iBilib: Surprising uses of X-Rays you didn't know!

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Aired (February 9, 2025): Did you know that X-rays aren't just for checking broken bones? They have amazing uses you might not expect! Watch as we uncover the cool ways X-rays help us see the unseen!   Watch 'iBilib' Sundays at 9:35 AM on GMA Network, hosted by Chris Tiu and Shaira Diaz.   For more iBilib Highlights, click the link below:  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLYaldfT7P2Teh_NQfZBAjzvRkaF0KZuw

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00:00Weee!

00:02It's a ghost!

00:04Where?

00:06There!

00:08The one next to you.

00:10That's not a ghost.

00:12Don't be scared.

00:14Just relax.

00:16That's not a ghost.

00:18That's just a skeleton model.

00:20And it's here because

00:22it has something to do with our QOTD.

00:24The question is

00:26Arkin Ryle Alcantara

00:28Mikmik, he's just 5 years old.

00:30Yes.

00:32Very curious.

00:34Can I see the bones

00:36inside my body?

00:38That's a good question.

00:40He's just 5 years old.

00:42I like that.

00:44Very curious.

00:46Arkin, right?

00:48It can be done with the help of a machine

00:50that has super power.

00:52Yes, we can see the bones inside our body.

00:54Do you know what machine that is, Mikmik?

00:56No, I don't know.

00:58We usually see this in hospitals

01:00and clinics.

01:02To know more about the super powers

01:04of this machine,

01:06let's watch this video.

01:10Do you want to have a power

01:12that hides in your eyes?

01:14This is a super power

01:16that's like Superman.

01:18X-ray vision.

01:20This power is really

01:22amazing.

01:26X-ray was first discovered

01:28because of the events

01:30on this planet in 1895

01:32by Wilhelm Röntgen,

01:34a German physics professor.

01:36He discovered that

01:38X-ray can pass through

01:40soft tissues like muscles

01:42but not bones.

01:44With the help of this,

01:46we have the ability to see

01:48inside the human body.

01:50This additional experiment

01:52led to the discovery that

01:54if you pass through a photographic plate,

01:56you can make a picture of the bones.

01:58In 1901,

02:00Röntgen received the first

02:02Nobel Prize in Physics

02:04for his discovery.

02:06A big part of being a scientist

02:08is to be aware of

02:10things that you don't know.

02:12And being curious

02:14can give you a Nobel Prize.

02:16Even if the X-ray is useful,

02:18it's also dangerous

02:20because when you get an X-ray,

02:22you're covered with a lead blanket

02:24to avoid radiation poisoning.

02:28Despite the danger of the X-ray,

02:30it became famous in the 1930s

02:32and 40s as a novelty act.

02:36And the X-ray mainly

02:38hit America.

02:40There were X-ray machines

02:42for the cannibals

02:44to see inside their bodies.

02:46There were also X-ray rings

02:48for the bones of the hands.

02:50And others were in the shoes

02:52to see the perfect shoes

02:54for you.

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