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The Secret Culture of Orcas | Podcast | Overheard at National Geographic

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Scientists are discovering that orcas, among the most social and intelligent of marine animals, have unique family structures and behaviors, passed from one generation to the next.

The Mystery of Magnetic Worms - Smarter Every Day 253

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Metal in Worms?

Whatever happened to acid rain? - Joseph Goffman

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Discover what causes acid rain, and how scientists were able to largely eliminate this major environmental threat.

Which Will Kill You First?

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The body can get a whole lot colder - but not a whole lot hotter - before we die. Why is that?

The surprising secrets of hummingbird flight

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Dig into the incredible fighting, feeding, and flying capabilities of hummingbirds.

Why every world map is wrong - Kayla Wolf

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Dig into the inaccuracies of flat maps and how different map designs can shift our point of view.

Why "Nothing" Matters in Science

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Null results often get a bad rap, sometimes characterized as a study "finding nothing," but there's a lot we can learn from studies whose results fail to support their hypotheses.

What’s the best fuel for your car?

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Dig into which fuel— gasoline, electric, biofuels, or electrofuels— is both affordable for consumers and sustainable for the planet.

The Problem With Life Expectancy

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In order to truly understand differences among animal lifespans, we need to stop thinking about a specific number and start thinking about a distribution.

The Ridiculous Way We Used To Calculate Pi

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For thousands of years, mathematicians were calculating Pi the obvious but numerically inefficient way. Then Newton came along and changed the game. This video is sponsored by Brilliant.

Illusions of Time

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Your brain is a time machine!

What if the World turned to Gold? - The Gold Apocalypse

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The Map of Evolution and other sciency posters, researched and designed with love, are now available on the kurzgesagt shop.

Four Reasons Our Brains Suck At Pandemics

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You can read Bill & Melinda Gates' 2021 letter at http://gatesnot.es/3opAPWK​ Certain cognitive biases cause humans to make unsafe decisions in a pandemic, making a terrible disease even worse.

Can loud music damage your hearing?

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Dig into the properties of sound to find out just how bad loud music is for your hearing.

Why Robots That Bend Are Better

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Robots of the future may be softer, squishier and bendier than robots today. This could make them ideal for space exploration. Check out http://kiwico.com/Veritasium50​ for 50% off your first month of any subscription!

The artist who won a Nobel Prize... in medicine - Melanie E. Peffer

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Explore how a scientist and artist discovered how our brains transmit signals throughout the body, and laid the foundation for modern neuroscience.

How Many People Did Nuclear Energy Kill? Nuclear Death Toll

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Nuclear energy creates an uneasy feeling of danger for many people: ancient and dangerous minerals are concentrated to awaken seemingly unnatural powers, creating toxic elements that, if they escape, can and have killed people in horrible ways. How many people has nuclear energy killed and how?

The Illusion Only Some Can See

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Ames window illusion illustrates how we don't directly perceive external reality.

What if We Nuke the Moon?

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What would happen if we were to detonate a very very powerful nuclear weapon on the moon?

The Plant That’s Full Of Metal

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The amount of metal some special plants are able to take up from the soil would be toxic enough to an average plant to kill it several times over.

These SCP’s Could End The World

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The SCP Foundation has been responsible for keeping not only our world, but our universe safe. They contain some of the most deadly SCPs known to man, because if just one of these vicious SCPs got loose, it could spell the end of the world!