In this edition of AsapSCIENCE, Henry Reich goes into detail about how coffee works on our brains. He discusses its benefits and, yes, some dangers. For instance, did you know that you could actually overdose on coffee? It would take a lot caffeine but it’s possible.
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Earth creatures have mingled for millenia, but not until humans came on the scene did their migration across the globe power into fast forward. When these critters began harming us or part of the environment we like, we took notice, spending lots of money eradicating the invasive pests. But many species, we noted, brazenly found their own destructive path, wreaking havoc over our fragile ecosystems. In this edition of MinuteEarth, Henry Reich profiles the yellow crazy ant, among the most aggressive of the invasive marauders.
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Amazingly, botanists have discovered that plants have a secret social life. You read that correctly. Plants can actually communicate with each other, and have been able to for centuries. MinuteEarth’s Henry Reich tells us that plants can warn each other of dangerous fungi, but can use what they’ve learned about their neighbors for nefarious reasons. Check out this episode as Reich explains.
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Are we living in just one of many universes? It’s a possibility. Minutephysics host Henry Reich says, “Maybe it’s the appeal of second chances and how things turn out differently.” Tune in to this episode as Reich explains how physicists are now talking up the true science of parallel universes.
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Vision is our most compelling sense. And the much-used cliche “seeing is believing” certainly rings true in most cases. So, if you’re ever in a predicament without your glasses and in need of emergency vision, this episode of minutephysics solves the problem for you. Check out the solution and see again!
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There’s no doubting that plastic has revolutionized our planet. It’s cheap, durable and expendable. But although we reap the benefits of plastic, it’s long-term effect on our future is dismal. In this edition of MinuteEarth, Henry Reich says that once plastic is dumped in our oceans, it doesn’t go away. “Which is why we’ve found micro-plastics pretty much everywhere in the oceans, from the Arctic to the Antarctic and from the sea floor to the surface.”
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If you’ve ever looked up at the moon, what you see is a pocked-marked satellite that is obviously old and worn. By contrast, Planet Earth looks refreshingly youthful. “Earth owes its youthful appearance to the fact that its outermost layer is constantly renewing itself, hiding its age,” says Henry Reich of MinuteEarth. In this episode, Reich discusses Earth’s age and how scientists go about dating a planet.
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Henry Reich tells us that humans yawn to cool their brains. “Scientists now believed that yawning has developed as a way of physiologically cooling your the brain,” he says. “Much like a computer, your brain works best at a certain temperature and tries to avoid overheating.” In this edition of AsapSCIENCE, Reich fills us in on more details.
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Everything we know about Earth’s surface says we should be bone dry, yet our planet is 70 percent water. So where did all the moisture come from. Henry Reich reveals the unusual source that made us wet and wild in this version of MinuteEarth.
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With all the 3-D space in the great beyond, why is our solar system, other star systems and galaxies flat? “The answer has to do with two things,” says Henry Reich of Minute Physics. “Collisions and the fact that we live in three dimensions.” Reich explains.
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