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The Surprising Reason We Eat Spicy Food
People who live near the equator use more spices per recipe than people who live far from the equator. But that isn't for the reason you think. Spices and other plant ingredients have special powers that make them a truly magical superfood!
SciShow
Meet Your Microbiome
What you don't know about your microbiome may kill you!!! ...or just give you diarrhea.
MinuteEarth
Why Do Some Animals Eat Poop?
Animals eat their own poop in order to gain extra access to nutrients or to microbes that help digest those nutrients. ___________________________________________ To learn more, start your googling with these keywords: Coprophagy:...
SciShow
Are Hand Dryers Sanitary?
Public bathrooms are teeming with microbes! You know to wash your hands, but when choosing between a hand dryer or a paper towel to dry them off, what's your cleanest bet?
SciShow
New York Citys Microbiome
You might guess that big city subways would be filled with all sorts of nasty pathogens just waiting to infect the nearest unsuspecting human, but science doesn’t back this up at all.
SciShow
Why Getting Sick in Space Is the Worst
We've talked about some of the ways microgravity can negatively affect humans, but for bacteria, being in space might be quite beneficial!
SciShow
Weird Places Blood Falls
In our continuing series on Earth's weirdest places, Hank describes the crazy place in Antarctica known as Blood Falls in all its scientifically strange majesty.
SciShow
Inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
SciShow takes you inside the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster to show you how, nearly 30 years later, life has adapted and persisted.
SciShow
Weird Places: The Jacuzzi of Despair
There's a lake so deadly that anything that goes for a swim gets pickled. Yet there's a thriving ecosystem literally living on the edge, which might give astrobiologists a hint at how life could thrive on other worlds.
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Why isn't the world covered in poop? - Eleanor Slade and Paul Manning
Each day, the animal kingdom produces roughly enough poop to match the volume of water pouring over Victoria Falls. So why isn't the planet covered in the stuff? You can thank the humble dung beetle for eating up the excess. Eleanor...
SciShow
Inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
SciShow takes you inside the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster to show you how, nearly 30 years later, life has adapted and persisted.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Are spotty fruits and vegetables safe to eat? - Elizabeth Brauer
In 2010, 30 billion dollars worth of fruits and vegetables were wasted by American retailers and shoppers, in part because of cosmetic problems and perceived spoilage. But what are these spots, anyway, and are they okay to eat? Elizabeth...
Crash Course
How Do Outbreaks Start? Pathogens and Immunology - Crash Course Outbreak Science
You may not realize it, but your body is like a fortress, designed to defend you from tiny foreign invaders known as pathogens. This seemingly small world is actually super diverse, and sometimes super dangerous too. That’s why in this...
SciShow
How Often Do You Really Need to Shower?
Do you really need a daily shower to stay clean, or is it doing more harm than good? Some scientists have recommendations based on what we know about our skin , and what might be living on top of it.
TED Talks
TED: How to grow a forest in your backyard | Shubhendu Sharma
Forests don't have to be far-flung nature reserves, isolated from human life. Instead, we can grow them right where we are -- even in cities. eco-entrepreneur and TED Fellow Shubhendu Sharma grows ultra-dense, biodiverse mini-forests of...
SciShow
Is There DNA in Dirt?
You know about fossils, but what other secrets are lurking in the ground beneath our feet?
Wonderscape
Protecting the Arctic Tundra
Science Kids Arctic Tundra Biome V1-0005 The video highlights the impact of climate change on the Arctic tundra, emphasizing how a longer summer disrupts the food chain, affects wildlife, and leads to environmental challenges. It...
Curated Video
Personal Hygiene Habits for Kids: Keeping Clean and Fighting Germs
In this video, children learn about the importance of personal hygiene and how to fight germs. They discover that bacteria and microbes are otherwise known as germs and that good personal hygiene habits, such as washing hands and taking...
Astrum
The Worry About Panspermia
Forward and backward Panspermia. Can alien bacteria and viruses thrive and infect us on Earth? Here are my findings!
Science ABC
Here's Why the Underwater Remains of RMS Titanic are Becoming Smaller Everyday
The RMS Titanic is disappearing. In 20-30 years, the wreck of RMS Titanic might not exist. The so-called “unsinkable” ship sank in 1912, and now, over a hundred years later, due to iron loving microbes eating the ship.
Science ABC
Do bones decompose? How long does it take for bones to decompose?
Ever wonder why bones can survive hundreds of years without decomposing? This is due to the unique composition of bone. Bone is primarily composed of a very stable protein called collagen and the mineral calcium. The association between...
Curated Video
Mars: Dead Planet
Scientists hoped the first mission to Mars would reveal life on the red planet. What did the mission find? Physics - Universe - Learning Points. Percival Lowell believed there were canals and cities on Mars. In 1965, NASA probe Mariner 4...
Curated Video
Mars: Under the Ice
Scientists have found microbes frozen deep in the Antarctic ice sheets, in conditions very similar to the red planet's surface. Could life exist on Mars, in suspended animation? Physics - Universe - Learning Points. In 2001, a frozen...