The danger isn’t over when the storm dies down.
From MinuteEarth. The death toll of a natural disaster often occurs in the aftermath. For monkey island, the ‘aftermath number’ was 25. But the average hurricane has an aftermath number over 200.
Why Do Some Parents Want Their Kids To Fight To The Death?
From MinuteEarth. Get your official š¶Canine Posterš¶: https://store.dftba.com/products/minute-earth-canine-poster When a baby sand tiger shark hatches from its egg, it finds itself trapped inside its momās uterus, forced to eat its siblings, or be eaten. Itās super weird, but pitting your kids against each other can sometimes be a winning parental strategy. LEARN MORE ************** To…
The Coyote Paradox
From MinuteEarth. Hunting coyotes can lead to MORE coyotes. If we want to control the coyote population, we will need to look at other approaches.
Where do we get snake antivenom?
From MinuteEarth. Snake antivenom is really difficult and expensive to produce, so it’s not always available to those who need it. However, scientists are working on ways to make it cheaper and more accessible.
40 Years Without A New Antibiotic. Why?
From MinuteEarth. To learn more, check out www.scienceawarenessproject.org Most medical science moves at super-speed; researchers are constantly developing new medications, techniques, surgeries, you name it. Except for antibiotics: we havenāt gotten a single new type of antibiotic ready to give to patients in over 40 years. LEARN MORE ************** To learn more about this topic,…
A Microbial Miracle!
From MinuteEarth. Understanding the likely cause of this miracle doesn’t make it any less miraculous! Prodigiosin and its derivatives are investigated for their anti-cancer properties.
What is a species?
From MinuteEarth. "What is a species" is one of those questions feels like it should be easy to answer. Except it keeps getting more complicated.
Why Hives Turn Against Their Queens
From MinuteEarth. Want to restore the planetās ecosystems and see your impact in monthly videos? The first 100 people to join Planet Wild with our code MinuteEarth1 will get the first month for free on us: https://planetwild.com/r/minuteearth/join If you want to get to know them better first, check out their mission about the Monarch Butterflies…
The world changed too fast for this beetle
From MinuteEarth. Society has changed really fast – so fast that lots of species cannot keep up. This is one of the reasons birds fly into windows and why beachfront lights really confuse baby turtles.
Why is this suddenly everywhere?
From MinuteEarth. And yes, you HAVE heard of the frequency illusion before! It could even be on our channel.
Do other planets also have Earthquakes? Moonquake?
From MinuteEarth. Earth is not the only planet with quakes; the moon’s crust also expands, contracts, and quakes!
Why Haven’t We Domesticated Monkeys?
From MinuteEarth. Help stop the worst parts of factory farming: https://www.farmkind.giving/minuteearth Monkeys seem like they would be great companions and even helpers, but they have a number of traits that make them terrible candidates for domestication. LEARN MORE ************** To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Domestication: The long term,…
The most valuable cargo that sank with the Titanic šŖ¶
From MinuteEarth. 40 crates of feathers were on their way to hatmakers in New York but ended up on the ocean floor.
Thereās no such thing as a fake feather
From MinuteEarth. Every craft feather you can buy is from a real bird. LEARN MORE ************** To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: – Feather: the light, flat, and waterproof structure on a bird’s body, essential for flight, insulation, and waterproofing. – Keratin: a tough, fibrous protein that is a…
We don’t know what Dinosaurs sounded like – but we DO know their temperature!
From MinuteEarth. There’s a lot we don’t know about dinosaurs. Their color, the sound they made, their habits. But we do know how warm they were!