You can’t BURP in Space 💨

From MinuteEarth. Gravity is everywhere on Earth, so we don’t really know all the ways it affects our bodies. One of the strange consequences of lower gravity is that we can’t burp – those gases come out on the other end instead 😳 Made with our STEM besties @CBSUnstoppable

You are not genetically related to all your ancestors.

From MinuteEarth. It seems like a paradox, but you are not related to most of your ancestors. You inherited an equal number of genes from each of your parents, who received an equal number from their ancestors. There is a good chance you don’t actually have any genes from most of your ancestors. Some genes…

How 2000 Weavers Got Us To The Moon

From MinuteEarth. In the 1960s, NASA’s engineers were building the Apollo spacecraft. But they ran into a major problem that almost prevented them from getting to the moon. To solve it, they brought in some unexpected help: expert weavers. LEARN MORE ************** To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: –…

Would you eat Mammoth Meat?

From MinuteEarth. Some mammoths have been found in Siberian permafrost – nicely preserved freezer-fresh meat. And recently some scientists used Mammoth DNA to clone cells, which is technically edible. But try to explain that allergic reaction to the ER… Made with our friends at @CBSUnstoppable

We need to think about efficiency differently!

From MinuteEarth. When we think about keeping our houses warm, we might want to optimize our heating – but there are many more ways to make sure your house stays warm and toasty! If we think about efficiency in a different way, we can use a lot less energy to reach the same goals.

These planets aren’t real!

From MinuteEarth. Have you heard of the planet Vulcan? No, not the version from Star Trek! Vulcan was a proposed planet that would orbit between Mercury and the Sun – speculations date back to the 17th century! Sadly, Vulcan stayed fictional.

What makes a sound scary?

From MinuteEarth. What’s the recipe for goosebumps and shivers? Let’s talk about scary sounds! They are dissonant, shrill, and don’t fit the setting you are in. Sometimes even cute sounds are scary when it’s in the wrong setting. Made with our #stembesties at @CBSUnstoppable

Your microbes give you away!

From MinuteEarth. You are covered with microorganisms. Everyone is! But everyone’s microbe-cloud is different enough that scientists can pick out who has been in a room based only on the microorganisms they left behind! Made with our #stembesties @CBSUnstoppable

Why does boiled water freeze faster?

From MinuteEarth. We still don’t know why recently boiled water freezes faster! A Tanzanian teen named Eraste Bartholomeo Mpemba was doing ice-cream experiments (yum!) when he found that recently boiled milk froze faster than room temperature milk – and he wondered why! Sometimes science is about knowing when you don’t understand something yet! Made with…

How AI can assist scientists!

From MinuteEarth. It’s become easier than ever to generate massive datasets – but dealing with all that information is challenging! AI, or Machine Learning, can help scientists analyse all that data and free up time to think about the results and do actual science.

These flowers smell like rotten meat!

From MinuteEarth. Some flowers smell HORRIBLE to humans but amazing to other animals, like dung beetles! Different flowers attract different pollinators – and some of those pollinators are attracted by the smell of sweaty gym socks! Made with our STEM besties at @CBSUnstoppable

The Problem with Antivenom

From MinuteEarth. Discover who you are with MyHeritage. Get a 14-day free trial here: https://bit.ly/MinuteEarth2 Venomous snakes kill nearly 100,000 people a year. Which is weird, because we have a pretty effective treatment for venomous snake bites; it’s actually been around for more than a hundred years. So why are so many people still dying?…

When Evolution Glitches Out

From MinuteEarth. Learn how to help save birds in your community at https://birds.naturecanada.ca Animals are prone to falling for “evolutionary traps”: modern human-made stuff that accidentally tricks them into maladaptive behavior. LEARN MORE ************** To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: – Evolutionary trap: a situation where an organism, due…

Why The Frequency Illusion Is Everywhere Now

From MinuteEarth. Want to sponsor a MinuteEarth video? Email us at minuteearth@gmail.com This is a story about attention, memory, and headless goat hockey, which is a totally real sport played on horseback with a goat carcass standing in for a ball. It’s known by many names throughout central asia, but I first encountered it as…

The Difference between Pollen and Sperm

From MinuteEarth. Pollen is often described as ‘plant sperm’, but it has some important differences! Like sperm, pollen contains one DNA set from its parent, but unlike sperm, pollen itself is actually its own separate living plant made of multiple cells that, under the right conditions, can live for months, depending on the species.