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How Science Solved The Mysteries of The Dead Sea Scrolls (and 3 Other Ancient Texts)
New ReviewSometimes, an ancient document is lost to history. Sometimes, you find it covered in mold and written over by an ancient scribe. Fortunately, thanks to science, lost doesn't quite mean what it used to. Hosted by: Stefan Chin (he/him)
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Is Morning Sickness Actually Preventable?
New ReviewNausea and vomiting of pregnancy, better known as morning sickness, affects roughly 7 in 10 pregnant people. Scientists have spent decades hunting for the primary cause, and they seem to have finally found it: a hormone called GDF15....
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The REAL Reason You Can't Sleep After Surgery
New ReviewThe idea of improving athletic performance with a certain kind of lighting sounds absurd, but some NFL and MLB teams are trying it. The question is: does it work? Hosted by: Niba Audrey @NotesbyNiba (she/her)
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3 Weird Ways Science Is Saving Coral Reefs
New ReviewCoral reefs are fighting for their very survival these days, and scientists are looking for ways to help—including testing underwater AC systems, and 3D printing what one might describe as artificial coral cyborgs. Hosted by: Savannah...
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This Anti-Aging Supplement Might Actually Work
New ReviewIf you've wandered down a supplement aisle recently, you may have come across a bottle for sale that has "anti-aging" ingredients to help your body make a molecule called NAD+, better known as nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide. Your body...
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The REAL Science of Groundhogs
New ReviewGroundhogs are famous in North America for "predicting" when spring will come (and also that Bill Murray movie). But while they might make for terrible meteorologists, they actually play a valuable role in several other scientific...
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A Sugar-Coated Asteroid May Have Made All Life Possible
New ReviewArrokoth, an asteroid in the Kuiper Belt, is the most distant object ever explored by the New Horizons spacecraft. And it's covered in sugar. Here's why that might be important for understanding the nature of life itself. Hosted by:...
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Why On Earth Did We Think Urine Was Sterile?
New ReviewYou've probably heard that urine is sterile. And we're only just learning that's not true. Understanding the urinary microbiome could help us find new ways to treat kidney stones, UTIs, and even bladder cancer. Hosted by: Niba...
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Fish Need a Better Weather Forecast
New ReviewClimate disruption threatens food security around the world, but it's especially dangerous for fish farmers. Here's how high-tech climate information services can help then adapt. Hosted by: Hank Green (he/him)
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That Time A Tsunami Lasted 9 Days
New ReviewIn September of 2023, researchers detected a strange vibration all across the planet. They traced it back to a massive tsunami off the coast of Greenland, but the sound went on even after the wave was gone. As in, for nine full days....
Crash Course
Photosynthesis: The Original Solar Power: Crash Course Biology #28
New ReviewPhotosynthesis is a powerful process that is responsible for some of life’s most vital functions. In fact, consumers like us rely on photosynthetic producers to harness energy from the sun so that we can survive and thrive. In this...
Crash Course
Bioinformatics: How Data Saves Lives: Crash Course Biology #40
New ReviewOn its own, a huge DNA sequence is a meaningless pile of data — so, how do biologists figure out what it means? They turn to the power of bioinformatics! In this episode, we’ll learn what bioinformatics is, how it works, and how...
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Human Evolution: We Didn't Evolve From Chimps: Crash Course Biology #19
New ReviewWhat’s a human? And how did we become humans, anyway? In this episode of Crash Course Biology, we’ll meet some of our closest relatives and trace how we evolved into the brainy, inventive, complex species we are today.
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Evolutionary History: The Timeline of Life: Crash Course Biology #16
New ReviewHumans may have been around for a long time, but life has existed for way longer. In this episode of Crash Course Biology, we’ll journey through deep time to uncover the history of life on Earth. We’ll explore the big, game-changing...
TED-Ed
Can you "see" images in your mind? Some people can't | Adam Zeman
When reading "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," most readers visualize the queen’s croquet game play out in their heads. A few might see the scene in vivid detail. However, a small fraction of readers have a drastically different...
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Yes, tiny mites live on your face — but is that a bad thing? | M. Alejandra Perotti
Two species of Demodex mites specifically inhabit human follicles. And not just some people’s— nearly everyone is thought to host mites. One person’s face might harbor hundreds or even thousands of individual mites. On any given day,...
MinuteEarth
Why Haven't We Cured Cancer?
A person’s genes alone don’t tell us enough about how to most effectively treat their cancer.
MinuteEarth
What Happens When Predators Disappear?
A world without predators. It sounds like a safer, happier world, but come on, this is science…
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Electrical Wires Made Of Bacteria
Most living things on Earth need oxygen to survive, but scientists discovered a species of bacteria that uses oxygen totally differently from every other organism on Earth.
MinuteEarth
The Antarctic Ocean is Weird
Life in Antarctica's ocean has followed a completely different evolutionary path from other ocean life because of how cold and isolated the ocean is.
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How To Take A Dinosaur's Temperature
Despite the seemingly basic things we don't know about dinosaurs, we do know some surprising things – like their body temperatures.
MinuteEarth
Inside The Sunny Center of a Hurricane
Why is the middle of a hurricane sometimes so clear and calm?
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Dyslexia: When Your Brain Makes Reading Tricky
While many researchers are focusing on finding a difference in brains of people with dyslexia, some new research suggests it might not just be in their brains, but in their eyes.