MinuteEarth
Science and stories about our awesome planet-- in just a few minutes!
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234 episodes available
last episode published 2 weeks ago
first episode published 8 years ago
Episodes
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Why It's Good To Have A Weak Hand -
An Unexpected Consequence of COVID -
The Mystery Of The Missing Penis -
Why We Faint (When Other Animals Don't) -
How Do Some Waves Get SO Big? -
The Ecology of Superheroes -
Proteins: Explained -
Which Will Kill You First? -
Why "Nothing" Matters in Science -
The Problem With Life Expectancy -
I found the BEST coronavirus depiction (+ explanation) -
Dogs vs Cats: The Diversity Paradox -
Four Reasons Our Brains Suck At Pandemics -
How Wildfires Generate Relentless Storms -
Why Most New Species Are Discovered By Amateurs -
Does It Pay To Cheat? -
The Plant That’s Full Of Metal -
The Best Pokémon (According to Science) -
Dangerous Marshmallows?! -
Why Doesn't All Thunder Sound The Same? -
Why Doesn't All Thunder Sound The Same? -
Can Pregnancy Tests Help Beat The Pandemic? -
Why Hardwoods Are The Softest Woods -
The Miscommunication Game (Ft. 15 other channels!) -
How To Hear Halfway Around The World -
Why You’re More Likely To Die In Winter -
The World's Most Expensive Shrimp ($10k) -
Why Sewers Around the World Keep Overflowing -
How To Go Extinct -
Did Disney Doom Hyenas? -
Will Gas Stations Survive? -
$100,000 For Everyone (*If We Aren’t Too Late) -
YouTube Is Misleading You. Help Us Make It Better. -
The Best Worst Energy Source -
Is There A Better Way To Power Airplanes? -
Why You Can't Build A Clone Army... (Yet) -
Why Wolves Don't Chirp -
Why Do We STILL Use Lead Pipes?! -
This Atom Can Predict The Future -
The Extinction Happening Inside You -
How to Work From Home as a Team -
How To Name A Disease (Like COVID-19) -
Why Don't More Animals Eat Wood? -
Where Does One Ocean End And Another Begin? -
How This River Made Chimps Violent -
The Fastest-Growing Plant In The World -
How To Turn Poop Into Power -
You Have More Bones Than You Think -
Why It’s HARD To Bring A New Apple To Market -
Nobody Really Knows What A Concussion Is -
The Great Acceleration -
How Many Zebras Are In This Photo? -
The iPhone: A Model for Fighting Climate Change? -
The Best Dragon (According To Science) -
How Much Air Can A Tree Hold? #TeamTrees -
Why Are Adults Bad At New Languages? -
Why Our Bodies Are Hurting Us -
Why Exercise Is Hard -
The Secret Global Sewer System -
The Optimal Way To Browse The Internet -
How Te See Microbes From Space -
The Bacteria That Made Life Possible Is Now Killing Us -
The Cruel Irony Of Air Conditioning -
Why We Should Invest In Rat Massage -
How to Turn Cancer Against Itself -
This Country Has Something Everyone Else Wants -
The Secrets of Extreme Breath Holding -
Why Is Lyme Disease Getting Worse? -
You Are A Fish -
The Problem With Concrete -
Why Earthquakes Are So Hard To Predict -
Why Are Your Fingerprints Unique? -
The Bird Poop That Changed The World -
These Names Can Kill Animals -
The Mystery of The Exploding Appendix -
Why Do You Make So Many Poop Videos? (& Other Questions) -
The Secret Weapon That Could Help Save Bees -
Why Malaria Isn’t Just a Tropical Disease -
Why Do Some Animals Eat Poop? -
Why Are There Penguins At The Equator? -
Why Earth Has Two Levels -
The Similarity Trap -
Rise Of The Mesopredator (ft. ScienceWithTom) -
How Long Can We Live? -
When Trees Go Nuts -
Why You Shouldn't Give Ginger To Monkeys (and other animal sayings) -
Milk Is Just Filtered Blood -
Are Plastics Too Strong? -
How Much Food Is There On Earth? -
Introducing Our NEW SHOW: Paradigms -
Is It Safe To Get Your DNA Tested? -
We Asked Bill Gates: Do You Need To Be Rich To Be Healthy? -
Why Electroshock Therapy Is Back -
Why Our Favorite Crops Live Fast and Die Young -
A Disease's Guide to World Domination -
Why Do Birds Migrate Like This? -
Are "Acts of God" Disappearing? -
Why Pets Have Surprisingly Small Brains -
Why Do Some Animals Get Gigantic? -
What Are Brain Waves? -
Why Bird Penises Are So Weird -
Where Do Our Drugs Come From? -
Why Do Female Hyenas Have Pseudo-Penises?! -
Why Farming is Broken -
Why Is Your Grandma So Short? -
Why Do India And China Have So Many People? -
Why Is Syrup Sticky? -
Our Definition For “Moon” Is Broken (Collab. w/ MinutePhysics) -
UPSIDE-DOWN Rivers On Mars?! (Response to MinutePhysics) -
TRANSPARENT Solar Panels?! -
Why It Sucks to Be a Male Hyena -
Invasion Of The Earthworms! -
Why So Many Meteorites Come From The Same Place -
What Nuclear Bombs Taught Us About Whales -
Why Does Wine Make Your Mouth Feel Dry? -
This Is Not A Bee -
Why Apple Pie Isn't American -
Why Don't Sled Dogs Ever Get Tired? -
Why Don’t Sheep Shrink In The Rain? -
Why Some Molecules Have Evil Twins -
How Cats Became our Feline Overlords (ft. It's Okay To Be Smart) -
What Makes A Dinosaur? -
Why Is A Group Of Crows Called A “Murder"? -
MinuteEarth Needs Your Support -
Why Perfume Makers Love Constipated Whales -
Why Are Snakes So Creepy? -
Why Did T Rex Have Such Tiny Arms? -
How Physics Saved Two Million Premature Babies -
Why Is Poop Brown And Pee Yellow? -
Should We Grow Human Organs In Pigs? -
Why Don't Americans Eat Reindeer? -
How This Sea Shell Knows the Weather in Greenland -
How Humans Made Malaria So Deadly -
Why Only Some Monkeys Have Awesome Tails -
Why Are There So Many Tigers In Texas? -
Why Do Animals Eat Their Babies? -
Why Biodiversity Is Good For The Economy -
How Different Are Different Types of Dogs? -
Which Parts Of The Brain Do What? -
The Faint Young Sun Paradox! -
Why Can't Mules Have Babies? -
How To (Literally) Save Earth -
Can Math Explain How Animals Get Their Patterns? -
Null Island: The Busiest Place That Doesn't Exist -
Which Bear Is Best? -
Would You Drink Water Made From Sewage? -
The Basics Of Digital Illustration -
Orchids: The Masters Of Lying, Cheating & Stealing -
How We Make MinuteEarth Videos (Behind the Scenes) -
Why We Sucked At Counting Fish (Until Now) -
Energy Cost Of A YouTube Video -
The Mystery Of Asparagus Pee -
Should We Contact Uncontacted Peoples? -
The Deadliest Ice Age Ever -
Who Are Flowers Trying To Seduce? -
How Much Does Meat Actually Cost? -
How Mushrooms Make It Rain -
Males vs. Females: Sexual Conflict -
Which Fish Did We Evolve From? -
How Many Mass Extinctions Have There Been? -
DemDebate Secret Video: What The U.S. Promised In Paris -
America's Energy Future: MinuteEarth At The DemDebate -
This Is Not A Pine Tree -
Why Do Rivers Have Deltas? -
Climate Change: The View From MinuteEarth | #OursToLose -
Epigenetics: Why Inheritance Is Weirder Than We Thought -
How To Avoid The Next Atlantis -
The Real Reason Leaves Change Color In the Fall -
How Risky Are Vaccines? -
How Fighting Wildfires Makes Them Worse -
We're Oversalting Our Food, And It's Not What You Think -
Why Are There Dangerous Ingredients In Vaccines? -
Do We Have to Get Old and Die? -
Is Climate Change Just A Lot Of Hot Air? -
Are We Really 99% Chimp? -
How Do Greenhouse Gases Actually Work? -
Rain's Dirty Little Secret -
Should We Let Pandas Go Extinct? -
Why Are There Clouds? -
Why Don't Scavengers Get Sick? -
Why do Some Species Thrive in Cities? -
Why Do We Only See One Side of the Moon? -
This Is Your Brain On Extreme Weather -
Why Poor Places Are More Diverse -
Plate Tectonics Explained -
MinuteEarth Patreon Announcement + Tshirts -
Why Do We Eat Spoiled Food? -
Why Do Rivers Curve? -
Five Crazy Bridges for Animals -
Are These Butterflies The Same? -
How to Keep Elephants and Wolves Out of Your Yard -
Why Do We Have More Boys Than Girls? -
How to Build a Better City -
Why do Bats Transmit so many Diseases like Ebola? -
Why is it Hot Underground? -
The Secret Social Life of Plants -
Invasion of the Yellow Crazy Ants! -
Ocean Confetti! -
How To Date A Planet -
Love Letter to Food -
Poop Transplants! -
Are any Animals Truly Monogamous? -
Where Did Earth's Water Come From? -
How do Trees Survive Winter? -
How your dog can protect you before you're born -
Birds that Hibernate in Lakes?! -
What Happened To This Car? -
How to Make a Seashell - Just Add Water! -
Why is All Sand the Same? -
How Our Honey is Made -
What is Skin For? -
Which Came First - The Rain or the Rainforest? -
The One That Got Away (Size Matters) -
The Biggest Organism on Earth -
How to Survive a Lightning Strike -
Denizens of the Deep -
Trash vs. Garbage -
Garbage Doesn't Lie -
The Hottest Place on Earth -
The Great North American Locust Plague -
Do Fetuses Poop? -
Beer & Biodiversity -
Left vs Right -
Our Atmosphere is Escaping! -
400 Parts in a Million: The World's Biggest Experiment -
The Story of Frozen Food -
What is Freezer Burn? -
Earth at Day -
Bedbugs. Seriously!? -
Why Does Earth Have Deserts? -
How Tall Can Mountains Be? -
Why Are Leaves Green? Part 2 -
Why Are Leaves Green? Part 1 -
MinuteEarth: The Story of Our Planet
