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  • 01:02 Popular "Devil's Squid" Experiment Creates A Portal To Hell

    "Devil's Squid" Experiment Creates A Portal To Hell

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    Burn 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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  • 01:57 Popular Sun continues to cause cancer in darkness, scientists discover

    Sun continues to cause cancer in darkness, scientists discover

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    Much 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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  • 04:42 Popular Michio Kaku on the Science of Dreams

    Michio Kaku on the Science of Dreams

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    Michio 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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  • 10:29 Popular Roulette - How to Win

    Roulette - How to Win

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    Steve 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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  • 01:45 Popular Fluid helium - amazing properties

    Fluid helium - amazing properties

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    Helium 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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  • 07:16 Popular What Is Consciousness?

    What Is Consciousness?

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    Consciousness 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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  • 05:14 Popular How to Make The Metal Melter

    How to Make The Metal Melter

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    High 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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  • 06:31 Popular The Known Universe

    The Known Universe

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    The 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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  • 03:30 Popular Levitation Coil - Induction Heating

    Levitation Coil - Induction Heating

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    "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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  • 1:24:07 Popular Is Consciousness produced by a Brain? - Evidence for Reincarnation

    Is Consciousness produced by a Brain? - Evidence for Reincarnation

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    Dr. 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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  • 07:32 Popular How simple ideas lead to scientific discoveries - Adam Savage

    How simple ideas lead to scientific discoveries - Adam Savage

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    Adam 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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  • 04:41 Popular Solar "Death Ray": Power of 5000 suns!

    Solar "Death Ray": Power of 5000 suns!

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    The 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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