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"Devil's Squid" Experiment Creates A Portal To Hell
Added 10.9k Views / 0 LikesBurn two chemicals to get what's called "Devil's Squid". The reaction is appropriately nicknamed the "Pharoah's Serpent" and was sold in stores as fireworks until people realized it's toxic.
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Sun continues to cause cancer in darkness, scientists discover
Added 4,291 Views / 0 LikesMuch of the damage that ultraviolet radiation (UV) does to skin occurs hours after sun exposure. In the past, experts believed that melanin protected the skin by blocking harmful UV light. But there was also evidence from this study suggesting that melani
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Michio Kaku on the Science of Dreams
Added 4,620 Views / 0 LikesMichio Kaku describes how our prefrontal cortex disengages as we dream, thus suppressing the fact-checking component of our consciousness. Dr. Kaku's latest book is The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind.
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Roulette - How to Win
Added 4,393 Views / 0 LikesSteve Bourie, author of the American Casino Guide, explains how to play and how to win at roulette. Topics covered include: the various bets that can be made; the casino's advantage on those bets; the worst bet you can make; the difference between double-
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Fluid helium - amazing properties
Added 5,279 Views / 0 LikesHelium becomes super-fluid and displays amazing properties.To address all the comments about helium "running out": Most helium on earth is the result of radioactive decay (alpha particle emission and electron capture) over a very long period of time and i
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What Is Consciousness?
Added 4,342 Views / 0 LikesConsciousness is the quality or state of awareness, or, of being aware of an external object or something within oneself. It has been defined as: sentience, awareness, subjectivity, the ability to experience or to feel, wakefulness, having a sense of self
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How to Make The Metal Melter
Added 4,242 Views / 0 LikesHigh amperage electricity can easily melt metal! In this video you'll learn step by step how to modify a microwave oven transformer into a high-current device that can pump out 800 amps of electrical current.
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The Known Universe
Added 4,478 Views / 0 LikesThe Known Universe takes viewers from the Himalayas through our atmosphere and the inky black of space to the afterglow of the Big Bang. Every star, planet, and quasar seen in the film is possible because of the world's most complete four-dimensional map
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Levitation Coil - Induction Heating
Added 5,056 Views / 0 Likes"Induction heating. Basically the idea is you pass an alternating current through the copper coils. This induces an alternating magnetic field which in turn induces eddy currents on the surface of metals that are placed inside (the workpiece). The eddy cu
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Is Consciousness produced by a Brain? - Evidence for Reincarnation
Added 4,498 Views / 0 LikesDr. Bruce Greyson reports of cases that suggest that consciousness does not need a physical brain and in fact not even a physical body. Presented at the "Cosmology and Consciousness Conference" hosted by Upper TCV, Dharamsala, in 2011.
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How simple ideas lead to scientific discoveries - Adam Savage
Added 4,046 Views / 0 LikesAdam Savage walks through two spectacular examples of profound scientific discoveries that came from simple, creative methods anyone could have followed -- Eratosthenes' calculation of the Earth's circumference around 200 BC and Hippolyte Fizeau's measure
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Solar "Death Ray": Power of 5000 suns!
Added 4,327 Views / 0 LikesThe R5800 solar concentrator, replaced by the new R23k, is made from an ordinary fiberglass satellite dish. It is covered in about 5800 3/8" (~1cm) mirror tiles. When properly aligned, it can generate a spot the size of a dime with an intensity of 5000 ti
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