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Name That Poop!
Poop: it's gross... it's funny... it's educational?! Join Jessi and learn all about how you can observe poop in your neighborhood to figure out what kinds of animals live near you! Just don't touch it!
TED Talks
Marla Spivak: Why bees are disappearing
Honeybees have thrived for 50 million years, each colony 40 to 50,000 individuals coordinated in amazing harmony. So why, seven years ago, did colonies start dying en masse? Marla Spivak reveals four reasons which are interacting with...
TED Talks
Steve Ramirez and Xu Liu: A mouse. A laser beam. A manipulated memory.
Can we edit the content of our memories? It's a sci-fi-tinged question that Steve Ramirez and Xu Liu are asking in their lab at MIT. Essentially, the pair shoot a laser beam into the brain of a living mouse to activate and manipulate its...
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4 Weird Lab Animals
Why do scientists try to learn about /people/ by studying creatures that none of us could ever be mistaken for? Learn about model organisms, and why they're so helpful for us.
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Armadillos: Animals with Armor!
Animals use all kinds of tricks and adaptations to keep themselves safe from predators, but armadillos stand out for a really special reason: they have their own, built-in suit of armor!
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The World’s Smelliest Flower
Most of us love flowers for how good they smell! But did you know some flowers are actually pretty stinky? Join Jessi and Squeaks to learn all about Trudy: The World's Smelliest Flower!
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These Plants Are the Same Species
Sometimes the males and females of a species can look really different from each other. This is pretty common in animals (think peacocks), but there are some plant species out there with extreme sexual dimorphism! And now scientists...
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Humanity's New Cousin & An Ancient Giant Virus
SciShow News shares two amazing things from the deep past that have been discovered: a new ancient human relative, and a 30,000-year-old giant virus.
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8 of the Worst Stinging Insects
Generally, humans try to avoid getting stung by insects. However, in the name of science, the betterment of humanity, and pure curiosity, there are brave people out there who willingly subject themselves to the business end of the most...
SciShow Kids
Save the Rhinos! Animal Science for Kids
What has tough skin, a tiny tail, and a big horn on its nose? A rhino! Join Jessi and Squeaks and learn all about these super cool, super strong animals!
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Hank vs Aranda: The FINAL FACE-OFF | SciShow Quiz Show
Two SciShow hosts go head-to-head in a battle to figure out who will be the reigning champion for this era of SciShow Quiz Show!
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How "Cold-Blooded" Animals Survive the Cold
We humans can rely on our internal body heat to help keep us warm. But what can cold-blooded animals do when faced with the threat of freezing? Here are three creatures that have come up with some...“cool” solutions.
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Bivalves Could Be the New Lab Rats
Bivalves—animals like mussels, clams and oysters—might be a more familiar sight in a restaurant than a lab. But it turns out that studying them might help us learn more about our own health.
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Can Dogs See Color?
Quick Questions dispels the myth that dogs can only see in black and white.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Is this the most successful animal ever? | Nigel Hughes
Prevailing for around 270 million years and encompassing more than 20,000 distinct species, trilobites are some of the most successful lifeforms in Earth's history. When they sprung into existence, they were among the most diverse and...
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Loudest Bird in the World Screams at its Mate SciShow News
A tiny Brazillian bird holds the new world record for singing loud, and we mean really loud! Like, ambulance and thunder-peal loud. Plus, food scientists have borrowed a medical technique to give fake meat a more realistic texture.
TED Talks
Paula Johnson: His and hers ... health care
Every cell in the human body has a sex, which means that men and women are different right down to the cellular level. Yet too often, research and medicine ignore this insight -- and the often startlingly different ways in which the two...
TED Talks
TED: How we could eat real meat without harming animals | Isha Datar
What if you could eat chicken nuggets without harming a chicken? It's possible through "cellular agriculture," says Isha Datar. In a talk about cutting-edge science, she explains how this new means of food production makes it possible to...
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The First Human-Pig Chimeras
Heart transplants are hard to come by, but based on the results of two papers published this week, we might one day be able to grow all the organs we need!
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Slowly Solving the Mystery of Turtle Origins
The origin story of turtles is a mystery that has perplexed many for centuries, but thanks to more recent studies, we might be one step closer to figuring out their lineage.
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The Unique Reason Reindeer Change Their Eye Color
Plenty of animal eyes "glow" in the dark, but only one species has eyes that change color with the seasons.
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Animal Melodies: 5 of Nature’s Sweetest Singers
Humans are known to carry a tune, but we're hardly the only animals that sing. In fact we've got five of nature's finest singers, and what makes them so unique. Chapters View all BIRDS 1:17 BATS 3:26 FRUIT FLIES 5:18 MICE AND RATS 7:09...
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6 Surprisingly Helpful Invasive Species
Not all non-native species are totally terrible! Here are six of them can actually do more good than harm. chapters BROWN TREE SNAKE Credit: Pavel Kirillov 0:15 HORSES 1:40 WILLOW FLYCATCHER Credit: Dominic Sherony 2:49 TAMARISK SHRUB...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Claire Simeone: The lovable (and lethal) sea lion
Sunning themselves on rocks or waddling awkwardly across the beach, it's easy to think of sea lions more as sea house cats. But don't be fooled by their beachside behavior. Under the waves, sea lions are incredible endurance hunters,...