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New Moon, New Disease, New Hero!
- Published_at:2013-07-27
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- description: This edition of SciShow News really is full of "news." Scientists have discovered a new moon orbiting Neptune, a new tick-borne virus threatening the United States, and a new species of shrew who is a real hero. Let's get to it! Like SciShow? Want to...
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The World's First Nuclear Reactor
- Published_at:2013-07-26
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- description: Today on SciShow, Hank brings us a little science history, telling us the tale of the world's first nuclear reactor, which was built a team of scientists and students led by Enrico Fermi in a converted squash court under a football field in Chicago....
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How Is That Not Killing You?
- Published_at:2013-07-23
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- description: When Hank watches nature documentaries he always comes away with one big question: how is that not killing you? In today's episode of SciShow he looks at three unusual ways that animals manage not to get killed by nature. Like SciShow? Want to help...
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4 Real Inventions Inspired by Science Fiction
- Published_at:2013-07-23
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- description: Where science fiction becomes science fact - that is the place Hank is exploring in today's episode of SciShow. Many inventions we use today were first imagined in stories that described fantastical futures. Hank talks about the origins of four of...
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Why Do People Kill? And Other Revelations Of Human Nature
- Published_at:2013-07-21
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- description: 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 bit of...
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The Terrifying Truth About Bananas
- Published_at:2013-07-18
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- description: Hank loves bananas and is worried about their future, so he did some investigating and wrote this episode of SciShow to share some kinda scary banana truths with us. Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls,...
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What's Happening to Honey Bees?
- Published_at:2013-07-18
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- description: You've probably heard about the sudden and mysterious drop in honey bee populations throughout the U.S.A. and Europe. Beekeepers used to report average losses in their worker bees of about 5-10% a year, but starting around 2006, that rate jumped to...
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Unstumped Hank & A Chinese Water Dragon: SciShow Talk Show #14
- Published_at:2013-07-16
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- description: Today on the SciShow talk show, Emily fails to stump Hank with a new animal skull, and then Jessi from Animal Wonders shares Lokita the Chinese water dragon. Want more animals? Check out Animal Wonders Inc. at http://www.animalwonders.org or on...
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Roswell & New Signals from Space
- Published_at:2013-07-13
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- description: With news of radio signals from distant galaxies, a government agency that wants to investigate extra-terrestrial life, and the 66th anniversary of the Roswell Incident, this week has felt like a '90s science fiction melodrama. Hank's got all the...
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How to Make A Humanzee
- Published_at:2013-07-11
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- description: We all know about inter species animal hybrids - Napoleon Dynamite's favorite animal, the liger, is a typical example. But could a human and our closest primate relative the chimpanzee also breed a living hybrid? Hank explores this ... delicate...
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Rosalind Franklin: Great Minds
- Published_at:2013-07-09
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- description: Rosalind Franklin was a British scientist who helped discover the structure of DNA, but you most likely haven't heard of her. Hank will attempt to fix this gap in your knowledge on today's SciShow: Great Minds. Like SciShow? Want to help support us,...
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Will You be Iron Man?
- Published_at:2013-07-09
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- description: We have the technology! We can rebuild...ourselves! Human interface technologies like Google Glass, robotic prosthetics, and bionic eyes have the potential to help people recover lost abilities, but also to grant us new abilities. Will you someday be...
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Starfish Eyes, Octopus Blood, and Human Evolution in Action
- Published_at:2013-07-07
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- description: You're probably aware that nature has come up with some pretty fascinating animal adaptations over the millennia, and in general, the stranger the adaptation, the more important it is to that organism. Today on SciShow News, Hank has some new...
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Why Do Tornadoes Hate America?
- Published_at:2013-07-05
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- description: On the 4th of July, Americans like to celebrate the things that make the United States unique, and a lot of those things have to do with our geography. That remarkable geography is also responsible for some pretty unique weather, and unfortunately for...
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Weird Places: Australia's Bright Pink Lake
- Published_at:2013-07-02
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- description: In this edition of Weird Places, we visit Australia's Lake Hillier, which is a shockingly flamboyant shade of pink. Hank's here to tell you science's best guess as to why. Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your...
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Spinal Posture & A Legless Lizard: SciShow Talk Show #13
- Published_at:2013-07-02
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- description: In this episode of the SciShow talk show, Michael and Hank discuss human posture and evolution and Hank shares some personal information, and then Jessi from Animal Wonders shares Leonard, the legless lizard. Want more animals? Check out Animal...
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The 3 Coolest Things Built By Bugs
- Published_at:2013-06-27
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- description: Long before there were strip malls, skyscrapers, and combination Pizza Hut/Taco Bells, nature had its own architects: all kinds of creatures create all kinds of structures for living, raising offspring, or maybe just the occasional hook-up. Some of...
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The 3 Coolest Things Built By Birds
- Published_at:2013-06-26
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- description: There are a number of bird species that construct pretty cool things - today on SciShow, we'll visit with three of them... Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check...
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7 Bizarre Uses for Animal Secretions
- Published_at:2013-06-25
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- description: You're probably aware of lots of the things we take from animals, but for centuries, humans have been sneaking animal secretions into a bunch of things you probably didn't know about, like your Easter candy, your Mom's perfume, and even that cigarette...
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BigBrain & Supermoon
- Published_at:2013-06-22
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- description: From brains to heavenly bodies, this week brings us some super-sized science... BigBrain is the highest resolution map of the human brain that's ever existed; a super high resolution interactive model of King Tut's tomb for anyone to explore from the...
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Weird Pregnancy Tests
- Published_at:2013-06-20
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- description: Hank takes us on a trip through the history of pregnancy tests through the ages, from ancient Egypt to the first home pregnancy tests of the 1970s. It's generally not a very pretty story, but it should help make us very grateful for the modern...
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What is Salvia?
- Published_at:2013-06-19
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- description: Salvia divinorum, despite sounding like a spell from the world of Harry Potter, can't turn you into an inanimate object, make you leave your body, or set your feet on fire. However, it can make you FEEL like all of those things are happening. This...
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Pumas and Slither the Gopher Snake: SciShow Talk Show #12
- Published_at:2013-06-18
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- description: Hank and Katherine talk about the wild cat known variously as a puma, mountain lion, cougar, panther and catamount and then Jessi from Animal Wonders brings a special animal guest to visit. Learn more about Slither!...
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Space Hype!
- Published_at:2013-06-16
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- description: Sometimes science news is less about stuff that actually happened, as much as it is about people going "PAY ATTENTION TO ME" and space news is no exception. In fact this week there was probably as much hype as real news, all in the name of bringing...
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Food Mold 101
- Published_at:2013-06-14
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- description: It's a moldy world out there, especially in the kitchen. You have questions about food mold, right? Well Hank has your answers. Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids?...
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Top 10 New Species of the Year (NOW WITH PICTURES)!
- Published_at:2013-06-12
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- description: THIS IS A RE-POST OF SCISHOW NEWS, WITH PHOTOGRAPHS! SORRY TO ALL THOSE WHO WATCHED IT WITHOUT THEM. Scientists around the world discover about 18,000 new species every year. Each new organism has not only to be found, but also studied, compared,...
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Goodall, Fossey & Galdikas: Great Minds
- Published_at:2013-06-12
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- description: Today we know that humans and chimpanzees share 99% of their DNA and that we have a lot in common. Not just how we look, but how we behave, form groups, defend our turf, and love each other. People didn't always see other primates this way, but in the...
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Why Are There Righties & Lefties?
- Published_at:2013-06-11
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- description: About 10% of the world population is left-handed. But why does handedness exist and what determines which hand is dominant? Scientists have suggested several theories, but the answer may well lie with evolution. Like SciShow? Want to help support...
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Top 10 New Species of the Year!
- Published_at:2013-06-10
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- description: Scientists around the world discover about 18,000 new species every year. Each new organism has not only to be found, but also studied, compared, identified and organized -- that's taxonomy, the science of classifying living things and exploring the...
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What's The Oldest Tree in the World?
- Published_at:2013-06-06
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- description: Ancient trees are fascinating, but the answer to the question in the title isn't as cut and dried as it might first seem. There are two major contenders for the superlative, and Hank has all the important information on both of them in this episode...
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