Hank Green’s love affair with plants takes a slight hit now that he’s learned about several animal species that can photosynthesize. Fortunately, he’s excited enough about these animals to share them with all of us! Let SciShow introduce you to three of these special photosynthetic animals.
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In this edition of the SciShow, Hank Green brings us news of a unique astronomical discovery — a rogue planet. He also allays our fears of an apocalyptic collision with Earth. So, this new planet is awesome, but it needs a different name. CFBDSIR J214947.2-040308.9 isn’t really cutting it. Suggestions?
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German scientists believe the hormone oxytocin can hold men’s libidos in check, keeping them faithful and disinclined to stray from their mates. No word yet on whether this drug will be covered under Obamacare or subjected to CIA PSYOPs testing. Hank Green discusses the hormone in this week’s SciShow News. He also touches on new insights into what makes some behavior contagious, and the truth about a disease that makes people allergic to meat.
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This week in SciShow News, Hank Green tells us about some weird science, including the vampire squid, animals that can talk and new insights into how you can mess up your body much faster and for much longer than you ever thought possible. He also explains why it’s a bad idea to eat yellow marine snow.
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A team of Japanese and Cuban biologists has rediscovered a venomous mammal believed to have gone extinct some 30 years ago. Meanwhile, another scientific team has shown why the Moon most likely spun off from the Earth following a violent collision with a celestial body millions of years ago. In this SciShow, Hank Green describes some news stories that illustrate how science is continually changing the things we think we “know,” asking new questions and making discoveries that change the world, and our understanding of it, every day.
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Quasars are among the most luminous, energetic and powerful objects known in the universe. But what about lesser-known blazers? Hank Green with the SciShow says astronomers now know that quasars and blazars are one and the same thing, just oriented differently to us so we originally thought they were different in essence. Green discusses how this finding impacts the way we perceive quasars and blazers, and how it also effects the ways we can study them.
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Hank Green combines two of his favorite things – talking to scientists and strange things washing up on the beach – to bring you the Mystery of the Giant Eyeball in this edition of the SciShow.
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While honeybees are beholden to a queen, all she does is lay eggs. Decision-making falls upon the honeybees themselves, making the hive one of the most sophisticated democracies to be found in Nature. In this episode of the SciShow, Hank Green fills us in on the honeybees’ democratic ways and makes a request for more interpretive dance in our own political systems.
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In this episode of the SciShow, Hank Green relates the tale of the bizarre and eccentric genius with the crazy eyes who contributed in some way to pretty much every cool invention you can think of. The Croatian-born Nikola Tesla spoke eight languages and developed the alternating current method for electrical transmission that won out over Thomas Edison’s direct current transmission system, leading to intense rivalry and enmity between the two inventors. At the time of his death, Tesla held more than 700 patents and was being investigated by the US government for claiming to have invented a 60-million volt death ray. He was an undisputed genius, and SciShow gold.
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Rumors of a pending bacon shortage have now been quashed. Prices will rise, owing to the extended drought in the United States and Europe, but supplies will remain stable, says Hank Green in this episode of the SciShow. While bacon will be readily available, diners can expect shortages of fresh tuna in the coming year, he predicts. Overfishing is at fault, and tuna might remain scarce until depleted schools are allowed to rebound.
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