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. Jewish

    The amount of creativity that goes into inventioneering amazes me.

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  2. Kai

    Super greatful for science live!

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  3. Sawyer

    Inventioneering is an awesome name!

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  4. Andrew

    I can only imagine if my home was hydrogen powered!

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  5. Megan

    Solar energy is so cool, jets are so interesting to me!

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  6. Blake

    Dr Roger Billings is just great

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  7. Nina

    If everyone drove hybrid cars, could we decrease oil consumption in half?

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  8. Cassidy

    Wow I watch these episodes with my mom a lot and she did not know how easy it was to see what learning activities I have completed

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  9. Vivien

    watching from tennessee. very interesting stuff!

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  10. Aubrey

    hydrogen power is super cool

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  11. Alexa

    I didn’t know batteries were that old.

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  12. John

    I always wondered why electric batteries were called batteries. I’ve watched a lot about the Napoleonic Era and during that time period artillery was often referred to as batteries.

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  13. Cameron

    Dr Roger Billings is an amazing teacher

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  14. Jackson

    It would be pretty neat to invent or discover something before anyone else had.

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  15. Elias

    Hi from NJ thank you Dr. Billings this was a great episode!

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  16. Darryl

    Thank you for sharing!

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  17. Gavin

    Hydrogen power seems like a great alternative

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  18. Gabriel

    Science amazes me!

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  19. Sophia

    Great Science Live! We love R51!

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  20. Gavin

    I learned SOS when I went to public school. I would really like to go to the real Area 51.

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  21. Christian

    Dr.B you have taught me to keep chasing my dreams every since I heard you talk about your dreams and accomplish it I’ve been wanting to complete my goal even more so thank you for inspiring me!

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  22. Palmer

    The sonic boom is so cool. I want to hear it.

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  23. Daxton

    I love the idea of inventioneering. Never heard about it before.

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  24. Maycee

    How did NASA come up with the shape of the X-59?

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  25. Liliany

    I love acellus academy.

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  26. Adriannie

    We love Acellus.

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  27. Aslyn

    This engineering series is so much fun!!!

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  28. Logyn

    The house being hydrogen power is sooo cool

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  29. James

    Dr. Billings is amazing in the video.

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  30. Hudson

    I love Science Live! Watching from Tennessee!

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  31. Colie

    Wensdays are the best I love science live!!!

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  32. Egor

    Watching from Connecticut.

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  33. Abbath

    i love science live why would they be flying jets anyways?

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  34. Paiton

    This live was very educational!

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  35. Alexis

    I didn’t know Benjamin Franklin was the reason for that

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  36. Hafsa

    Inventioneering is a wide range of multiple types of things

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  37. Norah

    Very cool! Thank you! Working on gratitude.

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  38. Avyn

    Leyden jar is interesting

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  39. Mia

    Dr Roger you are the best science teacher! I’m learning so much!

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  40. Keanu

    Loved this!

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  41. Emily

    Batteries are so cool

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  42. Simon

    Why would the creation of an antenna be more art than science, is that cause they want it to look more fancy?

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  43. Flo

    that was a cool video.

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  44. Queen

    I love this one its was fascinating

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  45. Jude

    I didnt know about the sonic boom law, i think ive heard jets break the sound barrier before when i was up north.

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  46. Lenore

    Thank you for talking about the scholarship requirements. It would be really cool if they are able to use magnets to separate the elements of water.

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  47. Julia

    that jet was so cool looking!! loved this science live!

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  48. G

    Are aircraft allowed to do a sonic boom during an airshow? I think I’ve seen one before.

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  49. Brody

    i iked this episode

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  50. Curtis

    I love this weeks episode so much.

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  51. Everleigh

    Roger billings is the best

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  52. Jimmy

    Roger Billings is teaching me a lot

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  53. Ryleigh

    I am thankful for how far I have come this year!

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  54. Zachary

    R 51 is hilarious 🙂

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  55. William

    science live is so fun!

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  56. Levi

    Acellus is GREAT!

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  57. Rylan

    I love learning from Acellus

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  58. Caleb

    It was interesting learning about radio waves.

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  59. Asher

    Inventioneering is he blend of creativity and engineering

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  60. Lyla

    I am excited about this episode

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  61. Yahzi

    Thank you for a wonderful science live!

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  62. Kate

    I love Dr Roger Billings

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  63. Bentli

    I great science live this week

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  64. Keilyn

    Batteries are so small now, compared to the 1900s.

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  65. Chloe

    Dr Billings so funny

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  66. Chloe

    this was a great lesson

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  67. Jared

    science live is amazing

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  68. Liam

    I have 2 questions:
    So #1. tobais was talking about infired light so i’m wondering, is infered a color? 🤔
    And also what does the radio wave do to make the current go through the aluminum balls‽
    This episode was 100% awesome ☺︎☺︎☺︎
    Watching from NM

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  69. Ridley

    Is their a speed limit for planes?

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  70. Chloe

    hi from florida

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  71. Kaidun

    Dr Roger Billings is great.

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  72. Braydi

    Happy Thanksgiving!

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  73. Landon

    so cool!

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  74. Levi

    hydrogen powered cars would be a nice supliment to gas and be a lot cheaper

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  75. Mabel

    I always find Science Live so entertaining, inspiring and educating. As always, R-51 was so fun to watch!

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  76. Parker

    Awesome video

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  77. Kaleb

    Happy Thanksgiving

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  78. Maria

    Can you be both an artist and a scientist, or can you be really bad at art and still be a scientist?

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  79. Galbraith

    It would be good to invent something someday that could change the world. Watching all these invention stories, it’s hard not to wonder how they got there?

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  80. Ryker

    what would happen if the cameras stopped working on the jet?

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  81. Karina

    The 9-volt battery: The touch it to your tongue battery. I am so glad I am not the only one who does that! 🙂

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  82. Aiden

    I found learning about the history of batteries very fascinating. Thank You!

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  83. Eesa

    Soo interesting

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  84. David

    I like science !

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  85. Danika

    Amazing

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  86. Stephany

    Dr Roger is SO amazing and cool!!

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  87. Sawyer

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

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  88. Ava

    this was so intersting!

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  89. Tahje

    Really enjoyed the story of how batteries were made

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  90. Alejandro

    I might become a pilot myself.

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  91. Madeline

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

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  92. Matthew

    I enjoy science live !

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  93. Sophia

    Love these

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  94. Marcus

    I love science lives

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  95. Quincy

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

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  96. Brayleigh

    Thank you for teaching us something new every week

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  97. Gage

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

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  98. Slade

    The nose bending reminds me of a bird!

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  99. Annabella

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

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  100. Noah

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

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  101. Noah

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

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  102. Nicholas

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

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  103. Austin

    Acellus is AMAZING i love it!

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  104. Kolby

    Love science live!

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  105. Myka

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

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  106. Olivienne

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

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  107. Johanna

    Loved this lesson.

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  108. Jayen

    Always fun to watch

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  109. 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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  110. Alyssa

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

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  111. Lillyana

    i LOVE THIS SHOW

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  112. Reagan

    I LOVE SCIENCE LIVE!!!!

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  113. Makai

    Love all the videos there all so amazing.

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  114. Isaiah

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

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  115. Daria

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

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  116. Brinley

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

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  117. Hannah

    I love science live!

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  118. Tessa

    Dr Roger Billings is amazing

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  119. Jehro

    Thank you for the Science Live.

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  120. Liliana

    Wow very interesting!

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  121. Hadassah

    i love science so much

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  122. Anari

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

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  123. Gwen

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

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  124. Mason

    This live was really cool to watch.

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  125. Giovanni

    This inspires me to want to do my own inventions

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  126. Miga

    Leyden jar is so cool!

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  127. Anna

    I love these

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  128. Corinne

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

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  129. Harper

    The jet looks like a paper air plane

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  130. Hatley

    hydrogen power is so cool

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  131. Aria

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

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  132. John

    R51 is so funny!

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  133. Brayden

    i enjoy these videos

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  134. Lydia

    hello from ky!

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  135. Micah

    What is manganese?

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  136. Airragonna

    I always find science live is so interesting!

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  137. Reece

    Hydrogen power is so cool!

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  138. 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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  139. Kaelyn

    This was my favorite one so far

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  140. Luster

    Dr Roger is the best

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  141. Emily

    How would you say this produces modern technology?

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  142. Donny

    The R51 segments always get me laughing so hard!

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  143. Jayden

    Its sad that animals get exposed to the radiation.

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  144. Celeste

    R51 is always so fun to watch

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  145. Rylee

    interesting video!

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  146. Mimi

    Dr Roger is amazing and funny!

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  147. Phoenix

    I like the word inventioneering

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  148. Taft

    Hydrogen power would be awesome for my shop.

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  149. 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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  150. Vaughn

    This was a great episode!

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  151. Kadyn

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

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  152. Hailey

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

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  153. Benji

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

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  154. Cleveland

    could we learn more about Leyden jar?

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  155. Cleveland

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

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  156. Alexander

    I would like to fly that jet

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  157. Isaiah

    I liked learning that mold grows 20 times faster in space than on earth.
    The infared light was invisable, but when new materials were grown and combined it made the infared light visible.
    Its really cool that you can send signals with radiowaves to turn on a lightbulb, and turn it of by tapping it.

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  158. Alexis

    Dr Roger Billings is a genius for making Acellus!!!

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  159. Ariella

    I love science live!!

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  160. Kacy

    Dr. Billings is great

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  161. Dashiell

    This enhanced my understanding of engineering!

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  162. Logyn

    I loved ths one so much! Thank you!

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  163. Caroline

    Hydrogen Power is cool. I know I’ve heard my dad talk about the hydrogen powered vehicles before.

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  164. Amelia

    science live is my favorite part of Acellus

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  165. Isabel

    What happens when the lumens get to hot?

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  166. Sawyer

    I am interested in being an engineer so this video is super cool.

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  167. Ava

    I wonder how many people should have credit for their engineering but no one ever documented it hundreds of years ago!

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  168. Francisco

    It’s always interesting to see the wacky inventions of R-51.

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  169. Emiliano

    Love this Science live video, Thanks Acellus.

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  170. Francisco

    Competition makes for better product since it leads to industries wanting to outdo the others in that group, leading to more satisfaction.

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  171. William

    Thanks for the reminders about Science Live.

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  172. Jayden

    Wow, for a science live episode I’m impressed

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  173. Josue

    science is one of my favorite subjects!

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  174. Logan

    Science live is so interesting !

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  175. Alivia

    Inventing is such a cool process!

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