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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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4:07

This Chemical Does Nothing, But It's Still Bad For You

MinuteEarth ·

2025/10/31

To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:PFAS: A class of man-made molecules consisting of a fully (per) or partly (poly) fluorinated carbon chain connected to different functional groups. Teflon: A type of PFAS - PTFE - used in making nonstick coating for cookware. Fatty Acid: A hydrocarbon chain terminating with a carboxylic acid group. Albumin: The main protein of human blood plasma. MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios

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4:03

Is Bigger Better?

MinuteEarth ·

2025/10/30

To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:Exoskeleton: a rigid external covering for the body in some invertebrate animals, especially arthropods, providing both support and protection. Endoskeleton: an internal skeleton, such as the bony or cartilaginous skeleton of vertebrates. Leverage: the exertion of force by means of a lever or an object used in the manner of a lever. Square-cube law: a mathematical principle, applied in a variety of scientific

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4:17

The WEIRD Way Monkeys Got to America

MinuteEarth ·

2025/10/29

To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:Oceanic dispersal: A type of biological dispersal where terrestrial animals transfer from one land mass to another via a sea crossing. Rafting event: Oceanic dispersal that happens via floating vegetation. Platyrrhini: The so-called “New World Monkeys” that descended from African simians that arrived in South America roughly 30-40 million years ago. South Equatorial Current: A current maintained by the trade winds

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3:50

In The Future, Death Will Be Different

MinuteEarth ·

2025/10/28

To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Global Burden of Disease Study: A comprehensive look at morbidity and mortality that measures lost human potential due to ill health caused by disease. Aging-associated Diseases: Diseases that increase in frequency with senescence, including atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease, cancer, arthritis, cataracts, osteoporosis, type 2 diabetes, hypertension and Alzheimer's disease. Global Catastrophic Risk: A risk

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5:28

Why Do People Hate Koalas? (ft. @tibees )

MinuteEarth ·

2025/10/27

To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:Fecal pap: a mixture of contents from an herbivore mother's caecum that colonizes the joey's gut with bacteria. Marsupial: a mammal of an order whose members are born incompletely developed and are typically carried and suckled in a pouch on the mother's belly. MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios

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3:58

Why Are They All In Antarctica?

MinuteEarth ·

2025/10/24

To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:ANSMET: a program funded by the Office of Polar Programs of the National Science Foundation that looks for meteorites in the Transantarctic Mountains. Glacier: a slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles. Meteorite: a meteor that survives its passage through the earth's atmosphere such that part of it strikes the ground. MinuteEarth is

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4:21

Should More Species Be Extinct?

MinuteEarth ·

2025/10/23

To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:IUCN: The International Union for Conservation of Nature is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. It is involved in data gathering and analysis, research, field projects, advocacy, and education. MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios

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4:32

Why Most Fossils Are Incomplete

MinuteEarth ·

2025/10/20

To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:Taphonomy: the branch of paleontology that deals with the processes of fossilization Debris flow: a moving mass of loose mud, sand, soil, rock, water and air that travels down a slope under the influence of gravity MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://neptunestudios.info⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you like what we do, you

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1:15

Softwood Hardness

MinuteEarth ·

2025/10/19

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4:16

Why We Haven’t Learned More In 101 Years Of Trying

MinuteEarth ·

2025/10/16

To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:European Eel: A long-lived, snakelike fish native to the rivers of Europe. Eel, Pie, and Mash: A common meal of poorer Englishmen for the last several centuries. Spontaneous Generation: The hypothetical process by which organisms would generate from non-living matter. The Eel Question: A matter of great debate for millenia - specifically: how do eels reproduce and where do they come from? Sargasso Sea: A

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3:29

The Weird Sex Lives of Bluegills

MinuteEarth ·

2025/10/09

To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:Alternative mating strategy: a strategy used by male or female animals, often with distinct phenotypes, that differs from the prevailing mating strategy. Dependent selection: an evolutionary process by which the fitness of a phenotype or genotype depends on the phenotype or genotype composition of a given population. MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios

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4:09

The Disease You Will Never Survive

MinuteEarth ·

2025/10/08

To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:Prion: an abnormal pathogenic agent that is transmissible and able to induce abnormal folding of specific normal cellular proteins called prion proteins that are found most abundantly in the brain. Spongiform encephalopathies: a group of rare degenerative brain disorders caused by prions and characterized by tiny holes that give the brain a “spongy” appearance. Amyloid: an abnormal aggregate of protein.

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3:18

Why Do Heart Attacks Cause *Arm* Pain?

MinuteEarth ·

2025/10/07

To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Nerve: a whitish fiber or bundle of fibers that transmits impulses of sensation to the brain or spinal cord, and impulses from these to the muscles and organs. Nerve impulse: a signal transmitted along a nerve fiber. It consists of a wave of electrical depolarization that reverses the potential difference across the nerve cell membranes. Referred pain: pain perceived at a location other than the site of the painful

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4:35

What Is The Best Shape For A Farm?

MinuteEarth ·

2025/10/06

To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Central pivot irrigation: an irrigation system that moves in a circular pattern around a central pivot point Contour farming: tilling sloped land along lines of consistent elevation in order to conserve rainwater and to reduce soil losses from erosion Strip cropping: partitioning a field into long, narrow strips which are alternated in a crop rotation system Terracing: a method of farming consisting of building

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1:27

Angiosperms and Gymnosperms

MinuteEarth ·

2025/10/05

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1:13

Hardwoods and Softwoods

MinuteEarth ·

2025/10/04

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4:32

When Was The Worst Time In History To Die?

MinuteEarth ·

2025/10/03

To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:Comorbidity: the simultaneous presence of two or more diseases or medical conditions in a patient. Schistosomiasis: a disease caused by liver flukes that has affected humans for more than 100,000 years. Meta-analysis: an examination of data from a number of independent studies of the same subject, in order to determine overall trends. Prehistory: the period between when modern humans first appeared and the dawn of

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3:41

The 3 Reasons This Tree Has Lived 5000 Years

MinuteEarth ·

2025/10/02

To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Great basin bristlecone pine tree: a species of pine tree that includes many of the longest-lived individual trees on Earth. Bark beetles: the common name for a subfamily of beetles that has destroyed millions of acres of forest across the Western United States. Terpenes: waxy chemicals that increase wood density in certain pine trees. Bark morphology: a trait of certain bristlecones in which strips of exposed

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4:57

Why It's Impossible To Win a Nuclear War

MinuteEarth ·

2025/10/01

To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:Black carbon: groups of linked carbon atoms. Fallout: radioactive particles that are carried into the atmosphere after a nuclear explosion or accident and gradually fall back as dust or in precipitation. Jet stream: a narrow variable band of very strong predominantly westerly air currents encircling the globe several miles above the earth. Radiation: the emission of energy as electromagnetic waves or as moving

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4:08

When Tree Planting Goes Wrong

MinuteEarth ·

2025/09/30

To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:Afforestation: the process of introducing trees and tree seedlings to an area that has previously not been forested. Carbon sequestration: a process by which carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere and held in solid or liquid form. Ecological restoration: the process of assisting the recovery of an ecosystem that has been degraded, damaged, or destroyed. Moor: wet, upland habitats characterized by low-growing

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