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The Year-Long Twin Astronauts Experiment
Astronauts Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko will soon undertake a historic, record-breaking mission: to live in space for an entire year. And scientists will have some extra help studying the effects of this extended stay on the...
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TED: Don't misrepresent Africa | Leslie Dodson
Real narratives are complicated: Africa isn't a country, and it's not a disaster zone, says reporter and researcher Leslie Dodson. She calls for journalists, researchers and NGOs to stop representing entire continents as one big tragedy.
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7 Animals We Used to Think Were Extinct (But Aren't!)
Species that no longer exist vastly outnumber those that currently populate the planet, but occasionally we rediscover a species we thought was extinct!
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What Do Scientists Really Know About Polyphasic Sleep?
It is important to get enough sleep, but what happens when you get those eight hours in little naps instead of in one big chunk at night?
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Tank to Table: How Scientists Make Bigger, Tastier Seafood
Humans have been eating seafood for thousands of years, but some animals don’t grow very fast, and others taste pretty gross for at least part of the year. To solve these problems, scientists sometimes turn to genetics. If you eat...
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How to Get Buff Without Exercise (If You’re a Fly) | SciShow News
We may have found the secret ingredient to effortless 8 pack abs... In Flies and Mice. Also, a team of scientists have developed robots, made of living cells.
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Do Humans Have Pheromones?
Ever wonder if there's something about your scent that might be sending signals to the people around you? Well as it turns out, it's possible- but it winds up being a lot more complicated than you might think. Chapters View all A...
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A New Way to Bring People Back from a 'Vegetative State'
Scientists have had some success with a new technique to restore awareness to a person in a vegetative state & also that we could potentially use the water cycle to power most of the United States!
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Carcolepsy: Why Do We Get Sleepy in Cars?
It turns out there are number of aspects of driving that can potentially conspire to lull our bodies into a potentially dangerous state of drowsiness.
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What We Still Don't Know About Stockholm Syndrome
Stockholm Syndrome has become a pop culture clich_, but the truth behind it is a little more complicated than TV might have you believe.
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Why Diet Might Be a Big Deal for Mental Health
Mental health is super complicated. And many things, from your genetics to your environment, can affect it. But what you EAT might be having a big impact on your mental health, too.
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5 Ways Humans Make It Rain
There are quite a few ways that humans influence the weather, and even on local levels, human activity can produce more rain. Whether by accident or on purpose, increasing rainfall isn't as far-fetched as it sounds. Chapters URBAN HEAT...
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A Runaway Supermassive Black Hole
Black holes are a wondrous force of the universe! Hank explains how we found a supermassive rogue black hole & how DNA behaves in space!
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Two New Groundbreaking Cancer Treatments
Finding safe, effective cancer treatments is tough, but in the last couple of weeks, we've taken two major steps toward a future where every type of cancer has a cure.
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What Slot Machines Can Tell Us About Our Brains
The rise of lootboxes in video games has led to numerous investigations seeking to establish just how close to gambling they are. While the science behind lootboxes is only just beginning to come in, we do know a lot about how other...
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How Smells Trigger Memories
SciShow explains how smells can bring back early memories -- even memories that your brain didn't know you had.
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Cassini’s Last Hurrah & Hints About Saturn’s Rings
Cassini is about to take its final dive into the rings of Saturn, and scientists are still debating the status of water on our moon.
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Spotted One of the Fastest Pulsars Ever Seen SciShow News.mp4
Astronomers have found a new celestial object, and it's moving really, really fast!
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The Frog with Hidden Claws
A frog with retractable claws? Weird. A frog with claws that it has to push through its skin to use? Even weirder.
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Scientists Pull RNA from a 14,000 Year-Old Wolf | SciShow News
This week in news, a discovery in genetics that was once thought unbelievable, and a parrot so large that it shakes up what we know about avian evolution.
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People Grow Brain Cells Well Into Their 80s | SciShow News
This week, scientists announced great news about our brains and those discoveries may help us find the cure for a number of diseases and disorders.
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Shrimp Treadmills and 5 Other Odd Research Projects
Science isn't always a straightforward process. Here are 6 seemingly odd but absolutely creative ways researchers have approached their subjects.
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From Hognoses to Spider Tails: 6 Sublime Snakes
Snakes aren’t just muscle-y danger noodles. They're extremely diverse, and some have really weird, unique adaptations that we could all probably appreciate a little more.
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The Insect Nothing Messes With: Meet the Velvet Ant
Big or small, most creatures end up on something else's dinner menu. But the velvet ant combines a ton of defenses into one very unappetizing package.