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CurioCity7 November 2016

We’ve all had the experience: you’re walking across a soft carpet, you reach for the doorknob and … ZAP. But what causes this trademark jolt of static electricity? (3:38 min.)

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CurioCity31 October 2016

It’s so obvious that it’s practically proverbial: you can’t unboil an egg. But actually, it turns out that you can -- sort of. (4:09 min.)

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CurioCity24 October 2016

Today, over-the-counter pregnancy tests give potentially life-changing results with a pretty high rate of accuracy. (4:33 min.)

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CurioCity19 October 2016

Four elements were officially added to the periodic table in 2016. But could there be more elements waiting to be discovered? And why do we bother looking anyway? (5:19 min.)

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CurioCity14 October 2016

We all know someone who has been affected by cancer. What causes cancer? Is it getting more common? When did we first diagnose cancer in humans? What can we do to prevent cancer? (6:02 min.)

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CurioCity10 October 2016

This video, produced for the Breakthrough Junior Challenge 2016, puts forward a surprising explanation for how humans became so intelligent. And it all has to do with cooked meat. (5:00 min.)

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Un auteur de CC7 October 2016

Cette vidéo de ScienceAnimation MidiPyrénées présente Richard Taillet un astrophysicien qui utilise des formules mathématiques pour modéliser les rayonnements cosmiques et répondre à des questions fondamentales sur la matière dans l'Univers (2 min 42 sec)

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CurioCity4 October 2016

Nanomachines – including nano-sized motors, rockets and even cars – are many orders of magnitude smaller than a human cell, but they have huge promise. (4:46 min.)

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CurioCity22 September 2016

How should the car be programmed if it encounters an unavoidable accident? What are the ethical issues involved? (4:15 min.)

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Education Services / L’équipe des services d’éducation21 September 2016

We all know that warm air rises, but how does this scientific fact influence our weather and create those flows of air molecules that we know of as wind? In this episode of SciShow, Hank explains where wind comes from, what factors influence it, and how fast it can go! (3:10 min.)

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