Inventioneering

November 26, 2025  •  EPISODE 288

What does it really take to bring ideas to life? In this episode, Dr. Roger Billings takes us deeper into the world of inventioneering—the dynamic mix of creativity, engineering, and problem-solving that turns imagination into real-world inventions. He shows how inventioneering isn’t limited to tech or science—it can be applied to any creative or practical project. If you’ve ever had a spark of inspiration, this episode will help you learn how to shape it into something meaningful and impactful.

About DrB

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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  1. Danika

    Amazing

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  2. Stephany

    Dr Roger is SO amazing and cool!!

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  3. Sawyer

    Science live has made me love science even more i love it!!!

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  4. Ava

    this was so intersting!

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  5. Tahje

    Really enjoyed the story of how batteries were made

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  6. Alejandro

    I might become a pilot myself.

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  7. Madeline

    i feel like hydrogen houses would be crazy but lowkey good for our enviernment which would be so cool.

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  8. Matthew

    I enjoy science live !

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  9. Sophia

    Love these

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  10. Marcus

    I love science lives

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  11. Quincy

    I love that science live makes things so easy to relate to.

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  12. Brayleigh

    Thank you for teaching us something new every week

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  13. Gage

    I want a bigger spark! Ha. Interesting to think about it all

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  14. Slade

    The nose bending reminds me of a bird!

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  15. Annabella

    DR.R-51 LOVE THAT HAT! AND THE EXPERIMENT! THANKS FOR SHOWING ME!

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  16. Noah

    It’s cool how they used aerodynamics to reduce the sound of the jet’s sound!

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  17. Noah

    It’s cool how they used aerodynamics to reduce the sound of the jet’s sonic boom!

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  18. Nicholas

    If my home was hydrogen powered how much money would that save/waste?

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  19. Austin

    Acellus is AMAZING i love it!

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  20. Kolby

    Love science live!

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  21. Myka

    If you were to type out the world’s longest word in Morse code, how long would it take?

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  22. Olivienne

    Didn’t know “inventioneering” was a word but you learn something new every day!

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  23. Johanna

    Loved this lesson.

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  24. Jayen

    Always fun to watch

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  25. Brock

    It was super neat to learn about the Layden Jars and how Benjamin Franklin tried to cook a turkey with it.

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  26. Alyssa

    DR B, YOU ARE SO COOL. I LOVE THE MUSIC ALSO!!!

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  27. Lillyana

    i LOVE THIS SHOW

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  28. Reagan

    I LOVE SCIENCE LIVE!!!!

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  29. Makai

    Love all the videos there all so amazing.

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  30. Isaiah

    Imagine calling a real UFO, how awesome or scary would that be.

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  31. Daria

    Thank you for taking your time to teach and inspire us!

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  32. Brinley

    The jet looked really cool! Definitely something straight out of a movie, I also enjoyed r51 today 🙂

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  33. Hannah

    I love science live!

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  34. Tessa

    Dr Roger Billings is amazing

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  35. Jehro

    Thank you for the Science Live.

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  36. Liliana

    Wow very interesting!

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  37. Hadassah

    i love science so much

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  38. Anari

    Science lives are always fun to watch when you wanna learn something new

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  39. Gwen

    It would be so cool if we could use hydrogen to power other things like homes or machinery!

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  40. Mason

    This live was really cool to watch.

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  41. Giovanni

    This inspires me to want to do my own inventions

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  42. Miga

    Leyden jar is so cool!

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  43. Anna

    I love these

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  44. Corinne

    I always enjoy hearing about Dr. Billings stories, the ones about the planes were cool.

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  45. Harper

    The jet looks like a paper air plane

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  46. Hatley

    hydrogen power is so cool

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  47. Aria

    I want to invent something. What is the first step?

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  48. John

    R51 is so funny!

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  49. Brayden

    i enjoy these videos

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  50. Lydia

    hello from ky!

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  51. Micah

    What is manganese?

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  52. Airragonna

    I always find science live is so interesting!

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  53. Reece

    Hydrogen power is so cool!

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  54. Audrey

    I’m so curious to the process of the creation of the R51 bits! Is there a script or is it all improvisation? Love all aspects to it!

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  55. Kaelyn

    This was my favorite one so far

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  56. Luster

    Dr Roger is the best

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  57. Emily

    How would you say this produces modern technology?

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  58. Donny

    The R51 segments always get me laughing so hard!

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  59. Jayden

    Its sad that animals get exposed to the radiation.

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  60. Celeste

    R51 is always so fun to watch

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  61. Rylee

    interesting video!

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  62. Mimi

    Dr Roger is amazing and funny!

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  63. Phoenix

    I like the word inventioneering

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  64. Taft

    Hydrogen power would be awesome for my shop.

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  65. Jayden

    The things that people have been able to create with radio waves is so fascinating, like with the morse code messages.

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  66. Vaughn

    This was a great episode!

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  67. Kadyn

    I like how Dr Billings explains science from his own personal experiences and history.

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  68. Hailey

    Oh my gosh it must have taken so much practice to be a pilot. That landing looks insane.

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  69. Benji

    Interesting episode. love catching back up on the science lives throughout the day!

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  70. Cleveland

    could we learn more about Leyden jar?

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  71. Cleveland

    This was so cool and I’m formative, is it possible you guys can expand on this subject?

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  72. Alexander

    I would like to fly that jet

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  73. Brady

    Dr Roger Billings is amazing

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    • Hadassah

      he is

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  74. Autumn

    How did Benjamin Franklin experiment with the Leyden Jar?

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  75. Kenai

    i would love if my home could be hydrogen powered

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    • Hadassah

      me tooo

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    • Milani

      Hello,
      From CA! Happy holidays. My family and I are watching. Found interesting the term “inventioneering” and hydrogen power.

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  76. Annerie

    Miss Pajet Monet looked beautiful in the episode today, and i enjoyed learning about how inventioneering combines ideas and engineering to solve real problems in life!

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    • Shilo

      Your right! Pajet Monet did look beautiful in this episode!

      p.s. Pajet used to be my teacher. I loved her (as a teacher)!

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  77. River

    Who came up with the word “inventioneering?’

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  78. Eli

    Eli liked R51’s segment today!

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    • Sebastian

      I liked R51’s segment today!*

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  79. Haydnn

    The jet kind of looks like something you would see on Star Wars. How cool.

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    • Shilo

      You love Star Wars too?!

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  80. Clara

    Thank you for this opportunities to learn more about scienece!

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  81. Hallie

    I’m very thankful for science live and all the amazing things I learned, happy thanksgiving everyone.

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  82. Kyle

    I didn’t realize it was against the law for aircraft to make a sonic boom. My mom says when she was growing up in the 70s that she remembers hearing them in Texas.

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  83. Maribeth

    Hello From NV thank you so much for being such an inspiration

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  84. Jaxsen

    Happy Thanksgiving from California!

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  85. Hana

    That plane you guys showed us was so cool.I am from New Mexico.I am so inspired by you Dr Roger Billings.I want to be an inventor like you.That is so cool that you got to that Navy Cruise.

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    • Paislee

      So cool! I always look forward to watching!

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  86. Adalynn

    Thanks for clarifying about the scholarship. Love science live!

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  87. Audriana

    Science Live really inspires me so much. i love Wednesdays!

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  88. Paul

    I love R-51!

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  89. Blake

    These are always enjoyable to watch, happy late thanksgivings !

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  90. Alexia

    I love science live, Roger Billings makes it easier to understand 💖

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  91. Kensleigh

    Hi i’m Kensleigh. I love Sciennce Live it’s so cool and fun!

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  92. Damian

    Happy Thanksgiving to Dr. Billings, Pajet Monet, R51, Teachers, Staff, Parents, and Students!

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  93. Eli

    A naval science cruise would be interesting

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  94. Sydney

    Didn’t know that Ben Franklin was the reason that there is positive and negative charge for the battery placement and that he had something to do with it.

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  95. Bryan

    If you were able to meet Mr. Benjamin Franklin, what would you ask him?

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  96. Sam

    What kinds of real-world projects do you suggest students try first when starting as inventioneers?

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  97. Conor

    If possible, could you make the pages on the books longer in the activities for higher grades? I have some amazing stories that are quite long in my notepad

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  98. Ben

    Batteries have been around a long time

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  99. Naveah

    Hello from Virginia, Happy thanksgiving!

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  100. Elijah

    The Area 51 segment was really funny and I think the story of how batteries were made was really cool

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  101. Gavin

    I am grateful for my family and my friends.

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  102. Joshua

    It’s crazy how far Morse code has come!

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  103. Sierra

    Thank you for another great episode. We enjoyed Dr. John talking about the X59 Supersonic jet and how they are trying to reduce the sonic boom sound. We also really liked Dr. Tobias telling us about the Leyden jar and how it led to Benjamin Franklin inventing the “electric batteries”. And R51 was hilarious as always!

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  104. Isabela

    Wow, cool thank you for this. I’m glad the scholarship attendance was clarrified! The battery part was cool.

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  105. Ayla

    I love these can’t wait for this wednesday!

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  106. Isabel

    Hi from Louisiana!!

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  107. Aaron

    Hi from Virginia

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  108. Naiomi

    Watching from Chicago!

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  109. Kinsy

    I really enjoy watching the Science Live videos!!! I look forward to them every week!

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  110. Amarah

    hi from illinois so excited

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  111. Aleah

    Awesome science live this week! Happy Thanksgiving Acellus Academy!

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  112. Balian

    I love Acellus! 🙂

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  113. Makayla

    I’m thankful this thanksgiving for Acellus! Happy late Holidays ❤️

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  114. Nicholas

    I really enjoyed this SCIENCE live. It is crazy that you could create a spark the way described in the video. I am also looking forward to using my unlocked activities after I complete my goals.

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  115. Dinh

    Hello from Vietnam

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  116. Mike

    How different would the world be today if we discovered electricity 100 years earlier?

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  117. Carson

    I agree there is always something to be grateful for. I chose to see the glass half full! I found the pitot tube info interesting especially about the altitude changing the speed.

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  118. Rowan

    I liked learning about inventioneering.

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  119. Makai

    I am grateful for Acellus. I learn so much with this program, and I don’t have to stress about anything.

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  120. Oliver

    I really would like to ride on one of those supersonic jets one day. That would be awesome!

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  121. Sarah

    Thank you for teaching us about inventing.

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  122. Nicolas

    Inventing with solar energy is so cool, I like learning with Acellus thank you

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  123. Zachary

    Interesting jet design! Should be nicknamed “the Pinocchio.”

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  124. Victoria

    I love science live! This inspired me to try to invent something.

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  125. Camden

    Morse Code was a cool invention!

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  126. Ricardo

    Thank you so much Acellus Academy for this once amazing video. Have a good night.

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  127. Kadence

    I love this video! Hello from Nevada!

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  128. Haley

    I love science and Acellus!

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  129. Lyla

    The way they made a 9 volt battery is pretty cool. My mom always says the same stuff to me about gratitude, she would be happy that I’m hearing it from more than just her

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  130. Thomas

    That’s so cool some jets can go faster than speed of sound. Im so grateful for Science Live for teaching me alot of new things. Thank you Mr Roger, Ms Pajet and everyone.

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  131. Magnus

    Happy Thanksgiving. I am thankful for Acellus!

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  132. Amira

    acellus is so helpful

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  133. Charles

    Great live stream as always, and Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate!

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  134. Nevaeh

    wow i learned so much from this video keep up the good work this is amazing!!!:Di love these videos they make my day so much brighter

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  135. Lily

    It’s funny that R51 did the morse code and said SOS on the clicker and he called the UFO by accident.

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  136. Mckenzie

    I have learned things on science live i would never had known!

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  137. Alexis

    Thank you for the clarification on the scholarship attendance!

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  138. Nguyen

    I love Science Live! It is interesting to know that batteries came from very long ago 🔋

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  139. Madilyne

    Happy Thanksgiving and i love acellus it is the best homeschooling program in the world and I wish I could have this program forever is the best program ever thank you so much for letting me in the acellus program

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  140. Madilyne

    Happy Thanksgiving and i love ❤️ acellus it is the best homeschooling program in the world and I wish I could have this program forever is the best program ever I love it so much thank you so much for letting me in the acellus program ❤️ ♥️ 💜 💖 💕 💗 ❤️ ♥️ 💜 💖 💕 💗 ❤️ ♥️ 💜 💖 💕 💗 ❤️ ♥️

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  141. Shiloh

    Happy thanks giving!

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  142. Titus

    I always find science live is so interesting!

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  143. Tran

    Thank you for clarifying about the Acellus scholarship!

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  144. Bailey

    Hello from Atlanta

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  145. Madisyn

    Happy Holidays Science live

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  146. Coralai

    How big is was the jar that Benjamin Franklin used?

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  147. Tristan

    Hello from Texas!

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  148. Alice

    I really liked learning about the new supersonic jet. My great grandfather was a test pilot.

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  149. Skylar

    I enjoyed learning about the Leyden Jar.

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  150. Jayden

    Hello from Illinois!!!! Love it here!

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  151. Olivia

    The story about Benjamin Franklin using the leyden jars was very interesting! I had never heard of a leyden jar before.

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  152. Trinity

    I think the history of the Leyden jar is super intresting. I was really fixated through out the explanation of it.

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  153. Jaxon

    Thanks for the video! I love the parts with Dr John!

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  154. Kolt

    Did Elon Musk invent the cyber truck?

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  155. Cameron

    If multiple people work on a invention together who gets the credit for making the invention, all of them? Loved this science live!

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  156. Tate

    Happy thanksgiving!!!!!!

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  157. Peyton

    Hope everyone had a good thanksgiving!

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  158. Ryon

    Happy Thanksgiving to all of the friends at Acellus!

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  159. Aaron

    Is always a pleasure seeing Science Live.

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  160. Porter

    When you’re inventing something new — say a gadget or improved tool — how do you balance between making it as simple as possible and adding enough complexity so it’s actually useful and makes people go ‘wow’?

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  161. Gunnar

    Watching from Texas!

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  162. Rebecca

    Hello from Canada

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  163. Danica

    There was a UFO spotting over Area 51

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  164. Ember

    My kids love making books in activities 📚
    Thanks for the super sonic science update!

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  165. Charley

    I love acellus! from georgia!

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  166. Lillian

    Thank you so much! Happy Holidays!

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  167. Faith

    Writing a book in activities sounds like fun. Maybe I’ll try it sometimes.

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  168. Rowan

    I like Dr Tobias’ neckties! They are funny!
    My favorite part was learning about the new jet!

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  169. Hannah

    I love science live so much!!!!

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  170. Priscilla

    I love how 51 was pressing the button so many times lol! Keep making children laugh, Area 51!

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  171. Zaylee

    I LOVE SCIENCE LIVE!!!!!❤️🤍

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  172. Blake

    Thank you for clarifying the scholarship attendance! I have been really busy so I was really worried when I missed it last week. Thank You!

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  173. Evan

    I enjoyed John’s talk about the airplane

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  174. Alex

    Science is the best!

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  175. Mashayla

    learning Morse code for SOS was fun!

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