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Why Do I Get Wrinkly Fingers in the Bath?
Have you ever noticed that your fingers and toes are all wrinkly and funny looking after you spend a lot of time in the water? Well, Jessi wants to know why that happens! Join her to find out the answer!
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Could We Actually Detect Life on Other Planets?
There’s probably life somewhere besides Earth, but all the exoplanets are so far away we may never see their surfaces in detail or intercept a clear radio signal from them. How do we determine if a distant planet has life?
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A Baby Planet May Have Once Smashed Into Jupiter - SciShow News
Shortly after Jupiter formed, it might have been struck by an object that may have otherwise become its own planet! And researchers have a new estimate of how many Earth-like planets might exist.
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Dark Energy Could Rip the Universe Apart - SciShow News
There are a few ideas about how the universe will end, but a paper published last week suggests that dark energy might eventually rip everything apart!
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Meet the Most Important Animal Youve Never Seen
They predate the dinosaurs and they outnumber us by trillions, yet you might not ever have the pleasure of seeing one. So let us introduce to you, the nematode.
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Scientists Had Some Bad Ideas | Scishow Quiz Show
Two YouTube musicians battle it out to see who shall sing a song of victory.
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How the Internet Can Finally Answer Its Own Cat Questions
If we could find one silver lining to the pandemic, it's that we have come one step closer to answering some of the questions about our feline friends.
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4 Science Superlatives of 2014
SciShow News looks at some of the firsts, highests, and lowests of the year in science.
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This Common Drug Could Stop You from Developing PTSD
About 10% of people who go through a traumatic experience end up developing PTSD. But one of the most common medications might actually be able to prevent it before PTSD develops.
Crash Course
Biomedicine: Crash Course History of Science
The history of science up until the Cold War is often overshadowed by the Manhattan Project. But, today we are going to talk about advances in biomedicine, or healthcare based on a biological understanding of human bodies and diseases.
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4 Ways Ancient Infrastructure Can Prepare Us for the Future
Ancient civilizations developed clever solutions to their unique challenges and environments, and learning from those engineers can help us build a greener world today.
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These Ant Paramedics Save Their Injured Comrades
A species of ant has been discovered to rescue and tend to the battle wounds of other ants injured while hunting, and scientists think that this is the first time this behavior has ever been observed in insects.
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Big Breakthrough in Artificial Wombs | SciShow News
A new experimental design that can sustain mouse embryos outside the uterus means that soon, we may be able to watch mammalian embryo development in real time.
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The Quantum Internet of the Future
You might want to hold off on sending your family's secret chili recipe across the internet to your family member who lives out of state. Researchers are working on a way to harness quantum weirdness to send information super securely!
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Why Athletes Are Worried About COVID: Its Toll on the Heart
We tend to think of COVID-19 as a lung infection, but there's more evidence that it might also be affecting the hearts of healthy athletes without them even knowing it.
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Are Ancient Grains Really Better For You?
Ancient grains like Spelt, Emmer, and Einkorn are making a comeback, but are they better for you than modern wheats? The answer is, as usual, not a simple 'yes' or 'no'.
PBS
What Happened to the World's Greatest Ape?
Probably twice the size of a modern gorilla, Gigantopithecus is the greatest great-ape that ever was. And for us fellow primates, there are some lessons to be learned in how it lived, and why it disappeared.
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5 Times Scientists Gave Animals Drugs (and What They Learned)
It might seem like researchers give animals drugs just to make a good headline, but these experiments have taught scientists a lot.
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9 of the Most Abundant Animals on Earth
Check out nine abundant animals that help support the food chain in their ecosystems!
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Some Elements can be Liquid and Solid at the Same Time | SciShow News
Some elements can basically be liquids and solids at the same time, which is a whole new state of matter, and scientists have discovered a new species of human in the Republic of the Philippines!
TED Talks
Allan Jones: A map of the brain
How can we begin to understand the way the brain works? The same way we begin to understand a city: by making a map. In this visually stunning talk, Allan Jones shows how his team is mapping which genes are turned on in each tiny region,...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Why do your knuckles pop? - Eleanor Nelsen
Some people love the feeling of cracking their knuckles, while others cringe at the sound. But what causes that trademark pop? And is it dangerous? Eleanor Nelsen gives the facts behind joint popping.