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What Earth would be like if humans never existed

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Duration: 2:36
Updated: 13 Nov 2013

What was the planet like before Homo sapiens, and would it still be that way if we had never gone global? We rewind time, erase our ancestors, and hit play Read more: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22029430.400

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Infinity in the real world: Does space go on forever?

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Duration: 2:49
Updated: 15 Aug 2013

Read more: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21929300.700 We might have more success in explaining how the universe works if we abandoned the idea that s...

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Why we live in 3D

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Duration: 2:25
Updated: 27 Sep 2013

The explanation of one of reality's greatest mysteries could lie in physics we already know Read more: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21929360.700

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Big Bang breakthrough explained with towel and apple

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Duration: 2:14
Updated: 19 Mar 2014

Full story: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25254 Need a giant IQ to understand the announcement about gravitational waves? Nonsense. Our video explains the basics using nothing but everyday objects

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Reality revealed: The ultimate fabric of the universe

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Duration: 2:31
Updated: 13 Mar 2014

Full story here: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21528840.500 Even trying to define what we mean by "reality" is fraught with difficulty

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Where 26 asteroids recently hit Earth

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Duration: 1:55
Updated: 23 Apr 2014

Full story: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25449 The network that monitors for covert nuclear weapons testing helped detect 26 asteroids entering Earth's atmosphere since 2000 -- this movie maps them

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What pi sounds like

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Duration: 3:22
Updated: 17 Aug 2013

Read more: http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2011/03/a-musical-interpretation-of-pi.html.

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Digital mirror reveals internal organs

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Duration: 1:20
Updated: 16 Apr 2014

Full story: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22229653.800 Step in front of a mirror and see your skin and flesh stripped away, revealing your organs below

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2000-year-old computer recreated

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Duration: 2:43
Updated: 19 Aug 2013

Read more: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026861.600 A working model of an ancient computer was recently recreated in London.

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Why only the smartest animals make friends

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Duration: 2:28
Updated: 22 May 2014

Full story: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22229700.400 Whether you're a human or a horse, it takes a lot of brainpower to support a complex social group -- and that puts a limit on how many friends we can have

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How you can change the past

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Duration: 2:41
Updated: 18 Mar 2014

Full story: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21728971.600 Forget particles and waves. When it comes to the true guise of material reality, what's out there is beyond our grasp

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Polite drones could soon form efficient armies

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Duration: 0:55
Updated: 26 Jun 2014

Full story: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25792 Robots that can navigate in unknown spaces have been given a set of manners to help them coordinate their in-flight movements

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How to create the quietest place on Earth

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Duration: 2:05
Updated: 14 Apr 2014

Full story: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22229640.600 To hear gravitational waves -- faint murmurs in the fabric of space-time -- requires a place quieter than quietness itself.

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Huddling penguins move like cars in traffic

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Duration: 1:28
Updated: 17 Dec 2013

When a penguin in a huddle takes a step, it triggers a wave of coordinated motion through the group - similar to the way cars inch forward in a traffic jam Read more: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24763

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What is space?

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Duration: 2:15
Updated: 12 Jun 2014

Full story: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22229731.800-goodbye-big-bang-hello-big-silence.html Three contenders for the theory of everything converge on one mindblowing idea - our universe was born in a split second when nothing and nowhere was connected

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Taste simulator lets you sample virtual food

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Duration: 1:07
Updated: 20 Nov 2013

An electrode that can produce the taste of salty, sweet, bitter and sour food could make gaming tastier and help in healthcare too Read more: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22029444.500

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Stellar bubble creates "pillars of creation"

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Duration: 0:22
Updated: 26 Jun 2014

Full story: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25793 Models of how the iconic towers of gas in the Eagle Nebula could have been born also reveal the complex role huge stars play in sparking stellar nurseries

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Reality's hidden layers

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Duration: 2:55
Updated: 15 Aug 2013

Read more: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21929282.100 Reality, relativity, causality or free will? Take quantum theory at face value and at least one...

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How the Gaia spacecraft will scan the entire sky

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Duration: 1:45
Updated: 12 Dec 2013

As the Gaia space telescope prepares to launch, find out how a celestial self-portrait of a billion stars is set to revolutionise astronomy Read more: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22029470.800

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New Scientist recreates a robot made by the ancient Greeks

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Duration: 2:02
Updated: 08 Aug 2013

Technology feature editor Ben Crystall explains how he recreated a programmable robot dating from 60AD. More here: http://www.newscientisttech.com/channel/te...

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Pac-man illusion conceals changing maze

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Duration: 0:43
Updated: 23 May 2014

This Pac-man game, called Infinite Maze, conceals an optical illusion. Although the maze is constantly being regenerated, it's not obvious when the animation moves to keep Pac-man in the center. The changes are more obvious in the second clip where Pac-man moves in a static maze. The effect is due to change blindness: changes in a scene can be missed when attention is focussed on another element. The illusion was a finalist in this year's Best Illusion of the Year contest. http://illusionoftheyear.com/cat/top-10-finalists/2014/

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Robotic arm sculpts Charles Darwin's bust

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Duration: 1:41
Updated: 05 Feb 2014

Read more: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25007 Watch a robot milling machine whip up a bust of Darwin in record time to inspire artists vying to create unusual images of the great naturalist

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How analogies shape our thoughts

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Duration: 2:16
Updated: 17 Aug 2013

Read more: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21829150.400 We take for granted our ability to reason using analogies, but the skill is at the core of huma...

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