SciShow reviews some of the highest and lowest superlatives in science in 2014. Join host Michael Aranda as he examines the highest CO2 emissions, discovery of the first Earth-like exoplanet, the warmest months and the deepest dive.
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Not surprisingly, one of the world’s most searched questions on Google is, “How can I fall asleep.” And that includes includes queries from 60 million Americans. Michael Aranda gets us some answers in this educational edition of SciShow.
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Familiar with the terms “psycho, ocd, schizo, bipolar?” They’re terms we’ve recklessly used to insult someone, not really understanding their true definitions. Health professional say using such words minimizes serious conditions and the people who have them. In this edition of SciShow, Hank Green sets the record straight on what these words mean and tells us why it’s not cool to say the weather is schizophrenic.
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The mysterious Enterovirus that has enveloped the country is posing major problems for the U.S., especially for our children. A particular strain of the virus, D68, is a worthy adversary. In this edition of SciShow, Hank Green explains the science of the latest virus to break out in the U.S. (Update: Sadly, since this video was shot, there have been two confirmed deaths due to the virus, both children ages 21 months and 4.) Also in this edition of SciShow, Green examines the planet’s looming population boom, which is expected to reach between 9.6 and 12.3 billion people.
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True, a mega-asteroid was responsible for wiping out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. But is there more to the story? SciShow’s Hank Green discusses evidence that suggests there were other factors percolating that turned a really bad day into one of the worst days in the history of the planet.
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Ebola is one of the world’s deadliest diseases that is wreaking havoc throughout West Africa and threatens to spread beyond the continent’s borders. SciShow’s Hank Green delves deeper into the disease, especially the Zebov (Zaire Ebola Virus) strain, which has infected 1,323 people this year, 729 of whom have died.
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The first-ever robot swarm, where hundreds of tiny kilobots organized themselves into different patterns without any human interaction. Does this mean the robot apocalypse is here? Not quite, but SciShow’s Hank Green says the tasks were a milestone in collective artificial intelligence. Also in this edition of SciShow, Green takes a look at the creepy, but extinct hallucigenia, one of evolution’s misfits.
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The Permian-Triassic extinction event 250 million years ago was the worst the world has ever seen. That was followed closely by the extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs.
Recent research published in The American Journal of Science says the amount of extinctions happening now around the world is beginning to look like what scientists are calling Earth’s sixth mass extinction event. Join Hank Green for the details in this edition of SciShow, plus a look at the world’s first transparent animal–the see-through mouse.
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An international group of zoologists has finally tackled the phenomenon of anomalous primates in order to separate the legends from reality, including what is known as the world’s most elusive creature–Sasquatch, aka Big Foot, Yeti, Migyhur and Almasty. The biologists studied 57 hair and fur samples from private collections and museum around the world and came up with some expected results–but not entirely. Join Dr. Lindsey Doe in this edition of Sci Show as she spills the beans.
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Hank Green says there are about 8,600 animals on the planet that are electroreceptive. Translation: They can feel electric fields. Plus, there are 716 known species of fish capable of creating electric fields, known as electrogenesis. Check out Green’s shocking presentation on these fabulous animals in this edition of SciShow.
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