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Experiment: Make Your Own Caramel Apples | SciShow Kids
Today, Jessi and Squeaks learn about the Maillard reaction while they make some delicious caramel. Second Grade Next Generation Science Standards Disciplinary Core Idea: PS1.B: Chemical Reactions - Heating or cooling a substance may...
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Female Cockroaches Hate Romance (And It’s Our Fault)
Most people don't love cockroaches. And thanks to that lack of love, the females of one species of cockroach might not love their males looking for love. But lucky for both of them, evolution might be finding a way around it.
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Meet Our Nitrogen-Breathing Bacterial Relative
Oxygen is pretty great stuff, but this recently discovered organism couldn’t care less about oxygen. It breathes nitrogen and may offer a window into how the types of cells in OUR bodies may have evolved billions of years ago.
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Why Are There Bacteria In My Yogurt?
Having bacteria in your food doesn't really sound great, but you couldn't have yogurt without it! Learn why in this week's QQ!
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These Migrating Birds Fuel Up by Eating…Mud?
A marathoner needs a lot of energy to make their long distance treks, and this is no different for migratory birds. But how are these marathon flyers getting that energy from the mud they’re slurping off of beaches along the way?
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We Built a 'Holodeck' for Animals!
Inspired by Star Trek, scientists are trying to learn more about animals' brains through virtual reality, and it turns out that a component of human milk helps protect babies from bacteria!
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Why Do I Have to Brush My Teeth?
There are a few reasons that modern humans have to brush our teeth to stay healthy, even though our primate cousins don’t. Grab your floss and find the answers inside!
TED Talks
TED: Earth's original inhabitants -- and their role in combating climate change | Steven Allison
Every environment on the planet -- from forested mountaintops to scorching deserts and even the human gut -- has a microbiome that keeps it healthy and balanced. Ecologist Steven Allison explores how these extraordinarily adaptable,...
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3 Ways Science Can Improve Your Pie
Happy Pi Day! We are huge fans of homophones here at SciShow, so we put together a whole bunch of fun facts and tasty tips about PIES! Get it?!
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Why Do Tomatoes Taste So Bland?
The tomatoes you find in the supermarket used to be tastier, but we accidentally bred the flavor right out of them!
TED Talks
TED: What the sugar coating on your cells is trying to tell you | Carolyn Bertozzi
Your cells are coated with sugars that store information and speak a secret language. What are they trying to tell us? Your blood type, for one -- and, potentially, that you have cancer. Chemical biologist Carolyn Bertozzi researches how...
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How Close Are We to Cavity-Proof Teeth?
There’s nothing fun about getting a cavity! It can feel like there’s not much you can do to prevent them, but researchers are working on several ways to tackle their main cause so we can create a cavity-free world!
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When Food Goes Bad | Compilation
Food can't stay fresh forever. From moldy bread to brown apples, here's the science behind what happens when food goes bad.
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These Migrating Birds Fuel Up by Eating…Mud?
A marathoner needs a lot of energy to make their long distance treks, and this is no different for migratory birds. But how are these marathon flyers getting that energy from the mud they’re slurping off of beaches along the way?
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Get Ready New Horizons Is Approaching Its Next Target - SciShow News
New Horizons is on its way to Ultima Thule, the most distant object a spacecraft has ever visited. And scientists have created the sugar component of DNA under extraterrestrial conditions.
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Growing Lambs in High-Tech Plastic Bags
We're closer than ever to growing life in artificial wombs, and we've learned a bit more about how glucose and protein affect exercise endurance.
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Meet Our Nitrogen-Breathing Bacterial Relative
Oxygen is pretty great stuff, but this recently discovered organism couldn’t care less about oxygen. It breathes nitrogen and may offer a window into how the types of cells in OUR bodies may have evolved billions of years ago.
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The Sweetest Rocks in Space
Sugars aren’t just for munching and crunching, they also make up our genetic code! So what does it mean to find sugars INSIDE meteorites?
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Spring, Time for Drunk Birds
As spring approaches in the Northern Hemisphere, we anticipate the fluttering butterflies and the capering baby lambs, and we can also expect to see some birds hammered out of their minds in the trees, and perhaps on the ground. In most...
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Are Artificial Sweeteners Bad For You?
While scientists have debunked the notion that putting artificial sweeteners in your coffee will give you cancer, that doesn’t necessarily mean you should go hog wild with them.
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How to Eat When You Don't Have a Mouth: Lessons From 5 Animals
Not all animals have a mouth, or even need one to eat! These different feeding strategies can teach us a lot about our ancestors and how they went from not needing a mouth at all to only eating with one.
Bozeman Science
Photosynthesis and Respiration
Paul Andersen details the processes of photosynthesis and respiration in this video on free energy capture and storage. Autotrophs use the light reactions and the Calvin cycle to convert energy from the Sun into sugars. Autotrophs and...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Sugar: Hiding in plain sight - Robert Lustig
While sugar is easy to spot in candy, soft drinks and ice cream, it also hides out in foods you might not expect -- including peanut butter, pasta sauce and even bologna! Robert Lustig decodes confusing labels and sugar's many aliases to...
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What causes cavities? - Mel Rosenberg
When a team of archeologists recently came across some 15,000-year-old human remains, they made an interesting discovery: the teeth of those ancient humans were riddled with holes. So what causes cavities, and how can we avoid them? Mel...