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      Radios Changed the World

      November 20, 2024  •  EPISODE 240

      What’s the difference between AM and FM? Who invented the first radio, and what was featured on the very first radio broadcast? Join Roger Billings on Science LIVE as he delves into the fascinating history of radio and uncovers the science behind frequencies and radio waves.

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      223 Comments

      1. Jazelyn MacMullen

        Radios have so many different uses!

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      2. Jayden Bowles

        Radios are and were always so helpful.

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      3. Laci

        i love radios because they play music haha! 😀

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      4. jade champlain

        It’s crazy to see how much the world has evolved!

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      5. niki

        The difference of AM and FM now makes sense !

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      6. Spencer Palchanis

        I didn’t know how cool radios were.

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      7. Kierra Hodges

        Radios are so cool

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      8. Lloyd Wilson

        I didn’t realize how important radios were in the past.
        The razor radio is cool.

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      9. Jameson Stroud

        was Thomas Edisson only known from the lightbulb?

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      10. autumn cloud

        i love radios!!

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      11. Kevin Wilson

        I never knew how we made radio waves it was pretty cool learning how that works.

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      12. Brilee patterson

        Wow I really loved learning about the process of the radio turning into what it is now,

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      13. Jaylen Yates

        I now know why we have AM and FM

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      14. Josie Yates

        Radios are cool

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      15. Sophie Nelson

        I never knew what FM and AM was and the difference, now I do!! Thank you!

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      16. Yocabed kaleb

        I had no idea radios are this importent. I just thought it was just an old thing at my grandmas house.

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      17. mackenzie

        now I understand why there is a FM and an AM

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      18. Deion S

        I love music!

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      19. Bailey

        I learned that a voice broadcast over the radio travels at 700 miles per hour.

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      20. Tyler Rideout

        radios are so cool

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      21. Vivienna C

        It was so interesting to learn how the frequency works for the radio.

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      22. Lavienna C

        We didn’t know what AM and FM are before. We were only used to the streaming concept. This was very helpful.

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      23. Simone tarantelli

        R51💕

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      24. Skylar Cooper

        i’ve always been interested in radios and how they work.

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      25. Eduardo

        I love r51 and science live

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      26. alivia

        This episode was really cool, I learned a lot about radios. I never knew the difference between AM and FM before.

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      27. Ruqaia Majidsemin

        I never knew radios had so many uses!

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      28. Elias Barretto

        Radios were the only thing that could let people learn the news in 1960

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      29. Benaiah Kaleb

        I didn’t know radios had this much of an impact.

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      30. Edan Langston

        My daddy does HAM radio and I talk with him on it

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      31. Jonathan Nesmith

        I love to use radio to listen to music

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      32. Renee tarantelli

        Omg that’s so cool

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      33. Logan Phillips

        We listen to the radio in our car every day and I never thought about how it was created until now.

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      34. Mana Sattathip

        I didn’t know that radios have waves like light. It’s so cool to know how they work.

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      35. Campbell Dean

        When was the very first radio made.

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      36. Rho Zapf

        Radio’s are so 😎 🤟📻

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      37. Lillian Barkan

        Radios are in like every car but they are so technical to make the story behind the radio crazy I can’t even begin to say how much of a journey the radio has and how much the radio has evolved there are so many jobs because of the radio that was made.

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      38. Jackson B.

        It is crazy how much of a change the radio has brought to the world.

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      39. Teagan Oliver

        So crazy we don’t use radios as much as we used to!

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      40. Caiden Hiner

        I had no clue radios can do that much.

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      41. Madisyn Padilla

        Radios are so important and amazing

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      42. Calogero

        Who knew radios had so many uses!

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      43. James Wood

        Cool to see how frequency works with radios.

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      44. Julian

        Radios are cool, I didn’t know you could even be on the radio, I thought it was music only!

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      45. harleigh

        radios are so interesting!

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      46. julius young

        how did he know changing the length of the sound waves would make the sound

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      47. Jade

        Radios are so cool

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      48. Abigail McGrath

        Being on a radio is really cool, I’m glad it helped your speech impediment and I’m glad your here speaking today.

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      49. Grace

        Super cool I think it is very interesting to learn about radios

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      50. Isabella Nesmith

        Radios are Awesome!

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      51. Amelia Russell

        We use radios at my dad’s mill. Communication with radio is cool

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      52. Elisiyana Louis

        This episode was very enlightening, I really enjoyed learning about the different ways people can make radios!

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      53. Ally King

        Radios are so beneficial for the world. they make things a lot simpler.

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      54. Campbell Dean

        When was the very first radio invented?

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      55. Ronnie Horner

        This lesson was really cool. I liked learning about old radios!

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      56. Raelynn barnes

        I love music im so grateful for radios!

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      57. Madi

        The difference between Am and FM radios is AM varies the strength of the radio wave. FM varies the frequency of the radio wave.

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      58. Andrew

        Radios can do so much

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      59. sara

        it was cool learning about radios i love music!

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      60. mark

        Those old radios are cool.

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      61. Jack A

        This was a cool lesson. I like to repair old radios in my spare time.

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      62. E l l a R o s e

        I love the radio!!

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      63. Dane Taylor

        I like how the Ventioneering club taught us how to make a homopolar motor.

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      64. jacob

        what radio did you have on the desk

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      65. julia grace powell

        radios are awesome!!

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      66. Aden Neumyer

        I learned that radio’s give off high and low frequencies.

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      67. Yusuf Aboshihata

        awesome

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      68. Caiden Hiner

        I watched this last night and I forgot to leave a comment but I really like Learning about how radios changed the world.

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      69. Gracelyn Weitz

        great video

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      70. Laci

        they are so funny

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      71. Rebekah Wright

        they always manage to make me laugh

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      72. Connor S. Alif

        The battery motor that the Ventioneers did was amazing!

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      73. Onyx McKie

        My favorite part was the guy from Area 51. His voice was funny.

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      74. Alexander .K. Alif

        I love it very much

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      75. Layla

        Learning about radios was so cool.

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      76. Kayla

        Sound waves are so interesting! I love this episode!

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      77. Hailey Wallace

        maybe one day i can make a cool radio for my car!!

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      78. Max McCall

        What are the effects of radio waves on the human body can they even make contact with a human?

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      79. Eva

        This was an awesome episode! Thanks for sharing your secrets Dr B. haha

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      80. Sasha Golub

        Wow, this episode was so cool the story about the person that made the wireless radio is very interesting.

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      81. Phillip Golub

        I never knew that people used toilet paper rolls and wires to make radios.

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      82. Adelia Golub

        It is so crazy that you can make a battery motor out of a battery and some magnets and a copper wire. Can’t wait to try it!

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      83. James Hines

        its pretty cool how he was a radio announcer

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      84. James Allen Paul Hines

        cool how he was a radio announcer.

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      85. David Jacobs

        i know a lot about radios from learning about ww2

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      86. aleiah bowman

        that’s so cool! i didn’t know all that about radios!!

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      87. Jaden

        Radio waves…

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      88. Maximilian

        When the radio plays my favorite song…

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      89. Brieanna Wright

        WOW!

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      90. Kyle angus

        very cool

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      91. Michael Tymofy II

        this is so interesting

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      92. Maddison Tymofy

        wehave a crank radio

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      93. Harley Gonzales

        Radios are amazing

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      94. Sarah Bruce

        Love this episode.

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      95. Calvin Evans

        What makes a radio function

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      96. Calvin Evans

        How do we tune radios?

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      97. Calvin Evans

        The invention of the radio is so cool

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      98. Barrett Pirtle

        that’s cool! now I know how a radio works.

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      99. David Woods

        I’m 100% making a raideo

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      100. Aaliyah McLaughlin

        Radios are awesome Thank you for the amazing video!!!

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      101. Lydia hales

        I like this one! r51 mixed up Radios and Rodeos.

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      102. Gabrielle McClean

        I have an alarm clock with a built in radio you can also adjust the antenna and listen to a bunch of different radios stations! So I think that now that I have an in depth explination of how it works is neat!

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      103. Magnus Philgence

        If they make any future radio models I wonder what they’ll look like

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      104. Jessica Romero

        Radios are cool

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      105. Tino Salazar

        This is awesome!

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      106. Cain Green

        Totally cool!

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      107. Paige Pendergrass

        Very interesting! Great topic!

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      108. Gunnar Bendorf

        Love it!!!

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      109. Daniel Cuter

        That’s so cool I didn’t know this about radios

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      110. Tyler Whitsel

        radios are amazing

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      111. Bradley

        Who named radio, radio

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      112. Aidan Griser

        its interesting that the first radio discussion was a fail and that instead was used for music

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      113. Theodore Dall

        Interesting!

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      114. Caleb Felker

        What a humourous video! I loved it!

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      115. victoria

        I love everything. And everything is so cool.

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      116. victoria

        I love everything and everything is so cool

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      117. Atlas

        I like radio

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      118. Hannah

        It’s a very important episode for me!

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      119. Makayla cook

        this is a really cool video as someone who owns radios and such.

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      120. Payton Reynolds

        Cool Information

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      121. Becker Eisele

        Great episode

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      122. Lela Eisele

        This was an awesome episode!

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      123. Will Ferguson

        I listen to the radio alot

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      124. Ashton coleman

        I had no idea why they were called AM and FM. Never really stopped to think about it.

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      125. Raven

        I never knew how cool radios were!

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      126. Azlynn

        You did this on my birthday lol

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      127. Merik

        wow that was so cool

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      128. Diego N

        how fast do these frequency waves go?

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      129. Henry

        It’s really cool that you can make a mini radio out of wire, charcoal, etc.

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      130. Catelyn Barton

        Thank goodness for radios haha!!

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      131. Sage Davis

        this video was good. always wondered how radios worked.

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      132. kylah Mazeika-Lebel

        This was an awsome video I love how radios communicate through frequency

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      133. Avner Golub

        This is awesome!

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      134. Mercede

        I really liked this one!

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      135. Varvara

        Great! Thanks!

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      136. Kennedy

        The battery and wire were interesting, and r51 was good.

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      137. Levi Parypa

        Great episode! I loved the story of the first radio broadcast show by Reginald Fessenden.

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      138. camden a

        this story about how the radio was started is awesome. it is really cool that someone thought about making sound go from one place to another and figured out how to actually make it happen!

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      139. trevor fishack

        radios really have changed over time

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      140. Kayla Rowbotham

        I like radios.

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      141. Sophia Garcia

        Why can Storm radios work when there is no electricity but regular radio stations and phones dont work?

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      142. Amayah Bethea

        I always enjoy learning something new each Wednesday.

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      143. Leeland Whitehouse

        I GOT MY GRANDADS OLD RADIO WITH THE ANTANAS ITS SO COOL AND GREAT LESSON TODAY

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      144. Anassa

        Are there any other types of radios?

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      145. Zach Hamp

        That was neat.

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      146. Mila

        How do radios waves know where to travel?
        I love listening to music so I am glad radios were made.

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      147. Lauren

        So interesting

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      148. Malaysia

        Do radio waves travel through space?

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      149. Elena

        Can you do a video on the jellyfish that never dies of old age?
        Thank you for considering my time.
        -Elena

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      150. MaryGrace

        Now I’m going to go around anyone who challenges me on the radio and they say something wrong I’m going to say nope that’s wrong Science Live said…. Thanks Everyone At Science Live keep up the good work.

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      151. Russell Mattsson

        Russell Mattsson. my mom is a paranormal investigator they use radio in fast sweeps forward and backwards to try and see if they can get communication..

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      152. Christian M.S Ross

        Radio is amazing ngl

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      153. Llondon Bates

        R-51 is Way too funny!! 🤣🤣😭😭

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      154. Leo sczuroski

        Did radios lead to the telephone?

        Leo Sczuroski
        RI

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      155. Carmela Myers

        love this so much!

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      156. Nylah McMillan

        I never would have thought that Dr. B would be on the radio back then. So Cool!

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      157. Kevin Crane

        It is cool how far radios have changed over the years and how much they have improved

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      158. dylan

        Fascinating idea on how newspapers was the radio a century ago.

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      159. Aaron Crane

        wow

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      160. Brianna Smith

        Thank you for the hard work you guys put into teaching us in these lives.

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      161. Mattox Goodman

        It would be so cool to make my own radio!

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      162. Isra-Lana Alsanabani

        Very informing!!!

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      163. Hunter Snapp

        What a simple technique that is really amazing!

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      164. Tehillah Turner

        Radios play all my favorite music.

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      165. karsyn mitchell

        great video on how to make a radio!

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      166. Sade

        This is so cool I would love to learn more about these things!

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      167. Mateo A

        I wonder what we would hear if we made a radio

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      168. Mateo A

        Radios are so cool

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      169. Hudson Bingham

        This is cool.

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      170. Samuel Sedore

        Love the morris code Christmas show.

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      171. Lawrence Berdan

        It would be so cool to make a radio. I was curious about what AM radio was for. It’s always fuzzy when I turn it on the station.

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      172. Eileen

        What a great video

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      173. Cierra

        I want to make a radio! Thank you for these great videos.

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      174. Ella J

        Curious what stations I would get if we made a radio at home. Will have to try.
        Interesting episode. Thanks!

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      175. Rosie

        I have always wondered what FM and AM meant.

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      176. Ruth baldwin

        R-51 is so funny

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      177. Cassidy Arnett

        I always question when the radios where made

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      178. Layton Benson

        Can you guys make a history live.

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      179. Elijah Baldwin

        I Loved this episode

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      180. Lego kid

        Olivia’s message was good. It’s good that I do theater 🎭

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      181. Gloom

        Radio📻👍

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      182. Logan

        cool did not know that

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      183. Muhammad

        Wow this is so amazing to the point it literally blowed my mind

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      184. Gianna Pritchett

        Dr. Billings, you have a great radio voice!!

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      185. Lucy

        I learned that radios can be really simple or really complicated!

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      186. Libby

        Wow this episode was a really entertaining one!

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      187. Leon Cutler

        What about PM? (pulse modification)

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      188. Jade

        I really appreciate the work that yall do. There are many things that I wonder how they work, for exmaple, airplanes. But radios have always been one of them. Thank you for teaching us. One last thing, where cam I learn about the club was mentioned?

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      189. Jasmine May

        Dr. Billings and Dr. Pajet seem like really cool and smart people.

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      190. Declan Hart

        How far into outer space can a radio wave travel?

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      191. NICOLE L. ROMAN ORTIZ

        Super entertaining and fun to watch, I loved every second of it!

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      192. Ryker mullican

        Super interesting!

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      193. Grape Fruit

        Tobias is so funny

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      194. Margaret Earley

        What an interesting video!

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      195. Josiah Alkire

        I have been to three rodeos in my fourteen years on this earth and all three were really cool. I love rodeos!

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      196. LaiLa

        As a current competitive dancer, what Olivia said is all very true! With any sport or art form you do, it’s so important to be consistent with rehearsals and making sure you are prepared for what is to come. With that being said, yes, studying is just as important, if anything its more important!

        The Razor Blade Radio is so crazy, I would never thought it was a radio

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      197. Bradley walker

        thank you for explaining everything to where I can understand it

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      198. brinley

        haha love this

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      199. Logan Rentner

        these are incredible

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      200. Ellie

        Now I can make a radio in case of an apocalypse! 🧟📻☢️ Yippee!!

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      201. Karis Martinez

        I love the reoccuring theme of ponies in this episode !

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      202. Gia Bormann

        The battery experiment was cool

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      203. Angelina

        Dr. Billings and Dr. Pajet are so entertaining!

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      204. jaxxon

        i think what happend is that r51 is that r51 got confused between rodeo and radio because they sound almost the same

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      205. Caiden

        r51 is hilarious:)

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      206. miley edwards

        Gonna go make my own radio now HaHa!

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      207. Emilynn schamback

        The metals clingy allowed sound to travel through?

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      208. Conner Mast

        Now I wanna make a radio.

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      209. Shoshanna

        WOW!!!!!!

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      210. zoe

        omg r 51 is so goofy heeeehaaaaa

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      211. Jaliy

        I love how radios changed over time !

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      212. legos r fun

        haha awsom r51

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      213. Bethel

        I tried to ask a question but it wouldn’t let me. Isn’t gama rays bad?

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      214. Emmett

        woo hoo dr J AND B

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      215. zoe

        awesome ;]

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      216. Jada R. S. Pace-Kitchen

        The story of the evolution of The Telegraph was cool.

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      217. Jayden Jackson

        How can I get more information about the ventionering club ?

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      218. Lego kid

        Nice video

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      219. Jordan Campbell

        Can you do a science live on psychology or biology Dr Billings?

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      220. Lego kid

        How come r51 got confused with radio and rodeo so funny 😂😆😄 here’s this pony pony and this pony pony ha ha ha ha ha ha

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      221. Josiah Alkire

        This is great, now I can make a radio! 📻📻📻

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      222. Kpop

        Thumbs up, that was great

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      223. Cecilia Cutshaver

        How do sound waves actually travel on the radio waves then turn back into sound once they reach where they’re going?

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