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Why NASA Punched an Asteroid
43 views / 0 likes - addedMore info and sources below Where did life come from? Its one of the biggest questions humans have ever asked and the answer might be locked in ancient space rocks that were around before life began. To find out, NASA pulled off one of its most ambitious
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Why Y Is a Vowel According to Physics (and so is W)
41 views / 0 likes - addedWere on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below Human language is an incredible thing: a combination of mouth sounds that we combine into words, sentences, poems, and constitutions. They carry meani
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Should We Send Messages to Extraterrestrials?
49 views / 1 likes - addedLearn more about Surfshark with Incogni at: https://incogni.com/besmartSUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub More info and sources below There are hundreds of billions of planets in our galaxy. Scientists now think hundreds of millio
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How Did X Become the Unknown (and so much else)?
42 views / 0 likes - addedA truly X-cellent and X-ceptional videoJoin our Patreon community: https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below Despite being one of the rarest letters in English, the letter X is everywhere. We sign letters with it, we rate movies
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When Matter Goes Faster Than Light Speed THIS Happens
36 views / 0 likes - addedAnother YouTube #shorts from your favorite science dad, Dr. JoeJoin us on Patreon! https://patreon.com/itsokaytobesmartInstagram http://www.instagram.com/DrJoeHanson http://www.instagram.com/okaytobesmart
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Why Some of the Rainbow is Missing
35 views / 0 likes - addedWere on PATREON! Join the community: https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below Over 200 years ago, scientists were looking at sunlight through a prism when they noticed that part of the rainbow was missing. There were dark lines
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Space is Full of Junk. Heres How to Clean It Up
38 views / 0 likes - addedJoin our Patreon community: https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmartSUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub More info and sources below We know pollution is a problem on earth, but were filling space with our junk too. And if we dont f
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Why this venomous caterpillar looks like Donald Trumps hair
34 views / 0 likes - addedAnother YouTube #shorts from your favorite science dad, Dr. JoeJoin us on Patreon! https://patreon.com/itsokaytobesmartInstagram http://www.instagram.com/DrJoeHanson http://www.instagram.com/okaytobesmart
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How Scientists Made the Hottest Thing Ever
41 views / 0 likes - addedLearn more about Surfshark VPN at: https://surfshark.deals/besmart SUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub More info and sources below At CERN, physicists are searching for answers to some of the biggest questions ever like how the uni
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The ridiculous reason February only has 28 days
24 views / 0 likes - addedAnother YouTube #shorts from your favorite science dad, Dr. JoeJoin us on Patreon! https://patreon.com/itsokaytobesmartTwitter http://www.twitter.com/DrJoeHansonhttp://www.twitter.com/okaytobesmart Instagram http://www.instagram.com/DrJoeHanson http://www
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Can We Solve the Air Conditioning Paradox?
55 views / 0 likes - addedWere on PATREON! Join the communityhttps://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below As the Earth warms due to human-caused climate change, billions of people in the developing world will face life-threatening heat waves, raising the de
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The Truth About Butterfly Metamorphosis (It's VERY WEIRD)
111 views / 0 likes - addedCheck out @crashcourse Botany! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2th5lAd-77A More info and sources below Does any other creature on Earth undergo a life transformation as dramatic as the butterfly? I think not. Unfortunately, children's books about very hun
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The revolution that saved a BILLION lives
50 views / 0 likes - addedAnother YouTube #shorts from your favorite science dad, Dr. Joe!Discover the fascinating history of the Green Revolution and how it saved billions from famine. Find out how scientists are now tackling the next challenge: climate changeJoin us on Patreon!
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This is how air conditioners make Earth warmer
42 views / 0 likes - addedAnother YouTube #shorts from your favorite science dad, Dr. Joe!Discover the fascinating story of the "Air Conditioned Village" in Austin, Texas, where builders conducted a remarkable social experiment almost 70 years ago. Learn how this experiment paved
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Can a Billion Oysters Save New York City?
92 views / 0 likes - addedHeroes on the half shell Oyster power?SUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub More info and sources below When people picture New York City they see skyscrapers, subways, and a concrete jungle. But the Big Apple is really a seaside cit
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How Scorpions Became Earths Ultimate Survivors
94 views / 0 likes - addedWere on PATREON! Join the community: https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below Scorpions have been terrorizing other creatures on Earth for hundreds of millions of years. Theyve evolved a perfect cocktail of venom that can mess
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Ever wondered why moths fly towards light ?
69 views / 0 likes - addedAnother YouTube #shorts from your favorite science dad, Dr. Joe!Join us on Patreon! https://patreon.com/itsokaytobesmartTwitter http://www.twitter.com/DrJoeHansonhttp://www.twitter.com/okaytobesmart Instagram http://www.instagram.com/DrJoeHanson http://ww
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How To Go Faster Than Light Speed (Seriously)
66 views / 0 likes - addedThank you to Foreo for supporting PBS. For more information, go to https://foreo.se/fmg3 and use code PBSFOREO More info and sources below Nothing can travel faster than light in a vacuum. But when light slows down, sometimes matter can blaze past that sp
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Gravity - The Secret Discovery in Da Vincis Notebook
99 views / 0 likes - addedAnother YouTube #shorts from your favorite science dad, Dr. Joe!Subscribe today for more great science videosJoin us on Patreon! https://patreon.com/itsokaytobesmartTwitter http://www.twitter.com/DrJoeHansonhttp://www.twitter.com/okaytobesmart Instagram h
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From Lab to Table: I Tasted the Worlds First Cultivated Meat!
143 views / 0 likes - addedWere on PATREON! Join the smart people family https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below Our appetite for meat is one of the greatest environmental challenges we face. Join me on a mind-blowing visit to UPSIDE Foods, the world's
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The Deadly Chemistry That Made Life Interesting
119 views / 0 likes - addedWere on PATREON! Join the community: https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below Lifes been around on Earth for at least 3.7 billion years. But for most of that time, it was incredibly boring just simple little cells squirming aro
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11:09
Why Does Every Animal Look Like This?
102 views / 0 likes - addedThank you to Brilliant for supporting PBSTo learn more, go to: https://brilliant.org/BeSmart/ More info and sources below In the race to survive, both predators and prey use visual tricks to get ahead. One nearly universal trick is countershading, a color
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Why 8 Eyes Are Better Than 2 (If You're a Spider )
188 views / 0 likes - addedCheck out Rogue History on @PBS Origins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuT35ud41QQ More info and sources below Why do spiders have 8 eyes? Its a seemingly simple question with a surprisingly complex answer. Well be hanging out with some jumping spiders
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Sand Dunes Shouldnt Exist (Heres Why They Do)
162 views / 0 likes - addedCheck out Overview on @PBS Terra https://youtu.be/WWrb1iyCLlI Were on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below How can sand, blown by the wind, form such intricate and beautiful patterns as ripples a
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The Unbelievable Story of Earths Most Epic Flood
316 views / 3 likes - addedHead to http://actnow.climeworks.com/besmart and learn more about removing CO from the air. More info and sources below One day around 15,000 years ago, a wall of ice 2,000 feet tall and 30 miles wide suddenly broke wide open, and it unleashed the largest
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The Mystery of Earth's Disappearing Giants | IN OUR NATURE
129 views / 0 likes - addedIn Our Nature is a NEW special limited series on Its Okay To Be Smart!Were on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below Seemingly distant ecosystems, even half a world apart, are connected in surprisi
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Trying to Land a Plane (to Prove the Dunning-Kruger Effect)
147 views / 0 likes - addedSUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Were on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below You may not be an expert, but perhaps you feel pretty confident that you could ride a moto
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The Cosmic Origin of Earths Most Precious Metals
157 views / 0 likes - addedFollow me to The Bigger Picture on @PBS https://youtu.be/Wnr4RJxDifwSUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub More info and sources below Precious metals like gold, silver, platinum, and rhodium are expensive because they're rare in Eart
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The Biggest Myth About Climate Change
191 views / 1 likes - addedCheck out America Outdoors Understory on @PBS : https://youtu.be/s-R1p89zHnk Were on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below Youve seen it in the comment section before: Climate change is natural. I
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Making a Hurricane Indoors (For Science)
434 views / 0 likes - addedSUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Were on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below Hurricanes, typhoons, and tropical cyclones are Earths most powerful storms, capable of un
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Can you figure out the Castle Illusion?
174 views / 0 likes - addedCan you trust your senses? In this mind-blowing neuroscience illusion, you'll experience a common but shocking effect known as sensory adaptation. Learn more about it by subscribing to our channel and watching our full-length episode that explains everyth
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Why No One Can Agree Whats REALLY the Tallest Mountain
223 views / 1 likes - addedSUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Were on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below Check out Far Out on @PBS Terra : https://youtu.be/jpUjze3v_6c Check out Why Am I Like Thi
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The Motion Aftereffect Illusion #shorts
184 views / 0 likes - addedCan you trust your senses? In this mind-blowing neuroscience illusion, you'll experience a common but shocking effect known as sensory adaptation. Learn more about it by subscribing to our channel and watching our full-length episode that explains everyth
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What's the Largest Living Thing On Earth?
620 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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Why the Plastic Pollution Problem Is So Much Worse Than You Think
550 views / 2 likes - addedCan we really clean our way out of this problem?Were on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below Theres been a lot of talk on YouTube lately about ocean plastic pollution and #TeamSeas. But there has
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Whats Actually on the Other Side of a Mirror?
454 views / 0 likes - addedThank you to Brilliant for supporting PBS. To learn more, go to: https://brilliant.org/BeSmart/Were on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below How many times do you look in a mirror every day? Have
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Why You Cant Smell Yourself (and Other Ways Your Senses Lie to You)
171 views / 0 likes - addedSUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Were on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below There is an absolutely weird, but surprisingly common phenomenon called sensory adaptation
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Why Don't Big Animals Get More Cancer?
167 views / 0 likes - addedA solution to the cancer paradox? Cetacean needed!Were on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below Why do whales, elephants, and other large animals not get cancer? Logically, the larger an animal is
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Can Illusions Teach Us How the Mind Works?
181 views / 0 likes - addedThank you to Policygenius for supporting PBS. To learn more, go to https://Policygenius.com/BeSmart More info and sources below Optical illusions are fun, but they can also teach us a lot about how our brains work. In particular, how our brains accomplish
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Are Humans Still Evolving?
307 views / 0 likes - addedFollow me to @PBS Origins ! https://www.youtube.com/c/pbsorigins Were on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below Were living longer. Dying less. Human life expectancy has doubled in just a couple ce
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What Is Life? (featuring Prof. Brian Cox)
173 views / 0 likes - addedThank you to Policygenius for supporting PBS. To learn more go to https://Policygenius.com/BeSmart Go clubbing in virtual reality with Subcultured @PBS Voices: https://youtu.be/ZRPjgSrQ8gA ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓
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The Weird Brain Illusion That Makes Movies Work
181 views / 0 likes - addedThank you to Wren for supporting PBS. To learn more, go to https://wren.co/start/besmart Were on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below Movies. Video games. YouTube videos. All of them work because
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The Strange Science of Why We Dream
159 views / 0 likes - addedTake the PBS Digital Studios audience survey: https://to.pbs.org/2021surveyWere on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below It would be a lot easier to study the science of dreaming if we werent asle
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15:58
What Is Nothing?
148 views / 0 likes - addedThank you to M1 Finance for Supporting PBS. For more information please go to https://m1finance.com/besmart Take the PBS Digital Studios audience survey: https://to.pbs.org/2021survey More info and sources below This is a video about nothing. Hope you lea
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The Mathematical Code Hidden In Nature
202 views / 0 likes - addedCheck out MEGAWOW from @PBS KIDS https://youtu.be/meU4f31gqYIWere on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below How do zebras get their stripes? How do leopards get their spots? And how do giraffes get
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How Do We Read? Its Magic (Almost)
177 views / 0 likes - addedCheck out Otherwords on @Storied! https://www.youtube.com/pbsstoried Were on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below Reading. Youre doing it right now. I bet you dont even have to think about it. Bu
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Elephant Moms Carry the Wisdom of Generations | IN OUR NATURE
192 views / 0 likes - addedIn Our Nature is a NEW special limited series on Its Okay To Be Smart!Were on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below Seemingly distant ecosystems, even half a world apart, are connected in surprisi
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How Much Of You Is Alive?
283 views / 1 likes - addedFollow me to Out of Our Elements! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp-FsXHVFoU Were on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below Youre alive right now at least Im pretty sure you are. But youre not TOT
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The Surprising Species That Everything Else Depends On | IN OUR NATURE
160 views / 0 likes - addedIn Our Nature is a NEW special limited series on Its Okay To Be Smart!SUBSCRIBE so you dont miss the next episode! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub More info and sources below Seemingly distant ecosystems, even half a world apart, are connected in surprising ways.
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Dung Beetles: The Poop-Rolling Stargazers of the Serengeti | IN OUR NATURE
186 views / 0 likes - addedIn Our Nature is a NEW special limited series on Its Okay To Be Smart!Were on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below Seemingly distant ecosystems, even half a world apart, are connected in surprisi
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These Butt-Tickling Ants Are Endangered Butterfly Bodyguards | IN OUR NATURE
171 views / 0 likes - addedCheck out "Out of Our Elements" on PBS Terra! https://youtu.be/tp-FsXHVFoUIn Our Nature is a NEW special limited series on Its Okay To Be Smart!Were on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below Seemin
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The Transcontinental Burrito Hypertunnel
520 views / 0 likes - addedPBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateOKAY More info and sources below Were on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmartSUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! ht
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What Is the Speed of Thought?
217 views / 0 likes - addedWere on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmartFollow me to Animal IQ: https://youtu.be/yPrQ3Pl-iEM More info and sources below Heres a thought: What IS a thought? I know it involves my brain, and my brain is made of neurons.
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Why Are We Warm-Blooded?
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How Ocean Currents Work (and How We Are Breaking Them)
585 views / 0 likes - addedPBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateOKAY More info and sources below Head over to Animal IQ on Terra: https://youtu.be/Nc3mUNkJZZkCelebrate Earth Day with other PBS Channels! https://
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When Is Now?
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The Golden Ratio: Is It Myth or Math?
892 views / 0 likes - addedWere on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmartSUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub More info and sources below The golden ratio. Some say its the most mythical number in the universe. Others say it unde
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What is Impossible in Evolution?
323 views / 0 likes - addedWere on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmartSUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub More info and sources below Could humans ever evolve to have wings? Why dont fish have propellers? Why dont tigers have
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Why Do We Lie?
326 views / 0 likes - addedWere on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmartSUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub More info and sources below Everyone lies. Even you and even me. We lie about small things and we lie about big things.
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Visualizing Herd Immunity (with 500 Mousetraps!) (feat. @The Slow Mo Guys)
298 views / 0 likes - addedMore vaccine info here: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/default.htm Special thanks to @The Slow Mo Guys ! https://www.youtube.com/user/theslowmoguys More info and sources below Thanks to Gates Notes for Supporting PBS.Since the start of the coronavir
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Are We Living In the Sixth Extinction?
355 views / 0 likes - addedThis time, we're the asteroid. Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you ) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonate Subscribe to It's Okay To Be Smart: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Read "The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kol
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Why the Heck Is Glass Transparent?
241 views / 0 likes - addedThank you to CuriosityStream for supporting PBS! For more information, go to https://curiositystream.com/smart and USE code SMART. More info and sources below Follow me to Overview on PBS Terra! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjez0W8SPXc Glass is made of
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Why Time Moves Fast...and Slow
650 views / 0 likes - addedWere on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmartSUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub More info and sources below Time passes for all of at the saem rate of one second per second. But why does it sometimes
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The SHOCKING Truth About Ben Franklin and the Kite
508 views / 5 likes - addedThank you to Target for supporting PBS. You can learn more at: https://target.com/communityShare your story today: https://to.pbs.org/3izZeXh More info and sources below Youve probably heard of Ben Franklin and the kite. But do you know the TRUE story of
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Inside the Lab That Invented the COVID-19 Vaccine
338 views / 1 likes - addedWere on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmartSUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub More info and sources below Here we are, just a year after the first news of the coronavirus we now call SARS-CoV-2 and
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COVID-19 & Mask Myths DEBUNKED!
365 views / 0 likes - addedWere on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmartSUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub More info and sources below Bottom line: Masks work. They are safe for almost everyone to wear, and the more people tha
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Why Are There 7 Days In a Week?
879 views / 0 likes - addedWere on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmartSUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub More info and sources below Why does everyone use a 7 day week, and where did it come from? Where do the names of the d
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How Well Do Masks Work? (Schlieren Imaging In Slow Motion!)
273 views / 0 likes - addedWere on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmartSUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub More info and sources below Wearing a mask is a cheap and easy way to help stop the spread of airborne infections like
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The Lizard That Uses Nanotechnology to Walk Upside Down
324 views / 0 likes - addedCheck out Self-Evident on PBS Voices: https://youtu.be/HY_uZfCeljUWere on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below Geckos can grip and climb almost anything. Walking up walls, hanging upside down eve
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4 Ways to End the Universe
296 views / 1 likes - addedSubscribe to my new show Overview!! https://youtu.be/Lt9qYvKFumM And remember: The universe will end, but not for a while probably More info and sources below I dont want to alarm you, but the world is going to end. All of this. Gone. And scientists are c
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The Fastest Animals Are Way Faster Than You Think
2,288 views / 22 likes - addedTake the PBS Digital Studios annual survey: http://to.pbs.org/2020surveySubscribe to @Ant Lab and @Physics Girl!!! More info and sources below The fastest animal in nature isnt what you think it is. Its way, way smaller than that. Natures tiniest creature
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Why Is Our Skeleton On the Inside?
881 views / 0 likes - addedWere on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmartSUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub More info and sources below Having bones is pretty cool. They make our blood, let us hear, and keep us from being just
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Why Masks Work
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How To Identify Any Species in Your Backyard With Nothing But Your Phone!
289 views / 0 likes - addedWere on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmartSUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub More info and sources below Download iNaturalist to join the Its Okay to be Smart global survey project and submit your
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How Evolution Made COVID-19 Our Perfect Enemy (and Why Well Beat It)
366 views / 0 likes - addedWere on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmartSUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub More info and sources below SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 are nasty enemies. Invisible, mysterious, and deadly, they have spr
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08:44
What Is A Dinosaur And What Isn't?
369 views / 1 likes - addedWere on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmartSUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub More info and sources below Theres a lot of confusion out there about what is and isnt a dinosaur. And youd be forgiven
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How Did Giant Pterosaurs Fly?
579 views / 0 likes - addedFollow me to @thebrainscoop! https://youtu.be/GB1IXOeOzpIWere on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below The largest pterosaurs like Quetzalcoatlus were closer in size to airplanes than birds. No fl
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Why Do Other Animals Keep Giving Us Viruses?
340 views / 0 likes - addedWere on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmartSUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub More info and sources below Viruses keep jumping out of nature and into humans, and getting us very sick in the process
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Fly Through a Nebula 163,000 Light Years Away (Celebrating 30 Years of the Hubble Space Telescope)
384 views / 1 likes - addedWere on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmartSUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub More info and sources below Celebrate the Hubble Space Telescopes 30th Birthday with us: https://hubblesite.org/hubble-
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Why Soap Is Still Our Best Weapon Against Coronavirus
367 views / 0 likes - addedWere on PATREON now! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmartSUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub More info and sources below One of the most effective things you can do to protect yourself from catching a germ an
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10:42
Why the Heck Are We Ticklish?
367 views / 0 likes - addedWere on PATREON now! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmartSUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub More info and sources below Ive explained a lot of weird bodily functions on this show but theres one that we haven
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Sunlight Is Way Older Than You Think. Here's Why
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Humans Are Smart. Why Are Babies So Unsmart?
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13:01
Fixing Daylight Saving Time Is THIS Easy
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08:21
What This Chart Actually Means for COVID-19
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Can Trees Really Fight Climate Change?
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08:46
Can Supercrops Feed 10 BILLION People?
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12:59
Why We Should Put Rockets On the Moon
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08:27
The Actual Reason Why Ice is Slippery
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10:00
What Color Is A Banana?
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12:30 Popular
Evolution FAILS in the Human Body
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15:56
Would YOU Eat Bugs For Thanksgiving?
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14:28
This Face Changes the Human Story
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10:26
What Would Trees Look Like On Other Planets? #TeamTrees
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12:26
Whats In a 20,000 Year-Old Cube of Ice?
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10:57
Money Is A Technological Fiction (The Invention of $$$)
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7 Scientific Urban Legends Debunked!
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How Blind People See With Sound feat. Molly Burke!
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05:59 Popular
Do Trees Talk?
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10:56
Apollos Most Important Discovery (Inside NASAs Moon Rock Vault!)
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11:30
Why We Are Losing the Night Sky
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Is This Why We Haven't Found Alien Civilizations? | STELLAR
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Could You Be a Chimera?
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07:29
Seeing a Black Hole with a Planet-Sized Telescope | STELLAR
451 views / 1 likes - addedThank you to Draper and its Hack the Moon initiative for supporting PBS Digital Studios | Learn more at https://wehackthemoon.comIt took about a century for black holes to go from impossible, to theoretical, to real. And it was just this year, in 2019, wh
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12:11
The Art of Gene-Editing Butterflies (Painting with CRISPR!)
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Is Your Eye Color Not Real?
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11:39
How To Drink Coffee In Space
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09:22
Why Do We Get Dizzy (…and Astronauts Don’t?)
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12:10
Why Are So Many People Allergic To Food?
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06:05
Mexico’s Monarch Butterfly Migration in VR180
486 views / 1 likes - addedThis is a VR180 video so pop on your Google Cardboard or VR Headset to be totally immersed in our world! No headset? No problem. Move your mobile phone around and catch the total 180 experience! Hint: Look up
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07:59
How to be Crushed by the Atmosphere!
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Decoding the Great Monarch Butterfly Migration
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06:53
Are You Afraid of Holes?
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08:12
Where On Earth Do You Weigh The Most?
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09:09
The Impossible Hugeness of Deep Time
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10:05
Is There Life on Earth?
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06:00 Popular
Do Fish Pee?
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Does Someone Else Have Your Face?
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The Raisin Bran Effect
556 views / 0 likes - addedAKA "The Brazil Nut Effect" but brazil nuts are blah You can learn more at https://curiositystream.com/smart ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ The bottom of the cereal box is a disappointing place. But at least now you know why. Where do you see the Bra
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06:57
The Largest River On Earth Is In The Sky
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08:44
The Deadliest Flu Season in History?
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07:14
What is Farthest Away?
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10:37
The Dinosaur On Your Thanksgiving Table
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10:30
Can We Get Older Without Aging?
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06:55
97% of Climate Scientists Really Do Agree
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07:56 Popular
Where Do Teeth Come From?
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Is Height All In Our Genes?
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06:44
The Surprising Reason We Eat Spicy Food
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06:33
How Habits are Formed
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Why Do Disney Princesses All Look Like Babies?
584 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to Wix for supporting PBS Digital Studios. To learn more: https://Wix.com/go/OKAY Help us out and complete the 2018 PBS Digital Studios survey! https://to.pbs.org/2018YTSurvey ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ I noticed something weird about Disn
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08:11
3 Incredible Examples of Evolution Hidden In Your Body
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05:46
Why Do We Cry Sad Tears?
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How Some Words Get Forgetted
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07:37 Popular
The Deadpool Salamander Can Regenerate Entire Limbs
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The Cosmic Origins of Earth's Water
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How Evolution Turned A Possum Into A Wolf
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05:47
What’s The Hottest Hot and Coldest Cold?
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07:58 Popular
Which Life Form REALLY Dominates Earth?
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It's Okay to Fart
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Why Do We Itch?
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What If You Never Forgot Anything?
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831 views / 1 likes - addedFollow us to PBS Space Time: https://youtu.be/GcfLZSL7YGw And Eons: https://youtu.be/pk213XSSktQ ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ The origin of life is one of the most important mysteries in all of science. When did life begin? How did life first evolv
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Can You Bend Light Like This?
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Why Are There As Many Males As Females?
835 views / 0 likes - addedEvolution doesn’t pick a side! Don’t miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ In almost every animal species on Earth, equal numbers of males and females are conceived. Why is that? Especially in popul
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764 views / 1 likes - addedThank you to Bill and Melinda Gates for supporting PBS Digital Studios. If you’d like to take a look at the 2018 Annual Letter, you can check it out here http://b-gat.es/2Cfph0j ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Don’t miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►►
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The Most Extreme Life Forms On Earth… And Beyond?
715 views / 0 likes - addedLife, uh… finds a way Don’t miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ What have we learned from exploring Earth’s harshest locations? That pretty everywhere we look for life, we find it. From smoking ho
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718 views / 0 likes - addedYour now is not your forever (unless you’re a tuatara) Don’t miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Special thanks to John Green! And to Amber Faasen and the Dallas Zoo herpetarium team! During the 2
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How to Figure Out the Day of the Week For Any Date Ever
406 views / 0 likes - addedTo learn more about Brilliant, go to https://brilliant.org/BeSmart/ and sign up for free. First 200 people will get 20% off the annual Premium subscription. ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ You can be a human computer too. Our cheat sheet: http://bit.l
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791 views / 1 likes - addedDuh, except for the sky… and the ocean… Don’t miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Among living things, the color blue is oddly rare. Blue rocks, blue sky, blue water, sure. But blue animals? They
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Why Do You Love Your Family?
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360˚ Inside an ICE CAVE!!
640 views / 0 likes - addedWatch my video explaining this beautiful blue: https://youtu.be/IvBExYAkQRc Don’t miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info below ↓↓↓ Special thanks to : Above & Beyond Alaska wilderness tours: http://beyondak.com/ Filmed at
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06:47
Inside an ICE CAVE! - Nature's Most Beautiful Blue
603 views / 0 likes - addedLearn more at http://curiositystream.com/smart Don’t miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Step beneath this glacier in 360˚ virtual reality! https://youtu.be/xWL-zXFWClE Where do glaciers and icebe
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07:04
Asteroid Mining: Our Ticket To Living Off Earth?
632 views / 1 likes - addedTry 23andMe at: http://www.23andme.com/okay Read “Soonish” by Kelly and Zach Weinersmith! https://smbc-comics.com/soonish/ ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Don’t miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Asteroid mining sounds like som
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04:57
Should You Eat Every Day?
455 views / 0 likes - addedIntermittent fasting ≠ Starving yourself EATING DISORDER HELPLINES: http://bit.ly/2Ab6rHO ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ An intermittent fasting diet is one of the hippest new nutrition and fitness philosophies, based around the idea that going hungr
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05:36
The Cheerios Effect
608 views / 0 likes - addedWho knew there was so much science in a bowl of cereal? Don’t miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Ever notice how cereal clumps up in your bowl, or how cereal sticks to the edges of the bowl? Bubb
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06:51
Doomsday Machines
494 views / 0 likes - added…or how I learned to study physics and start fearing the bomb Don’t miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Nuclear weapons represent the darker side of E=mc^2. Science has given us the ability to und
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06:14 Popular
Why It Is What Time It Is (The History of Time)
872 views / 0 likes - addedA brief history of time… Don’t miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ How did we come up with our system of telling time? Why do we divide the day into 24 hour
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04:47
Why Is The Universe So Empty? (ft. PHD Comics!)
651 views / 1 likes - addedA collaboration with Jorge Cham and Daniel Whiteson. Their book: http://www.WeHaveNoIdea.com Don’t miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Why is the universe organized the way it is? And why is it so
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06:35
Engines of Destruction: The Science of Hurricanes!
675 views / 3 likes - addedThe physics of the perfect storm… Don’t miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Get yourself an awesome IOTBS shirt! http://dftba.com/besmart Learn more/references: “Divine Wi
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04:41 Popular
Do You Really Have Two Brains?
911 views / 2 likes - addedYou’re gonna lobe this video Don’t miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Are you a left-brained person or a right-brained person? Spoiler: You’re neither. Each of us uses both sides of our brain for
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04:22
Putting Hurricane Harvey In Perspective
660 views / 4 likes - addedReplace Harvey with Irma… still true. Don’t miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Hurricanes Harvey and Irma have affected many in Texas, Louisiana, and Florida. Here's a few ways you can help if yo
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05:39 Popular
DNA Doesn’t Look Like What You Think!
2,074 views / 0 likes - addedI used #badDNA once in this video. Can you find it? Don’t miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ If you see #badDna, be sure to show me on Twitter! @DrJoeHanson @o
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03:55 Popular
How Poop Shapes the World
889 views / 1 likes - addedNature is truly the ultimate recycler… Don’t miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Waste not, want not… right? Poop, in all of its various forms throughout nature, shapes the world in ways you might
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06:14
When Is It Winter On Other Planets?
541 views / 0 likes - addedTry CuriosityStream today: http://curiositystream.com/smart Don’t miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Earth has seasons, but what about the rest of the planets in the solar system? Let’s take a to
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05:53
Your Climate Conscience - feat. Al Gore
421 views / 0 likes - added“An Inconvenient Sequel” is former Vice President Al Gore’s newest film
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06:16 Popular
Why Nature Loves Hexagons (featuring Infinite Series!)
931 views / 0 likes - addedFollow me to Infinite Series for 4-Dimensional Bees! https://youtu.be/X8jOxEGVyPo Don’t miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ From spirals to spots to fractals, nature is full of interesting pattern
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07:04
How Do Glaciers Move?
658 views / 0 likes - addedWatch WILD ALASKA LIVE starting July 23 on PBS: http://to.pbs.org/2tbKxzx Don’t miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Glacier ice is weird. It’s solid. Solid things aren’t supposed to flow. But glac
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04:00 Popular
Orchid Mantis: Looks That Kill
801 views / 2 likes - addedThis video is perfect for adults orchids. Don’t miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Many creatures wear disguises in order to keep safe from predators, but there are some that dress to kill. Orchi
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05:19
Beavers: The Smartest Thing in Fur Pants
525 views / 0 likes - addedWatch WILD ALASKA LIVE starting July 23 on PBS: http://to.pbs.org/2tbKxzx Don’t miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Beavers have done more to shape North Americ
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08:50
Is Space a Thing?
549 views / 0 likes - addedTry 23andMe: http://www.23andme.com/okay Don’t miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Since the days of Ancient Greece, philosophers and scientists have been wondering: What is space? Is the absence
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07:04 Popular
How the Pyramids Were Built (Pyramid Science Part 2!)
992 views / 2 likes - addedTry Skillshare at http://skl.sh/besmart Help us build something great and SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓More info and sources below ↓↓↓ You asked for it, so here’s the follow-up! Just because something is difficult doesn’t mean it’s impossible.
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05:16 Popular
Nature's Fireworks
713 views / 1 likes - addedTry CuriosityStream: http://curiositystream.com/smart Want even more illuminating ideas? SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Nearly all life on Earth is ultimately powered by light. But many creatures have learned how
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05:09
How Ingenious Animals Have Engineered Air Conditioning
588 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to non-profit edX.org for sponsoring this video. Go to http://bit.ly/edXSmart to learn more about Harvard’s Architectural Imagination course or other classes from some of the top universities in the world. ↓↓↓More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Here’s
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Who Built The Pyramids
1,093 views / 3 likes - addedTry 23andMe: http://www.23andme.com/okay Enjoy this video? SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Who built the pyramids? The colossal geometric monuments found at Giza and elsewhere in Egypt are some of Earth’s most impr
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06:26
Are We All Related?
502 views / 0 likes - addedThis is part 3 of our special series on Human Ancestry! Watch the entire series here ►► http://bit.ly/OKTBSHuman ↓↓↓More info and sources below ↓↓↓ In part 3 of our special series on human ancestry, we investigate how closely related we all really are. Ba
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06:10
De-Extinction: A Mammoth Undertaking
686 views / 1 likes - addedTry 23andMe: http://www.23andme.com/okay Make sure we don’t go extinct and SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓More info and sources below ↓↓↓ De-extinction, or using the power of modern biotechnology to bring back extinct species like mammoths and d
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06:45 Popular
CRISPR and the Future of Human Evolution
1,493 views / 0 likes - addedPart 4 of our special series on Human Ancestry. Watch it all: http://bit.ly/OKTBSHuman Watch Mutant Menu on BrainCraft: https://youtu.be/NrDM6Ic2xMM ↓↓↓More info and sources below ↓↓↓ In part 4 of our special series on human ancestry and evolution, we loo
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05:40
Much A-Do About Hair
607 views / 0 likes - addedTry CuriosityStream today: http://curiositystream.com/smart Subscribe so you don’t miss any cool science: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Check out more of my friend Kyle’s sweet hair on his channel “Because Science”: https://ww
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07:32
Why Are We The Only Humans Left?
556 views / 0 likes - addedTry 23andMe at: http://www.23andme.com/okay Part 2 of our special series on Human Ancestry. Watch it all: http://bit.ly/OKTBSHuman ↓↓↓More info and sources below ↓↓↓ In part 2 of our special series on human ancestry, we ask why we are the only surviving b
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06:34
Where Did We Come From?
689 views / 0 likes - addedReady to untangle the branches of the human family tree? Part 1 of our special series on Human Ancestry. Watch it all: http://bit.ly/OKTBSHuman ↓↓↓More info and sources below ↓↓↓ In part 1 of our special series on human ancestry, we tour through our famil
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Dogs and Humans: A 30,000-Year Friendship
1,057 views / 0 likes - addedAre you more of a cat person? Follow me to MinuteEarth to discover the origin of our feline friends! https://youtu.be/LWB0-tGwb_E ↓↓↓More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Of all the species that humans have domesticated, dogs are our oldest animal friends. But
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How Much Plastic is in the Ocean?
1,593 views / 5 likes - addedWhat can you do to make the oceans plastic-free? ↓↓↓Check the resources below ↓↓↓ Ocean plastic pollution is a massive environmental problem. Millions of tons of plastic waste enter the ocean every year, even plastic that goes in the trash can often ends
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07:09 Popular
Illuminating the Universe: The History of Light
1,004 views / 0 likes - addedTry CuriosityStream today: http://curiositystream.com/smart ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Beyond what we can touch, taste, smell, and hear, we experience the universe through light. But how did we come to discover light, and how did we learn light’s tru
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06:08
What Is Luck?
398 views / 0 likes - addedTake the 2017 PBS Digital Studios survey! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/pbsds2017 ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Is luck real? It might feel like a mystical force tugging us toward good or bad fortune, but it turns out luck is really where probability r
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07:21 Popular
How the Meter Became the Meter
1,399 views / 1 likes - addedTry CuriosityStream and learn something new today: http://curiositystream.com/smart ↓ More info and sources below ↓ The meter is the world’s ultimate measure, but how did it become “the” meter? What is this measurement based on? The story of this revoluti
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04:23
Solving the Puzzle of Plate Tectonics
605 views / 0 likes - addedBut did thee feel the Earth move? ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Why do Africa and South America fit together? Anyone who’s ever looked at a map can see that Earth’s continents are kind of like a jigsaw puzzle. The idea that continents are constantly mov
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07:15 Popular
How The Toilet Changed History
803 views / 0 likes - addedThis video was supported by Bill and Melinda Gates. You can check out the Gates Annual Letter here: http://b-gat.es/2lhhtmJ. ↓ More info and sources below ↓ We’re proud to collaborate with Bill and Melinda Gates for this week’s video! It may sometimes see
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04:40
The Superb Owl!
577 views / 1 likes - addedDon’t miss the next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓ More info and sources below ↓ As we get ready to watch that big football game that my lawyers tell me I’m not allowed to say the name of, let’s celebrate a champion of the bird world: Stea
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04:43 Popular
How Many Species Are There?
1,332 views / 1 likes - addedHow do we protect what we don’t know exists? Don’t miss the next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓ More info and sources below ↓ How many species are there on Earth? In biology, this is one of a fundamental question that we still don’t have a
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Is This A NEW SPECIES?!
894 views / 1 likes - addedOrder my Maker Box from Quarterly ►► http://on.qrtr.ly/ItsOKtoMake Don’t miss the next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓ More info and sources below ↓ This is the first-ever video of what we’re calling the "hermit crab caterpillar"! We’re pre
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05:17 Popular
How An Igloo Keeps You Warm
864 views / 3 likes - addedBuilding a perfect igloo takes cool science! Don’t miss the next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓ More info and sources below ↓ If you ever find yourself stranded in the snowy Arctic (or bored in Minecraft), you’re gonna need to know how to
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06:56
Pigeon Story: How the Rock Dove Became the Sky Rat
622 views / 0 likes - addedCheck out Planet Earth II! https://youtu.be/c8aFcHFu8QM On BBC One in the UK this Sunday and coming to BBC America on 28th January 2017 Don’t be bird-brained. You should SUBSCRIBE! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Want to wear your
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06:25
Why Don’t Woodpeckers Get Concussions?
561 views / 0 likes - addedDon’t be hard-headed. You should SUBSCRIBE! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Tweet this video ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSbang Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSbangFB ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Translate this video: LINK TKTK Want to wear your love for science? We’v
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05:46 Popular
The Surprising Origin of Thanksgiving Foods
932 views / 5 likes - addedI’m thankful for science. And also pie. SUBSCRIBE! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Tweet this video ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBStgvng2 Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBStgvngFB ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Want to wear your love for science? We’ve got merch: http://df
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