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The First Known Bird Could Fly, But Super Awkwardly

12th - Higher Ed
This week, evidence that Archaeopteryx could actually fly and a giant leap forward in graphene production!
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Communication While Dreaming

12th - Higher Ed
It’s hard to study dreams because it’s not like you can communicate back and forth with someone while they’re asleep...at least you couldn’t, until now!
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Why Is This Virus So Contagious?

12th - Higher Ed
SARS-CoV-2 is super contagious, and researchers don’t yet know all the reasons why. But by comparing this new virus to the similar one that causes SARS, we’ve found a lot of promising leads that could help us figure out how to beat this...
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Why Do Babies Smell So Good?

12th - Higher Ed
You may be familiar with it, that sweet comforting smell of new babies. So why do babies have this particular odor? Well, it has to do with psychology and a little bit of biology.
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These Adorable Wolves Play Fetch – And Defy Dogma | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
We thought that we taught dogs how to play fetch, but some adorable wolf pups may have just proved us wrong. Also some plants may be immortal?
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Robots Inspired By Animals

12th - Higher Ed
Learn about the robots inspired by animals with Hank! Chapters View all ROBOTS ARE JUST MACHINES DESIGNED TO ACCOMPLISH ATASK 0:31 THERE'S A LOT MORE TO FLYING THAN JUST FLAPPING WINGS 1:08 MAPPING SYSTEMS TEND TO BE COMPLICATED,...
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How Much Humanity Weighs

12th - Higher Ed
Hank gives us a summary of a strange new calculation, which estimates the total body mass of all the humans on earth.
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Underwater Animals Are So Loud, They'd Damage Our Hearing

12th - Higher Ed
We often think of the ocean as a pretty serene, lovely place to relax. But it turns out there's quite a racket going on under the waves, and some of the culprits are not the animals you'd expect!
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Why Are Periodical Cicadas So ... Periodical?

12th - Higher Ed
Certain cicada species in North America emerge from the ground by the millions every 13 or 17 years. But why those specific intervals? Are cicadas secretly prime-number-loving mathematicians?!
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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.
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The Strange Case of the Missing Sunscreen Gene

12th - Higher Ed
If you've ever spent too much time in the sun and forgotten to put on sunscreen, you know how painful a sunburn can be. But for some animals, forgetting the sunscreen wouldn't be a problem because they can just produce their own!
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5 Dinosaur Dinners and What They Told Us

12th - Higher Ed
"When it comes to extinct creatures like dinosaurs, it can be tough to know for sure what they actually ate. And we’d like to know because what an animal eats tells you a lot about it. But every now and then, the fossil record gives us a...
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Can This AI Hear Alzheimer’s on the Phone?

12th - Higher Ed
It can be tough to diagnose Alzheimer's disease, but a team of researchers believes that artificial intelligence might be able to do it just by listening.
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How to Reprogram a Brain Cell

12th - Higher Ed
In Parkinson's disease, certain kinds of neurons die over time, but it might be possible to reprogram other types of cells in the brain to replace those lost ones.
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What That Pig Brain Study Really Tells Us

12th - Higher Ed
This month, in a study that has the potential to change the way we think about death, scientists revealed that they successfully restored some processes in the brains of dead pigs -- at least partially. What did the study actually tell...
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Let it Snow The First Direct Measure of Cloud Seeding SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Do you remember longing for a snow day so you could get out of school? Scientists have found evidence that a decades old technique might increase the chances of a snow day.
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Breaking News There’s an Earth-like Planet Next Door!

12th - Higher Ed
The rumors are true! There's an Earth-like planet orbiting our neighboring star!
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The People Who Lived in Denisova Cave | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Once upon a time, we coexisted with other human species. And there’s one place on Earth that may have taught us more about that than any other single site.
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The Trouble with This Year's Flu Season

12th - Higher Ed
We here at SciShow know of two things that can help you get through this flu season: a flu shot, and watching this video. Make sure you do both!
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The Science of Dreaming

12th - Higher Ed
Dreaming is one of the weirdest things we do & in this SciShow infusion Hank talks about how science is helping us understand why we dream, what our brains are up to when they're doing it, and why dreaming may be critically important to...
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Is That Shiny Thing Pretty, or Are You Just Thirsty?

12th - Higher Ed
Humans are fascinated by shiny stuff. Not only do we find these things attractive, but we also tend to perceive them as being high quality. Well, turns out this infatuation may be related to our evolutionary relationship to water.
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Why Fava Beans Can Kill You

12th - Higher Ed
For some people, fava beans can be deadly. What is it about this little legume that makes it so?
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The Fish With Human Teeth

12th - Higher Ed
A fish with eerily human-like teeth was caught in a New Jersey lake. And scientists have learned to speak Bird!
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Denisovans: Our Mysterious Cousins That Made Us Better

12th - Higher Ed
During most of the past 2 million years or so, there were several species of hominins on Earth at any given time. Like, you might be familiar with our famous extinct cousins, the Neanderthals. But since 2010 we’ve been uncovering...