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Genius by Stephen Hawking

Floating Plates

Magic can be explained by science.

Aired 05/24/2016 | Rating TV-G

Genius by Stephen Hawking

Floating Plates

Clip: Episode 3 | 1m 25sVideo has Closed Captions

Magic can be explained by science.

The volunteers enter a dining room to see floating plates of food in front of them. The plates are floating above the table with no means of support that can be seen. Can they work out why and how the plates of food are magically floating?

Aired 05/24/2016 | Rating TV-G

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