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Weird Things Animals Do During Eclipses
11 views / 0 likes - addedThis Product is supported by the NASA Heliophysics Education Activation Team (NASA HEAT), part of NASAs Science Activation portfolio.The material contained in this document is based upon work supported by a National Aeronautics And Space Administration (N
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The Language Counting Paradox
12 views / 0 likes - addedTo try everything Brilliant has to offer for free for a full 30 days, visit https://brilliant.org/minuteearth . Youll also get 20% off an annual premium subscription.Lots of languages and species are going extinct, but because others keep getting found or
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How Dogs Are Shaping The Future Of Medicine
17 views / 0 likes - addedLearn more about Human Footprint: https://www.pbs.org/show/human-footprintFor thousands of years, dogs have been our loyal companions, adapting alongside humans in a sensational journey. However, it wasn't until the 1800s that a significant shift occurred
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What is life and how does it work? - with Philip Ball
48 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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These Solar-Powered Carnivorous Flatworms Divide and Conquer | Deep Look
35 views / 0 likes - addedTiny marine flatworms called acoels hunt for prey in coral reefs. They're referred to as plant-animals'' because they've got a partnership with photosynthetic algae that live inside of them. But this acoel's real superpower is its ability to regenerate an
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Why Do All YouTube Videos Look Alike?
85 views / 0 likes - addedDon't make us crabby! Join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/MinuteEarthMany crustaceans from all sorts of starting points evolve to end up looking similar, likely due to outside pressures. Thats sort of like what happens with YouTube videos.LEARN MORE**
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The Most Important Process on Earth
43 views / 0 likes - addedAll sources of energy on earth (except some geothermal) can be traced back to the fusion of atoms in a star. Without that fundamental process, interesting things in the universe wouldn't last very long. But how do we take advantage of this crucial reactio
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World's First Images of Newborn White Shark?
75 views / 0 likes - addedIn light of the recent press regarding this shark, I'm releasing some select footage of this encounter that occurred off on July 9th, 2023. I have over 18 minutes of footage of this little creature. You can read the corresponding research paper in the sci
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Frog Dissection Disaster
68 views / 0 likes - addedBy Nutro Drawz | Ready to "wear it out loud? Merch store open, SHOP NOW: http://bit.ly/storybooth-merch | Subscribe: http://bit.ly/sub2storybooth | Record your story @ https://storybooth.com or our iPhone app for a chance to get animated. Comment, like, s
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What are Blood Types? Can Science Create Universal Donor Blood From Other Types?
50 views / 0 likes - addedWhat are blood types? In this episode we explore blood type classifications and how scientists are working to create type O negative blood - aka universal donor blood - from other types such as type A+. Learn how!TRY IT YOURSELFhttps://www.redcross.org/gi
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Did AI Just Solve a 50 Year Old Biology Problem?
52 views / 0 likes - addedYou may remember Google's DeepMind from their AI system, AlphaGo, which beat the world champion Go player in 2016. DeepMind has recently achieved breakthrough success in accurately predicting protein structures, using its system, AlphaFold. TRY IT YOURSEL
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Why Does Music Give You Chills? The Neuroscience of Sound
41 views / 0 likes - addedHow can music give you chills? And what role does this play in biology?We've all had moments where a favorite song comes on in the car, at a concert, or even while sitting at home. And seemingly out of nowhere, we get goosebumps, a tingling sensation, or
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Biodegradable Plastic is Coming. Will it Save our Oceans?
44 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 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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Why Don't Electric Eels Shock Themselves?
93 views / 0 likes - addedCheck out @MinutoDaTerra and join our Patreon community at https://patreon.com/minuteearth. (Links to other language channels down in the description)Electric eels can emit some of the largest shocks in the animal kingdom - but why don't they shock themse
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The Crabs Are Coming
71 views / 0 likes - addedWe made this video in partnership with the Bik Lab at University of Georgia and the National Science Foundation.As the waters warm in the deep sea around Antarctica, ecosystem-crushing crabs are able to live closer and closer to the continent.LEARN MORE**
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The science of laughter - Sasha Winkler
54 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the common scientific theories about why humans laugh, and how this universal behavior evolved.--Isnt it odd that, when somethings funny, you might show your teeth, change your breathing, become weak and achy in some places, and maybe even cry? In
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The Next Atomic Bomb Is Made of DNA #kurzgesagt #shorts
94 views / 0 likes - addedA breathtaking scientific revolution is taking place biotechnology has been progressing at incredible speed, giving us the tools to gain control over biology eventually. On the one hand, solving the deadliest diseases while also creating viruses more dang
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Where The Weird Things Are
73 views / 0 likes - addedWe made this video in partnership with the Bik Lab at University of Georgia and the National Science Foundation.Life in Antarctica's ocean has followed a completely different evolutionary path from other ocean life because of how cold and isolated the oce
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Does It Pay To Cheat?
203 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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An Egg Is Just One Cell
154 views / 0 likes - addedOne of Earth's biggest cells is one you're probably really familiar with. See what we're cooking up over at our BRAND-NEW channel, MinuteFood: https://www.youtube.com/user/minutefoodLEARN MORE**************To learn more about this topic, start your googli
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Why Does Nature Have Redundant Copies?
87 views / 0 likes - addedSignup for your FREE trial to Wondrium here: http://ow.ly/AOkb30sfmakWho needs redundancy? Well, everyone, it turns out.LEARN MORE**************To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: - Ecological redundancy (also: functio
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We Have No Idea Why
75 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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Theres No Such Thing As Warm- Or Cold- Blooded
75 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to Wondrium for sponsoring today's video! Signup for your FREE trial to Wondrium here: http://ow.ly/8i0L50L1imgThe concept of warm-blooded and cold-blooded animals is outdated because there are actually tons of different animal thermoregulation str
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When Tree Planting Goes Wrong
74 views / 0 likes - addedSpecial thanks to the Society for Ecological Restoration and its global partners for their support during this production; and to the Convention on Biological Diversity, which is part of the United Nations Environment Programme. Thanks to Kingsley Dixon a
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The 3 Reasons This Tree Has Lived 5000 Years
95 views / 0 likes - addedKeep exploring at https://brilliant.org/MinuteEarth. Get started for free, and hurry the first 200 people get 20% off an annual premium subscription.Methuselahs environment lacks nutrients, water, and oxygen. In other words, its the perfect place to grow
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This Is Not A Bug
122 views / 0 likes - addedIts common to call creepy crawlies bugs, but because entomologists refer to a specific class of insects as bugs, its wrong to call other things bugs - right?LEARN MORE**************To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: -
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How Fish Get Away With Being Colorful
99 views / 0 likes - addedCoral reef fish get away with being colorful thanks to a weird quirk of underwater optics. LEARN MORE**************To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: - Visual resolution: the ability to see fine spatial detailSUPPORT
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The WEIRD Way Monkeys Got to America
110 views / 0 likes - addedMany of the greatest biological dispersal events in history likely happened because animals inadvertently traveled across the oceans on floating debris.LEARN MORE**************To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: - Ocea
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Is Bigger Better?
158 views / 0 likes - addedThis video was made in partnership with Popsci! They recently published their "Muscles" issue, and wrote an article to go along with this video that you can read here: https://popsci.com/environment/strongest-animal-by-weightElephants might be strong, but
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Why Do Weeping Willows Weep?
83 views / 0 likes - addedMost trees reach for the sun but not the weeping willow. Why?LEARN MORE**************To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: - Hormones: chemical messengers that are secreted directly into the blood, which carries them to
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The beauty of collective intelligence, explained by a developmental biologist | Michael Levin
76 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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How evolution creates problem-solving machines | Michael Levin
105 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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The science of the self explained by a biologist | Michael Levin
117 views / 0 likes - addedHow do you emerge from a collection of cells? 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 on YouTube https:/
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Biohacking our way to health with robot cells | Michael Levin
116 views / 0 likes - addedThis biologist built a living robot from frog cells and it could hold the key to the future of regenerative medicine:This interview is an episode from @The-Well, our publication about ideas that inspire a life well-lived, created with the @JohnTempletonFo
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Why do we get wrinkly fingers after a bath? #shorts #science #scishowkids #biology
91 views / 0 likes - addedHosted by: Jessi Knudsen Castaeda (she/her/they/them)Kaitie Janecke Soltesz: WriterKyle Nackers: Fact CheckerJD Voyek: Script EditorMadison Lynn: VideographerSam Schultz: Script SupervisorStefan Chin: EditorJosef "Tuna" Metesh: Sound DesignerAimee Roberts
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How This Bizarre Virus Killed 500 Million People
2,219 views / 4 likes - addedSources & further reading: https://sites.google.com/view/sources-smallpox/This video was made possible through a grant by Open Philanthropy.Check out '500 Million, But Not A Single One More' by Rational Animations here: https://youtu.be/ljmifo4Klss?si=uo5
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The Most Dangerous Weapon Is Not Nuclear
236 views / 0 likes - addedSources & further reading: https://sites.google.com/view/sources-bioriskThis video was made possible through a grant by Open Philanthropy.Check out the biorisk career guide from 80,000 hours:https://80000hours.org/kurz-bioFind the Map of Evolution and oth
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Why Is the Ocean Salty and Rivers Are Not? #shorts #kurzgesagt
185 views / 0 likes - addedFollow us for more sciencey content.Sources & further reading: https://sites.google.com/view/kgs-tiktok-sourcesUnderstanding this isn't difficult, you just need to know biology, chemistry, physics, geology and every other science in the existence #inanuts
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Why Snails Kill 200 000 People Every Year
241 views / 0 likes - addedDid you know that snails are the second deadliest animal on the planet and responsible for around 200 000 deaths every year? Here’s why. Sources: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/schistosomiasis https://www.pri.org/stories/2016-08-13
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The Stickiest *Non-Sticky* Substance
146 views / 0 likes - addedAdhesives based on gecko skin can hold huge weights without sticking to anything. Head to https://brilliant.org/Veritasium to start your free trial. The first 200 of you will get 20% off Brilliants annual premium subscription.Thanks to Dr. Mark Cutkosky,
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The Incredible Way This Jellyfish Goes Back in Time
153 views / 0 likes - addedWatch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/realscience-the-unexpected-way-this-jellyfish-lives-foreverNew streaming platform: https://watchnebula.com/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/realscienceTwitter: https://twitter.com/stephaniesamma
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The Insane Biology of: Humans
170 views / 0 likes - addedWatch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/realscience-the-insane-biology-of-humansPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/realscienceInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephaniesammannImages Courtesy of Getty ImagesCredits:Narrator/Writer: S
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Nature's Most Surprising Projectiles
130 views / 0 likes - addedBe one of the first 200 people to sign up with this link and get 20% off your subscription with Brilliant.org! https://brilliant.org/realscience/ Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/realscience-natures-wildest-weaponsPatreon: http
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The Insane Biology of: The Gorilla
162 views / 0 likes - addedBe one of the first 200 people to sign up with this link and get 20% off your subscription with Brilliant.org! https://brilliant.org/realscience/ Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/realscience-the-insane-biology-of-the-gorillaPat
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DNA family secrets - with Turi King
140 views / 0 likes - addedWhat's behind the rise in the use of DNA in genealogy and forensics? Find out with the BBC's favourite genealogist, Professor Turi King, including the first immigration case and her work identifying the bones of King Richard III.Watch the Q&A with Turi he
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Cell Biology: The Most Complex Language in the World
853 views / 3 likes - addedGo beyond the nutshell at https://brilliant.org/nutshell/ and dive deeper into these topics and more with a free 30-day trial!This video was sponsored by Brilliant. Thanks a lot for the support!Sources & further reading:https://sites.google.com/view/s
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Can Humans Evolve Quickly Like Pokmon?
169 views / 0 likes - addedSuper Charged Evolution? Humans are just like Pokmon!Learn more about the SENS Research Foundation's End of Year Fundraiser here - https://www.sens.org/eoy2022/SENS Website: https://bit.ly/SENSLNSENS Intro: https://bit.ly/SENSIntroEnter to become a Life N
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Cancer May Have Finally Met Its Match!
174 views / 0 likes - addedThe mission is improbable, but not impossible!Learn more about the SENS Research Foundation's End of Year Fundraiser here - https://www.sens.org/eoy2022/SENS Website: https://bit.ly/SENSLNSENS Intro: https://bit.ly/SENSIntroEnter to become a Life Noggin C
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Will You Get the Brain Vaccine?
120 views / 0 likes - addedProtect the Noggin! Protect your Life!Learn more about the SENS Research Foundation's End of Year Fundraiser here - https://www.sens.org/eoy2022/SENS Website: https://bit.ly/SENSLNSENS Intro: https://bit.ly/SENSIntroEnter to become a Life Noggin Character
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2022's Biggest Breakthroughs in Math
137 views / 0 likes - addedMathematicians made major progress in 2022, solving a centuries-old geometry question called the interpolation problem, proving the best way to minimize the surface area of clusters of three, four and five bubbles, and proving a sweeping statement about h
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A remarkable new sighting: Dragonfish lurk in the dark depths
149 views / 0 likes - addedDuring a recent expedition aboard our research vessel Western Flyer, MBARIs science team encountered a beautifully bronze deep-sea dragon. Meet the highfin dragonfish, Bathophilus flemingi. They captured the sighting in stunning ultra high-definititon 4K
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Weird and Wonderful: Some worms like it hot
153 views / 1 likes - addedPompeii worms are enigmatic animals that are only found on the surface of active hydrothermal chimneys. Their name refers to the ancient Roman city of Pompeii that was destroyed by ash raining down from an eruption of the large volcano Mount Vesuvius just
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Weird and Wonderful: This spectacular deep-sea siphonophore is a sight to see
193 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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The Super Secrets of Sewage
366 views / 0 likes - addedOrder your copy of ""How To Prevent The Next Pandemic"" here: https://www.amazon.com/Prevent-Next-Pandemic-Bill-Gates/dp/0593534484In 2020, many cities started monitoring wastewater for viruses, and there are a lot of non-virus reasons to keep doing it.LE
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Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Birds
186 views / 0 likes - addedThis summer, we partnered with Nate Senner of the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Tebughna School in Beluga, Alaska to make this series of videos all about how, why, and where birds migrate. We had so much fun making these videos that we decided t
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What can science tell us about dogs? with Jules Howard
154 views / 0 likes - addedDoes your dog really love you? Can dogs understand human emotions? And what's the history of dogs and scientific research? Watch the Q&A here: https://youtu.be/1fWCiccira4Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibeGet Jules's book 'Won
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How the Krebs cycle powers life and death with Nick Lane
544 views / 0 likes - addedWhat process animates cells and gives life to lifeless matter? What brings our own lives to an end? The Krebs cycle is the answer - and it could turn our picture of life on Earth upside down. Watch the Q&A here: https://youtu.be/UqsqJM8g604Nick's book 'Tr
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Carl Sagan Christmas Lecture 1 - The Earth as a Planet
142 views / 0 likes - addedIn his first Christmas Lecture, American astronomer and cosmologist Carl Sagan explores planet Earth and the place, scale and geometry of the 'pale blue dot' in the Solar System. Sagan provides a unique insight into the history of our knowledge of the thi
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Why Do We Dance To Music?
362 views / 0 likes - addedWhy do we dance? We dance to music because of neural connections in our brain. These connections link the part that perceives music, the auditory cortex to the regions that help us move, the motor regions. We might have started creating music in groups an
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Why Are Minerals Important? | Functions Of Minerals | The Dr Binocs Show | Peekaboo Kidz
1,472 views / 1 likes - addedWhat Are Minerals? | Why Are MINERALS Important? | How Minerals Work | Minerals Explained | What Are The Essentials Minerals? | Functions Of Minerals | What Do Minerals Do To The Body? | Minerals Nutrition | How The Body Uses Minerals | What Are the Diffe
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Jumping robot leaps to record heights
177 views / 0 likes - addedRoboticists have designed all sorts of jumping robots over the years, and many of them have been inspired by biology. But, as diverse as the natural world is, evolution hasnt cracked every option.Now a team of researchers has investigated the differences
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The Extraordinary Math Hidden in Everyday Life
175 views / 0 likes - addedL. Mahadevan is a professor of applied mathematics, physics, and organismic and evolutionary biology at Harvard University. He uses mathematics and physics to explore commonplace phenomena, showing that many of the objects and behaviors we take for grante
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What Is Life? (featuring Prof. Brian Cox)
172 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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Jumping Plant Lice: The Fastest Front-Flipping Insects
169 views / 0 likes - addedJumping plant lice, or psyllids, are the fastest front-flipping insects, but not many people know about how amazing they are! I set out to film the high-flying flips of these plant-feeding, often thought of as pest, insects. They are hemipterans in the su
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Electric fields elicit ballooning in spiders
167 views / 0 likes - addedThe aerodynamic capabilities of spiders have intrigued scientists for hundreds of years, biologists from the University of Bristol believe they have found the answer...Paper: Current Biology, Electric fields elicit ballooning in spiders. Erica L. Morley a
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Popular Words Invented by Authors | Otherwords
247 views / 0 likes - addedFor more word-nerdery, subscribe to Storied!: http://bit.ly/pbsstoried_subAuthors often create words just for a one-time usage... but a special few will gain traction and become full-fledged parts of our shared lexicon!Otherwords is a new PBS web series o
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Sir David Attenborough Gives a Lesson on Seeds | The Green Planet | BC Earth
143 views / 0 likes - addedGiant seeds, tiny seeds, floaty seeds and flying seeds. Sir David Attenborough gives us a quick biology lesson in all of them. #GreenPlanet will open your eyes to an undiscovered kingdom this is life from the perspective of plants. Discover more https://w
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Cirroteuthid Octopus Billows Like a Circus Tent | Nautilus Live
181 views / 0 likes - addedDancing at a depth of around 1,600 meters (5,250 feet), this elegant octopus measures an estimated 1.3 m (4.2 ft) long and entertained our watch team for more than five minutes. Its really putting on a show for us, said a researcher as the cephalopod made
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The curious world of blood | BBC Ideas
511 views / 0 likes - addedDid you know that we are all made from star dust and seawater? And that your blood travels 20,000 km in your veins every day? Discover some truly fascinating facts about blood with author Rose George.From noses to belly buttons - watch more videos about y
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The Odd History of English Spelling | Otherwords
177 views / 0 likes - addedThe English spelling system is a MESS... arguably more than any other language. How did it get this way?Otherwords is a PBS web series on Storied that digs deep into this quintessential human trait of language and fnds the fascinating, thought-provoking,
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What's Inside a Pinecone? | Winter is Alive! | SciShow Kids
219 views / 0 likes - addedJessi and Squeaks learn all about pine cones and their seeds today! Did you know that pine cones can open and close to help protect their seeds? Hosted by: Jessi Knudsen Castaeda----------First Grade Next Generation Science StandardsDisciplinary Core Idea
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These Chimps Treat Each Others Wounds. With Bugs
162 views / 0 likes - addedHead to https://linode.com/scishow to get a $100 60-day credit on a new Linode account. Linode offers simple, affordable, and accessible Linux cloud solutions and services.Chimpanzees in Gabon have been observed using bugs as a possible antiseptic, but wh
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Hospitals are Hotspots for Antibiotic-resistant Germs
180 views / 0 likes - addedThanks again to the Koslicki Lab at Penn State for supporting this episode. Their lab focuses on computational biology, including the analysis of metagenomic data. If you enjoyed this video, check out some of their papers: https://koslickilab.github.io/Ko
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How to find a planet you can't see
158 views / 0 likes - addedTiny wobbles and faint twinkles that have led astronomers to nearly 5,000 new worlds.Subscribe and turn on notifications so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO For a tour of some of the odd exoplanets scientists have found, watch part one, her
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Mr. Frosty, the Cancer-fighting Gecko
257 views / 0 likes - addedNot only is this gecko adorned with beautiful coloration, but the same thing that makes it look so pretty could help us understand where some our cancers come from and how to stop them from progressing! Hosted by: Michael ArandaSciShow is on TikTok! Check
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Compound Eyes: See Like a Dragonfly! | Amazing Animal Senses | SciShow Kids
346 views / 0 likes - addedJessi and Squeaks learn all about how dragonflies see - did you know they have thousands of eyes?!Hosted by: Jessi Knudsen Castaeda----------Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a Patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishowIf you h
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Why Do Animals Cooperate? - with Nichola Raihani
159 views / 0 likes - addedHelping relatives is a common evolutionary trait, but there are some species that also help non-relatives and even strangers. What can the cleaner wrasse tell us about this type of cooperation?Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRib
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When you're almost asleep and then jerk back awake #shorts #science #sleep #biology
151 views / 0 likes - addedEmma Dauster: WriterAttabey Rodrguez Bentez: Script EditorRachel Garner: Fact CheckerBonnie Meyer: Managing EditorSavannah Geary: Editor, Associate ProducerSarah Suta: ProducerCaitlin Hofmeister: Executive ProducerHank Green: Executive Producer, HostSourc
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What the Worlds Smallest Tweezers Tell Us About DNA
164 views / 0 likes - addedGo to http://Brilliant.org/SciShow to try their Waves and Light course. Sign up now and get 20% off an annual Premium subscription.DNA isnt the simple, loose double-helix you might see in a biology textbook, so isolating single strands of it can be next t
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What Are the New Discoveries in Human Biology? - with Dan Davis
142 views / 0 likes - addedRecent and dramatic breakthroughs in our understanding of the body will profoundly change the experience of being human in the coming century. Dan's book "The Secret Body" is available now: https://geni.us/I185YgWatch the Q&A: https://youtu.be/SAzpyLLrEwQ
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Why Some Fruits Won't Ripen On Your Counter
163 views / 0 likes - addedThank you to HelloFresh for sponsoring this video! Use code EARTH14 for up to 14 FREE MEALS across your first 5 HelloFresh boxes plus free shipping at https://bit.ly/3vvSdyoTrying to ripen some fruits on your kitchen counter is totally fruitless - here's
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Rocket Rollerblading with The Funk Bros !!
227 views / 0 likes - addedFunk Bros: https://youtu.be/KAjPwaRfaCkShare This Video: https://youtu.be/OtmJWSHpHJ0Sunshine Distribution: https://www.razorskate.com/Rob 369 Design: http://www.designby369.com/When I was 12 years old I got a pair of rollerblades for Christmas called the
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Catching Criminals Using Their Relative's DNA
222 views / 0 likes - addedYour genetic code is probably already in a database, without you ever giving a sample or permission. This video is sponsored by Brilliant. The first 200 people to sign up via https://brilliant.org/veritasium get 20% off a yearly subscription. A huge thank
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Human Heartbeats Sync Up When Listening to the Same Story
173 views / 0 likes - addedIts an interesting human trait that may have once been evolutionarily advantageous.
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The Science of Hobbit Gluttony
170 views / 0 likes - addedOffset your carbon footprint with Wren! They'll plant 10 extra trees for each of the first 100 people who sign up at https://www.wren.co/start/minuteearth.Because smaller animals have to eat more relative to their bodyweight, Tolkeins hobbits need to eat
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What's the Longest Word? | Otherwords
225 views / 0 likes - addedFor more word-nerdery, subscribe to Storied!: http://bit.ly/pbsstoried_subBefore we decide from a long list of contenders, we'll have to figure out what the word "word" really means...Otherwords is a new PBS web series on Storied that digs deep into this
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Do Microscopic Immortals Actually Exist?
161 views / 0 likes - addedAre you immortal if you never age? Defying death is not as clear-cut as it might initially seem. What we define as immortality depends a bit on what you think it means to die.Support the Microcosmos:http://www.patreon.com/journeytomicroFollow Journey to t
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Why You Wouldn't Exist Without Viruses
241 views / 0 likes - addedThe first 1000 people to use the link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: https://skl.sh/realscience02211 New streaming platform: https://watchnebula.com/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/realscienceTwitter: https://twitter.com/stephani
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The Insane Biology of: The Dragonfly
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Why Evolution Hasn't Gotten Rid of Allergies
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The Secret Language of Trees
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The Insane Biology of: The Platypus
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The Insane Biology of: Hammerhead Sharks
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How Do Neural Networks Grow Smarter? - with Robin Hiesinger
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Why It's Good To Have A Weak Hand
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Strange Symptoms: Why COVID-19 Affects the Skin, Sense of Smell, and More
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The Longest-Running Evolution Experiment
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Why our Oceans need Great White Sharks
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The Wonderful World of Deep Sea Worms
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Crustaceans, the 'Insects' of the Deep Sea
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The Fascinating Life of Deep Sea Cold Seeps
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The Unique Biology of Cephalopods
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The Great Vertical Migration
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The Great Marine Migrations
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Cetaceans, the Giants of the Open Ocean
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Scientists Can't Find 99% of Plastics in the Ocean, But Here's What We Know | The Swim
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The Secret of Synchronization
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The Plant Thats Full Of Metal
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Why Most New Species Are Discovered By Amateurs
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The Problem With Life Expectancy
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The 10 Equations that Rule the World - with David Sumpter
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A Series of Fortunate Events with Sean B. Carroll
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Octopuses Can Smell, Feel, AND Think With Their Arms, Wait What?
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How Does Your Body Process Pain?
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The Insane Biology of: Ant Colonies
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The Two Viruses That Weve Had For Millions of Years
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The Reign of the Hell Ants
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What's It Like to Live Underground?
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Bacteria Could Someday Power Our Cell Phones
291 views / 1 likes - addedSciShow is supported by Brilliant.org. Go to https://Brilliant.org/SciShow to get 20% off of an annual Premium subscription.Unlike most living things, there are species of bacteria that can harness electrons directly and even shuttle them around from plac
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What Ventilators Taught Us About Breathing
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6 Types of Odd Body Armor
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What Fruit Flies Taught Us About Human Biology
275 views / 0 likes - addedGo to http://Brilliant.org/SciShow to try their Neural Networks course. The first 200 subscribers get 20% off an annual Premium subscription.For creatures that look nothing like us, fruit flies have been able to teach us a lot about human biology as weve
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Why the Immune System Is a Bats Secret Superpower
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How Many Languages Are There?
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Soil Is Alive!
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How Malaria Was Eradicated In The U.S.
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The Insane Biology of: The Octopus
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How to Wire a Computer Like a Human Brain
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How this tiny Fish is Cooling our Planet
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Jelle Atema playing Neanderthal flute replica made with 50-100,000 year old cave bear fossil at AMNH
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The Map of Chemistry
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Map of Biology
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Map of Science (and everything else)
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Starfish Gallop With Hundreds of Tubular Feet | Deep Look
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Explore A Flower's Vascular System (Biology for Kids!)
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Can scientists solve Darwin's 'abominable mystery' about the angiosperm explosion?
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Insect Flight | Capturing Takeoff & Flying at 3,200 FPS
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The Zero Gravity Tower Preparing Us For Future Mars Missions
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Why Don't We Have Pet Foxes?
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How a Biologist Builds a Digital Camera
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How To Go Extinct
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Inside the Lab Where Robots Run Their Own Experiments
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Scientists Confirm Dogs Can Detect 8 Diseases
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Why We Can't Invent a Perfect Engine: Crash Course Engineering #10
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Biology Before Darwin: Crash Course History of Science #19
389 views / 0 likes - addedYouve probably heard of Charles Darwin, but before we get to him, you really need to understand how different people, throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, tried to answer the same question: what is life? ***Crash Course is on Patreon! You
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Einstein's Revolution: Crash Course History of Science #32
338 views / 0 likes - addedThere was physics before Einstein in the same way that there was biology before Darwin. Einstein didnt just add some new ideas to physics. And he didnt just add a unifying framework for doing physics, like Newton. Einstein took what people thought was phy
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Genetics and The Modern Synthesis: Crash Course History of Science #35
308 views / 0 likes - addedRemember how Darwin and Mendel lived around the same time, but everyone forgot about Mendel until 1900, and even then biologists saw Darwinism and Mendelism as two competing grand theories about how life works?Well, in this episode of Crash Course History
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How to Engineer Health - Drug Discovery & Delivery: Crash Course Engineering #36
346 views / 0 likes - addedEngineers are problem solvers, and our own health is full of problems to be engineered. In this episode we discuss drug discovery and drug delivery. Well explore everything from classical and reverse pharmacology to the new field of synthetic biology. Wel
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12:23
Ecology: Crash Course History of Science #38
346 views / 0 likes - addedWeve explored the origins of modern biology, the earth sciences, and even the sciences of outer space. Now its time to put these disciplines together. It's Ecology time!!!***Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at http://w
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Bodies and Dollars: Crash Course History of Science #41
358 views / 0 likes - addedAfter World War Two, the applications of basic discoveries in biology took offand became big business. Today, well look at the rise of Big Pharma and GMO foods. Well also discuss how life-science technologies fundamentally changed reproduction: its time t
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08:12
Your Cells Send Trillions of Messages Every Second, Here's How
294 views / 0 likes - addedTo function properly, our bodies depend on tons of chemical messages to fire every second of our lives, but how exactly does our body know how to do this? In this episode, Patrick will help break down communication on a cellular level. Subscribe to Seeker
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27:46
SCIENCE CLASS #3- Why is the Sky Blue?
353 views / 0 likes - addedLet's get a better mental model beyond just "because blue light scatters more". I stream science LIVE M-W-F 1pm PT.Here is Sally's channel!! She is live streaming a series on evolutionary biology- https://www.youtube.com/sallylepageBOSE will be sending ou
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Acrobatic DNA Replication - Christmas Lectures with Alison Woollard
788 views / 0 likes - addedAlison Woollard demonstrates how DNA replicates when it divides, with some acrobatic help from the Infinity Elites cheerleaders. Watch the full second lecture of the series: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/2013/life-fantastic/am-i-a-mutant?u
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Glow In The Dark Worm Genes - Christmas Lectures with Alison Woollard
383 views / 0 likes - addedAlison Woollard shows how we can use special genes to make worms' muscle cells glow in the dark. Watch the full first lecture of the series: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/2013/life-fantastic/where-do-i-come-from?utm_source=youtube&utm_medi
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Living Medicines - Christmas Lectures with Alison Woollard
389 views / 0 likes - addedAlison Woollard explains how we can now use cell therapy to create living medicines, with help from Natalie Mount from Cell Therapy Catapult.Watch the full third lecture of the series: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/2013/life-fantastic/coul
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05:03
Every Animal In Your DNA
446 views / 0 likes - addedSignup for your FREE trial to The Great Courses Plus here: http://ow.ly/crsQ30beNOZYou are the living ancestor of an unbroken chain of lives stretching from you, through your mother and your grandmother all the way back through the complete history of lif
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09:24
You Use Quantum Physics to Smell
464 views / 0 likes - addedYour nose uses quantum tunnelling to smell! This crazy conclusion comes from the latest interpretations of the evidence about how our smell receptors detect odour molecules. This video summarises the two models of smell: shape theory and vibration theory,
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11:08 Popular
Can Trees Really Fight Climate Change?
815 views / 0 likes - addedSUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Were on PATREON now! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below Can trees really save us from climate change? For eons, nature has relied on photosynt
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07:56 Popular
Blood Is So Much More Than You Think, Here's What's Inside
771 views / 0 likes - addedBlood is the ultimate travel companion in your body, and everyone's got some. But what is blood even made of? Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.com Not only does blood carry out many important function
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04:55 Popular
Meet the Xenobot, the Worlds First-Ever "Living" Robot
1,219 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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How Close Are We to a Complete Tree of Life?
319 views / 0 likes - addedNearly 90% of all life on Earth is unaccounted for, but how close are we to discovering all life on Earth before it disappears? Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more How Close Are We | http://bit.ly/HCAWplaylist Follow Olivia on In
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06:40
How Exactly is the Human Body Organized?
466 views / 0 likes - addedWelcome to Seeker's newest series, Human! Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.comThis Seeker health mini-series will take a deep dive into the cellular structures, human systems, and overall anatomy that
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11:20
How Drones Catch Whale Snot for Biology Research | WIRED
458 views / 1 likes - addedWhale research is difficult, but a conservation organization is trying to make it a bit easier with drones. WIRED's Matt Simon talks with Ocean Alliance CEO Iain Kerr about the benefits of flying the "SnotBot" into a whale's blow spout.Still havent subscr
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03:50
Why Do We Smile?
322 views / 0 likes - addedMany species show off their teeth as a threat, so where did humans get our friendly smiles?Hosted by: Hank GreenSciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org----------Support SciShow by becomin
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04:40
The Curious Webspinner Insect Knits a Cozy Home | Deep Look
480 views / 0 likes - addedTo protect herself and her eggs, female webspinners shoot super-fine silk from their front feet. They weave the strands to build a shelter that serves as a tent, umbrella and invisibility cloak. But shooting silk from her feet requires her to moonwalk to
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03:11
How The Modern World Tricks Our Bodies Into Hurting Themselves
430 views / 1 likes - addedThanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! http://twin-cities.umn.edu/The same enzyme that used to save us is now killing us because the body reactions it catalyzes now cause more harm than good.Thanks also to our Patreon patrons htt
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09:35
Are Microbes Good or Bad for Humans?
332 views / 0 likes - addedWhere is the line between good and bad microorganisms and why do we seem to know so much more about the bad ones? Follow Journey to the Microcosmos:Twitter: https://twitter.com/journeytomicroFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/JourneyToMicroMore from Jams
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Your Textbooks Are Wrong, This Is What Cells Actually Look Like
304 views / 0 likes - addedWith new advances in microscopy, biologists are able to see the secret life of cells unfolding like never before.Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Focal Point | https://bit.ly/2s0cf7w You probably remember being taught about th
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04:11
The Best Dragon (According to Science)
398 views / 0 likes - addedCheck out Extra Credits' video: The Origin of Dragons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL8qSfXIo4MWe ranked dragons based on how biologically and evolutionarily plausible they are.Thanks also to our Patreon patrons https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth and o
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What Color Is A Banana?
480 views / 0 likes - addedTo discover more go to http://lego.build/CITYSpaceWere on PATREON now! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below SUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub What color is a banana? Duh, its yel
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25:21
2019 Nautilus Expedition Highlights | Nautilus Live
487 views / 0 likes - addedFrom the South Pacific to California's coast, documenting deepwater coral colonies to the peaks of underwater volcanoes, the 2019 Nautilus expedition has spanned six months and hundreds of hours of ROV dives. As we switch our live streams off for the year
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