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The Tiny Fish That's Changing Modern Medicine
The little fish Danio rerio holds secrets to understanding how vertebrates develop, how diseases like cancer work, and how we might one day learn how to regenerate human heart tissue.
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Why Only Some Vaccines Need Booster Shots
Vaccines teach your immune system to recognize pathogens, but sometimes your body needs a bit of a reminder.
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Juvenoia: The Psychology Behind Millennial Bashing
If you hate avocado-toast-loving, technology-addicted millennials, you might hate them for the wrong reasons.
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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.
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Can You Learn Perfect Pitch?
Some people can identify a pitch without even looking at sheet music. Is it something they're born with or can it be learned?
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Bivalves Could Be the New Lab Rats
Bivalves—animals like mussels, clams and oysters—might be a more familiar sight in a restaurant than a lab. But it turns out that studying them might help us learn more about our own health.
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6 Reasons We Have to Say a Study Was "In Mice"
A lot of our videos include the disclaimer "Mice aren't people." But why do we keep saying this, and if rodent studies aren't effective, why do we keep using them?
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5 Gross Gifts Animals Give Their Mates
We humans might think that flowers are pretty good gifts for a first date, but many insects have their own nuptial gifts, and well, flowers they ain't. Chapters SIX SPOT BURNET MOTHS 0:52 RED VELVET MITE 2:21 GROUND CRICKET 3:45 SCORPION...
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What Saturn’s Rings Tell Us About Its Soupy Core
The insides of the our gas giant friend, Saturn, might be less of a mystery now that we’ve figured out how to use its rings to indicate its internal makeup. And the light emitted from some very old, very hungry black holes could be...
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Returning to Venus and Getting a Closer Look to Ganymede
Good news for fans of Venus - last week, NASA announced two new missions to learn more about our planetary neighbor! And this week, NASA's Juno mission sent back a treasure trove of data about Ganymede - the largest moon in our solar...
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Is This Coronavirus or Just Allergies Symptoms of COVID19
A lot of people with coughs or fevers might be stressing out these days because they are worried that they have COVID-19. But with cold and flu season still in full swing, and the spring allergy season starting up (in the Northern...
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Why Are Some People So Bad at Singing?
“Singing badly” doesn’t just mean someone might be tone-deaf. In some cases, it’s more than just not being able to carry the right tune, and it just might be because of a condition called congenital amusia.
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How You Affect Other People’s Brain Waves - Inter-Brain Connections
Scientists know that things like people’s heart rates, breathing, and even footfalls tend to line up when they’re doing things together, but we're learning that even the electrical activity in your brain can sync up too!
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This Plant Attracts Bats With a Satellite Dish
Most plants use colorful flowers to attract their favorite pollinators. But Marcgravia evenia is trying to attract bats, so it needs to do things a little differently, leading to some unique-shaped leaves.
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This Fruit Could Treat Parkinson's... Even Though It Causes Parkinson's Symptoms
In the 90s, patients displaying symptoms similar to, but not exactly like Parkinson's Disease left doctors scratching their heads. But when they took a look at their patients' diets, they found the culprit in the form of a popular and...
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The First Human-Pig Chimeras
Heart transplants are hard to come by, but based on the results of two papers published this week, we might one day be able to grow all the organs we need!
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Paleo Got It Wrong: We've Loved Carbs for Over 100,000 Years | SciShow News
If you’re on the “paleo diet,” you’ve probably been avoiding wheat and potatoes, but a new study published last week indicates that humans have been eating starches for more than 100,000 years! Chapters View all Paleo diet 0:17 electron...
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Finally, a Drug That Helps With the Worst COVID-19 Infections
A bit of good news on the COVID-19 front this week: New research reveals a drug that might actually help save severely ill patients, and data suggests that distancing policies may have saved millions of lives over the last few months.
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Animal Melodies: 5 of Nature’s Sweetest Singers
Humans are known to carry a tune, but we're hardly the only animals that sing. In fact we've got five of nature's finest singers, and what makes them so unique. Chapters View all BIRDS 1:17 BATS 3:26 FRUIT FLIES 5:18 MICE AND RATS 7:09...
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Why a Bad Series Finale Ruins the Whole Show
Objectively, some shows end with rough final acts, but we are finding that this isn’t the only factor in our discontent. Unsatisfactory finales also reflect common types of relationships we build with fictional characters.
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A Vaccine for Asthma? #inmice | SciShow News
A vaccination to protect against allergic asthma may be in sight, as scientists this week publish promising results in mice. Also, the California Condor is making a comeback, and its genome is looking great!
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Archeology from Space: Mapping Tombs with Satellites
Sometimes, ancient ruins can be a little out of the way, but with some creativity, we can use satellites for those hard to reach areas.
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The Sorry State of Dark Matter Alternatives
Scientists can’t directly observe dark matter, and they still don’t know what it is… so why are they so confident it exists?
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5 of the Coolest Partnerships Between Animals and Bacteria
This Valentine’s Day, send a little love to your bacterial buddies! Our microbes keep us healthy, but some bacteria give their animal companions superpowers, like immunity to poison, or even invisibility!