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SciShow takes you inside a limnic eruption, a natural disaster that’s as deadly as it is rare.

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This week on the SciShow Talk Show Haley Hanson joins us from Ecology Project International to talk about how they bring high school students into the field to help with research and learn about ec...

SciShow News takes you to the depths of the Earth, where the world’s most abundant mineral is found, and to the Arabian Sea, where a strange population of whales has been living in isolation for 70...

Almost everyone loves the smell of rain, but where does the smell come from? Join Quick Questions as we stop and smell the chemistry!

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Ever wonder why sometimes the airplane you're flying on decides to lurch suddenly and cause your little baggie of peanuts to spill all over the place? Join Hank on SciShow today as he explores the ...

They explode when you touch them. Even a millionth of a gram can kill you. They can even disable you with their horrifying smell. SciShow introduces you to give of the most dangerous chemicals in t...

The Imitation Game comes out tonight, but before its release, Hank got to talk with the film's director Morten Tyldum and screenwriter Graham Moore about bringing one of the world's most brilliant ...

Night blindness is real, and it can be caused by any number of things that affect the complicated mechanics of your vision.

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Sodium pentothal, the so-called ‘truth serum,’ is real! But does it work? Find out what ‘truth serums’ do, and how your brain lets you tell lies.

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This week on SciShow News: Animals! New research has found how dogs actually listen to us in more complex ways than you probably thought, and also figured out how a kind of pufferfish gets its puff...

Hank goes head-to-head with Minute Physics’ Henry Reich to test their wits about the winter solstice, reindeer, and the science of snow!

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To some they look like bow-legged cowboys. To others, swaggering pirates. Either way, the two-legged molecules known as motor proteins are what get the job of living done in most of your cells.

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A Quick Question answer that explains the chemistry that makes minty things taste “cool” and spicy things taste “hot”.

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This Quick Question explains the difference between gravity and g-force, and how you can experience zero-g in space even when it’s not zero gravity!
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An astonishing amount of research has gone into the question of whether asparagus really makes your urine smell funny. Sci Show explains it all inside!

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SciShow News explains the latest climate weirdness, and why the Global Warming Hiatus wasn’t really what it sounded like. Plus, see how humans have harnessed the climbing power of the gecko!

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Some of humanity’s favorite antibiotics are starting to lose their mojo, in the face of smart, sneaky, and rapidly-evolving bacteria. To find new drugs to combat these superbugs, scientists are loo...

There are a few reasons that modern humans have to brush our teeth to stay healthy, even though our primate cousins don’t. Grab your floss and find the answers inside!
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Fair warning: After learning about dust mites, you may never want to sleep in your bed again.
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SciShow News explains how Wikipedia has been used to track, and even predict, outbreaks of disease all over the world, and then introduces you to the most complete naturally mummified bison ever fo...

This week on the SciShow Talk Show Ellen Whittle talks about her thesis research on bats and how they use artificial structures as roosts. Then Jessi from Animal Wonders joins the show with Carlos,...

You’ve seen dogs pant, but do you know why they do it? And is it true that dogs can’t sweat? Quick Questions has the answers!
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Water doesn’t always freeze when it’s supposed to. Learn about supercooling, and how to supercool a bottle of water at home -- and then turn it to ice instantly!

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SciShow News explains the amazing discoveries behind this year’s Nobel Prizes, from the invention that made LED bulbs possible to discovering how our “inner GPS” works!

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SciShow answers ten of the most asked questions by YOU, our viewers, in the past month -- from “What is new car smell?” to “What would happen if you drilled a hole through the planet?”

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Quick Questions explains what’s in those little packets you find in packaged food, bottles of pills, and leather goods, and why you should do what the label says and not eat them.

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SciShow explores a place that’s as beautiful as it is dangerous: Mexico’s Giant Crystal Cave, where chemistry has created the world’s largest crystals -- but in an environment so hostile that you’d...

SciShow News explains the science behind the latest efforts to stop the spread of ebola: including airport screenings, treatments for patients, and developments in the search for a vaccine.

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At some point, you’ve probably heard someone use any or all of these four words to describe someone. But there’s a really excellent chance that person had no idea what these terms mean. But SciShow...

What is Energy? The short answer is EVERYTHING. But what does that mean? Let SciShow explain.

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