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Blazars Are A Thing
- Published_at:2012-10-18
- Category:Education
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- description: Hank explains how quasars and blazars are both the same thing - just oriented differently in respect to us - and how that impacts the way we perceive them and how it also effects the ways we can study them. Like SciShow:...
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How Science Solved the Giant Eyeball Mystery
- Published_at:2012-10-17
- Category:Education
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- description: Hank combines two of his favorite things - talking to scientists and strange things washing up on the beach - to bring you the Mystery of the Giant Eyeball. Like SciShow? http://www.facebook.com/scishow Follow SciShow! http://www.twitter.com/scishow ...
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Baumgartner's Super Sonic Dive
- Published_at:2012-10-14
- Category:News & Politics
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- description: Hank acknowledges the amazing feat performed by Felix Baumgartner and answers many of your questions about why it is so amazing. Like SciShow @ http://www.facebook.com/scishow Follow SciShow @ http://www.twitter.com/scishow More about Terminal...
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International Skeptics Day Playlist
- Published_at:2012-10-12
- Category:News & Politics
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- description: Watch the playlist here: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsNB4peY6C6K-E3TRMtaK7Znjm_Y2yOlF&feature=view_all In honor of October 13th, International Skeptics Day, Hank has put together this playlist of some of the most interesting science-y,...
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Why Aren't There Giant Insects?
- Published_at:2012-10-09
- Category:Education
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- description: Hank and physiologist Jon Harrison discuss the question of insect size and major theories that attempt to explain why there is a limit to how large insects can get with current conditions on Earth. Like SciShow @ http://www.facebook.com/scishow...
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The World's 5 Rarest Animals
- Published_at:2012-10-04
- Category:Education
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- description: Today's extraordinarily depressing dose comes to you in honor of Lonesome George, the world's last Pinta Island tortoise, who passed away earlier this summer - Hank brings us the stories of five more extremely rare animals who may be headed the same...
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3 World-Changing Biology Experiments
- Published_at:2012-10-02
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- description: Hank tells us the stories of three experiments in biology that, with creativity and luck, changed science & the world with it in their work to solve the mysteries of the universe. Like SciShow? http://www.facebook.com/scishow Follow SciShow!...
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The Science of the Cinnamon Challenge
- Published_at:2012-09-25
- Category:Education
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- description: Hank explains the science behind the "cinnamon challenge," and reveals why it is nearly impossible to complete. Do not attempt the cinnamon challenge! Instead, why not just watch some videos of the thousands of YouTubers failing at it! That's what we...
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The Science of Dreaming
- Published_at:2012-09-23
- Category:Education
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- description: 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 the function...
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Space Tourism
- Published_at:2012-09-09
- Category:Education
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- description: Hank takes on the role of our personal space travel agent, giving us the dirt on the various ways in which the exceptionally wealthy will be able to travel to space in the next few decades. Like SciShow? http://www.facebook.com/scishow Follow...
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The Secret of Your "Junk," Revealed!
- Published_at:2012-09-05
- Category:Education
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- description: Hank brings us breaking news from a team of geneticists working on figuring out what all that "junk DNA" in the human genome really is - turns out it's not junk after all. Like SciShow: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Follow SciShow:...
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The Origins of Cute
- Published_at:2012-09-04
- Category:Education
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- description: Hank talks about three scientific reasons why cute things make us a special kind of crazy. Like SciShow on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Follow SciShow on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow References for this episode can be found...
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Bath Salts
- Published_at:2012-08-31
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- description: Hank talks about the scary new drug that's led to some recent incidences of goat stabbing, as well as other tragedies - bath salts. We learn how it works and ask the important question: why? Like SciShow? http://www.facebook.com/scishow Follow...
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Top 5 Deadliest Diseases
- Published_at:2012-08-26
- Category:Education
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- tags: scishow, science, biology, pathology, infectious disease, disease, deadly, virus, fatality, fatal, death, dying, history, H1N1, NIPAH, malaysia, india, pig, bat, vaccine, infection, H5N1, bird flu, transmission, immune system, immunology, pandemic,...
- description: Hank scares our pants off with a tale of the five deadliest infectious diseases in the world. Like SciShow: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Follow SciShow: http://www.twitter.com/scishow References for this episode can be found in the Google...
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Neil Armstrong Tribute
- Published_at:2012-08-26
- Category:News & Politics
- Channel:scishow
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- tags: Neil Armstrong (Astronaut), science, nasa, apollo, moon, landing, moon landing, space, exploration, explorer
- description: Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on a world that was not Earth, has died. Getting his pilot's license before his driver's license probably didn't hurt when it came to becoming one of the world's most famous men - certainly the world's most famous...
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Déjà Vu
- Published_at:2012-08-21
- Category:Education
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- tags: scishow, science, brain, jamais vu, presque vu, deja vu, explanation, memory, temporal lobe, familiar, short-term memory, long-term memory, hippocampus, familiarity, recall, sync, neurology, neurologist, eye, delay, process, record, research,...
- description: Hank describes some of the best explanations that neurologists have come up with to account for the strange sensation we know as déjà vu. Like SciShow: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Follow SciShow: http://www.twitter.com/scishow References...
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Finally, A Male Pill?
- Published_at:2012-08-16
- Category:Education
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- tags: scishow, science, biology, contraception, contraceptive, birth control, pill, male, fertility, infertility, infertile, man, human, mice, research, drug, prescription, side effect, BRDT, protein, sperm, chromatin remodeling, JQ1, motility, mobile,...
- description: Hank briefs us on the news that a team of biologists has developed the first contraceptive for males that is totally effective, easily reversible and doesn't mess with your hormones! Like SciShow: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Follow SciShow:...
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Why Our Brains Love Junk Food
- Published_at:2012-08-14
- Category:Education
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- tags: scishow, science, biology, health, junk food, fat, carbohydrate, omnivore, calorie, evolution, evolve, australopithecus, homo habilis, brain, digestion, digestive system, fire, cook, meat, energy, vegetable, diet, pleasure, comfort food, sugar, nutrition
- description: Hank explains the scientific reasons behind why we humans generally prefer to eat donut hamburgers to carrots. Like SciShow: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Follow SciShow: http://www.twitter.com/scishow References Diet & the evolution of the...
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Top 5 Coolest Things about Curiosity
- Published_at:2012-08-06
- Category:Education
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- tags: curiosity, mars, mars science laboratory, rover, curiosity rover, JPL, spirit, opportunity, pathfinder, chemcam, laser, plutonium, nuclear, min cooper, awesome, exploration, space, future
- description: In which Hank celebrates the landing of the Mars Curiosity Rover, which, if you were following SciShow on Twitter, you know was pretty freaking cool. So here are the Top Five Cooles Things about the Mars Curiosity Rover!
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The Truth about Hobbits
- Published_at:2012-08-03
- Category:Education
- Channel:scishow
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- tags: scishow, biology, human, evolution, hobbit, flores, southeast asia, homo floresiensis, genus homo, indonesia, skeleton, remains, cranium, cavemen, microcephaly, chimpanzee, gorilla, homo erectus, insular dwarfism, island dwarfism, hunter, gatherer,...
- description: Hank takes us to the island of Flores, where a race of wee people walked beside pygmy elephants, dragons and giant tortoises; they lived underground and had simple lives... Like SciShow: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Follow SciShow:...
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The Curiosity Rover Landing
- Published_at:2012-08-01
- Category:Science & Technology
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- tags: mars, msl, mars science laboratory, curiosity, curiosity rover, rover, pathfinder, spirit, opportunity, nasa, jpl, science, geology, climate, life, exploration, humanity, searching, red planet, sky crane, landing, descent, edl, entry descent and...
- description: Landing will take place the night of August 5th, 1:30 AM eastern, 10:30 pm pacific, and 6:30 AM GMT (August 6th.) NASA will be streaming live here: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html And we'll be live-tweeting here:...
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Why Sexy Is Sexy
- Published_at:2012-07-26
- Category:Education
- Channel:scishow
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- tags: scishow, science, biology, sexual selection, evolution, darwin, sex, intercourse, mate, gene, peacock, human, survival, advantage, health, fertility, bilateral symmetry, waist, hip, testosterone, ratio, genetic, pheromone, immune system, MHC,...
- description: Hank delves into the scientific reasons behind why we are attracted to the people we're attracted to. It's complicated. Like SciShow on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Follow SciShow on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow References...
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3 Sad Surprises: The Human Genome Project
- Published_at:2012-07-24
- Category:Education
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- tags: human genome, human genome project, genetic code, genetics, gene, DNA, evolution, base pairs, bases, adenine, cytosine, thymine, guanine, disease, cure, surprise, protein coding, non-coding DNA, sequencing, sequence, functional genomics, comparative...
- description: Hank tells us three surprises about human DNA which we learned because of the Human Genome Project. Like SciShow on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Follow SciShow on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Find out more about the Human...
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Space Elevators
- Published_at:2012-07-12
- Category:Education
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- tags: scishow, science, astronomy, space, exploration, mars, ISS, space station, space elevator, cable, launch, spacecraft, cost, base station, anchor, counterweight, inertia, geostationary orbit, moon, asteroid, rocket, carbon nanotube, carbon, fiber,...
- description: Hank talks about space elevators, and why we shouldn't expect to see one any time soon. Like SciShow on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Follow SciShow on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow References for this episode can be found in...
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