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What We (Don't) Know About Dark Matter
Scientists are still working on theories that might help explain what the vast majority of our universe is made of.
MinuteEarth
The Mystery of Asparagus Pee
FYI: We try to leave jargon out of our videos, but if you want to learn more about this topic, here are some handy keywords to get your googling started: Asparagus: a delicious, edible plant Odor: a smell, aroma Gas chromatography: a...
TED Talks
TED: Inside an Antarctic time machine | Lee Hotz
Science columnist Lee Hotz describes a remarkable project at WAIS Divide, Antarctica, where a hardy team are drilling into ten-thousand-year-old ice to extract vital data on our changing climate.
SciShow
Why We Started Shooting Lasers Into People’s Eyeballs
Your eyes might malfunction, but lasers can fix them. Here's how researchers developed those procedures.
SciShow
Why Multitask While Driving Isn't a Good Idea
Driving can be dangerous, especially if you’re trying to juggle a variety of distractions while barreling down a busy highway. So scientists are looking into ways to keep us focused on the task at hand, even if you’re traveling in an...
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Why Frogs Sometimes Fall From the Sky
It doesn't seem possible, but animal rain is definitely real, and there is an actual scientific explanation for it... probably.
SciShow
What If We Killed All the Mosquitoes?
With the Zika virus in the news, some people have wondered why we don't just kill them ALL.
SciShow
Spider Rain?!!
Hank sets the record straight for us, discussing a rain of spiders in Brazil (!?), a new virus that has the internet all a-twitter, and another asteroid recently found to have hit the Earth (not the one in Siberia!) - are you ready for...
SciShow
Hotter Than Death Valley | Weird Places
With acidic puddles, lava lakes, and one of the most important early hominid discoveries, the Danakil Depression is home to all of the extremes.
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Great Whites May Have Taken Out Megalodon 3.6 Million Years Ago | SciShow News
Megalodon is the largest shark that’s ever existed, and according to Hollywood it’s alive and well. But according to scientists, it’s definitely extinct, and it was probably thanks to its smaller cousins, great white sharks.
SciShow
Arctic Bison Mummy!
SciShow News explains how Wikipedia has been used to track, and even predict, outbreaks of disease all over the world, and then introduces you to the most complete naturally mummified bison ever found.
SciShow
4 Awesome Future Space Missions
Hank fills us in on the four exploratory missions to space that he is most excited about - New Horizons is going to Pluto and the Kuiper belt; Juno is on it's way to Jupiter; Dawn is exploring two large asteroids; Rosetta will land on a...
SciShow
There's a Wave Made Out of Fish
If you’ve been to a sporting event with a large number of people, you’ve likely seen, or even been a part of, “the wave.” But did you know that there are little fishies who do a version of the wave not for fun, but for survival?
TED Talks
Albert-László Barabási: The real relationship between your age and your chance of success
Backed by mathematical analysis, network theorist Albert-László Barabási explores the hidden mechanisms that drive success -- no matter your field -- and uncovers an intriguing connection between your age and your chance of making it big.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: What would happen if you didn't sleep? - Claudia Aguirre
In the United States, it's estimated that 30 percent of adults and 66 percent of adolescents are regularly sleep-deprived. This isn't just a minor inconvenience: staying awake can cause serious bodily harm. Claudia Aguirre shows what...
SciShow
Ingredients for Life On a Comet, and Mars's Close-Up
How did earth get the ingredients for life? A new discovery from Comet 67P might hold some answers. And learn where to find Mars in the night sky from 75 million kilometers away.
SciShow
The Year-Long Twin Astronauts Experiment
Astronauts Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko will soon undertake a historic, record-breaking mission: to live in space for an entire year. And scientists will have some extra help studying the effects of this extended stay on the...
SciShow
Rogue Planets, Loners of the Universe
Meet one of the newest celestial bodies to be discovered: rogue planets, worlds that hurtle around the galaxy without any parent star. Caitlin Hofmeister explains how we found them, and where we think they might have come from.
MinuteEarth
What Nuclear Bombs Taught Us About Whales
A monitoring system developed to listen for secret nuclear tests mostly hears other events happening all around Earth. ___________________________________________ If you want to learn more about this topic, start your googling with these...
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What Do Scientists Really Know About Polyphasic Sleep?
It is important to get enough sleep, but what happens when you get those eight hours in little naps instead of in one big chunk at night?
SciShow
Why Does the Cold Make You Pee?
Not everyone gets a winter as cold (or at the same time) as we do at SciShow, but no matter where you live, you may have wondered why venturing out into the cold often makes you have to pee more often.
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Tank to Table: How Scientists Make Bigger, Tastier Seafood
Humans have been eating seafood for thousands of years, but some animals don’t grow very fast, and others taste pretty gross for at least part of the year. To solve these problems, scientists sometimes turn to genetics. If you eat...
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How Do We Know We’re Tired?
Sleep is complicated. And there's still a lot we don't know about it, but zebrafish larvae are a surprisingly good place to look to learn more about what makes us sleepy.
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7 Animals We Used to Think Were Extinct (But Aren't!)
Species that no longer exist vastly outnumber those that currently populate the planet, but occasionally we rediscover a species we thought was extinct!