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When Antarctica Was Green
Before the start of the Eocene Epoch about 56 million years ago--Antarctica was still joined to both Australia and South America. And it turns out that a lot of what we recognize about the southern hemisphere can be traced back to that...
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What Happened To Primates In North America?
Early primates not only lived in North America -- our primate family tree actually originated here! So what happened to those early relatives of ours?
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How South America Made the Marsupials
Throughout the Cenozoic Era -- the era we’re 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.
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The Sea Monster from the Andes
In 1977, a farmer was plowing his field on a plateau high in the Andes mountains when he stumbled upon a giant fossilized skeleton. How did this giant marine reptile end up high in the Andes Mountains?
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How Did North America End Up With a Marsupial?
Both North and South America have their own species of marsupial, the opossum, but how they got so far away from their Australian relatives is a bit of a mystery.
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3 Deadly Diseases You've Probably Never Heard Of
There are some diseases, like Zika or malaria, that get a lot of media coverage. However, every year, millions of people are infected with diseases that are just as deadly that we never hear anything about.
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Shocking Facts About Snakes You Should Definitely Know
The world of snakes is pretty mysterious: maybe you fear them, love them, or respect them from afar, but we can't help but wonder what is it about snakes that makes them so fascinating? Join us for a fun SciShow compilation of everything...
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7 Unbelievably Hardcore Ants
The ant world is an incredible, dangerous, and downright bizarre place. Some ants, though, are a lot cooler and more resourceful than you might give them credit for.
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The Science of Chocolate
While you unwrap that luscious truffle, let Hank explain the science of chocolate -- where it comes from, what its active ingredient is, and how it works. Also learn the difference between chocolate, cocoa, cacao and coca, so you really...
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Surprising Uses for Fungi You May Not Know
You've probably heard that theres a fungus among us—but how much of fungi are helpful vs harmful? Turns out there's quite a grey area! Join Stefan Chin for a new episode of SciShow and learn more about the multipurpose world of fungi!
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Studying the Solar Eclipse: SciShow Talk Show
Jen Fowler of the Montana Space Grant Consortium joins us this week to talk about her work with weather balloons and the upcoming solar eclipse, and Jessi from Animal Wonders brings along Gaia the Southern Three-Banded Armadillo!
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North American Inhabitants 30,000 Years Ago
Two new studies challenge what we thought we knew about the first humans in the Americas. Could people have been on these continents 10 to 15 thousand years earlier than archaeologists previously thought? Join Stefan Chin and learn more...
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4 Mysterious Extinctions from Earth’s History
Nowadays, we're pretty confident about how the dinosaurs died out, but there are still other extinctions throughout Earth's history, some big, some small, that remain unsolved.
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That’s Probably Not a Spider Bite
Unless you saw the spider bite you, that swollen, bite-looking lesion on your arm is probably something else, and blaming it on an innocent 8-legged critter might do more harm than good. Hosted by: Stefan Chin
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How the First Americans Got There
This week, researches published a genetic analysis of the 11,500-year-old remains of a baby found in Alaska, near where the first Americans crossed the Bering land bridge. That analysis has answered some lingering questions about human...
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Congress postpones vote for second time on controversial law to legalise gay marriage
1. Wide of supporters of gay marriage rallying in front of Congress
2. Wide of woman wearing a sign reading: (Spanish) "I'm heterosexual and I support marriage equality"
3. Mid of gay marriage supporters dancing and waving flags in front...
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Rio de Janeiro will not make good on its Olympic pledge of slashing the flow of raw sewage and garbage into the Guanabara Bay, where the 2016 games' sailing and wind surfing competitions are to be held.
Rio de Janeiro will not make good on its Olympic pledge of slashing the flow of raw sewage and garbage into the Guanabara Bay, where the 2016 games' sailing and wind surfing competitions are to be held, the state's top environmental...
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One by one, the miners trapped for 69 days in a dungeon that could have been their tomb climbed into a rescue capsule and made a smooth ascent to the surface Wednesday, greeted by the embraces of loved ones, cheered by joyous Chileans and watched by a captivated world.
HEADLINE: Chilean miners emerge in problem-free rescue
CAPTION: One by one, the miners trapped for 69 days in a dungeon that could have been their tomb climbed into a rescue capsule and made a smooth ascent to the surface. (Oct. 13)
One...
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Govt says first wave of refugees from Syria will arrive at the end of the month
Uruguay confirmed on Tuesday that the first wave of refugees from Syria will arrive at the end of the month.
Human Rights Secretary, Javier Miranda, said a second group of Syrian refugees would arrive in Uruguay in February next...
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Pacification programme turns shanty towns into prime real estate
January 8, 2013
1. Wide top shot of Vidigal favela with sea in background
2. Pan from ocean to Vidigal favela
3. Wide of homes on hill in Vidigal
4. Wide of cars driving along Vidigal's main road
5. People getting out of car on main...
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Mexico Central Bank pres tours to Brazil to present IMF candidacy
1. Wide of Brazilian finance ministry
2. Close-up of sign reading (Portuguese) "Finance Ministry"
3. Medium of Mexican Central Bank Governor Agustin Carstens arriving at ministry
4. Cutaway of cameraman
5. Wide of news conference
6....
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Army briefing on rescue operation, captured rebels
1. Captured rebel, Gerardo Antonio Aguila Ramirez, known as "Cesar" being brought in front of media in handcuffs by army soldiers
2. Close of Aguila Ramirez
3. Mid of captured rebel, Alexandro Farfan Suarez known as "Enrique Gafas"...
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Latest on 33 trapped miners as drill begins boring escape route
1. Wide of soldiers at mine site
2. Wide of family members of miners gathered around campfire
3. Mid of fire and families
4. Wide of police in front of mine entrance at the base of drilling machine Drill T130 (plan B)
5. Zoom out of...
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Reaction to arrest order for ex-President Isabel Peron
1. Wide of street in central Buenos Aires
2. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Felix Sanchez, local resident:
"I think this is very good"
(Reporter: "Yes? Why?")
"She is the one responsible for all this"
(Reporter: "May I ask your name?")
"Felix...