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How to Catch a Bird… If You’re a Fish
Some toothy tigerfish have been documented catching unlikely prey in the most unlikely of ways: snatching birds right out of the sky.
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High-Tech Masks: The Future of Face Coverings
Masks do wonders to stop the spread of infection and inhalation of harmful particles, and some new technology can make them both more effective and easier to clean.
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Do birds have a dominant foot? #shorts #science #SciShow
Do birds have a dominant foot? #shorts #science #SciShow
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Video Games Hack Your Brain (In a Fun Way)
Most of us can probably think of a time when we were enjoying a video game and then suddenly...it's 2 am. And that may not be entirely your fault! Video games are designed with elements that suck you in and put you in a state of flow,...
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SciShow Quiz Show: Weird Animal Parenting
How do adult strawberry poison frogs pass on toxins to their tadpoles? What happens when scientists add iodine to axolotl tanks? Find out, as our How To Adult hosts Rachel Calderon-Navarro, Project Manager at DFTBA, and Hank Green face...
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Personalized Cancer Treatment Just Got Harder
Scientists are working to develop personalized cancer treatments, but one obstacle in the way is figuring out how different cells react to one another.
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The Ancient Footprints that Changed The Timeline of Human History
In the history of our species, we still don’t know exactly how and when early humans migrated across the world, but some ancient footprints might be helping us figure it out.
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Why Doesn't It Get Dark When You Blink?
Normally when you blink, you don’t really notice, and it turns out your brain is playing a bit of a trick on you to make that happen!
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Sniffing Out a Seabird in the Desert
Scientists have been searching for the hard-to-find nests of Storm Petrels in order to protect them, but first, they'll have to follow their nose.
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Sparkling Clouds and Other Wild Ways Cephalopods Use Ink
Octopuses and other cephalopods can squirt ink when threatened, but the forms the ink takes can go way beyond your typical smokescreen.
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The Rarest Cancer in History (It's Also the Weirdest)
The medical industry has developed countless methods and tools for diagnosing the myriad of illnesses that can befall us. This, as you might guess, includes cancer. But it took a research team five months to diagnose this specific cancer...
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How Do We Know the Age of the Universe?
What kinds of tools do astronomers use to calculate the age of the universe, and how can they determine the speed of its expansion?
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Valentin Hammoudi: How tall can a tree grow?
Reaching heights of over 100 meters, Californian sequoias tower over Earth's other 60,000 tree species. But even these behemoths seem to have their limits: no sequoia on record has been able to grow taller than 130 meters. So what...
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TED-Ed: How to get better at video games, according to babies | Brian Christian
In 2013, a group of researchers wanted to create an AI system that could beat every Atari game. They developed a system called Deep Q Networks (DQN) and less than two years later, it was superhuman. But there was one notable exception....
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TED-Ed: Would you pass the wallet test? | TED-Ed
Picture this: you're working a shift in a hotel lobby when someone approaches the front desk. They found a lost wallet around the corner, but they're in a rush and don't have time to follow up. Looking at the wallet you see it contains a...
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Your Asthma and Allergies Aren't Causing Mental Illness
You may have read headlines suggesting that if you have allergies, you might be at greater risk of developing mental illness. But don't panic just yet. Hank unpacks these findings on this week's SciShow News.
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Help Us Survive on Mars, and Name Your Own Planet!
This week on SciShow Space News, we finally find out what’s causing those dark lines on Europa. Plus, learn how to become space-famous!
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A Colorful Quiz Show with Trace Dominguez | SciShow Quiz Show
Two long-time SciComm powerhouses face off to find out if either of them retained any relevant random facts from the many, many videos they’ve each produced.
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When a cow has to go, does it ask other cows to "moove?" #shorts #science #ecology #cows
When a cow has to go, does it ask other cows to "moove?" #shorts #science #ecology #cows
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Why you REALLY can't sleep #shorts #science #SciShow
Why you REALLY can't sleep #shorts #science #SciShow
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The Virus Eaters
Viruses are really tiny, so you might think nothing could survive on a virus-based diet. But, according to a growing body of research, the right kind of microorganism can!
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The Neolithic Diet: New Details About What's in the Iceman's Stomach
An analysis of samples taken from the Iceman’s stomach has revealed new details about what people were eating thousands of years ago!
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Attack of the Brain-Eating Killer Songbirds
Zombies aren't coming for you brains, but for an unfortunate species of bats, the terror of seemingly sweet songbirds developing a taste for brains is a horrific reality.
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The Real Reason Peppers are Spicy
SciShow’s hot take: Peppers don’t produce that spicy goodness for the reason you think!