Learn all there is to know about Ebola from Scishow
Hank Green, from SciShow, explains what Ebola is, and where is it coming from. It is not contagious as, let’s say, the flu, but it is nonetheless a deadly disease that can kill 90% of the infected...
View ArticleWhat really killed the dinosaurs? It wasn’t the asteroid
Hank Green, from SciShow, explains how researchers got the idea that an asteroid killed the dinosaurs 65 million years ago and why that is not the whole picture. It seems that the asteroid was the...
View ArticleVenus, not the best place for your holydays
Hank Green, from SciShow, explains why Venus is NOT Earth’s twin and why is it dangerous to live in there. In any case, you won’t be able to live in there not for even one second. The probes that...
View ArticleEstivation, much like the hybernation, but for hot times and areas
Estivation is a process in which animals retain water and slow down metabolism in order to survive a hot dry season. Most of the animals that undergo estivation will cover themselves with a mucus that...
View ArticleSciShow: what is energy?
Energy can be found everywhere and in many forms. In the same way as the existence of matter, energy as existed since the dawn of the Universe. It is a constant quantity in the Universe: nothing gets...
View ArticleMotor proteins, the things that make the cell work and divide
The motor proteins are proteins from within our cells that have the role of carrying cellular material around the cell (food, signaling molecules, genetic information). It uses the cells highway...
View Article5 most dangerous chemicals on Earth
Hank Green, from SciShow, presents a list of top 5 dangerous chemicals int he world. Some of these were so dangerous that not even the nazis would dare touch or use them. What 5 chemicals is it about...
View ArticleLakes that explode? Almost: they erupt
Lake Nyos, from Cameroun, released 80 million cubic meters of carbon dioxide gas in its surroundings with a speed of 50 kmph and suffocating everything within a 25 km radius. That is tough. Since then...
View ArticleThe Moon: is has a tail and we would have a catastrophic planet without it
The Moon has a tail made up of sodium atoms very thinly dispersed throughout the small Moon exosphere. Moons atmosphere, called exosphere, is so rare that when it is full Moon and it is between us and...
View ArticleA short history of robots
Hank Green, from SciShow, presents a short history of robots, from the industrial robots to the humanoid robots we have today. DARPA is hosting a robot contest in this summer and humanoid robots will...
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