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From SciShow. You probably don’t think much about birds most of the time, but these little former-dinosaurs are amazing! So, here’s a collection of videos in which we’ve tackled our viewers’ biggest bird questions! Hosted by: Michael Aranda SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ———- Support SciShow…
From SciShow. This episode is sponsored by Awesome Socks Club, a sock subscription for charity. Go to http://awesomesocks.club/SciShow to sign up between now and December 11th to get a new pair of fun socks each month in 2021. 100% of after-tax profit will go to decrease maternal and child mortality in Sierra Leone, which is…
From SciShow. SciShow is supported by Brilliant.org. Go to https://brilliant.org/SciShow to get 20% off of an annual Premium subscription. Big or small, most creatures end up on something else’s dinner menu. But the velvet ant combines a ton of defenses into one very unappetizing package. Hosted by: Michael Aranda SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s…
From SciShow. SciShow is supported by Brilliant.org. Go to https://Brilliant.org/SciShow to get 20% off of an annual Premium subscription. Unlike most living things, there are species of bacteria that can harness electrons directly and even shuttle them around from place to place like living wires. Hosted by: Michael Aranda SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s…
From SciShow. Orcas are some of the most effective predators in the ocean, and each population of them has entirely different prey preferences and hunting techniques, more than earning their nickname “killer whale!” 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…
From SciShow. Go to http://Brilliant.org/SciShow to try their Search Engines course. The first 200 subscribers get 20% off an annual Premium subscription. When living underground leaves them vulnerable to attack, burrowing owls have a trick up their sleeve—they’ve developed the ability to mimic rattlesnake sounds that scare off predators! Hosted by: Michael Aranda SciShow has…
From SciShow. SciShow is supported by Brilliant.org. Go to https://Brilliant.org/SciShow to get 20% off of an annual Premium subscription. Multiple companies and organizations have announced early results about their COVID-19 vaccines. Here’s what we know about Pfizer’s. Hosted by: Hank Green COVID-19 News and Updates: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsNB4peY6C6IQediwz2GzMTNvm_dMzr47 SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents.…
From SciShow. You might finally be able to watch that 4k video without buffering, thanks to quantum mechanics and orbital angular momentum. Hosted by: Rose Bear Don’t Walk 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. While you might not think about quantum mechanics being part of your everyday life, it turns out that it might play a role in some of the most familiar things, from the sunlight in the trees to the nose on your face! Hosted by: Stefan Chin SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called…
From SciShow. This episode was made in partnership with The Kavli Prize. The Kavli Prize honors scientists for breakthroughs in astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience — transforming our understanding of the very big, the very small, and the very complex. To learn more about Andrew Fabian’s work, go to http://kavliprize.org/prizes-and-laureates/prizes/2020-kavli-prize-astrophysics. The apparent void in the darkness…
From SciShow. Traceurs, or parkour athletes, seem superhuman in their ability to scale up walls and drop down from rooftops without injury. But it turns out that there’s a fair amount of biomechanics at play behind these powers. Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at…
From SciShow. Some of the largest creatures that have ever lived on earth thrive by eating tiny prey. Why don’t they eat bigger fish, and how can they even consume these things they can barely see? Here are 5 creatures that grow to be giants by eating tiny meals! Hosted by: Michael Aranda SciShow has…
From SciShow. Back in the day, bacterial diseases like dysentery were super deadly, but the nomadic people in northern Africa had long known about an effective, if hard to swallow, cure. 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…
From SciShow. We used to believe that our ancestors had clear roles: Men hunt, women gather. But new evidence suggests that some of the earliest big game hunters were women. Thumbnail image credit: MATT VERDOLIVO, © 2020 THE REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called…
From SciShow. Fossils can provide clues to the conditions that ancient species lived in, like what their environments felt like, how deep in the water some species lived, or even how long the Sun was out! SciShow Magnetic Words: http://www.DFTBA.com/SciShow Hosted by: Stefan Chin SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents. Check it…
From SciShow. Some might call sand coarse, rough and irritating, but there’s no denying that it’s used everywhere: from glass to asphalt, sand is a key ingredient for all sorts of materials in construction and technology. But this heavy reliance on sand means that we’re also reaching a limit on this seemingly infinite resource. Hosted…
From SciShow. Go to http://Brilliant.org/SciShow to try their Infinity course. The first 200 subscribers get 20% off an annual Premium subscription. Fish are smarter than you think! Scientists have explored triggerfish’s ability to learn some clever hunting tactics. Hosted by: Stefan Chin SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at…
From SciShow. If we want to see more clearly in the dark, we shine a light – but we aren’t the only species that does that. Some fish use active photolocation to shine their own light in the deep sea! Hosted by: Michael Aranda SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents. Check it…
From SciShow. There are quite a few ways that humans influence the weather, and even on local levels, human activity can produce more rain. Whether by accident or on purpose, increasing rainfall isn’t as far-fetched as it sounds. Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at…
From SciShow. Go to http://Brilliant.org/SciShow to try their Practicing Infinity course. The first 200 subscribers get 20% off an annual Premium subscription. Animals have a lot of ways to avoid becoming dinner, but one particular beetle can get eaten, and just, well let’s just say it’s going to be alright in the end. Hosted by:…
From SciShow. Quantum tunneling happens when a particle seemingly teleports across a barrier. But despite how instantaneous this event sounds, recent research suggests that it doesn’t happen nearly as fast as you might think. Hosted by: Michael Aranda SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ———- Support SciShow…
From SciShow. Flying is a great way to get around, but humans have only been doing it for a little over a century. Let’s revisit six SciShow videos exploring the world of flying non-human animals, which includes some species that you might not expect! Hosted by: Rose Bear Don’t Walk SciShow has a spinoff podcast!…
From SciShow. Go to http://Brilliant.org/SciShow to try their math history course. The first 200 subscribers get 20% off an annual Premium subscription. Lice don’t just thrive in the biomes of body hair and fur, they can also live in a place that seems like it should be bug-free: the oceans. Hosted by: Stefan Chin SciShow…
From SciShow. Masks do wonders to stop the spread of infection and inhalation of harmful particles, and some new technology can make them both more effective and easier to clean. 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. There’s more to DNA than just the double helix we know and love: under some conditions this familiar molecule can take on unfamiliar forms, each of which can have a different impact on our health. Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org…
From SciShow. We don’t expect animals to act in a way that doesn’t directly benefit their species. But humpback whales are willing to take on one of their few natural predators to become the heroes of the ocean! Hosted by: Rose Bear Don’t Walk SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents. Check it…
From SciShow. SciShow is supported by Brilliant.org. Go to https://Brilliant.org/SciShow to get 20% off of an annual Premium subscription. We’ve been studying the body for most of human history, and yet we are still finding new organs (or parts of them – depending on your definition). Also, thanks to some marmosets, we know a little…
From SciShow. In about 200 million years, Earth is due for another supercontinent. What exactly that supercontinent will look like, though, depends on a lot of geological factors, and is harder to guess at than you might think! Today, SciShow walks you through a few possible scenarios. Hosted by: Michael Aranda Check out the Atlantis…
From SciShow. Go to http://Brilliant.org/SciShow to try their Introduction to Neural Networks course. The first 200 subscribers get 20% off an annual Premium subscription. Army ants move around a lot, which means they can’t build a nest like other ants do. So, to build their shelters, they came up with another, way weirder solution… Hosted…
From SciShow. Lots of animals can change the color of their skin, but there’s nothing quite like the chameleon sand tilefish, which can change its appearance in an instant and flash the colors of the rainbow. Hosted by: Rose Bear Don’t Walk SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at…
From SciShow. Go to http://Brilliant.org/SciShow to try their Waves and Light course. The first 200 subscribers get 20% off an annual Premium subscription. European researchers claim to have developed a composite material that is basically uncuttable, so with this material, your bike might never be stolen. Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast!…
From SciShow. When you picture a single cell, you probably imagine something super tiny that you had to look at through a microscope. But, there are some huge exceptions to this rule. And we really do mean huge. Check out Journey to the Microcosmos here! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBbnbBWJtwsf0jLGUwX5Q3g Hosted by: Michael Aranda SciShow has a spinoff podcast!…
From SciShow. One of the toughest materials known to science is made not by humans, but by nature… and it’s inside of oysters. 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 thanks go…
From SciShow. Hot off the presses, this week has been cool! Researchers have discovered the first room-temperature superconductor, and another group has created a type of paint that actually stays cooler than the environment around it! Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ———-…
From SciShow. During the period of rapid industrialization at the turn of the 20th century, factory jobs were incredibly unsafe. That is, until Dr. Alice Hamilton basically became an investigative reporter to figure out how factories were poisoning workers with lead! Oh, and some of her other research popularized mask-wearing as a way to reduce…
From SciShow. Around 750-1250 CE, the Islamic empire made incredible scientific advancements that still influence many fields of research today. What we know about some of the great minds of that time, as well as what we’ve learned from modern studies, suggest that the diversity of the scholars and their knowledge during that period might…
From SciShow. Every day, humans literally flush a valuable resource down the toilet: nitrogen. But there are some animals that have figured out a way to recycle the extra nitrogen in their bodies by moving it not to their livers, but to their mouths! Hosted by: Stefan Chin SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called…
From SciShow. The idea of conservation might seem like a thing that’s only popped up in the last century or so, but organized efforts to conserve resources that directly benefit humans go back centuries! Hosted by: Michael Aranda SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ———- Support SciShow…
From SciShow. Humans are known to carry a tune, but we’re hardly the only animals that sing. In fact we’ve got five of nature’s finest singers, and what makes them so unique. 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. Go to http://Brilliant.org/SciShow to try their Physics of the Everyday course. The first 200 subscribers get 20% off an annual Premium subscription. When we breathe out, we empty our lungs. But an ancient reptile figured out a more efficient way to breathe, which ultimately helped birds dominate the skies. Hosted by: Hank Green…