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SciShow

3 Animal Oddities: Sloths & Moths, the Biggest Genome, and Upside-Down Life

12th - Higher Ed
Michael Aranda shares some newly discovered animal oddities this week, including the secret shared by sloths and moths, the largest animal genome ever sequenced, and unusual new life at the bottom of the world.
Instructional Video3:58
SciShow

3 Strange-Looking Kinds of Clouds

12th - Higher Ed
What do you see in clouds? Bunnies? Zombies? The face of Nic Cage? There are some kinds of clouds that, while rare, make even weirder shapes -- like pancakes, rolling cylinders, and shimmery rainbows.
Instructional Video3:21
SciShow

The Science of Typhoon Haiyan and Neutrino Astronomy

12th - Higher Ed
Michael Aranda sits in for Hank to talk about the forces of nature that conspired to form Typhoon Haiyan, the strongest tropical cyclone ever measured. Plus, what's neutrino astronomy? You're about to find out, because it's a thing now,...
Instructional Video4:02
SciShow

Ancient Lake in Antarctica Reached!

12th - Higher Ed
Hank gets to the bottom of an exciting, and kinda weird, announcement from Russian scientists at the Vostok Research Station in Antarctica. Have they reached a 20-million-year old underground lake? Maybe! Is there a hoard of Nazi secrets...
Instructional Video5:10
SciShow

How "Cold-Blooded" Animals Survive the Cold

12th - Higher Ed
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.
Instructional Video5:07
SciShow

Chemical Earmuffs: The Future of Hearing Protection? | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
A group of scientists this week has found a chemical trick that might one day help block the harmful effects of loud noises on our ears, and another has built an underwater robot to take a look underneath Thwaites glacier.
Instructional Video2:58
SciShow

The Insect That Thrives in Antarctica

12th - Higher Ed
It requires a certain attitude to brave the elements of Antarctica. Luckily, the Antarctic midge has a set of adaptations that fit the bill.
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SciShow

Goodbye Glaciers, and Britain Doesn't Forget To Be Awesome

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow gives you latest in science news, including what "unstoppable" melting in Antarctica really means, and how you can help scientists increase the awesome through the 2014 Longitude Prize.
Instructional Video2:47
SciShow

The Northern Hemisphere’s Very Own Giant Penguins (Sort Of)

12th - Higher Ed
Today, penguins are found mainly in the Southern Hemisphere. But fossils have revealed giant lookalikes to these swimming birds further up north, spurring questions of how they evolved and what happened to them.
Instructional Video11:51
TED Talks

TED: How human noise affects ocean habitats | Kate Stafford

12th - Higher Ed
Oceanographer Kate Stafford lowers us into the sonically rich depths of the Arctic Ocean, where ice groans, whales sing to communicate over vast distances -- and climate change and human noise threaten to alter the environment in ways we...
Instructional Video12:11
SciShow

5 Ways Antarctica is the Place to Study Space

12th - Higher Ed
Antartica is a cold and isolated place, but intrepid scientists have found ways to make use of its environment, and turn it into one of the ideal places to study our skies.
Instructional Video4:37
SciShow

A Song of Ice and New Species

12th - Higher Ed
Hank shares losses and finds this week, including a huge amount of Antarctic ice that’s lost for good, and 10 cool new species that are last year’s top finds.
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SciShow

How Cold Can Earth Get?

12th - Higher Ed
These days it seems almost trivial to cool atoms down to near absolute zero temperatures in a lab, but what is the lowest possible naturally occurring air temperature on this planet?
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SciShow

SciShow Quiz Show: Writer vs. Creator

12th - Higher Ed
Watch SciShow Creator Hank Green battle brains with SciShow Writer Ceri Riley.
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SciShow

DNA and Dung Beetles

12th - Higher Ed
Chapters View all CARL LINNAEUS 1:24 20% OF KNOWN SPECIES 1:38 NOT 100 MILLION 1:51 DEEP SEA LOBSTERS 2:25 VENEZUELAN SNAIL 2:28 FISH COUNT 2:39
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TED Talks

TED: Let's save the last pristine continent | Robert Swan

12th - Higher Ed
2041 will be a pivotal year for our planet. That year will mark the end of a 50-year agreement to keep Antarctica, the Earth's last pristine continent, free of exploitation. Explorer Robert Swan — the first person to walk both the North...
Instructional Video7:14
TED Talks

TED: Drawings that show the beauty and fragility of earth | Zaria Forman

12th - Higher Ed
Zaria Forman's large-scale compositions of melting glaciers, icebergs floating in glassy water and waves cresting with foam explore moments of transition, turbulence and tranquility. Join her as she discusses the meditative process of...
Instructional Video2:16
SciShow

Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze?

12th - Higher Ed
How do they do it? Penguins standing on ice, not only for days, but their whole lives! And their feet don’t hurt like ours would. It has something to do with blood and an amazing twist that penguins have developed.
Instructional Video4:46
SciShow

Should You Worry About Antarctica's New, Massive Iceberg?

12th - Higher Ed
How concerned are scientists about the Larson C ice shelf calving its most recent iceberg? Archeologists have also found new evidence that confirms earlier dates for the existence of ancient Australian humans.
Instructional Video5:40
SciShow

Why Can't We Just Kill Off Invasive Species?

12th - Higher Ed
Invasive species destroying ecosystems are a huge problem, but there’s hope that we can help mitigate the damage.
Instructional Video4:30
SciShow

No, We Didn't Discover a Bizarro Universe | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Scientists picked up two unusual signals that seemed to be coming up from the ground instead of down from space. They're still working on understanding why, but despite what you may have heard, they aren't evidence for a parallel...
Instructional Video9:38
TED Talks

TED: Inside an Antarctic time machine | Lee Hotz

12th - Higher Ed
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.
Instructional Video3:57
SciShow

An Update on Boaty McBoatface!

12th - Higher Ed
It turns out the name Boaty McBoatface didn't go to waste, and the submersible now bearing the name has returned from its first mission! Also, the diversity of frogs we see today may have arisen more recently than we previously thought!
Instructional Video7:58
SciShow

The Weirdest Places Made by Carbon Dioxide | SciShow Compilation

12th - Higher Ed
Carbon dioxide is the biggest player in the climate crisis, reshaping our world in an urgent way, but that’s not the only way CO2 has changed the world. It’s also contributed to making some of the weirdest places on Earth.