Inventioneering – Keystone Inventor

December 3, 2025  •  EPISODE 289

Roger Billings, Keystone Inventor: The Final Architect of Innovation [Version 1]

How do some inventors create ideas that shape entire industries? Listen as Dr. Roger Billings reflects on his journey as a lifelong inventor and shows how the principles of inventioneering can be applied to make lasting impact. Discover what it takes to go beyond ideas and prototypes to become a “keystone inventor” whose work supports and shapes future innovation. Whether you’re curious about invention, engineering, or the mindset behind breakthrough thinking, this episode offers inspiring insights and practical wisdom from one of today’s leading innovators.

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. Ally

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  2. Sofia

    When is the new kit coming out? And if you tap the battery does the light turn off?

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  3. Samantha

    i think the whole radio waves and the invention is extremely interesting

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  4. Lucas

    So fascinating looking at mold in a new perspective!

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    Hello from New Mexico. Love science live

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    hi from TN

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  8. Onya

    So cool!
    What happens if you put one big foil ball instead of a bunch of little ones?

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  9. Riley

    Radio waves are a cool idea, it would be a unique way to communicate with others that are far away!

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  10. Tru

    💙 got to love science

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  11. Damarius

    hi from Illinois

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  12. Zariyana

    Joining from Chicago. I love Wednesday evening’s

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    Hi from Nc

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    • Raegan

      i thought it was interesting to learn about how chernobyl has effected wildlife development.

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    • Allie

      Black mold freaks me out even if it’s for
      Astronauts in space

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    • Abigail

      Amazing video! Love the effort you guy’s put on these videos!

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    • Hailey

      R51 was funny to see.

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  17. Timothy

    I am so exited for the new kit!

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    • Chloe

      I found this live super interesting, I would love to see next weeks

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    • Arya

      Science is so fun

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    • William

      Love the idea of a device to analyze your sweat. I don’t like getting stuck with needles for lab work

      Love the jokes lol

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  18. Luna

    Science live is so cool!!!!

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  19. Dominic

    Inventors are amazing and I admire many for their creativity.

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  20. Dexter

    I loved R-51 today!

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    • Catelyn

      R-51 is always my favorite part of the science live.

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      ME TO! I LOVE HIM

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  21. Jenson

    what is the best science joke you know?

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    • Sawyer

      This teaches me all sorts of new things thank you for the opportunity to learn!

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    • Arielle

      Why can you not trust atoms? Cuz they make up everything!

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  22. Addison

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  23. Antonia

    I loved to hear about radio waves, it was so interesting

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    I love watching Science Live

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    Hi my sister Kayla S. LOVES!!!!! R.51 AND I MEAN LOVE LOVE HIM SHE ACTS JUST LIKE HIM! THANK YOU FOR CREATING R.51! And thank your for creating acellus!!

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    • Emrie

      science live helps are minds learn hundreds and thousand s of new things and its intresting AND FUNNY as for r-51 many kids are so happy for science live as well as me happpy merry science christmas to all thankyou for creating accellus and science live you guys are amsing both students teachers and science live people thank you all very much!

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  27. Pj

    I LOVE IT!

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  28. Francis

    Can’t stop watching these, can’t wait till next Wednesday.

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    • Emrie

      EXACTLY!

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  29. Harrison

    I never knew that LED means ” Light Emitting Diode!” Science Live teaches so many points of science.

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    • Emrie

      INTRESTING!

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  30. Charlee

    I love science live.

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  31. Katie

    I cant believe how far along i am in school thanks to Acellus . I couldnt learn this much any way else. All the teaches make all lessons so interesting and very well explaned . Thank you again Dr. Billings !!!!

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  32. Mckayla

    I learned morse code in another class and found the spark generator example super interesting.

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  33. Sterling

    One day I hope I invent something that no one has invented before

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  34. Alexander

    The LED prediction was spot on. In today’s time we use leds for practically everything from car headlights to using them as decoration (led light strips). Love these episodes

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  35. Joseph

    I love watching your videos

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  36. Cassidy

    I watch this with my big brothers

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  37. Marie

    Can we get more advice from parents and kids who got into college?

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  38. Barron

    I love how he explains and goes into detail on every lesson!

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    • Riley

      I like to learn more

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  39. Fiona

    This was very interesting! I love science live!

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  40. Damien

    technology spotlight is my favorite

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  41. Fayth

    analyzing my sweat would be awesome since I hate blood test and needles.

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  42. Aiden

    I’m surprised so many people doubted the idea of the LED light’s color usage changing through the human race in the future. Pretty cool to see the doubters were proven wrong since LEDs are used commonly in the modern day.

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  43. Max

    I never would’ve guessed that mold would help with space exploration!! The radio waves and experiment were also cool!

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  44. Jaekob

    I would love to be an inventor.

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  45. Elliot

    The discovery of radio waves is really interesting.

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  46. Cherish

    It’s amazing how people learn to figure out things by experimenting. Especially back in the days when technology wasn’t that advanced. R51 always makes me smile!

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  47. Jacob

    Happy Holidays, Accelus!!

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  48. Brianne

    I love what Acellus does for their students.

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  49. Coleman

    Awesome show this week!

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  50. Phoebe

    Dr. Tobias is my favorite

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  51. Grace

    Oh R51. He never gives up

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  52. Brooklyn

    This is amazing to learn! thank you!

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  53. Gabriella

    super cool experiment!

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  54. Leighton

    Watching the Science Live videos are always interesting!

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  55. Finley

    I loved this episode!😁💕

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  56. Izabella

    science live is awesome!!!

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  57. Braylon

    I really enjoy science live!

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  58. Terrey

    That experiment was so cool to watch.

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  59. Ethan

    My dad remembers when Chernobyl exploded and we just watch a show about how dogs have adapted and appear blueish in color. Very interesting.

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  60. Eldad

    The experiment was my favorite part.

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  61. Caroline

    Thank you science live for teaching me so much!

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  62. Owen

    this is truly inspiring

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  63. Mia

    What inspired you Dr. Billings to make a hydrogen powered house and do you hope to spread your hydrogen teach to all homes? Thank you!

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  64. Athalee

    R 51 is so funny😊

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  65. Stella

    Love that experiment! One of my favorites so far.

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  66. Mia

    When you Dr. Billings said, “when there’s something you can’t explain and doesn’t make sense you might be on a breakthrough.” What inspired you to figure out the problem and keep going because many would’ve given up. Thank you!

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  67. Corrin

    Science Live is Awesome!!

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  68. Mia

    Science Live is my favorite part of the week!

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  69. Abel

    I appreciate the motivation in this episode!!!

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  70. Emily

    Hi! I loved this so much! R-51 is probably one of the funniest things ever!😂😂😂

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  71. Lily

    I just love science live!!!

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  72. Grace

    I enjoy learning new things each week.

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  73. Hannah

    I enjoy the jokes at the start of each episode.

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  74. Kuihi

    I love watching science live r51 always makes me laugh

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  75. Lexi

    Love the skit with R51 🙂

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  76. Bowen

    tobais’ tie always make my day

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  77. Avery

    I love these always look forward to Wednesdays

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  78. Troy

    It was very interesting to lean about the invention of radio!

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  79. Amelia

    I love R-51. He’s so goofy😂

    P.S. To whoever needs this, God loves you and wants to help u 🙂

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  80. Lane

    Learning about the history of radio waves is very interesting

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  81. Sarah

    Thank you for teaching us about how inventioneering works.

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  82. Arianna

    If I could take a pet to mars I would take a rabbit, Because their small and can reproduce.

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  83. Yessamine

    It’s cool seeing that invetioneering always connects those hypothetical ideas that serve as a foundation for creating practical and commercial inventions.

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  84. Krista

    this is so cool, I would love to go to mars with a frog!

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  85. Kenzlie

    Science really is like magic but we actually get an explanation about what we see. I love it.

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  86. Talia

    I love Science Live!!!

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  87. Bailee

    Love R51! He is awesome.

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  88. Thymeo

    Fungi in space, that a new one

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  89. Tayah

    Acellus is a wonderful program! I can see the approximate date of completion for my classes.

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  90. Avery

    Wow! Science Live is so inspiring!

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  91. Arianna

    Thank you for providing such interesting episodes weekly. I thoroughly enjoy every week.

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  92. Scarlett

    It was cool to learn how radiation can change living things. like how the radiation changed the color of a frog and how there is radiation is in space.

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  93. Elah

    Thank you! From Texas 🤠

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  94. Cole

    I cant wait until the experiment is out in the store to buy

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  95. Raechel

    “What is this? What have you been making?”!!! -R-51🤣😆

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  96. Tahlia

    Science Live is interesting.

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  97. William

    I think Dr Billings should do more experiments from Area 51. It is so cool

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  98. Rian

    Another excellent video, Very excited for the Possible STEM 4 coming out! One question, how long did it take Mr Billings to build the hydrogen car?

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  99. Shay

    Thank you for providing such interesting episodes weekly.

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  100. Owen

    Got me laughing for real <3 science

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  101. Taylor

    I always look forward to watching the science live each week!

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  102. Kaylee

    Science live gives me such a new perspective on science.

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  103. Dylan

    That experiment is so cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  104. Noah

    Why can’t we see the invisible red beam

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  105. Eli

    Dr. Billing’s always talks about the coolest things!

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  106. James

    R-51 Is so funny😂😂😂😂🤣🤣

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  107. Pheonix

    what would happen if there was water or moisture at the bottom of the cup.

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  108. Libby

    This one was really interesting! I think the black mold growing with radiation is super cool! But wouldn’t it make the astronauts sick? Because it’s mold?

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  109. Halo

    Mold as a pet? No. Mold as protection for astronauts in space from radiation? Yes. LED means light emitting diode, infrared into red light which is in the visible spectrum. James Clark Maxwell was a theoretical physicist that discovered radio waves with math, calculations, and theory. His skill level was pure theory and intuition. I want to be that intuitive! Must take lots of practice. A spark creates radio waves! A keystone inventor is a visionary that interprets prior discoveries and inventions and makes them practical and commercially viable for society…….I learned so much. Thank you.

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  110. Emma

    Science live is my favorite!

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  111. Ethan

    Thank you Dr. Roger Billings!

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  112. Houston

    How long did it take to create the Acellus Gold?

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  113. Abigail

    It’s interesting that in the 19 mile range that nobody has lived in since the Chernobyl disaster back in 1986 because of radiation caused by the disaster animals that live there, like frogs have adopted to be able to withstand the radiation, in the cause of frogs by having more melanin in their skin, causing them to be black instead of green.

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  114. Evan

    always love seeing R 51!

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  115. Garrett

    Never thought I would see mold being used to help survive on mars 🤣

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  116. Zoe

    The experiment was so cool!

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  117. Cadence

    I always learn something new and fascinating when watching the videos.

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  118. Hannah

    When you get deep into science you will 💗 it.🧬🦠🧫🧪🔬

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    • Gracie

      Science is the best including science live🧪🔬

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  119. Kennedy

    This experiment was so fun to watch!

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  120. Taj

    I’d rather get a “sweat test” than a blood test (no needles!).

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  121. Zakiyah

    R-51 was very funny this live, lol

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  122. Hannah

    I love science. I love to learn new things.

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  123. Carson

    Thank you for another informative Science Live!

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  124. Macee

    How long did it take to invent the hydrogen car.

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  125. Alice

    I love science live, it teaches me so many things. Can’t wait for the next ep!

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  126. Olivia

    learning about the constant development of inventions does bring hope to me that our society can continue to grow and grow

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  127. Elijah

    I love that in everyone of these i watch there is always a dad joke

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  128. Caleb

    I’ve seen every episode, and I’m eager for the next one.

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  129. Jovanni

    That experiment looked really cool!

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  130. Eric

    how much do the neutrons and electrons charge is needed to make infrared light

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  131. Ashleigh

    Today’s science live was very entertaining, I’m looking forward to getting the kit!

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  132. Walker

    I am super excited for the coherer kit to to come out on the Acellus store.

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  133. Olivia

    Love the episode today! Chernobyl and radio waves

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  134. Wyatt

    I love acellus

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  135. Emma

    This episode was really fun!!

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  136. Isaiah

    I liked the part where you guys talked about the rainbow and colors that humans can’t see. I wonder if some animals can see more colors than people can.

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  137. Logen

    I love Science!!

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  138. Joseph

    the experiment was actually really cool

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  139. Vincent

    Infrared light is so fascinating, but is there a certain percentage of power you need for the neutrons and electrons to produce?

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  140. Musab

    R-51 is always my favorite part!

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  141. Kayden

    Amazing experiment! one of my favorites.

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  142. Aaralyn

    Hello Acellus Team and Dr. Billings! These past few episodes have acted as wonderful incentives for us students to become inventioneers, and it’s evident that much work is put into each segment. I gathered much from this lecture in particular, and I am thankful that I did. Learning is such a principal part of my daily life, and I appreciate that as educators, all of you encourage us to lead with curiosity and see where it takes us.

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  143. Kennedy

    It’s amazing how we take for granted all the amazing inventions that would never be without an idea.

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  144. Gianna

    I found this experiment and video so cool, thank you for the knowledge!

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  145. Bella

    I think this was my favorite science live yet!!

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  146. Emily

    I love science live so much, thank you!

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  147. Wesley

    I like how we break our steps down into smaller steps, I do this when I am studying, or planning a day event. I start with making list’s of what I need to do each day and before you know it, I have everything done.

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  148. Anthony

    thank you Roger Billings for the video!

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  149. Dakota

    I love learning about the process of inventing things.

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  150. Gracelyn

    The science lives are so thoughtfully created and fun to watch!

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  151. Madisyn

    Watching from Delmar!

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  152. Eli

    This episode of Science Live was excellent.

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  153. Naomi

    Hello from cold snowing MICHIGAN ! ;0

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  154. Lydia

    r51 is so funny

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  155. Victor

    Is it true that mold could potentially be used to protect against radiation?
    How long did it take Dr. Roger Billings to invent the hydrogen car and make it work?

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  156. Amiyah

    This episode has a lot of helpful & inspiring information!

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  157. Autumn

    I really hope the sweat censor thing works because i hate getting my blood drawn and needles in general.

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  158. Addalyn

    r-51 always lifts a bad day off my shoulders

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  159. Elijah

    Awesome Video

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  160. Capri

    I love Acellus science lives!

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  161. Felix

    Science live is awesome!

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  162. Coco

    these videos really make see how science really impacts and improves our daily lives!

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  163. Felix

    I love Science live!

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  164. Adalynn

    R 51 is soooo hilarious!!☺️☺️☺️

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  165. Cooper

    We love science

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  166. Danielle

    Was James Clerk Maxwell alive when Heinrich Hertz produced and detected radio waves?

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  167. Violet

    Thank you!!!!

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  168. Luke

    I love R51 !

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  169. Henry

    Science live is my favorite part of school!

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  170. Olivia

    So much fun watching!

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  171. Emma

    i love R-51!

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  172. Aubree

    I can’t wait to grow up and graduate!

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  173. Emma

    What a cool thing about using sweat for helping us find out if we are healthy

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  174. Hope

    R 51 is so funny

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  175. Marygemma

    It is amazing what technology is coming into our world to help people stay heathy. I can not wait to see where it goes from now!

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