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7 Organisms That Can Clean Toxic Waste
Toxic waste, by definition, is harmful to living things, but there are actually a bunch of plants, animals, fungi, and microbes that can help us clean it up! Hosted by: Olivia Gordon
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Now We Can Turn Your Thoughts Into Reality
How is it that you can be looking at a distinct object in front of you, yet picture something entirely different in your mind? The inner workings of what’s happening in our brains to allow this is a puzzle that scientists are now...
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New Research: Laser Guided Lightning
Researchers have published a new method of guiding lightning strikes using a laser. And another team of researchers developed a new test that uses DNA as bait for respiratory viruses like COVID-19.
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More Clues to the Oldest Fossils Ever
New evidence suggests some fossils as the oldest known sign of life on Earth, and scientists may have a way to speed up the process of carbon neutralization in the ocean!
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Life-Changing Birdsong
Bird parent's calls can change how their babies develop! And, do you learn faster when playing a game to benefit yourself or other people?
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Surprising Uses for Fungi You May Not Know
You've probably heard that theres a fungus among us—but how much of fungi are helpful vs harmful? Turns out there's quite a grey area! Join Stefan Chin for a new episode of SciShow and learn more about the multipurpose world of fungi!
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Human Experimentation: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
In the early days of the space race, agency researchers in Russia and at NASA really weren't sure all what would happen to an astronaut in space. They didn't know if a human mind could handle actually seeing Earth or what would happen to...
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7 Scientific Discoveries Made by... Licking Stuff?
Can scientists actually make discoveries by licking things? Believe it or not, they can. Join Hank Green and learn the surprising amount of discoveries made by scientists....and their tongues.
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What Do Magnetic Fields Actually Do? | SciShow Compilation
So what exactly do magnetic fields actually do? What would happen if they went away? Turns out, it could be catastrophic! SciShow will explain it all in this fun new episode hosted by Michael Aranda!
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The Frog with Hidden Claws
A frog with retractable claws? Weird. A frog with claws that it has to push through its skin to use? Even weirder.
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The Fiercest of Them All: Meet the T-Rex
According to the fossils we've found, it turns out the T-Rex may look different than what we thought! Join Hank Green for a fascinating dive into the past, and a realistic look at what the King of the Dinosaurs was actually like. Let's...
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The Experiment That May Have Broken Physics | SciShow News
Researchers have made some unexpected readings of mysterious particles called muons, which may make us reexamine the Standard Model in physics.
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The Engineering Secrets of the World's Toughest Beetle
This arthropod may look modest, but it actually used brilliant engineering to become the world’s most resilient beetle - and we might be able to use its design for our own engineering purposes.
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The 4 Most Irreplaceable Places
What's the awesomest place in the world? Scientists can think of at least 137, the newly released list of the most biologically important places on Earth. Hank explains how ecologists arrived at this list, and takes you on a tour of four...
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Shrimp Treadmills and 5 Other Odd Research Projects
Science isn't always a straightforward process. Here are 6 seemingly odd but absolutely creative ways researchers have approached their subjects.
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Scientists Want To Make (Some) People More Pessimistic
There's a downside to the upside, and believe it or not, an upside to the downside. Here's why considering the worst case might lead to better outcomes. Hosted by: Hank Green (he/him)
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Old Pill, New Trick
One team of researchers may has found a promising lead in the fight to cure or prevent Alzheimer's. And another team is helping us understand how Hydras regrow their heads. Hosted by: Hank Green
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How Machines the Size of Molecules Could Change the World
Future advances in engineering may come from chemistry. From molecular motors to salt-shaker-drug-deliverers, the future looks small.
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Does Getting COVID-19 Make You Immune to It? | SciShow News
Like a common cold or a cold sore, would it be possible to get a reinfection of COVID-19? Would we be able to build up long-term resistance to it?
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An Alzheimer’s Drug That Doesn’t Treat Alzheimer’s?
In 2021, the FDA approved a treatment that claims to stop Alzheimer's at the source, removing the plaques in the brain long thought to cause the symptoms of the disease. But, as is often the case, things are more complicated than they...
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9 Extreme Bug Mating Rituals
Welcome to the romantic, violent, treacherous, and murderous mating lives of bugs.
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4 Mysterious Extinctions from Earth’s History
Nowadays, we're pretty confident about how the dinosaurs died out, but there are still other extinctions throughout Earth's history, some big, some small, that remain unsolved.
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Kudzu: So Bad It Even Makes the Air Worse!
Many folks in the southeastern US know that the invasive vine kudzu swallows cars, utility poles, and entire mountainsides. They may not know it also contributes to air pollution and even makes it harder for us to ensure that everyone...
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How the First Americans Got There
This week, researches published a genetic analysis of the 11,500-year-old remains of a baby found in Alaska, near where the first Americans crossed the Bering land bridge. That analysis has answered some lingering questions about human...