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Brain Frames and a Harris's Hawk: SciShow Talk Show #9
- Title
- Brain Frames and a Harris's Hawk: SciShow Talk Show #9
- Runtime
- 12:11
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- Today on the SciShow Talk Show, our Technical Director Nick Jenkins stumps Hank about how many frames per second the human eye can see, and Jessi from Animal Wonders shares Hara the Harris's hawk.
Learn more about Hara!
http://www.animalwonders.org/1/post/2012/04/hello-hara.html
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References
http://www.100fps.com/how_many_frames_can_humans_see.htm
http://whisper.ausgamers.com/wiki/index.php/...
- Title
- The Terrifying Promise of Robot Bugs
- Runtime
- 3:39
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- Imitating nature to build a better (or possibly more terrifying) future. We've been trying to build flapping-wing robots for hundreds of years, and now, ornithopters are finally being developed, and may be used mostly for military purposes.
Piezoelectrics make those little bugs possible, and also enhances the ability of robot arms to feel, in other news from the International Journal of Robotics.
- Title
- The Majestic Grolar Bear
- Runtime
- 3:38
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- Although polar bears and grizzly bears aren't all that similar and are definitely separate species, they can interbreed and create fertile offspring in the wild. Hank brings us the story of these misfit bears, which he likes to call grolar bears.
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- Title
- Stem Cells
- Runtime
- 3:48
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- Hank gives you the facts on stem cells - what they are, what they're good for, where they come from, and how they're used in medicine.
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- Title
- The Times and Troubles of the Scientific Method
- Runtime
- 11:08
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- UPDATE: We got a couple of things wrong when it comes to gravity (particularly that it has nothing to do with photons). Check out this video from TheGentlemanPhysicis (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y-dFLZHb1c) in which our confusion is explained. We also did a whole video about gravitation in our series on the four fundamental forces of physics, which you can watch here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhG_ArxmwRM
Science is working tirelessly night and day to disprove its own theories about how the universe works (or at least, that's what science thinks it's doing). Hank tells us a quick history of how we came to create and adopt the scientific method and then gives us a vision of the future of science (hint: it involves a lot more computers and a lot less pipetting).
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- Title
- The Science of Terrorism
- Runtime
- 4:07
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- Science can help create understanding where there is none, but is it possible to study and understand terrorists if we're too busy doing everything we can to stop it? Terrorism is notoriously difficult to study because governments constantly subpoena scientists lists of contacts, making source anonymity impossible.
And an outbreak of TB in North Korea is terrible and unnecessary, but it is providing an opportunity for North Korea to, potentially, join the global scientific community.
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- Title
- Why Aren't Mammals as Big as Dinosaurs?
- Runtime
- 3:25
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- 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 of the largest sauropods. Some of them might surprise you!
If you liked this video, check out more videos about natural history and paleontology on SciShow's sister channel, Eons: https://www.youtube.com/eons
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SOURCES
http://news.discovery.com/animals/how-dinosaurs-got-so-big-120131.html
http://dinosau...
- Title
- Gluten
- Runtime
- 4:05
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- Gluten is a sticky protein composite found in cereal grains. Hank gives us some insight into the importance of gluten in history, as well as its impact on health in our own time.
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- Title
- Human-Powered Helicopters and a Red Fox: SciShow Talk Show #8
- Runtime
- 10:49
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- Da Vinci imagined a helicopter powered solely by human muscles. Now more than 500 years later, two teams are using advanced materials to try and make that dream come true. Hank and Catilin discuss these two teams and the Sikorsky Prize that they are battling for.
Then Jessi from Animal Wonders shares Seraphina the red fox!
Toronto Team
http://www.aerovelo.com
Maryland Team
http://www.agrc.umd.edu/gamera/publications.html
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- Title
- Patenting Person Parts
- Runtime
- 3:32
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- Since the advent of genetic engineering, a lot of weird questions have cropped up, particularly with regard to what information a company can patent. Individual genes, as they are discovered, are now immediately patented and can be controlled by the company that owns the patent.
Do those gene patents encourage science by providing a monetary incentive for researchers? Or do they discourage science by creating artificial barriers to the use and study of genes by the companies that don't hold the patents.
Guest host Michael Aranda discusses.
- Title
- Fairy Rings
- Runtime
- 3:36
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- Hank noticed something mysterious in the park one day. Fairy rings: are they mystical portals to another realm? Or could there be another, more scientific, explanation?
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Sources
http://herbarium.usu.edu/fungi/funfacts/ringsfct.htm
- Title
- Weird Places: Waitomo Caves
- Runtime
- 2:47
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- Hank brings you the tale of another weird place on earth - the Waitomo Caves of New Zealand, where glowworms emit bluish-green light in a beautiful display.
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- Title
- 3D Printing and the Future of Stuff
- Runtime
- 9:06
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- What if instead of going to the store to buy a new toilet brush, all you had to do was walk into your office and print one out? With recent advances in 3D printing, such a scenario might not be as far away as you think.
Special thanks to Ben Malouf of Acuity Design for letting us take some footage of his awesome 3D printers! Check them out at http://acuitydesign.co
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- Title
- We're Going Asteroid Wranglin'!
- Runtime
- 4:04
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- Hank has good news about NASA.
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Sources
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/president-obama-to-direct-nasa-to-grab-an-asteroid-send-astronauts/2013/04/05/02aa0a60-9e2a-11e2-a941-a19bce7af755_story.html
http://www.kiss.caltech.edu/
http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/awx_03_28_2013_p0-564163.xml
http://www.spacepolicyonline.com/news/third-congressional-hearing-on-asteroid-threat-coming-up-next-week
http://www.cnn.com/2013/...
- Title
- Why Ferns Have More Chromosomes Than You
- Runtime
- 3:49
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- Chromosomes are fascinating little things, and today, Hank explains why more of them doesn't mean more complex, and why different organisms have different numbers of chromosomes. The short answer: mistakes happen.
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- Title
- Sinkholes, Robotic Mules & Fluffy the Tarantula: SciShow Talk Show #7
- Runtime
- 11:33
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- Hank is joined by Peter Winkler with some news about sinkholes and DARPA's new robotic mule, and then the boys are joined by Jessi from Animal Wonders and her special friend "Fluffy" the Chilean rose hair tarantula.
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- Title
- The Brilliant Mind of Ada Lovelace: Victorian Countess & Computer Programmer
- Runtime
- 3:31
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- Introducing a brilliant woman of science from the 1800s: Ada Lovelace. She was the daughter of Lord Byron, became a countess, and designed the first computer program...even though she lived more than a century before the first modern computer. Learn about her brilliance and creativity in this episode of Great Minds on SciShow!
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- Title
- Why Do Cats Purr?
- Runtime
- 3:22
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- The smaller members of the felid family can purr, but why? Hank takes on this most adorable of life's mysteries in todays episode of SciShow.
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- Title
- Space Trash: The Next Big Pickle
- Runtime
- 3:07
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- Earth's orbit has a bit of a litter problem. Hank outlines a few ways scientists have thought of to help clean things up.
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- Title
- April 1st Episode - The Retro-Proto-Turbo-Encabulator
- Runtime
- 2:02
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- Hank brings us a special report on the retro-proto-turbo-encabulator, which could very well revolutionize...uh...something.
More information can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLDgQg...
Thanks to Hank's father-in-law Dick Court for letting us know about this exciting news.
- Title
- NASA Needs You
- Runtime
- 4:20
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- Hank usually likes to keep science and politics separated, but the reality is that a lot of scientific research in the United States is funded by the government. This is a problem right now because the disfunction in the world of politics has begun to seriously affect the realm of science. Because of sequestration, NASA needs our help!
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- Title
- The Oldest Star in the Universe
- Runtime
- 3:25
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- Hank tells the story of the mysterious star known as "Methuseleh," and why scientists think that it is the oldest known star in the universe.
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References
Watch Galaxies Collide: http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AAndromeda_and_Milky_Way_collision.ogg
Strange 'Methuselah' Star Looks Older Than the Universe: http://www.space.com/20112-oldest-known-star-universe.html
Hubble Finds Birth Certificate of Oldest Known Star: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/hd140283.html
- Title
- Anxiety Hurts
- Runtime
- 3:21
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- Everybody knows what anxiety feels like - it's annoying and counterproductive and apparently useless, so why does it exist? It turns out your anxiety isn't useless at all - it's a result of the sympathetic nervous system (in charge of the fight or flight response), which lets you respond immediately to threats and can also help you meet that looming deadline. But you don't want your SNS running the whole show - chronic anxiety not only feels crappy, it damages your cells, alters your brain chemistry, and can exacerbate a wide range of health problems. Hank has the whole story in this episode of SciShow.
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- Title
- The Deadliest Toxins on Earth
- Runtime
- 10:46
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- There are naturally occurring toxins on Earth that are SO poisonous that one drop could kill thousands of people. How is that possible? What about their chemical makeup makes them so poisonous? Join Hank Green for an exciting look into the dangerous world of natural toxins.
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- Title
- A Cure for Ebola, Rabies, & Other Virus Villains?
- Runtime
- 4:03
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- Viruses are among humanity's greatest threats and it seems like they're always one step ahead of us. But this week, biologists say that they've discovered a new weapon we can use against some of our most nefarious virus enemies - and it comes from our friends the plants. Get the full story from Hank in today's SciShow news.
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- Title
- Weird Places: Blood Falls
- Runtime
- 3:45
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- In our continuing series on Earth's weirdest places, Hank describes the crazy place in Antarctica known as Blood Falls in all its scientifically strange majesty.
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- Title
- IDTIMWYTIM: "Organic"
- Runtime
- 4:24
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- In the world of chemistry, an "organic" compound is often described as anything with carbon in it, and "organic chemistry" is the study of carbon compounds, but there is actually no single definition of what "organic" means in chemistry, and scientists have been arguing about it for a long time. In this edition of "I Don't Think It Means What You Think It Means," Hank does his best to illuminate the confusion so we can better understand what "organic" means (or doesn't mean) to chemists.
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- Title
- More About Cats, & Gonzo the Toucanet: SciShow Talk Show Episode 6
- Runtime
- 11:26
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- Katherine is back with more information about cats and Jessi from Animal Wonders shares Gonzo the crimson-rumped toucanet.
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- Title
- Viking Sunstones and Mummy Health Secrets
- Runtime
- 3:26
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- Today on SciShow news, dead person wisdom is helping enrich our understanding of the natural world - how did Vikings manage to be such awesome navigators? And is heart disease inherent in human beings? Scientists think mummies may have the answer.
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- Title
- π 'N' Science
- Runtime
- 3:13
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- It's pi day! Hank explains why this irrational number is important to scientists, and discusses a bit of a controversy that surrounds it.
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Vi Hart's video on τ: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG7vhMMXagQ
- Title
- Breaking News: Mars Suitable for Life
- Runtime
- 3:48
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- Earlier today, mission specialists with NASA's Mars Science Laboratory announced that they have found, for the first time, evidence of an ancient environment on Mars that could have sustained life. Hank tells us the specifics in this very special, super-exciting episode of SciShow News.
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More on this exciting news from NASA:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/news/msl20130220b.html
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/news/msl20130209.html
- Title
- Major Brain Dump!
- Runtime
- 3:59
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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This week on SciShow news, strap in for a trip through the frontier of the human brain. The human connectome is a years long venture to explore and map the pathways of the human brain, and this past week scientists released two terabytes of awesome quality pictures in an enormous data dump which is now freely available to be used in all manner of neurology research.
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- Title
- The Manhattan Project
- Runtime
- 10:41
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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Some of the greatest advances in science have come from humanity's more destructive impulses. This is not the fault of science - when we discover powerful truths about the universe it's up to us to decide how to use them because they can either be boons or banes to the world. There may be no better example of this than the work done by the Manhattan Project - the years long, multinational effort to develop an atomic bomb during World War II. The project created unfathomably destructive weapons and led to a 50 year Cold War with the USSR, but is also the source of a lot of information about the atom we didn't have before, which has led to advances in many beneficial fields, like energy production and medicine. Science, like history, is...
- Title
- The Search for Antimatter
- Runtime
- 4:39
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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If you don't have any idea what antimatter is, you don't have to feel bad - the brightest minds in the world have only recently begun to understand what it is and how it works. Hank gives us the run down on what we know about antimatter, and what we're still trying to figure out.
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References
http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2006/07/26/why-daya-bay/
http://www.deepscience.org/contents/underground_universe.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dirac_4.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Daya_Bay_Nuclear_Power_Plant.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Guangdong_...
- Title
- Is There Gravity in Space?
- Runtime
- 3:44
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- In a word, "yes" - space is packed with gravity. Hank explains how Isaac Newton described how gravity works, and why even though it seems that things are floating in space, they're still effected by gravity. Every object in the universe is constantly attracting every other object in the universe.
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More SciShow on gravitation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhG_ArxmwRM
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- Title
- Inside the Mind of Richard Feynman: The Great Explainer
- Runtime
- 10:24
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- In today's SciShow episode of Great Minds, we're diving into the life of Richard Feynman. Aside from being a great scientist and teacher, he was a kooky and curious guy who played the bongos, painted, and did math in strip clubs. Hank shares favorite facts about Feynman with us in this fun episode of SciShow: Great Minds. Let's go!
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- Title
- PLASMA RAIN?
- Runtime
- 3:03
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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Last week, NASA published a jaw-droppingly beautiful and kinda terrifying video called "Fiery Looping Rain on the Sun" - Hank takes some time to explain why the video is awesome in today's SciShow News.
Watch NASA's video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFT7ATLQQx8
Check out the Solar Dynamics Observatory: http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/
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- Title
- Extreme Animal Cannibalism
- Runtime
- 4:44
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Evolution doesn't care about ethics - it cares about surviving and getting your alleles out there as much as possible. From that perspective, cannibalism can seem like a pretty good idea to some creatures. Hank introduces us to three different types of animal cannibalism, and tells us about some of the species that practice them.
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- Title
- Emily and Hank Meet a Blue-Tongued Skink: SciShow Talk Show Episode 5
- Runtime
- 10:46
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Emily Graslie of the Brain Scoop is back again with some more skulls to stump Hank, and Jessi from Animal Wonders brings in Blueberry the blue-tongued skink.
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- Title
- Spider Rain?!!
- Runtime
- 7:17
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Hank sets the record straight for us, discussing a rain of spiders in Brazil (!?), a new virus that has the internet all a-twitter, and another asteroid recently found to have hit the Earth (not the one in Siberia!) - are you ready for some DATA?
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- Title
- Spring, Time for Drunk Birds
- Runtime
- 3:33
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- As spring approaches in the Northern Hemisphere, we anticipate the fluttering butterflies and the capering baby lambs, and we can also expect to see some birds hammered out of their minds in the trees, and perhaps on the ground. In most cases, these birds have overindulged in the fermented berries and other fruits that froze during the winter and are now thawing - proving an irresistible treat for many kinds of birds.
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- Title
- Weird Places: Göreme National Park
- Runtime
- 3:24
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- There are a lot of weird places on Earth and our new series will explore some of the weirdest. Today Hank takes us to Göreme National Park in Turkey so we can learn about this region's fascinating geological history and about the people who have been living there since the 4th century.
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- Title
- Hank and Michael Meet an Alien: SciShow Talk Show #4
- Runtime
- 8:54
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Featuring Michael Aranda (youtube.com/michaelaranda) and Kemosabe the prehensile-tailed porcupine.
In this episode, Michael attempts to stump Hank and then they meet Kemo and Jessi from Animal Wonders.
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- Title
- Hank Meets a Giant Squid and Other News
- Runtime
- 8:55
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Hank is back in the studio and is very excited to be able again to share news of the universe with you, including his encounter with a giant squid, an English king discovered under a parking lot, new pyramids discovered in Africa, and how the compound that makes Viagra work might also help you live longer. It's good to be back!
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Watch the Discovery Channel's footage of the giant squid here: http://bit.ly/WXtPmv
- Title
- Meteorite Strikes Russia
- Runtime
- 2:29
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Earlier today, a 15 meter wide meteor exploded over siberia with the force of several Hiroshima bombs. Over 1200 people were injured, mostly by flying glass. Here, Hank discusses what happenedt, what it means, and comparable events in history.
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- Title
- Big Idea: Blood Transfusions
- Runtime
- 4:37
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- The idea of putting blood into a person was a radical one when it was first attempted 350 years ago, but today, more than 15 million pints of blood are donated each year in the U.S. to be used in transfusions to over 5 million patients. Hank tells you the strange story of how blood transfusions got their start in medicine.
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- Title
- Katherine, Cats and a Brush-tailed Bettong: SciShow Talk Show Episode 3
- Runtime
- 7:15
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Featuring Katherine Green, Content and Social Media Manager for SciShow and also Hank's wife, and Quigley, the brush-tailed bettong or woylie.
In this episode, Katherine shows Hank some cute wild cats, and then they meet Quigley and Jessi from Animal Wonders and talk about woylie conservation in Australia.
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- Title
- Fun With Potatoes & Physics! A SciShow Experiment
- Runtime
- 3:55
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Hank uses a favorite subject of the YouTube community - the potato gun - to teach us about the principles of pneumatics, which use the potential energy of compressed gas to do work in lots of useful machines every day.
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- Title
- Asteroid Fly-By!
- Runtime
- 4:18
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Today Emily Graslie of The Brain Scoop gives us the news about a couple of near- misses for our planet and an update on where astronomers think habitable life might be found in other star systems.
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References:
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=159069511
http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/160554main_jsc2006e43519_high.jpg
http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/724125main_2012da14rp36-full.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oceania-map_1-41000000.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Northa_America_satellite_globe_2.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Blue_Marble.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cumulus_clouds_in_fair_weather.jpeg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Earth_Mars_Comparison.jpg
- Title
- Twins x Twins = Twins?
- Runtime
- 2:58
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- At SciShow, we ask the tough questions. Today we explore the answer to the question "if identical twin brothers married identical twin sisters, would their offspring be identical?"
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References
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2009/05/18/2573698.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiosis
