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Bose-Einstein Condensate, Collisions, Th...

NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON
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What happens to matter when the temperature gets near zero kelvin? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice explore things you thought you knew about Bose-Einstein condensate, high impact collisions, and how stuff burns. 
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