This is an phdcomics video. Dr. John Johnson's team of astrophysicists at Caltech tells us how to unravel the code embedded in the light we see as stars and why we happen to be made of stardust. It doesn't get any more fundamental than this!/nSources and credits: Credits:/nAnimated by Jorge Cham Featuring: John Johnson, Melodie Kao, Ben Montet and Jon Swift/nProduced in Partnership with the Johnson ExoLab at Caltech with funding provided by the Caltech Innovation in Education Fund. The ExoLab is supported by The David ; Lucile Packard Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation./nThanks to Meg Rosenburg and Crystal Dilworth. Transcribed by Noel Dilworth. Sound mixing by Laurence Yeung.

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Tags: Fingerprint Stars
Date: 2013-02-07

In this fascinating video, Michio Kaku discusses how dark matter and the possible existence of parallel universes fit together. Kaku also discusses how these may relate to string theory.

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Tags: Big Think Michio Kaku dark matter parallel universes string theory
Date: 2012-12-05

This video shows a person with a with a bionic arm performing some tasks. A man controls a prosthetic arm which is rewired to his chest muscles.

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Tags: bionic arm
Date: 2012-12-04

Why do we yawn? Contrary to popular belief, it's not because our brain needs more oxygen! You'll find out why we yawn and why it makes everyone around us yawn in this funny, informative video.

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Tags: yawn brains sleep
Date: 2012-11-26

This video shows a new movie take by a spacecraft showing the Moon transiting the Earth. The Moon passes in front of the Earth in this video taken by the Deep Impact spacecraft, now called EPOXI. The continents are much more pronounced because they were imaged through an infrared filter, and vegetation is bright at near-infrared wavelengths.

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Tags: earth and moon
Date: 2012-11-26

This video discusses how the brain processes experience always at a slight delay, making everything we experience "now" actually in the past! Cool hypothetical examples about how this affects our perceptions.

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Tags: perception nervous system brains processing experience
Date: 2012-11-26

This video shows that a smallest planet just 5 times the size of the earth may have been found. It has been called GJ 436c. It orbits around a dim red star 30 light years away in the constellation Leo.

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Tags: planets
Date: 2012-11-26

Why does it seem like as people get older, it feels like time moves more quickly? This question is looked at, along with intriguing facts about organisms who have lived thousands and tens of thousands of years--with no signs of stopping.

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Tags: aging immortality youth
Date: 2012-11-25

You probably weren't aware that the internet weighed anything at all, but this fascinating video discusses how miniscule amounts of energy make up the information that is the internet. Looks at a few different estimates about how individual emails, videos, and sites contribute to this baffling calculation.

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Tags: internet weight strawberry technology
Date: 2012-11-25

Fun video that explains how black holes are formed and their effects. Posits interesting hypothetical situations, such as if Earth orbited a black hole.

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Tags: black holes galaxies space time
Date: 2012-11-25

This video shows a plane that can fly on solar power for two night. QinetiQ, a UK defence research company says that this is the first time solar powered plane has flown through two consecutive nights.

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Tags: solar power
Date: 2012-11-25

How many times have human beings clicked a shutter and said "cheese?" This video takes a look at one estimate and discusses the history and current state of photography in our world.

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Tags: photos photography
Date: 2012-11-24

Funny, informative video about gravitational pulls exerted by celestial bodies. Also, some quick chemistry regarding the sun and other additional tidbits.

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Tags: space guns gravity planets
Date: 2012-11-23

This video shows a inflatable heat shield being tested in space. One day spacecrafts may use inflatable shields to protect themselves as they plunge into the atmosphere.

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Tags: spacecraft
Date: 2012-11-23

When they say jumping spider which have some of the best vision among invertebrates and use it in courtship, hunting, and navigation, they're not kidding. This spider can jump 50 times its body length. More worse for its intended victim - in this case, a bee.

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Tags: Jumping Spider
Date: 2012-11-23

This video shows how granulocytes kill cervical cancer cells. In this video watch the yellow arrow which points out where a type of white blood cell called a granulocyte is killing cervical cancer cells.

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Tags: cancer
Date: 2012-11-23

This is a vsauce video. Study on mirror color: http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA523782

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Tags: mirror
Date: 2012-11-23

This video show what happens when the galaxies collide. Milky Way is moving closer to another spiral galaxy called Andromeda with a speed of half a million kilometres per hour. The resulting collision will be devastating.

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Tags: galaxies collision
Date: 2012-11-20

This video shows a clip of how the power of a laser is being utilized to power the rotors of a mini-helicopter. References of how the same laser could be used to power larger land vehicles are also made. LaserMotive a company in Seattle, Washington, used laser power to fly a 22 gram model helicopter.

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Tags: helicopters lasers
Date: 2012-11-19

This video shows a camera that can catch Wi-Fi signals. The device designed by a team from Oslo School of Architecture ; Design that can create a large picture of the Wi-Fi signals around the city.

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Tags: camera wi-fi
Date: 2012-11-19