Why Do We Have Snot? (MIT Explains)
Channel: MITK12Videos
Date: 2015-05-14

The stuff that oozes out of you when you’re sick? Turns out, it’s a pretty awesome material. Elizabeth, a graduate of Biological Engineering at MIT, explains juuuuuuust how much butt it kicks.

Learn how to make the fake snot in the video here: https://youtu.be/pEZHLjXg4XU

and read more about the mucus research happening at MIT: https://www.pinterest.com/mitk12videos/the-science-of-snot/
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Hosted, Written, Produced, & Doodles Drawn by: Elizabeth Choe 
Content Reviewers: Wesley Chen, Prof. Katharina Ribbeck

Director: George Zaidan
Camera: Adam Morrell
Editor & Motion Graphics: Per Hoel

Theme song: Anthony Thomas & Neil Aggarwal 

Special thanks:
Prof. Katharina Ribbeck, Wesley Chen, Damon Baptista, Bradley Turner and the Ribbeck Lab at MIT (http://kr-lab.mit.edu/)
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