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.
Be sure to visit the podcast's website and support the creator: www.minuteearth.com
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Episodes
Naming COVID-19 02.11.2025 1:58
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...
Swine Flu 01.11.2025 1:40
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 our...
This Chemical Does Nothing, But It's Still Bad For You 31.10.2025 4:07
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: PFAS: A class of man-made molecules consisting of a fully (per) or partly (poly) fluorinated carbon chain connected to different functional groups. Teflon: A type of PFAS - PTFE - used in making nonstick coating for cookware. Fatty Acid: A hydrocarbon chain terminating with a carboxylic acid group. Albumin: The main protein o...
Is Bigger Better? 30.10.2025 4:03
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Exoskeleton: a rigid external covering for the body in some invertebrate animals, especially arthropods, providing both support and protection. Endoskeleton: an internal skeleton, such as the bony or cartilaginous skeleton of vertebrates. Leverage: the exertion of force by means of a lever or an object used in the manner of a...
The WEIRD Way Monkeys Got to America 29.10.2025 4:17
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Oceanic dispersal: A type of biological dispersal where terrestrial animals transfer from one land mass to another via a sea crossing. Rafting event: Oceanic dispersal that happens via floating vegetation. Platyrrhini: The so-called “New World Monkeys” that descended from African simians that arrived in South America roughly...
In The Future, Death Will Be Different 28.10.2025 3:50
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Global Burden of Disease Study: A comprehensive look at morbidity and mortality that measures lost human potential due to ill health caused by disease. Aging-associated Diseases: Diseases that increase in frequency with senescence, including atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease, cancer, arthritis, cataracts, osteoporosi...
Why Do People Hate Koalas? (ft. @tibees ) 27.10.2025 5:28
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Fecal pap: a mixture of contents from an herbivore mother's caecum that colonizes the joey's gut with bacteria. Marsupial: a mammal of an order whose members are born incompletely developed and are typically carried and suckled in a pouch on the mother's belly. MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC ...
Micro Extinction 26.10.2025 1:41
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Softwood Pollination 25.10.2025 1:30
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 our merch: ...
Why Are They All In Antarctica? 24.10.2025 3:58
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: ANSMET: a program funded by the Office of Polar Programs of the National Science Foundation that looks for meteorites in the Transantarctic Mountains. Glacier: a slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles. Meteorite: a meteor that survives its passage th...
Should More Species Be Extinct? 23.10.2025 4:21
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: IUCN: The International Union for Conservation of Nature is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. It is involved in data gathering and analysis, research, field projects, advocacy, and education. MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC ...
These Countries Are Cheating 22.10.2025 3:57
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Paris Agreement: a 2015 treaty negotiated by 196 parties that aims to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. Carbon emissions: the release of carbon compounds into the atmosphere, mostly in the form of CO2. Carbon sink: anything - like a forest - that absorbs more carbon from the atmosphere than it releases. Flaring: the pro...
How Fish Get Away With Being Colorful 21.10.2025 4:10
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Visual resolution: the ability to see fine spatial detail MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info If you like what we do, you can help us! - Become our patron: ...
Why Most Fossils Are Incomplete 20.10.2025 4:32
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Taphonomy: the branch of paleontology that deals with the processes of fossilization Debris flow: a moving mass of loose mud, sand, soil, rock, water and air that travels down a slope under the influence of gravity MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptune...
Softwood Hardness 19.10.2025 1:15
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Janka Scale 18.10.2025 1:24
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Ancient Humans Made Millions Of These - We Don’t Know Why 17.10.2025 4:22
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Acheulean handaxe: large, chipped stone objects which represent the oldest, most common, and longest-used formally-shaped working tool in human history. Microscopy: the technical field of using microscopes to view samples & objects that cannot be seen with the unaided eye. Microlith: small stone tool usually made of flint or...
Why We Haven’t Learned More In 101 Years Of Trying 16.10.2025 4:16
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: European Eel: A long-lived, snakelike fish native to the rivers of Europe. Eel, Pie, and Mash: A common meal of poorer Englishmen for the last several centuries. Spontaneous Generation: The hypothetical process by which organisms would generate from non-living matter. The Eel Question: A matter of great debate for millenia -...
This Is Not A Bug 15.10.2025 4:23
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Bug: a small insect, or an insect of a large order distinguished by having mouthparts that are modified for piercing and sucking. Entomology: the branch of zoology concerned with the study of insects. Etymology: the study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history. Insect: a sma...
How Caffeine Accidentally Took Over The World 14.10.2025 4:08
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Alkaloid: any of a class of nitrogenous organic compounds of plant origin which have pronounced physiological actions on humans. Allelopathy: the chemical inhibition of one plant (or other organism) by another, due to the release into the environment of substances acting as germination or growth inhibitors. Caffeine: a crysta...
Is Pregnancy A Disease? 13.10.2025 5:06
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 our merch: ...
Softwood Evolution 12.10.2025 1:17
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Colloquial and Taxonomic 11.10.2025 1:17
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You Can’t Actually Die Of Old Age 10.10.2025 3:06
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Cause of death: the specific injury or disease that leads to death. Death certificate: an official statement, signed by a physician, of the cause, date, and place of a person's death. Geriatrics: a medical specialty focused on providing care for the unique health needs of older adults. Old age: the range of ages nearing and s...
The Weird Sex Lives of Bluegills 09.10.2025 3:29
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Alternative mating strategy: a strategy used by male or female animals, often with distinct phenotypes, that differs from the prevailing mating strategy. Dependent selection: an evolutionary process by which the fitness of a phenotype or genotype depends on the phenotype or genotype composition of a given population. MinuteEa...
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