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From SciShow. One might not think that snow could help anything stay warm through a harsh winter, but these tiny bats have found a way to utilize the insulation provided by the snow: they make little forts to wait out the winter. Hosted by: Michael Aranda SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents.…
From SciShow. SciShow is supported by Brilliant.org. Go to https://Brilliant.org/SciShow to get 20% off of an annual Premium subscription. The Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is now the third approved for emergency use authorization in the United States, and it’s a little different from its predecessors. COVID-19 News and Updates: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsNB4peY6C6IQediwz2GzMTNvm_dMzr47 Hosted by: Hank Green…
From SciShow. These days, we’re pretty good at harnessing the power of antibodies for medicines and as molecular tools, but they do have some drawbacks. So, cutting-edge researchers are hoping to develop smaller and more stable alternatives, and they’re willing to try just about anything from chopping antibodies up to creating plastic mimics! Antibodies Series…
From SciShow. Figuring out how to hack the immune system and make the antibodies we want was just the beginning. Thanks to innovative technologies, we’re finding ways to produce safe, effective antibodies for all sorts of uses. Hosted by: Stefan Chin SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org…
From SciShow. You may have heard a lot of talk about antibodies lately, especially in relation to vaccines. We wanted to tackle this important subject, but these tiny objects are deceptively complex! So, this is the first of three episodes in a mini-series on antibodies, and in it, we’ll talk about how we hacked the…
From SciShow. Caviar or fruity ball? Whatever you like! Here’s a rundown of how to spherify your own edible bubbles and why they could help to reduce waste. Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ———- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon:…
From SciShow. This episode is brought to you by the Music for Scientists album! Stream the album on major music services here: https://streamlink.to/music-for-scientists. Check out the “For Your Love" music video here: https://youtu.be/YGjjvd34Cvc. Thievery is a known survival strategy in the wild. But you couldn’t steal a toxin…or could you? Meet 5 animals that turn…
From SciShow. SciShow is supported by Brilliant.org. Go to https://Brilliant.org/SciShow to get 20% off of an annual Premium subscription. Every year, tiny shrimp do something strange on the banks of a river in Thailand: they get out of the water and walk on the land! Why do they take this risky path? Hosted by: Hank…
From SciShow. We’re all excited about the Mars rover Perseverance this week, but scientists are also working on some other exciting things! Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ———- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ———- Huge thanks go to…
From SciShow. You might think that you’re pretty familiar with your body, but it turns out that our bodies still have some surprises for us! Hosted by: Stefan Chin SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ———- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ———- Huge…
From SciShow. From mice that battle scorpions to microscopic moss piglets that can survive a solar storm, here are 6 of Earth’s most hardcore beings! Hosted by: Stefan Chin SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ———- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ———- Huge…
From SciShow. SciShow is supported by Brilliant.org. Go to https://Brilliant.org/SciShow to get 20% off of an annual Premium subscription If you’re lucky enough to witness a panda applying a ripe layer of horse poop body paint to itself, you might assume it is a similar behavior to a dog frolicking in the stink of a…
From SciShow. Go to http://Brilliant.org/SciShow to try their new Statistics course. Sign up now and get 20% off an annual Premium subscription. A cure for leprosy eluded humans for thousands of years, until the pioneering chemistry work of Alice Ball. With her treatment, patients recovered enough to be discharged from the hospital by the hundreds.…
From SciShow. This episode is brought to you by the Music for Scientists album! Stream the album on major music services here: https://biglink.to/music-for-scientists. Check out the “For Your Love" music video here: https://youtu.be/YGjjvd34Cvc. The ocean is the largest ecosystem on Earth, but it’s still mostly unexplored. This is partially due to the challenges of ocean…
From SciShow. Go to http://Brilliant.org/SciShow to try their Waves and Light course. Sign up now and get 20% off an annual Premium subscription. Some toothy tigerfish have been documented catching unlikely prey in the most unlikely of ways: snatching birds right out of the sky. Hosted by: Stefan Chin SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s…
From SciShow. Researchers mapped the mammoth family tree by extracting DNA from fossils. Also, scientists found some sessile animals living under Antarctica’s ice shelf, and they’re really cool. Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ———- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon:…
From SciShow. Go to http://Brilliant.org/SciShow to try out Brilliant’s Daily Challenges. Sign up now and get 20% off an annual Premium subscription. For upside-down mirrors, super hot volcanic chimneys, and neon rocks with living microorganisms, look no further than the Guaymas Basin in the Gulf of California. Hosted by: Stefan Chin SciShow has a spinoff…
From SciShow. This episode is brought to you by the Music for Scientists album! Stream the album on major music services here: https://biglink.to/music-for-scientists. Check out the “For Your Love" music video here: https://youtu.be/YGjjvd34Cvc. Archaeology might make you think about excavating dinosaur bones or exploring ancient ruins, but we can also learn a lot about the…
From SciShow. Thanks again to MBARI and the Monterey Bay Aquarium for collaborating with us on this episode of SciShow. All of the amazing deep-sea video in this episode was taken with MBARI’s remotely operated vehicles! Follow MBARI’s research and technology on their YouTube channel linked below. And if you’re able to, please consider making…
From SciShow. Seymour might have had better luck had he raised one of these Bornean plants instead of a giant Venus flytrap. Instead of evolving to eat animals, they’ve evolved to play nice in exchange for their nutrient rich feces. Hosted by: Stefan Chin SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents. Check it…
From SciShow. Natural selection can lead to some pretty amazing adaptations, but sometimes the resulting traits aren’t the most efficient solutions to the problems at hand. With the bar set to “good enough,” here are some features that arose from evolution which get the job done in strange or roundabout ways. Hosted by: Rose Bear…
From SciShow. SciShow is supported by Brilliant.org. Go to https://Brilliant.org/SciShow to get 20% off of an annual Premium subscription. This Valentine’s Day weekend, we’d like to tell you a deep-sea shrimp love story that begins with a sponge, and two shrimp — and ends in forever. Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast!…
From SciShow. As Covid-19 vaccines make it into more and more people’s arms, you may be hearing that the second dose can be a little rough. But, while it may be unpleasant, these intense side-effects are actually a sign that the vaccines are working. And there may be even more good news when it comes…
From SciShow. Thanks to Bill and Melinda Gates for supporting SciShow. If you’d like to reflect on the last year and the lessons we’ve learned through COVID-19 that will help us prepare for the future, head to http://gatesnot.es/3t072HJ to read this year’s Annual Letter. Near the end of 2020, we got some puzzling but good…
From SciShow. This episode is brought to you by the Music for Scientists album! Stream the album on major music services here: https://biglink.to/music-for-scientists. Check out the “For Your Love" music video here: https://youtu.be/YGjjvd34Cvc. When a species evolves from living in water to living on land it’s called terrestrialization, and it’s not an easy task. Yet…
From SciShow. Why can amphibians, fish and even some reptiles regenerate limbs, while birds and mammals can’t? Researchers think they might have found a clue on the tip of the alligator’s tail. Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ———- Support SciShow by becoming…
From SciShow. You would think that almost everyone has the same exact number of bones in their body, but that number is different, and changing, in everyone! SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org Hosted by: Rose Bear Don’t Walk SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow…
From SciShow. We aren’t the only animals that pass gas, but other animals have found some much more creative ways to harness the power of their farts! Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ———- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow…
From SciShow. Bacon and eggs aren’t a classic flavor combo for no reason, and the science behind why they taste so good together could help us make healthier foods more appealing to our palettes. Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ———- Support SciShow…
From SciShow. How do foxes know where to pounce when they can’t see their prey? There’s evidence they’re using the Earth’s magnetic field to help. Hosted by: Michael Aranda SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ———- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ———- Huge…
From SciShow. The FDA recently approved two mRNA vaccines for COVID-19, but it was a challenge to make this type of vaccine work. And it took decades of research to get us to the point where scientists could make those vaccines as quickly as they did. Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast!…
From SciShow. So, moose licking cars in winter is a thing, if you live in a place that has both moose and winter. But why on earth do they do this?! Hosted by: Stefan Chin SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ———- Support SciShow by becoming a…
From SciShow. Some countries are planning to wait up to 12 weeks to administer second doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Will this slow the virus? CoVID-19 News & Updates playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsNB4peY6C6IQediwz2GzMTNvm_dMzr47 Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ———- Support SciShow by becoming a patron…
From SciShow. Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ———- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ———- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Silas Emrys, Jb Taishoff, Bd_Tmprd, Harrison Mills,…
From SciShow. This episode is brought to you by the Music for Scientists album! Stream the album on major music services here: https://biglink.to/music-for-scientists. Check out the “For Your Love" music video here: https://youtu.be/YGjjvd34Cvc. You probably know about the geomagnetic field that protects the earth from solar storms and radiation. But precision satellites have measured ANOTHER…
From SciShow. Scientists have learned more about the UK and South American variant of the COVID-19 virus, and how they might be affected by vaccines. The news isn’t good, but behind the scary headlines is important research that can help us be better equipped to continue fighting the virus. Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has…
From SciShow. Marie Tharp’s topographical maps increased our understanding of both the ocean floor and the processes that move the earth’s crust. The inside of earth does not look like what you think it looks like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLQpuPqDEfM Thanks to the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory for images and maps https://marietharp.ldeo.columbia.edu/ Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a…
From SciShow. If you’ve ever wondered why you crave certain foods or what your appendix actually does, there’s something in this collection for you! Hosted by: Michael Aranda SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ———- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ———- Huge thanks…
From SciShow. Go to http://Brilliant.org/SciShow to try out Brilliant’s Daily Challenges. Sign up now and get 20% off an annual Premium subscription. What gives the ocean its distinct, sometimes pungent smell? It turns out the answer is more than just dead fish or salt: it’s the scent of tons of phytoplankton being munched on! Hosted…
From SciShow. This episode is brought to you by the Music for Scientists album! Stream the album on major music services here: https://biglink.to/music-for-scientists. Check out the “For Your Love" music video here: https://youtu.be/YGjjvd34Cvc. Geologists have a few ideas as to how rain affects mountains. But could rain also help mountains grow? Hosted by: Stefan Chin…
From SciShow. Bones are hard to digest and can be downright dangerous to eat, but some animals have evolved pretty bizarre adaptations to accommodate their crunchy, splintery diets. Hosted by: Michael Aranda SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ———- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon:…
From SciShow. You may be aware of certain hacks to sober up, but researchers have found a way to actually get booze out of our systems faster. And this discovery could help first responders when facing alcohol overdoses. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yNkNy5mHEk Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out…
From SciShow. SciShow is supported by Brilliant.org. Go to https://Brilliant.org/SciShow to get 20% off of an annual Premium subscription. Photosynthesis plays a huge role in regulating the earth’s CO2. But what happens when the temperature gets high enough that photosynthesis slows down? Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents.…
From SciShow. We humans can rely on our internal body heat to help keep us warm. But what can cold-blooded animals do when faced with the threat of freezing? Here are three creatures that have come up with some…“cool” solutions. Hosted by: Michael Aranda SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents. Check it…
From SciShow. When you think about coral reefs, you probably imagine a sparkling tropical oasis that you can easily see while snorkeling or diving, but reefs can be found as deep as 8000 meters! As deep as they are, those reefs are still not immune to the effects of human activities, nor are we outside…
From SciShow. You probably don’t consider algae to be super aggressive, but 66 million years ago had to turn to murder in order to survive. Hosted by: Michael Aranda SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ———- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ———- Huge…
From SciShow. You might not believe it, but the same chemistry that brought us bulletproof vests and modern sailing sails also gave us the technology to build your smart phone. But that doesn’t mean these chemists were thinking about these applications when they made their breakthroughs. Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast!…
From SciShow. The path that products take to get onto store shelves doesn’t always leave the best impact on the environment. But with green chemistry, chemists have found ways to make the production of some items safer for both people and the planet. Hosted by: Michael Aranda SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow…
From SciShow. SciShow is supported by Brilliant.org. Go to https://Brilliant.org/SciShow to get 20% off of an annual Premium subscription. Of all the weird animals that exist in the world, platypuses are up there with the weirdest, and last year scientists discovered something even more peculiar about their fur: it glows! What may be even more…
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From SciShow. Octopuses and other cephalopods can squirt ink when threatened, but the forms the ink takes can go way beyond your typical smokescreen. Hosted by: Michael Aranda SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ———- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ———- Huge thanks…
From SciShow. Vaccines save millions of lives each year, so we owe a lot to the people that pioneered that medical breakthrough. But the concept of a vaccine had already existed for a long time before it was “discovered,” and the real story is way more interesting! Hosted by: Michal Aranda SciShow has a spinoff…
From SciShow. Go to http://Brilliant.org/SciShow to try their Wave and Light course. Sign up now and get 20% off an annual Premium subscription. Plants need light to survive. But apparently, that doesn’t have to be sunlight. Hosted by: Michael Aranda SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ———-…
From SciShow. You might not think of volcanoes as particularly musical, but they do actually generate infrasound! And scientists may be able to use that sound to help predict when a volcano is about to erupt. Hosted by: Michael Aranda SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ———-…
From SciShow. For humans, being upside-down isn’t a comfy way to hang out for very long, but for these six animals, upside-down feels just right! Hosted by: Michael Aranda SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ———- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ———- Huge…
From SciShow. You might think that fish ride the undercurrents with all their buds to avoid the hungry mouths of predators – safety in numbers, right? But, it turns out, there’s more to consider when asking why fish swim in schools. Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents. Check…
From SciShow. A perfumer from Ancient Babylon named Tapputi-Belatekallim is possibly history’s first recorded chemist, and some of the techniques she used are still in practice today. Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ———- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow…
From SciShow. SciShow is supported by Brilliant.org. Go to https://Brilliant.org/SciShow to get 20% off of an annual Premium subscription. You might think the white patches that grow on whale’s heads and faces are just weird skin growths, and you’re not wrong. But when you look closer, these patches are crawling with tiny stowaways! Hosted by:…
From SciShow. At the heart of alchemy was the quest to turn ordinary metals into gold. Despite the hopelessness of that goal, alchemists still made a lot of discoveries that formed the foundation of modern chemistry and medicine. Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at…
From SciShow. Go to https://curiositystream.com/SciShow to start streaming Ocean Mysteries. Use code SciShow to sign up, just $14.99 for the whole YEAR. Can you actually drink that steaming mug of snake venom? The science comes down to the difference between poisons and venoms, and to the oral toxicity of the venom itself. Hosted by: Stefan…