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MinuteEarth Patreon Announcement + Tshirts
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MinuteEarth Patreon Announcement + Tshirts
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America's Energy Future - MinuteEarth At The DemDebate
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YouTube and NBC invited us to make a video for the final Democratic Candidate’s Debate before the US Presidential primaries. Here’s our video (about climate change & energy), Lester Holt’s question, & the candidates’ responses.
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DemDebate Secret Video - What The U.S. Promised In Paris
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NBC & YouTube actually asked us to make TWO videos for the Democratic Presidential Debate on January 17th, 2016. Here’s the video that DIDN’T get shown at the debate.
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How We Make MinuteEarth Videos (Behind the Scenes)
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An outline of how we make our videos.
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How We Make MinuteEarth Videos (Behind the Scenes)
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The Basics Of Digital Illustration
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Have ever wondered how digital illustrations are made? This video explains the basics.
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MinuteEarth Needs Your Support
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Welcome To MinuteEarth
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Introducing Our NEW SHOW - Paradigms
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Why Do You Make So Many Poop Videos? (& Other Questions)
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We answer your burning questions in our first-ever Q&A video. Thanks for asking, and for watching!! Thanks also to our patrons and YouTube members. You make MinuteEarth possible.
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MinuteEarth Explains: Size
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MinuteEarth Explains: Food
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MinuteEarth Explains: Battle of the Sexes
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MinuteEarth Explains: Cats vs Dogs
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MinuteEarth Explains: Stuff That...Isn’t
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MinuteEarth Explains: Water
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MinuteEarth Explains: Space
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MinuteEarth Explains: Poop
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MinuteEarth Explains: Human Evolution
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MinuteEarth Explains: Animal Winners and Losers
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In this collection of classic MinuteEarth videos, we keep score on the winners and losers of the animal kingdom.
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Unintended Consequences | MinuteEarth Explains
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Extreme Weather | MinuteEarth Explains
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4 Great Science Stories | MinuteEarth Directors' Picks
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1 year old puppy = 30 year old human #shorts
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MinuteEarth Explains: How Did Whales Get So Big? | Book Trailer
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WE MADE A BOOK! It’s packed with the clever explanations, adorable illustrations, and quirky humor you love from MinuteEarth – all in hard-cover form! Explore science and fun facts .. show full overview
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Adult Cats Only Meow At Humans #shorts
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The World's Largest Nuclear Weapon (ft. Stephen Fry) #shorts
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Hyena Families #Shorts
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Hyenas are more catty than doggy, but ultimately they’re just hyena-y!
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Grolar Bears #Shorts
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Know your hybrids
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Opossum vs Possum #shorts
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Opossums and possums are awesome. Here’s how to tell the difference.
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The Rain Shadow Effect #shorts
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Here’s how mountains control the weather.
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We're making hurricanes stronger #shorts
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We're making hurricanes stronger. Here's how.
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How to ACTUALLY Make a Difference #shorts
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What, exactly, is in the air you breathe? #shorts
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What, exactly, is in the air you breathe?
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The greenhouse effect might be misnamed #shorts
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The greenhouse effect might be misnamed.
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MinuteEarth Explains: Birds
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Perfumers LOVE whale poop!
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Perfumes contain many very strange ingredients, but one of the strangest is definitely ambergris. These days, it's mostly replaced by a synthetic compound - so don't worry about dowsing yourself in whale bile ;)
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Why Does Cement Spew So Much CO2?
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Cement is responsible for 8% of humanity’s carbon dioxide emissions, which is a problem if we want to build more cities. To reduce the carbon dioxide emitted by the production of cement, .. show full overview
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It's A Great Time To Be A Black Bear!
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Black bears in North America are actually doing pretty well! However, the same thing is not the case for their Asian cousins. So why do some species thrive while others falter? The cause, as you might expect, is humans.
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Eclipse pun battle
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Who will win? Jasper from @Minutelabsio or Asa Stahl from @planetarysociety ?
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Would you eat this Poop-Brownie?
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They say you eat with your eyes first. And they (whoever 'they' are) seem to be right. Would you eat a poop-shaped treat or do you save things like that for Halloween?
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Honeybees have a secret weapon!
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For some animals, poop is a regular part of the menu!
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It looks SO gross (and IS kinda gross) but some animals need to digest their food twice to get all the nutrients out of their meal.
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Can Dogs Affect Our Health?
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Dogs are great companions, AND having them around reduces the chance of developing allergies
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Why don't we eat Carnivores?
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The animals we eat generally don't eat other animals - why is that?
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Why Petri Dishes Are The Best AND The Worst
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Petri dishes are filled with nutrient agar and used as food for bacteria - but only a few species will actually grow on them. And if we can't grow them, then we can't study them either.
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How to measure a Dinosaurs temperature?
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A fossil's bones can tell you more about the organism than just the shape - it can also tell you how warm the organism kept its body!
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Bee genetics are Bee-zarre!
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Bee genetics are really weird! First, eggs only need 1 set of chromosomes to become a baby bee. Second, male bees can only have daughters.
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MinuteEarth now also exists as a podcast!
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Find us anywhere you listen to podcasts!
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A crime most Fowl!
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A crime spree hit England! The criminal? A feathery cutie.
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Why are humans the only animals to wipe their butt?
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Humans are strange animals for many, many reasons. One of them is that we are the only ones to wipe our butt. But why do we need this?
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Size matters for Hermit Crabs!
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Hermit crabs grow throughout their life, but their shell doesn't! This is why they are always on the lookout for a new shell that fits perfectly.
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No thank you Nosferatu!
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The worst thing about being a vampire would be the diet. Blood is really not that nutritious and you'd run into several problems while maintaining your bloody diet!
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How worms wormed their way into American soil!
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Earth worms are an invasive species and changed the American landscape!
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Your Favorite YouTube Channels Might Not Survive This
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Why don't humans go through metamorphosis?
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This might sound like a silly question, but TONS of organisms change their body types during their lifetimes. And while it has its advantages, it does come with a cost.
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Why are Meteorites so hard to find?
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This is an excerpt of our video "Why are they all in Antarctica" which is a finalist in the #LabMeCrazy! Science Film Festival!
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How do venomous snakes prevent poisoning themselves?
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Lunar eclipses helped us predict the pattern of Solar eclipses!
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Lunar eclipses are really cool and form in a pretty similar way to solar eclipses. Because of this, lunar eclipses help us figure out the pattern of solar eclipses!
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Copy-Paste Cancer
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The very same type of cancer can be caused by a lot of different mutations. Instead of trying to understand every mutation, some doctors are copy-pasting the cancer cells to try many .. show full overview
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A story about statistics and Spiders Georg
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We LOVE to take casual jokes just a little bit too far.
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How are Rip Currents formed?
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Rip currents are one of the most dangerous things you can encounter on the beach, partially because they are really hard to spot!
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How to Escape a Rip Current
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There are two recommended ways to escape a rip current: 1: try to swim to the side 2: stay calm while the current takes you towards the ocean and swim towards the side, then the beach when the current is calmer.
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Why do so many animals change their body type?
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Humans are pretty strange for keeping the same body plan throughout our entire life! Why do so many organisms change their body plan anyway?
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How to avoid poisoning yourself?
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How would you avoid poisoning yourself if you were a venomous creature? I would also choose to lick my own armits.
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The Difference between Pollen and Sperm
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Pollen is often described as 'plant sperm', but it has some important differences! Like sperm, pollen contains one DNA set from its parent, but unlike sperm, pollen itself is actually .. show full overview
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Why is Soap SO Slippery?
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One of the reasons soap is so slippery is the lack of friction. There's just nothing to hold on to and the bar flies up up and away!
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It was only a fish how did it end up like this?
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There are several ways for fish to end up in completely isolated mountain lakes. Some of them are really weird!
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This Salamander is pregnant for 4 YEARS
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We dont know WHY this Salamander is pregnant for 4 years, but we do know HOW this happens. What a mom!
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Not all those who wander are lost - but this bird certainly was!
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The Aldabra rail is the only bird that we know of that evolved TWICE!
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Women in Science Spotlight: Emmy Noether!
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Emmy Noether was a brilliant mathematician who made massive contributions to physics! Her perseverance is an absolute inspiration
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What came first? The Seed or the Plant?
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The egg came before the chicken, but did the seed come before the plant?