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Strangest Things

Inspired by thesebeautiful brightly-colored nanoparticlesin the Lycurgus Cup, scientists...

[Andrew] Inspired by these
beautiful brightly-colored nanoparticles
in the Lycurgus Cup, scientists at the University
of Illinois have been able to develop
incredibly sensitive sensors

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[Andrew] Inspired by these beautiful brightly-colored
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nanoparticles in the Lycurgus Cup,
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scientists at the University of Illinois
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have been able to develop incredibly sensitive sensors.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
15
Timestamp in Movie
00:39:10
Uploaded
May 30, 2025
Season
1
Episode
4
Genres
documentary
Production
A+E Networks,Blink Films

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From a piece of meteorite found in Tutankhamun's tomb to the Crown of Thorns, explore some of the most perplexing and unusual objects lying hidden away in museums, laboratories and storage rooms.
S01 • E10 Before that, we've got motors, we've got lights, got lightbulbs, - Strangest Things 00:07
Before that, we've got motors, we've got lights, g...
S01 • E03 Anything to make him sound good. - Strangest Things 00:04
Anything to make him sound good.
S01 • E02 By the early to mid-19th century, - Strangest Things 00:11
By the early to mid-19th century,
S01 • E09 [narrator] Babbage's ideas are centuries ahead of their time. - Strangest Things 00:04
[narrator] Babbage's ideas are centuries ahead of their...
S01 • E05 [Corey] So, this device is produced - Strangest Things 00:07
[Corey] So, this device is produced
S01 • E01 There's no doubt that the Drees rock itself, - Strangest Things 00:09
There's no doubt that the Drees rock itself,
S01 • E08 H3 takes a further 19 years to design and build, - Strangest Things 00:08
H3 takes a further 19 years to design and build,
S01 • E06 We'll probably never know for sure. - Strangest Things 00:04
We'll probably never know for sure.
S01 • E07 Because some Aztec rulers possessed a mirror - Strangest Things 00:11
Because some Aztec rulers possessed a mirror
S01 • E10 We can't really manipulate the way the current behaves in a complicated way. - Strangest Things 00:07
We can't really manipulate the way the current behaves ...
S01 • E04 So in the Lycurgus Cup, all of those little gold - Strangest Things 00:18
So in the Lycurgus Cup, all of those little gold
S01 • E09 Difference Engine No. 1 helps him conceive - Strangest Things 00:06
Difference Engine No. 1 helps him conceive
S01 • E05 Everything about it is extraordinary, - Strangest Things 00:08
Everything about it is extraordinary,
S01 • E01 So petrified trees may be a stretch, but it turns out - Strangest Things 00:07
So petrified trees may be a stretch, but it turns out
S01 • E08 H4 is finally ready in 1761, - Strangest Things 00:07
H4 is finally ready in 1761,
S01 • E02 [narrator] Stuck between a superstitious past - Strangest Things 00:10
[narrator] Stuck between a superstitious past
S01 • E09 So although Babbage doesn't end up inventing the modern world, - Strangest Things 00:07
So although Babbage doesn't end up inventing the modern...
S01 • E10 [narrator] During the next decade, diodes grow a third wire. - Strangest Things 00:05
[narrator] During the next decade, diodes grow a third wire.
S01 • E07 Which is an astonishing coincidence given - Strangest Things 00:07
Which is an astonishing coincidence given
S01 • E05 It's a window into the incredible creativity - Strangest Things 00:07
It's a window into the incredible creativity