Why You Should STOMP Every Spotted Lanternfly

From SciShow. You may have heard about a new invasive menace in the US. The spotted lanternfly is a relatively recent arrival from China, and while they may be tiny, they have the potential to cause some serious problems. So let’s talk about what these spotted lanternflies are, why they’re here, and what we can…

Blind People Recognize Faces, Too

From SciShow. Thanks for watching this episode of SciShow! And thank you again to The Kavli Prize for supporting this episode. The Kavli Prize in Neuroscience is awarded for outstanding achievement in advancing our knowledge and understanding of the brain and nervous system. To learn more about Dr. Nancy Kanwisher, you can visit her page:…

The Ancient Crops We’ve Forgotten How to Grow

From SciShow. Today, humans live on just a few staple crops, like maize, rice, and wheat. But in the early days of agriculture, humans were domesticating foods left and right. Come with us as we discover the lost crops of North America, like pitseed goosefoot, maygrass, and sumpweed. Hosted by: Savannah Geary (they/them) ———- Support…

No, Space Doesn’t Kill You Like That

From SciShow. Learn more about the Modern Makers and exciting manufacturing career pathways by visiting ManufacturingUSA.com/Modern-Makers Hollywood (and other fictional media) loves to show people dying in outer space. And it has several go-to causes of death, on a sliding scale of accuracy. But it turns out, reality has some ways to kill you that…

Did Sugar From Deep Space Make Life Possible?

From SciShow. Arrokoth, an asteroid in the Kuiper Belt, is the most distant object ever explored by the New Horizons spacecraft. And it’s covered in sugar. Here’s why that might be important for understanding the nature of life itself. Hosted by: Stefan Chin (he/him) ———- Support us for $8/month on Patreon and keep SciShow going!…

Your DnD Party is Too Big

From SciShow. Whether you’re trying to play Dungeons and Dragons or one of the many other TTRPGs out there, there’s a good chance your last campaign failed because there were simply too many adventurers in the party. And by "too many" I mean, like, four. It turns out scheduling really *is* that hard. Hosted by:…

The First Computer Was Actually a Loom

From SciShow. Check out the Blood Moon “tracklist” here: complexly.info/BloodMoonTracklist In the early 19th century, a French weaver named Joseph-Marie Jacquard was searching for a better way to make fabric. And in so doing, he managed to invent a loom that inspired the first proper computer. Hosted by: Savannah Geary (they/them) ———- Support us for…

How Ancient Glass Could Transport Life Between Planets

From SciShow. There’s a rare material called Darwin Glass that Tasmanian Aboriginals have prized for centuries. And while it took Western researchers a while to figure out what it was and where it came from, once they got their heads around it, they were pretty stoked too. Because these glittery little rocks could be the…

We Know Exactly Who This Guy Is

From SciShow. In the 1930s, a skeleton was discovered at the bottom of a well at the site of a medieval Norwegian fortress, severely injured and buried under large rocks. And to uncover his story, we need a combination of carbon dating, genetics, and Norse sagas. Hosted by: Savannah Geary (they/them) ———- Support us for…

Permafrost Is Not What You Think It Is

From SciShow. If you’ve ever heard about things like mammoths being found in permafrost, you may have an image in your head of what that looks like. But you might be wrong! So let’s talk about what permafrost really is, why it’s so important, and why you should care about it. Hosted by: Reid Reimers…

Does Red Wine Really Go with Steak?

From SciShow. Get your Ekleipsis Blood Moon shirt now at Complexly.store/bloodmoon Whether you’re an amateur sommelier or just a fan of the occasional glass, if you drink wine, you’ve heard of rules on how to pair it with food. But how many of those actually hold up? Let’s get into the details of the best…

This Weird Lake in Canada Might Have a Twin… On Mars

From SciShow. This lake in Canada sports a stunning summer look – spots! And the weird geology and hydrology that makes these spots is definitely worth talking about. Plus, Spotted Lake may not be the only one of its kind, and might tell us more about ancient lakes on other planets – like Mars! Hosted…

The Oldest Living Thing was Trapped for 2 Billion Years

From SciShow. Get your Ekleipsis Blood Moon shirt now at Complexly.store/bloodmoon Two billion years ago, an igneous rock in northern South Africa formed. Not long after, some bacteria crawled into cracks in that rock, and got trapped inside when the cracks got plugged up by a bunch of clay. But that bacterial colony didn’t die.…

How Shaking Unmixes Your Breakfast Cereal

From SciShow. Have you ever wondered why all the tasty parts of your box of cereal rise to the top? There’s a lot of physics behind why mixtures can sometimes un-mix themselves, and if you use it to steal all the marshmallows, we won’t tell. Hosted by: Stefan Chin (he/him) ———- Support us for $8/month…

Trees Are All Dead Inside (And That’s a Problem)

From SciShow. Trees are dead inside. It’s true: the xylem tissue that supports their trunks technically isn’t alive. Archaeologists hate that because this problem, the old wood problem, can cause carbon dating to be off by hundreds of years. Hosted by: Savannah Geary (they/them) ———- Support us for $8/month on Patreon and keep SciShow going!…

Poop Treats Parkinson’s (and Allergies, and MS, and Liver Disease, and…)

From SciShow. Fecal transplants are often associated with treating intestinal issues, but they have uses far beyond that. In this List Show, we explore five surprising conditions they improve. 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…

Did Vikings Use These Crystals To Navigate?

From SciShow. The Vikings were renowned navigators at a time before magnetic compasses were invented. So how’d they manage it? Their secret may have been these pretty-pointed crystals of calcite called Iceland spar, and this month’s SciShow Rocks Box subscribers will get to try this out for themselves! Hosted by: Stefan Chin (he/him) ———- Support…

The REAL Science of Groundhogs

From SciShow. Visit https://brilliant.org/scishow/ to get started learning STEM for free. The first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription and a 30-day free trial. Groundhogs are famous in North America for "predicting" when spring will come (and also that Bill Murray movie). But while they might make for terrible meteorologists, they…