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Great Minds: James Hutton, Founder of Geology
Rocks are more than just rocks, they're the key to Earth's history!
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Earth Has Another Magnetic Field
You probably know about the geomagnetic field that protects the earth from solar storms and radiation. But precision satellites have measured ANOTHER magnetic field coming from Earth, and its signals might hold the key to searching for...
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Doggerland: A Real-Life Atlantis
Though we probably won’t find a literal Atlantis beneath the sea, that doesn’t mean that a human settlement hasn’t ever been lost to the water. Meet Doggerland.
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5 Technologies Helping Us Explore The Deep Ocean
The ocean is the largest ecosystem on Earth, but it's still mostly unexplored. This is partially due to the challenges of ocean exploration, like bone-crushing pressure and the need to bring your own air. But here are five ways that...
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4 Billion Years in Under 10 Minutes
Have you ever wondered how our earth was created? Here is a brief history about the Earth.
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What Penguin Bones Can Tell Us About Dying Glaciers
We know these glaciers are already on the way out, so we need to find out whether we can bulk them back up again. For that, we turn to the glaciers’ past – and a lot of penguin bones.
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What If Earth Spun the Other Way?
How different would things be if Earth had always rotated in the opposite direction? Hosted by: Stefan Chin
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What Does a 95% Effective Vaccine Really Mean?
If you've received a vaccine that's 95% effective, that does not mean you have a 5% chance of getting sick. That’s just not how the numbers are calculated. So let’s take a closer look at how it does work, why we can’t compare these...
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Weird Places: The Lava Lake in Antarctica
What could be cooler than a permanent lava lake surrounded by snow!?
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This Ichthyosaur Terrorized the Triassic Seas
One ancient predator turns out to have been able to eat much larger prey than we thought was possible, and a baby titanosaur skull gives us clues about what changes took place as sauropods grew up.
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There Are Mountains Deep Within the Earth
Scientists think they’ve discovered some peaks taller than Mt Everest deep beneath the earth’s crust, and this range might be the key to one of the biggest mysteries in geology!
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The Secrets of Ancient Earthquakes Revealed by Science
Did you know that nature contains clues that can uncover ancient earthquakes that occurred decades, or even centuries ago? Join us for a fascinating look into the world of ancient earthquakes, and see how yesterday's quakes compare to...
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The New Gel That Regrows Brains
A new healing gel helped mice regrow brain tissue after a stroke, and scientists suspect someone out there is producing a bunch of ozone-destroying CFCs in defiance of an international agreement! Hosted by: Hank Green
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The Mayan Calendar & 2012
Hank tells us about the Mayan calendar & why December 21, 2012 will not be the end of the world.
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How Giant Creatures Eat Tiny Meals: 5 Fabulous Filter Feeders
Some of the largest creatures that have ever lived on earth thrive by eating tiny prey. Why don’t they eat bigger fish, and how can they even consume these things they can barely see? Here are 5 creatures that grow to be giants by eating...
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Gregor Mendel: Great Minds
Hank brings us the story of Gregor Mendel, the Austrian monk who, with the help of a garden full of pea plants, discovered the fundamental properties of inheritance and paved the way for modern genetics. He also gives us the dirt on a...
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How Would We Stop a Nuclear Missile?
Most of us are hoping that any nuclear threats are just empty threats, and getting at the facts about ICBMs can be difficult. But what would actually happen if someone launched a nuclear weapon?
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How Climate Change Affects Ocean Life | Compilation
We can see the effects of the climate crisis in many different ways here on land. But the oceans are also part of the interconnected, global system. So, here are a few ways that climate change affects our oceanic buddies.
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The Fiercest of Them All: Meet the T-Rex
According to the fossils we've found, it turns out the T-Rex may look different than what we thought! Join Hank Green for a fascinating dive into the past, and a realistic look at what the King of the Dinosaurs was actually like. Let's...
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North American Inhabitants 30,000 Years Ago
Two new studies challenge what we thought we knew about the first humans in the Americas. Could people have been on these continents 10 to 15 thousand years earlier than archaeologists previously thought? Join Stefan Chin and learn more...
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Is There Less Oxygen in the Winter Since It's Colder?
Plants make oxygen using photosynthesis, but what happens to the air when those trees drop their leaves in winter?
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Crypto and NFTs Are Environmental Disasters...But Do They Have to Be?
The world of cryptocurrency and NFTs is riddled with controversy, but somewhere amid all of that blockchain there's some reckoning with reality that must be done.
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5 More Strange Flying Machines
In our last list of strange aircraft, we stuck to covering the weirdest jets to take to the sky, but there are plenty of other types of bizarre flying machines out there! In this episode, Hank will tell you about five other unlikely...
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5 Bizarre Aircraft That Pushed the Boundaries of Engineering
You might think most planes look the same, but here are five of the most bizarre aircraft that, no matter their appearance, still managed to fly.