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3 Physics Experiments that Changed the World
- Title
- 3 Physics Experiments that Changed the World
- Runtime
- 5:27
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Physics investigates why the universe behaves the way that it does, and today, Hank tells us about the three physics experiments that he thinks were the most awesome at helping us understand how the universe works.
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References/Licenses
http://www.cavendishscience.org/phys/tyoung/tyoung.htm
http://physics-animations.com/Physics/English/top10.htm
http://myweb.usf.edu/~mhight/goldfoil.html
http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/classes/252/more_atoms.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cavendish_Experiment.png
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cavendish_Henry_signature.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cavendish_Torsion_Balance_Diagram.svg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Young_(scientist).jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Young_Diffraction.png
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Plum_pudding_ato...
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- News Bummers: Poison Fog, Sad Sperm & SAM
- Runtime
- 3:41
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Hank loves science because it helps us appreciate the world more, but not everything that science does makes him happy - reports of poison fog on the West coast of the United States; dramatic decreases in sperm counts; and a lack of organic molecules found in the soil on Mars (despite misleading hints reported last week) have Hank feeling a little bit Grumpy Cat.
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Crash Course: Ecology episodes Hank mentioned coming January 7th!
References
http://www.eurekalert.org/emb_releases/2012-12/uoc--mic112812.php
http://www.oxfordjournals.org/eshre/press-release/freepdf/prpaper.pdf
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/news/msl20121203.html
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/video/index.php?id=1159
Apologies to Marion Cotillard and all French speaking peoples for Hank's horrible pronunciation of your name.
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- The Most Advanced Mirror in the World
- Runtime
- 4:46
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Welcome to the most advanced mirror in the world. So, what does it do? In this episode of SciShow, Hank describes the five reasons why infrared telescopes were so difficult to build, and how scientists finally developed the legendary James Webb Space Telescope. Join us!
Many thanks to Scott Willoughby and the entire team at Northrop Grumman for the tour.
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A note re: gold from Dr. Amber Straughn of NASA - "Gold is not the only "reddish" elemental metal (Copper is even more reddish) and other metal alloys are reddish or yellow (e.g., bronze, brass). The point is simply that gold is an excellent reflector of ALL the wavelengths of light that Webb is designed to see--from 0.6 microns out to 27 microns. Gold happens to look gold to us because it reflects blue light poorly, but this doesn't matter because Webb doesn't see light shorter than visible red. S...
- Title
- The End of Everything
- Runtime
- 10:52
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Hank gives us an inclusive overview of how everything in the universe is thought to have begun, and how cosmologists predict it will all come to an end. Now get happy!
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Links to other pertinent SciShow videos:
Dark Energy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATwVApurIQ4
Climate Change http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2Jxs7lR8ZI
Yellowstone S...
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- Mysterious Mars News
- Runtime
- 7:26
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Hank brings us news from planets all around the solar system: Mars, Mercury, and even planet Earth have been in the news lately. A retraction from NASA about the Curiosity mission; the discovery of water and organic material in craters on Mercury; bad news for Earth's climate and good news about mRNA flu vaccines for the future.
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Oops! We goofed: see our correction about Mercury being the hottest planet here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGsp1c_2KX8 starting at 5:30
Crash Course: Biology episode on The Immune System: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeVtPDjJBPU
Crash Course: Biology episode on DNA Transcription and Translation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itsb2SqR-R0
References and image licenses for this episode can be found in the Google document here: http://dft.ba/-35MH
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- From Kepler to Webb: The History of the Telescope
- Runtime
- 4:24
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Hank regales us with the history of the telescope, and then introduces us to some folks from the team who are working on the newest telescope in the chronology - the James Webb Space Telescope, an infrared telescope due to launch in 2018.
Thanks to the team at Northrop Grumman for allowing us the privilege of touring their facility, and to the scientists at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center for their help with this video.
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For more on how Webb compares to Hubble: http://www.jwst.nasa.gov/comparison.html
About Webb in general: http://www.jwst.nasa.gov/about.html
More on telescopes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telescope
More about Webb's mirror from SciShow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZXyT969V0Y
- Title
- Mars Colony Plans?
- Runtime
- 3:37
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Hank is all about Mars, and Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX, has some plans for colonizing the Red Planet that have got Hank very excited.
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References
http://media.aerosociety.com/aerospace-insight/2012/11/23/video-elon-mus...
All images courtesy of SpaceX
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- 3 Chemistry Experiments That Changed the World
- Runtime
- 4:38
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Chemistry is the study of matter - stuff, and how it interacts with other stuff. Even though chemistry doesn't make a lot of news these days, chemists are making discoveries that change lives all the time. If Hank had to narrow down all of chemistry's flashes of brilliance into the most awesome experiments in history, he would narrow it down to these three.
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References for this episode can be found in the Google document here: http://dft.ba/-2-Xi
- Title
- Dark Energy
- Runtime
- 3:47
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- The universe is huge and getting bigger all the time, and we have we have dark energy - the most mysterious force in the universe - to blame/thank for it. Thought to make up more than 70% of the energy in the whole universe, Hank describes how dark energy was theorized to exist, and how scientists are trying to explain it.
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- The Oldest, Most Distant Object in the Universe Discovered
- Runtime
- 3:00
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Hank reports on the discovery by NASA scientists of the most distant, oldest galaxy ever observed.
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References and image licenses for this episode:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/distance-record.html
http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/706976main_p1236a-8x10-macsj0647-m.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gravitational_lens-full.jpg
- Title
- The Physics of "Punkin Chunkin"
- Runtime
- 3:47
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Watch Punkin Chunkin this Thanksgiving, November 22nd, at 8 pm on Science Channel.
More pumpkin carnage online at ScienceChannel.com/chunk
"Punkin Chunkin" is the United State's annual contest to see whose homemade machine can hurl a pumpkin the farthest (without explosives!). Every November, thousands of amateur engineers converge on a farm in Delaware to put their contraptions to the test. The machines at the Punkin Chunkin festival rely on physics to get the pumpkin airborne & Hank is here to give you all the fascinating details of how it works. Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanks to Science Channel for helping with this episode and giving us some money and footage to produce it.
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All footage used with permission from Sci...
- Title
- Why Our Brains Want to Be Addicted | The Chemistry of Addiction
- Runtime
- 11:50
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Why do we crave sugar, alcohol, cigarettes, and other pleasure seeking behaviors? Turns out, our brains kind of want to be addicted. Join Hank Green as he describes how our brains respond biochemically to various addictive substances and behaviors and where those responses have come from, according to science and biology! Let's go!
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Sources
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-06/joso-dti053112.php
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/06/opinion/the-dsm-gets-addiction-right.html?_r=1
http://www.drugabuse.gov/sites/default/files/sciofaddiction.pdf
http://www.livescience.com/15563-addiction-defined-brain-disease.html
http://www.treatment4addiction.com/addiction/behavioral/
http://www.scripps.edu/newsandviews/e_20100405/kenny.html
http://www.economist.com/node/16056339
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/love-doc/20091...
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- Fidelity Hormones, Contagious Behavior, and the Meat-Allergy Plague
- Runtime
- 7:46
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- This week's SciShow News finds Hank up to his elbows in weird disorders and strange behaviors, including a chemical that makes men stay faithful, new insights into what makes some behavior contagious, and the truth about a disease that makes people allergic to meat. Who's hungry?
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- Title
- 3 Amazing Photosynthetic Animals
- Runtime
- 3:54
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Hank's love affair with plants takes a slight hit now that he's learned about several animal species that can photosynthesize. Fortunately, he's excited enough about these animals to share them with all of us! Let SciShow introduce you to three these special photosynthetic animals.
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- Title
- Rogue Planet Discovered!
- Runtime
- 3:33
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Today Hank brings us the news of a unique astronomical discovery - a rogue planet. He also allays our fears of an apocalyptic collision with Earth. So, this new planet is awesome, but it needs a different name - CFBDSIR J214947.2-040308.9 isn't really cutting it. Suggestions?
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- 4 Awesome Future Space Missions
- Runtime
- 3:47
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Hank fills us in on the four exploratory missions to space that he is most excited about - New Horizons is going to Pluto and the Kuiper belt; Juno is on it's way to Jupiter; Dawn is exploring two large asteroids; Rosetta will land on a comet!
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- Title
- The Alien Egg Experiment
- Runtime
- 3:30
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Hank brings us another simple experiment that demonstrates the important biochemical process of osmosis by turning a chicken egg into a frightening alien-looking thing.
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References
http://www.sustainableschools.sa.edu.au/learn/files/pages/CarbonKids/Resource_3_5.pdf
http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/acidbase/faq/glacial-vs-vinegar.shtml
http://www.adamequipment.com/education/Documents/EdExp2c.pdf
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bang/handson/rubber_egg.shtml
http://c-lab.co.uk/default.aspx?id=9&projectid=56
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- The Real Mayan Apocalypse
- Runtime
- 4:11
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- There are just six weeks left until the celestial odometer that is the Mayan calendar clicks over to the next b'akt'un, but in the meantime, scientists have been trying to solve the mystery behind the collapse of the Mayan civilization. Today, a team of anthropologists and climate scientists report a very strong correlation between the civilization's rise and fall and drought conditions. This has significant relevance for our own civilization's future - the most accurate climate models today predict that global temperatures will be much higher than previously expected, meaning more extreme heat waves & severe droughts, among other consequences.
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References
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/338/6108/788
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/338/6108/792.abstract
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/Paleoclimatology_OxygenBalance/
http://dro...
- Title
- How to Make a Lemon Battery
- Runtime
- 3:22
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Hank shows us another SciShow: Experiment! This time he's tackling what may be the most cliche, well-known and misunderstood experiment of all time: the lemon battery. The take home message in this one is: the electricity is NOT in the lemon. Just that delicious juice.
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References for this episode:
http://hilaroad.com/camp/projects/lemon/lemon_battery.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemon_battery
- Title
- Facts about Human Evolution
- Runtime
- 12:32
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Hank brings you the facts, as they are understood by scientists today, about the evolution of humans from our humble primate ancestors. On the way to becoming Homo sapiens, game-changing evolutionary breakthroughs led to the development of many hominin species, now all extinct. Hank will introduce us to these species & the breakthroughs responsible for their development, and help us understand the awesome ways in which they led to us.
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References and image licenses for this episode:
http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/284158_brain.html
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg12216626.300-legacy-of-the-taung-child--review-of-raymond-arthur-dart-a-pictorial-profile-by-frances-wheelhouse.html
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/tag/australopithecus-sediba/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17179608
...
- Title
- Secrets of the Vampire Squid
- Runtime
- 8:04
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- This week in SciShow News, Hank tells us about some weird science, including a squid that's not a squid, animals that can talk, and new insights into how you can mess up your body much faster and for much longer than you ever thought possible!
**To clarify, the subjects in Todd Anderson's research on fat intake ate two breakfast sandwiches for a total of 900 calories and 50 grams of fat, not one. Sorry for any confusion!**
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- Title
- Litmus Test: SciShow Experiments
- Runtime
- 3:04
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Do science at home with Hank in this episode of SciShow - you'll learn how to make your own litmus paper, what it's good for, and how it works.
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References
http://www.madehow.com/Volume-6/Litmus-Paper.html#b
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC125091/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthocyanin#pH_indicator
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litmus
- Title
- Hurricane Sandy FAQs
- Runtime
- 4:46
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Hank answers some frequently asked questions about it, and how it got to be so crazy. What is up with this storm? Has this ever happened before? This is global warming right?
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- Title
- Astrobiology & the Search for Alien Life
- Runtime
- 4:08
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Hank talks about astrobiology - the study of and search for life in the universe off Earth. Right now, the field has more questions than answers, but all they all seek to answer that one fundamental query: are we alone in the universe?
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- Title
- Antarctica's Weird Warming
- Runtime
- 3:25
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Hank gets to the bottom of two studies reporting high sea ice coverage and snowmass in Antarctica in the same year that the Arctic has reported a record low of sea ice. What is going on here?
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References
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/03/running-the-numbers-on-antarctic-sea-ice/
http://nsidc.org/news/press/20121002_MinimumPR.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/20/science/earth/arctic-sea-ice-stops-melting-but-new-record-low-is-set.html?_r=0
http://nsidc.org/news/press/2012_seaiceminimum.html
- Title
- Science on Trial in Italy
- Runtime
- 2:40
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Hank has some thoughts on the news that several Italian scientists who were convicted of 29 counts manslaughter for making an "inadequate risk-assessment" before an earthquake.
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References
Nature's Statement: http://www.nature.com/news/shock-and-law-1.11643
Top Scientists Resigning: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hgHYMt0RlaWTj9auQhUgx4ibC5wQ?docId=CNG.bffad396104a93be5f736ad6dfe206e9.5e1
Italy Corruption: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index
- Title
- Prions: The Real Zombie-Makers
- Runtime
- 4:53
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Hank is tired of zombies in popular culture, and while acknowledging that dead people are scary (especially if they start moving around), he brings us some information on prions - misfolded proteins that are responsible for destroying brains and get passed around mostly by getting eaten. So yeah, zombie stuff.
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- Title
- What Happens as We Age—and How We Can Stop It
- Runtime
- 10:24
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Hank hates death, so he helps us understand the process of aging, informs us of how scientists are studying ways to prevent it and brings us the exciting news of current research in longevity... for mice.
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- Title
- Venomous Mammals, Sensory Receptors & the Moon's True Origin Story
- Runtime
- 8:01
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Hank describes to us some news stories that illustrate how science is continually changing the things we think we "know" - from the status of various animals species, to the way our senses work and even where the Moon came from - scientists ask questions and make discoveries that change the world, and our understanding of it, every day.
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- Title
- Blazars Are A Thing
- Runtime
- 3:16
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- 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.
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References
http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l1/active_galaxies.html
http://www.nrao.edu/pr/2005/fastblazars/index-p.shtml
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/292/5524/1985.1.summary
- Title
- How Science Solved the Giant Eyeball Mystery
- Runtime
- 3:41
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- 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.
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- Title
- IDTIMWYTIM: Stochasticity - THAT'S Random
- Runtime
- 2:49
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Hank helps us understand the difference between the colloquial meaning of randomness, and the scientific meaning, which is also known as stochasticity. We will learn how, in fact, randomness is surprisingly predictable.
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References
http://scienceblogs.com/mikethemadbiologist/2006/07/06/randomness-versus...
http://www.leancrew.com/all-this/2009/06/stochasticity/
- Title
- Baumgartner's Super Sonic Dive
- Runtime
- 3:14
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Hank acknowledges the amazing feat performed by Felix Baumgartner and answers many of your questions about why it is so amazing.
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More about Terminal Velocity: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0IZsfzDS4s
More about Weightlessness in orbit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQOHRKKNNLQ
- Title
- International Skeptics Day Playlist
- Runtime
- 2:34
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- 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, skeptic-y videos from all around YouTube.
- Title
- What Honeybees Can Teach Us About Democracy
- Runtime
- 3:17
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Hank fills us in on the democratic ways of the honeybee and makes a request for more interpretive dance in our own political systems.
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References
http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2011/05/24/136391522/natures-secret-wh...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgSbPkInTzs
http://www.watchknowlearn.org/Video.aspx?VideoID=38347
- Title
- Nobel News: Capturing Photons, Cloning Frogs
- Runtime
- 4:09
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Hank brings us the news about the new Nobel Prize winners in the sciences, what they won for and what it all means.
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For more info on Nobel winners: http://www.nobelprize.org
- Title
- Why Aren't There Giant Insects?
- Runtime
- 3:50
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- 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.
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References
http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/m/meganeura.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/8930070/Worlds-biggest-insect-...
- Title
- The Incredible Inventions of Nikola Tesla: Great Minds of Science
- Runtime
- 9:14
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Introducing Nikola Tesla: A Great Mind of Science. In this episode of SciShow, Hank brings us the tale of the bizarre and eccentric genius who spent his life contributing in some way to pretty much every cool invention you can think of. Nikola Tesla spoke eight languages and, at the time of his death, held over 700 patents. He also is being investigated by the US government for claiming to have invented a 60 million volt death ray. Learn all about his wild achievements in this new episode of SciShow!
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References:
http://www.pbs.org/tesla/ll/index.html
http://www.teslauniverse.com/nikola-tesla-timeline-1856-birth-of-tesla
http://rinf.com/alt-news/sicence-technology/tesla-proven-right-as-technology-is-transmitted-wirelessly/
http://www.badassoftheweek.com/tesla.html
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- Title
- Supersonic Free Fall and the New Element: Hankium?
- Runtime
- 7:36
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Hank brings you the news of a newly discovered dinosaur he is kind of afraid to look at, a way to sequence your genome in less time than it takes to get your clothes dry cleaned, & two new adventures that will take place in space - one going up, and the other coming down! Stow your tray tables, SciShow News is taking off!
UPDATE ON BAUMGARTNER'S DIVE! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62sRY_B7krM
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Watch the SpaceX launch Sunday, October 7th 8:35 PM EST online at www.nasa.gov/ntv
Get updates on and watch Baumgartner's jump live streaming here: http://www.redbullstratos.com/
References for this video can be found in the Google document here: http://dft.ba/-20-p
- Title
- The World's 5 Rarest Animals
- Runtime
- 3:48
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- 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 way as George.
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References for this episode can be found in the Google document here: http://dft.ba/-21F1
- Title
- The Bacon Hoax & the Next REAL Food Shortage
- Runtime
- 3:02
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Hank eases our minds about the alleged bacon shortage, and informs us of some actual meat shortages we may see the effects of in the coming years.
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References for this episode can be found in the Google document here: http://dft.ba/-1-tR
SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES RESOURCES
Chef's Collaborative Seafood Solution - www.chefscollaborative.org
Seafood Selector - www.edf.org
Marine Stewardship Council - www.msc.org
Seafood Choices Alliance - www.seafoodchoices.com
Sustainable Sushi - www.sustainablesushi.net
- Title
- 3 World-Changing Biology Experiments
- Runtime
- 4:35
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- 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.
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References for this episode can be found in the Google document here: http://dft.ba/-1XiO
- Title
- Elizabeth Blackburn: Great Minds
- Runtime
- 3:59
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Hank brings us the story of Elizabeth Blackburn, the Nobel Prize-winning Australian woman who discovered telomeres and telomerase, and helped scientists begin to understand the process of aging at a genetic level.
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References for this episode can be found in the Google document here: http://dft.ba/-1RcK
- Title
- Chimera Cats and Your Mom
- Runtime
- 3:15
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Hank talks about chimeras, and why Venus the cat probably isn't one - but your mom might be!
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More Venus the cat here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k38bfE3ubrs&feature=colike
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- Title
- The Science of the Cinnamon Challenge
- Runtime
- 3:14
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- 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 at SciShow call doing it "the Smart Way."
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Watch John try the cinnamon challenge on Crash Course World History: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQPA5oNpfM4
References
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/02/the-cinnamon-challenge-why/
http://bittelmethis.com/is-the-cinnamon-challenge-dangerous/
http://www.cinnamonchallenge.com/
- Title
- The Science of Dreaming
- Runtime
- 9:03
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- 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 of our waking brain. He also touches on the fascinating subject of lucid dreaming. Try to stay awake!
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ReferencesDreams help us solve puzzles (http://www.saramednick.com/htmls/pdfs/Cai_PNAS_2009.pdf) (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14737168?dopt=Abstract)
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/19/why-we-need-to-dream/
Lucid Dreaming
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=how-to-control-dreams
http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=inception-is-a-clunker-but-lucid-dr-2010-08-02
General:
http://scienceblogs.com/cortex/2006/12/the_neuroscie...
- Title
- Animal Magnetism: How Animals Navigate
- Runtime
- 3:22
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Hank tells us about new research into the question of how animals navigate from place to place - while the problem is still unresolved, we do have some hypotheses, and they all involve something called "magnetoreception."
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- Title
- Dark Energy Camera
- Runtime
- 2:38
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Hank brings us news of the most sensitive digital camera in the universe, poised to help astronomers explain the mystery of why the universe is speeding up instead of slowing down as Einstein's theory of General Relativity would predict.
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For more on the Dark Energy Survey: http://www.darkenergysurvey.org/
- Title
- 3 Ways to Save Earth from an Asteroid
- Runtime
- 4:00
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Hank gives us the skinny on three plans NASA scientists have come up with to save Earth from an asteroid impact. Hopefully we'll never have to use any of them.
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References
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/1950da/
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/171331main_NEO_report_march07.pdf
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/467238main_20100415_NEOObservationsProgram_Johnson.pdf
http://impact.arc.nasa.gov/news_detail.cfm?ID=136
- Title
- Oxygen is Killing You
- Runtime
- 3:38
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Hank introduces us to oxygen - the element that makes it possible for most animals to live, but which is simultaneously responsible for a lot of bad things going on in our bodies.
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References for this episode can be found in the Google document here: http://dft.ba/-1qC6
