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How Bacteria Helped Plants Take Over the World | SciShow News
This week, scientists think they may have found a missing link in regards to how plants went from living in the sea to on land, and also, in adorable news, surfing honeybees.
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Weird Places Australia's Bright Pink Lake
In this edition of Weird Places, we visit Australia's Lake Hillier, which is a shockingly flamboyant shade of pink. Hank's here to tell you science's best guess as to why.
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Weird Places: Australia's Bright Pink Lake
In this edition of Weird Places, we visit Australia's Lake Hillier, which is a shockingly flamboyant shade of pink. Hank's here to tell you science's best guess as to why.
TED Talks
Bilal Bomani: Plant fuels that could power a jet
Algae plus salt water equals ... fuel? At TEDxNASA@SiliconValley, Bilal Bomani reveals a self-sustaining ecosystem that produces biofuels -- without wasting arable land or fresh water.
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The Strange Case of the Missing Sunscreen Gene
If you've ever spent too much time in the sun and forgotten to put on sunscreen, you know how painful a sunburn can be. But for some animals, forgetting the sunscreen wouldn't be a problem because they can just produce their own!
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6 Seriously Impressive Animal Migrations
There are some seriously impressive journeys that animals will undertake to avoid the cold, to give birth, or to find food. All kinds of creatures migrate that you might not think about; some big and familiar, and others so small, you...
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One Way to Deal With CO2? Reuse It
Is there any better way to create new energy than to make it out of consumed energy sources?
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Finally, Some Good News About Corals | SciShow News
Corals might have a fighting chance against bleaching, and fuzzy moths aren't just sporting their fur because it's adorable.
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Why Fish Care About Forest Fires
We don't think of rivers and lakes as something that are greatly affected by fires, but it turns out these disasters can have a big effect on the acquatic wildlife that calls these places home.
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3 Fish With Built-In Flashlights
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!
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These Migrating Birds Fuel Up by Eating…Mud?
A marathoner needs a lot of energy to make their long distance treks, and this is no different for migratory birds. But how are these marathon flyers getting that energy from the mud they’re slurping off of beaches along the way?
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6 Animals That Thrive Upside-Down
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! Chapters THREE-TOED SLOTH 0:38 UPSIDE-DOWN JELLYFISH 2:10 NUTHATCH 3:37 RED-HEADED WOODPECKER 3:57 4:55...
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Cute Skulls and Cute Cavies: SciShow Talk Show #17
Before she left for Chicago, Emily Graslie of The Brain Scoop sat down with Hank to discuss one of her favorite skulls from the from the Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum. Then Jessi Knudsen Castañeda from Animal Wonders joined in with...
SciShow Kids
Life Under The Ice with Ariel Waldman! | A Field Trip to Antarctica! | SciShow Kids
Mister Brown gets a video message from his friend, Ariel Waldman, a real scientist who went all the way to Antarctica to study life that lives under the ice!
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Why Killer Whales Migrate (It's Not Why You Think)
Killer whales migrate thousands of kilometers across oceans, because it's good for their skin?
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Are Sea Urchins USING TOOLS?!
You might have noticed that sea urchins sometimes make some interesting fashion choices, covering themselves with all sorts of odds and ends, and it turns out they have a lot of different reasons for doing this.
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Purple Bacteria: Turning Poop Into Biofuel
Scientists are turning wastewater into fuel, using special bacteria, and other scientists have unveiled bionic mushrooms that can produce electricity!
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Why the Oceans Are Getting Darker
You’d never tell just by staring out from a sandy beach, but the coasts are gradually getting darker, and the effects of this darkening are only beginning to be understood.
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SciShow Quiz Show: Weird Water Creatures & Spontaneous Combustion!
SciShow Quiz Show is back, with familiar faces Hank Green and Caitlin Hofmeister battling it out over questions on water, fire, and computer science!
TED Talks
Jonathan Trent: Energy from floating algae pods
Call it "fuel without fossils": Jonathan Trent is working on a plan to grow new biofuel by farming micro-algae in floating offshore pods that eat wastewater from cities. Hear his team's bold vision for Project OMEGA (Offshore Membrane...
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The Oldest Plant-Like Fossils Ever
Researchers might have discovered the 2 oldest plant-like fossils this week! Meanwhile, scientists learned more about another superpower of our favorite organism: tardigrades.
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How Upside-Down Jellies Sting You Without Touching You
This jellyfish might look kind of unassuming, but it's got some surprising long-range weaponry to catch its prey!
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5 Creepy Weather Phenomena That Shouldn't Be Allowed
Weather isn’t all sunshine and rainbows—sometimes it’s rain, and sometimes that rain looks like blood. Chapters 1 BLOOD RAIN 1:39 BLACK RAIN 2:52 BLACK BLIZZARDS 4:36 4 VOLCANIC TORNADOES 7:47 HEAT BURSTS 9:10
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SciShow Quiz Show: SciShow vs VidCon
With VidCon Australia just around the corner, Julia Maes, Executive Producer of VidCon International, faces off against Hank Green on the SciShow Quiz Show, answering questions about Australian things and earning prizes for Patreon patrons!