Scientists around the world discover about 18,000 new species every year. Each new organism has not only to be found, but also studied, compared, identified and organized — that’s taxonomy, the science of classifying living things and exploring the evolutionary relationships between them. Hank Green from the SciShow reports.
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Ancient trees are fascinating, but the answer to the question in the title isn’t as cut and dried as it might first seem. There are two major contenders for the superlative, and Hank Green has all the important information on both of them in this episode of SciShow. Which one would you give the title to?
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So what exactly is it that makes a hangover suck so hard? Turns out there are three things interacting to make you feel miserable. Hank Green’s got the details in this episode of SciShow.
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In the past few years the rise of crowdfunding has allowed for some pretty cool stuff to start existing, and today the SciShow’s Hank Green is excited to announce another awesome Kickstarter. Planetary Resources (of asteroid mining fame), in partnership with the Museum of Flight and The Planetary Society, is Kickstarting a space telescope. F’real.
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Rogue waves are those that are greater than twice the height of surrounding waves. For a long time, rogue waves were thought to be a myth, like mermaids or the kraken, but recent developments in satellite imagery and oceanic instruments now show that they occur on a semi-regular basis. But we’re still not sure why. Hank Green discusses the phenomenon on the SciShow.
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Two developments in quantum computing in the past couple of weeks are the harbingers of a whole new era of smart technology. Google announced that it’s building a quantum computer designed by a company called D-Wave in partnership with NASA, and government scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory revealed that they developed a secure quantum computing network two years ago! Get the details about these developments from Hank Green in this episode of SciShow News.
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In this week’s edition of SciShow news, Hank Green brings you discoveries involving two of the most exotic substances on Earth — the world’s rarest element and the world’s oldest water. Two great tastes that taste great together? Stay tuned to find out.
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Bitten by a venomous snake? There’s hope! French scientist Albert Calmette developed the first snake antivenom in the late 1890s, and did such a good job that we use his technique to this day. Antivenom works by stimulating the production of antibodies that can smother venom’s toxic effects, preventing spread and rendering them harmless. But how do you make it? Well, stay tuned to this episode of SciShow to find out.
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Google’s new Earth Engine, powered by NASA’s landsat satellites, gives a time-lapse view of (pretty much) every land surface on earth over the last 25 years. The view is amazing, and inspiring, and at times terrifying. Hank Green reports. More from the vlogbrothers.
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Cicadas have developed an amazing strategy for growth, survival, reproduction, and overcoming predation by…doing nothing. They do nothing for years (except sip at the juice excreted from root structures) before emerging in huge, simultaneous swarms.
The swarm is so huge that predators can’t consume even a fraction of it, but so rare that predator populations can’t sustain themselves between emergence events. Clever little things! More from Hank Green at the SciShow.
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