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Science News Video: Diversity in #tongues provides a way to study #evolution

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An early interest in #reptile feeding behavior led evolutionary biologist Kurt Schwenk to study the tongues of lizards, amphibians and snakes. Like Charles Darwin's finches, the various forms and functions of #lizard tongues help piece together the story of how diversity of reptiles and amphibians evolved.

Published: 3rd Jan 2025 05:01:01   By: Science Magazine

Science News Video: Did #dinosaurs have lips? #science

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Researchers recently found evidence that dinosaurs may have had lips that covered their teeth like present-day lizards. Science journalist Rodrigo Pérez Ortega explains how they came to this conclusion. Footage: Michele Dessi/Stocktrek Images/Science Source; Pictorial Press LTD/Alamy Stock Photo; Mark P. Witton

Published: 27th Dec 2024 05:00:04   By: Science Magazine

Science News Video: Can a twice-a-year shot help end the HIV/AIDS epidemic

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HIV infects more than a million people every year worldwide. While decades of research have led to effective treatments and pre-exposure prophylactic (PrEP) drugs that have dramatically reduced the impact of HIV/AIDS epidemic, completely wiping the virus out has remained out of reach. Lenacapavir, a new twice-yearly PrEP injection, may be the solution. Two clinical trials this year showed the drug can offer near complete protection from HIV infection, and the long-lasting effects mean daily pills could be a thing of the past, as long as it is accessible to populations who need it most. Science journalist Jon Cohen, physician-scientist Linda-Gail Bekker, and biochemist Wesley Sundquist describe the history of HIV/AIDS prevention and the unique mechanism that led lenacapavir to be named the 2024 Breakthrough of the Year. Read more about the Breakthrough of the Year: https://www.science.org/boty2024

Published: 12th Dec 2024 07:00:40   By: Science Magazine

Science News Video: How oil-eating #bacteria break droplets down #science #biology

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After an oil spill, bacteria like Alcanivorax borkumensis can help the cleanup process, consuming oil and breaking it down. A group of biophysicists have observed how a biofilm forms around the oil and push and pull the oil's surface into branching tubes. Watch the full-length video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwPVeiMYi-M Read the paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adf3345 Footage: ©Greenpeace, Omarova et al., ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng 2019, BlackBoxGuild/Pond5, Research: Prasad et al., Science 2024 Music: Blipper/Podington Bear

Published: 6th Dec 2024 05:00:31   By: Science Magazine

Science News Video: Marine snow mucus might mean slower carbon capture #science #oceanography #carboncycle

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Marine snow is the dead, discarded, and sloughed off organic matter that floats down to the sea floor like snowflakes. Originating from living organisms at the surface, then dropping down to the depths, it's an important part of how the ocean captures carbon from the atmosphere. However, by analyzing the sinking patterns of individual marine snowflakes, researchers found that their mucus trails slow their sinking speed, meaning this process captures carbon much slower than previously thought.

Published: 29th Nov 2024 05:00:08   By: Science Magazine

Science News Video: What Would Happen If We Just Kept Digging?

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The deepest hole we've ever been able to dig is just 0.2 percent of the way to the center of the Earth. What would we encounter if we could drill all the way? Cleo Abram video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0-ZZ9pLyWw Correction: 5:13 We mislabeled these! These are ammonite fossils, not trilobite fossils. Hosted by: Hank Green (he/him) ---------- Support us for $8/month on Patreon and keep SciShow going! https://www.patreon.com/scishow Or support us directly: https://complexly.com/support Join our SciShow email list to get the latest news and highlights: https://mailchi.mp/scishow/email ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Toyas Dhake, Spilmann Reed, Gizmo, Garrett Galloway, Friso, DrakoEsper , Kenny Wilson, Lyndsay Brown, Jeremy Mattern, Jaap Westera, Harrison Mills, Jeffrey Mckishen, Matt Curls, Eric Jensen, Chris Mackey, Adam Brainard, Piya Shedden, Alex Hackman, Kevin Knupp, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer, Jason A Saslow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow #SciShow #science #education #learning #complexly ---------- Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vS3SZAuVNQ_djjUoQrvxwXdEOI-oNIzE_C2GaBEZLydoHyBKW4zPtEP-xMRkxiPqSccM0a34FP4QXTh/pub

Published: 3rd Jan 2025 05:00:14   By: SciShow

Science News Video: Why Miners Are Flocking Back to This Abandoned Mine

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There's a town in northern Mexico called Ojuela that's got a rich history of valuable mining industry, but nowadays is largely deserted. But it's getting a new, second life thanks to a type of mineral forming process fittingly called secondary transformation, and the start of this story is a crystal called adamite, which happens to be this month's SciShow Rocks Box mineral! Hosted by: Stefan Chin (he/him) ---------- Support us for $8/month on Patreon and keep SciShow going! https://www.patreon.com/scishow Or support us directly: https://complexly.com/support Join our SciShow email list to get the latest news and highlights: https://mailchi.mp/scishow/email ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Toyas Dhake, Spilmann Reed, Gizmo, Garrett Galloway, Friso, DrakoEsper , Kenny Wilson, Lyndsay Brown, Jeremy Mattern, Jaap Westera, Harrison Mills, Jeffrey Mckishen, Matt Curls, Eric Jensen, Chris Mackey, Adam Brainard, Piya Shedden, Alex Hackman, Kevin Knupp, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer, Jason A Saslow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow #SciShow #science #education #learning #complexly ---------- Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSpPE2Q54Lzjy2qTtRekvQdJibT1hv4fwGBtlW4h6hjObbJon04civX3UnYMmbCbNIwqqNCyp85gUu_/pub

Published: 2nd Jan 2025 05:00:00   By: SciShow

Science News Video: The Deadliest Stuff on Earth | Compilation

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The Plague! Poisonous trees! Exploding lakes! Here are a few of the deadliest things we've covered at SciShow over the years. Hosted by: @NotesByNiba ---------- Support us for $8/month on Patreon and keep SciShow going! https://www.patreon.com/scishow Or support us directly: https://complexly.com/support Join our SciShow email list to get the latest news and highlights: https://mailchi.mp/scishow/email ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Toyas Dhake, Spilmann Reed, Gizmo, Garrett Galloway, Friso, DrakoEsper , Kenny Wilson, Lyndsay Brown, Jeremy Mattern, Jaap Westera, Harrison Mills, Jeffrey Mckishen, Matt Curls, Eric Jensen, Chris Mackey, Adam Brainard, Piya Shedden, Alex Hackman, Kevin Knupp, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer, Jason A Saslow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow #SciShow #science #education #learning #complexly ---------- Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8AonDeS8HY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fkcTA7YX44 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtVGsiIjfjg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ2jDPgvbTY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7xlGcLGTu8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTws5K9Ai4o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSsKgM8-SfE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuHL7hiFTnc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1u460b_hrI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yniErnqqvuI

Published: 1st Jan 2025 05:00:08   By: SciShow

Science News Video: These Are The Coolest Fossils From 2024

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From a fancy-frilled ceratopsian to a possible new biggest snake ever and something called a giga goose, there were some pretty amazing giant fossils announced in 2024. Plus, Kallie from our sister channel Eons reminds us to give some love to the little fossils, too. Hosted by: Hank Green (he/him) ---------- Support us for $8/month on Patreon and keep SciShow going! https://www.patreon.com/scishow Or support us directly: https://complexly.com/support Join our SciShow email list to get the latest news and highlights: https://mailchi.mp/scishow/email ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Toyas Dhake, Spilmann Reed, Gizmo, Garrett Galloway, Friso, DrakoEsper , Kenny Wilson, Lyndsay Brown, Jeremy Mattern, Jaap Westera, Harrison Mills, Jeffrey Mckishen, Matt Curls, Eric Jensen, Chris Mackey, Adam Brainard, Piya Shedden, Alex Hackman, Kevin Knupp, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer, Jason A Saslow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow #SciShow #science #education #learning #complexly ---------- Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vS0yhGnBbJ6ip9B0Rq7zn89Vjt1J8Q5hbi530zjKf_gDZeywlZEKWLmCufahO7jCvvQA4rGk1rvdkn7/pub

Published: 31st Dec 2024 05:00:34   By: SciShow

Science News Video: The Brightest Object in the Universe is a Black Hole

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Thank you to Bombas for sponsoring this video! One Purchased = One Donated, so head to https://bombas.com/scishow and use code SCISHOW at checkout for 20% off your first purchase. In 2024, astronomers announced they'd discovered the brightest (or, technically, the most luminous) object in the known universe. And it's a cosmic engine powered by the hungriest black hole in the known universe. Hosted by: Stefan Chin (he/him) ---------- Support us for $8/month on Patreon and keep SciShow going! https://www.patreon.com/scishow Or support us directly: https://complexly.com/support Join our SciShow email list to get the latest news and highlights: https://mailchi.mp/scishow/email ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Toyas Dhake, Spilmann Reed, Gizmo, Garrett Galloway, Friso, DrakoEsper , Kenny Wilson, Lyndsay Brown, Jeremy Mattern, Jaap Westera, Harrison Mills, Jeffrey Mckishen, Matt Curls, Eric Jensen, Chris Mackey, Adam Brainard, Piya Shedden, Alex Hackman, Kevin Knupp, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer, Jason A Saslow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow #SciShow #science #education #learning #complexly ---------- Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTReCGJREELUGDQdMoNS-eZTVfSDIhiSkCfxxrysyg2d5ugErn0xTDei66JfYxlYjtkI6ithqfBLCub/pub

Published: 30th Dec 2024 05:00:27   By: SciShow

Science News Video: How Pluto met its largest moon Charon | Science News | Science News

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Simulations of Pluto’s and Charon’s first encounter show that each body remained mostly intact after a brief but intense impact. Pluto’s core is shown in blue, Charon’s core is purple. Pluto’s solid ice is shown in yellow, and Charon’s ice is green. The encounter shown here lasts about 60 hours. Read more: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/pluto-charon-moon-kiss Video Credit: Adeene Denton

Published: 6th Jan 2025 06:08:43   By: Science News

Science News Video: Watch an Ethiopian wolf slurp nectar from a flower | Science News

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An Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis) laps up nectar from three Ethiopian red hot poker flowers (Kniphofia foliosa) in the country’s Bale Mountains National Park. Anecdotal reports from researchers monitoring the wolves suggest that they hunt rodents during the day and slurp nectar in the afternoon, says wildlife biologist Sandra Lai, almost like the carnivores are getting dessert. Read more: Video Credit: S. Lai et al/Ecology

Published: 3rd Jan 2025 09:12:49   By: Science News

Science News Video: Watch an electronic tattoo get applied to a person’s head | Science News

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After mapping a person’s head shape, a microjet printer sprays electronic-tattoo ink onto precise spots on a volunteer’s scalp (shown here at four times actual speed). The ink can pick up electrical signals from the brain about as well as standard electrodes but without some of the drawbacks, a new study reports. Read more: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/vampire-bats-treadmills-metabolism Video: Nanshu Lu

Published: 3rd Jan 2025 09:12:41   By: Science News

Science News Video: Here’s what orcas preying on a whale shark looks like | Science News

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Videos captured by ecotourists are revealing for the first time how orcas prey on the world’s biggest fish, whale sharks. Shown here, orcas swim around a whale shark they have attacked, then one orca, nicknamed Moctezuma, approaches the whale shark, which has been flipped over and floats upside down. Read more: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/vampire-bats-treadmills-metabolism Video: Eduardo Miranda

Published: 3rd Jan 2025 09:12:39   By: Science News

Science News Video: See a vampire bat treadmill workout | Science News

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Researchers put vampire bats through their paces to discover what fuels their metabolism. After a fine meal of cow blood, bats were put into a closed mini-gym with a moving floor. As the bats walked and then — as the treadmill sped up — ran, researchers checked bat breath for signs that amino acids from the cow blood were getting metabolized in the workout. Unlike most mammals burning carbs and fats during exercise, bats metabolize more amino acids. Read more: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/vampire-bats-treadmills-metabolism Video Credit: Giulia Rossi

Published: 6th Nov 2024 04:39:39   By: Science News

Science Channel Video: SUVs and Laminated Wood Beams | How It's Made | Science Channel

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You may have driven one today, and where you work may be constructed using them! See for yourself how sport utility vehicles and laminated wood beams are crafted and produced. #ScienceChannel #HowItsMade About How It's Made: Explore the fascinating world of how everyday items are manufactured and produced. Subscribe to Science Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@sciencechannel About Science Channel: Learn about outer space, leading scientific exploration, new technology, earth science basics, & more with science videos & news from Science Channel. Find us on social: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ScienceChannel/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/sciencechannel Instagram: https://instagram.com/sciencechannel TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@sciencechannel

Published: 8th Jan 2025 04:00:23   By: Science Channel

Science Channel Video: The Apocalyptic-Looking Resort Ghost Town | Mysteries of the Abandoned | Science Channel

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Today, desolate buildings and rusting relics sit on the edge of the Salton Sea. However, where ruins now sit, a once thriving holiday resort town once stood, attracting millions of tourists every year - including some of Hollywood's elite stars. Was this unplanned body of water that drew people in ultimately its own demise? #ScienceChannel #MysteriesOfTheAbandoned About Mysteries of the Abandoned: The world's most incredible engineering projects are revisited to uncover why places full of mysteries and untold secrets are now abandoned ruins. Subscribe to Science Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@sciencechannel About Science Channel: Learn about outer space, leading scientific exploration, new technology, earth science basics, & more with science videos & news from Science Channel. Find us on social: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ScienceChannel/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/sciencechannel Instagram: https://instagram.com/sciencechannel TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@sciencechannel

Published: 7th Jan 2025 08:00:17   By: Science Channel

Science Channel Video: Did an Ancient Egyptian Artist Leave Their Signature In This Pyramid? | Unearthed | Science Channel

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Published: 7th Jan 2025 04:00:22   By: Science Channel

Science Channel Video: Apollo 13: NASA's Finest Hour | Space's Deepest Secrets | Science Channel

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Apollo 13 and its crew were following in the footsteps of previous astronauts who participated in the Apollo missions to explore our moon. When disaster struck on its journey, what could have turned into one of the worst moments in NASA's history turned into one of its greatest. #ScienceChannel #SpacesDeepestSecrets About Space's Deepest Secrets A few generations ago, traveling to the Moon was hard to imagine, and going beyond the Moon was a pipe dream. Today there is a new breed of explorer, tasked with going deep into space to unlock and reveal first-ever views of alien worlds and cosmic bodies far beyond anyone's imagination. These men and women have pushed their ingenuity and curiosity beyond the limits to uncover some of the most-groundbreaking findings in the history of space exploration. Subscribe to Science Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@sciencechannel About Science Channel: Learn about outer space, leading scientific exploration, new technology, earth science basics, & more with science videos & news from Science Channel. Find us on social: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ScienceChannel/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/sciencechannel Instagram: https://instagram.com/sciencechannel TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@sciencechannel

Published: 6th Jan 2025 11:00:46   By: Science Channel

Science Channel Video: Time to Let the Beet Drop 😎 | How It's Made | Science Channel

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Published: 3rd Jan 2025 08:00:27   By: Science Channel