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Cold Turkey Doesn't Work But Vaccines Might Help You Quit Nicotine
New ReviewNicotine is so addictive that most people who try to quit are not successful at first. So to up your chances of success, here's the data behind which methods are most effective, plus some cool ways you might be able to quit in the...
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6 of the Biggest Volcanic Eruptions Ever
New ReviewWhat was the biggest volcanic eruption of all time? Was it a huge explosion like Mt. Tambora? Not even close. In this episode, SciShow takes on the biggest volcanic eruptions to ever happen. Hosted by: Savannah Geary (they/them)
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The World’s Smallest Particle Accelerator Doesn’t Do Anything
New ReviewYou may think of particle accelerators as massive underground tunnels like the Large Hadron Collider. But a new generation of accelerators are small enough to fit on a coin. Now the challenge is making them useful. Hosted by: Savannah...
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Stonehenge Isn't A Henge (And Other Things You Didn't Know)
New ReviewYou've heard of Stonehenge. It's that big rock circle over in England. But there's a lot more to it than that, and researchers have been studying it for centuries. From the people who lived near it to how and when it was made, here are...
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Something Weird Is Happening With This Bright Red Beach
New ReviewChina's Red Beach is a stunningly beautiful tourist destination. But the plants that make Red Beach red are hiding a secret -- one that could save other wetlands, if we can save this one first. Hosted by: Stefan Chin (he/him)
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What’s the Largest Sofa You Can Move Around a Corner?
New ReviewIt's not just fictional sitcom characters who struggle with navigating an oversized sofa around a tight corner. Mathematicians have their own version of the problem, and have spent the last six decades trying to not just find the largest...
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5 Giant Snakes and the Evolution of Super-sized Serpents
New ReviewToday we're talking about the biggest snakes that ever lived -- like anacondas, pythons, and Titanoboa -- and how they evolved to be so big in the first place. Hosted by: Savannah Geary (they/them)
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Antarctica’s Hidden Volcanoes are About to be a Problem
New ReviewAntarctica probably isn't the first place you think of when you hear about volcanoes. But there's a lot happening under the icy tundra, and not all of it's a good thing. Here's how rising temperatures could lead to an even more explosive...
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The World's Biggest Geode Is A Literal Cave
New ReviewIf you were really into gift shops as a kid, you probably loved to look at all the shiny geodes. But those little geodes are nothing compared to the mother of all geodes, found is in Put In Bay, Ohio. So let's talk about how this geode...
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That Time NASA Put Astronauts in the World's Worst Carnival Ride
New ReviewIn the early 1960s, NASA rolled up to a US Navy facility in Pennsylvania with one goal in mind: stick its newly-minted astronauts into one of the most extreme centrifuges that has ever been built, and whirl them around really fast to...
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11 Things That Can Change Your Eye Color
New ReviewYou can dye your hair, you can get a tan, but the color of your eyes is pretty much set in stone - or is it? From weird diseases to temper flare-ups and even iris implants, here are just a few ways that your eye color might not be so...
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This One Small Organ Affects Everything
New ReviewYour thyroid is a tiny gland in your throat, and what it lacks in size, it makes up for in power. This thing controls your metabolism, so you literally can't have power without it. And unfortunately, there's a lot that can go wrong with...
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How Cheap Cigars Legitimized Quantum Mechanics
New ReviewThe Stern-Gerlach Experiment in lauded in textbooks around the world for its contributions to the world of quantum physics. But for a few years, scientists unknowingly praised it for proving the wrong thing! Because instead of proving an...
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The Mystery Of Earth's Diamond Elevators
New ReviewDiamonds are cool, but they form really far below the Earth's crust, and the main way they get to the surface(ish) is through rock formations called kimberlites. And these kimberlites are really rare and really weird. So let's talk about...
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Why A 4.8 Magnitude Earthquake Isn’t Always A 4.8 Earthquake
New ReviewThe New Jersey earthquake of 2024 might have felt bigger than ones of the same magnitude on a Richter scale or intensity in California. That's because earthquakes in the eastern US go farther and hit harder than their western...
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A Scientist's Guide to Composting
New ReviewYou can turn all your old cooking scraps into gardening gold, thanks to hard-working microbes. Here's all the science of compost and everything you need to know to get started composting. Hosted by: Savannah Geary (they/them)
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What Time Is It on the Moon?
New ReviewIf all goes well, we'll be sending astronauts back to the Moon in just a couple of years. And scientists have a lot to figure out before then, including the answer to a seemingly simple question: What time is it up there? Hosted by:...
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How Baboons Led Us to a Lost Civilization
New ReviewEveryone knows where Punt is, right? The Ancient Egyptians sure did — they traded with them for millennia. But apparently they were *so* familiar with its location, they never bothered to write it down for posterity. So archaeologists...
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The Real Reason the Sky is Blue
New ReviewIf someone (say, a small child) asks you why the sky is blue, you might dive into an explanation of Rayleigh scattering. But if you want to give them a way cooler explanation, you can tell them it's because of bacteria. Hosted by: Stefan...
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Why Beaches Need More Sand
New ReviewAdding sand to beaches sounds like it's an oxymoronic thing to do, but it's totally a thing. And there's some major benefits, like protecting our coastlines from storms and conserving ecosystems. But there are also some major drawbacks,...
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The Closest Black Hole Isn't as Far as You'd Like
New ReviewWhere is the closest black hole to Earth? Well, they're pretty hard to find, so the record-holder keeps getting updated. Currently, it's an unassuming black hole called Gaia BH1. But research has hinted at several black holes that might...
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Everyone Was Wrong About Ghengis Khan
New ReviewThere's an oft-quoted statistic that something like 5% of people are related to Genghis Khan. And the guy did have a lot of kids. But the truth is more complicated. Here's how we use Y chromosome analysis and small groups of genetic...
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Medicine Cabinets Shouldn't Exist
New ReviewThe conditions in many medicine cabinets turn out to be detrimental for medicines—some worse than others. Hosted by: Hank Green (he/him)