SciShow
Terrifying Parasites Inside the Human Body
- Title
- Terrifying Parasites Inside the Human Body
- Runtime
- 9:05
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- WARNING! This video may freak you out. While some parasites can actually do good in the human body, many do not. In fact, some of the bad ones are downright terrifying. Join Hank Green for a creepy look into the world of parasites—but you've been warned!
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- Title
- Brain vs. Computer
- Runtime
- 3:30
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- The brain of luchador Hanko wants to take on the worlds fastest supercomputer, "K," in a cage match for bragging rights - which one is the most impressive information processor?
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- Title
- Why Sex?
- Runtime
- 4:53
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Hank gets into why sex is the preferred method of reproduction for most species - and it's not for the reasons you're thinking.
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- Title
- Your Brain on Porn
- Runtime
- 6:48
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Hank talks about space shuttle Discovery's retirement, a private space "taxi cab" service, a breakthrough with man-made DNA, and the similarities between religion and pornography in your brain.
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More on Synthetic Biology: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7-ofCWJiUg
SEGMENT 1 CITATIONS:
http://www.space.com/15370-nasa-private-spaceflight-astronaut-taxis-progress.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2130847/PayPal-founders-Dragon-private-spacecraft-dock-Space-Station.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/commercial/cargo/spacex_launchpreview.html
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-04/18/spacex-given-green-light
Images:
http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/504361main_image_1819_946-710.jpg
http://www.spacex.com/gallery-images/falcon9-night-2-l.jpg
- Title
- Dmitri Mendeleev: Great Minds
- Runtime
- 4:21
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Hank introduces us to the man behind the periodic table - the brilliant Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev.
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- Title
- SPACE MINING
- Runtime
- 3:49
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Hank summarizes the exciting news about Planetary Resources, a company with plans to mine near-earth asteroids for precious metals and water, and what these plans might mean for humanity's future in space.
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For more information on this topic:
Planetary Resources website
http://www.planetaryresources.com/
Brief on the company from Technology Review
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/mimssbits/27776/?p1=blogs
Asteroid Retrieval Feasibility Study
http://kiss.caltech.edu/study/asteroid/asteroid_final_report.pdf
- Title
- Yellowstone Super Volcano
- Runtime
- 4:03
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Hank reveals the details about the giant volcano in Yellowstone National Park.
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Sources:
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/yvo/about/faq/faqsupervolcano.php
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/yvo/about/faq/faqactivity.php
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/03/0301_060301_yellowstone.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/11/071108-yellowstone.html
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/08/yellowstone/achenbach-text
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/07/070705-india-volcano.html
Images:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Yellowstone_Caldera_map2.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HuckleberryRidgeTuff.jpg
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/yvo/images/2000-rbs-3.2volcanicashcover_large.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Yellowstone_Caldera.svg
- Title
- Let's Go To Mars
- Runtime
- 10:53
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Hank discusses the challenges involved in manned space travel to Mars, and sends us a message from his 17-year-old self.
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"Space Fighter Pass.wav" by Matt_G
"grenade.wav" by ljudman
"slot 6.mp3" by milton.
"Space Shuttle Launch.mp3" by CGEffex
Sources:
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/588413main_SLS_Web_final.pdf
http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/sls1.html
http://www.marssociety.org/home/press/tms-in-the-news/howwecanflytomarsinthisdecade%E2%80%93andonthecheap
http://www.marssociety.org/home/about/faq#TOC-Q:-Why-concentrate-on-Mars-when-the
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/07/9254628-is-the-case-for-mars-facing-a-crisis
http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Space_Radiation_Could_Be_A_Mars_Mission_K...
- Title
- Mind-controlling Parasites!
- Runtime
- 4:23
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Hank introduces us to some freaky parasites that use mind control to hijack the brains of their hosts.
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Human parasites episode: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABeBqbBy2Lo
Sources:
http://www.npr.org/2011/10/30/141832947/invasion-of-the-mind-controlling-parasites
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v440/n7085/full/440756a.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/09/0901_050901_wormparasite.html
http://www.radiolab.org/2009/sep/07/the-scratch/
http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/9/11/03-0143_article.htm
http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1657166/researchers_link_parasites_to_schizophrenia/
Images:
http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&safe=off&biw=1256&bih=679&tbm=isch&tbnid=53z9OwQxy-fUkM:&imgrefurl=http://www.ars.usda.gov/Main/docs.htm%3Fdocid%3D11013&docid=pRO86T98uVCe1M&im...
- Title
- Life on Mars?
- Runtime
- 2:58
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Hank reports on some new discoveries: one which points towards the existence of dark matter with the "majorana particle" and another, which points towards the existence of life on Mars. Exciting stuff!
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Sources:
http://www.nature.com/news/a-solid-case-for-majorana-fermions-1.10174
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2012/04/11/science.1222360.abstract
http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/04/majorana-fermions-found.html?ref=em
http://ijass.org/PublishedPaper/year_abstract.asp?idx=132
http://ijass.org/On_line/admin/files/2)(014-026)11-030.pdf
Image:
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA01522 {Public Domain]
- Title
- How Weed Works: THC
- Runtime
- 4:25
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Hank explains the science behind the effects of that wackiest of weeds, cannabis sativa - aka marijuana.
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Citations
http://www.nida.nih.gov/infofacts/marijuana.html
http://science.howstuffworks.com/marijuana3.htm
http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/anandamide/ananh.htm
http://medicalmarijuana.procon.org/view.answers.php?questionID=637
The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan
http://www.springerlink.com/content/q450642638287947/
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/09/science/09obdrug.html
Images
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/THC.svg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/Cannabis_plant2.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Rnt_Anandamide.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Cannabinoid_Receptor.png
- Title
- Man Made Earthquakes and More
- Runtime
- 7:26
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Hank hits you with a ton of news this time - Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has plans to retrieve Saturn V rocket engines from the bottom of the Atlantic; new research on the impacts from the Deep Water Horizon oil spill to life in the Gulf of Mexico; some indications that humanity has affected even "natural" disasters like earthquakes; findings of radioactive iodine off the coast of southern California; and some possible insights into the cause of colony collapse disorder, which is devastating the nation's honey bee population.
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Sources:
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/28/10906114-amazon-billionaire-jeff-bezos-aims-to-bring-up-apollo-11s-sunken-engines?lite
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/rocketry/home/what-was-the-saturn-v-58.html
http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-jeff-bezos-apollo-engines...
- Title
- Homophobia and Consumerism
- Runtime
- 2:58
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Hank discusses some new research that studied what makes us unhappy with ourselves and with other people, focusing on homophobia and consumerism.
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Sources:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120406234458.htm
http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=buy.optionToBuy&id=2012-02599-001
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-04/afps-cai040912.php
http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/03/16/0956797611429579
- Title
- Indonesian Earthquakes
- Runtime
- 2:29
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Hank briefs us on the news of earthquakes in Indonesia and helps us understand why these had less impact than earthquakes which hit the area in 2004.
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Sources:
http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/usgs_top_story/magnitude-8-6-earthquake-strikes-northern-sumatra-indonesia/?from=title
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17681745
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/11/earthquake-sumatra-geology-tsunami
Images:
http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/files/2012/04/usc000905e_ciim.jpg
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/glossary/?term=strike-slip
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/glossary/?term=subduction
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Plates_tect2_en.svg
- Title
- High-Fructose Corn Syrup: The "Dark Lord" of Nutrition
- Runtime
- 4:07
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Hank takes on high fructose corn syrup - the new "dark lord of nutrition" - to help explain the ambiguities around all the claims being made about it.
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Sources:
http://www.science20.com/news_articles/highfructose_corn_syrup_worse_table_sugar_study
http://scientopia.org/blogs/scicurious/2009/03/30/hfcs-the-good-the-bad-and-the-sinfully-sweet/
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/21/dining/21sugar.html?ref=sugar
http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S26/91/22K07/
- Title
- Marie Curie: Great Minds
- Runtime
- 9:42
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Hank tells us the story of his favorite genius lady scientist and radioactive superhero, Marie Curie.
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This episode was written by Jesslyn Shields.
The video also contains music by Kevin MacLeod from incompetech.com.
licenses:
License: Video Block Membership
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License: Video Block Membership
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"RBH_Household_blinds 02.wav" by RHumphries
"record scratch.wav" by luffy
"Cheer.wav" by acclivity
"cf_FX_batch_jingle_glock_N--kloing.aif" by cfork
"girl_coughing.mp3" by JollySea
"wind.wav" by ERH
"Coughing Young Man (me).wav" by RutgerMuller
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- Title
- Apocalypse? How?!
- Runtime
- 5:22
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Hank debunks several apocalypse theories that predict Earth's demise in 2012.
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Sources:
http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/ask-an-astrobiologist/intro/nibiru-and-doomsday-2012-questions-and-answers
http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4093
http://news.discovery.com/space/david-morrison-nibiru-2012.html
http://churchofcriticalthinking.org/planetx.html
http://www.dailycommonsense.com/2012-galactic-alignment-hoax/
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2012-poleReversal.html
http://www.universetoday.com/18977/2012-no-geomagnetic-reversal/
http://www.griffithobs.org/exhibits/special/2012.html
- Title
- Alfred Wegener: Great Minds
- Runtime
- 4:55
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Hank introduces us to Alfred Wegener, a voraciously curious guy who proposed the original theory of continental drift - and was laughed at for it.
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Sources:
http://www.is.wayne.edu/mnissani/PAGEPUB/HISTORY.HTM
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/historical.html
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/wegener.html
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/wegener.html
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/Wegener/wegener_7.php
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/bowege.html
Images:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wegener_Alfred_signature.jpg
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/tectonics/crustages.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Plates_tect2_en.svg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Snider-Pellegrini_Wegener_fossil_map.gif
http://areology.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.htm...
- Title
- Apocalypse Averted, Colossal Squid, & Rocket to the Sun?
- Runtime
- 7:59
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Hank tells us about near-earth objects & primordial black holes; new developments in evolutionary genetics; a giant squid & a giant radio telescope; & answers viewer questions about disposing of nuclear waste in space.
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Sources:
http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/03/scienceshot-giant-eyes-but-why.html?ref=em
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v483/n7390/full/483376d.html
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news174.html
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/2012da14.html
http://arxiv.org/abs/1203.3806
http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/03/scienceshot-one-black-hole-wont-.html
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/images/2012da14.jpg [PUBLIC DOMAIN]
Squid:
http://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(12)00182-0
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v483/n7390/full/483376d.html
SKA...
- Title
- Vestigial Structures
- Runtime
- 4:20
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Hank talks about some of the structures in our bodies that are "leftover" from previous evolutionary phases of humanity.
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Sources:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19826562.100-vestigial-organs-remnants-of-evolution.html
Coccyx: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1571308/figure/fig05/
http://www.livescience.com/11317-top-10-useless-limbs-vestigial-organs.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestigial
- Title
- Visiting The Abyss!
- Runtime
- 2:15
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Hank talks about James Cameron's visit to the very deepest part of the ocean, the Challenger deep of the Mariana Trench.
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Sources:
http://deepseachallenge.com/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/evolution/9160646/Filmmaker-James-Cameron-makes-a-dangerous-one-man-journey-to-the-bottom-of-the-ocean.html
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-22/james-cameron-heads-for-bottom-of-the-ocean/3906980
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/03/120325-james-cameron-mariana-trench-challenger-deepest-returns-science-sub/
Images:
http://press.nationalgeographic.com/downloads/deepsea_challenge/march_26_recovery_dive_surface_image_selects/02_MM8108_20120326_23579.jpg "Courtesy National Geographic"
http://press.nationalgeographic.com/downloads/deepsea_challenge/march_08_2012_image_selects/09_MM8108_20120304_07510....
- Title
- The Addictive Truth About Caffeine
- Runtime
- 4:31
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- We humans love our coffee, but does caffeine love us? In this new episode of SciShow, Hank delves into the details about why we love caffeine, and what it exactly does to our bodies! Let's go!
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SOURCES
http://coffeefaq.com/site/node/17
http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=13971
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-natural-sources-of-caffeine.htm
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-kola-nut.htm
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/under-the-microscope-how-does-caffeine-work-1993056.html
http://chemistry.about.com/od/moleculescompounds/a/caffeine.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kola_nut
http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/caffeine/caffeine_info1.shtml#2
http://coffeefaq.com/site/node/12
- Title
- Invasive Species: The Story of Bunny
- Runtime
- 10:45
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Hank tells us the story of bunny and planet Wonderful, and the impacts of exotic invasive species on ecosystems while introducing us to a couple interesting individuals.
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- Title
- Sun VS. Atomic Bomb
- Runtime
- 3:45
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Hank puts the immense power of the sun into perspective through comparison with the most powerful nuclear bomb ever detonated.
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Sources:
http://www.space.com/1995-astronomers-wrong-stars-single.html
http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2011/08/the_brightest_stars_doomed_fro.php
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Sun&Display=OverviewLong
http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~ryden/ast162_4/notes14.html
http://spot.pcc.edu/~aodman/GS%20107%20web/main%20sequence%20lab/mainsequencestarslecture.htm
Multimedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:M42proplyds.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tsar_Bomba_Revised.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Pu88gb1EpmI
- Title
- Glowing Rats and Extreme Genetic Engineering
- Runtime
- 4:09
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Hank discusses some of the recent developments in synthetic biology, and why some advocacy groups are calling for a moratorium on those developments.
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Sources:
http://www.techcentral.co.za/synthetic-biology-genetic-engineering-on-steroids/30351/
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/13/10672301-what-to-do-about-synthetic-life
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/environmental-groups-call-for-tighter-regulation-of-extreme-genetic-engineering/2012/03/13/gIQAzKPZAS_story.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/21/science/21cell.html
http://libcloud.s3.amazonaws.com/93/41/1/971/Issue_brief_-_Synthetic_biology_101.pdf
http://libcloud.s3.amazonaws.com/93/b0/0/1201/1/Principles_for_the_oversight_of_synthetic_biology.pdf
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/09/28/090928fa_fact_specter<...
- Title
- How to Live Forever? Be a Jellyfish
- Runtime
- 4:30
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Hank introduces us to another amazing organism - the "immortal jellyfish," Turritopsis dohrnii - and explains how it can extend its life cycle indefinitely through a process known as transdifferentiation.
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Sources:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15084518
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/4357829/Immortal-jellyfish-swarming-across-the-world.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/01/090130-immortal-jellyfish-swarm.html
http://stemcells.nih.gov/info/basics/basics1.asp
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/01/29/the-curious-case-of-the-immortal-jellyfish/
http://www.mendeley.com/research/species-in-the-genus-turritopsis-cnidaria-hydrozoa-a-molecular-evaluation/
- Title
- Laser Fusion, Gaming Revolution, and 5 Awesome Irish Scientists
- Runtime
- 9:06
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Hank tells us about laser fusion, the sequencing of the gorilla genome, some evidence of life elsewhere in the universe, a revolution in gaming, and his top five Irish scientists.
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Sources:
Laser Fusion:
http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2012/03/its-too-early-to-pick-a-winner.html?ref=em
http://www.nature.com/news/laser-fusion-nears-crucial-milestone-1.10175
Gorilla Genome:
http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/03/gorilla-genome-sequenced.html?ref=em
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-03/zsos-aii030812.php
http://news.bostonherald.com/news/international/general/view/20120308gorilla_dna_offers_clues_about_humans_too/srvc=home&position=recent
Meteorite:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-03/nsfc-mra030912.php
http://research.cs.queensu.ca/~graham/
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- Title
- The Sex Lives of Early Humans
- Runtime
- 3:58
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- From biological reproduction to seeking pleasure, have you ever wondered about the sex lives of ancient humans? There's a lot more that happened than what you'd expect, and some things are pretty shocking. Join Hank Green for a fun and surprising episode of SciShow—you've been warned!
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Sources:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/11/111101-humans-mating-denisovans-neanderthals-southeast-asia-science/
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/05/100506-science-neanderthals-humans-mated-interbred-dna-gene/
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/01/070116-neanderthals.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/03/070316-gorilla-lice.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/08/080812-neandertal-dna.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8660940.stm
- Title
- More Higgs boson news!
- Runtime
- 3:20
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Hank brings us up to date on the latest in the search for the Higgs boson and interviews Fermilab physicist Rob Roser.
Newest info (June 20th, 2012): http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/06/latest-higgs-rumors/
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Previous SciShow episodes on the Higgs boson:
"Quantum fishing for the Higgs boson" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzahpuwKt_U
"So what IS the Higgs boson?" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUnDsNL_5nk
Sources:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/07/science/higgs-boson-may-be-indicated-in-new-data.html?ref=science
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2012/0307/Higgs-boson-hunt-approaching-end-game-say-scientists-video
http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/breaking/2012/03/07/tevatron-experiments-see-possible-signs-of-the-higgs-boson-in-favored-region/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...
- Title
- Why We Love Sugar
- Runtime
- 4:12
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Hank talks about a sweet-tasting substance we humans just love - where it comes from, why we need it and how we could maybe stand to love it a little less.
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CrashCourse Biology Photosynthesis episode: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQK3Yr4Sc_k
Sources:
http://www.sugar.org/images/docs/about-sugar.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosynthesis
http://www.thedailygreen.com/healthy-eating/blogs/healthy-food/types-of-sugar-0921
http://www.globalchange.umich.edu/globalchange1/current/lectures/kling/energyflow/psn_primer.html
- Title
- The Risks of Overpopulation
- Runtime
- 10:18
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- With our population hitting 7 billion people, what does this mean for the health of our planet? Are we at risk of running out of resources? Join us for a new episode of SciShow where Hank talks about the issues of rising global population and what it means for our planet. Let's go!
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Sources:
Life Expectancy: http://www.data360.org/dsg.aspx?Data_Set_Group_Id=195
Demographics: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/suppl/2011/07/28/333.6042.649-b.DC1/SciencePodcast_110729.pdf
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/02/a-fresh-look-at-population-bombs-and-bulges/
http://business.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/29/sex-deficit-bad-for-japans-bottom-line/
Environment: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2097720_2097782_2097814,00.html
http://ecocentric.blogs.time.com/2010/10/26/wildlife-biodiversity-i...
- Title
- Mendeleev's Periodic Table
- Runtime
- 3:52
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Hank tells us about the awesomeness of the periodic table and the genius of the man who invented it.
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References and citations for this dose can be found in the Google document here: http://dft.ba/-23D-
- Title
- Inside the Ice Man, Dark Matter Mystery, and Fukushima Cleanup
- Runtime
- 3:35
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Hank throws three bite-sized stories at ya: the sequencing of 5300-year-old ice man Oetzi's genome; a confusing mass of dark matter; and how the cleanup of the Fukushima disaster is going one year later.
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Sources:
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2012/02/28/icemans-genome-furnishes-clues-to-his-ailments-and-ancestry/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17191398
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2012/10/full/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/japan-decontaminates-towns-near-tsunami-hit-nuclear-plant-unsure-costly-effort-will-succeed/2012/03/05/gIQAQ0VHsR_print.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17213965
Images:
http://today.lbl.gov/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/fukushima.png
http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/186515main_abe...
- Title
- Earth's Not-So-Juicy Center
- Runtime
- 4:36
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Hank takes us on a journey to center of the Earth to explain both how the solid core formed and why it is so important for life as we know it.
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Sources:
http://www.ordons.com/asia/far-east/9976-sakhalin-1-project-drills-worlds-longest-extended-reach-well.html
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/inside.html
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/gallery/Particle/solwind.html
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%27Journey_to_the_Center_of_the_Earth%27_by_%C3%89douard_Riou_41.jpg
- Title
- Faster Than Light Facts, Horny Little Man, and Worst Science Movie Winner!
- Runtime
- 9:03
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Hank gets to the bottom of this "faster-than-the-speed-of-light-neutrino" kerfuffle, discusses some ancient stuff, and announces the winner of the award for worst science in a film.
And check out YouTube EDU's Pop Quiz, featuring questions from some of it's newest educational channels, including CrashCourse and SciShow!
http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2012/03/are-you-brainiac-take-youtube-edu-pop.html
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Citations:
http://www.quantumdiaries.org/author/seth-zenz/
http://press.web.cern.ch/press/PressReleases/Releases2011/PR19.11E.html
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/life-unbounded/2012/02/22/superluminal-neutrino-result-caused-by-faulty-connection/
http://www.nature.com/news/flaws-found-in-faster-than-light-neutrino-measurement-1.10099
http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2012/02/offic...
- Title
- Europa
- Runtime
- 4:11
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Hank tells us four incredible things about Jupiter's sixth moon, Europa.
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References:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/11/111116-lake-europa-jupiter-moons-earth-space-science-nasa/
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature10608.html
http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/11/scienceshot-icy-europa-looking.html?ref=em&elq=8f42909034db42aab865178f232755e9
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/081210-europa-oceans.html
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=39004
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa_(moon)#cite_note-Budget-78
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/ice/ice_europa.html
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/galileo/
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/289/5483/1340.abstract
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Objec...
- Title
- The Mysterious Leap Second
- Runtime
- 4:32
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Leap Day's got nothing on the Leap SECOND! Hank explains why a second is being added to 2012 and why some are upset about it.
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- Title
- Rare Earth Elements
- Runtime
- 4:16
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Hank reveals why our love affair with the rare earth elements has a dark side.
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References:
http://washingtonindependent.com/101462/california-mine-represents-hope-...
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/09/business/energy-environment/09rare.htm...
http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/rare_earths/
- Title
- Obesity
- Runtime
- 11:59
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Hank tells us some of the surprising things that could be causing or contributing to the obesity epidemic.
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References:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_118194.html
http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/trends.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7151813.stm
http://news.discovery.com/human/gut-bacteria-obesity-111026.html
- Title
- Google Street View in the Great Barrier Reef
- Runtime
- 2:31
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Subscribe to the Catlin Seaview Survey here:
http://www.youtube.com/catlinseaviewsurvey
The Catlin Seaview Survey will be taking thousands of 360 degree panoramas of the Great Barrier Reef, not just for science, but so that every person with an internet connection can experience the world's largest structure...at least virtually.
The partnership with Google will bring these images into Google Maps, Google Earth, Panoramio and, of course, YouTube.
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Citations in Google Document here: http://dft.ba/-1Vrf
- Title
- Filippo Brunelleschi: Great Minds
- Runtime
- 4:44
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Hank talks about Renaissance architect, engineer, and professional cranky guy Filippo Brunelleschi in this "Great Minds" dose.
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More on Brunelleschi:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filippo_Brunelleschi
http://www.pbs.org/empires/medici/renaissance/brunelleschi.html
http://www.gap-system.org/~history/Biographies/Brunelleschi.html
- Title
- Awesome Inventions by African Americans
- Runtime
- 3:41
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Who invented microphones, PCs, and video game consoles? In honor of Black History Month, Hank talks about some African Americans scientist/inventors who've helped make all our lives more awesome.
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Sources:
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/culture/articles/000103/archive_034033.htm
http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/computer-science/dean_mark.html
http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/38.html
http://www.black-inventor.com/Dr-Mark-Dean.asp
http://www.jhu.edu/jhumag/0903web/west.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/14/technology/personaltech/14lawson.html?_r=1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Lawson_(engineer)
Images:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:James_West.JPG
http://domino.watson.ibm.com/comm/research_people.nsf/pages/dean.index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fairchild-Ch...
- Title
- Helium
- Runtime
- 3:53
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Hank talks about everyone's favorite squeaky-voice gas and why it's important for more than party balloons.
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For further reading:
"U.S. government agencies work to minimize damage due to helium-3 shortfall," Toni Feder, Physics Today October 2009, page 21
http://www.physicstoday.org/resource/1/phtoad/v62/i10/p21_s1?isAuthorize...
"Nation's helium reserve running on empty?" Leslie Tamura, Washington Post, Oct.11, 2010
http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele002.html
- Title
- Wheezy Waiter on Movie Science, Mutant Flu Facts, and 2 Sounds You've Never Heard!
- Runtime
- 10:35
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- UPDATE ON H5N1 FLU RESEARCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls-6KOwPRX0
Wheezy Waiter announces the SciShow nominees for "Worst Science in a Film," & Hank talks about the bird flu and shares two sounds that had never been heard by human ears until very recently.
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Special thanks to Craig Benzine AKA Wheezy Waiter: http://www.youtube.com/wheezywaiter
Sources:
http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2011/01/nasa-picks-best-worst-sci-fi-movies-what-are-yours/
http://www.mikebrotherton.com/2008/02/08/the-worst-science-fiction-movie-ever/
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/07/10/meloncholia/
http://thesciencebit.net/2011/08/11/shock-rise-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-is-scientifically-implausible/
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/explainer/2011/11/lars_von_trier_...
- Title
- Cloaking Devices!
- Runtime
- 4:00
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Hank pretends he has an invisibility cloak, and describes how some enterprising scientists are working towards making things invisible using nanotechnology and mirages.
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Sources:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/05/090506-cloaking-device-star-trek.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/05/060525-invisibile.html
http://nanotech.utdallas.edu/documents/Mirage.pdf
http://geekout.blogs.cnn.com/2011/10/17/cloaking-experiment-draws-comparisons-to-harry-potter/
http://iopscience.iop.org/0957-4484/22/43/435704
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YO4TTpYg7g
- Title
- GRACE Mission Data Informs Climate Science: Getting Beyond the Spin About Sea-Level Rise
- Runtime
- 3:13
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Hank sets the record straight on some of the findings of NASA's GRACE mission and how they relate to predictions about sea level rise and climate change.
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More on NASA's GRACE mission: http://science.nasa.gov/missions/grace/
Sources:
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature10847.html#/ref6
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2012-036#1
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/what-do-new-findings-on-ice-melt-and-sea-level-rise-mean/2012/02/12/gIQAL56KBR_blog.html
Images: [All Public Domain]
http://grace.jpl.nasa.gov/images/Grace/On%20Orbit%20Rendering.jpg
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/grace20120208bot.html
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/grace20120208mid.html
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/video/index.cfm?id=1062
- Title
- Gold: The Big Bling
- Runtime
- 3:31
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Hank talks about a shiny element that has fascinated humans for millenia.
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For more:
http://ircamera.as.arizona.edu/NatSci102/NatSci102/lectures/supernovae.htm
http://www.valdosta.edu/~cbarnbau/astro_demos/stellar_evol/evol_3.html
- Title
- Football Disease, Moon Base Dreams, and the Deepest Vents Ever!
- Runtime
- 10:12
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Hank breaks the news to you about your brain on football, the reality behind the latest moon-base plan, and an epic win -- and fail -- in the animal kingdom.
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Sources:
http://www.wired.com/playbook/2011/02/duerson-suicide-brain-study/
http://www.nature.com/scientificamerican/journal/v306/n2/full/scientificamerican0212-66.html
http://articles.cnn.com/2011-09-08/opinion/nfl.life.after.the.game_1_nfl-player-football-career-big-time-college-football/3?_s=PM:OPINION
http://gamesover.org/retirement/when_the_cheering_stops
http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/01/26/is_there_anything_we_need_on_the_moon
http://fti.neep.wisc.edu/pdf/wcsar9201-2.pdf
http://money.cnn.com/2012/01/27/pf/newt_gingrich_moon_colony/?hpt=hp_t2
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/289775/mars-prize-robert-zubrin
htt...
- Title
- The Mayan Calendar & 2012
- Runtime
- 4:45
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Hank tells us about the Mayan calendar & why December 21, 2012 will not be the end of the world.
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Sources:
http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2011/09/14/2012-truth-about-end-of-world/
http://books.google.com/books?id=n3MPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA602&lpg=PA602&dq=september+18,+1618&source=bl&ots=LiBCNNljG9&sig=hkaRUYLo3z0EXW7iHOFVza36EYs&hl=en&ei=PWDZTomFGtDMiQKWruWBCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCUQ6AEwATgK#v=onepage&q=september%2018%2C%201618&f=false
http://www.pauahtun.org/cgi-bin/mayagreg.py
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoamerican_Long_Count_calendar
http://users.hartwick.edu/hartleyc/mayacalendar/mayacalendar.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/11/091106-2012-end-of-world-myths.html
http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2011/09/14/2012-truth-about-end-of-world/
- Title
- Ancient Lake in Antarctica Reached!
- Runtime
- 4:32
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Hank gets to the bottom of an exciting, and kinda weird, announcement from Russian scientists at the Vostok Research Station in Antarctica. Have they reached a 20-million-year old underground lake? Maybe! Is there a hoard of Nazi secrets down there too? No!
**EDIT** Confirmation of reaching the lake came this morning! For more check out the article from the New York Times: http://dft.ba/-vostok
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