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We have a special treat for you today! Hank goes into the lab to teach you how to make your own edible bubbles.

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SciShow Tangents is creating a comedy/science podcast! | Patreon : SciShow Tangents has its own Patreon now! You can support the podcast and receive exclusive perks in return, including monthly...

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This glob of mucus may not look like much, but thanks to research by @mbari-blog , we can properly identify it as a giant snot palace! Learn about these larvacean-made, environmentally friendly...

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The deep sea contains some of the most bizarre creatures on Earth - but what else can you expect from animals that evolved in a dark, cold, high-pressure environment!

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The spider-tailed viper literally has a tail that looks, and MOVES, just like a spider to lure hungry birds! 

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In 1998, NASA and ESA engineers were tasked with a particularly dizzying challenge: fix a billion-dollar satellite that’s spinning out of control! 

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We tend to think of COVID-19 as a lung infection, but there’s  evidence that it might also be affecting the hearts of healthy athletes without them even knowing it.

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These little fliers may be small, but pound for pound, they go farther than just about anyone else.

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Hairs are no match against steel razors, but that doesn’t mean the razor leaves the battle scene unscathed.  

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The group of bacteria known as Chlamydiae are infamous for the variety of illnesses they cause; but it turns out, we may have Chlamydiae to thank for life as we know it!

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If you want to travel the universe, you have to figure out how to get your spaceship from point A to point B in one piece. The good news is we’ve discovered a lot of different ways to get aroun...

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You may not think a lot about birds, but these former-dinosaurs are pretty amazing! From flying through hurricanes to sitting on power lines, there’s a lot that sets these winged-creatures apar...

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Magicians have a handy ace up their sleeve: your brain! And they’re not the only ones who know how to use it.

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Blue pigments are hard to come by in nature, so on the rare occasion this color does appear it’s thanks to a handful of compounds creating just the right conditions to reflect blue photons!

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Despite its soft name, you don’t want to mess with the velvet ant. For one, they’re not technically ants, they’re wasps, and also, they’re parasites.

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Someday in the not-so-distant future your phone could run on bacteria instead of a battery.

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Orcas are some of the most effective predators in the ocean, and each population of them have developed unique hunting techniques that definitely earn them the “killer whale” title. 

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This owl prefers to live in the ground rather than up in a tree. So for security purposes, he tricks his neighbors into thinking he’s a rattlesnake! 

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There’s been multiple announcements from companies about their COVID-19 vaccine results. Here’s what we know about Pfizer’s. (Video published 11/20) 

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New studies show that a perfect balance of radioactive elements might be the key to a planet being habitable! And, we may have a better sense of how Mars is losing its water.

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