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Our Favorite YouTube Videos this Week: The Science Edition

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Do you ever stare off into the cosmos, wondering about all the matter and particles swirling about in the universe? Or gaze into the spiraling petals of a rose and contemplate the Golden Ratio and all it connotes?No? Well, take some time out from your weekend of quietly quaffing to think, really think, about why, oh why the forces of nature chose to forge us within this mighty smithy we call life. Strain your mind, dear reader, and test the mettle of your brain fibers ruminating on the fact that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of in our philosophyOr, you could just watch this weeks YouTube roundup, the theme of which is science!Take a look down below and get yourselves some education, you desk set daredevils. Bill Nye The Science Guy on Heat (Full Clip) Ben Parr: SCIENCE RULES! "The Elements Song" Erica Swallow: There's nothing sexier than high school chemistry. These two lads really get the ladies screaming with their rendition of Tom Lehrer's ode to the Periodic Table, "The Elements." William Li: Can We Eat to Starve Cancer? Ben Parr: William Li discusses how angiogenesis and eating certain foods could be the key to fighting cancer Don "Mr. Wizard" Herbert Explains Pioneer Laserdisc (1980) Christina Warren: Man, I wanted a LaserDisc player so bad and my parents were all, "No Christina, we will not buy you this expensive player and then buy you $99 movie discs." Fortunately the movie collecting bug really hit me in 1999 or so, when the DVD was exploding and I was 16 and had a job at the mall to feed my habit. Dexter's Laboratory, Dollhouse Drama Stephanie Marcus: Dexter's Laboratory is cartoon science goodness (I miss the '90s). Riva Starr feat. Noze "I Was Drunk" OFFICIAL VIDEO - OUT 26TH SEPTEMBER Brenna Ehrlich: Some horrible... or wonderful scientific glitch has resulted in this baby sprouting facial hair. I enjoy Balkan music videos... Dawkins vs. Tyson Amy-Mae Elliott: (some NSFW language) In this short clip American astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson quite correctly criticizes British scientist Richard Dawkins's tone, but it's Dawkins who has the last laugh with a hilarious NSFW anecdote. It
makes for a lovely moment between the two great men, both of whom have
done so much in their respective countries to popularize science.Image courtesy of iStockphoto, TommLReviews: YouTube, iStockphotoMore About: favorite-youtube-videos, humor, pop culture, Science, viral video, youtubeFor more Web Video coverage:Follow Mashable Web Video on TwitterBecome a Fan on FacebookSubscribe to the Web Video channelDownload our free apps for iPhone and iPad