Minute Earth
MinuteEarth
From the creators of the popular science show with millions of YouTube subscribers comes the MinuteEarth podcast. Every episode of the show dives deep into a science question you might not even know you had - but once you hear the answer, you’ll want to share it with everyone you know. Our team of scientists digs into the research and breaks it down into a short, entertaining explanation jam-packed with science facts and terrible puns. We’ll tell the incredible story of how monkeys crossed the Atlantic ocean on natural rafts, and we’ll explain why it gets hotter the deeper you dig underground.
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Episodes
Why Don't We Eat Carnivores? 28.11.2025 6:41
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Biomagnification: the process by which substances (usually harmful ones) in the natural environment gradually increase in concentration along the food chain Trophic level: A level or position in a food chain, a food web, or an ecological pyramid. Herbivore: an organism that mostly feeds on plants Omnivore: an organism that fe...
Why does the north get more total eclipses? 27.11.2025 4:31
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Annular Eclipse: an eclipse of the sun in which the edge of the sun remains visible as a bright ring around the moon. Elliptical orbit: when an object moves around another object in an oval shaped path. Latitude: the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator, or of a celestial object north or south of...
What’s Eating The Titanic? 26.11.2025 3:56
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Anoxia: the absence of oxygen Chemosynthesis: the synthesis of organic compounds by bacteria or other living organisms using energy derived from reactions involving inorganic chemicals, typically in the absence of sunlight. Corrode: destroy or damage (metal, stone, or other materials) slowly by chemical action. Decomposer: an...
Why Do All YouTube Videos Look Alike? 25.11.2025 4:11
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Convergent Evolution: The process by which certain species independently evolve similar traits. Carcinization: a form of convergent evolution in which non-crab crustaceans evolve a crab-like body plan. Decapods: Crustaceans including lobsters, crabs, crayfish, and shrimp. YouTube algorithm: A secret set of complex computer-ba...
Who’s Eating All The Spiders? 24.11.2025 5:07
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Probability distribution: A function giving the probability of a certain measure having a certain value. Skewness: A measure of how asymmetrical a distribution looks like. Multimodal distribution: A distribution with more than one peak. MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC ...
Hedgehogs Survey 23.11.2025 1:20
MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info If you like what we do, you can help us! - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth...
Perfect Predator 22.11.2025 1:16
MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info If you like what we do, you can help us! - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth...
Weird Things Animals Do During Eclipses 21.11.2025 4:51
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Behavior: the way in which an animal or person acts in response to a particular situation or stimulus. MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info If you like what we do, you...
How Much Gold is in Our Poop? 20.11.2025 4:28
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Pathogens: Organisms that can cause disease. Reuse of Human Excreta: The safe and beneficial use of treated human poop. Biogas: A renewable energy source that’s a combination of methane and carbon dioxide. Black soldier fly larvae: Among the most efficient animals at converting biomass into feed. Biosolids: Solid organic matt...
Inside The Sunny Center of a Hurricane 19.11.2025 4:20
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Subsidence: the downward movement of an air parcel as it cools and becomes denser Vortex: a region in a fluid in which the flow revolves around an axis line MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info...
The Never Ending Lightning Storm 17.11.2025 4:24
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Lightning hotspot: is a geographic location where there is a higher frequency of lightning activity compared to surrounding areas. Lightning flash frequency: refers to the average number of lightning strikes occurring in a specific area over a given period of time. It can be measured in flashes per km2 per year. Convergent wi...
Identify Antibodies 16.11.2025 1:37
MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info If you like what we do, you can help us! - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth...
Capillary Action 15.11.2025 1:22
MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info If you like what we do, you can help us! - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth...
Why Don't Electric Eels Shock Themselves? 14.11.2025 3:57
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Electrocyte: a modified muscle or nerve cell that generates electricity in the electric organ of certain fishes MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info If you like what we do...
The time I was a human incubator 13.11.2025 4:05
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Preterm birth: Babies born before 37 weeks of gestation. Complications from prematurity kill more than 900,000 children each year. Incubator: An enclosed apparatus providing a controlled environment for premature babies. Sepsis: A life-threatening complication from infection. Hypothermia: A medical emergency that occurs when...
Why Flushing Isn't For Everyone 12.11.2025 3:38
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Sewage system: A network of pipes that conveys sewage from a point of origin to a treatment plant. Fecal pathogens: Bacteria, viruses, and parasites that can infect people through feces contamination. Utility decentralization: The process of bringing the production of utilities like energy closer to the place it is consumed i...
Why Hurricane Paths Are WEIRD 11.11.2025 3:53
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Fujiwhara effect: a phenomenon that occurs when two nearby cyclonic vortices move around each other and close the distance between the circulations of their corresponding low-pressure areas. Tropical Cyclone: a localized, very intense low-pressure wind system, forming over tropical oceans and with winds of hurricane force. Mi...
The Antarctic Ocean is WEIRD 10.11.2025 3:58
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Antarctic Circumpolar Current: an ocean current that flows clockwise from west to east around Antarctica. Polar Gigantism: The phenomenon that animals near the poles are larger than their temperate counterparts. MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://nept...
Plague Test 09.11.2025 1:42
MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info If you like what we do, you can help us! - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth -...
False Results 08.11.2025 1:21
MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info If you like what we do, you can help us! - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Buy...
Why Did It Take Us So Long? 07.11.2025 4:03
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Zoophily: a form of pollination whereby pollen is transferred by animals Hydrophily: a type of pollination in which pollen is dispersed by the flow of water Seaweed: massive, multicellular algae Spermatia: a nonmotile male gamete of red alga MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC ...
Eclipses Used To Be Terrifying 06.11.2025 5:16
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Saros: a period of about 18 years between repetitions of solar and lunar eclipses. MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info If you like what we do, you can help us! - Become our pat...
Apparently tree FINGERPRINTS are a thing 05.11.2025 4:18
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Spectral fingerprint: the distinctive pattern of radiation reflected by a surface (or a species) as a function of the wavelength Spectroscopy: the field of study that measures and interprets the electromagnetic spectra that result from the interaction between electromagnetic radiation and matter as a function of the wavelengt...
How eclipses proved that the Earth is slowing down 04.11.2025 4:39
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Corona: the outermost part of the Sun's atmosphere. General Relativity: a theory of gravitation developed by Albert Einstein that says that the observed gravitational effect between masses results from their warping of spacetime. Lunar Eclipse: an eclipse in which the moon appears darkened as it passes into the earth's shadow...
Why Do Weeping Willows Weep? 03.11.2025 3:52
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Hormones: chemical messengers that are secreted directly into the blood, which carries them to organs and tissues of the body to exert their functions. MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info...
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