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Inside a Machine That Can Recreate Hurricanes (for Science)
Hurricanes, typhoons, and tropical cyclones are Earth’s most powerful storms, capable of unleashing destruction and death on coastal areas worldwide. As climate change warms Earth’s oceans, we face more risk of storms rapidly...
SciShow
Coriolis Effect: IDTIMWYTIM
Does your toilet water drain differently than in the other hemisphere? Is it because of the Coriolis effect? Hank has some things to clarify about these questions, and more in this edition of I Don't Think It Means What You Think It Means.
SciShow
Hypercanes: The Next Big Disaster Movie?
Do you ever think of what could cause the next big extinction? How about a super massive tropical storm that sweeps over continents? Hey, it could happen! Check out this SciShow Dose to see how a hypercane would be possible.
SciShow
How Do Honey Bees Survive Natural Disasters?
Honey bees may be small, but they manage to survive some pretty big disasters. Whether it’s hurricanes, wildfires, or even volcanoes, honey bees seem to have a plan for everything.
SciShow
How 5G Cell Service Could Hurt Weather Forecasts
Good weather forecasts save lives, but scientists are worried that 5G transmissions could drown out frequencies measured by weather satellites, setting weather forecasts back decades.
TED Talks
TED: How to design climate-resilient buildings | Alyssa-Amor Gibbons
Architecture can't ignore the realities of climate change. For time-tested solutions that perform under extreme conditions, designer Alyssa-Amor Gibbons says we should look to traditional buildings. Taking us to her home of Barbados,...
SciShow
Parkinson’s Isn’t Inherited (Usually), but This Gene Matters
We don’t know what causes non-hereditary Parkinson's disease, but researchers have recently identified a gene that might help shed some light on those cases. And another paper suggests that the impact we're having on the frequency of...
SciShow
Hurricane Sandy FAQs
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Hank answers some frequently asked questions about it, and how it got to be so crazy. What is up with this storm? Has this ever happened before? This is global warming right?
SciShow
Could We Build Weather-Controlling Satellites?
In some science fiction movies, satellites control the weather in disastrous, but effective ways. Here in reality, we have attempted to influence the weather, with mixed results.
TED Talks
TED: How we wrecked the ocean | Jeremy Jackson
In this bracing talk, coral reef ecologist Jeremy Jackson lays out the shocking state of the ocean today: overfished, overheated, polluted, with indicators that things will get much worse. Astonishing photos and stats make the case.
SciShow
The Great Lakes Tropical Storm of 1996
Tropical storms can be devastating but at least we usually know where they're going to appear. The exception being a very strange week in 1996, on Lake Huron.
SciShow
What Happens to Birds During Hurricanes?
Birds can't watch the local weather forecast for early hurricane warnings, so what do they do when one hits
SciShow
Hypercanes: The Next Big Disaster Movie?
Do you ever think of what could cause the next big extinction? How about a super massive tropical storm that sweeps over continents? Hey, it could happen! Check out this SciShow Dose to see how a hypercane would be possible.
SciShow
Why Don't We Just Nuke Hurricanes?
Hurricanes are just made up of clouds and wind moving in a certain pattern…so could we use a nuclear weapon to disrupt that wind enough to stop them?
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: What on Earth is spin? - Brian Jones
Why does the Earth spin? Does a basketball falling from a spinning merry-go-round fall in a curve, as it appears to, or in a straight line? How can speed be manipulated while spinning? In short, why is the spinning motion so special?...
Crash Course
Hurricane Katrina: Crash Course Black American History #49
In this episode, Clint Smith details his experience as a teenager in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina made landfall in 2005. The widespread devastation of Hurricane Katrina was a result of faulty levees and a fumbled response by FEMA,...
SciShow
How 5G Cell Service Could Hurt Weather Forecasts
Good weather forecasts save lives, but scientists are worried that 5G transmissions could drown out frequencies measured by weather satellites, setting weather forecasts back decades.
Crash Course
Natural Hazards: Crash Course Geography
Today we wrap up the first half of our series on physical geography by taking a closer look at natural hazards - which are physical processes like heat waves and cyclones, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, and floods and droughts. And...
MinuteEarth
The Hurricane Category Scale Is Broken
The current hurricane category scale doesn’t accurately convey the danger of a storm, because it doesn’t account for a hurricane's most destructive factors.
SciShow
Why Your Shower Curtain Is so Annoyingly Clingy
The shower isn't supposed to be a dangerous place, but once you turn on the water, you might be attacked by your shower curtain. But don't blame the curtain! Blame physics!
SciShow
Bacteria and Viruses Are Raining Down on Us All the Time
While you probably aren’t going to get sick from just being outside in all this microbe rain, pathogenic organisms ARE raining down on us all the time, everywhere!
SciShow
How Do Honey Bees Survive Natural Disasters?
Honey bees may be small, but they manage to survive some pretty big disasters. Whether it’s hurricanes, wildfires, or even volcanoes, honey bees seem to have a plan for everything.
SciShow
Coriolis Effect: IDTIMWYTIM
Does your toilet water drain differently than in the other hemisphere? Is it because of the Coriolis effect? Hank has some things to clarify about these questions, and more in this edition of I Don't Think It Means What You Think It Means.