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Video: World’s Most Asked Questions: Why is the Sky Blue?
People ask Google everything under the sun. One of the most commonly searched questions in the world is “Why Is the Sky Blue?” Allow us at SciShow to explain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Yli-yvNy-k
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Article: How Bees See, And Why It Matters
Scientists consider bees to be a keystone species. They are so important to an ecosystem that it will collapse without them. At least 90 commercially grown crops depend upon bee pollination for survival. How important is the pollination by bees? Ask an almond grower. Without bees, there would be no almonds. Apples, blueberries, cherries, avocados,…
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Video: UV Camera Shows 10 Fruits in an Amazing New Way
For this UV video, the subject is illuminated directly by UV emitting lamps . UV filter is placed on the lens, which allows ultraviolet light to pass and which absorbs or blocks all visible and infrared light. UV filters are made from special colored glass and may be coated or sandwiched with other filter glass…
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Video: Tour of the Electro-Magnetic Spectrum – Introduction
Find out about the science and applications of the electro magnetic spectrum in this NASA Science video.
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BioSTEAM: Make an Interactive Polarized Light Visualizer!
Pollinator eyes are specialized to see wavelengths on the electromagnetic spectrum that we can’t see like ultra violet light that helps them navigate to nectar rich flowers or even prey. Pollinators like bees, butterflies and bats can also see qualities of light that we can’t see with our eyes alone like the light polarization that…
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Video: Electric Buzzaloo: How Bees See the Invisible
Bees are amazing social insects, and their relationship with flowers is one of nature’s coolest examples of “mutualism”. It got me wondering: How do bees see the world? Enjoy this look at how bees see in ultraviolet and even sense electric fields! https://www.pbs.org/video/its-okay-be-smart-electric-buzzaloo-how-bees-see-invisible/
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Science Documentary : Electromagnetic Spectrum , a science documentary on forms of light
Since all matter emits light, we can use infrared telescopes to see stars and dust in space that we would otherwise be unable to see. And by viewing the color of the star, we can gauge its distance and its temperature. Find out more about forms of light in this science documentary by Science Round.…
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Article: Word of the week: Electromagnetic spectrum
When you think of light, you probably think of what your eyes can see. But the light to which our eyes are sensitive is just the beginning; it is a sliver of the total amount of light that surrounds us. The electromagnetic spectrum is the term used by scientists to describe the entire range of…
