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Can Math Explain How Animals Get Their Patterns?

12th - Higher Ed
How Alan Turing's Reaction-Diffusion Model Simulates Patterns in Nature Thanks to http://www.audible.com/minuteearth for sponsoring this video. Asparagus Pee Survey Results: https://goo.gl/8x7abL...
Instructional Video3:06
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Why Can't Mules Have Babies?

12th - Higher Ed
Thanks to The Great Courses Plus for sponsoring this video. You can start your subscription with a free one-month trial today by visiting http://ow.ly/Yq7c302duah Hybrid animals are infertile because of the way their sex cells form. But...
Instructional Video2:56
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The Faint Young Sun Paradox!

12th - Higher Ed
This video was supported by the Heising-Simons Foundation. To learn more, visit https://www.heisingsimons.org/ Thanks also to our supporters on https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth : - Today I Found Out - Maarten Bremer - Jeff Straathof -...
Instructional Video2:35
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How Different Are Different Types of Dogs?

12th - Higher Ed
A big thank-you to our supporters on https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth : - Maarten Bremer - Jeff Straathof - Today I Found Out - Tony Fadell - Muhammad Shifaz - Mark Roth - Melissa Vigil - Valentin - Alberto Bortoni...
Instructional Video2:28
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Why Only Some Monkeys Have Awesome Tails

12th - Higher Ed
Almost all mammals with prehensile tails live in the neotropics because the forest is different there. Thanks to http://www.audible.com/minuteearth for sponsoring this video. Thanks also to our supporters on...
Instructional Video2:41
MinuteEarth

How Humans Made Malaria So Deadly

12th - Higher Ed
Thanks to http://www.givewell.org/ for sponsoring this video! To learn more about the Against Malaria Foundation, visit: http://www.givewell.org/AMF or https://www.againstmalaria.com. Thanks also to our supporters on...
Instructional Video2:41
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Why Don't Americans Eat Reindeer?

12th - Higher Ed
Thanks to http://www.audible.com/minuteearth for sponsoring this video! Reindeer meat could’ve entered North American cuisine and culture, but our turn of the century efforts to develop a reindeer industry were stymied by nature, the...
Instructional Video2:51
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Why Is Poop Brown And Pee Yellow?

12th - Higher Ed
To start using Tab for a Cause, go to: http://tabforacause.org/r/minuteearth2 The pigments in our food all get destroyed on their way through our digestive system...so where do the colors of our poop and pee come from? Thanks also to our...
Instructional Video3:09
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How Physics Saved Two Million Premature Babies

12th - Higher Ed
This video is in collaboration with Bill and Melinda Gates. You can check out the Gates Annual Letter here: http://b-gat.es/2lhhtmJ. Doctors beat back a disease that was killing tens of thousands of babies a year with a machine based on...
Instructional Video3:06
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UPSIDE-DOWN Rivers On Mars?! (Response to MinutePhysics)

12th - Higher Ed
Get your FREE 2-month Skillshare trial: http://skl.sh/minuteearth2 The "Mountain or Valley?" illusion makes our brains turn valleys inside out. But inside-out valleys are a real thing, both on Earth and on Mars. Thanks to Skillshare for...
Instructional Video2:47
MinuteEarth

Why Is Your Grandma So Short?

12th - Higher Ed
Learn more about the Goalkeepers report from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation here: http://gates.ly/2fb6CNH Nutrition during the first few years of life has a huge impact on adult height, and since nutrition has been getting better...
Instructional Video3:10
MinuteEarth

Why Do Some Animals Get Gigantic?

12th - Higher Ed
Get your first KiwiCo box free by going to http://www.kiwico.com/minuteearth Occasionally, internal or external factors change, allowing certain animals to become giant versions of themselves. Thanks also to our supporters on...
Instructional Video3:26
MinuteEarth

Is It Safe To Get Your DNA Tested?

12th - Higher Ed
Try Dashlane here: http://bit.ly/minutedash. Plus, here’s a 10% off promo code for Dashlane Premium: youtube2018 Thanks also to our Patreon patrons https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth and our YouTube sponsors. Once it’s out of your body,...
Instructional Video3:22
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How Long Can We Live?

12th - Higher Ed
Try Squarespace for free: https://www.squarespace.com/minuteearth The human lifespan might be limited, in part, because natural selection just stops working late in life. Thanks to our Patreon patrons https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth...
Instructional Video3:10
MinuteEarth

Why Earth Has Two Levels | Hypsometric Curve

12th - Higher Ed
Get NordVPN at https://NordVPN.com/minuteearth. Use code MINUTEEARTH to save 77%! Earth’s outer shell is made of two materials whose different densities and thicknesses give rise to two distinct “levels” on the planet’s surface. Watch...
Instructional Video2:56
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Why Are There Penguins At The Equator?

12th - Higher Ed
Try Dashlane here: http://bit.ly/minutedash. Plus, here’s a 10% off promo code for Dashlane Premium: minuteearth When nutrients from the ocean depths reach the sunlit surface (like in the Galapagos), life is more productive. Thanks also...
Instructional Video2:52
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Why Malaria Isn’t Just a Tropical Disease

12th - Higher Ed
Watch Hot Mess here! ►► http://bit.ly/hotmess_sub Malaria is a global disease that we've beaten back around the world, including in some tropical places, but we’ve had the hardest time in Africa. Thanks to our Patreon patrons...
Instructional Video3:18
MinuteEarth

The Problem With Concrete

12th - Higher Ed
This video is in partnership with Bill and Melinda Gates. You can check out the Gates Annual Letter here: https://b-gat.es/2GxIwba Concrete is responsible for 8% of humanity’s carbon emissions because making its key ingredient - cement -...
Instructional Video3:18
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The Bacteria That Made Life Possible Are Now Killing Us

12th - Higher Ed
Thanks to the St. Croix Watershed Research Station for sponsoring this video! To learn more about their work, visit https://www.smm.org/scwrs/. Aquatic cyanobacteria first oxygenated earth’s air, making human life possible; now, due to...
Instructional Video1:49
MinuteEarth

How Much Air Can A Tree Hold? #TeamTrees

12th - Higher Ed
🌲🌲🌲 Go to https://teamtrees.org 🌲🌲🌲 #TeamTrees We reached 20 million, but let's keep on planting! Trees can take an astounding amount of carbon out of the air, which is good, because we need to do that times a trillion. Thanks also to...
Instructional Video3:33
MinuteEarth

Nobody Really Knows What A Concussion Is

12th - Higher Ed
Go to https://curiositystream.com/minute to get a free month trial with CuriosityStream and get a subscription to Nebula bundled in for free! Experts can't agree on the definition of the term "concussion," which makes it difficult to...
Instructional Video2:41
MinuteEarth

You Have More Bones Than You Think

12th - Higher Ed
Go to https://www.curiositystream.com/minute to get a free month trial with CuriosityStream and get a subscription to Nebula bundled in for free! Because the ossification process can differ so much from human to human, we have a wide...
Instructional Video12:59
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MinuteEarth Explains: Animal Winners and Losers

12th - Higher Ed
Check out Brilliant (and get 20% off) here: https://brilliant.org/MinuteEarth/ In this collection of classic MinuteEarth videos, we keep score on the winners and losers of the animal kingdom. 0:00 - Intro 0:10 - Why Only Some Monkeys...
Instructional Video2:08
MinuteEarth

Why Do Birds Migrate Like This?

12th - Higher Ed
Buy the book: "Where the Animals Go: Tracking Wildlife with Technology in 50 Maps and Graphics" at http://www.wheretheanimalsgo.com Copyright 2016 by James Cheshire and Oliver Uberti. First American Edition published by W. W. Norton &...