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Why We’ve Been Ignoring These Brain Cells | Great Minds: Ben Barres
Neurons often get all the credit for running the brain, but the work done by Ben Barres at Stanford University proved that glial cells are far more crucial to brain functioning than we had previously realized.
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Why Viruses are Good for Wasps
Contracting a virus is generally a bad thing, but among certain parasitic wasps, passing a virus to their offspring is actually key to their survival.
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Why Sexy Is Sexy
Hank delves into the scientific reasons behind why we are attracted to the people we're attracted to. It's complicated.
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Why Scurvy Doesn't Make Sense to Science
Scurvy isn't just a silly word used by pirates- it's actually a serious disease caused by a lack of Vitamin C that still occurs today! But did you know that our distant ancestors could make their own Vitamin C, making it impossible to...
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Why It's Good for COVID-19 Models to Be Wrong
As we react to the predictions that epidemiological models make, changing the ways we act and go about our lives, those estimates can appear totally off. But if a model’s predictions end up being wrong, that might mean it's done exactly...
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Why Frogs Sometimes Fall From the Sky
It doesn't seem possible, but animal rain is definitely real, and there is an actual scientific explanation for it... probably.
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Why Don’t Spiders Stick to Their Webs?
Spiderwebs are designed to trap bug-sized creatures. So how come spiders don’t get stuck?
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Why Do People Kill? And Other Revelations Of Human Nature
There are a lot of things that are still not fully understood about the species Homo sapiens - what makes us US? What makes us move the way we do, think the way we do, and kill the way we do? Today on SciShow News, Hank gives us a little...
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Why Do Peaches Make My Mouth Itch?
Allergies can already be a bummer, but did you know they can eventually stop you from enjoying your favorite foods?
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Why Do Old Books Smell So Good?
Musty, with hints of vanilla, coffee, and maybe fresh cut grass-- why do old books smell the best?
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Why Bacteria Don't Outweigh the Earth
This episode is brought to you by the Music for Scientists album! Check out “The Idea” music video here: • The Idea, written... . Given just a little time, bacteria could outgrow earth, so what's stopping them?
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Why Aren't Mammals as Big as Dinosaurs?
Dinosaurs were huge—it's common knowledge. So why aren't modern mammals anywhere near that size? In this episode of SciShow, Hank gives a quick run-down of the reasons scientists think the land mammals of today are nowhere near the size...
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Why are we Ticklish?
What’s up with ticklishness? And are other animals ticklish, too? Quick Questions has the answers!
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Why are Insects Attracted to Light?
You know how moths like to fly into lamps or crawl all over your tv screen at night? Why do they do this?! The answer is more complicated than you might think...
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Whiteflies Destroy Crops Thanks to a Stolen Plant Gene | SciShow News
The silverleaf whitefly – a very prolific pest – is the only insect that we know of with a functional stolen plant gene.
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Where Does the Candle Wax Go?
While not used much any more as a primary source of light, candles are still everywhere, from an aroma in a bathroom to a mood during dinner. That is, until they’re gone.
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When Sex is Hard
When it comes to sex things can be complicated, but for the three species we are looking at today, sex is really hard.
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When Athletes Dope ... & Einstein FTW
This week's SciShow news has Hank bringing us a primer on the science behind various illegal and illicit ways in which athletes "improve" their bodies, proof of general relativity that we can actually see, and a new way to measure how...
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What's Up With That Russian Vaccine? | SciShow News
You might be wondering what we know about Sputnik V, the world’s first vaccine for widespread use against COVID-19. Well, so is everyone. Many experts are skeptical as to whether the vaccine actually works, because it’s been tested in a...
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What Makes Your Ears Ring?
What's happening inside our ears when we can hear that ringing? What's happening inside our brains? Sit back, clean the wax out of your ears, and let Michael Aranda explain! ----------
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What If Your Arm Falls Off Right After a Vaccine?
If you lost your arm almost immediately after being vaccinated, would you still be vaccinated?
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What Happens When Matter is Pushed to the Extreme
Improving batteries is a tough problem, but it’s also an important one because in many ways the future of our planet also depends on the future of batteries. Luckily, scientists are on the case, figuring out ways to give this essential...
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What Happens to My Wool Sweater in the Washer?
Be careful with your wool. Unless you want a nice piece of felt with some holes in it.