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Treating Blindness With Light (and Gene Therapy) | SciShow News
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- Treating Blindness With Light (and Gene Therapy) | SciShow News
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- 6:21
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- To discover more about Nature’s Fynd, visit https://naturesfynd.com. To learn about their remarkable nutritional fungi protein and fermentation process, visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sodONlWRiE0.
We have the first published example of using light and gene therapy to restore someone's vision! And in heavier (metal) news, a recent study found surprisingly high levels of mercury in meltwater from the Greenland Ice Sheet.
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- The Science of the World's Most Colorful Corn
- Runtime
- 6:30
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- To discover more about Nature’s Fynd, visit https://naturesfynd.com. To learn about their remarkable nutritional fungi protein and fermentation process, visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sodONlWRiE0.
Don't be fooled! The yellow or white corn you see in the grocery store is only the tip of the rainbow-colored iceberg of corn coloration. And these more genetically diverse varieties of corn might just save our husks one day.
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- Title
- The Amazing and Delicate World of Bees
- Runtime
- 19:45
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Yes, there is a chance they might sting you, but bees are incredibly vital to our ecosystem as we know it. Join Hank for a compilation of our favorite bee episodes—we know this one is a real stinger! We mean, zinger!
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- What If Your Arm Falls Off Right After a Vaccine?
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- 3:33
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Start building your ideal daily routine with Fabulous. The first 100 people who click on the link will get a FREE week trial and 25% OFF Fabulous Premium: https://thefab.co/scishow
If you lost your arm almost immediately after being vaccinated, would you still be vaccinated?
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- How the Manhattan Project Gave Us Today's Air Filters
- Runtime
- 7:01
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- This video was made in partnership with Lydall. Lydall’s mission is and has always been to create a cleaner, quieter and safer world. To learn more, check out: https://www.lydall.com.
HEPA filters are the basis of modern filtration - but they also represent a straight line from the Manhattan Project to your living room!
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- 5 Amazing Ways That Animals Fly
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- 10:53
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- This episode is supported by Himalaya Learning, an audio-first education platform featuring courses taught by world class experts and industry leaders. Go to https://Himalaya.com/scishow to sign up for an exclusive 90-day free membership to Himalaya Learning.
Turns out, birds aren't the only animal that have the ability to fly! Check out this new episode of SciShow that highlights 5 amazing ways that animals fly. Let's go!
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- Title
- What Does a 95% Effective Vaccine Really Mean?
- Runtime
- 4:45
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- 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 numbers between different vaccines, and why that’s ok.
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- Title
- Oxygen Enemas Could Save Lives
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- 6:30
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- To discover more about Nature’s Fynd, visit https://naturesfynd.com. To learn about their remarkable nutritional fungi protein and fermentation process, visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sodONlWRiE0.
Scientists have known for some time that certain animals can breathe using their butts, but now, researchers have determined that certain mammals can too! And in very much other news, researchers in Washington state have developed a new method for turning waste plastics into something useful!
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- Title
- The Search for Tasmanian Tigers Continues
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- 5:09
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- The Tasmanian tiger was officially declared extinct in 1986, but there are some who still hold out hope.
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- The Secrets Hidden in Your Tears, Earwax, and Other Secretions
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- 8:48
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- 5 years ago
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- Our various secretions - from tears to earwax - can tell us more about our bodies than you might think!
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- A Vaccine for Asthma? #inmice | SciShow News
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- 6:37
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- This episode is brought to you by Nature’s Fynd, a fungi based food company for optimists. To learn more head to https://www.naturesfynd.com/fy-protein
A vaccination to protect against allergic asthma may be in sight, as scientists this week publish promising results in mice. Also, the California Condor is making a comeback, and its genome is looking great!
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- Why Bacteria Don't Outweigh the Earth
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- 7:23
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- 5 years ago
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- This episode is brought to you by the Music for Scientists album! Check out “The Idea” music video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUyT94aGmbc.
Given just a little time, bacteria could outgrow earth, so what's stopping them?
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- We’re Giving Nature a Vitamin Deficiency
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- 11:50
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- 5 years ago
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- Scientists are beginning to notice that more and more species are missing an essential vitamin, one that is crucial for their survival.
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- The Fiercest of Them All: Meet the T-Rex
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- 6:23
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- 5 years ago
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- This episode is brought to you by the Music for Scientists album! Stream the album on major music services here: https://streamlink.to/music-for-scientists. Check out “The Idea” music video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUyT94aGmbc.
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 go!
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- "Alternative" Alternative Energies
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- 11:48
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Humans have an almost insatiable energy demand, so scientists and engineers are always on the lookout for sustainable ways to provide the energy we need. And some of these ideas go way beyond solar panels and wind turbines!
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- Why You Can't Bake a Mason Jar
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- 3:54
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- 5 years ago
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- Regular old glass like the kind that makes up a mason jar can shatter and explode if put in the oven. But we do have types of glass that you can bake your pie or brownies in and it's all thanks to some neat chemical tricks.
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- Climate Change Moved the North Pole
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- The idea that the North Pole can move is nothing new, but the findings of a recent study suggest that Santa might need to pack up and find a new apartment.
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- High-Tech Ways Genomics is Changing Field Biology
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- 5:47
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- 5 years ago
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- To figure out an organism's genome and DNA sequence, field biologists need big, expensive equipment in the labs. But, new high-tech devices help scientists to examine samples on the sites!
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- Are Infectious Viruses Actually Alive?
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- 11:48
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- 5 years ago
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- What is the truth about viruses? They evolve, grow, and can be killed by our immune system, but are they actually alive? Learn all about these ferocious little things in this new episode of SciShow, hosted by Michael Aranda!
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- The Stressful Reasons Corals Are Becoming More Colorful
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- 4:28
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- 5 years ago
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- This episode is brought to you by the Music for Scientists album! Stream the album on major music services here: https://streamlink.to/music-for-scientists Check out “Aristarchus in the Rain” here: https://youtu.be/kuD61YDmv6U
Scientists have found Coral reefs in new, dazzling colors, but this is a warning that the reefs are stressed out.
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- Thank Climate Change for the Awful Allergy Season
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- 6:01
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- 5 years ago
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- Every spring, around 20% of the population enters the season of sniffles, and some years are worse than others. But lately, there just don’t seem to be any better years because the different effects of climate change seem to be working together to make allergy seasons extra awful.
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- 4 Tiny, Weird Places in the World: Geological Misfits
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- 11:34
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- 5 years ago
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- There's 4 special places on the planet that are relatively normal, just weirdly... small. Like, a miniature desert, or a teensy volcano. But when you look a little closer, there’s a lot more to these tiny geological misfits than meets the eye. Learn all about them in this new episode of SciShow!
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- Aquatic Animals That Live in Trees
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- 6:07
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- 5 years ago
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- Fish in a tree? How can that be? For some aquatic creatures, it's not necessarily bad to be a fish out of water.
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- Why Are Some COVID-19 Cases Asymptomatic?
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- 9:58
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- 5 years ago
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- For many, COVID has been a devastating virus, but there are people who don't exhibit any symptoms at all. Why is that?
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- How an Ancient Remedy Became a Modern Cure for Malaria
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- 5:25
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- 5 years ago
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- In the 1960s drug-resistant strains of malaria emerged, making the disease even deadlier than before. Then, pharmaceutical scientist Tu Youyou discovered a promising new remedy buried within the pages of ancient Chinese texts.
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- What Glowing Fish and Your Dress Shirt Have in Common
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- 11:20
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- 5 years ago
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- Fluorescent molecules are useful for a lot more than just making you look cool at your local rave. Fluorescence turns out to be a kind of chemical superpower that lets us tackle all kinds of problems, from solving crimes to saving lives!
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- Electric Eels Bigger Than You Zap in PACKS
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- 3:49
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- 5 years ago
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- This episode is brought to you by the Music for Scientists album! Stream the album on major music services here: https://streamlink.to/music-for-scientists. Check out “The Idea” music video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUyT94aGmbc.
We’ve long thought that electric eels hunt individually…until we discovered a lake where one species hunt, and zap, in packs!
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- Mountains don't just exist on land—did you know there are vast mountain ranges at the bottom of the sea? From spooky-looking towers that belch white "smoke" to a mountain range in the middle of the Atlantic ocean, the seafloor is full of features as dynamic as the surface! Join Michael Aranda for an exciting compilation of 5 SciShow Deep-Sea explorations! Let's go!
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- Two of the vaccines we have for COVID-19 have the distinction of being the first mRNA vaccines to see widespread use in humans. But how do they work, and how are they different from all the immunizations you got as a kid? Learn what makes them different in this episode of SciShow, hosted by Rose Bear Don't Walk!
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From the world’s biggest land animal to a creature built more like a tank than a sub, meet seven mammals that you might not think can swim well, but do!
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- These Plants Are the Same Species
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Sometimes the males and females of a species can look really different from each other. This is pretty common in animals (think peacocks), but there are some plant species out there with extreme sexual dimorphism! And now scientists think they have a pretty good idea how and why this happens.
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- Researchers have made some unexpected readings of mysterious particles called muons, which may make us reexamine the Standard Model in physics.
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You might think of plate tectonics as destructive since it's the ultimate force behind earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions. But the slow movement of our planet's surface does a lot more than shake things up now and then. Some scientists think life may never have survived without it!
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- If you know one thing about mosquitoes, it’s probably their lust for blood. But there’s actually one species that almost never bites, even though it can. Could finding out why help us combat blood-borne diseases?
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- The pothos plant grows really well in a lot of places, so you’d think they’d be easy to coax blossoms out of, but even the greenest thumbs haven’t seen this plant bloom naturally in over 60 years! Why are the pothos petals so shy?
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- After watching Game of Thrones or playing DND, you might wonder if Dire Wolves were actually real. Turns out, these were real animals that lived during the last Ice Age, but they weren't actually...wolves? Join Hank Green and learn what these giant creatures really were i this new episode of SciShow!
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- From the ability to see “invisible” types of light to the power to taste all over their body, meet five incredible animals whose super senses far surpass our own!
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- Bones Began as Mineral Batteries
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- Today, bones hold us up. But for ancient jawless fishes, bones may have been a way to store energy for long journeys. Plus, new research indicated that hippos and cetaceans may have evolved their aquatic traits separately.
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These animals can detect heat through some fascinating biological mechanisms, and they are proving to be boons to the scientific community.
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- Did you know that last year we had 28 of the fastest days ever recorded? Earth's rotation can be affected by a number of things, and scientists think we might someday need an unprecedented adjustment: deleting a second!
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- Animal defenses have evolved over time into some pretty impressive mechanisms. In fact, some types of animal armor have even inspired human innovations! Join Hank Green and learn about these impressive animal defenses in a new episode of SciShow!
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- You might have wondered why bumblebees stop for a moment to stare at the flower they were just interacted with. Are they cherishing all the good times they had together, or is this behavior serving a biological purpose?
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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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- Turns out fairies DO exist—on a microscopic level. Well, sort of...meet the fairyfly: the smallest insect on Earth! Learn all about this tiny creature in a new episode of SciShow, hosted by Hank Green!
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Humans have relied on fertilizers to grow their plants for thousands of years. But the production of synthetic fertilizers also requires an immense amount of energy that comes primarily from fossil fuels and therefore contributes to climate change. So what if we could engineer plants to make their own fertilizers?
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