Blood-Sucking Animals
Hank Green introduces us to 6 blood-drinking (or otherwise consuming) animals that you may not be aware of. Don’t freak out…
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Call Me Stormy
Finding righteous currents in turbulent times
Archive for the tag “Hank Green”
Ornithopters on the Wing
We’ve been trying to build flapping-wing robots for hundreds of years. And now, ornithopters are finally being developed, and may be used mostly for military purposes, says Hank Green of the SciShow.
Piezoelectrics make those little bugs possible, and also enhances the ability of robot arms to feel, in other news from The International Journal of Robotics.
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The Majestic Grolar Bear
Although polar bears and grizzly bears aren’t all that similar and are definitely separate species, they can interbreed and create fertile offspring in the wild. In this SciShow video, Hank Green brings us the story of these misfit bears, which he likes to call grolar bears.
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How to Speak Chemistrian
Learning to talk about chemistry can be like learning a foreign language, but Hank Green is here to help with some straightforward and simple rules to help you learn to speak Chemistrian like a native.
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Why No Giant Mammals?
Hank Green gives a quick run-down of the reasons scientists think the land mammals of today are nowhere near the size of the largest sauropods. Some of them might surprise you!
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Science of Terrorism
Science can help create understanding where there is none, but is it possible to study and understand terrorists if we’re too busy doing everything we can to stop it? Terrorism is notoriously difficult to study because governments constantly subpoena scientists’ lists of contacts, making source anonymity impossible. Hank Green comments.
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Gluten
Gluten is a sticky protein composite found in cereal grains. Hank Green gives us some insight into the importance of gluten in history, as well as its impact on health in our own time. H/T SciShow
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Fairy Rings
Hank Green noticed something mysterious in the park one day. Fairy rings: Are they mystical portals to another realm? Or could there be another, more scientific, explanation? More from the SciShow.
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Asteroid Wranglin’
Hank Green has some good news about NASA, which has now been assigned a new mission to capture an asteroid.
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Count the Chromosomes
Chromosomes are fascinating little things, and today, Hank Green explains why more of them doesn’t mean more complex, and why different organisms have different numbers of chromosomes. The short answer: mistakes happen.
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