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MinuteEarth

From the creators of the popular science show with millions of YouTube subscribers comes the MinuteEarth podcast. Every episode of the show dives deep into a science question you might not even know you had - but once you hear the answer, you’ll want to share it with everyone you know. Our team of scientists digs into the research and breaks it down into a short, entertaining explanation jam-packed with science facts and terrible puns. We’ll tell the incredible story of how monkeys crossed the

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3:30

You Are A Fish

MinuteEarth ·

2025/04/16

To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:Phylogenetic tree: a branching diagram or "tree" showing the evolutionary relationships among various biological species Cladogram: a diagram used in cladistics to show relations among organisms Monophyletic group (or clade): a group of organisms that consists of all the descendants of a common ancestor Paraphyletic group: all of the descendants of a common ancestor minus one or more monophyletic groups Similarity trap:

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3:57

These Names Can Kill Animals

MinuteEarth ·

2025/04/09

MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLChttps://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

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2:53

Why Are Fewer People Getting Appendicitis?

MinuteEarth ·

2025/04/08

To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Fecalith: A stony mass of feces inside a person’s intestinal tract. Appendix: A tube-shaped sac at the bottom of a person’s intestinal tract. Appendicitis: A painful inflammation of the appendix. Fiber: Plant-derived dietary material that’s resistant to certain digestive enzymes. Tertiary Food Processing: Commercial production of food that often contains synthetic elements or an overabundance of certain salts and sugars

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6:46

Why Do You Make So Many Poop Videos? (& Other Questions)

MinuteEarth ·

2025/04/07

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

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1:19

Carbonaceous Chondrite

MinuteEarth ·

2025/03/30

MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLChttps://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

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1:25

Planet Formation

MinuteEarth ·

2025/03/29

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

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2:53

The Similarity Trap

MinuteEarth ·

2025/03/28

To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Cladistics: A method of recreating evolutionary trees based on evidence about relationships. Etymology: The study of the origin of words and how they have changed throughout history. Convergent Evolution: A process whereby different species evolve similar traits in order to adapt to similar environments. Polyphyly: A group containing members with multiple ancestral sources. Homoplasy: A trait shared by a group of species

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4:59

Rise Of The Mesopredator🎵

MinuteEarth ·

2025/03/27

To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:Food Web: the feeding relationships between animals that determine how energy and nutrients are spread throughout an ecosystem. Trophic Level: a hierarchical level in an ecosystem made up of organisms that share the same function in the food web. Apex predator: the animals at the top trophic level that feed on animals and organisms below them. Mesopredator: a member of a mid-ranking trophic level that preys on animals and

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3:38

How Long Can We Live?

MinuteEarth ·

2025/03/26

To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:Mortality plateau: the leveling out of the mortality rate that is observed at late ages in various species 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:

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3:17

When Trees Go Nuts

MinuteEarth ·

2025/03/25

To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Mast Year: A year in which all the plants of a particular species in a region ramp up their seed production. Predator Satiation Hypothesis: The hypothesis that mast seeding is a strategy plants use for controlling the population of squirrels and other seed-eating animals. MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info If you like what we do, you can help us! - Become our patron:

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3:17

Why You Shouldn't Give Ginger To Monkeys (and other...

MinuteEarth ·

2025/03/24

To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Sunshower: A meteorological phenomenon in which the sunshines while rain is falling. Idiom: A group of words whose meaning is not readily understandable by defining the individual words. Anthropomorphism: The attribution of human characteristics to an animal or god or object. Linguistic Anthropology: A field of study into how language shapes communication around the world. MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios

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3:23

Why Bird Penises Are So Weird

MinuteEarth ·

2025/03/06

To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:Sex chromosome: A chromosome involved in determining the sex of an individual. Cloaca: A posterior orifice that serves as the only exit for the gastrointestinal, urinary and genital tracts. Mutation: An alteration in the DNA sequence that makes up a gene. Sexually-selected Trait: A trait based on a mutation that confers a reproductive advantage. BMP4: A protein whose presence halts the growth of bird penises in the egg

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3:23

Where Do Our Drugs Come From?

MinuteEarth ·

2025/03/05

To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:Bioprospecting: the systematic search for and development of new sources of chemical compounds, genes, micro-organisms, macro-organisms, and other valuable products from nature. 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:

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3:53

Why Do Female Hyenas Have Pseudo-Penises?!

MinuteEarth ·

2025/03/04

To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Pseudopenis: a structure that resembles a penis but is developmentally (and functionally) different Masculinization: the process by which female genitalia is made to appear more like male genitalia 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

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3:24

Why Farming is Broken (And Always Has Been)

MinuteEarth ·

2025/03/03

To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Annual plant: living for a year or less, perpetuating itself by seed Perennial plant: living for several years Polyculture: the simultaneous cultivation or exploitation of several crops or kinds of animals Natural systems agriculture: cropping systems based on processes found in nature Agroforestry: land use management that combines the cultivation of trees/shrubs with crops/pasture to create more productive and

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3:15

Why Is Syrup Sticky?

MinuteEarth ·

2025/02/27

MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLChttps://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

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3:20

Why So Many Meteorites Come From The Same Place

MinuteEarth ·

2025/02/19

To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:Asteroid: A rocky body smaller than a planet that is orbiting the sun. Meteoroid: A smaller rocky body moving in the solar system. Meteor: A meteoroid that has entered the Earth’s atmosphere. Meteorite: A meteor that hits the Earth. Orbital resonance: A force that occurs when orbiting bodies exert a regular, periodic gravitational influence on each other, because of the length of their relative orbits. Kirkwood Gap: A

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3:03

What Nuclear Bombs Taught Us About Whales

MinuteEarth ·

2025/02/18

To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Infrasound: sound waves too low in frequency for humans to hear. The CTBTO stations detect frequencies of 0.02 to 4Hz Hydroacoustic: having to do with underwater sounds. The CTBTO stations detect frequencies of 1-100 Hz Seismic: oscillation waves in the earth, often caused by earthquakes or other tectonic activity. The CTBTO stations detect frequencies of 0.02-16 Hz MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios

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3:03

Why Does Wine Make Your Mouth Feel Dry?

MinuteEarth ·

2025/02/17

To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Tannin: a yellow or brownish chemical present in some plant tissues, used in leather production and ink manufacture, and a contributor to the sensation of astringency Astringency: the sensation caused by the contraction of body tissues due to tannins, often called “mouthfeel” Polyphenol: a chemical compound containing more than one phenolic hydroxyl group, of which tannins are a major group Phenolic: a chemical compound with

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1:23

Poop Composition

MinuteEarth ·

2025/02/16

MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLChttps://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

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