Deep Hole Hydrogen

October 15, 2025  •  EPISODE 282

Hidden far below the Earth’s surface may lie the key to a cleaner energy future. In this episode of Science LIVE, Dr. Roger Billings introduces Project Deep Hole—an ambitious effort to uncover naturally occurring hydrogen. Discover how this remarkable element forms deep underground, how scientists are locating and capturing it, and why it could revolutionize the way we power our world.

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Dr. Roger Billings is a visionary innovator whose work has touched the lives of millions of students and transformed the landscape of education. Widely known as “DrB” to the countless kids who benefit from his groundbreaking Acellus learning system, Dr. Billings has dedicated his life to advancing education through technology. As part of DrB’s lifelong commitment to supporting education, Science LIVE was launched as a way to “give back” by mentoring students in conjunction with the Roger Billings Scholarship Program.


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370 Comments

  1. Landon

    love that hydrogen is a clean gas

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  2. Aysia

    I truly think science is impressive. This video gives me inspiration.

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  3. Tallulah

    I really enjoyed learning about stars and telescopes with Tobias! Thank you!

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  4. Landon

    crazy how it can be found in the ground

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  5. Rebekah

    There’s so much to learn about hydrogen

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  6. James

    Those lasers really do look like a death star laser

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  7. Harvey

    I knew that hydrogen could be in the ground but I didn’t know all the details, this is nice.

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  8. Caedmon

    I never knew you could find and capture naturally occurring hydrogen.

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  9. Eldad

    Project Deep Hole is so cool.

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  10. Braylee

    Deep hole hydrogen was very interesting!

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  11. Calliope

    Hydrogen is so much cooler than I thought!

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  12. Andrew

    Amazing how something in our planet could be used to power our world.

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  13. Izabella

    Thank you so much for these Science Lives

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  14. Calliope

    Hydrogen is so cool! I never realized!

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  15. Eldad

    It was interesting learning how hydrogen forms.

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  16. Ryanna

    Wow! Hydrogen is in the ground??

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  17. Madeleine

    I never knew hydrogen could be found underground.

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  18. Will

    The earth is truly a fascinating place

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  19. Kylee

    Hey from Virginia

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  20. Joseph

    Hydrogen is so cool, I Hope it gets Integrated into more things soon

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  21. Emily

    I love your down to earth personality and love for science!

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  22. Alana

    I love learning about hydrogen.

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  23. Isaac

    Putting one piece of hydrogen together at a time.

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  24. Amanuel

    It was an amazing lesson I really enjoyed the lessons on how hydrogen could revolutionize our world

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  25. Estelle

    A scientist never publishes negative results! Loved that!! 😂

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  26. Benjamin

    Hydrogen is a lot more complex than I thought

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  27. Jacob

    Learning about the complexity of hydrogen and different information in general is something I deeply enjoy.

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  28. Derrick

    Thanks for sharing more about Project Deep hole.

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  29. Carmela

    Amazing

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  30. Vollie

    This was a cool science live about hydrogen!!

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  31. Xavier

    Dr.B is amazing

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  32. Diana

    I actually have Dyslexia and ADHD and Autism so I really liked that they included someone with Dyslexia. Growing up with learning disabilites I thought that they would stop me from falling my dreams. I am now a successful violinist and with a 4.0 GPA . I like to think that my disabilites don’t define me, they are just an accessory to my personality.

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  33. Mark

    Hydrogen is going to be the best element in the world.

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  34. Kate

    I had no idea sstars actually twinkle! I learned more science as a toddler than I thought!

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  35. Isabella

    Hydrogen is so interesting!

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  36. Milea

    So cool!

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  37. Guerin

    It’s crazy hydrogen can be found in the ground!!

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  38. Sawyer

    Fun!!

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  39. Giselle

    I love all of you guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  40. Easton

    I think its crazy to think that there could be other galaxies out there, I really didnt know all this existed with hydrogen. ( correction i accidentally put my moms name)

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  41. Christopher

    hydrogen is so cool!

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  42. Henry

    I love Hydrogen

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  43. Abigail

    hydrogen is so interesting to learn about!

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  44. Logan

    Very interesting. It sounds crazy that the holes will be so deep that there is not enough oxygen to burn. I hope that there is eventually a better type of clean energy.

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  45. Nevaeh-angel

    I love how something so simple can do amazing things!!

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  46. Latrice

    Enjoying Science Live

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  47. Hadassah

    R51 is so funny

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  48. Makenzie

    Awesome

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  49. Lilly

    I wante to share that I am graduation from 8th grade soon! And amazing good accomplishing your goals and struggles Mia!!!!

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  50. Charlotte

    Those lasers are super cool!

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  51. Santino

    Hydrogen is cool!

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  52. Myles

    I like how electricity runs under ground. Thank you Dr. Billings!

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  53. Akio

    Thank you Mr. Billings!

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  54. Dinh

    I love the teachers

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  55. Alexis

    All these forms of hydrogen are very cool to learn about!

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  56. Chrissy

    R-51 is the best!

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  57. Claire

    The project on deep hole hydrogyn is super interesting.

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  58. Paiton

    Hydrogen is a lot more complex than I thought!

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  59. Samantha

    I hope the deep hole plan works.

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  60. Skyla

    wow i never knew hydrogen could be found in the ground!

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  61. Makayla

    Great episode as always:)

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  62. Kaidun

    Wow I always learn something new every live

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  63. Hayden

    I learn so much from these videos!

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  64. Christian

    3 FUN FACTS:
    1.Deep hole hydrogen can possbily stop globial warming
    2.Superconductors are magnets and other materials cooled off to extremely low temperatures to have little to no friction.
    3.hydrogen could be found in the ground
    Those are the 3 fun facts i learned from todays science live!

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  65. Anna

    This lesson was so cool!

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  66. Ariella

    Learned something new

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  67. Jayden

    Project Deep Hole— first time I’ve heard it

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  68. Meye

    It’s also really cool how they made Acellus Gold. I also agree with Collin, NOV 24 10:25!

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  69. Nyzirr

    Im excited to see how Hydrogen will change in the future.

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  70. Peyton

    I love learning new things from science lives!

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  71. Elijah

    It’s amazing that hydrogen could be found in the ground!

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  72. Kylee

    All the different topics we talk about in Science Live is so cool!

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  73. Rochelle

    how many metals did they try before finding superconductors

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  74. Zyaire

    Project deep hole sounds like they are going to dig a huge hole to find something great

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  75. Jaylynn

    so cool!

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  76. Derek

    I like Hydrogen

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  77. Mia

    I just wanted to share that I’m dyslexic, and I’m really glad today’s lesson was a little bit about that!

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  78. Madalynn

    Wow I always learn different things from science lives!

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  79. Ryland

    Deep hole hydrogen makes me have deeps thoughts about it. sounds cool!

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  80. Yocabed

    Hydrogen is so interesting and mr.Billings makes it so easy to understand.

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  81. Braedyn

    Superconductors are magnets and other materials cooled off to extremely low temperatures to have little to no friction.

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  82. Kayla

    R51 is so funny!

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  83. Madeleine

    I never knew that hydrogen could be found in the ground.

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  84. Collin

    hydrogen is amazing

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  85. Opal

    learning about hydrogen is fun and interesting

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  86. Finn

    Deep Hole sounds really interesting! It’s fascinating to see how hydrogen could change our future with many things!

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  87. Alex

    The “Big Hole” is gonna be so much fun to follow!

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  88. Ngoc

    That is SUPER cool

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  89. Raella

    Project deep hole hydrogen is awesome!!

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  90. Dante

    Do scientists believe that there are more galexies then one

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  91. Ava

    I really like the super conductor and how it’s powered by super cold temperatures.

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  92. Luci-belle

    I love science live

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  93. Kinsey

    This reminds me of space movies about spaceships from Earth running short of natural gases on their journeys and having to mine new planets!

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  94. Alynnea

    Humanity has come so far in underground engineering.

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  95. Abigail

    Hydrogen is so cool! I had no idea it was under the ground that’s so intriguing.

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  96. Brock

    Good video

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  97. Sebastian

    Science live is very interesting

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  98. Devon

    Our world is so big! Imagine the rest of the galaxy

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  99. Grace

    I think there are more galaxies then just the one!

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  100. October

    I didnt know hydrogen was underground. Thats so cool

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  101. Ava

    Are there more than one galaxy’s in the univeres?

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  102. Akram

    I like watching Science lives

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  103. Kacey

    Thank you

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  104. Max

    I really liked the guys high voice. Haha

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  105. Madison

    How do you find a Hydrogen well🧐

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  106. Meredith

    Are you afraid when running a machine that it will explode?

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  107. Brayden

    How do they actually get the hydrogen out the ground for use

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  108. Ariawna

    wow!

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  109. Mc

    Didn’t know that Hydrogen can be in the ground. Always thought that gasses is only found in the atmosphere!

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  110. Tiffani

    The idea of galaxies existing is so interesting me.

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  111. Addison

    It’s carzy to think about how big the world truly is

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  112. Alice

    I love learning new things about science

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  113. Katie

    This episode is one of my new favorites! I even showed it to my little sister and she thought it was so interesting

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  114. David

    It is astonishing how much we have advanced.

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  115. Trevor

    i love this school.

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  116. Livana

    I still can’t really wrap my head around the existence of planets or galaxies, like it’s a bit uncanny to think that there is something that size out there.

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  117. Brayden

    Hydrogen is so interesting

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  118. Hudson

    I asked my dad about hydrogen and he said they have found a lot in the ground

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  119. Imalay

    Never knew there was this many forms of hydrogen!

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  120. Eden

    It’s crazy how hydrogen can be in the ground. It always seemed odd for gases to be anywhere other than the atmosphere, but it’s cool to see it elsewhere.

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  121. Kevin

    Deep Hole Hydrogen refers to naturally occurring clean hydrogen gas found deep within the earthś crust.

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  122. Jessica

    I love Acellus academy!

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  123. Julia

    love this series of hydrogen its so fascinating

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  124. Addyson

    Science is one of my favorite subjects. Creating inventions is a lot of fun.

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  125. Amari

    We never knew there were so many different kinds of hydrogen there is so much to know about this element

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  126. Yliana

    I love the way you guys teach us so much!!

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  127. Genevieve

    Ooh! I’m super interested to see where Project Deep Hole goes!

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  128. Brady

    Hydrogen is so cool

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  129. Alayna

    love this lecture. definitely one of my favorites

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  130. Dakota

    So cool to learn about hydrogen.

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  131. Dakota

    Super cool how hydrogen works!

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  132. Will

    I love all of you guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  133. Legend

    Hydrogen is very cool; it’s my favorite element!

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  134. Parker

    We absolutely love this program is a perfect fit

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  135. Catalina

    I hope Dr. Roger Billings is able to make his idea to produce natural hydrogen come to fruition, it would be very interesting to learn about!

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  136. Brooklyn

    I love learning about deep hole hydrogen!!!

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  137. Connor

    Dr. Billings I like your shirt

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  138. Travis

    I never thought Hydrogen could be so interesting.

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  139. Jaden

    I wonder what the future will look like with hydrogen vehicles

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  140. Maddy

    i love when we talk about hydrogen i never knew where it came from thank you for telling me

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  141. Catherine.c

    I can’t believe how cool hydrogen sounds I’m excited for project deep hole!

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  142. Connor

    I love all the hydrogen episodes!

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  143. Maddy

    i love that there are so many types of hydrogen

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  144. Daniel

    If everything goes as planned, by what year do you expect hydrogen to be the main source of energy?

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  145. Lane

    I liked how It explains how hydrogen forms: deep beneath the Earth’s surface, through geologic and geochemical processes (rock-water interactions, faulting, etc.)

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  146. Isaiah

    Science is so awesome

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  147. Catherine.c

    I never truly knew where hydrogen came from but now I do and it’s so cool.

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  148. Reagan

    I love being able to learn about hydrogen and where is comes from.

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  149. Breigh

    Hydrogen is so interesting!

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  150. Phoenix

    i love Acellus

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  151. Avarie

    Acellus science lives are great!

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  152. Joslyn

    Area 51 is my favorite I love how he thought he was running the machine with CO2 lol im dead!!!!!!!!

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  153. Anabel

    I love Acellus! It’s been a game changer for me.

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  154. Teresa

    I used to struggle a lot with math and was in a pretty similar situation to Maya, very nice to hear a story like hers.

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  155. Gabriel

    I have disability and i love math

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  156. Alexandra

    hydrogen is very cool.

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  157. Nguyen

    Deep hole hydrogen is hydrogen found deep underground

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  158. Pyrsaius

    Project Deep Hole, can’t wait to follow along. I hope you find it, and its tru to never know until you try and find it.

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  159. Claire

    Hydrogen is super! I love hearing about it and its really cool.

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  160. Journi

    I have a disability too. I have something called autism, so I learn differently. It is nice to see and hear people doing fun things, no matter what. I feel very good about that.

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  161. Hannah

    Hydrogen and carburetors are pretty interesting!

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  162. Julian

    Hydrogen is so interesting!

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  163. Min

    Deep hole hydrogen is such an incredible concept. With everything hydrogen does for our world, it’s hard to imagine what we would do without it.

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  164. Gunner

    What is the temperature of a high temperature super conducter?

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  165. Maycee

    Hydrogen is a great energy source why aren’t we using hydrogen more?

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  166. Emery

    I want to learn more about hydrogen and all it’s different uses.

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  167. Teagan

    Hydrogen is cool.

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  168. Anya

    Deep hole hydrogen is more cooler than I though it would be

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  169. Sophia

    Hydrogen is a lot more interesting than people think, and its great to learn more about it!

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  170. Blake

    i never knew that story about the laser and the discovery of black holes! wow so interesting!

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  171. Theodore

    As someone who struggled with math, it made me feel empowered to know there were others like me, and that we can do well in any subject at different times in life. It really is true you need to be a great scientist if you are happy…even more so with mental health.

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  172. Mathani

    I would love to see more people with disability accomplish goals, it motivates me so much!!

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  173. Bailey

    Hydrogen has way more behind it then i thought! it was so cool to hear about Maya, her story will help so many people!

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  174. Emerson

    Loved this epsiode!

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  175. Olivienne

    Haha, the R51 bit was pretty funny, I like it when these videos have some fun memorable moments like that.

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