Science News Video: The biggest science breakthroughs in 2024

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The Science staff named lenacapavir as the 2024 Breakthrough of the Year, but there were many other research advances that caught our attention last year. Here’s the impact of those other achievements on science and society. Read more at: science.org/boty2024 0:00 Lenacapavir: 2024’s Breakthrough of the Year 0:45 RNA-based pesticides enter the field 1:26 Mantle waves sculpt continents 2:09 New organelle just dropped 2:55 Origins of multicellularity pushed back 3:34 A new type of magnetism emerges 4:19 Starship sticks the landing 4:58 Ancient DNA reveals family ties 5:43 JWST probes the cosmic dawn 6:21 Unleashing immune cells on autoimmune disease

Published: 29th Jan 2025 03:59:21   By: Science Magazine

Science News Video: Diversity in #tongues provides a way to study #evolution

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An early interest in #reptile feeding behavior led evolutionary biologist Kurt Schwenk to study the tongues of lizards, amphibians and snakes. Like Charles Darwin's finches, the various forms and functions of #lizard tongues help piece together the story of how diversity of reptiles and amphibians evolved.

Published: 3rd Jan 2025 05:01:01   By: Science Magazine

Science News Video: Did #dinosaurs have lips? #science

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Researchers recently found evidence that dinosaurs may have had lips that covered their teeth like present-day lizards. Science journalist Rodrigo Pérez Ortega explains how they came to this conclusion. Footage: Michele Dessi/Stocktrek Images/Science Source; Pictorial Press LTD/Alamy Stock Photo; Mark P. Witton

Published: 27th Dec 2024 05:00:04   By: Science Magazine

Science News Video: Can a twice-a-year shot help end the HIV/AIDS epidemic?

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HIV infects more than a million people every year worldwide. While decades of research have led to effective treatments and pre-exposure prophylactic (PrEP) drugs that have dramatically reduced the impact of HIV/AIDS epidemic, completely wiping the virus out has remained out of reach. Lenacapavir, a new twice-yearly PrEP injection, may be the solution. Two clinical trials this year showed the drug can offer near complete protection from HIV infection, and the long-lasting effects mean daily pills could be a thing of the past, as long as it is accessible to populations who need it most. Science journalist Jon Cohen, physician-scientist Linda-Gail Bekker, and biochemist Wesley Sundquist describe the history of HIV/AIDS prevention and the unique mechanism that led lenacapavir to be named the 2024 Breakthrough of the Year. Read more about the Breakthrough of the Year: https://www.science.org/boty2024

Published: 12th Dec 2024 07:00:40   By: Science Magazine

Science News Video: How oil-eating #bacteria break droplets down #science #biology

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After an oil spill, bacteria like Alcanivorax borkumensis can help the cleanup process, consuming oil and breaking it down. A group of biophysicists have observed how a biofilm forms around the oil and push and pull the oil's surface into branching tubes. Watch the full-length video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwPVeiMYi-M Read the paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adf3345 Footage: ©Greenpeace, Omarova et al., ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng 2019, BlackBoxGuild/Pond5, Research: Prasad et al., Science 2024 Music: Blipper/Podington Bear

Published: 6th Dec 2024 05:00:31   By: Science Magazine

Science News Video: Why Planes Drop Millions of Flies on Panama Every Day

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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. Every day, airplanes fly over the Panama-Colombia border and drop millions of flies from the sky. It's part of an intense effort to control a deadly pest called screwworms, and believe it or not, it works. Hosted by: Stefan Chin (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 list to get the latest news and highlights: https://mailchi.mp/scishow/email ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Toyas Dhake, Spilmann Reed, Gizmo, Garrett Galloway, Friso, DrakoEsper , Lyndsay Brown, Jeremy Mattern, Jaap Westera, Jeffrey Mckishen, Matt Curls, Eric Jensen, Chris Mackey, Adam Brainard, Piya Shedden, Alex Hackman, Kevin Knupp, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer, Jason A Saslow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow #SciShow #science #education #learning #complexly ---------- Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/e/2PACX-1vQAglquFJrmG-G9BDIqRHJMeJxpy8HxnNfI2sSRwwDHl77P1eZtgQkBpQgEMrhTI2lPyzkGGEb9Z9cy/pub

Published: 5th Feb 2025 06:00:10   By: SciShow

Science News Video: Dams Are Great. They Need To Go

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Get your signed postcard or signed script from SciShow! https://complexly.store/collections/scishow-postcard SciShow posts a new video 5 times a week, and our science-backed videos were viewed 140 million times last year. But SciShow has always needed your help to keep going, and that’s true now more than ever! We’re selling limited-edition postcards to help us fund another year of SciShow. Check them out - get access to a secret video, and know that you’ve made a difference. Dams are great for humans, providing hydroelectricity and flood control. They're also horrible for the rivers they block. Here are three success stories of ecosystems that bounced back after a dam was removed. Hosted by: Savannah Geary (they/them) ---------- 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 list to get the latest news and highlights: https://mailchi.mp/scishow/email ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Toyas Dhake, Spilmann Reed, Gizmo, Garrett Galloway, Friso, DrakoEsper , Lyndsay Brown, Jeremy Mattern, Jaap Westera, Jeffrey Mckishen, Matt Curls, Eric Jensen, Chris Mackey, Adam Brainard, Piya Shedden, Alex Hackman, Kevin Knupp, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer, Jason A Saslow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow #SciShow #science #education #learning #complexly ---------- Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRtjAc8VX8zstB-fpr5Af8CxXVoNAqzy1x1SJMUtQ0osdwlnuVe5f4t5VOJse-OorNXAvtKpUQATh-m/pub

Published: 4th Feb 2025 06:00:20   By: SciShow

Science News Video: Did Vikings Use These Crystals To Navigate?

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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 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 list to get the latest news and highlights: https://mailchi.mp/scishow/email ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Toyas Dhake, Spilmann Reed, Gizmo, Garrett Galloway, Friso, DrakoEsper , Lyndsay Brown, Jeremy Mattern, Jaap Westera, Jeffrey Mckishen, Matt Curls, Eric Jensen, Chris Mackey, Adam Brainard, Piya Shedden, Alex Hackman, Kevin Knupp, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer, Jason A Saslow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow #SciShow #science #education #learning #complexly ---------- Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSshAgii7jptKL5Bslg5iD2dfPYW5WDJQfKW7UxCaF1CeVacmpbtaM6BL9qlM4phDSzDOkTkwo9phaE/pub

Published: 3rd Feb 2025 06:00:33   By: SciShow

Science News Video: The REAL Science of Groundhogs

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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 actually play a valuable role in several other scientific fields. Hosted by: Savannah Geary (they/them) ---------- 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 list to get the latest news and highlights: https://mailchi.mp/scishow/email ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Toyas Dhake, Spilmann Reed, Gizmo, Garrett Galloway, Friso, DrakoEsper , Lyndsay Brown, Jeremy Mattern, Jaap Westera, Jeffrey Mckishen, Matt Curls, Eric Jensen, Chris Mackey, Adam Brainard, Piya Shedden, Alex Hackman, Kevin Knupp, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer, Jason A Saslow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow #SciShow #science #education #learning #complexly ---------- Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSiGum8XE0c7ocH1u9OUBZQOsONXYeUtXJXek__nhqZMe66cVj4qGYmH8xyKjqKotZoy3KVfRBOVkFb/pub

Published: 31st Jan 2025 06:00:43   By: SciShow

Science News Video: AI Doesn't Need To Be Self-Aware To Be Dangerous

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This episode was produced in partnership with the Future of Life Institute. If you want to better understand how AI might be dangerous, you can read their recent post explaining why we can't just 'switch off' a dangerous AI at https://futureoflife.org/ai/could-we-switch-off-a-dangerous-ai/. For more resources on AI and to learn more about the Future of Life Institute, visit their website at https://futureoflife.org/cause-area/artificial-intelligence/. Artificial Intelligence always takes over humanity in the movies when it gains consciousness. But even without getting into sentience, it's capable of influencing our lives in a lot of ways already. Hosted by: Stefan Chin (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 list to get the latest news and highlights: https://mailchi.mp/scishow/email ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Toyas Dhake, Spilmann Reed, Gizmo, Garrett Galloway, Friso, DrakoEsper , Lyndsay Brown, Jeremy Mattern, Jaap Westera, Jeffrey Mckishen, Matt Curls, Eric Jensen, Chris Mackey, Adam Brainard, Piya Shedden, Alex Hackman, Kevin Knupp, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer, Jason A Saslow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow #SciShow #science #education #learning #complexly ---------- Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSibyuvB9QGXwrMnPQFGVh6pljiULWS4KSKOvUU_6EPqUMvLjcKmOkXAtwevHzWgOpwSfazdZ2eOJ57/pub

Published: 30th Jan 2025 06:00:35   By: SciShow

Science News Video: Who is that monkey in the mirror? | Science News

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Baboons at Tsaobis Nature Park in Namibia were given mirrors to play with. While they looked in the mirror, scientists would shine laser pointers on their faces. Even though the baboons pawed at the dot when it was on their arms or legs, they didn't touch their faces when they saw the dot in the mirror. The results suggest the primates might not be self-aware. Read more: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/wild-baboons-mirror-recognize-test Video: E. Ahmad et al/Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 2025 Narration: Bethany Brookshire

Published: 5th Feb 2025 04:09:35   By: Science News

Science News Video: A cricket frog belly flops its way across water | Science News

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Cricket frogs cyclically jump and bellyflop their way across water. This high-speed video shows their “porpoising” locomotion at normal speed and at 5 percent speed. Read more: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/cricket-frogs-belly-flop-hop-water Video: Talia Weiss et al.

Published: 5th Feb 2025 04:09:28   By: Science News

Science News Video: How Pluto met its largest moon Charon | Science News | Science News

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Simulations of Pluto’s and Charon’s first encounter show that each body remained mostly intact after a brief but intense impact. Pluto’s core is shown in blue, Charon’s core is purple. Pluto’s solid ice is shown in yellow, and Charon’s ice is green. The encounter shown here lasts about 60 hours. Read more: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/pluto-charon-moon-kiss Video Credit: Adeene Denton

Published: 6th Jan 2025 06:08:43   By: Science News

Science News Video: Watch an Ethiopian wolf slurp nectar from a flower | Science News

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An Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis) laps up nectar from three Ethiopian red hot poker flowers (Kniphofia foliosa) in the country’s Bale Mountains National Park. Anecdotal reports from researchers monitoring the wolves suggest that they hunt rodents during the day and slurp nectar in the afternoon, says wildlife biologist Sandra Lai, almost like the carnivores are getting dessert. Read more: Video Credit: S. Lai et al/Ecology

Published: 3rd Jan 2025 09:12:49   By: Science News

Science News Video: Watch an electronic tattoo get applied to a person’s head | Science News

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After mapping a person’s head shape, a microjet printer sprays electronic-tattoo ink onto precise spots on a volunteer’s scalp (shown here at four times actual speed). The ink can pick up electrical signals from the brain about as well as standard electrodes but without some of the drawbacks, a new study reports. Read more: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/vampire-bats-treadmills-metabolism Video: Nanshu Lu

Published: 3rd Jan 2025 09:12:41   By: Science News

Science Channel Video: Getting Paid to Try and Break Industrial Wire Ropes?? What a Job! | How It's Made | Science Channel

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Published: 5th Feb 2025 04:00:37   By: Science Channel

Science Channel Video: Pedal Cars and Floor Heating Systems | How It's Made | Science Channel

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Discover how pedal cars are assembled and floor heating systems put together! #ScienceChannel #HowItsMade About How It's Made: Explore the fascinating world of how everyday items are manufactured and produced. Subscribe to Science Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@sciencechannel About Science Channel: Learn about outer space, leading scientific exploration, new technology, earth science basics, & more with science videos & news from Science Channel. Find us on social: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ScienceChannel/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/sciencechannel Instagram: https://instagram.com/sciencechannel TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@sciencechannel

Published: 1st Feb 2025 04:01:03   By: Science Channel

Science Channel Video: Uncovering Arctic Military Secrets | Secrets in the Ice | Science Channel

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Secrets in the Ice uncovers startling military secrets. One episode follows the team as they investigate the mystery of ancient human skeletons discovered in a remote lake in India. Another delves into an enigmatic structure in the Arctic, raising questions about its purpose and possible link to a doomsday scenario. In an additional episode, the team examines bizarre artifacts buried in the ice, revealing their connection to ancient civilizations. #ScienceChannel #SecretsInTheIce About Secrets in the Ice: Explore the most remote, cold and inhospitable places on the planet and discover great mysteries that were once frozen in time. Subscribe to Science Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@sciencechannel About Science Channel: Learn about outer space, leading scientific exploration, new technology, earth science basics, & more with science videos & news from Science Channel. Find us on social: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ScienceChannel/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/sciencechannel Instagram: https://instagram.com/sciencechannel TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@sciencechannel Uncovering Arctic Military Secrets | Secrets in the Ice | Science Channel https://youtu.be/SnD3LzXCeSw

Published: 1st Feb 2025 04:00:32   By: Science Channel

Science Channel Video: It's All in the Details With These Design Rollers 😮 | How It's Made | Science Channel

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Published: 31st Jan 2025 04:00:45   By: Science Channel

Science Channel Video: Living Walls and Large-Format Cameras | How It's Made | Science Channel

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Learn how living walls are grown and how large-format cameras (like your great-grandad's) are made! #ScienceChannel #HowItsMade About How It's Made: Explore the fascinating world of how everyday items are manufactured and produced. Subscribe to Science Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@sciencechannel About Science Channel: Learn about outer space, leading scientific exploration, new technology, earth science basics, & more with science videos & news from Science Channel. Find us on social: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ScienceChannel/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/sciencechannel Instagram: https://instagram.com/sciencechannel TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@sciencechannel

Published: 30th Jan 2025 04:00:06   By: Science Channel