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The Mystery of the Eocene’s Lethal Lake
559 views / 0 likes - addedCheck out America from Scratch: https://www.youtube.com/americafromscratch In 1800s, miners began working in exposed deposits of mud near the town of Messel, Germany. They were extracting oil from the rock and along with the oil, they found beautifully pr
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These Overlooked Organisms Are The Key To Life As We Know It
552 views / 0 likes - addedPlankton may be tiny, but they have a huge impact on the Earth. And they're in space?! Get 15% off http://www.domain.com's domain names and web hosting when you use coupon code DNEWS at checkout! Learn More About DNews After Dark ???? http://dne.ws/1Fa2Tp
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3D printing with living organisms
449 views / 0 likes - addedA method for printing 3D objects that can control living organisms in predicable ways has been developed by an interdisciplinary team of researchers at MIT and elsewhere. This technique may lead to 3D printing of biomedical tools that can be customized to
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How Sea Organisms Are Changing The Way We Make Glue | Think Like A Tree
799 views / 2 likes - addedYour new kitchen cabinets might contain a glue in them that was inspired by mussels. Explore the chemistry that mussels use when attaching to boats and find out how that science is being imitated to develop strong adhesives that don’t rely on toxic formal
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Plankton. The Most Vital Organisms On Earth - World Oceans Day - BBC Earth
1,206 views / 2 likes - addedHappy World Oceans Day! Click here to watch our SpongeBob SquarePants video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLNe3TutnNM The BBC Earth Unplugged team take over BBC Earth to delve a little deeper into why plankton are the most important organisms on the pla
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Feed Me: Classifying Organisms - Crash Course Kids #1.2
2,063 views / 5 likes - addedFEED ME! In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina has a chat with us about what living things eat to get energy. What makes something an omnivore, or a carnivore, or an herbivore? And how do plants fit in to all of this? This first series is based on
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The Surprising (and Invisible) Signatures Of Sea Creatures - Kakani Katija
747 views / 1 likes - addedView full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-surprising-and-invisible-signatures-of-sea-creatures-kakani-katija On land, animals leave footprints that tell us a lot about their size, form and capabilities. Marine organisms do this too, but these footp
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Two Research Vessels Leave for the Twilight Zone
366 views / 0 likes - addedA project jointly funded by NASA and the National Science Foundation is heading west from Seattle, straight for the twilight zone. Using two research vessels, the Export Processes in the Ocean from Remote Sensing (EXPORTS) oceanographic campaign will stud
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DNA Spells Evolution
622 views / 0 likes - addedDNA weaves together the tapestry of life on Earth. It mutates, which can lead to variation among organisms. Watch how natural selection relies on DNA to mold organisms to suit their environments. Play the Evolution Lab: http://www.pbs.org/nova/labs/lab/ev
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Microorganisms | The Dr. Binocs Show | Learn Series For Kids
2,708 views / 1 likes - addedEver wondered what happens when you look through a microscope? You find a whole new world of Micro organisms! Join Dr. Binocs as he teaches you more about micro organisms in a fun and simple way! Share on Facebook - https://goo.gl/uMQnBC Tweet about this
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Lactic Acid Fermentation
732 views / 0 likes - addedLactic acid fermentation. How organisms like lactobacillus convert pyruvic acid to lactic acid and oxidize NADH to NAD+ in the process.
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We Don't Know: Magnetoreception
432 views / 0 likes - addedThis episode explores animals' ability to perceive magnetism or “magnetoreception." We know from behavioral evidence that many organisms, from bacteria, to lobsters, to pigeons sense and respond to magnetic fields but we are just starting to learn how thi
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Hunting microbe wields a “gatling gun” harpoon
528 views / 0 likes - addedSingle-celled organisms have intricate microscopic weapons evolved for capturing prey. Learn more: http://scim.ag/2ojUQ6t Read the paper (free): http://scim.ag/2ojkXum
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The Worldwide Phenomenon That's Shrinking Animals
524 views / 0 likes - addedAnimals across the globe are shrinking, and scientists think climate change might be to blame. This Boring Taxonomical Change Is Making Dinosaur Nerds Go Crazy - https://youtu.be/GM7SOweWAHE Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI W
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Discovering Life Under Antarctica’s Ice
512 views / 0 likes - addedDrew Lohrer is the principal investigator at Science Under the Ice, a project dedicated to studying the resilience of organisms under Antarctica’s frozen ocean. Along with his team of nine scientists, Lohrer dives deep to collect data on sea organisms and
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Searching For Life In Volcanoes And Other Extreme Environments - Nat Geo Live
710 views / 0 likes - addedFound everywhere from the rim of a lava lake to the inside an iceberg, microbes are remarkable organisms that can live in places humans can only dream of. How do they do it? And what can we learn from them about the limits of life both on our planet and e
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A New Genetic Alphabet Is Creating Things Nature Has Never Seen
634 views / 0 likes - addedIf you thought DNA was made of just A, T, G and C-- think again. Scientists have been expanding these options, and the resulting organisms could create the impossible. What Happens When CRISPR Backfires? - https://youtu.be/8b_d3RIJJmo Read More: Organisms
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From the Fall of Dinos to the Rise of Humans
600 views / 0 likes - addedCheck out our other journeys through geologic time here : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi6K9w_UbfFSFIpEU9VMavTM5MIbOAiW5 After taking you on a journey through geologic time, we've arrived at the Cenozoic Era. Most of the mammals and birds that y
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Say Hello to Saber-toothed Smilodon! | SciShow Kids
38 views / 0 likes - addedTeachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!Smilodon the saber-toothed cat had really big teeth! Join Jessi and Squeaks and learn all about how fossils can tell us how these Ice Age animals
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Why are coral reefs turning white?
300 views / 0 likes - addedCoral reefs are home to an abundance of wildlife and help protect coastal communities against floods and storms. Their bright vibrant colors come from algae living in coral. But rising ocean temperatures stress out coral and cause them to expel the tiny o
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How Natural Selection Works
1,924 views / 1 likes - addedThrough natural selection, living things have evolved over billions of years from simple cells into an awe-inspiring array of organisms. “Life at the Limits” Co-curators John Sparks and Mark Siddall explain how over time natural selection leads to changes
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Mariana Trench Creatures That Are Scarier Than Megalodon
2,486 views / 9 likes - addedThe dark and high pressured environment of the deepest place on earth, the Mariana trench, means that not only is it incredibly difficult to explore, but the animals that live down there have had to adapt to an extremely hostile environment. Virtually eve
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Slime molds are gorgeous (you just never knew it!)
411 views / 0 likes - addedMeet two amateur naturalists who comb the Pacific Northwest woods for a fascinating creature with an unappealing name: slime molds. One of the longest-living life forms on the planet, these single cell organisms have been long overlooked and underapprecia
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Slow motion tongues offer a snapshot of evolution
89 views / 0 likes - addedRead the article: https://www.science.org/content/article/how-tongue-shaped-life-on-earthAn early interest in feeding ecology led evolutionary biologist Kurt Scwhenk to study the tongues of lizards. Like Darwins finches, the various forms and functions of
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Where Do Genes Come From? - Carl Zimmer
1,847 views / 0 likes - addedView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/where-do-genes-come-from-carl-zimmer When life emerged on Earth about 4 billion years ago, the earliest microbes had a set of basic genes that succeeded in keeping them alive. In the age of humans and other larg
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What Is The Oldest Living Thing?
964 views / 0 likes - addedFrom eldritch aspen colonies to immortal jellyfish, the world is lousy with long-lived organisms. But what’s the oldest? Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com Share on Facebook: https://goo.gl/IDNsbs Share on Twitter: https://goo.gl/QXC2XL Subscribe: http://goo
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You are your microbes - Jessica Green and Karen Guillemin
1,332 views / 0 likes - addedView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/you-are-your-microbes-jessica-green-and-karen-guillemin From the microbes in our stomachs to the ones on our teeth, we are homes to millions of unique and diverse communities which help our bodies function. Jess
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Myths And Misconceptions About Evolution - Alex Gendler
862 views / 1 likes - addedView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/myths-and-misconceptions-about-evolution-alex-gendler How does evolution really work? Actually, not how some of our common evolutionary metaphors would have us believe. For instance, it's species, not individual
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The Fascinating World of Cnidarians
764 views / 0 likes - addedThe phylum Cnidaria contains such creatures as jellyfish, anemones, siphonophores and corals. Together, they consist of around 13,000 living species - surprisingly simple, yet beautiful organisms. The importance of these cnidarians cannot be understated.
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Planktonium
194 views / 0 likes - addedPlanktonium is a short film by Jan van IJken about the unseen world of living microscopic plankton. It is a voyage into a secret universe, inhabited by alien-like creatures. These stunningly beautiful, very diverse and numerous organisms are unknown to mo
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The Arctic Vs. The Antarctic - Camille Seaman
961 views / 2 likes - addedView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-arctic-vs-the-antarctic-camille-seaman How can you tell the two poles apart? Where are the penguins? What about the bears? The Arctic pole is located in the Northern Hemisphere within the deep Arctic Ocean,
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Bacteriopolis | Exploratorium
527 views / 0 likes - addedThe colored areas are different types of bacteria. The colors come from different pigment molecules that the bacteria use to capture energy from light. All these bacteria were in the pond mud we used to make this exhibit. But bacteria in a pond don't look
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Can Plastic-Eating Worms Solve Our Trash Problem?
1,135 views / 1 likes - addedPlastics are everywhere, and we can’t seem to get rid of them. Could a worm be the solution we need? Does Recycling Actually Help? ►►►► http://dne.ws/16zXnMX DNews Live Tickets Here ►►►► http://dne.ws/1Fa2OCh Read More: Why Doesn't Plastic Biodegrade? htt
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How Does Cooperation Evolve?
463 views / 0 likes - addedIf you find this animation helpful, consider supporting our work at http://statedclearly.com/contribute/ Lichen is a combination of algae and fungus (and in many cases, a third species of yeast) living together. This relationship allows the intertwined or
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Ancient supernovae might have upended Earths evolution
140 views / 0 likes - addedWhen stars run out of fuel, they can collapse under their own gravity, exploding as supernovae that blast debris and radioactive nuclei far into space. Most of these events are too far from Earth to impact our planet. But if one happened nearby, the effec
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Light leaves leaves light | Photosynthetic Floatation - Science Snack Activity
1,160 views / 0 likes - addedLight leaves leaves light. Photosynthetic organisms capture energy from the sun and matter from the air to make the food we eat, while also producing the oxygen we breathe. In this Snack, oxygen produced during photosynthesis makes leaf bits float like bu
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How A Single-celled Organism Almost Wiped Out Life On Earth - Anusuya Willis
1,891 views / 0 likes - addedView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-a-single-celled-organism-almost-wiped-out-life-on-earth-anusuya-willis There’s an organism that changed the world. It caused the first mass extinction in Earth’s history … and also paved the way for complex
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The Microbial Jungles All Over The Place (and You) - Scott Chimileski And Roberto Kolter
687 views / 0 likes - addedView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-microbial-jungles-all-over-the-place-and-you-scott-chimileski-and-roberto-kolter As we walk through our daily environments, we’re surrounded by exotic creatures that are too small to see with the naked eye.
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Food safety: the next frontier
847 views / 0 likes - addedMars, Incorporated and IBM Research explain how they are transforming our approach to global food safety using big data. The Consortium for Sequencing the Food Supply Chain are sequencing the genomes of millions of organisms to understand the microbiomes
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Old&Odd: Archaea, Bacteria&Protists - CrashCourse Biology #35
841 views / 1 likes - addedHank veers away from human anatomy to teach us about the (mostly) single-celled organisms that make up two of the three taxonomic domains of life, and one of the four kingdoms: Archaea, Bacteria, and Protists. They are by far the most abundant organisms o
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A Brief History of Geologic Time
1,360 views / 1 likes - addedBy looking at the layers beneath our feet, geologists have been able to identify and describe crucial episodes in life’s history. These key events frame the chapters in the story of life on earth and the system we use to bind all these chapters together i
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Inside a Synthetic DNA Factory Thats Building New Forms of Life
401 views / 0 likes - addedIn this DNA factory, organism engineers are using robots and automation to build completely new forms of life.Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Focal Point | https://bit.ly/2M3gmbKGinkgo Bioworks, a Boston company specializing
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Are Any Foods Natural Anymore? GMOs Explained
846 views / 1 likes - addedYou've decided to only eat natural and organic foods from now on, but what does that actually mean? Check out the science behind GMOs. Why Does Everyone Taste Food Differently? ►►►► http://bit.ly/1VZGkKT Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here ►►►► http://
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Windowsill Pond (Ecosphere) - Week 2 Update
287 views / 0 likes - addedIt's now been 2 weeks since I scooped a jar full of water, mud and weed from a local pond to make this sealed ecosphere. Let's take a look at some new organisms and behaviours I saw inside this week. Links (as discussed in the video) Life in Jars? https:/
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Meet the Xenobot, the Worlds First-Ever "Living" Robot
1,211 views / 1 likes - addedThese researchers paired biology with artificial intelligence to create the worlds first living robots. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.comMeasurin
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Exploring the Water Column
541 views / 0 likes - addedThe water column is the largest, yet one of the most underexplored, habitats on the planet. With the full volume of the water column available to move freely about in all dimensions, midwater animals may seem sparse, but in fact, the water column also hol
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What is a gene?
1,823 views / 0 likes - addedSupport Stated Clearly on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/statedclearly You've probably heard about GMOs or Genetically Modified Organisms but what exactly is a gene and what does it mean to modify the genes of a plant or animal? We hear about DNA and ge
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INFLATABLE | EXPANDING WORKS OF ART
413 views / 0 likes - addedStep inside and wonder at gigantic, fantastical air-filled artworks at Inflatable. Spread across our indoor and outdoor galleries, these ephemeral sculptures include otherworldly organisms by Jason Hackenwerth and Shih Chieh Huang, a forest of cushiony co
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Community Ecology II: Predators - Crash Course Ecology #5
687 views / 0 likes - addedHank gets to the more violent part of community ecology by describing predation and the many ways prey organisms have developed to avoid it. Like SciShow: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Follow SciShow: http://www.twitter.com/scishow TABLE OF CONTENTS Her
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Do You Love Swimming Pools in Summer? Let Us Ruin That for You
651 views / 3 likes - addedYou may think a dip in the pool is good, clean fun, but here’s what’s actually lurking in those chlorinated waters. Your Gut Microbes Are Controlling Your Mind, Here’s What You’ll Do For Them - https://youtu.be/0raVj1BA7iU Read More: What lies beneath: th
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Where Do Our Drugs Come From?
842 views / 0 likes - addedThe incredible chemical weapon-making abilities of fungi, bacteria, and plants have created a diverse array of compounds that are useful to humans. Thanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! http://twin-cities.umn.edu/ Thanks also to
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Can Science Explain the Origin of Life?
665 views / 0 likes - addedSupport Stated Clearly on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/statedclearly Darwin's theory of biological evolution helps us understand how simple life forms can give rise to complex lifeforms, but how did the first reproducing creatures come about? The orig
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Rise Of The Mesopredator
499 views / 0 likes - addedTry Dashlane for free: http://bit.ly/minutedash. Use promo code "minuteearth" for 10% off Dashlane Premium. To see song lyrics, click "CC" on the video or, for an annotated version, click here: https://genius.com/14774391 Thanks to humans, old school apex
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Unearthed: The Mysterious Microbes in the Earth's Crust Could Help Us With The Climate Crisis
92 views / 0 likes - addedClimate change is threatening human survival on this planet and decreasing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions alone will not reverse its potentially devastating effects. We need to pull existing greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere and put them somewhere sa
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Nitrogen & Phosphorus Cycles: Always Recycle! Part 2 - Crash Course Ecology #9
1,898 views / 1 likes - addedHank describes the desperate need many organisms have for nutrients (specifically nitrogen and phosphorus) and how they go about getting them via the nitrogen and phosphorus cycles. Like Crash Course! http://www.facebook.com/YouTubeCrashCourse Follow Cras
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Tough Times for the World's Oldest Trees
362 views / 0 likes - addedPlease support our videos http://www.patreon.com/scifriIts difficult to track but great change is afoot a top Californias White Mountains. This peaks of this landscape are home to the gnarled forms of the worlds oldest (non-clone) organisms, the bristleco
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Meet the True Bugs | SciShow Kids
34 views / 0 likes - addedIn this episode, Jessi and Squeaks learn what it takes to be a "true bug". Scientists use the word "bug" to refer to a special group of insects, so not all insects (or other critters like spiders) are bugs!Teachers and parents: scroll down to check out th
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You Are A Fish
497 views / 0 likes - addedWe built the Tree of Life Explorer! Check it out here: https://labs.minutelabs.io/Tree-of-Life-Explorer/ And watch our video about why we made it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eE2fCLay-Q With our current understanding of evolutionary history and our s
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Corals Collaborating to Eat Jellyfish: First-Ever Video | National Geographic
551 views / 1 likes - addedFilmed for the first time, Astroides calyculariscoral trap and devour “mauve stinger” jellyfish. In the western Mediterranean Sea, the orange coral forms colonies of small organisms called polyps. The polyps are connected, and together act as a single org
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The wonderful world of life in a drop of water | Tom Zimmerman and Simone Bianco
612 views / 0 likes - added"Hold your breath," says inventor Tom Zimmerman. "This is the world without plankton." These tiny organisms produce two-thirds of our planet's oxygen -- without them, life as we know it wouldn't exist. In this talk and tech demo, Zimmerman and cell engine
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The Road Best Traveled: A Tale Of Ants, Slime Mold And The New Jersey Turnpike
663 views / 0 likes - addedFor most people, getting stuck in a traffic jam on the New Jersey Turnpike is a grueling lesson in futility. But if you're Simon Garnier of the New Jersey Institute of Technology, you often view it as an opportunity to examine our collective behavior and
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Learn Biology With Dr. Binocs | Compilation
809 views / 0 likes - addedLearn biology by watching back to back videos about the Parts of the Body, The Five Senses, Parts of Plants, Photosynthesis and Many More with Dr. Binocs. The Compilation includes - 0:21 - Parts Of The Body 2:43 - The Five Senses 6:27 - Bones 10:24 - The
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The Ten Second Marathon
502 views / 0 likes - addedThe concept of time is meaningless, because any two organisms will experience it differently. But in the chaos of all this relativity, sometimes it's nice to just have fun. So, Popular Science presents: The Ten Second Marathon: How far can your favorite a
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The Ancient Animal With a Boomerang Head! | SciShow Kids
87 views / 0 likes - addedSqueaks and Jessi discover an animal with a head that reminds them of a boomerang. Its name is Diplocaulus, and they'll learn all about how that funny head helped it live a very long time ago!Hosted by: Jessi Knudsen Castaeda (she/her/they/them)Teachers a
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History's Most Powerful Plants
595 views / 0 likes - addedFossil fuels are made from the remains of extinct organisms that have been exposed to millions of years of heat and pressure. But in the case of coal, these organisms consisted largely of some downright bizarre plants that once covered the Earth, from Col
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Biodegradable Plastic is Coming. Will it Save our Oceans?
39 views / 0 likes - addedAn earlier episode of Science to Save the World examined the enormous problem of oceanic plastic pollution. Check that out to get a full-scope picture of the problem and some potential solutions.Happily, biodegradable polymers may soon be able to help. Pl
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The Taxonomy Of Candy
621 views / 1 likes - addedIn our previous video 'What is a Species?,' we talked about the many ways scientists approach classifying organisms. So, I thought it'd be fun to get a few scientists from The Field Museum to apply their taxonomic know-how on something we're all familiar
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How Your Digestive System Fights Pathogens
552 views / 0 likes - addedOur digestive system does a lot more than just break down food for us. It actually has a role in our immunity. In this episode, Patrick explores how immune system checkpoints within the digestive tract protect us from pathogens. Subscribe to Seeker! http:
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Cyborg Botany: Augmented plants as sensors, displays, and actuators
423 views / 0 likes - addedPlants can sense the environment, other living entities and regenerate, actuate or grow in response. Our interaction and communication channels with plant organisms in nature are subtle - whether it be looking at their color, orientation, moisture, positi
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T. rex Arms & BEARDOGS! | Natural News from The Field Museum | Ep. 6
754 views / 1 likes - addedWe’ve got three big stories talking about tiny things! Tiny arms, tiny plants, tiny beardog fossils. Big science. Want more natural history research? Check out the other episodes of NN! http://bit.ly/2fFSzOg ↓ More info + Links! ↓ ------------------------
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The Croc That Ran on Hooves
421 views / 0 likes - addedOur Pocket Shirt!: https://store.dftba.com/collections/eons/products/eons-pocket-shirt In the Eocene Epoch, there was a reptile that had teeth equipped for biting through flesh, its hind legs were a lot longer than its front legs and instead of claws, its
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There’s a Subterranean Biosphere Hiding in the Earth’s Crust and It’s MASSIVE
467 views / 0 likes - addedThis mysterious new ecosystem is being called the ‘subterranean galapagos’ and it’s almost twice the size of earth’s oceans. We’ve never seen anything like it. Thumbnail image courtesy of Gaëtan Borgonie, ELI, Belgium. A New Genetic Alphabet Is Creating T
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Sea Monsters Of The Past | SciShow Kids
171 views / 1 likes - addedTeachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!Squeaks is so excited to learn all about ancient sea monsters, like the plesiosaurs and mosasaurs! We'll also take a look at a fish wearing armor
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The Fascinating Life of Deep Sea Cold Seeps
264 views / 1 likes - addedCold Seeps in the Deep Sea Explained. The deep sea floor is a barren realm. Life on the abyssal plain exists in a constant struggle to survive against the extreme pressure, darkness, and the scraps of food that drift down from shallower waters. But in som
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If the Coronavirus is Mutating, What Does That Mean For Us?
297 views / 0 likes - addedYou've probably heard that SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, is mutating. But what exactly does this mutation mean for us? Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Vi
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When Antarctica Was Green
422 views / 0 likes - addedHelp Eons out and fill out this survey! https://www.pbsresearch.org/c/r/Eons_YTvideoBefore the start of the Eocene Epoch about 56 million years ago--Antarctica was still joined to both Australia and South America. Andit turns out that a lot of what we rec
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Our Senses: Touch, From Single Cell To Whiskers
592 views / 0 likes - addedTouch is perhaps the most primordial sense – even some single-celled organisms are able to sense pressure. Humans have many different types of touch receptors, including one that can also be found at the base of cat and mouse whiskers. OUR SENSES, a new e
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Why Do We Have Fingernails And Not Claws? #AskDNews
597 views / 0 likes - addedNails evolved from claws roughly 50 million years ago. Why did this happen and what purpose do nails serve? Why Do Fingernails Grow Faster Than Toenails? ►►►►http://bit.ly/1MQiFVb Sign Up For The TestTube Newsletter Here ►►►► http://bit.ly/1myXbFG Read Mo
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12 Year Old Terrarium - Life Inside a closed jar, Over a decade in isolation
369 views / 0 likes - addedIn this video we take a look at the terrarium my brother made during his childhood. This terrarium was made between 2007 - 2008. This makes the terrarium at least 12 years old. Inside there is a variety of organisms. All of which have persisted within the
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How Microbeads In Body Wash Are Ruining The Ocean
651 views / 1 likes - addedMicrobeads make your skin feel great, but once you're done with them where do they go? Read More: 90 Percent of Seabirds Have Plastics in Their Gut http://www.discovery.com/dscovrd/wildlife/study-90-percent-of-seabirds-have-plastics-in-their-gut/ "About 9
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What Happens If You Breathe In Mold Spores?
442 views / 2 likes - addedMold can be dangerous, but what happens when you breathe in the spores it may release?Watch more: The Tiny Organisms In Your Water https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rao-PRJ57kQMeet The Life Noggin Team!Director/Voice - Pat Graziosi: http://twitter.com/PatGr
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Creating Artificial Life
578 views / 0 likes - addedScientists are working on creating organisms with designer genomes -- and someday, we might end up with bacteria manufacturing our jet fuel. Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn't make SciSh
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Arabidopsis time-lapse
386 views / 0 likes - addedArabidopsis thaliana or thale cress is a common weed which prefers to grow on sandy soil and occurrs all over the world. Because of its small rosette size and plain appearance the plant is often overlooked. However, its small size made it very convenient
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Evolutionary Development: Chicken Teeth - Crash Course Biology #17
1,070 views / 0 likes - addedHank introduces us to the relatively new field of evolutionary developmental biology, which compares the developmental processes of different organisms to determine their ancestral relationship, and to discover how those processes evolved. Also fruit flie
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What Is Epigenetics? With Nessa Carey
604 views / 0 likes - addedWhy your DNA is not your destiny. Molecular biologist Nessa Carey presents an introduction to epigenetics and explains how it shapes life. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe DNA is a vitally important starting point for life,
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Weird and Wonderful: This spectacular deep-sea siphonophore is a sight to see
190 views / 0 likes - addedWeve discovered a rainbow of siphonophores in the depths of Monterey Bay and beyond, like this stunningly scarlet species, Marrus claudanielis, described by MBARI researchers and their collaborators in 2005. The scientific name honors the husband-and-wife
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These Caterpillars Don't All Look Like Caterpillars | SciShow Kids
34 views / 0 likes - addedTeachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!Hosted by: Jessi Knudsen Castaeda (she/her/they/them)In this episode, Jessi and Squeaks explore the many ways that caterpillars use to avoid being
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Earth Science: Crash Course History of Science #20
487 views / 0 likes - addedIt's Earth Science time!!!! In this field, natural philosophers were asking questions like, whats up with fossils? Are they the remains of extinct organisms? Or are they so-called sports of naturerocks that just happen to look like living things but dont
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Woolly Mammoths, Mastodons, and Amazing Teeth! | SciShow Kids
56 views / 0 likes - addedTeachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!Mastodons and woolly mammoths were both ancient relatives of elephants, but they were very different! Join Jessi and Squeaks to see how we can lea
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Fungi: Death Becomes Them - CrashCourse Biology #39
975 views / 2 likes - addedDeath is what fungi are all about. By feasting on the deceased remains of almost all organisms on the planet, converting the organic matter back into soil from which new life will spring, they perform perhaps the most vital function in the global food web
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Secrets of the conch shell and its toughness
441 views / 0 likes - addedThe shells of marine organisms take a beating from impacts due to storms and tides, rocky shores, and sharp-toothed predators. But as recent research has demonstrated, one type of shell stands out above all the others in its toughness: the conch. Now, res
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Environmental DNA: How to see the genetic clues left behind in a drop of water
136 views / 0 likes - addedEnvironmental DNA (eDNA) is the pool of genetic material that can be collected from an environmental sample. As organisms live and navigate in their aquatic habitat, they leave behind a trail of shed cells, skin, waste, and mucus. Just a few drops of wate
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How evolution creates problem-solving machines | Michael Levin
101 views / 0 likes - addedEvolution doesnt fix things it reinvents them. Michael Levin, a biologist, explains.This interview is an episode from @The-Well, our publication about ideas that inspire a life well-lived, created with the @JohnTempletonFoundation. Subscribe to The Well o
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08:09
Soft Tissue Found Inside a Dinosaur Bone!
463 views / 0 likes - addedIn 2003, an exceptionally well preserved T. rex leg bone was unearthed in the Cretaceous rocks of Montana. Upon close examination, Dr. Mary Schweitzer found the bone to contain soft tissue inside - tiny blood vessels and proteins! Some claim that this is
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When Whales Walked
939 views / 6 likes - addedWe know whales as graceful giants bound to the sea. But what if we told you there was actually a time when whales could walk. Signup for your FREE trial to The Great Courses Plus here: http://ow.ly/x0Hi30egd4K Produced in collaboration with PBS Digital St
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Did Scientists REALLY Find Signs of Life on Venus?
282 views / 1 likes - addedGenerally considered inhabitable, new observations suggest that Venus could in fact be harboring life. Where? In its clouds. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Visit our shop at http://sh
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Pond Scum Under the Microscope - Pondlife, Episode #1
497 views / 0 likes - addedWe are surrounded by microscopic organisms that are too small to see with the naked eye. Follow Museum microbiologist Sally Warring as she reveals the invisible inhabitants of the green slime at the surface of a pond in Central Park. In this first episode
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The Mathematics of Walking and Gait - Christmas Lectures with Philip Morrison
481 views / 0 likes - addedJust like the extent of the swing of a pendulum is proportional to the length of the pendulum, the pace of an animal walking is proportional to the length of the leg of the animal. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the
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Hydras: Our Immortal, Tentacled Friends
535 views / 0 likes - addedWhile humans age and die (which is kind of a bummer), it looks like hydras will stay young and fertile forever. Why is this? And what can we learn from these tentacular microscopic organisms? Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the fol
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Climate Change: Crash Course Kids #41.2
1,402 views / 6 likes - addedHow does climate change? And what happens to environments and ecosystems when it does? In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina shows us the effects that climate change can have and how one small change in an ecosystem can throw everything off. Watch
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The Dirt On Decomposers: Crash Course Kids #7.2
2,178 views / 3 likes - addedWe've talked about food chains and how energy moves through an ecosystem, but let's take a step back and see how everything starts... and ends. Decomposers! This first series is based on 5th grade science. We're super excited and hope you enjoy Crash Cour
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The Terrifying (but Awesome) Science Behind Red Tides
321 views / 0 likes - addedMaybe you already knew that deadly algal tides discolor ocean waves, deplete the water of oxygen, and release toxins that can kill a huge range of ocean critters, but did you know that the tiny organisms that cause red tides are also an extremely importan
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Fabulous Food Chains: Crash Course Kids #7.1
1,435 views / 4 likes - addedEveryone eats, right? But how does that food get the energy to power you? In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks about the way energy moves, or flows, through an ecosystem and how that movement forms Food Chains! This first series is based on
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What is the Second Law of Thermodynamics?
1,200 views / 0 likes - addedWhat is entropy? Why is it always increasing? And what does that even mean? Dr Valeska Ting explains the second law of thermodynamics. This is the day 12 of our 2016 advent calendar on thermodynamics. Watch all the films here: http://www.rigb.org/christma
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Microworlds: Fiercest Ocean Predators
127 views / 0 likes - addedPlankton stick, sting, sense, and sneak to keep their bellies full. See how these ferocious creatures find food in a vast ocean. Hey, teachers! Here’s a cheat sheet of what’s included in this episode of Microworlds: - Plankton, zooplankton - C
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Whale Fall Actively Devoured by Scavengers at Davidson Seamount | Nautilus Live
461 views / 3 likes - addedDuring the final dive of this year’s Nautilus expedition season, our team discovered a whale fall while exploring Davidson Seamount off central California’s coast with researchers from Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. The skeletal remai
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Animal Development: We're Just Tubes - Crash Course Biology #16
868 views / 0 likes - addedHank discusses the process by which organisms grow and develop, maintaining that, in the end, we're all just tubes. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dft.ba/-8css Like CrashCourse on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/youtubecrashcourse
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How Phytoplankton Started Complex Life On Earth? | Plankton | The Dr Binocs Show | Peekaboo Kidz
388 views / 1 likes - addedHow Phytoplankton Started Complex Life On Earth? | Plankton | What Is Phytoplankton? | Where Do Phytoplankton Live? | How Life Started On Earth?| Origin Of Life | Evolution Of Life | Life On Earth | Organisms | Microorganism | Why Are Phytoplankton Import
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How Corals Hold Centuries of Ocean Climate Data
554 views / 0 likes - addedBefore we can make a plan to protect our oceans from climate change, we need to know what they were like before human impact. We haven’t been collecting ocean data for very long, but luckily one ocean marine organism has been keeping records for millennia
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'Living Fossils' Aren't Really a Thing
527 views / 0 likes - addedTry CuriosityStream today: http://curiositystream.com/eons Crocodiles, horseshoe crabs and tuatara are animals that have persisted for millions of years, said to have gone unchanged since the days of the dinosaurs. But even the most ancient-looking organi
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Living Things Change: Crash Course Kids #41.1
1,322 views / 3 likes - addedHave you ever heard of the Peppered Moth? It's a great example of how living things can change because their environment has changed. And it's not just them! There used to be giant insects roaming the world, but they got smaller through time because their
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GIANT Pencil Made From CORN!?
324 views / 0 likes - addedScience Matters: www.4-H.org/Bayer Big shout out to Bayer 4H Council for partnering with us on this video! Note: The vast majority of corn is for feed or fuel, not food for people https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sweet-corn-vs-field-corn_n_596f6718e4b0a03ab
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These Termites Turn Your House into a Palace of Poop | Deep Look
815 views / 0 likes - addedTermites cause billions of dollars in damage annually – but they need help to do it. So they carry tiny organisms around with them in their gut. Together, termites and microorganisms can turn the wood in your house into a palace of poop. SUBSCRIBE to Deep
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The Last Time the Globe Warmed
482 views / 0 likes - addedTry CuriosityStream today: http://curiositystream.com/eons Imagine an enormous, lush rainforest teeming with life...in the Arctic. Well there was a time -- and not too long ago -- when the world warmed more than any human has ever seen. (So far) Produced
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We Can Power The World With Algae!
1,303 views / 0 likes - addedScientists are always looking for alternatives to fossil fuels, but what about algae? Can algae be used to create biofuel? How Algae Could Change The Fossil Fuel Industry - https://youtu.be/yCNkmi7VE0I Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.l
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What's the Largest Living Thing On Earth?
615 views / 0 likes - addedCheck out American Veteran on @PBS Voices https://youtu.be/P8bt1bwllZg Were on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below The biggest thing that has ever lived on Earth is a tree? Hard to believe, but
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What is Evolution?
1,965 views / 0 likes - addedSupport Stated Clearly on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/statedclearly Evolution is often considered a complex and controversial topic but it's actually a very simple concept to understand. Watch this short animation to see how evolution works. Share it
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What Is A Species?
2,049 views / 0 likes - addedNew species of lifeforms are being discovered and described on our planet every single day -- but, when we talk about a species, what are we really referring to? Turns out, the answer is... complicated. This video is by no means comprehensive. Species con
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Sleep Can Repair Your Brain, But Only If You’re Doing It Right
580 views / 2 likes - addedSleep studies have found that quality, not quantity of sleep determines how rested you are. But what is quality sleep and how do we get it? Everything You Should Know About Sleeping - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxA23Fa76Dk&list=PL6uC-XGZC7X5HgCMHEDTx
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How Evolution Creates Hybrid Animals
1,515 views / 0 likes - addedRight now coyotes, wolves, and dogs are creating a hybrid canine. How does this happen in the wild? Evolution Is Happening Right Before Your Eyes ►►►► http://dne.ws/1kLPA6e Get Awesome DNews Science Shirts! ►►►► http://dne.ws/dnewsmerch Sign Up For The Te
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Food Webs: Crash Course Kids #21.2
1,637 views / 4 likes - addedLast time we put a Polar Bear in the desert and we still feel bad about that, but there's a lot more going on in ecosystems than just temperature. In fact, there are so many elements in ecosystems, that if just one leaves or gets out of whack, it can be t
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What is an Animal? Crash Course Zoology #1
207 views / 1 likes - addedCheck out Animal IQ on PBS Terra! https://youtu.be/Ejhbr_t7BlcSo what is an animal anyway? In our inaugural episode of Crash Course Zoology, well endeavor to answer just that because as it turns out, its complicated! But before we get there well need to i
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Home Sweet Habitat: Crash Course Kids #21.1
1,109 views / 3 likes - addedHow would a Polar Bear do if you put it in the desert? Not well. But why? Why can't anything live anywhere? Well, this has to do with Habitats and how animals (including humans) are suited for living in one place over another. In this episode, Sabrina tal
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09:43
The Great Vertical Migration
246 views / 0 likes - addedDiel vertical migration truly is a phenomenon. This migration serves as the anchor for the food web that supplies the entire planet. Every day, 5 billion metric tonnes of organisms migrate to the surface to feed. Predators chase prey, forming a layer of a
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TIL: From Fleece Jackets to Your Food: The Scary Journey of Microplastics | Today I Learned
507 views / 0 likes - addedNational Geographic explorer and grantee Gregg Treinish wants everyone to know about the hidden toxic cost of synthetic fabrics. Tiny, invisible microplastics are entering our waterways straight from our washing machines. About 2,000 synthetic particles a
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The Great Marine Migrations
212 views / 0 likes - addedMigrations are a key to survival in the marine ecosystem. From whales and turtles to sardines, by travelling to different locations, nektonic animals stand better chances offinding food or a suitable place to breed and raise their young. In this video, we
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Scientists’ Crazy Plan to Power Solar Panels with E. Coli
448 views / 0 likes - addedNew biogenic solar cells could be cheaper and more efficient than current solar technology. Here’s how they work. Your Gut Microbes Are Controlling Your Mind, Here’s What You’ll Do For Them - https://youtu.be/0raVj1BA7iU Read More: This bacteria could boo
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We Have No Idea Why
70 views / 0 likes - addedOffset your carbon footprint on Wren: https://www.wren.co/start/minuteearth The first 100 people who sign up will have 10 extra trees planted in their name!Also, our shop is getting a glow-up! Check out our shiny new story-based merch at https://dftba.com
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Does It Pay To Cheat?
200 views / 0 likes - addedThanks Thryve for sponsoring the video. Get 50% off your gut health test at https://trythryve.com/MinuteEarthFor some birds, trying to cheat your neighbors into raising your babies is just as much work - and is no more successful - than doing it yourself.
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How Do We Keep Our Bacteria From Contaminating the Galaxy?
437 views / 0 likes - addedThere are laws requiring government spacecraft to be decontaminated, but are private companies under the same regulations? Clues to Life on Mars Could Be Found in the Driest Place on Earth - https://youtu.be/8zQXvT_FIhs Read More: How NASA Prevents a Spac
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Meet the Marsupials! | SciShow Kids
116 views / 0 likes - addedTeachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!Squeaks and Jessi have been having fun learning all about Australia. Squeaks wants to know more about marsupials, the special group of animals tha
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Cell Meiosis: Crash Course Biology #13
992 views / 0 likes - addedHank gets down to the nitty gritty about meiosis, the special type of cell division that is necessary for sexual reproduction in eukaryotic organisms. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dftba.com/product/1av/CrashCourse-Biology-The-Compl
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Bioluminescence in the deep sea: How and why do animals create their own light?
140 views / 0 likes - addedA dive into the deep sea reveals twinkling lights in the midst of darkness. This light doesnt come from the sunsunlight cant penetrate to these depthsit comes from the animals that live here. Scientists call this living light show bioluminescencewhen livi
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This Mysterious Remedy Might Cure One Of The Deadliest Diseases
510 views / 0 likes - addedA tree in Africa contains compounds that kill mosquitoes and the malaria parasite they carry. Could this be the key to ending malaria? Why Can't We Get Rid Of Mosquitoes? - https://youtu.be/eg0CdYzpU2c Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.l
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Ocean Volcanoes May Hold Clues To Alien Life
639 views / 0 likes - addedScientists think studying 'extremophiles' in toxic hydrothermal vents could teach us about potential extraterrestrial life. Why Does Deep Sea Life Look So Strange? - https://youtu.be/A23wI4lvCgY Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1P
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Why Most New Species Are Discovered By Amateurs
252 views / 0 likes - addedCheck out Terra Maters new video about the Skywalker Gibbon - and subscribe - at https://youtube.com/terramaterofficial.Most new species are discovered by amateurs because nowadays non-professionals are actually better suited to the requirements of new sp
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How Plankton Created A Bizarre Giant of the Seas
344 views / 0 likes - addedCheck out Bizarre Beasts! https://youtu.be/DtufV5JZLW4At more than 2 meters long, Aegirocassis was not only the biggest radiodont ever, but it also may have been the biggest animal in the Early Ordovician. This bizarre marine giant may have only been poss
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The Wonderful World of Deep Sea Worms
338 views / 0 likes - addedPolychaete worms in the deep sea are among the most diverse organisms in the ocean. From giant tube worms and Pompeii worms at deep sea vents, to the ghostly tomopteris in the twilight zone, they display a number of unique adaptations in order to survive
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How Antivenom Stops Venom From Killing You
806 views / 1 likes - addedYou may know that antivenom can counteract attacks from venomous creatures, but how does it work? How Snakes Got Their Venom - https://youtu.be/Ogf2gq6Kl_M Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: How To Make Antivenom - A
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What's It Like to Live Underground?
371 views / 0 likes - addedJessi has a cool pair of gardening gloves, which makes her wonder, what special tools do animals have for living underground?----------Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a Patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishowIf you have a
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Fall As You Know It Is Disappearing
740 views / 0 likes - addedClimate change is slowly taking away our seasons. The first to go? Fall. Why Do People Love Pumpkin Spice Lattes So Much? ►►►► http://dne.ws/1QAKByP DNews Live Tickets Here ►►►► http://dne.ws/1Fa2OCh Read More: Fall of fall: The mellow season of autumn is
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What Your Farts Say About Your Health
599 views / 1 likes - addedWe all do it, but why exactly do we fart? And what can farting tell us about our health? Is it Dangerous to Hold in Your Farts? ►►►►http://bit.ly/1WqnxrL Sign Up For The TestTube Newsletter Here ►►►► http://bit.ly/1myXbFG Read More: Why We Need a Better W
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Top 10 Robot Animals You Won't Believe Exist
1,163 views / 3 likes - addedAmazing scientists love to build incredible animal robots. Here are the Top 10 Robot Animals That Exist! Subscribe for more! ► https://goo.gl/pgcoq1 ◄ Stay updated ► https://goo.gl/JyGcTt https://goo.gl/5c8dzr ◄ For copyright queries or general inquiries
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The Origin Of Mammal Movement: Harvard Adventures, Part I
643 views / 0 likes - addedPaleontologists today look at more than just fossil evidence to learn about organisms that lived millions of years ago. In this case, we're seeking to answer the question: how, and when, did mammals evolve their specialized movements? Turns out, the next
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We're Not The Only Species To Cause A Mass Extinction
1,206 views / 1 likes - addedOver the last several hundred million years, there have been many mass extinctions. Who caused the first & should we worry about the next? What's The Best Way To Stop Mass Extinction? - http://bit.ly/2bkskfY Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http:/
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How Plant Seeds Travel the World
1,147 views / 0 likes - addedAll plants start as seeds, and they can travel all over the world in lots of different ways. They might even hitch a ride on you!----------Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a Patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishowIf you hav
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Why do animals form swarms? - Maria R. D'Orsogna
778 views / 0 likes - addedCheck out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-do-animals-form-swarms-maria-r-d-orsogna When many individual organisms come together and move as one entity, that’s a swarm. From a handful of bird
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Carl Sagan Christmas lecture 2 - The Outer Solar System and Life
151 views / 0 likes - addedFrom ancient organisms to the plants and animals we see today, our planet showcases a spectacular array of life. But beneath such diversity lies an underlying unity. All life on Earth is based on two molecules (the proteins and the nucleic acids) and the
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How To Trick Your Body To Be A Morning Person
564 views / 0 likes - addedHow often do you cling to your bed for a few extra minutes of sleep? If you're not a morning person, here's why it's not your fault! Why Does White Noise Make You Fall Asleep? - http://bit.ly/28MNqkE Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/
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Why Do We Get Thirsty?
560 views / 0 likes - addedThirst can be satisfied instantly, but hunger cannot. Why? What exactly happens to our brain when responding to hunger and thirst? What Happens To Your Body When You're Dehydrated - http://bit.ly/2aZL4vt Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit
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Will Lining The Toilet Seat Protect You From Germs? | What The FAQs | NowThis
390 views / 0 likes - addedDo you cover the toilet seat with toilet paper before you use a public bathroom? Or hover over the top? Youre not alone, but it might not be as effective (or necessary) as you think. Subscribe to NowThis Future: https://go.nowth.is/Future_Subscribe Sign u
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The rise of the planet of the trilobites - Nigel Hughes
242 views / 0 likes - addedDiscover the creatures known as trilobites, one of Earths most successful early animals, and find out what led to their extinction.--Prevailing for around 270 million years and encompassing more than 20,000 distinct species, trilobites are some of the mos
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The Ancient Animal Crossing | SciShow Kids
41 views / 0 likes - addedJoin Squeaks and Jessi as they learn about a time when lots of animals switched places -- like bears, sloths, armadillos, and more.Hosted by: Jessi Knudsen Castaeda (she/her/they/them)Second Grade Next Generation Science StandardsDisciplinary Core Ideas:L
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What Can Intelligent Materials Do? - with Skylar Tibbits
181 views / 0 likes - addedHow can we design simple and elegant intelligent materials, that may one day animate and improve themselves?Buy Skylar's book: https://geni.us/3ORQAAEWatch the Q&A: https://youtu.be/C1liR2zeS4sTodays researchers are designing materials that physically sen
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Meet the microbes that could eat your trash - Tierney Thys and Christian Sardet
152 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the possibility of plastivores organisms that can eat and break down plastic helping reduce the plastic waste on Earth.--Each year humanity produces roughly 400 million tons of plastic, 80% of which is discarded as trash. Of that plastic waste, on
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How Scientists Can Manipulate Memories With Light
509 views / 0 likes - addedScientists have found a way to trick the brain using light and optogenetics. What implications could this have for the future of medicine? How To Turn Bad Memories Into Good Ones - https://youtu.be/Zm5nnJNvcVE Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http
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Could Life On Earth Have Come From A Comet?
721 views / 0 likes - addedWhat if alien DNA led to human existence? This amino acid recently found in comets gives us insight on our potential alien-relatives. Are We Sabotaging Our Search For Life On Mars? - http://bit.ly/29MAiYY Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bi
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The Earth Is Running Out of Sand and It Could Cause a Global Crisis
648 views / 0 likes - addedMuch of the world’s construction is reliant on sand, and we’re running out of it. What could that mean next? Skyscrapers of the Future Will Be Engineered to Copy Nature - https://youtu.be/-OPGQ9EhDZM Read More: Construction: limit China's sand mining http
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Why didn't this 2,000 year old body decompose? - Carolyn Marshall
1,092 views / 2 likes - addedDiscover the surprising biodiversity of soil, and how its microbes help support all life on Earth.--It may not appear very lively six feet underground, but a single teaspoon of soil contains more organisms than there are human beings on the planet. From b
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3 ways to end a virus
518 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the three main ways viruses can be driven to extinction, and dig into the possibility of COVID-19 dying out.--Viruses are wildly successful organisms. There are about 100 million times as many virus particles on Earth as there are stars in the obs
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Can Bacteria On Earth Help Us Find Alien Life?
1,334 views / 6 likes - addedResearchers have found organisms that are able to survive the most extreme conditions on earth. What can this tell us about life in space? Don't miss Telescope, premiering Feb. 20 at 9/8c on Discovery! Sign Up For The TestTube Newsletter Here ►►►►http://b
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This Cryptic Underwater Maze Holds Life That Survives on Methane
499 views / 1 likes - addedJohn Pohlman and David Brankovits dive into underwater caves to study organisms that feast on methane in total darkness. Plummet into a labyrinth of sinkholes and tunnels in the Yucatan Peninsula and see what it takes to collect untapped data. Experience
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Why Scientists Used Graphene Nanoribbons to Engineer Bionic Mushrooms
475 views / 0 likes - addedThis is the first time researchers have created an "engineered symbiosis" by combining bacteria with nanomaterials to produce the next generation of bionic architectures. Why Twisted Light Holds the Key to Radically Faster Internet - https://youtu.be/Cvts
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How Your Pee Could Help Billions Of People
688 views / 0 likes - addedMost of us flush our urine down the toilet, but William Tarpeh uses it to create fertilizer and hopes to help people in need. See how here. This Cellphone Hack Could Save Millions From Malaria - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtB-VhLhSjs Sign Up For The
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Why aren't plants black?
579 views / 0 likes - addedWhy are plants green? Is there a reason plants evolved to be green, globally? What does it have to do with the color of the sunlight coming down through our atmosphere? http://physicsgirl.org/ http://twitter.com/thephysicsgirl http://facebook.com/thephysi
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Vascular Plants = Winning! - Crash Course Biology #37
1,092 views / 0 likes - addedHank introduces us to one of the most diverse and important families in the tree of life - the vascular plants. These plants have found tremendous success and the their secret is also their defining trait: conductive tissues that can take food and water f
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Bioluminescence Explained | Lights of the Deep Sea
364 views / 0 likes - addedBioluminescence in the deep sea is a natural phenomenon present in many deep sea creatures. Bioluminescent twinkling, flashing, pulsating lights are the result of a chemical reaction that produces light energy within the body of an organism. It is a commo
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Mammoths vs. Mastodons: Can we 'de-extinct' them both?
651 views / 1 likes - addedThere's been a lot of talk and research interest around the possibility of resurrecting certain groups of organisms (or, at least their genomes) from extinction, with Woolly Mammoths being prime candidates for such an endeavor. But what about a closely re
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This Is How Your DNA Made You
1,083 views / 0 likes - addedDNA is the genetic instructions that tell your body where to put each finger and how to orient the heart, but how does this process work on a cellular level? In this episode, Patrick breaks down each step of the process and explains how you end up as you
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These Scientists Chase Volcanic Eruptions Because We’re So Bad at Predicting Them
788 views / 4 likes - addedJess Phoenix has traveled all over the world to study volcanic eruptions and help make crucial predictions. What is it like stand at the rim of an active volcano and peer into the heart of our planet? Experience intense, unique, and sometimes dangerous mo
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Watch a Baby Lamb Take Its First Steps
412 views / 0 likes - addedHere's an exclusive look at what to expect in our epic three-night broadcast. Please LIKE and SUBSCRIBE if you enjoyed! http://bit.ly/1Adl6ht **More info & videos below**American Spring LIVE premieres April 29, 30 and May 1 at 8|7c on PBS and Facebook: ht
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Scientists are obsessed with this lake - Nicola Storelli and Daniele Zanzi
18 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the depths of Lake Cadagno, a meromictic lake that is considered a model for Earth before the Great Oxidation Event.--In the millions of years since oxygen began saturating Earths oceans and atmosphere, most organisms have evolved to rely on this
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The Wonderful World of Insect Mouths | SciShow Kids
26 views / 0 likes - addedIn this episode, Jessi and Squeaks learn about the many kinds of mouths insects can have, and why they look so different!Teachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!First Grade Next Generati
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Why Apple Pie Isn't American
585 views / 0 likes - addedJoin our Reddit AskScience discussion at https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/6d3a4b/discussion_minuteearths_newest_video_on_the/ Buy the map & T-shirts at our store: http://dftba.com/MinuteEarth Our diets are more global than we realize, because
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How the Chalicothere Split In Two
505 views / 1 likes - addedTry CuriosityStream today: http://curiositystream.com/eons Two extinct relatives of horses and rhinos are closely related to each other but have strikingly different body plans. How did two of the same kind of animal, living in the same place, end up look
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The Unique Biology of Cephalopods
221 views / 0 likes - addedCephalopods exhibit some incredible features. Out of all 8,000 living species of marine invertebrates in the oceans, by far the largest, most deadly and most intelligent are the cephalopods. A class of highly developed mollusks that includes octopuses, sq
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Dimetrodon, the Animal With a Sail! | The History of Life! | SciShow Kids
390 views / 0 likes - addedSqueaks and Jessi use their pretend time machine to go way back in time and meet a creature even older than dinosaurs, called Dimetrodon! Hosted by: Jessi Knudsen Castaeda----------Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a Patron on Patreon:
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04:33
This Millipede and Beetle Have a Toxic Relationship | Deep Look
550 views / 0 likes - addedThis millipede uses deadly cyanide gas to keep predators at bay. But one beetle can tolerate the toxic defense and rides the millipede like a bucking bronco. Who will win this showdown in the forest? SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqt Please sup
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Turtle Travel Tips: How Magnets Can Help Us Navigate | Magnetoreception
326 views / 0 likes - addedWhen people travel a long distance, they'll usually use a map. But there are lots of animals that travel really long distances, too, and they can't use maps... so how do they not get lost? Our friend Dr. Turtleman calls in to explain! First Grade Next Gen
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02:35 Popular
How Dirty Is Soap?
841 views / 0 likes - addedIt’s good hygiene to wash your hands after touching shared bathroom surfaces. But bars of soap are a shared surface. Does soap really help get you clean? Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com: http://health.howstuffworks.com/skin-care/cleansing/products/body-so
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04:37
We Still Don't Understand What Water Is, Here's Why
661 views / 1 likes - addedWater is actually really weirdlike, way weirder than you probably realizeand our understanding of it might only just be coming to a boil. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Visit our shop
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Bioluminescent Waves in Monterey Bay!
854 views / 1 likes - addedThis weekend blue our minds! Bioluminescent waves filled with light-producing plankton ignited the surfline through the night all around the Monterey Bay! The light is produced by a type of plant-plankton known as dinoflagellates (the specific species inv
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What is life and how does it work? - with Philip Ball
43 views / 0 likes - addedDiscover a leading-edge new vision of biology that will revise our concept of what life itself is, and how to enhance it. Sign up as a member to watch the Q&A for this talk, and get early ad-free access to all our talks: https://youtu.be/CEoJ88W4aXQ B
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04:06
The Best Pokmon (According to Science)
328 views / 1 likes - addedUse the promo code "minuteearth" at https://curiositystream.com/minuteearth for 26% off an annual subscription to CuriosityStream, plus access to Nebula!Theres lots of debate as to which original starter Pokmon is the best fighter among squirtle, bulbasau
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03:31
The Fly That Lays Eggs in Toad Nostrils
271 views / 0 likes - addedWe were probably all told to quit picking our noses at one point, and by most standards, this is good advice. But if you were a toad, it might come in handy to scratch away blowfly eggs.Hosted by: Rose Bear Don't WalkSciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's ca
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Sequoia Fun Facts
352 views / 0 likes - addedPlease LIKE and SUBSCRIBE if you enjoyed! http://bit.ly/1Adl6ht **More info & videos below**American Spring LIVE premieres April 29, 30 and May 1 at 8|7c on PBS and Facebook: https://to.pbs.org/2JzF5Ef---------------For full NATURE episodes, check out htt
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04:36
The Amazing Adaptations of Cave Animals! | Let's Explore Caves! | SciShow Kids
149 views / 0 likes - addedTeachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!Mister Brown and Squeaks are visiting Sam the Bat's family in their cave! Now, animals that live in caves are pretty special. Since caves are real
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02:53 Popular
Amazing Earth Facts To Blow Your Mind
743 views / 0 likes - addedWe live in a beautiful world, and these amazing facts will blow your mind. Subscribe, it's free! http://bit.ly/asapsci What If Humans Disappeared? https://youtu.be/guh7i7tHeZk Created by: Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown Written by: Rachel Salt, Greg Bro
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04:11 Popular
An Axolotl Is An Incredible Creature That Can Regenerate Its Brain And Heart
2,152 views / 22 likes - added*Editor's note: Dr. James Godwin is now a research scientist at MDI Biological Laboratory.* The story begins with the Aztec God of death and lightning, the Xolotl. As legends have it, he was a monstrous dog that guarded the sun god and ushered souls to th
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Genetic Engineering Will Change Everything Forever – CRISPR
1,085 views / 1 likes - addedDesigner babies, the end of diseases, genetically modified humans that never age. Outrageous things that used to be science fiction are suddenly becoming reality. The only thing we know for sure is that things will change irreversibly. Support us on Patre
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Quetzalcoatlus: The Biggest Animal Who Ever Flew! | The Science of Flight | SciShow Kids
142 views / 0 likes - addedTeachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!The birds you see around today might not be that big, but a long time ago, there was a flying animal the size of some airplanes!Third Grade Next G
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04:57
Why Do My Dogs Paws Smell Like Fritos?
316 views / 0 likes - addedDo your dogs paws smell like Fritos? This week we explore why. #fritopaws #cornchippaws #cheetopaws #dogpawsYou might also like:Why Do Wet Dogs Stink? + Other Canine Chemistryhttps://youtu.be/X9AozZLZnCU Worlds Deadliest (& Cutest) Animalshttps://youtu.be
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04:07
This Brainless Organism is Mapping Dark Matter
328 views / 0 likes - addedThe food-seeking behavior of slime mold is helping astronomers map dark matterheres how. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.com Scientists are trying
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04:26
Dogs vs Cats: The Diversity Paradox
288 views / 0 likes - addedTo make our work paw-sible, join us on Patreon at http://patreon.com/MinuteEarth!Different dogs look incredibly different - but that doesn't mean they are necessarily more diverse. LEARN MORE**************To learn more about this topic, start your googlin
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08:13
Inside the Lab Where Robots Run Their Own Experiments
282 views / 0 likes - addedRecent breakthroughs in automation and active machine learning are taking laboratory science to the next level. What will the laboratories of the future look like? Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Focal Point | https://bit.ly/
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How Millions of Microscopic Fibers Are Ending Up in Our Bodies | The Swim
515 views / 0 likes - addedEvery day, billions of sharp, invisible fibers are making their way out to our oceans and air, and into our water, wine, beer, and cells. Read More How much plastic is your washing machine sending out to sea? https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2018/9/19/178006
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08:03
The beauty of collective intelligence, explained by a developmental biologist | Michael Levin
74 views / 0 likes - addedThe strange science experiment that blew a worms head off and blew our minds.This interview is an episode from @The-Well, our publication about ideas that inspire a life well-lived, created with the @JohnTempletonFoundation.Subscribe to The Well on YouTub
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Why Are GMOs Bad?
1,128 views / 0 likes - addedWhy are GMOs bad? They aren’t. They just aren’t, not intrinsically, and certainly not for your health. We’ve been eating them for decades with no ill effects, which makes sense, because a genetically modified organism is simply an organism, like every oth
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06:06
Your Next Burger Could Be Made With Microbes
120 views / 0 likes - addedFermentation is a natural process that humans have been hacking for millennia. Now, scientists are customizing the process to revolutionize the future of food with alternative proteins. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Element
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03:18
The Bacteria That Made Life Possible Are Now Killing Us
553 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to the St. Croix Watershed Research Station for sponsoring this video! To learn more about their work, visit https://www.smm.org/scwrs/.Aquatic cyanobacteria first oxygenated earths air, making human life possible; now, due to our actions, cyanobac
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05:55
Meet the Redwoods: The Worlds Tallest Trees
282 views / 1 likes - addedJessi and Squeaks are thinking of visiting the redwoods, the tallest trees in the world, but there's lots for them to learn before they make their trip!----------Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a Patron on Patreon: https://www.patreo
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04:32
The Amazon Rainforest Doesn't Produce 20% of Our Oxygen, Here's Why
600 views / 1 likes - addedContrary to popular belief, the Amazon forest doesnt provide Earth with 20% of its oxygen supply. So how exactly do the fires currently destroying Earth's largest remaining rainforest affect us? Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch mor
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Everything We Know About Dinosaur Evolution Just Changed, Here's Why
392 views / 0 likes - addedWhile it's been known that dinosaurs had feathers, the question of when feathers evolved is longstanding in the paleontological community. Subscribe to Seeker!http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylistIn 2019, scient
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05:10
How Plants Drink Fog!
270 views / 0 likes - addedTrees need water to grow, so how do Redwood trees get so big, despite the fact that it gets so dry?----------Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a Patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishowIf you have a question for Jessi, Squeak
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