virginia Schutte is a marine...
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This Is Why You Need To Wear Safety Glasses
Today I show you how dangerous table saw kickback can be, as well as how angle grinders can shatter and why its important to be safe with power tools!
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Back To The Moon: The Silicon Valley of space
After a quiet half a century since the last Apollo mission landed on the moon, Associate Professor Alan Duffy takes us inside the new space race. Learn what is it about the Mojave Space Port that is so important to the space race. Also,...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Ira Flatow - Science Friday
Ira Flatow is the host of Science Friday, bringing 2 million radio and Internet listeners a lively, informative discussion on science, technology, health, space and the environment. Ira is president of Science Friday, Inc. and founder...
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Britannica Insights: Apollo 11 program
Learn more about the Apollo program in this interview with NASA astrophysicist Dr. Michelle Thaller and Senior Editor for Astronomy and Space Exploration at Encyclopaedia Britannica Erik Gregersen.
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Archaeologist Curtis Marean - ScienceLives
Curtis Marean received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1990 and is now a member of the Institute of Human Origins and School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University. In addition to...
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Chloroform from Bleach and acetone.
DIY chloroform, an easy preparation! watch my other video on how to synthesize it. Just a video showing the amount of chloroform i made, i was only using a 2.5 percent concentration of sodium hypochlorite that's why the yield is low. You...
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Hydrolyze Acetylsalicylic Acid into Salicylic Acid
Please read the entire description! 50gm ASA 33.5gm NaOH 150ml water Filter Add conc. HCl to taste (~150ml) Filter Wash, rinse & repeat. Dry 2 things: 1.) You don't need to separate the ASA from tablets. 2.) Stir NaOH slowly! (a)...
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Hexamine synthesis. Ammonia and formaldehyde.
So i was wrong on my math. 6grams to 4grams is wrong and im stupid. The correct stochiometry would be 68g ammonia with 180g of formaldehyde.
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Dancing Robots
Dancing Robots - And now for a break in our scheduled programming..
Rock 'N Learn
Physical Science : Electric Circuits
Physical Science for Kids is the fun way to learn important facts about physical science and get ready for tests. Take a fascinating journey to the Super Science Station to learn about electric circuits.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Zorana Ivcevic - Managing the Creative Process
Zorana Ivcevic Pringle, Ph.D., is an associate research scientist for the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Zagreb in Croatia, received her Ph.D. from the University of...
Science360
Marine Biologist Erica Staaterman - ScienceLives
Marine biologist Erica Staaterman is tuned in to the sounds of the undersea world. She records and analyzes the noise of life underwater, and as a result can tell you what a lobster sounds like, or a mantis shrimp (it rumbles).