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Hey, Vsauce. Michael here. In 1934, Webster’s dictionary gave birth to a new word by mistake. Their chemistry editor, Austin N. Paterson, submitted a simple entry: “D or D abbreviation for density.” Nothing wrong with that, but the entry was misread, and …

Oh my god, it smells so good. That was the thing when you were driving down to the store as a kid and you had the windows down; it’s all salt water. I’m standing on a beach at the Jersey Shore, looking out at the Atlantic Ocean. So, on a typical summer da…

This program features live coverage of an African safari and may include animal kills and carcasses. Viewer discretion is advised. Oh, look at that! I have got one of the tallest animals in the world, and this animal is trying to feed from one of the lon…

Hello friends and welcome to the distant past! Because today we’re talking about the past tense, which refers to stuff that has already happened. There are many ways to form the past tense, but for right now, I just want to focus on the basic version, wh…

In chemistry, it’s important to distinguish between thermodynamics and kinetics. For example, if we think about the conversion of carbon as a solid in the diamond form to carbon as a solid in the graphite form, thermodynamics tells us what will happen. Wi…

[Music] It is my honor, uh, to present, uh, this uh, remains to you. Being able to hold that piece of his body that he couldn’t own for himself, we’ll be able to treat it with the respect and honor that is due. That we’re going to be able to give him the …