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Hawai’i: Land of Volcanoes | SciShow Kids
New ReviewSqueaks is looking to plan his next vacation. Jessi tells him all about the amazing volcanoes you can find in
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A Fish In This Lake Evolved Into 850 Different Species
When conditions are just right, one species can turn into hundreds in a short period of time. Welcome to the weird world of adaptive radiation. Hosted by: Jaida Elcock
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These Islands Shouldn't Exist
You've probably heard that climate change is leading to rising sea levels, which is bad news for lots of islands. But for some islands like the Maldives, rising waters are making them... bigger? Correction: We mixed up east and west!...
MinuteEarth
What Happens When Predators Disappear?
A world without predators. It sounds like a safer, happier world, but come on, this is science…
TED Talks
TED: What you can learn crossing the ocean in a canoe | Lehua Kamalu
“Being on a voyage forces you to unplug,” says TED Fellow and third-generation captain Lehua Kamalu. Sharing ancient knowledge from traditional Hawaiian ocean voyaging, she reflects on the transformational power of seafaring journeys —...
PBS
When We Took Over the World
From our deepest origins in Africa all the way to the Americas, by looking at the fossils and archaeological materials we have been able to trace the path our ancestors took during the short window of time when we took over the world.
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When Hobbits Were Real
Its discoverers named it Homo floresiensis, but it’s often called “the hobbit” for its short stature and oddly proportioned feet. And it’s been at the center of a major controversy in the field ever since. Was it its own species? Or was...
PBS
When a Giant Pterosaur Ruled the European Islands
The ecological niche of apex predators was empty on Hateg Island, waiting to be occupied by something large, mobile, and powerful enough to fill it.
PBS
The Island of Shrinking Mammoths
The mammoths fossils found on the Channel Islands off the coast of southern California are much smaller than their relatives found on the mainland. They were so small that they came to be seen as their own species. How did they get...
PBS
The Island of Huge Hamsters and Giant Owls
Back in the late Miocene epoch, there was an island--or maybe a group of islands-- in the Mediterranean Sea that was populated with fantastic giant beasts. It’s a lesson in the very strange, but very real, powers of natural selection.
PBS
The Invisible Barrier Keeping Two Worlds Apart
In between two of the islands of Indonesia, there’s an ancient line that is both real and…not real.
PBS
That Time the Mediterranean Sea Disappeared
How could a body of water as big as the Mediterranean just...disappear? It would take decades and more than 1,000 research studies to even start to figure out the cause -- or causes -- of one of the greatest vanishing acts in Earth’s...
PBS
How Evolution Works (And How We Figured It Out)
As a scientific concept, evolution was revolutionary when it was first introduced. With the help of all three of our hosts and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History’s new Deep Time Hall, we’ll try to explain how evolution...
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The Tiny Reasons This Island Is Shrinking
Hoboro Island off the coast of Japan may soon be an island of the past, and it’s primarily due to one unsuspecting isopod.
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Crabs, Cockroaches, and 3 Other Pollinators That Aren't Bees
Bees aren’t the only pollinators out there. Some of the other, more surprising pollinators aren't just unconventional, they give us unique examples of how the relationship between pollinators and plants evolved in the first place. Hosted...
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The Amazing Life Cycle of Mountains | SciShow Compilation
Mountains may look like they've all been stagnant for thousands of years, but the life cycle of a mountain is actually quite fascinating. From mountain ranges in space, to why Earth isn’t a water-world, here are some videos exploring the...
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The Cat That (Maybe) Ate an Entire Species
Many cat owners are familiar with the "gifts" their feline friends are fond of giving, but if left unchecked, this behavior can be devastating.
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Scientists Pull RNA from a 14,000 Year-Old Wolf | SciShow News
This week in news, a discovery in genetics that was once thought unbelievable, and a parrot so large that it shakes up what we know about avian evolution.
PBS
How remote national park made a mammoth discovery (SRL)
California's Channel Islands National Park is the site of a recent mammoth discovery: a pygmy mammoth skull, to be precise. This report was produced as part of our Student Reporting Labs by students from Etiwanda High School in Southern...
PBS
Can this rural town go from a youth exodus to an art epicenter?
What kind of future should a struggling rural town choose? In the town of Green River, population 950, a nonprofit called Epicenter aims to use art and architecture to bring new energy, life and economic development. Jeffrey Brown reports.
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Fighting for fresh water amid climate change in the Marshall Is. (WEEKEND)
President Donald Trump has said he is withdrawing the U.S. from the Paris climate accords, rejecting that wealthier nations, which have the biggest carbon footprints, should help poorer nations vulnerable to climate changes. One such...
PBS
In These Parts Of Greece, Crisis Is Building Between Residents And Migrants
Amid growing unrest in Greece, the government there is temporarily halting construction of permanent detention centers for asylum seekers. Tens of thousands of migrants have been stranded in the country for more than four years, since...
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Greek fishing village welcomes migrants while others turn them away
Amidst the wave of anti-migrant sentiment coursing through Europe, one village has shown a rare level of hospitality to those making the journey across the Mediterranean. In Skala Sykaminia, located on the Greek island of Lesbos,...
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Amazing Scientist Story Time! | SciShow Kids Compilation
Squeaks is feeling a little wired and needs some story time to get sleepy this evening, so Jessi is showing him some videos about amazing scientists from history!