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Rats taking cuddle chemical don't get drunk
Rats taking cuddle chemical don't get drunk
Rats taking cuddle chemical don't get drunk
Full story: http://bit.ly/1GlyJvI
The so-called "cuddle-chemical" seems to block the action of alcohol in the brain, preventing the tell-tale signs of drunkenness in rats
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2:23
Why aliens probably exist
Why aliens probably exist
Why aliens probably exist
Full story: http://bit.ly/1scCG3H
First, try not to think about what alien life might be like. Then wonder whether we have any chance of finding it
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2:41
How you can change the past
How you can change the past
How you can change the past
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 th...
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2:36
What Earth would be like if humans never existed
What Earth would be like if humans never existed
What Earth would be like if humans never existed
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 R...
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0:49
Ancient planets are almost as old as the universe
Ancient planets are almost as old as the universe
Ancient planets are almost as old as the universe
The oldest rocky planets yet are 11.2 billion years old, just a little younger than the universe - meaning the galaxy started building small worlds early
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2:14
Big Bang breakthrough explained with towel and apple
Big Bang breakthrough explained with towel and apple
Big Bang breakthrough explained with towel and apple
Full story: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25254 Need a giant IQ to understand the announcement about gravitational waves? Nonsense. Our video explain...
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2:31
Reality revealed: The ultimate fabric of the universe
Reality revealed: The ultimate fabric of the universe
Reality revealed: The ultimate fabric of the universe
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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2:55
Reality's hidden layers
Reality's hidden layers
Reality's hidden layers
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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2:49
Infinity in the real world: Does space go on forever?
Infinity in the real world: Does space go on forever?
Infinity in the real world: Does space go on forever?
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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2:25
Why we live in 3D
Why we live in 3D
Why we live in 3D
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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1:08
How temperature can be less than nothing
How temperature can be less than nothing
How temperature can be less than nothing
Full story: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22429960.800
There's a whole mirror world of negative temperatures reaching from minus infinity to absolute zero – now we're plumbing those depths for real
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0:48
How Europe's borders changed over 2000 years
How Europe's borders changed over 2000 years
How Europe's borders changed over 2000 years
Full story: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22329850.600 Nation states cause some of our biggest problems, from civil war to climate inaction. Science suggests there are better ways to...
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3:27
How bitcoin works
How bitcoin works
How bitcoin works
Full story: http://bit.ly/1BxzuA0
Find out what’s behind the volatile new world of virtual money.
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2:15
What is space?
What is space?
What is space?
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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2:03
New Scientist recreates a robot made by the ancient Greeks
New Scientist recreates a robot made by the ancient Greeks
New Scientist recreates a robot made by the ancient Greeks
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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0:26
Laser flight path caught on camera for the first time
Laser flight path caught on camera for the first time
Laser flight path caught on camera for the first time
It's usually only possible to see the spot where a laser lands rather than its path, but now an ultrafast camera has caught those photons mid-flight. Read more: http://bit.ly/1Bu9s0H
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1:13
Robot firefighter puts out its first blaze
Robot firefighter puts out its first blaze
Robot firefighter puts out its first blaze
Full story: http://bit.ly/1LPv4KL
Designed for putting out flames in the cramped quarters of a ship, the SAFFiR robot has had its first successful test
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1:55
Four-finned robot swims like a cuttlefish
Four-finned robot swims like a cuttlefish
Four-finned robot swims like a cuttlefish
Full story: http://bit.ly/1FM2GZx
By copying the undulating swimming skills of cuttlefish, a low-key underwater robot is able to tackle obstacles in its way
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1:15
Soccer-playing robots train for championships
Soccer-playing robots train for championships
Soccer-playing robots train for championships
Full story: http://bit.ly/145Sv0l
Watch a team of soccer-playing robots show off their passing skills as they get ready to compete
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1:20
Sea ghost breaks record for deepest living fish
Sea ghost breaks record for deepest living fish
Sea ghost breaks record for deepest living fish
Full story: http://bit.ly/1r3msch
A newly-discovered species with a bizarre body has been spotted deeper down than any other living fish
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2:23
Piano projections help you play a tune
Piano projections help you play a tune
Piano projections help you play a tune
A colourful keyboard projection system helps novices learn to play the piano without reading music Read more: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24296.
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0:33
Chimp changes its grunts after move to Scotland
Chimp changes its grunts after move to Scotland
Chimp changes its grunts after move to Scotland
Full story: http://bit.ly/1zkfL7n
Recordings of Dutch chimps that were moved to a Scottish zoo reveal for the first time that chimps can learn foreign words
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2:44
2000-year-old computer recreated
2000-year-old computer recreated
2000-year-old computer recreated
Read more: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026861.600 A working model of an ancient computer was recently recreated in London.