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In Search of the Blackest Thing on Earth
In Search of the Blackest Thing on Earth Teacherflix 1 Views • 7 months ago

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There are some startlingly black animals out there, whether they’re in the deep ocean or in the darkest corners of the rainforest. But humans have created some stunningly black substances too, using science and engineering. So who wins, nature or humans? In this video, I go in search of the blackest black things on Earth to see what’s really the blackest… and why.

Additional media provided by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)
Thank you to Ryan Lavery at the Smithsonian Institution: National Museum of Natural History

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Why No One Can See the Stars Anymore
Why No One Can See the Stars Anymore Teacherflix 1 Views • 7 months ago

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It never gets dark anymore. Not REALLY dark, anyway. Not like it used to. Light pollution is not only making it more difficult to see the night sky, but it's also affecting our health. For the past century and a half, since the dawn of electric light, we’ve been losing our connection to the night. We need artificial light for modern society, of course. The problem is, we need darkness for our health, and for the health of wildlife and ecosystems, and we’re not getting enough of it. I traveled to McDonald Observatory in far west Texas, one of the darkest places in North America, to learn what people are doing in order to preserve dark skies, and to see truly dark skies for myself (and so I could show them to you!). This video features time lapse night sky images that I’ve been collecting for the past few years, and I hope they make you feel something special. Turn out the lights, keep looking up, and don’t be afraid of the dark.
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Presidential Powers 2: Crash Course Government and Politics #12
Presidential Powers 2: Crash Course Government and Politics #12 Teacherflix 7 Views • 2 years ago

This week Craig continues our conversation on presidential powers by looking at those NOT found in the Constitution - implied or inherent powers. We’ll talk about how the President uses their power to negotiate executive agreements, recommend legislative initiatives, instate executive orders, impound funds, and claim executive privilege in order to get things done. Implied powers are kind of tough to tack down, as they aren’t really powers until they’re asserted, but once they are, most subsequent Presidents chose not to give them up. So we’ll try to cover those we’ve seen so far and talk a little bit about reactions to these sometimes controversial actions from the other branches of Congress.

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Chapters:
Introduction: Informal Powers of the President 00:00
Informal powers of the President 0:50
Inherent power to use troops 1:20
War Powers Resolution 2:23
Executive agreements vs. treaties 2:42
CEO of the U.S. 3:31
Legislative Initiative 4:18
Executive orders 5:20
Impounding funds 6:02
Executive privilege 6:20
The importance of presidential precedent 6:56
Credits 7:21

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History of Media Literacy, Part 1: Crash Course Media Literacy #2
History of Media Literacy, Part 1: Crash Course Media Literacy #2 Teacherflix 6 Views • 2 years ago

In order to understand the history of media literacy we have to go all the way back to straight up literacy. In the first half of our look at the history of media literacy, Jay takes us all the way back to Ancient Greece and forward through the printing press, newspapers, and Yellow Journalism.

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The Impact of the Printing Press
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Maine Explosion Caused by Bomb or Torpedo? https://digitalcollections.nyp....l.org/items/84ea964f

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Specialization and Trade: Crash Course Economics #2
Specialization and Trade: Crash Course Economics #2 Teacherflix 4 Views • 2 years ago

In which Adriene Hill and Jacob Clifford teach you about specialization and trade, and how countries decide whether they're going to make stuff or trade for stuff. You'll learn about things like comparative advantage, the production possibilities frontier and how to make pizza!

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Tissues, Part 3 - Connective Tissues: Crash Course Anatomy & Physiology #4
Tissues, Part 3 - Connective Tissues: Crash Course Anatomy & Physiology #4 Teacherflix 8 Views • 2 years ago

On today's episode of Crash Course Anatomy & Physiology, Hank continues our exploration of tissues, with an introduction to your connective tissues.

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Chapters:
Introduction 00:00
What is Connective Tissue? 2:14
Four Classes of Connective Tissue 2:34
What Makes Connective Tissues Different From Other Tissue Types? 3:25
The Extracellular Matrix 4:07
Types of Fibers 5:34
Connective Tissue Cells 6:34
How Marfan Syndrome Affects Connective Tissue 8:31
Review 9:37
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The Nervous System, Part 1: Crash Course Anatomy & Physiology #8
The Nervous System, Part 1: Crash Course Anatomy & Physiology #8 Teacherflix 5 Views • 2 years ago

Today Hank kicks off our look around MISSION CONTROL: the nervous system.

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Chapters:
Introduction: Hank's Morning Routine 00:00
Nervous System Functions: Sensory Input, Integration, and Motor Output 1:17
Organization of Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems 2:16
Neurons & Glial Cells 3:42
Central Nervous System Glial Cells: Astrocytes, Microglial, Ependymal, and Oligodendrocytes 4:17
Peripheral Nervous System Glial Cells: Satellite and Schwann 4:56
Cool Neuron Facts! 5:15
Neuron Structure 6:20
Classifying Neuron Structures: Multipolar, Bipolar, and Unipolar 7:00
Classifying Neuron Functionality: Sensory (Afferent), Motor (Efferent), Interneurons (Association) 7:47
Review 9:42
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What Is Statistics: Crash Course Statistics #1
What Is Statistics: Crash Course Statistics #1 Teacherflix 3 Views • 2 years ago

Welcome to Crash Course Statistics! In this series we're going to take a look at the important role statistics play in our everyday lives, because statistics are everywhere! Statistics help us better understand the world and make decisions from what you'll wear tomorrow to government policy. But in the wrong hands, statistics can be used to misinform. So we're going to try to do two things in this series. Help show you the usefulness of statistics, but also help you become a more informed consumer of statistics. From probabilities, paradoxes, and p-values there's a lot to cover in this series, and there will be some math, but we promise only when it's most important. But first, we should talk about what statistics actually are, and what we can do with them. Statistics are tools, but they can't give us all the answers.

Episode Notes:

On Tea Tasting:
"The Lady Tasting Tea" by David Salsburg

On Chain Saw Injuries:
https://www.cdc.gov/disasters/chainsaws.html
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15027558
https://www.hindawi.com/journals/aem/2015/459697/

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Redox Reactions: Crash Course Chemistry #10
Redox Reactions: Crash Course Chemistry #10 Teacherflix 2 Views • 2 years ago

All the magic that we know is in the transfer of electrons. Reduction (gaining electrons) and oxidation (the loss of electrons) combine to form Redox chemistry, which contains the majority of chemical reactions. As electrons jump from atom to atom, they carry energy with them, and that transfer of energy is what makes all life on Earth possible.

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