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Mirror Life - Biggest Threat You’ve Never Heard Of
AdultsBiologyScience In December 2024, top scientists warned that ‘Mirror Life’, the hypothetical opposite of life itself with reversed chirality could pose a new existential threat that could eventually end in the extinction of all life on Earth.
How Much Information Can A Human Head Hold?
AdultsBiologyMindfulness SciShow explores the human brain's information storage capacity, comparing it to various technologies.
What are truffles, and why are they so expensive? - Carolyn Beans
AdultsAgricultureBiologyEconomyFood Dig into the truffle’s unique and mysterious biology to find out what makes them so rare and the limitations of farming them.
The Drug To Master Reality
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All dogs, explained
AdultsAnimalsBiology The canine family is a hugely diverse group of foxes, wolves, and –yes– doggos that have spread all over the world. MinuteEarth explains who they are and how they’re related.
Platypuses Aren't Weird, You Are
AdultsAnimalsBiology Look, we all think platypuses are weird. Just one look at these beaver-tailed, egg-laying, duck-billed weirdos makes you wonder how we're even both mammals.
The Problem with Antivenom
AdultsBiologyHealth Venomous snakes kill nearly 100,000 people a year. Which is weird, because we have a pretty effective treatment for venomous snake bites; it’s actually been around for more than a hundred years. So why are so many people still dying?
When Your Body Attacks Itself – Autoimmune
AdultsBiologyHealth What happens when the immune system meant to protect you becomes your worst enemy?
No one really knows what a tree is - Max G. Levy
AdultsBiologyNaturePlantsScience Dig into the system that helps scientists distinguish trees from other varieties of plants, and what characteristics make a tree.