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3 Animal Oddities: Sloths & Moths, the Biggest Genome, and Upside-Down Life
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.
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3 Strange-Looking Kinds of Clouds
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.
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The Science of Typhoon Haiyan and Neutrino Astronomy
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,...
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Ancient Lake in Antarctica Reached!
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...
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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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Chemical Earmuffs: The Future of Hearing Protection? | SciShow News
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.
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The Insect That Thrives in Antarctica
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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Goodbye Glaciers, and Britain Doesn't Forget To Be Awesome
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.
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The Northern Hemisphere’s Very Own Giant Penguins (Sort Of)
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.
TED Talks
TED: How human noise affects ocean habitats | Kate Stafford
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...
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5 Ways Antarctica is the Place to Study Space
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.
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A Song of Ice and New Species
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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How Cold Can Earth Get?
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 Quiz Show: Writer vs. Creator
Watch SciShow Creator Hank Green battle brains with SciShow Writer Ceri Riley.
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DNA and Dung Beetles
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
TED Talks
TED: Let's save the last pristine continent | Robert Swan
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...
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TED: Drawings that show the beauty and fragility of earth | Zaria Forman
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...
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Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze?
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.
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Should You Worry About Antarctica's New, Massive Iceberg?
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.
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Why Can't We Just Kill Off Invasive Species?
Invasive species destroying ecosystems are a huge problem, but there’s hope that we can help mitigate the damage.
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No, We Didn't Discover a Bizarro Universe | SciShow News
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...
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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.
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An Update on Boaty McBoatface!
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!
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The Weirdest Places Made by Carbon Dioxide | SciShow Compilation
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.