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The Secrets Underneath Jupiter's Atmosphere
We’ve probed some 250 kilometers into Jupiter’s atmosphere, and that’s raised some new questions about the mysterious planet. And we’ve taken another important step in looking for life on Mars by using a common chemistry process for the...
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Bugs Aren't Brainless! | Great Minds: Charles Henry Turner
At the turn of the 20th century, scientists thought that insects were nothing more than tiny reflex machines. But Charles Henry Turner, who was possibly America’s first Black entomologist, ran some groundbreaking animal behavior studies...
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Lemurs Are Into Networking Too
New research says that even lemurs benefit from networking skills and some frogs are finally bouncing back from the Chytrid epidemic.
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Can you solve the control room riddle? - Dennis Shasha
As your country's top spy, you must infiltrate the headquarters of the evil syndicate, find the secret control panel, and deactivate their death ray. But your reconnaissance team is spotty, and you have only limited information about the...
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The Milky Way Is Missing Satellite Galaxies
There’s a big difference between the number of satellites that simulations predict, and the number we’ve actually seen with telescopes, but why?
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What Does Gum Disease Have to Do With Alzheimer’s?
Regular brushing and flossing might not just keep your mouth in good shape—they might also be good for your brain.
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This Might Be a Brand-New Kind of Star | Space News
Astronomers have theorized about an invisible star made up of theoretic particles in the past, but did we recently detect the gravitational waves of two of them colliding? Plus, extraterrestrial rocks from a decades-old mission keep...
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Fast Radio Bursts Mystery Solved
Our favorite fast radio burst, FRB 121102, brings us one step closer to understanding its source, and astronomers have a new theoretical upper limit for star masses.
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Why Can’t We Figure Out What Causes Chemo Brain?
Chemotherapy can make patients much more forgetful than normal, but pinning down the cause of and solution to this phenomenon is an ongoing process.
Be Smart
Evolution: The Book Of Life
My friend Eric Schulze, awesome science guy and leader of Thirst DC helps me understand how genes and DNA write the book of life, and how reading that book has helped us learn that everything on Earth is descended from a common ancestor....
Bozeman Science
Thinking in Systems - Level 4 - Hierarchy of Systems
In this video Paul Andersen shows conceptual thinking in a mini-lesson on the hierarchy of systems. TERMS: System interactions - Complex systems - consisting of many different and connected parts Sub-systems - a self-contained system...
SciShow
Did Scientists Really Make Metallic Hydrogen?
The Researchers reconstructed the face of the organism which might be one of our earliest ancestors. Meanwhile, two researchers from Harvard announced that they have created solid metallic hydrogen.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Jeff Leek and Lucy McGowan: Can you spot the problem with these headlines? (Level 1)
In medicine, there's often a disconnect between news headlines and the scientific research they cover. While headlines are designed to catch attention, many studies produce meaningful results when they focus on a narrow, specific...
TED Talks
Scott Kim: The art of puzzles
At the 2008 EG conference, famed puzzle designer Scott Kim takes us inside the puzzle-maker's frame of mind. Sampling his career's work, he introduces a few of the most popular types, and shares the fascinations that inspired some of his...
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What Neuroscience Can Learn from Meditation
Meditation methods and the scientific method are teaming up to explore some of the deepest questions about our existence and human nature.
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When Sex Makes You Sick Post Orgasmic Illness Syndrome
Generally speaking, orgasms are pretty wonderful. But for some, they can be literally sickening.
TED Talks
TED: How to build for human life on Mars | Melodie Yashar
We're going to be building on the Moon this decade -- and next will be Mars, says space architect Melodie Yashar. In a visionary talk, she introduces her work designing off-world shelters with autonomous robots and 3D printers and...
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3 Bizarre Projects That Could Transform Exploration - NIAC 2019
Every amazing mission you know about today started off as just an idea, and some of 2019’s early phase NIAC concepts could mean big things for our future.
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The Unexpected Effects of Nukes in Space
What happens when you set off a nuclear bomb in space? Turns out we have a pretty good idea, and it's not pretty. Learn about the science behind high-energy explosions in space.
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How Measles Vaccines Protect You From Other Diseases
Since measles vaccines started making their rounds, child mortality has dropped by up to 90% percent in some countries. That’s more than you’d expect if the measles vaccine just prevented deaths from measles. Can science explain this...
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When and Where it Rains on the Sun SciShow News
On SciShow News this week, Hank explains how it can rain on the sun and dives in to findings from the NASA twin study!
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How to Forget Things on Purpose
If you had the power to forget, would you do it? Michael Aranda explains how this might be possible in this episode of SciShow.
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How We Used the Moon to Send Radio Messages
In the early days of the Cold War, it was difficult to send and receive messages across the globe. Before the US launched its first satellite in January 1958, the military tried a creative solution: bouncing radio waves off the Moon.
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The Truth About Asparagus and Your Pee
An astonishing amount of research has gone into the question of whether asparagus really makes your urine smell funny. Sci Show explains it all inside!