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ScienceCasts: August 2017: A Big Month for Astronomy

Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/NASA Visit http://science.nasa.gov/ for more. The Perseid meteor shower will peak on August 11, 12, and 13, and a Total Solar Eclipse will be visible in the United States from coast to coast on August 21. (This video is from 2017)

Making a Deadly Liquid that Builds Computers

Head to https://squarespace.com/amateurchemistry to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code AMATEURCHEMISTRY In this video I make the incredibly dangerous and useful chemical silicon tetrachloride from my homemade silicon while getting really angry at its properties and l

Turning Batteries into Purple Paint

Head to https://squarespace.com/amateurchemistry to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code AMATEURCHEMISTRY In this video I turn some good old carbon-zinc batteries into gorgeous purple paint (Manganese violet) while producing enough chlorine to recreate World War I and

Turning Mercury into Toxic Playdough

Head to https://squarespace.com/amateurchemistry to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code AMATEURCHEMISTRY In this video I go on a journey to create and experiment with the mythical clay-like copper amalgam while making some ultrafine copper powder and going through a w

Turning Forks into Mutagenic Crystals

Head to https://squarespace.com/amateurchemistry to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code AMATEURCHEMISTRY In this video I make the incredibly dangerous potassium dichromate from just some regular forks using a ton of incredibly colorful chemical transformations while g

The Nebra sky disk

The Nebra sky disk is the world's oldest known concrete representation of astronomical phenomena and is more than 3600 years old. It shows a crescent moon, the full moon - sometimes interpreted as the sun - and a total of 32 stars. Author: ZDF/Terra X/SPIEGEL TV/Christopher Gerisch/Tilman Remme/Rei

Astrobiology: Life in the Universe

Are we alone in the Universe? You have probably asked yourself this question at some point. We will show you how planetary scientists are looking for signs of life in other planets, using our very own Earth a laboratory. Europlanet 2020 RI http://www.europlanet-2020-ri.eu/ Europlanet Outreach http: