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 A...
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Episodes (571)
The Antarctic Ocean is WEIRD
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Plague Test
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False Results
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Why Did It Take Us So Long?
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Eclipses Used To Be Terrifying
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Apparently tree FINGERPRINTS are a thing
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How eclipses proved that the Earth is slowing down
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Why Do Weeping Willows Weep?
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Naming COVID-19
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Swine Flu
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This Chemical Does Nothing, But It's Still Bad For You
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Is Bigger Better?
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The WEIRD Way Monkeys Got to America
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In The Future, Death Will Be Different
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Why Do People Hate Koalas? (ft. @tibees )
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Micro Extinction
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Softwood Pollination
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Why Are They All In Antarctica?
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Should More Species Be Extinct?
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These Countries Are Cheating
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How Fish Get Away With Being Colorful
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Why Most Fossils Are Incomplete
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Softwood Hardness
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Janka Scale
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Ancient Humans Made Millions Of These - We Don’t Know Why
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Why We Haven’t Learned More In 101 Years Of Trying
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This Is Not A Bug
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How Caffeine Accidentally Took Over The World
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Is Pregnancy A Disease?
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Softwood Evolution
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Colloquial and Taxonomic
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You Can’t Actually Die Of Old Age
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The Weird Sex Lives of Bluegills
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The Disease You Will Never Survive
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Why Do Heart Attacks Cause *Arm* Pain?
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What Is The Best Shape For A Farm?
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Angiosperms and Gymnosperms
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Hardwoods and Softwoods
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When Was The Worst Time In History To Die?
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The 3 Reasons This Tree Has Lived 5000 Years
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Why It's Impossible To Win a Nuclear War
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When Tree Planting Goes Wrong
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Which Is Worse: Underpopulation Or Overpopulation?
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Balsa Hardwood
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Dog Years
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What if We Replaced Nuclear With Potatoes
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How We Learned That Water Isn't An Element
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There’s No Such Thing As “Warm-” Or “Cold-” Blooded
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Mushroom Wars
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The Couch Candy Protocol
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