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Video: This Vibrating Bumblebee Unlocks a Flower’s Hidden Treasure
Most flowering plants are more than willing to spread their pollen around. But some flowers hold out for just the right partner. Bumblebees and other buzz pollinators know just how to handle these stubborn flowers. They vibrate the blooms, shaking them until they give up the nutritious pollen. Find out more about the science of…
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Video: PHYSICS GIRL EXPERIMENT- Only some humans can see this type of light
Join Physics girl on a tour of polarized light and learn how to do a simple project to see the invisible.
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Video: Bell’s Theorem: The Quantum Venn Diagram Paradox
This video is about Bell’s Theorem, one of the most fascinating results in 20th century physics. Learn more about polarization and quantum mechanics in this video by Minute Physics.
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Video: How Quantum Biology Might Explain Life’s Biggest Questions | Jim Al-Khalili | TED Talks
How does a robin know to fly south? The answer might be weirder than you think: Quantum physics may be involved. Jim Al-Khalili rounds up the extremely new, extremely strange world of quantum biology, where something Einstein once called “spooky action at a distance” helps birds navigate, and quantum effects might explain the origin of…
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Article: A bird’s eye view of quantum entanglement
Scientists have long wondered how birds “read” Earth’s magnetic field to navigate. Some think entangled particles in birds’ eyes play a role. Find out more in this article by NOVA. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/birds-quantum-entanglement/
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Video: What Gives the Morpho Butterfly Its Magnificent Blue? | Deep Look
What does it mean to be blue? The wings of a Morpho butterfly are some of the most brilliant structures in nature, and yet they contain no blue pigment — they harness the physics of light at the nanoscale. Learn more about these butterflies in this Deep Look video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29Ts7CsJDpg&list=PLdKlciEDdCQA1MVDuyxZPVloYV3wpunMO&index=5&t=0s
