Category Archives: Science

Earwax, Butt Hair, and Other Weird Human Attributes

Posted on July 26, 2021 by agogo22

You can probably tell someone the purpose of most of your body parts. But what about earwax? Or your appendix? If you’re looking for those answers, or wondering why you have a butt, pop a squat to find out about … Continue reading →

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If Tomatoes Could Talk, Here’s What They’d Say | SciShow News

Posted on July 24, 2021 by agogo22

We’d pictured the plant-fruit relationship as one-way, but new research reports that sometimes the fruit can talk back! And while cow burps are a widely cited contributor to climate change, it turns out that wild pigs might also be contributing … Continue reading →

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Why Getting Dizzy Breaks Your Brain (Temporarily)

Posted on July 21, 2021 by agogo22

We’ve all gotten dizzy before… but have you ever gotten WEIRD DIZZY? I teamed up with Vanessa Hill from BrainCrat to answer the question “why do we get dizzy?” and in the process we learned about some very strange and … Continue reading →

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Swimming Tentacled Droplets | Kottke

Posted on July 20, 2021 by agogo22

Well, this is really quite odd. A group of scientists discovered that if they cool ordinary oily droplets floating in water down to around 2-8°C, they change shape, grow tentacles, and propel themselves around […] More: Swimming Tentacled Droplets

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Could You Ever Be Immune To Every Germ? Your Immune System, Explained

Posted on July 16, 2021 by agogo22

[…] Do you remember having a cold in 5th grade? Or the flu a couple years ago? Your immune system does. Our bodies hold many levels of immune defense.Physical barriers like skin, the innate immune system, and our body’s most … Continue reading →

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Truth vs Reality: How we evolved to survive, not to see what’s really there | Donald Hoffman

Posted on July 15, 2021 by agogo22

Galileo was quite controversial, in part, because he argued that Earth moved around the sun, despite people’s senses deluding them that the world was static. Evolution may have primed us to see the world in terms of payoffs rather than … Continue reading →

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The Plate Tectonics Revolution: Crash Course Geography #19

Posted on July 14, 2021 by agogo22

Today we’re going to tell the story of a quiet revolution in the 1960s that shifted our entire understanding of how the Earth works. We currently believe that the Earth’s broken outer shell rises from the mantle and folds back … Continue reading →

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Mammals, Mutants, and… Roaches: The Science of Milk

Posted on July 13, 2021 by agogo22

The world of milks is much wider than your coffee shop oat variety. From rhinos to cockroaches, milk is essential for the development of many animals’ offspring. Hosted by:Hank Green […]

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HOW ON EARTH did China succeed in landing Zhurong rover on Mars? Review of CNSA deep space missions

Posted on July 13, 2021 by agogo22

As the first Mars rover probe launched by China, Tianwen-1 Zhurong rover has completed the three major technical steps of Mars exploration at one time. The three steps are Orbiting, landing, and patrolling, which are, entering Mars orbit, landing on … Continue reading →

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NASA’s Mars Helicopter Spots Intriguing Terrain for Perseverance Rover to Explore | SciTech Daily

Posted on July 13, 2021 by agogo22

By JET PROPULSION LABORATORY JULY 13, 2021 NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter captured this image of tracks made by the Perseverance rover during its ninth flight, on July 5. A portion of the helicopter’s landing gear can be seen at top … Continue reading →

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