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Ecological Succession: Change Is Good - Crash Course Ecology #6
1,988 views / 0 likes - addedIn the world of ecology, the only constant is change - but change can be good. Today Hank explains ecological succession and how ecological communities change over time to become beautiful, biodiverse mosaics. Like Crash Course on Facebook! http://www.fac
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How Mendel's pea plants helped us understand genetics - Hortensia Jiménez Díaz
1,519 views / 0 likes - addedView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-mendel-s-pea-plants-helped-us-understand-genetics-hortensia-jimenez-diaz Each father and mother pass down traits to their children, who inherit combinations of their dominant or recessive alleles. But how do
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Genetics As Revolution - 2015 JBS Haldane Lecture With Alison Woollard
720 views / 0 likes - addedThe ideas of genetics are revolutionary. Today, technology is galvanising disruptive change in our understanding and ability to intervene with nature itself. What can we change, and should we? Professor Alison Woollard presents the 2015 Genetics Society J
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Population Genetics: When Darwin Met Mendel - Crash Course Biology #18
936 views / 0 likes - addedHank talks about population genetics, which helps to explain the evolution of populations over time by combing the principles of Mendel and Darwin, and by means of the Hardy-Weinberg equation. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dft.ba/-8
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Genetics is a Piece of Cake
345 views / 0 likes - addedYouve probably heard of genes, but how does that four-letter code translate into the physical stuff of life? To explain, I bake a cake, using a recipe written with just four letters.Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/kurtisbauteIm on social me
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‘Dark DNA’ Is the Latest Mystery in the World of Genetics… But What Is It?
505 views / 1 likes - addedSeeker is nominated for a Webby! VOTE HERE: https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2018/film-video/virtual-reality-360-video/vr-branded-interactive-game-or-real-time Scientists are beginning to understand mysterious parts of our DNA. Here’s what they’
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Genetics and The Modern Synthesis: Crash Course History of Science #35
306 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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Genetics - Lost and Found: Crash Course History of Science #25
790 views / 0 likes - addedSometimes trail blazers of science aren't famous like Darwin or Pasteur. Sometimes they're humble Abbots, just growing peas in the back of their Abbey. This is the story of Gregor Mendel and how his work was done, lost, then found again. ***Crash Course i
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Heredity: Crash Course Biology #9
836 views / 0 likes - addedHank and his brother John discuss heredity via the gross example of relative ear wax moistness. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dftba.com/product/1av/CrashCourse-Biology-The-Complete-Series-DVD-Set Like CrashCourse on Facebook! http:/
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Introduction to Heredity
455 views / 0 likes - addedHeredity and Classical Genetics. Dominant and recessive traits. Heterozygous and homozygous genotypes. More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=eEUvRrhmcxM
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How Much Taller Humans Have Grown Over 100 Years
605 views / 0 likes - addedHumans have grown dramatically taller over recent years as a result of genetics, nutritional improvements, better sanitation, and more. Check out the countries where people have grown the most in the past 100 years. ---------------------------------------
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Ecology - Rules for Living on Earth: Crash Course Biology #40
2,245 views / 0 likes - addedHank introduces us to ecology - the study of the rules of engagement for all of us earthlings - which seeks to explain why the world looks and acts the way it does. The world is crammed with things, both animate and not, that have been interacting with ea
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Ocean to Plate: A Journey into the Seafood Supply Chain
232 views / 0 likes - addedWorld Wildlife Fund, Condition One and Google present a 360 video and virtual reality film project for Daydream Impact. As populations and appetites for nutritious protein like seafood grow, global fisheries are reaching their ecological capacity, and we
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The False Promise of Cloning Your Pet
183 views / 1 likes - addedDeparted pets can now live on through reproductive cloning. But many owners have been surprised to find that genetics arent everythingFluffy the second turns out to be an animal all its own.PRODUCTION CREDITS:Digital Producer: Emily ZendtProduction Assist
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Will You Become Just Like Your Parents? ft. @illymation
254 views / 0 likes - addedYou might LOOK like your parents, but what else do you inherit from them?Subscribe to Illymation: https://www.youtube.com/c/illymationOur video on Dangerous Strict Parents: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM0udsRZ4FESo do you think YOU are turning into yo
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Could You Be a Chimera?
346 views / 0 likes - addedFollow me to MONSTRUM! https://youtu.be/x-GjSU4nOxE SUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub More info and sources below Ever feel like you aren't totally yourself? Well, maybe you aren't. In this video, we explore the idea of human chi
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Christmas Lectures 2018: Where Do I Come From? - Alice Roberts and Aoife McLysaght
458 views / 0 likes - addedIn the first lecture of the 2018 Christmas Lectures Alice Roberts and Aoife McLysaght explore the tree of life and see where humans come from. Watch more Christmas Lectures: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social
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Why Do We Have Such Bad Body Odor?
707 views / 2 likes - addedBody odor: we all hate it, but we've all been there. What causes body odor and can our diet play a role in how we smell? Why Tuna Really Mattered On Apollo 12 - http://bit.ly/29XGZam Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More
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The Guthrie Test - Christmas Lectures with Walter Bodmer
407 views / 0 likes - addedA version of the newborn blood spot test or Guthrie test is to this day administered for early detection of diseases such as PKU, sickle cell disease and cystic fibrosis. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full sixth
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What is a gene?
1,823 views / 0 likes - addedSupport Stated Clearly on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/statedclearly You've probably heard about GMOs or Genetically Modified Organisms but what exactly is a gene and what does it mean to modify the genes of a plant or animal? We hear about DNA and ge
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Environmental DNA
238 views / 0 likes - addedMonitoring biodiversity using traditional methods can often be challenging and costly. With threats to our natural world mounting, it is now more important than ever to monitor ecological systems quickly and efficiently, to help us protect and conserve th
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Fruit Fly Guts with Leslie! | Lab Next Door
627 views / 0 likes - addedI visit my friend Leslie to talk about fruit flies, guts, stem cells, and poop! Trying to document grad school one YouTube video at a time, from lab equipment to genetics lessons to interviews with other students! Each week is a new view into life as a gr
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How To Trick Your Body To Be A Morning Person
564 views / 0 likes - addedHow often do you cling to your bed for a few extra minutes of sleep? If you're not a morning person, here's why it's not your fault! Why Does White Noise Make You Fall Asleep? - http://bit.ly/28MNqkE Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/
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Christmas Lectures 2018: What Makes Me Human? - Alice Roberts and Aoife McLysaght
485 views / 0 likes - addedIn the second lecture of the 2018 Christmas Lectures Alice Roberts and Aoife McLysaght explore human evolution. Watch more Christmas Lectures: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description Due to co
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Christmas Lectures 2018: What Makes Me, Me? - Alice Roberts and Aoife McLysaght
471 views / 0 likes - addedWhat makes humans human? And what makes every person an individual? Watch more Christmas Lectures: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description Due to copyright restrictions, we are not able to inc
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Transforming Human Poop Into Eco-Friendly Fertilizer: #bestjobever
886 views / 0 likes - addedEveryone poops. But who wants to actually deal with it? Ecologist Sasha Kramer literally works with poop and thinks about it every day. She is helping to transform human waste into fertile organic compost for agricultural use in Haiti. Kramer is an ecolog
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Dirty Thirties
94 views / 0 likes - addedThe Dirty Thirties refers to the worst man-made ecological crisis in US history when irresponsible farming habits, drought and storms led to "black blizzards" that took the lives of thousands and left many homeless.Untold is a free collection of short, co
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Scientific Poster | What is this thing?!
498 views / 0 likes - addedWhat are scientific posters and how are they used? And which snack should you position yourself by for maximum poster exposure? Trying to document grad school one YouTube video at a time, from lab equipment to genetics lessons to interviews with other stu
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Why Do More Species Live Near the Equator?
577 views / 0 likes - addedGo to http://Raceforretirement.com and see how the action gap affects you. Follow all of our Peru adventures on this playlist: http://bit.ly/SmartPeru ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Special thanks to Rainforest Expeditions for hosting us! Visit http://ww
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Is Inheritance Really All In Our Genes?
524 views / 0 likes - addedEpigenetic inheritance is really weird, but is it real? Tweet this ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSepi Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSepiFB ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Crash Course Physics with Dr. Shini Somara: https://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse Want mo
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Natural Selection - Crash Course Biology #14
2,021 views / 0 likes - addedHank guides us through the process of natural selection, the key mechanism of evolution. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dftba.com/product/1av/CrashCourse-Biology-The-Complete-Series-DVD-Set Like CrashCourse on Facebook: http://www.fa
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The Immortal Cells Of Henrietta Lacks - Robin Bulleri
877 views / 2 likes - addedView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-immortal-cells-of-henrietta-lacks-robin-bulleri Imagine something small enough to float on a particle of dust that holds the keys to understanding cancer, virology, and genetics. Luckily for us, such a thing
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Human Population Growth - Crash Course Ecology #3
1,799 views / 0 likes - addedIf being alive on Earth were a contest, humans would win it hands down. We're like the Michael Phelps of being alive, but with 250,000 times more gold medals. Today Hank is here to tell us the specifics of why and how human population growth has happened
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Is Your Eye Color Not Real?
826 views / 0 likes - addedCheck out Say It Loud from PBSDS https://www.youtube.com/SayItLoudPBS SUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub More info and sources below The eyes are often the first thing we see when we look at someone. And when you look at them up c
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Ecosystem Ecology: Links In The Chain - Crash Course Ecology #7
1,233 views / 1 likes - addedHank brings us to the next level of ecological study with ecosystem ecology, which looks at how energy, nutrients, and materials are getting shuffled around within an ecosystem (a collection of living and nonliving things interacting in a specific place),
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Baby Hognose Snakes Hatching!!! *Cuteness Overload*
746 views / 2 likes - addedHOGNOSES ARE HATCHING! HOGNOSES ARE HATCHING! I'M SO EXCITED! Sorry, I'm done now. But these little hoggies are loaded with adorableness and I can't wait for you to meet them! Not only do I find an amazing conda morph in this clutch (he looks like a cheet
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DNA Editing: Doping Of The Future?
683 views / 0 likes - addedThe ability to edit DNA is already here, but the effects of doing so are hardly understood. Genetics experts explain the potential pitfalls and alluring upside of using the technology on athletes. Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? ►► http://wr
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The Big History of Civilizations | The Great Courses
636 views / 0 likes - addedhttps://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/ What makes the Big History approach so unique? Whereas a traditional survey might take you through the major events of a period and introduce you to key dates and people (the “kings and battles” approach), Big History
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Why Does Nature Have Redundant Copies?
80 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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Inside The Robot-Run Lab Of The Future (Do Watch Your Step)
721 views / 0 likes - addedGenetics is often just moving tiny amounts of liquid around. So Counsyl, a genetic testing company has hired some robots. Actually, they didn’t just hire them; they built their own to do the work most scientists hate doing. Still haven’t subscribed to WIR
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Banking With Cheese and Cutting Hair With Fire in Italy
340 views / 0 likes - addedWhere can you find a bank that accepts parmigiano-reggiano cheese as collateral for a loan? Italy, of course. Were sharing some of our favorite stories from this creative country, starting with the cheese bank in Gavasseto. Then were headed to an ecologic
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Dogs vs Cats: The Diversity Paradox
288 views / 0 likes - addedTo make our work paw-sible, join us on Patreon at http://patreon.com/MinuteEarth!Different dogs look incredibly different - but that doesn't mean they are necessarily more diverse. LEARN MORE**************To learn more about this topic, start your googlin
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The Viral Origins of the Placenta
240 views / 0 likes - addedDuring an ancient viral infection, a protein was embedded into the human genome, allowing the placenta to develop as it has.This animation was produced by Diana Gradinaru, supported by the Genetics Society in celebration of their 100th anniversary in 2019
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The Plankton Paradox
186 views / 0 likes - addedStart building your ideal daily routine The first 100 people who click on the link will get 25% OFF Fabulous Premium https://thefab.co/minuteearth2The competitive exclusion principle predicts that there would just be a few species of plankton, but instead
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Why Do I Have Freckles?
467 views / 0 likes - addedDo you know anyone with freckles? Maybe you have freckles yourself! Jessi has them, and she's been wondering what they are, where they come from, and why some people have them and some people don't! ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it
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Tricky Spool Riddle SOLUTION - ft Anne Wojcicki
614 views / 0 likes - addedHow did you answer the spool riddle? Try SquareSpacepace at http://squarespace.com/physicsgirl Special guest Anne Wojcicki, entrepreneur, biologist and CEO of 23andMe, joins Physics Girl for the answer(s?!) to the spool riddle and for a genetics riddle! F
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How do we create a better economy?
147 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the model known as doughnut economics, which aims to meet the needs of people without overshooting Earth's ecological limits.--Can we call any economy healthy in the face of dwindling resources and growing inequality? What if we cut off our addict
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Why Its HARD To Bring A New Apple To Market
339 views / 2 likes - addedThanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! http://twin-cities.umn.edu/Fruit trees are unpredictable and grow slowly, and consumer tastes are fickle, so successful new varieties of fruit are rare.Thanks also to our Patreon patrons htt
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The Best Pokmon (According to Science)
328 views / 1 likes - addedUse the promo code "minuteearth" at https://curiositystream.com/minuteearth for 26% off an annual subscription to CuriosityStream, plus access to Nebula!Theres lots of debate as to which original starter Pokmon is the best fighter among squirtle, bulbasau
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5 Human Impacts On The Environment: Crash Course Ecology #10
1,580 views / 1 likes - addedHank gives the run down on the top five ways humans are negatively impacting the environment and having detrimental effects on the valuable ecosystem services which a healthy biosphere provides. Like Crash Course? http://www.facebook.com/YouTubeCrashCours
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DNA family secrets - with Turi King
130 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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Nature's Fireworks
710 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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Epigenetics: Why Inheritance Is Weirder Than We Thought
613 views / 0 likes - addedPlease help us keep making MinuteEarth by supporting us on Patreon: https://goo.gl/ZVgLQZ Thanks to our Patreon patrons: - Today I Found Out - Jeff Straathof - Mark - Maarten Bremer - Tony Fadell - Alberto Bortoni - Valentin - Nicholas Buckendorf - Antoin
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Nectarine = Mutant Peach?!
420 views / 0 likes - addedWhat makes a peach a peach and a nectarine a nectarine? A single genetic mutation! Trying to document grad school one YouTube video at a time, from lab equipment to genetics lessons to interviews with other students! Each week is a new view into life as a
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What is DNA and How Does it Work?
1,579 views / 1 likes - addedClick this link to take a survey about this video: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VM8CFFL Support Stated Clearly on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/statedclearly Issues of genetics and DNA are constantly cropping up in the news from food production and h
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Can Genes Make You Good at Sports? ft Rebel FC | Earth Lab
711 views / 1 likes - addedDom Burgess looks at the genetics behind great football players and tries to answer whether nature or nurture is more helpful to succeed in sports. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubscribeToEarthLab All the best Earth Lab videos http://bit.ly/EarthLabOriginals
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Proof Of Evolution That You Can Find On Your Body
1,429 views / 1 likes - addedYou have your mom's smile, your dad's eyes, and the ear muscles of a Triassic mammal. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Forty-two percent of Americans say that humans were created in their present form within the past 10,000 years — a percent
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We met the world’s first domesticated foxes
596 views / 6 likes - addedThis week, we meet the very cute and very bizarre result of an almost 60-year-long experiment: they’re foxes that have been specially bred for their dog-like friendliness toward people. We do a little behavior research of our own, and discover what
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This Is How Your DNA Made You
1,083 views / 0 likes - addedDNA is the genetic instructions that tell your body where to put each finger and how to orient the heart, but how does this process work on a cellular level? In this episode, Patrick breaks down each step of the process and explains how you end up as you
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Animal Behavior - CrashCourse Biology #25
1,142 views / 0 likes - addedHank and his cat Cameo help teach us about animal behavior and how we can discover why animals do the things they do. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dft.ba/-8css Like Crash Course on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/youtubecrashcour
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The ancient technology of silk - with Aarathi Prasad at Ada Lovelace Day
42 views / 0 likes - addedFrom the ancient uses of silk to the biologists who learned the secrets of silk-producing animals: manipulating the habitats, physiologies, and threads of moths, spiders and molluscs, this talk will explore the work of some of the women who have been key
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Why Dogs Have Floppy Ears: An Animated Tale | NPR's Skunk Bear
745 views / 0 likes - addedThis question vexed Darwin - and now we have a fascinating answer. ↓↓ Links & Info ↓↓ SUBMIT A QUESTION HERE: http://www.npr.org/skunkbear SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/2dH6fpR TUMBLR: http://skunkbear.tumblr.com/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/nprskunkbea
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Storing Data in DNA?! w/ Dina Zielinski
641 views / 0 likes - addedCould you store all of your computer files in DNA? I chat with researcher Dina Zielinski about her project to do just that! DNA Fountain Website: http://dnafountain.teamerlich.org/ Reddit AMA: https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/5xt0gl/science_ama_s
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The man who saved a Billion lives, Norman Borlaug: The Green Revolution
277 views / 0 likes - addedThis video is a tribute to Nobel prize winner, Norman Borlaug, a plant breeder who touched over a billion lives with his determination to stop world hunger. This story features the challenges and successes that Borlaug and his team faced as they developed
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What is Evolution? A Simple and Brief Explanation
671 views / 0 likes - addedLife is insanely diverse, and thats because of evolution. But there is much that people misunderstand about evolution and how it happens. So, heres a compressed crash course on evolution - from the mutations and recombinations in the DNA which create dive
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How Your Dog's Nose Knows So Much | Deep Look
599 views / 1 likes - addedSupport Deep Look on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deeplook Dogs have a famously great sense of smell, but what makes their noses so much more powerful than ours? They're packing some sophisticated equipment inside that squishy schnozz. SUBSCRIBE to De
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Mendelian Inheritance - Breakthrough Junior Challenge 2016
1,349 views / 0 likes - addedWhy do you have traits that both your parents don't? Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendelian_inheritance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetics#The_gene https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendelian_inheritance http://anthro.palomar.edu/mendel/mendel_1
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Parafilm | What is this thing?!
551 views / 0 likes - addedWhat is this thing?! It's parafilm, a beloved lab staple! Thanks to Bemis for sending me some Parafilm, and to our summer lab students for being awesome! Another giant thank you to my Patreon supporters, including my amazing ribosomes: Marcel Ward Brad Fi
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When Tree Planting Goes Wrong
68 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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Protecting Endangered Vegetables
392 views / 0 likes - addedYou’ve heard talk about protecting endangered animals, but what about endangered vegetables? It’s a crisis that’s come about with the worldwide rise of industrial farming—many indigenous veggies simply aren’t being grown in great quantities anymore. Dr. P
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Whale Fall Actively Devoured by Scavengers at Davidson Seamount | Nautilus Live
461 views / 3 likes - addedDuring the final dive of this year’s Nautilus expedition season, our team discovered a whale fall while exploring Davidson Seamount off central California’s coast with researchers from Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. The skeletal remai
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SciShow Talk Show: Jack Horner Meets A Dinosaur
619 views / 0 likes - addedJack Horner and Hank talk about the evolution of dinosaurs, what it took to become a world-famous paleontologist, genetics, and meet a live dinosaur courtesy of Jessi Knudsen Castañeda. ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters --
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Community Ecology: Feel The Love - Crash Course Ecology #4
973 views / 0 likes - addedInteractions between species are what define ecological communities, and community ecology studies these interactions anywhere they take place. Although interspecies interactions are mostly competitive, competition is pretty dangerous, so a lot of interac
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Why Are Healthy People Still Spreading Viruses?
371 views / 0 likes - addedThe Coronavirus is spreading quickly. Are some people spreading viruses without knowing it?Watch more: What Should You Do If You're Stuck Inside For Weeks? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkTvjvwO54MMeet The Team!Director/Voice - Pat Graziosi: http://twit
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Why Do We Get Freckles?
591 views / 0 likes - addedYour parents may have told you that every freckle on your face was a kiss from an angel, but SciShow is here to ruin that delusion for you. Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow -
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BioDesign Studio! Field Trip to the Tech Museum
714 views / 2 likes - addedI took a trip to the new BioDesign Studio at the Tech Museum in San Jose, California and got to play around with some cool, hands-on bioengineering! I've been able to play around in the space before, including with the bacterial painting and plasmid trans
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How Do Chameleons Change Color?
1,190 views / 2 likes - addedNew research shows chameleons actively tune nano-crystals to change their color. For a 10-day free trial, check out http://lynda.com/veritasium Chameleon research in Nature Communications: http://bit.ly/1FacHO2 "Photonic Crystals Cause Active Colour Chang
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How Does Gel Electrophoresis Work? - Christmas Lectures with Walter Bodmer
1,049 views / 0 likes - addedGel electrophoresis is used to study DNA and other complex molecules with the help of electricity. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full third lecture of the series: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/19
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A Basic Explanation on Why (Almost) All Tortoiseshell Cats Are Female - with Walter Bodmer
354 views / 0 likes - addedTortoiseshell cats almost all female because the genes coding for fur colour are on the X chromosomes - the black fur gene on one and the orange one on the other. In each cell, only one X chromosome is activated, giving a patchwork pattern. Subscribe for
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Evolution: It's a Thing - Crash Course Biology #20
1,145 views / 0 likes - addedHank gets real with us in a discussion of evolution - it's a thing, not a debate. Gene distribution changes over time, across successive generations, to give rise to diversity at every level of biological organization. Crash Course Biology is now availabl
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Evolutionary Development: Chicken Teeth - Crash Course Biology #17
1,070 views / 0 likes - addedHank introduces us to the relatively new field of evolutionary developmental biology, which compares the developmental processes of different organisms to determine their ancestral relationship, and to discover how those processes evolved. Also fruit flie
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What Is Epigenetics? With Nessa Carey
604 views / 0 likes - addedWhy your DNA is not your destiny. Molecular biologist Nessa Carey presents an introduction to epigenetics and explains how it shapes life. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe DNA is a vitally important starting point for life,
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Mother Bear Teaches Cubs To Fish | BBC Earth
479 views / 2 likes - addedThese cute bear cubs are taught a lesson in survival by their mama bear. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/BBCEarthSub Watch more: Planet Earth http://bit.ly/PlanetEarthPlaylist Blue Planet http://bit.ly/BluePlanetPlaylist Planet Earth II http://bit.ly/PlanetEarth
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Why Does Hair Only Grow to a Certain Length?
754 views / 0 likes - added→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →How "Dick" came to be short for 'Richard': https://youtu.be/BH1NAwwKtcg?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2Acy6g9Ta7hzC0Rr3RDS6q Never run out of things to say at the wate
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Simpson's Paradox
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How to Extract DNA at Home - Christmas Lectures with Walter Bodmer
791 views / 0 likes - addedIt is easy to extract DNA from something like strawberries at home, as Walter Bodmer demonstrates in this clip from his second Christmas Lecture. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full second lecture of the series:
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Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Birds
178 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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His Epic Message Will Make You Want to Save the World | Short Film Showcase
885 views / 1 likes - addedAs the human population continues to grow, so does our impact on the environment. In fact, recent research has shown that three-quarters of Earth’s land surface is under pressure from human activity. In this short film, spoken word artist Prince Ea makes
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Spit: Everything You Never Wanted To Know
522 views / 0 likes - addedWarning: May contain the “m-word”… Tweet this video ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSspit Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSspitFB ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Get yourself an awesome IOTBS shirt! http://dftba.com/besmart References/further reading: “Gulp” by Mary
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Which Bear Is Best?
582 views / 0 likes - addedWhy do some species flourish and others falter? Sometimes it just comes down to luck. A big thank-you to our supporters on https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth : - Today I Found Out - Maarten Bremer - Jeff Straathof - Mark Roth - Tony Fadell - Muhammad Shi
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We Have No Idea Why
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What is Chemical Evolution?
966 views / 0 likes - addedHave you ever wondered how life first got started on Earth? So do scientists! Though the question has not yet been fully answered, a careful study of Chemical Evolution is beginning to shed light on this mystery. In this film you will learn what Chemical
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Much A-Do About Hair
601 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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How South America Made the Marsupials
475 views / 0 likes - addedThroughout the Cenozoic Era -- the era were in now -- marsupials and their metatherian relatives flourished all over South America, filling all kinds of ecological niches and radiating into forms that still thrive on other continents. Thanks to Darin Crof
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Could Bigfoot REALLY Exist?
1,052 views / 1 likes - addedThis episode brought to you by Squarespace: http://squarespace.com/itsokaytobesmart PBS Idea Channel goes to Area 51: https://youtu.be/WCFJh0fdlD8 ↓ More info and sources below ↓ **Check out these books: “The Demon Haunted World - Science as a Candle in t
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'Living Fossils' Aren't Really a Thing
527 views / 0 likes - addedTry CuriosityStream today: http://curiositystream.com/eons Crocodiles, horseshoe crabs and tuatara are animals that have persisted for millions of years, said to have gone unchanged since the days of the dinosaurs. But even the most ancient-looking organi
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Rapid Evolution Is Real…These Species Changed in Front of Our Eyes
625 views / 0 likes - addedEvolution doesn’t have to take a hundred millennia. Some species can biologically adapt to new environments in a few short years, here’s how. Seeker is now on Prime Video! Watch here: https://www.amazon.com/v/seeker Read More: What is Darwin's Theory of E
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SciShow Quiz Show: Weird Facts About Humans
817 views / 0 likes - addedHank squares off against the host of SciShow Kids, Jessi Knudsen Castaneda, to match wits about chemistry, evolution, and how babies are weird! https://www.youtube.com/user/scishowkids ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters --
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What is Evolution?
1,964 views / 0 likes - addedSupport Stated Clearly on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/statedclearly Evolution is often considered a complex and controversial topic but it's actually a very simple concept to understand. Watch this short animation to see how evolution works. Share it
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Why we need national parks - Elyse Cox
815 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the creation of national parks and the importance of finding a balance between public use and ecological preservation.--In 1903, US President Theodore Roosevelt took a camping trip in Californias Yosemite Valley with conservationist John Muir. Roo
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Cancer May Have Finally Met Its Match!
168 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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Why You Can't Build A Clone Army... (Yet)
300 views / 1 likes - addedSign up for your FREE trial to The Great Courses Plus here: http://ow.ly/2UGB30qCbvs.Because of the way genetic reprogramming works, its hard to make one clone based on an adult cell, and its almost impossible to make a second-generation one.Thanks also t
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Pollution Is Changing The Sex Of These Animals!
1,316 views / 2 likes - addedWhat if our gender was determined by external temperature at a certain point in fetal development? For these animals, this is the reality! How Does Asexual Reproduction Work? - http://bit.ly/28NW9Cr Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1
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What Happens If All The Bees Die?
1,111 views / 0 likes - addedWill we go extinct if the bees all die? Get FREE audiobook: http://audible.com/asap Watch AsapSCIENCE LIVE! https://youtu.be/yUofDfhaIMM Get the book elsewhere: http://asapscience.com/book Subscribe! (It's free): http://bit.ly/asapsci Written by Amanda Ed
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The Art of Gene-Editing Butterflies (Painting with CRISPR!)
398 views / 0 likes - addedTo learn more about The Great Courses Plus visit http://ow.ly/Mq4F30oTjJp SUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub More info and sources below Butterfly metamorphosis is still a bit of a mystery. What happens inside a chrysalis to turn
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Where Do Our Drugs Come From?
842 views / 0 likes - addedThe incredible chemical weapon-making abilities of fungi, bacteria, and plants have created a diverse array of compounds that are useful to humans. Thanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! http://twin-cities.umn.edu/ Thanks also to
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Map of Biology
294 views / 0 likes - addedBiology is the subject that studies life in all its forms, from the simple cell through to all the animals that inhabit the planet. In this map I lay out the subject of biology and how all of the sub-disciplines are related to each other: microbiology, ge
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A Quick Introduction to Epigenetics - with Nessa Carey
248 views / 0 likes - addedEpigenetic modifications change the likelihood of gene expression, and through it create phenotype changes, without altering the DNA sequence itself.Watch the full talk: https://youtu.be/9DAcJSAM_BANessa's book "The Epigenetics Revolution" is available fo
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Thanks to Shrimp, These Waters Stay Fresh and Clean | Short Film Showcase
611 views / 2 likes - addedIn this short film by Freshwaters Illustrated, dive into a busy tropical stream ecosystem and learn how shrimp, crabs, and other invertebrates are creating a nutrient-rich environment for wildlife to flourish and humans to enjoy. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.l
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Are You A Supertaster?
616 views / 0 likes - addedSome people have more taste buds than the rest of us. They’re called supertasters, and they can taste things others can’t. Special thanks to our tasters: Matthew Gaydos Lindsey Doe Julia Maes Hank Green Music Credit: "Marty Gots a Plan" Kevin MacLeod (inc
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Tuatara All The Way Down – Face To Face With A Living Fossil!
708 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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Think You're 'Double-Jointed'? You're Not. Here's What's Actually Going On
537 views / 0 likes - addedHaving joint hypermobility might be a fun party trick, but do you know what it does to your body? Why Do We Get Goosebumps? - https://youtu.be/JHJhgDOySC0 Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: Why Are Some People Double
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This New Pill Could Cure Peanut Allergies
540 views / 0 likes - addedA new study might've found a possible cure for peanut allergies. How does it work? Why Are Peanut Allergies Becoming So Common? - https://youtu.be/Mjr9h_QmdeM Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: Peanut allergy cured i
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How Do Bees Make Honey?
1,498 views / 3 likes - addedLet PBS know more about you and what digital series you’d like to see: http://surveymonkey.com/r/pbsds2016 Tweet this ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBShunE Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBShunEfb ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Check out our BEE PLAYLIST! http://bit.
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Early Birds Vs Night Owls
677 views / 2 likes - addedDoes the early bird really get the worm? Watch our Pop Music Experiment: http://youtu.be/h2rBzMaDQYM SUBSCRIBE! It's free: http://bit.ly/asapsci ---Links to follow us below--- Written by Amanda Edward (@mlle_capsaicin), Mitchell Moffit and Greg Brown Get
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Is Height All In Our Genes?
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The Secret Language of Trees
528 views / 0 likes - addedUse code REALSCIENCE12 for up to 12 FREE MEALS across your first 4 HelloFresh boxes, including free shipping on your first box at https://bit.ly/3bY4RxwPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/realscienceTwitter: https://twitter.com/stephaniesammaInstagram: https
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How Dogs (Eventually) Became Our Best Friends
353 views / 0 likes - addedWere still figuring out the details, but most scientists agree that it took thousands of years of interactions to develop our deep bond with dogs. When did they first become domesticated? Where did this happen? And what did the process look like, in terms
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How Are Your Telomeres? They Could Be The Key to How Fast You're Aging
582 views / 0 likes - addedThe length of telomeres may be the key to how fast we are aging, and they can be affected by our daily stresses. We can help build them back up, but first, what are telomeres?Do Presidents Age Faster Than The Rest Of Us?https://youtu.be/IH3d-qR25v4Read Mo
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Finding the Best Hot Pepper Cures Using SCIENCE
399 views / 0 likes - addedIts safe to say that were all trying to make sense of 2020 and Self-Evident is aimed at just that. Be sure to check it out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYs98uc0JjQHow do you stop pepper burn if you cant drink milk? This week Sam and George suffer for
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The 2015 Nobel Prizes!
738 views / 0 likes - addedOver the past few weeks, the Nobel committees have been announcing the 2015 laureates. This year’s winners in the physics and chemistry categories made discoveries about the tiny neutrinos flying through all of us, and the ways our bodies repair DNA. Host
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The Crabs Are Coming
65 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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How Two Microbes Changed History
604 views / 0 likes - addedWhat if I told you that, more than two billion years ago, some tiny living thing started to live inside another living thing … and never left? And now, the descendants of both of those things are in you? Produced in collaboration with PBS Digital Studios:
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The Surprising Origin of Thanksgiving Foods
930 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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Meet the Xenobot, the Worlds First-Ever "Living" Robot
1,211 views / 1 likes - addedThese researchers paired biology with artificial intelligence to create the worlds first living robots. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.comMeasurin
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How Scientists Can Manipulate Memories With Light
509 views / 0 likes - addedScientists have found a way to trick the brain using light and optogenetics. What implications could this have for the future of medicine? How To Turn Bad Memories Into Good Ones - https://youtu.be/Zm5nnJNvcVE Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http
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03:52
Can Your Cat Change Color?
266 views / 1 likes - addedVisit brilliant.org/scishow/ to get started learning STEM for free, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription.Brown cats are something of a rarity, but you may have something pretty close. Hosted by: Michael ArandaSciShow
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How Long Can We Live?
517 views / 0 likes - addedTry Squarespace for free: https://www.squarespace.com/minuteearth The human lifespan might be limited, in part, because natural selection just stops working late in life. Thanks to our Patreon patrons https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth and our YouTube sp
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Why Don't We Have Pet Foxes?
398 views / 4 likes - addedBoth foxes and dogs belong to the same family Canidae. Then why havent foxes become our companions too?To answer this, in 1950, a group of Russian scientists began an experiment to try and create the first ever pet fox species. The study led by Russian ge
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What's missing in medical research? - Greg Foot
117 views / 0 likes - addedDig into why ethnic diversity is so important to medical research when creating new treatments and medicines for diseases.--While all humans share 99.9% of our DNA, differences in the remaining 0.1% hold important clues about the causes of diseasesand the
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SCIENCE WARS - Acapella Parody
718 views / 2 likes - addediTunes: http://apple.co/1IBrCVG Bandcamp: http://bit.ly/1XO9Ik0 SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/asapsci Follow us: @WhaleWatchMePlz and @MitchellMoffit Inspired by the amazing Jon Cozart and his fantastic Disney parodies: https://youtu.be/diU70KshcjA Lyrics by M
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Can Math Explain How Animals Get Their Patterns?
740 views / 0 likes - addedHow Alan Turing's Reaction-Diffusion Model Simulates Patterns in Nature Thanks to http://www.audible.com/minuteearth for sponsoring this video. Asparagus Pee Survey Results: https://goo.gl/8x7abL ___________________________________________ If you liked th
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Walking Sticks Stop, Drop and Clone to Survive | Deep Look
343 views / 0 likes - addedIndian walking sticks are more than just twig impersonators. They even clone themselves into a surprising variety of colors to stay hidden in plain sight from predators.Please join our community on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deeplookSUBSCRIBE to Dee
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How Much Junk Is in Your DNA Trunk?
458 views / 0 likes - addedThe human genome is 3.2 billion base pairs long and contains around 20,000 genes, but how much of that is garbage? Hosted by: Hank Green Head to https://scishowfinds.com/ for hand selected artifacts of the universe! ---------- Support SciShow by becoming
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The movement that inspired the Holocaust - Alexandra Minna Stern and Natalie Lira
247 views / 0 likes - addedTrace the history of the eugenics movement in the US, and discover how the belief in ideal genetics led to forced sterilizations.--Since ancient Greece, humans have controlled populations via reproduction, retaining some traits and removing others. But in
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Catching Criminals Using Their Relative's DNA
217 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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Four Fancy Meals You Can Make With Bugs | Foraging | NPR
410 views / 0 likes - addedCulinary alchemist Pascal Baudar demonstrates how to make four fancy dishes using wild ingredients found in nature, including insects. The first insect that Pascal Baudar ever tried eating was an ant he found in his kitchen. The verdict? "It tasted like s
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Rise Of The Mesopredator
498 views / 0 likes - addedTry Dashlane for free: http://bit.ly/minutedash. Use promo code "minuteearth" for 10% off Dashlane Premium. To see song lyrics, click "CC" on the video or, for an annotated version, click here: https://genius.com/14774391 Thanks to humans, old school apex
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Who Owns Your DNA? (YOU DON’T)
426 views / 0 likes - addedYour DNA defines you, but do you REALLY own it? Watch more: Is It Possible To Stay Young Forever? ►► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjWf0w-awh0&list=PL8L0MzSk_V6JtEDRfRMyb6rFd1acqYSlO&index=130&t=0s Subscribe: https://bit.ly/SubLifeNoggin | Get your excl
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06:34
Where Did We Come From?
686 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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How Do Neural Networks Grow Smarter? - with Robin Hiesinger
194 views / 0 likes - addedNeurobiologists and computer scientists are trying to discover how neural networks become a brain. Will nature give us the answer, or is it all up to an artificial intelligence to work it out?Watch the Q&A: https://youtu.be/DoTSICEUm90Get Robin's Book: ht
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Cow Burps Are Warming the Planet
555 views / 1 likes - addedLearn more about CuriosityStream at https://curiositystream.com/reactions (CODE: reactions) Cows burp up a lot of methane thanks to the chemistry of their digestion. And since methane is a greenhouse gas, our beef and dairy have huge climate change conseq
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Can You Walk In A Straight Line With Your Eyes Closed? With Dr Emily Grossman
802 views / 1 likes - addedHave you ever tried walking in a straight line with your eyes closed? It’s remarkably hard to keep on track. Dr Emily Grossman explains why. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Visual information plays a key role in the way we
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Why Is Itching Contagious? With Dr Emily Grossman
770 views / 0 likes - addedDoes watching this video make you itch? Dr Emily Grossman explains why the ‘social itch’ might have evolved. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe It’s well known that an itch can be contagious – seeing a person scratch can make
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What If Humans Devolved?
806 views / 2 likes - addedHere's what you'd look with evolution reversed! Watch more: Could You Survive 2.5 Million Years Ago? ►► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy7BiiOI_No Subscribe: https://bit.ly/SubLifeNoggin | Get your exclusive Life Noggin merch: http://keeponthinking.co Fo
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What If We Killed All The Mosquitoes?
886 views / 5 likes - addedWith the Zika virus in the news, some people have wondered why we don't just kill them ALL. Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn't make SciSho
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Mr. Frosty, the Cancer-fighting Gecko
250 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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A.I. Reveals Autism-Linked Changes in "Junk" DNA | SciShow News
387 views / 0 likes - addedScientists know that genetic factors can explain many of autisms features - but have autism researchers been looking for those features in the wrong DNA? A new study uses A.I. to uncover changes linked to autism in the stretches of non coding DNA.#scishow
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The secret history of dirt
305 views / 0 likes - addedDirt isnt just the stuff beneath our feet. Its the stuff of life.Welcome to our first-ever week of programming for kids!Become a Video Lab member!http://bit.ly/video-labDirt is alive. It's full of billions of creatures so small you can't even see them und
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How To Stop Yourself Being Ticklish - With Dr Emily Grossman
1,071 views / 1 likes - addedAre you ticklish? Dr Emily Grossman shows you how to use the science of tickling to stop yourself squirming when you're tickled. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Why do we feel ticklish? Why does it make us laugh? It’s hard
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Five Cute Critters That Can Kill You
315 views / 1 likes - addedTo explore the music theory, production, history and culture behind our favorite songs and musical styles, check out Sound Field from PBS Digital Studios: http://youtube.com/soundfieldpbsDont let their cuteness fool you--these animals are not to be messed
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Why Did T Rex Have Such Tiny Arms?
930 views / 2 likes - addedIt's easy to assume that every trait - including stubby arms on a terrifying predator - must be beneficial, but the forces of evolution don't really work like that. Thanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! http://twin-cities.umn.ed
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How To Go Extinct
412 views / 0 likes - addedSign up for your FREE trial to The Great Courses Plus here: http://ow.ly/Nkq830qWCShOur new evolution simulator reveals that extinction often happens when conditions change quickly. Check it out here: https://labs.minutelabs.io/evolution-simulator/Thanks
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How Sloths Went From the Seas to the Trees
563 views / 0 likes - addedThe story of sloths is one of astounding ecological variability, with some foraging in the seas, others living underground, and others still hiding from predators in towering cliffs. So why are their only living relatives in the trees? Thanks to Ceri Thom
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Why Is Lyme Disease Getting Worse?
395 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! https://twin-cities.umn.edu/Lyme disease is spreading like wildfire around the world: here's why.Thanks also to our Patreon patrons https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth and our YouTube member
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The Illusion Only Some Can See
365 views / 0 likes - addedAmes window illusion illustrates how we don't directly perceive external reality. Special Holiday deal! Go to https://NordVPN.com/veritasium and use code VERITASIUM to get 68% off a 2 year plan plus 4 additional months free. Its risk free with Nords 30 da
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Why Don't Scavengers Get Sick?
776 views / 1 likes - addedThanks to Harry’s for supporting this video. Use the coupon code MINUTEEARTH for $5 off your order! https://www.harrys.com/ Thanks also to our Patreon patrons: - @AntoineCoeur - Mark - @TodayIFoundOut1 - Emil Kampp Please support MinuteEarth on Patreon: h
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Part 2: How Does New Genetic Information Evolve? Gene Duplications
485 views / 1 likes - addedHelp fund us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/statedclearly In our first animation of this series we learned how point mutations can edit genetic information. Here we see how duplication events can dramatically lengthen the genetic code of an individua
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GIANT Pencil Made From CORN!?
324 views / 0 likes - addedScience Matters: www.4-H.org/Bayer Big shout out to Bayer 4H Council for partnering with us on this video! Note: The vast majority of corn is for feed or fuel, not food for people https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sweet-corn-vs-field-corn_n_596f6718e4b0a03ab
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How Many Mass Extinctions Have There Been?
1,051 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to Audible for supporting this video. Get your free 30-day trial at https://www.audible.com/minuteearth Thanks also to our Patreon patrons: Today I Found Out, Maarten Bremer, Mark Roth, Jeff Straathof, Tony Fadell, Ahmed, Muhammad Shifaz, Vidhya Kr
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Why Are GMOs Bad?
1,128 views / 0 likes - addedWhy are GMOs bad? They aren’t. They just aren’t, not intrinsically, and certainly not for your health. We’ve been eating them for decades with no ill effects, which makes sense, because a genetically modified organism is simply an organism, like every oth
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What Happens To Your Memories After You Die?
558 views / 1 likes - addedWhen we're no longer on this earth, what happens to all the memories in our heads? Do people remember their passing if they're brought back to life?Watch more: What If You Couldn't Forget ANYTHING? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJcGfahr5Z0Subscribe: htt
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The Two People We're All Related To
371 views / 0 likes - addedCheck out Two Cents: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL8w_A8p8P1HWI3k6PR5Z6w Due to an odd quirk of genetics and some unique evolutionary circumstances, two humans who lived at different times in the distant past managed to pass on a very small fraction
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What Your Earwax Says About You
620 views / 0 likes - addedYour gross earwax can reveal a ton about who you are, where you’ve been, and how stinky you are. Subscribe to Gross Science! http://bit.ly/1FkxVLb ‖ Twitter! https://twitter.com/gross_science ‖ Tumblr! http://grossscience.tumblr.com/ ↓Want more gross info
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The Viruses That Shaped Humanity
294 views / 0 likes - addedYou might get the impression that all viruses are terrible, awful, no-good things that just wreak havoc on humanity. But, surprise: The truth is way more interesting! Hosted by: Hank GreenSciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check
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Why These Bears Waste Food
220 views / 0 likes - addedOffset your carbon footprint with Wren! They'll protect 5 extra acres of rainforest for each of the first 100 people who sign up at https://www.wren.co/join/minuteearth.Optimal foraging theory means that turning down food is sometimes more efficient than
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The Cruel Irony Of Air Conditioning
399 views / 1 likes - addedThanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! http://twin-cities.umn.edu/The technology we use to keep cool is heating the world in a vicious feedback cycle, so we need to improve it and use it less.Thanks also to our Patreon patrons ht
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Weird and Wonderful: Some worms like it hot
141 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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What Happens to the Human Body in Space?
263 views / 0 likes - addedIn the largest study of its kind, scientists are coming closer to understanding exactly how space affects the human body. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Visit our shop at http://shop.
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The Bird Poop That Changed The World
802 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to my grandmother for inspiring this story, and to my mother for helping make it. If you like our videos, please consider supporting MinuteEarth on Patreon! - Alex Bird poop was the gateway fertilizer that turned humanity onto the imported-chemical
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What Fruit Flies Taught Us About Human Biology
274 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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Invasion Of The Yellow Crazy Ants!
875 views / 1 likes - addedThanks to Wet Tropics Management Authority for supporting MinuteEarth - http://wettropics.gov.au/ Subscribe to MinuteEarth! - http://www.youtube.com/user/minuteearth?sub_confirmation=1 And support us on Subbable! - https://subbable.com/minuteearth _______
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The Great Emu War of 1932
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17 Signs You Are a Genius, Have High Intelligence and High IQ - You may be smarter than you think!
17.7k views / 12 likes - added17 signs that you may be a genius without knowing it. 1. you forget where you kept your keys or phoneAccording to many psychologists, being scatterbrained practically guarantees your standing as a genius. When youre a genius, its hard to be preoccupied wi
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The Mystery Of Asparagus Pee
869 views / 0 likes - addedGet a 2-meal discount from Blue Apron here: http://cook.ba/1W7fRdC Take the survey! http://bit.ly/AsparagusPeeSurvey If you liked this week’s video, we think you might also like this: http://bit.ly/1TOEBHZ FYI: We try to leave jargon out of our videos, bu
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Can a Good Nights Sleep Protect You From Alzheimer's?
42 views / 0 likes - addedCould good sleep prevent Alzheimers disease? Recent studies have shown a direct correlation between poor sleep and the build-up of amyloid plaques, which are a well-known indicator of this notorious malady. Learn how we can work together to fight Alzheime
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Can Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes Help Fight Disease?
778 views / 0 likes - addedHost Myles Bess dives into the science and policy surrounding the use of genetically engineered mosquitoes to combat mosquito-borne diseases like Zika, Dengue Fever and chikungunya. SUBSCRIBE to Above the Noise: [https://www.youtube.com/abovethenoise?sub_
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Aguahoja: A water-based design approach and fabrication platform
371 views / 0 likes - addedNature made us half water. With water, the biological world facilitates customization of an organism’s physical and chemical properties—through growth and degradation—as a function of genes and environmental constraints. Designed goods, however—including
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4 Ways CRISPR Is More Than Just Gene Editing
294 views / 0 likes - addedWhile its probably most famous for its role in gene editing, CRISPR does more than just that: its ability to precisely cut and alter DNA could lead to new antibiotics, faster diagnosis tools, and more.Hosted by: Hank Green.SciShow has a spinoff podcast! I
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Hospitals are Hotspots for Antibiotic-resistant Germs
176 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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The Secret Global Sewer System
354 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! http://twin-cities.umn.edu/Ditches and drain pipes help crops survive but can negatively impact the broader landscape.Thanks also to our Patreon patrons https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth a
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These Acrobatic Beach Hoppers Shred All Night Long | Deep Look
215 views / 0 likes - addedAs the sun sets, hordes of tiny crustaceans called beach hoppers also known as sand hoppers emerge from underground burrows to frolic and feast. They eat so much decaying seaweed and other beach wrack that by morning all thats left are ghostly outlines in
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How Does Caffeine Wake You Up?
841 views / 0 likes - addedWhen you get coffee jitters, caffeine has tricked your brain into anticipating danger. Lauren explains how it works. Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com: http://science.howstuffworks.com/caffeine.htm Share on Facebook: https://goo.gl/adWdyH Share on Twitter:
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Why Biodiversity Is Good For The Economy
971 views / 0 likes - addedResearch suggests that more diverse ecosystems are better for the bottom line. Thanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! http://twin-cities.umn.edu/ Credits (and Twitter handles): Script Writer: Peter Reich Script Editor: Kate Yoshi
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See Sea Slugs Scour Seagrass by the Seashore | Deep Look
292 views / 0 likes - addedEelgrass sea hares may look like lazy, zebra-striped spoonfuls of jello, but these sea slugs are actually environmental heroes. Their voracious appetite for algae helps keep underwater meadow ecosystems in balancewhich is great news for sea otters. Deep L
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Your Place in the Primate Family Tree
463 views / 0 likes - addedOur new sticker is available here: https://store.dftba.com/collections/eons And check out Tacos of Texas!: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh_qdzak59m68-i4M441Rkr5j8c_mQ-en Purgatorius, a kind of mammal called a plesiadapiform, might’ve been one of
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The Science Of Hay Fever... Are Parasitic Worms The Cure?
784 views / 0 likes - addedHay fever has an awful habit of ruining what should be the nicest time of the year. But what is it? And why is it called ‘hay fever’? Kate explores the science of allergies, and hunts through the research for a cure. Subscribe for more from Kate: http://b
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Five Crazy Bridges For Animals
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When Giant Scorpions Swarmed the Seas
521 views / 2 likes - addedTry Audible for 30 days visit https://www.audible.com/eons or text eons to 500500! Sea scorpions thrived for 200 million years, coming in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. Over time, they developed a number of adaptations--from crushing claws to flatten
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This Dangerous Mosquito Lays Her Armored Eggs in Your House | Deep Look
261 views / 0 likes - addedThe Aedes aegypti mosquito, which can transmit dengue fever and Zika, makes a meal of us around our homes. And her eggs are hardy. They can dry out, but remain alive for months, waiting for a little water so they can hatch into squiggly larvae.Please join
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Genetically Modified Humans? CRISPR/Cas 9 Explained
814 views / 0 likes - addedSubscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions Fans of Blade Runner have already caught a glimpse of world with super-powered humans secretly living among us, capable of physical feats far beyond your everyday person. But now, with the the CRISPR/CAS9 Gene editing
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