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Why Do Animals Eat Their Own Babies?
It might seem pretty dark from a human point of view, but for some animals, feasting on your own offspring is the best way to ensure you and your other babies might have a more successful life.
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Is Anything on the Internet Real?
One Minute Physics provides an energetic and entertaining view of old and new problems in physics -- all in one minute!
TED Talks
TED: Your identity is your superpower | America Ferrera
A clip from America Ferrera's TED Talk "My identity is a superpower -- not an obstacle" from TED2019 Hollywood needs to stop resisting what the world actually looks like, says actor, director and activist America Ferrera. Tracing the...
SciShow
These 100-Million-Year-Old Microbes Are Still Alive!
Researchers have found ancient communities of microbes that have been buried deep, for a hundred million years! This discovery might be the oldest living thing on Earth, and could even expand the search for life on other planets.
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The Plants That Live on Artificial Light (and Why That’s Bad)
Plants are finding their ways into caves, and it's all our fault.
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The Oldest Known Animal May Be a Weird, Fleshy Oval | SciShow News
Dickinsonia might be the oldest known member of the animal kingdom, and the origin of birdsongs from the syrinx might be a little less mysterious.
SciShow
The Climate Crisis Is Changing the Circle of Life
When you think about the impact of climate change on the circle of life, you likely picture polar bears or Bengal tigers struggling in new conditions. But the impacts on the world go all the way down to the tiniest creatures who do some...
SciShow
How Do You Make Memories?
What if you couldn’t remember anything past 30 seconds? Let us introduce you to a man named Henry Molaison who was diagnosed with anterograde amnesia. He couldn’t form new memories.
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Four Creatures That Glow
Fireflies, crustaceans, jellyfish -- lots of living things glow, and they do it for all kinds of reasons, some of which we haven’t even discovered yet.
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Microbes Might Survive on Mars | SciShow News
We’re all excited about the Mars rover Perseverance this week, but scientists are also working on some other exciting things!
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Liquid Water on Mars
Today, NASA announced that there is...occasionally...flowing, liquid water on the surface of Mars. What?!
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Is the Mystery of Earth's 1.2 Billion Missing Years Solved? | SciShow News
For the last hundred and fifty years or so, geologists have been trying to wrap their heads around the mystery: in some places, the geologic record just seems to jump by over billion years. And last week, a paper was published that may...
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Huge Sperm and Giant Tentacles: Relax, It's Marine Biology
SciShow shares the latest developments in science, this week including new insights into the evolution of giant sperm, and the discovery of a whole new order of animal. ----------
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How Earth's Rotation Affects Our Oxygen | SciShow News
Oxygen is crucial for life as we know it, but before it could build up in our atmosphere, earth had to slow down.
SciShow
Cloudy With A Chance Of Aliens: How We Look for Extraterrestrial Life
What do astronomers look for when they study exoplanets for signs of alien life? Hank explains how space telescopes are already yielding tantalizing clues of what other worlds might hold -- including water! -- and how the next generation...
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9 of the Weirdest Sperm Adaptations
You probably have a vague idea of what sperm does, but not all sperm are created equal, and some have even developed unique adaptations to get where they're going.
SciShow
9 Animals That Will Outlive Humans
Human beings will survive a long time—but due to amazing survival techniques, these 9 animal species will definitely live longer. Join Michael Aranda for a new episode of SciShow, and find out why these species will outlive us!
SciShow
6 Species Unlike Anything Else | Evolutionary Loners
What happens when a species is the only of its kind? This phenomenon is called a monospecific taxon. Studying these special species can help us better understand not just those sparse groups, but all life on this planet! Join Olivia...
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A Giant Underground Lake on Mars! | Breaking News
Scientists have discovered an underground lake of liquid water on Mars! While this isn’t itself evidence for life on Mars, it does raise some new possibilities.
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7 New Species Discovered in Cities
Scientists are discovering new species at the bottom of the ocean and deep in the rainforest, but there are also plenty of new animals being discovered in cities around the world!
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Why Don’t Jellyfish Look Like That?
When you think of a jellyfish, do you imagine an angelic stingy blob? That's just one stage of the life of a jelly!
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What is Taxonomy and Why is it So Complicated?
The classification of animal groups is essential to the the development of modern biology—but it's extremely complicated. Trying to shoehorn the messy, complicated web of interrelationships that is biology into neat boxes has resulted in...
SciShow
This Robot Filled the Deep Ocean Gap in the Carbon Cycle
Carbon is fundamental to life on Earth. And it goes through a complex cycle, from up in the atmosphere, to the depths of the ocean. But down there, the carbon trail gets harder to follow. Or at least, it was that way until this little...
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Monogamy
Hank examines the zoological definition of monogamy, as well as some other breeding strategies that animals use.