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Meteors From Above

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Turns out the sky IS falling. SUBSCRIBE! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Tweet this video ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSdfa Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSdfaFB ↓ More info and sources below ↓ A giant asteroid took out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. Could a big met
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We've Got Ants In Our Plants!

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What is this? A forest for ANTS?! Deep Look: https://youtu.be/fguo3HvWjb0 Tweet this video ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSplAnts Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSplAntsFB ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Want to wear your love for science? We’ve got merch: http://df
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How Baby Turtles Find Their Way Home

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05:58
Is Sugar a Drug?

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Here’s a sweet idea: Subscribe! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Tweet this video ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSsug Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSsugFB ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Want to wear your love for science? We’ve got merch: http://dftba.com/besmart American
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The Donald Trump Caterpillar and Nature's Masters of Disguise

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They have some of the best caterpillars in Peru. The best. Follow all of our Peru adventures on this playlist: http://bit.ly/SmartPeru ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Special thanks to Andy Warren, David Pfennig, Alex Wild, and Gustavo Londoño for helpful
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06:58
Why Don't Ants Get Stuck In Traffic?

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Go to http://Raceforretirement.com and see how the action gap affects you. Tweet this video ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBStraf Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBStrafFB ↓ More info and sources below ↓ CGP Grey “The Simple Solution to Traffic” https://youtu.be/iHzzSa
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07:58
Why Do More Species Live Near the Equator?

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Go to http://Raceforretirement.com and see how the action gap affects you. Follow all of our Peru adventures on this playlist: http://bit.ly/SmartPeru ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Special thanks to Rainforest Expeditions for hosting us! Visit http://ww
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What’s REALLY Warming the Earth?

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Watch my other climate science videos: http://bit.ly/climatevids Get yourself an awesome I DID A SCIENCE shirt! http://dftba.com/besmart ↓ More info and sources below ↓ References/Learn more: July 2016 is hottest on record: http://climate.nasa.gov/news/24
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Do Plants Think?

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Get yourself an awesome I DID A SCIENCE shirt! http://dftba.com/besmart Tweet this video ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSplant Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSplantFB ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Learn more/references: “What a Plant Knows” by Daniel Chamovitz ht
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Hurricanes: Engines Of Destruction

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The physics of the perfect storm… Win a t-shirt by answering our challenge question! Put “#hurricanechallenge” to the subject line! ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Get yourself an awesome IOTBS shirt! http://dftba.com/besmart Learn more/references: “Divin
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The Invisible Creatures That Keep You Alive!

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Try Audible today: http://www.audible.com/ok “I Contain Multitudes” by Ed Yong http://amzn.to/2aE5rlf ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Get yourself an awesome IOTBS shirt! http://dftba.com/besmart Learn more/references: Fujimura, Kei E., et al. "House dust
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Why Salt & Pepper?

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Join the #AnythingButPepper movement! Tweet this video ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSsp Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSspFB ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Get yourself an awesome IOTBS shirt! http://dftba.com/besmart “Salt: A World History” by Mark Kurlansky ht
05:57
Attack Of The Cosmic Space Junk!

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No Sandra Bullocks were harmed in the making of this video. Tweet this video ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSjunk Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSjunkFB ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Window chip in the ISS: http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2016/05/Impact_c
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The Small Problem With Shrinking Ourselves

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It’s okay to be… small? Tweet this video ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSshrunk Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSshrunkFB ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Want more shrunken YouTubers? Check out this video on Vsauce3 about the science of Ant-Man! https://www.youtube.
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VENOM: Nature’s Killer Cocktails

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Musical Tesla Coils In Slow Motion! Featuring Physics Girl

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Head to Physics Girl for electromagnetic explosions! https://youtu.be/AXOa66-k9MA Step inside the Tesla coils in this 360 video: https://youtu.be/2SNcbNlbyVo ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Get yourself an awesome IOTBS shirt! http://dftba.com/besmart Twe
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Between Two Tesla Coils! - 360 Video

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Learn how singing Tesla coils work: https://youtu.be/KGhNgeg9IAw Follow me to Physics Girl for electromagnetic explosions! https://youtu.be/AXOa66-k9MA ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Get yourself an awesome IOTBS shirt! http://dftba.com/besmart Special t
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Why Don't Other Animals Wear Glasses?

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Check out The Great Courses Plus: http://ow.ly/OE9y301cRfI Claude Monet could see like a honeybee: https://youtu.be/sZ8yMYvHc5E ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Get yourself an awesome IOTBS shirt! http://dftba.com/besmart This is a cool old movie from 194
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05:28
Spit: Everything You Never Wanted To Know

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Warning: May contain the “m-word”… Tweet this video ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSspit Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSspitFB ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Get yourself an awesome IOTBS shirt! http://dftba.com/besmart References/further reading: “Gulp” by Mary
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Should You Be Worried About Zika?

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Get your Audible trial here: http://audible.com/ok Tweet this video ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSzika1 Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSzikaFB ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Get yourself an awesome IOTBS shirt! http://dftba.com/besmart Follow the latest news on
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Inside The World Of Fire Ants!

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A song of ants and fire… and ant-decapitating flies Tweet this video ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSants Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSantsFB ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Get yourself an awesome IOTBS shirt! http://dftba.com/besmart Special thanks to Dr. Rob
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What Video Games Teach Us About The Aging Brain

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Get your #ididascience shirt here! http://dftba.com/besmart Tweet this ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSsc2 Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSsc2FB ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Vintage arcade footage courtesy of: http://patrickscottpatterson.com/ Special thanks to
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6 Chemical Reactions That Changed History

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Chemicals React! Get yourself an awesome IOTBS shirt! http://dftba.com/besmart ↓ More info and sources below ↓ For lots more of history’s greatest chemical innovations, check out “The Chemistry Book” by Derek B. Lowe: http://amzn.to/1snWG44 ---- Have an i
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04:12
The Cosmic Afterglow

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Get your #ididascience shirt here! http://dftba.com/besmart Tweet this ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBScmb Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBScmbFB ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Vintage Project Echo footage from “The Big Bounce” (1960): https://archive.org/details/B
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06:40
The Most Important Moment In The History Of Life

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Get your #ididascience shirt here! http://dftba.com/besmart Tweet this ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSpwr Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSpwrFB ↓ More info and sources below ↓ If you want to read more (MUCH more) about this, check out “The Vital Question” by Nick
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Why Are You Multicellular?

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Start your Audible trial today: http://www.audible.com/ok Tweet this ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSmc Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSmcFB ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Check out Destin’s video on Smarter Every Day: “DEVIL FACIAL TUMOR DISEASE” https://www.yout
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Are You Smarter Than A Slime Mold?

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Follow me to Deep Look! https://youtu.be/Nx3Uu1hfl6Q Tweet this ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSslime Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSslimeFB ↓ More info and sources below ↓ I really hope you guys check out Deep Look, it’s one of my favorite channels, full of great
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How Do Bees Make Honey?

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Let PBS know more about you and what digital series you’d like to see: http://surveymonkey.com/r/pbsds2016 Tweet this ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBShunE Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBShunEfb ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Check out our BEE PLAYLIST! http://bit.
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Is Inheritance Really All In Our Genes?

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Epigenetic inheritance is really weird, but is it real? Tweet this ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSepi Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSepiFB ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Crash Course Physics with Dr. Shini Somara: https://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse Want mo
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How Many Trees Are There?

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Let PBS know more about you and what digital series you’d like to see: http://surveymonkey.com/r/pbsds2016 Tweet this ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBStree Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBStreeFB Try Squarespace: http://squarespace.com/itsokaytobesmart ↓ More info an
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The Equinox Isn't What You Think It Is

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Is the equinox really when day = night? Tweet this ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSeq Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSeqFB ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Calculate day length where you live for any date: http://www.timeanddate.com/sun/ Very cool solar angle simula
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Einstein Is Always Right: Gravitational Waves Edition

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Try Squarespace: http://squarespace.com/itsokaytobesmart Tweet this ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSgr Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSgrFB ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Check out this PBS Space Time playlist all about general and special relativity: https://yout
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So You Want To Go To Mars?

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Watch more at http://pbs.org/yearinspace Tweet this ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSyis Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSyisFB ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Dig deeper: National Research Council. “Space Radiation Hazards and the Vision for Space Exploration: Repor
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How Do Squirrels Find Nuts?

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Try Squarespace: http://squarespace.com/okaytobesmart You’d have to be nuts not to love this video! ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Special thanks to Jason Goldman (@jgold85) for help with this episode! References: Jacobs, Lucia F., and Emily R. Liman. "G
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Is Big Data Getting Too Big?

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100,000,000 Years From Now

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Try Squarespace: http;//squarespace.com/itsokaytobesmart Tweet this ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBS100MY Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBS100MYfb ↓ More info and sources below ↓ For more science and stories of the Anthropocene, subscribe to the Generation Anthropoc
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Why Seasons Make No Sense

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Tweet this ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSseas Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSseasFB ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Sources: Trenberth, Kevin E. "What are the seasons?." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 64.11 (1983): 1276-1282.
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This Is Not A Rainbow

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Tweet this ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSchz Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSchzFB Check out Squarespace: http://squarespace.com/itsokaytobesmart ↓ More info and sources below ↓ The ABSOLUTE best place to learn more about atmospheric optics: http://www.atoptics.c
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Who Shares Your Birthday?

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Could Bigfoot REALLY Exist?

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This episode brought to you by Squarespace: http://squarespace.com/itsokaytobesmart PBS Idea Channel goes to Area 51: https://youtu.be/WCFJh0fdlD8 ↓ More info and sources below ↓ **Check out these books: “The Demon Haunted World - Science as a Candle in t
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This Is A SUPER BLOOD MOON! Lunar Eclipses Explained

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The 12 Days Of Evolution - Complete Series!

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All 12 days… in ONE video! Prefer the individual videos? Go here: http://bit.ly/OKTBS12daysPL ↓ More info and sources below ↓ I *highly* recommend these books: “Undeniable” by Bill Nye http://amzn.to/1TK3wZs “Why Evolution Is True” by Jerry Coyne http://a
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Could Planet Minecraft Actually Exist?

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This episode is brought to you by Dropbox https://www.dropbox.com/ Tweet ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSmcraft Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSmcraftFB ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Gravitational field of a cubic planet: Chappell, James Michael, et al. "The grav
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The Strange Science Of The Placebo Effect

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This episode is brought to you by Dropbox https://www.dropbox.com/ Tweet ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSplacebos Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSplaceboFB ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Follow me to Reactions to learn what is (and isn’t) in those vitamin suppleme
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Can Coral Reefs Survive Climate Change? #OursToLose

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This episode is brought to you by Dropbox https://www.dropbox.com/ Tweet ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBScoral Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBScoralFB ↓ More info and sources below ↓ We can’t afford to wait any longer to act on climate change. Check out #OursToLose
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The REAL Physics Of Hot Air Balloons!

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This episode is brought to you by Dropbox https://www.dropbox.com/ Tweet ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBShotair Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBShotairFB ↓ More info and sources below ↓ We uploaded another version of this video on 11/9 but it had a big mistake in it
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Do Animals Mourn Their Dead? (ft. BrainCraft And Gross Science!)

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This episode is brought to you by Dropbox https://www.dropbox.com/ Follow me to Gross Science: https://youtu.be/kRUt9pqMCSg and BrainCraft: https://youtu.be/Joalg73L_gw ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Tweet ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSmourn Share on FB ⇒ http://
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How The Elements Got Their Names

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There's a story inside every box SUBSCRIBE, it's FREE! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓ More below ↓ Ever wonder what all those names on the periodic table actually mean? There's a whole lot of fascinating history on Mendeleev's table. Some carry names
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How To Hit A Fastball (According To Science!!!)

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What Color Is The Moon?

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How the night sky tricks our brains! ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Here’s how you all described the color of the moon: https://www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmart/photos/a.337182013046136.73328.173915612706111/801410886623244/ http://www.itsokaytobesmart.
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El Niño And Why We Can't Predict The Weather

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Is your weatherman wrong? Blame El Niño. ↓ More info and sources below ↓ What is El Niño? Why can’t we predict the weather? El Niño could be to blame for your ruined weekend plans. Just a few slight changes can drastically shift the weather. Even our smar
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Why Do We Have To Sleep?

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…and how did it evolve in the first place? Tweet ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSsleep Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSsleepFB ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Why do we sleep? We spend a third of our lives in slumber, but science has yet to determine exactly why we
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Theory Vs. Hypothesis Vs. Law… Explained!

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Think you know the difference? Tweet ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBStheory Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/theoryFB ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Some people try to attack things like evolution by natural selection and man-made climate change by saying “Oh, that’s ju
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Why I'm Scared Of Spiders

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Joe's proposed SXSW panel is "Science on YouTube: Where the Smart Kids Are". Vote for it before 9/4! http://vid.io/xqTj The science of… OH GOD IS THAT A SPIDER?! Subscribe to It's Okay To Be Smart: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓ More info and sources below ↓ F
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A Sea Otter's Adorable Adoption Story

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Joe's proposed SXSW panel is "Science on YouTube: Where the Smart Kids Are". Vote for it before 9/4! http://vid.io/xqTj Check out #BigBlueLive! http://pbs.org/bigbluelive Tweet ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBS696 Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBS696FB ↓ More info an
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8 Incredible Deep Sea Oddities!

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My Date With A Giant Pacific Octopus!

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Cuttlefish: Tentacles In Disguise

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The Ruin And Rise Of Monterey Bay

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I Don't Think You're Ready For These Jellies

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Check out #BigBlueLive! http://pbs.org/bigbluelive ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Jellyfish are mesmerizing and beautiful and I have no idea how they work. So I went behind the scenes at the Monterey Bay Aquarium with my new friend Tommy to learn all abo
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Incredible Tails Of Amazing Whales!

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Joe's proposed SXSW panel is "Science on YouTube: Where the Smart Kids Are". Vote for it before 9/4! http://vid.io/xqTj Whales are AMAZING! Check out #BigBlueLive: http://pbs.org/bigbluelive Tweet ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSwhales Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OK
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Why Do We Laugh?

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Several jokes were harmed in the making of this video Tweet ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSlaugh Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSlaughFB ↓ More info and sources below ↓ T-SHIRTS! http://dftba.com/besmart Laughing is a universal human behavior, one that transcends
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What Is Fire?

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T-SHIRTS! http://dftba.com/besmart Tweet ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSfire Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSfireFB ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Why does fire burn? What’s the chemistry and physics of a flame? This week, learn about the beautiful science happen
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What Has New Horizons Taught Us About Pluto?

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Pluto's not just cool… it's ICE COLD Tweet ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSpluto Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSplutoFB ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Since New Horizons flew by Pluto on July 14, 2015, it’s completely redefined what we know about the dwarf planet
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Why Are Cicadas So Good At Math?

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T-SHIRTS! http://dftba.com/besmart VIDCON! http://bit.ly/1DqnxeQ Follow me to Gross Science: http://youtu.be/IDBkj3DjNSM ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Do periodical cicadas “know” how to calculate prime numbers? One of the strangest life cycles in all o
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Your Salad Is Trying To Kill You

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The dose makes the poison… Subscribe: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Twitter: @jtotheizzoe @okaytobesmart ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Plants are the most important source of nutrients for pretty much all of Earth's animals, and many of the planet's bacteria
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How Does A Canyon Become Grand?

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And a very Grand Canyon it is… Subscribe: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Twitter: @jtotheizzoe @okaytobesmart ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Thanks to Mike from PBS Idea Channel and Jamin from PBS Game/Show for hanging out at the Grand Canyon with me! https://w
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Thomas Jefferson And The Giant Moose

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E pluribus moose-um Subscribe: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Twitter: @jtotheizzoe @okaytobesmart ↓ More info and sources below ↓ America’s first great science battle wasn’t the space race or the atom bomb, it was fought between Thomas Jefferson, a French noble
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Why Are The Bees Dying?

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If bees go, will they take us with them? Subscribe: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Twitter: @jtotheizzoe @okaytobesmart ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Bees, wild and domesticated, are in big trouble. Bee colonies are dying off at alarming rates, and the cause i
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Which Came First - Flowers Or Bees?

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Stop and smell the flowers… and watch this video Subscribe: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Twitter: @jtotheizzoe @okaytobesmart ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Bees and flowers have an amazingly close relationship. Flowers need bees in order to reproduce, and be
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Does The Moon Really Orbit The Earth?

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What holds the moon up? Moonbeams! Subscribe: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Twitter: @okaytobesmart ↓ More info and sources below ↓ According to Newton’s law of gravitation, the sun should “pull” way harder on the moon than the Earth does. So does the moon actu
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The Essentials Of Energy

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Will We Ever Run Out Of Oil?

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Did Dinosaurs Really Go Extinct?

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The Surprising Places We Waste Energy

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What's The Loudest Possible Sound?

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Could We Clone Ourselves?

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Is Ultron Inevitable?

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You Are An Upside-Down Lobster

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Why Your Brain Is In Your Head

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The Delicious Science Of CHEESE!

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How Your Body Knows Left From Right

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The Oldest Living Things In The World

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The Sun Is A Magnet!

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What If There Were No Sharks?

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Where Does The Smell Of Rain Come From?

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What's The Deadliest Animal In The World?

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Why Does The Earth Have Layers?

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Why Do Clouds Stay Up?

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A Slice Of Pizza Science!

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Bats: Guardians Of The Night

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The Physics Of Space Battles

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How To See Time Travel!!!

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Why Are Some People Left-Handed?

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Where Do Birds Go In Winter?

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The Sixth Extinction

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What Color Is The Universe?

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Attack Of The Zombie Parasites!

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Did someone say BRAAAAAINS…? Subscribe: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Twitter: @okaytobesmart ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Shows like The Walking Dead are full of hungry, mindless, surprisingly fleet-footed armies of brain-eating zombies. Could they actually
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Why Does February Only Have 28 Days?

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Why Vaccines Work

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How Many Heartbeats Do We Get?

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Climate Science: What You Need To Know

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Why People Don't Believe In Climate Science

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How Many Smells Can You Smell?

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Does My Dog Know What I'm Thinking?

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There's No Such Thing As Cold

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5 Weird Involuntary Behaviors Explained!

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What Is Déjà Vu?!

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%$?# Allergies!

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It’s the season for sneezin’! Subscribe: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Twitter: @okaytobesmart ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Springtime means the arrival of green grass, bright flowers, and buzzing bees. But for many of us, it’s also about sneezing, watery re
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How Many Stars Are There?

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Superbugs: The Empire Strikes Bacteria

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The Recipe For Life…

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