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]]> Main mitk12videos channel Education nonadult Could you grow wings on your back and fly? Jade and Lauren want to know if it's genetically possible to grow wings on your back and fly. Find out from MIT biologist, Dr. Sera Thornton!Ask us anything! Upload your video questions for MIT researchers to Facebook and Twitter usi... <![CDATA[What Do Nuclear Scientists Do?]]> https://peertube.mit.edu/w/briweSw34xw4sNY8H3W87Y https://peertube.mit.edu/w/briweSw34xw4sNY8H3W87Y Sun, 01 Nov 2020 17:06:00 GMT Movie clips from:
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]]> Main mitk12videos channel Education nonadult What Do Nuclear Scientists Do? It's not exactly what you see in the movies... (it's actually much cooler.)Movie clips from: Godzilla (2014), Warner Brothers Hulk (2003), Universal Pictures Dr. No (1962), United Artists Fukushima footage from Sky News ------... <![CDATA[5 Things You Wouldn't Expect a Nuclear Reactor To Do]]> https://peertube.mit.edu/w/skdJs94R8Noe1CATFhTjgY https://peertube.mit.edu/w/skdJs94R8Noe1CATFhTjgY Fri, 30 Oct 2020 00:35:14 GMT Other reactor footage from:
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]]> Main mitk12videos channel Science & Technology nonadult 5 Things You Wouldn't Expect a Nuclear Reactor To Do Did you know that a nuclear reactor isn't the same thing as a nuclear power plant? What a nuclear reactor can do might surprise you.Other reactor footage from: Czech Technical University in Prague (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=... <![CDATA[Inside MIT's Nuclear Reactor]]> https://peertube.mit.edu/w/kK7j3JUviHrTDNqtN3aFg3 https://peertube.mit.edu/w/kK7j3JUviHrTDNqtN3aFg3 Mon, 12 Oct 2020 00:40:45 GMT Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MITK12
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]]> Main mitk12videos channel Education nonadult Inside MIT's Nuclear Reactor Ever wonder what actually goes on, day-to-day, at a nuclear reactor? Get an insider's tour of MIT's!Find us online! Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MITK12 Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/MITK12Videos http://k12videos.mit.edu --... <![CDATA[Nuclear Reactors vs. Nuclear Weapons]]> https://peertube.mit.edu/w/mHce3s1UmMg7BXLjEWij4z https://peertube.mit.edu/w/mHce3s1UmMg7BXLjEWij4z Sun, 16 Aug 2020 16:37:02 GMT Movie clips from:
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]]> Main mitk12videos channel Science & Technology nonadult Nuclear Reactors vs. Nuclear Weapons What's the difference between a nuclear reactor and a nuclear weapon? A lot more than you'd think.Movie clips from: Bad Boys (1995), Columbia Pictures Chain Reaction (1996), 20th Century Fox Nuclear test film: https://archive.o... <![CDATA[How Do Ships Float?]]> https://peertube.mit.edu/w/9nW4SxMTxHatvL7nxriPjX https://peertube.mit.edu/w/9nW4SxMTxHatvL7nxriPjX Wed, 22 Jul 2020 07:20:14 GMT The technology that keeps huge cargo ships afloat is amazingly simple. PJ, a masters student in Naval Construction and Engineering at MIT, explains just how simple it really is.

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]]> Main mitk12videos channel Education nonadult How Do Ships Float? The technology that keeps huge cargo ships afloat is amazingly simple. PJ, a masters student in Naval Construction and Engineering at MIT, explains just how simple it really is. Resources from MIT on the technologies in naval architecture that... <![CDATA[What Is A Semiconductor?]]> https://peertube.mit.edu/w/6wnPqmv5a4c1mLSTm1w8Yj https://peertube.mit.edu/w/6wnPqmv5a4c1mLSTm1w8Yj Wed, 22 Jul 2020 07:15:58 GMT Semiconductors are in everything from your cell phone to rockets. But what exactly are they, and what makes them so special? Find out from Jamie, a Ph.D. student in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT.

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]]> Main mitk12videos channel Education nonadult What Is A Semiconductor? Semiconductors are in everything from your cell phone to rockets. But what exactly are they, and what makes them so special? Find out from Jamie, a Ph.D. student in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT. More information on semicon... <![CDATA[MIT Explains: How Does Virtual Reality Work?]]> https://peertube.mit.edu/w/3fH9NtLQX2P2HNsR59FQti https://peertube.mit.edu/w/3fH9NtLQX2P2HNsR59FQti Wed, 22 Jul 2020 06:51:45 GMT Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MITK12
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]]> Main mitk12videos channel Education nonadult MIT Explains: How Does Virtual Reality Work? How can a tiny cardboard box make you feel like you're miles away at a sandy beach? And why aren't we all living in a virtual world right now, if it all seems so great? Valentina Shin, a Ph.D. student in the Computer Graphics Group at MIT's Comput... <![CDATA[The Science of Warp Drives]]> https://peertube.mit.edu/w/9X7z1aqBWqDMBezf2LmDdo https://peertube.mit.edu/w/9X7z1aqBWqDMBezf2LmDdo Wed, 22 Jul 2020 06:43:19 GMT http://ikarus.artstation.com/
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]]> Main mitk12videos channel Education nonadult The Science of Warp Drives Warp drives, negative mass, exotic matter - these all sound like the stuff of science fiction. But MIT explains how our stranger-than-fiction universe could be explained by actual physics!Alcubierre Warp Drive visualization courtes... <![CDATA[MIT Explains: How To Make a Video Game]]> https://peertube.mit.edu/w/jZJyXWpPhSuKc4pum9tqjv https://peertube.mit.edu/w/jZJyXWpPhSuKc4pum9tqjv Wed, 22 Jul 2020 06:37:16 GMT Start making at https://scratch.mit.edu! Find us online!
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]]> Main mitk12videos channel Education nonadult MIT Explains: How To Make a Video Game Video games are fun to play, but have you ever wondered how to make one? Carmelo, a grad student in the MIT Media Lab, shows how anyone can start learning how to create video games by talking to machines through programming languages. Start makin... <![CDATA[What's Nuclear Waste?]]> https://peertube.mit.edu/w/4GTsSisc6MUeU1eA69Tknp https://peertube.mit.edu/w/4GTsSisc6MUeU1eA69Tknp Wed, 22 Jul 2020 06:31:58 GMT Simpsons Footage from Season 4, Episode 12 "Marge Vs. The Monorail" from Fox

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]]> Main mitk12videos channel Education nonadult What's Nuclear Waste? A lot of people talk about it, but what is it anyway?Simpsons Footage from Season 4, Episode 12 "Marge Vs. The Monorail" from Fox Family Guy Footage from Season 13, Episode 1 "The Simpsons Guy" from Fox Other footage: Jet fuel...