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What is Your Poo Telling You? What You Should Know About Poop

We know that everyone poops, but what is your poo actually telling you? Here on SciShow, we’ve talked a lot about poop and the science behind it—so today’s episode is a compilation of answers to your poop related questions! Join … Continue reading

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It’s the Matrix, but for locusts.

At the Department of Collective Behaviour, part of the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, researchers are putting locusts into simulated worlds, both virtual and physical, in the hope that they can figure out how devastating swarms form and move. … Continue reading

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The amazing ways plants defend themselves – Valentin Hammoudi

View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-amazin… Plants are constantly under attack. They face threats ranging from microscopic fungi to small herbivores like caterpillars, up to large herbivores like elephants. But plants are ready, with a whole series of internal and external defenses … Continue reading

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These animals are also plants … wait, what? – Luka Seamus Wright

xplore the incredible adaptations of Elysia chlorotica, a species of sea slug that can photosynthesize food. — The species of slug known as Elysia chlorotica may not look like much— it resembles a bright green leaf— but it’s one of … Continue reading

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Ether/Or — The story of black holes, and how I temporarily lost my mind over an Amazon review

Matthew Mcconaughey went into that black hole in Interstellar and somehow remained all right, all right, all right. New book of depressing poems: https://tinyurl.com/27fdfh63 (you may need to change your region) My other stuff: Books what I wrote yo ► … Continue reading

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Is fire a solid, a liquid, or a gas? – Elizabeth Cox

View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/is-fire-a-… Sitting around a campfire, you can feel its heat, smell the woody smoke, and hear it crackle. If you get too close, it burns your eyes and stings your nostrils. You could stare at the bright … Continue reading

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This Can’t Be Good…

For 50% off with HelloFresh PLUS free shipping on your first box, use code JOESCOTT50 at https://bit.ly/3lCe7PY! Recently, a team of Chinese geologists announced that Earth’s core has “stopped spinning.” This led to a flood of headlines predicting doom and … Continue reading

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What Are We Protecting Mars From — And Why Do We Bother?

Mars, the small, cold fourth rock from the Sun, is being given serious consideration by 21st century explorers. Entrepreneur Elon Musk has ambitious plans to send humans to the Red Planet within seven years (and bring them back again); NASA … Continue reading

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Here are 3 ways a Multiverse could exist.

Is the multiverse possible? Yes! In fact, there are 3 different kinds: Many Worlds, Eternal Inflation, and Infinite Repeating Space. They come from our most fundamental theories: general relativity and quantum mechanics. […]

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