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From Howtown. Sources: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6001951/ https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(18)30693-6 https://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.102.012403 Edit: Adam Cole and Charlie Yuncken
From Howtown. Seeing the shape of Earth’s shadow during lunar eclipses was an early clue for ancient humans that we live on a globe. See the collage here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/138447235 animation: Adam Cole
From Howtown. Scientific description of a gigantic jet: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abl8731 Citizen science project documenting sprites: https://spritacular.org/gallery
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From Howtown. Use code ‘Howtown’ to save 10% off all Riverside plans: https://creators.riverside.com/Howtown This is a pilot episode of a new podcast-like format that we’re calling "Howtown Showdown." In it, we flip a coin to take sides in a contentious scientific debate and look for the strongest evidence supporting our respective positions. For this first…
From Howtown. Economics papers: https://www.dallasfed.org/research/papers/2023/wp2305 https://impa.american.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Costs_of_Cutting_Funding_Scientific_Research.pdf edit: Charlie Yuncken
From Howtown. Source: "Discovery of 128 New Saturnian Irregular Moons" by Edward Ashton et al. 2025 Published by the American Astronomical Society. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2515-5172/adbf87/ampdf
From Howtown. source: Beyond predator and prey: First evidence of an association between ocelot and opossum individuals by Ettore Camerlenghi et al. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecs2.70322
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From Howtown. Thanks to Storyblocks for sponsoring this video! Download unlimited stock media at one set price with Storyblocks: https://storyblocks.com/howtown Howtown is supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, in association with IMI. https://sloan.org/ https://www.theimi.co/ To support independent science journalism, join us at https://www.patreon.com/Howtown Sources and further reading: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Umv9tV7Ja-sy8gFUVEeTO0tLjGsDq0KpNrlLcKyTJ6Y Corrections: The righthand clip at 14:21…
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