What makes a sound scary?
What's the recipe for goosebumps and shivers? Let's talk about scary sounds! They are dissonant, shrill, and don't fit the setting you are in.
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Could AI replace scientists?
AI is very good at logic-based tasks, but doesn't make the same creative leaps that humans can make. AI can assist scientists, but not replace them.
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What I Learned on Monkey Island
Secure your privacy with Surfshark! Enter coupon code MINUTEEARTH at surfshark.com/minuteearth Monkey Island is, perhaps unsurprisingly, home to thousands of monkeys.
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Meet The Macaques of Monkey Island
Hundreds of rhesus macaques live on a small island off the coast of Puerto Rico. Here are some of their stories.
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Your microbes give you away!
You are covered with microorganisms. Everyone is!
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Why does boiled water freeze faster?
We still don't know why recently boiled water freezes faster!
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How AI can assist scientists!
It's become easier than ever to generate massive datasets - but dealing with all that information is challenging!
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All The Dogs, Explained
🐕 Get your canine poster at store.dftba.com/products/canine-poster 🐕 The canine family is a hugely diverse group of foxes, wolves, and –yes– doggos that have spread all over the world.
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The origin of the Ribbon Diagram!
The ribbon diagram has swiftly become the standard way of showing protein structures; it's hard to imagine any other type of representation! Made with our STEM besties @CBSUnstoppable
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The North Star will not be in the North forever!
The gravity of both the sun and the moon pull on the Earth’s equatorial bulge, causing the Earth’s rotational axis to change.
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Why Coyotes Are IMPOSSIBLE To Exterminate
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These flowers smell like rotten meat!
Some flowers smell HORRIBLE to humans but amazing to other animals, like dung beetles!
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The Ferret that Cleaned the Particle Accelerator!
The magnets at Fermilab were covered in small metal shavings - but Felicia the ferret saved the day 💖 Made with our STEM bestie @CBSUnstoppable
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The Problem with Antivenom
Discover who you are with MyHeritage. Get a 14-day free trial here: bit.ly/MinuteEarth2 Venomous snakes kill nearly 100,000 people a year.
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What came first? The Seed or the Plant?
The egg came before the chicken, but did the seed come before the plant? We made this video with our STEM besties at @CBSUnstoppable
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Women in Science Spotlight: Emmy Noether!
Emmy Noether was a brilliant mathematician who made massive contributions to physics! Her perseverance is an absolute inspiration ❤️ Made with our friends at @CBSUnstoppable
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Not all those who wander are lost - but this bird certainly was!
The Aldabra rail is the only bird that we know of that evolved TWICE! Made with our STEM besties at @CBSUnstoppable
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This Video Took Us 8 Years To Make
Help us make well-researched science videos at patreon.com/MinuteEarth We want to tell important stories about our natural world, but some ideas that seem great initially end up being way
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This Salamander is pregnant for 4 YEARS
We dont know WHY this Salamander is pregnant for 4 years, but we do know HOW this happens. What a mom! Made with our STEM besties at @CBSUnstoppable
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It was only a fish how did it end up like this?
There are several ways for fish to end up in completely isolated mountain lakes. Some of them are really weird!
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When Evolution Glitches Out
Learn how to help save birds in your community at birds.naturecanada.ca Animals are prone to falling for “evolutionary traps”: modern human-made stuff that accidentally tricks them into
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Why is Soap SO Slippery?
One of the reasons soap is so slippery is the lack of friction. There's just nothing to hold on to and the bar flies up up and away!
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Why The Frequency Illusion Is Everywhere Now
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The Difference between Pollen and Sperm
Pollen is often described as 'plant sperm', but it has some important differences!
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How to avoid poisoning yourself?
How would you avoid poisoning yourself if you were a venomous creature? I would also choose to lick my own armits.
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Why do so many animals change their body type?
Humans are pretty strange for keeping the same body plan throughout our entire life! Why do so many organisms change their body plan anyway?
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How to Escape a Rip Current
There are two recommended ways to escape a rip current: 1: try to swim to the side 2: stay calm while the current takes you towards the ocean and swim towards the side, then the beach when the
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Another Ancestor Paradox
Get 15% off 6" and 8.5" globes using the code "MINUTEEARTH" at movaglobes.com There is a point in human history where everyone alive at the time fits into one of two categories: Either
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How are Rip Currents formed?
Rip currents are one of the most dangerous things you can encounter on the beach, partially because they are really hard to spot!
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Which Planet Has The Strongest Quakes?
Use code MINUTEEARTH at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: incogni.com/MINUTEEARTH Earth might be the only planet with tectonic plates, but it is not the only one with quakes
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