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Why Bacteria Don't Outweigh the Earth
This episode is brought to you by the Music for Scientists album! Check out “The Idea” music video here: • The Idea, written... . Given just a little time, bacteria could outgrow earth, so what's stopping them?
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Why Aren't Mammals as Big as Dinosaurs?
Dinosaurs were huge—it's common knowledge. So why aren't modern mammals anywhere near that size? In this episode of SciShow, Hank gives a quick run-down of the reasons scientists think the land mammals of today are nowhere near the size...
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What is Wind?
We all know that warm air rises, but how does this scientific fact influence our weather and create those flows of air molecules that we know of as wind? In this episode of SciShow, Hank explains where wind comes from, what factors...
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What Happens When Matter is Pushed to the Extreme
Improving batteries is a tough problem, but it’s also an important one because in many ways the future of our planet also depends on the future of batteries. Luckily, scientists are on the case, figuring out ways to give this essential...
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How Climate Change Helped Dinosaurs Take Over
New research suggests climate change in the past might have helped dinosaurs spread across the world. And modern climate change is revealing some of the things they left behind.
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Great Minds: James Hutton, Founder of Geology
Rocks are more than just rocks, they're the key to Earth's history!
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Exotic Chemistry: World's Oldest Water and The Rarest Element
This week's SciShow news brings you discoveries involving two of the most exotic substances on Earth - the world's rarest element and the world's oldest water. Two great tastes that taste great together? Stay tuned to find out.
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Earth Is Losing its Roots
Roots do more than hold plants in place -- they hold the planet in place. They're an important defense against drought and climate change, and of course, our actions are changing them.
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Earth Has Another Magnetic Field
You probably know about the geomagnetic field that protects the earth from solar storms and radiation. But precision satellites have measured ANOTHER magnetic field coming from Earth, and its signals might hold the key to searching for...
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Could We Breed Giant Spiders?
If, for some wild reason, we decided that breeding humongous spiders was a good idea, could we actually pull it off?
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Cephalopods Have a Totally Wild Way of Adapting
With their squishy bodies and color-changing abilities, octopuses and other cephalopods already look like our planet’s resident aliens. But researchers have discovered yet another thing that separates them from most other animals on...
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Can We Predict Earthquakes?
Hank talks about why it is so difficult for scientists to predict earthquakes in the short term.
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Astrobiology & the Search for Alien Life
Hank talks about astrobiology - the study of and search for life in the universe off Earth. Right now, the field has more questions than answers, but all they all seek to answer that one fundamental query: are we alone in the universe?
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5 Technologies Helping Us Explore The Deep Ocean
The ocean is the largest ecosystem on Earth, but it's still mostly unexplored. This is partially due to the challenges of ocean exploration, like bone-crushing pressure and the need to bring your own air. But here are five ways that...
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4 Billion Years in Under 10 Minutes
Have you ever wondered how our earth was created? Here is a brief history about the Earth.
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3 World-Changing Biology Experiments
Hank tells us the stories of three experiments in biology that, with creativity and luck, changed science & the world with it in their work to solve the mysteries of the universe.
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3 Surprising Things Matter Does Under Extreme Pressure
3 Surprising Things Matter Does Under Extreme Pressure
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3 Secrets About Ancient Earth, Hidden in Marine Fossils
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!
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What Penguin Bones Can Tell Us About Dying Glaciers
We know these glaciers are already on the way out, so we need to find out whether we can bulk them back up again. For that, we turn to the glaciers’ past – and a lot of penguin bones.
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What If Earth Spun the Other Way?
How different would things be if Earth had always rotated in the opposite direction? Hosted by: Stefan Chin
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Weird Places: The Lava Lake in Antarctica
What could be cooler than a permanent lava lake surrounded by snow!?
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Unexpected Ways Scientists Use GPS
GPS devices aren't just for keeping you from driving into a lake. They're also helping lots of scientists in unexpected ways.
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Viroids: Possibly the Smallest Pathogens on Earth
Potato spindle tuber disease wasn't a life-or-death situation, but it led to the discovery of viroids: infectious, replicating bits of RNA
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There Are Mountains Deep Within the Earth
Scientists think they’ve discovered some peaks taller than Mt Everest deep beneath the earth’s crust, and this range might be the key to one of the biggest mysteries in geology!