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Are Blue Eyes Endangered? - YouTube - 0 views

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    SciShow explains the genetics -- and physics -- behind why blue eyes are blue, and what the future may be for the trait. Spoiler alert: Blue eyes aren't really blue! SciShow explains!
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How Measles Made a Comeback - YouTube - 0 views

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    SciShow News explores how a diseases that was officially eliminated in the U.S. has made a sudden comeback.
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Why We Haven't Cured Cancer - YouTube - 0 views

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    8:38 video Ever wonder why we still haven't cured cancer? Join SciShow as we discuss what's wrong with that question and why it's so hard to find a cure.
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Attack of the Super Bugs - YouTube - 0 views

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    10:04 video, Don't panic! But you should really know about antibiotic-resistant bacteria, aka super bugs. They're here, and they're doing very well, thank you. SciShow explains what they are, how they're getting around our best drugs, and what science (and you) can do to help.
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Rosalind Franklin: Great Minds - YouTube - 1 views

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    Rosalind Franklin was a British scientist who helped discover the structure of DNA, but you most likely haven't heard of her. Hank will attempt to fix this gap in your knowledge on today's SciShow: Great Minds.
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Did Dinosaurs Really Have Feathers? - YouTube - 0 views

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    4:42 At least one entire class of dinosaurs seems to have had feathers -- including velociraptors, and probably T. rex. Find out how we know, and how we even know what color some of them were!
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Epigenetics - YouTube - 0 views

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    Epigenetics 9:28 video explained by Hank using circus twin analogy.
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3 Sad Surprises: The Human Genome Project - YouTube - 0 views

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    3:33 minute video
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How Do Animals Re-Grow Limbs (And Why Can't We?) - YouTube - 0 views

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    Starfish can regrow lost arms, and salamanders can sprout new limbs. So why can't we? Sci Show explains the science of regeneration, and explores the limitations the humans face -- and are trying to go beyond.
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The Science of Anti-Vaccination - YouTube - 0 views

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    9:15 video Fewer children in the United States are getting vaccinated. That's bad news for those kids, and also for public health in general. Often, the response is to argue and debate and get angry at people who are we see as making terrible, irrational decisions. Instead of doing that, let's use science to understand why this is happening in the first place.
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Why Does Your Breath Stink in the Morning? - YouTube - 0 views

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    At night, your mouth becomes the perfect home for growing bacteria. Forgive us if we don't talk to you until after you brush your teeth.
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What Causes Sunburns? - YouTube - 0 views

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    2:30 video Why does too much sun turn some people's skin all red and shiny? 
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Your Brain is Plastic - YouTube - 1 views

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    4:07 Hank explains the gift that your brain gives you every day: the gift of neural plasticity -- the ways in which your brain actually changes at the cellular level as you learn.
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How the Vitamins Got Their Names - YouTube - 0 views

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    4:47 video   The list of vitamins can be kind of confusing, what with all those B vitamins and a random K thrown in. But every name has its story.
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Why Do We Wrinkle When Wet? - YouTube - 0 views

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    Why do your fingers and toes get wrinkly when they've been in the water too long? Short answer: Your nerves. Longer answer: Evolution. Hosted by: Michael Aranda
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Why Is Only Half of My Nose Working? - YouTube - 0 views

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    2:48 video Ever notice how one side of your nose always seems to be more stuffed than the other? What's up with that? Quick Questions knows!
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The Times and Troubles of the Scientific Method - YouTube - 0 views

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    Science is working tirelessly night and day to disprove its own theories about how the universe works (or at least, that's what science thinks it's doing). Hank tells us a quick history of how we came to create and adopt the scientific method and then gives us a vision of the future of science (hint: it involves a lot more computers and a lot less pipetting).
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Gregor Mendel: Great Minds - YouTube - 0 views

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    11 video Hank brings us the story of Gregor Mendel, the Austrian monk who, with the help of a garden full of pea plants, discovered the fundamental properties of inheritance and paved the way for modern genetics. He also gives us the dirt on a scientific scandal that has followed Mendel beyond the grave.
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Motor Proteins: Tiny Pirates in Your Cells - YouTube - 0 views

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    3:35 video To some they look like bow-legged cowboys. To others, swaggering pirates. Either way, the two-legged molecules known as motor proteins are what get the job of living done in most of your cells.
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How Birds Really See the World - YouTube - 0 views

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    4:01 video Ever wonder what it looks like from a birds-eye-view? Hank explains they see more than you think!
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