MinuteEarth
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ALL THE DOGS, EXPLAINED
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Why Coyotes Are IMPOSSIBLE To Exterminate
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Pseudopregnancy: the development of signs of pregnancy without the presence of an implanted embryo or fetus. MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info If you like what we do, you can help us! - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Buy our merch: http://dftba.com/minuteearth - Buy our book: https://minuteearth.com/books - Sign up to our newsletter: http://news.minuteearth.com - Share with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Problem with Antivenom
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Envenomation: The process by which venom is injected by a venomous animal. Antivenom: Purified antibodies against specific venom components. Tropical zone: The area of the Earth between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. Toxicofera: The clade of snakes and lizards that first evolved venom more than 170 million years ago. MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info If you like what we do, you can help us! - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Buy our merch: http://dftba.com/minuteearth - Buy our book: https://minuteearth.com/books - Sign up to our newsletter: http://news.minuteearth.com - Share with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
TNT vs Dynamite
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The Norway rat
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This Video Took Us 8 Years To Make
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Species concept: A methodology for determining whether two organisms are members of the same species. Speciation: The evolutionary process by which new species arise. Polyploid speciation: Speciation that occurs due to a change in the number of chromosomes. Allopatric speciation: Speciation that occurs due to geographic isolation. MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info If you like what we do, you can help us! - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Buy our merch: http://dftba.com/minuteearth - Buy our book: https://minuteearth.com/books - Sign up to our newsletter: http://news.minuteearth.com - Share with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
When Evolution Glitches Out
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Evolutionary trap: a situation where an organism, due to a change in its environment (often human-induced), makes a decision that was once adaptive but now leads to a maladaptive outcome, even though better alternatives exist. Stimulus: a detectable change in an organism's internal or external environment that triggers a response. Supernormal stimulus: a stimulus that elicits a response more strongly than the natural stimulus for which it evolved. MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info If you like what we do, you can help us! - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Buy our merch: http://dftba.com/minuteearth - Buy our book: https://minuteearth.com/books - Sign up to our newsletter: http://news.minuteearth.com - Share with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Why The Frequency Illusion Is Everywhere Now
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Frequency Illusion: a cognitive bias where a recently learned or noticed phenomenon seems to appear more frequently than it actually does. MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info If you like what we do, you can help us! - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Buy our merch: http://dftba.com/minuteearth - Buy our book: https://minuteearth.com/books - Sign up to our newsletter: http://news.minuteearth.com - Share with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bulbasaur’s Feet
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Opportunistic Researchers
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Another Ancestor Paradox
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Identical ancestors point: the most recent point in a population's past where each individual alive then is either the ancestor of every individual alive now or has no currently living descendants. MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info If you like what we do, you can help us! - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Buy our merch: http://dftba.com/minuteearth - Buy our book: https://minuteearth.com/books - Sign up to our newsletter: http://news.minuteearth.com - Share with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Which Planet Has The Strongest Quakes?
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Cryovolcano: a type of volcano that erupts gases and volatile material such as liquid water, ammonia, and hydrocarbons. Helioseismology: the study of the Sun's interior structure and dynamics by analyzing the propagation of sound waves (or pressure waves) and oscillations on its surface. Ring Seismology: a field that studies the internal structure and dynamics of planets by analyzing the waves and patterns observed in their ring systems, essentially using the rings as a ""seismograph"" to probe the planet's interior. Tectonic Activity: the movement and interaction of the Earth's lithospheric plates, leading to geological phenomena like earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and mountain formation. Tidal Forces: the differential gravitational effects exerted by a celestial body (like the Moon or Sun) on different parts of a planet or object, causing it to stretch or bulge along the axis connecting the two bodies. MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info If you like what we do, you can help us! - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Buy our merch: http://dftba.com/minuteearth - Buy our book: https://minuteearth.com/books - Sign up to our newsletter: http://news.minuteearth.com - Share with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Science Of Slipperiness
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Surface tension: tendency of fluid surfaces to shrink into the minimum surface area possible Surfactants: chemical compounds that decrease the surface tension or interfacial tension between two liquids, a liquid and a gas, or a liquid and a solid Amphiphilic: having both hydrophobic and hydrophilic parts Hydrophilic: having an affinity or attraction towards water molecules Hydrophobic: tending to be repelled by water molecules MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info If you like what we do, you can help us! - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Buy our merch: http://dftba.com/minuteearth - Buy our book: https://minuteearth.com/books - Sign up to our newsletter: http://news.minuteearth.com - Share with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Pollen Is Not Plant Sperm (It’s MUCH Weirder)
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Alternation of generations: a life cycle in plants where an organism alternates between two distinct multicellular stages. Gametophyte: the gamete-producing and usually haploid phase, producing the zygote from which the sporophyte arises. It is the dominant form in bryophytes. Pollination: the transfer of pollen to a stigma, ovule, flower, or plant to allow fertilization. Sporophyte: the asexual and usually diploid phase, producing spores from which the gametophyte arises. It is the dominant form in vascular plants, e.g. the frond of a fern. MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info If you like what we do, you can help us! - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Buy our merch: http://dftba.com/minuteearth - Buy our book: https://minuteearth.com/books - Sign up to our newsletter: http://news.minuteearth.com - Share with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Your Favorite YouTube Channels Might Not Survive This
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Could Pikachu exist in real life?
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Could Charmander exist in real life?
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How do fish get into isolated mountain lakes?
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Aerial stocking: The practice of releasing hatchery fish into a natural body of water from airplanes. Panspermia: The theory that life on Earth may have come from other parts of the universe. MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info If you like what we do, you can help us! - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Buy our merch: http://dftba.com/minuteearth - Buy our book: https://minuteearth.com/books - Sign up to our newsletter: http://news.minuteearth.com - Share with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Ancestor Paradox
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Genealogy: a line of descent traced continuously from an ancestor. Genetic ancestor: a person from whom an individual is biologically descended Genetic ancestry: the genetic origin of a person's population, and the specific lines of descent through which they inherited DNA from their ancestors. Pedigree: the recorded ancestry, especially upper-class ancestry, of a person or family. Pedigree collapse: a term used in genealogy to describe when the number of distinct ancestors in a family tree is smaller than it would be otherwise. MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info If you like what we do, you can help us! - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Buy our merch: http://dftba.com/minuteearth - Buy our book: https://minuteearth.com/books - Sign up to our newsletter: http://news.minuteearth.com - Share with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
inside of your body is REALLY LOUD
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Otoacoustic emissions: sounds given off by the inner ear when responding to a sound Ear rumbling: a dull sound that occurs when the tensor tympani muscle in the middle ear contracts MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info If you like what we do, you can help us! - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Buy our merch: http://dftba.com/minuteearth - Buy our book: https://minuteearth.com/books - Sign up to our newsletter: http://news.minuteearth.com - Share with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Are Scientists Going Extinct?
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: AI: the general ability of computers to emulate human thought and perform tasks in real-world environments Machine learning: a subset of artificial intelligence (AI) that allows systems to learn and improve from data without being explicitly programmed MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info If you like what we do, you can help us! - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Buy our merch: http://dftba.com/minuteearth - Buy our book: https://minuteearth.com/books - Sign up to our newsletter: http://news.minuteearth.com - Share with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Why Don’t All Rivers Make Canyons?
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Canyon: a deep gorge, typically one with a river flowing through it. River equilibrium: a state in which a river's water flow and sediment transport are balanced. River incision: a natural process where a river cuts downward into its bed, deepening the channel Tectonic uplift: the geological process that occurs when the Earth's surface rises due to tectonic forces, such as plate movements or volcanic activity. MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info If you like what we do, you can help us! - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Buy our merch: http://dftba.com/minuteearth - Buy our book: https://minuteearth.com/books - Sign up to our newsletter: http://news.minuteearth.com - Share with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Smallest Rodent
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Lemmings Suicide
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Why Haven't We Cured Cancer?
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Precision Medicine: A medical model that tailors specific drugs to specific patients based on genetic profiling. Functional Precision Medicine: A medical model that involves directly treating live tumor cells with drugs to gain information about a patient's tumor. HER2-positive cancer: A type of cancer caused by a specific excess growth factor protein that has been shown to be treatable by specific medications. MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info If you like what we do, you can help us! - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Buy our merch: http://dftba.com/minuteearth - Buy our book: https://minuteearth.com/books - Sign up to our newsletter: http://news.minuteearth.com - Share with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Electrical Wires Made Of Bacteria?!
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Bacterium: a member of a large group of unicellular microorganisms which have cell walls but lack organelles and an organized nucleus, including some that can cause disease. Electron: a stable subatomic particle with a charge of negative electricity, found in all atoms and acting as the primary carrier of electricity in solids. Metabolism: the chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life. Respiration: a process in living organisms involving the production of energy, typically with the intake of oxygen and the release of carbon dioxide from the oxidation of complex organic substances. MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info If you like what we do, you can help us! - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Buy our merch: http://dftba.com/minuteearth - Buy our book: https://minuteearth.com/books - Sign up to our newsletter: http://news.minuteearth.com - Share with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What Happens When Predators Disappear?
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Ecosystem: a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment. Herbivore: an animal that feeds on plants. Top predator: a predator without natural predators of its own. Trophic cascade: an ecological phenomenon triggered by the addition or removal of top predators. MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info If you like what we do, you can help us! - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Buy our merch: http://dftba.com/minuteearth - Buy our book: https://minuteearth.com/books - Sign up to our newsletter: http://news.minuteearth.com - Share with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Why Don't Snakes Poison Themselves?
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Antibody: a blood protein produced in response to and counteracting a specific antigen. Antibodies combine chemically with substances which the body recognizes as alien, such as bacteria, viruses, and foreign substances in the blood. Globulin: any of a group of simple proteins soluble in salt solutions and forming a large fraction of blood serum protein. Poison: a substance that is capable of causing the illness or death of a living organism when introduced or absorbed. Venom: a poisonous substance secreted by animals such as snakes, spiders, and scorpions and typically injected into prey or aggressors by biting or stinging. MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info If you like what we do, you can help us! - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Buy our merch: http://dftba.com/minuteearth - Buy our book: https://minuteearth.com/books - Sign up to our newsletter: http://news.minuteearth.com - Share with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Why Do Butterflies Bother Being Caterpillars?
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Metamorphosis: a biological process by which an animal physically develops including birth transformation or hatching, involving a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal's body structure. Holometabolous: a type of metamorphosis (also known as "complete metamorphosis") that involves four distinct stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult. Hemimetamolous: a type of metamorphosis (also known as "incomplete metamorphosis") that includes three distinct stages: the egg, nymph, and the adult stage. MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info If you like what we do, you can help us! - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Buy our merch: http://dftba.com/minuteearth - Buy our book: https://minuteearth.com/books - Sign up to our newsletter: http://news.minuteearth.com - Share with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hamsters vs Gerbil
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Categorize Mice
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How To Take A Dinosaur's Temperature
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Clumped Isotopes: heavy isotopes that are bonded to other heavy isotopes. Ectotherm: any animal whose regulation of body temperature depends on external sources. Endotherm: an animal that is dependent on or capable of the internal generation of heat. Isotope: each of two or more forms of the same element that contain equal numbers of protons but different numbers of neutrons in their nuclei, and hence differ in relative atomic mass but not in chemical properties; in particular. Mesotherm: a type of animal with a thermoregulatory strategy intermediate to cold-blooded ectotherms and warm-blooded endotherms. Metabolism: the chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life. MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info If you like what we do, you can help us! - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Buy our merch: http://dftba.com/minuteearth - Buy our book: https://minuteearth.com/books - Sign up to our newsletter: http://news.minuteearth.com - Share with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Species That Broke Evolution?
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Stabilomorph: A species that retains a stable form over millions of years. Molecular Evolutionary Rate: The frequency with which DNA or protein sequences are fixed in a population. Ship of Theseus Paradox: A philosophical thought experiment that asks if an object is still the same if all of its original components are replaced over time. MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info If you like what we do, you can help us! - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Buy our merch: http://dftba.com/minuteearth - Buy our book: https://minuteearth.com/books - Sign up to our newsletter: http://news.minuteearth.com - Share with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Why There Are No King Bees
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Haplodiploidy: is a sex-determination system in which males develop from unfertilized eggs and are haploid, and females develop from fertilized eggs and are diploid. Sex determination in honeybees: In honeybees, the drones (males) are entirely derived from the queen, their mother. The diploid queen has 32 chromosomes and the haploid drones have 16 chromosomes. Drones produce sperm cells that contain their entire genome, so the sperm are all genetically identical except for mutations. Eusocial: showing an advanced level of social organization, in which a single female or caste produces offspring and nonreproductive individuals cooperate in caring for the young. Fertilize: cause (an egg, female animal, or plant) to develop a new individual by introducing male reproductive material. Genetics: the study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics. Queen Bee: the single reproductive female in a hive or colony of honeybees. Sterile: not able to produce children or young. MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info If you like what we do, you can help us! - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Buy our merch: http://dftba.com/minuteearth - Buy our book: https://minuteearth.com/books - Sign up to our newsletter: http://news.minuteearth.com - Share with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Deadliest Thing At The Beach
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Jetty: a breakwater constructed to protect or defend a harbor, stretch of coast, or riverbank. Rip current: a relatively strong, narrow current flowing outward from the beach through the surf zone and presenting a hazard to swimmers. Rip tide: a strong current caused by tidal flow in confined areas such as inlets and presenting a hazard to swimmers and boaters. A similar but distinct phenomenon often confused for a rip current. Sandbar: a deposit of sand forming a shallow area in the sea or a river. Surf zone: the area of the ocean where waves break near the shoreline. Undertow: a current of water below the surface and moving in a different direction from any surface current. Also distinct from a rip current. Wave Set Up: elevation of the mean water level at the shoreline due to wave breaking in the surf zone. MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info If you like what we do, you can help us! - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Buy our merch: http://dftba.com/minuteearth - Buy our book: https://minuteearth.com/books - Sign up to our newsletter: http://news.minuteearth.com - Share with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
ALL Plants Have Color Vision?!
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Shade avoidance: changes in plant body form and function that occur in response to the light signals provided by neighboring vegetation Photoreceptors: light-sensitive proteins involved in the sensing and response to light in a variety of organisms Far-red light: light at the extreme red end of the visible spectrum, just before infrared light (wavelength of ~700 to 750 nm) MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info If you like what we do, you can help us! - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Buy our merch: http://dftba.com/minuteearth - Buy our book: https://minuteearth.com/books - Sign up to our newsletter: http://news.minuteearth.com - Share with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Frogger
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Plowed Owls
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Why Monkeys Can Only Count To Four
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Approximate number system: A cognitive system that supports the estimation of the magnitude of a group without relying on language or symbols. Violation of expectancy looking time measure: A technique used to determine if subjects were surprised by an outcome of an experiment based on the idea that surprising outcomes resulted in longer looking times. Cross-species comparison: Comparisons across species that differ in cognitive character. MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info If you like what we do, you can help us! - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Buy our merch: http://dftba.com/minuteearth - Buy our book: https://minuteearth.com/books - Sign up to our newsletter: http://news.minuteearth.com - Share with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Truth About Petri Dishes 🧫
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Petri dish: a shallow, circular, transparent dish with a flat lid, used for the culture of microorganisms. MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info If you like what we do, you can help us! - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Buy our merch: http://dftba.com/minuteearth - Buy our book: https://minuteearth.com/books - Sign up to our newsletter: http://news.minuteearth.com - Share with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
memes go viral cuz they're so sick
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Basic reproduction number: a figure expressing the average number of cases of an infectious disease arising by transmission from a single infected individual, in a population that has not previously encountered the disease. Epidemic: a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time. Meme: an image, video, piece of text, etc., typically humorous in nature, that is copied and spread rapidly by internet users, often with slight variations. Viral: of the nature of, caused by, or relating to a virus or viruses. Or relating to or involving an image, video, piece of information, etc., that is circulated rapidly and widely from one internet user to another. MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info If you like what we do, you can help us! - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Buy our merch: http://dftba.com/minuteearth - Buy our book: https://minuteearth.com/books - Sign up to our newsletter: http://news.minuteearth.com - Share with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How Does Birth Control Work?
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Contraception: the use of devices, drugs, or surgery to prevent pregnancy - also known as birth control. Progestin: the synthetic form of progesterone, a sex hormone that plays a role in the menstrual cycle and pregnancy. Gametes: haploid reproductive cells including sperm and eggs. MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info If you like what we do, you can help us! - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Buy our merch: http://dftba.com/minuteearth - Buy our book: https://minuteearth.com/books - Sign up to our newsletter: http://news.minuteearth.com - Share with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Why is the number of languages "increasing"?
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Language death: when a language loses its last known native speaker. Species extinction: the termination of a species by the death of its last member. Ethnologue.com: the world’s foremost authority on the languages of the world and their current status. MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info If you like what we do, you can help us! - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Buy our merch: http://dftba.com/minuteearth - Buy our book: https://minuteearth.com/books - Sign up to our newsletter: http://news.minuteearth.com - Share with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Invasive Pythons
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Smooshed Snakes
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Why Don't We Eat Carnivores?
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Biomagnification: the process by which substances (usually harmful ones) in the natural environment gradually increase in concentration along the food chain Trophic level: A level or position in a food chain, a food web, or an ecological pyramid. Herbivore: an organism that mostly feeds on plants Omnivore: an organism that feeds on plants and animals Carnivore: an organism that eats exclusively - or almost exclusively - animals. MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info If you like what we do, you can help us! - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Buy our merch: http://dftba.com/minuteearth - Buy our book: https://minuteearth.com/books - Sign up to our newsletter: http://news.minuteearth.com - Share with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Why does the north get more total eclipses?
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Annular Eclipse: an eclipse of the sun in which the edge of the sun remains visible as a bright ring around the moon. Elliptical orbit: when an object moves around another object in an oval shaped path. Latitude: the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator, or of a celestial object north or south of the celestial equator, usually expressed in degrees and minutes. Total Eclipse: an eclipse of the sun in which the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, completely blocking the face of the Sun. MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info If you like what we do, you can help us! - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Buy our merch: http://dftba.com/minuteearth - Buy our book: https://minuteearth.com/books - Sign up to our newsletter: http://news.minuteearth.com - Share with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What’s Eating The Titanic?
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Anoxia: the absence of oxygen Chemosynthesis: the synthesis of organic compounds by bacteria or other living organisms using energy derived from reactions involving inorganic chemicals, typically in the absence of sunlight. Corrode: destroy or damage (metal, stone, or other materials) slowly by chemical action. Decomposer: an organism, especially a soil bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate, that decomposes organic material. MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info If you like what we do, you can help us! - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Buy our merch: http://dftba.com/minuteearth - Buy our book: https://minuteearth.com/books - Sign up to our newsletter: http://news.minuteearth.com - Share with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Why Do All YouTube Videos Look Alike?
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Convergent Evolution: The process by which certain species independently evolve similar traits. Carcinization: a form of convergent evolution in which non-crab crustaceans evolve a crab-like body plan. Decapods: Crustaceans including lobsters, crabs, crayfish, and shrimp. YouTube algorithm: A secret set of complex computer-based rules that recommends videos presumably to increase user engagement. MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info If you like what we do, you can help us! - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Buy our merch: http://dftba.com/minuteearth - Buy our book: https://minuteearth.com/books - Sign up to our newsletter: http://news.minuteearth.com - Share with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Who’s Eating All The Spiders?
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Probability distribution: A function giving the probability of a certain measure having a certain value. Skewness: A measure of how asymmetrical a distribution looks like. Multimodal distribution: A distribution with more than one peak. MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info If you like what we do, you can help us! - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Buy our merch: http://dftba.com/minuteearth - Buy our book: https://minuteearth.com/books - Sign up to our newsletter: http://news.minuteearth.com - Share with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices