Could You Survive ALIEN? ─ Vsauce3

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In space no one can hear Jake (me) scream...but as Jake (me again) races to destroy a terrifying xenomorph hunting his crew, they'll learn if you can survive the world's deadliest acids, how to communicate across the vast distances of space…and why you should never, EVER fire a flamethrower in a spaceship.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Parasites, parasites and more parasites (WARNING THIS IS EXTREMELY GRAPHIC)
01:01

Acid for Blood…and Why You Hold Your Breath If It Lands On You
01:02

Communicating Across the Vast Distances of Space…aka Hello?
01:05

Depressurizing Your Spaceship Isn't THAT Bad?
01:08

Firing a Flamethrower in A Spaceship
01:11

ADDITIONAL LEARNING

● Jewel Wasps and Botflies (aka Real Life Alien-style Parasites)
o https://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...
o https://jhr.pensoft.net/article/21762/
o https://journals.lww.com/nursing/Full...
o http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/m...




● Aqua Regia
o https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NB...
o https://www.thoughtco.com/most-danger...




● Tachyon Particles, Quantum Entanglement, and Einstein Rosen Bridges
o https://www.pitt.edu/~jdnorton/teachi...
o http://scienceline.ucsb.edu/getkey.ph...
o https://www.space.com/31933-quantum-e...
o https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qt...
o https://www.ias.edu/ideas/2013/maldac...
o https://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...
o https://www.space.com/20881-wormholes...




● Open Flames, Oxygen and Spaceships
o https://www.popsci.com/why-did-nasa-s...
o https://science.nasa.gov/science-news...
o https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/mining/user...
o http://www.teacher.starenvirotech.com...
o https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/standa...
o https://www.airproducts.com/~/media/F...


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