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Our Favorite Custom Emojis!

Hey MinuteEarthlings!

It's so nice to see so many new faces over here in our Patreon community :) We've been really enjoying giving you a peek into our process and have lots more ideas to sha...

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Why Entomologists Hate The Word "Bug"

It’s common to call creepy crawlies bugs, but because entomologists refer to a specific class of insects as bugs, it’s wrong to call other things bugs - right?

Our latest video is all abo...

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Upcoming video preview!

Hi friends!

Thank you so much for joining us here, it’s amazing to see so many new patrons!

We have a little preview of our next video for you today. In this video we go on another ta...

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How Caffeine Accidentally Took Over The World

Plants don't make caffeine just for us, so what DO they make it for?

Watch our latest video (and stay until the end for the announcement!) here: 2023-04-06 07:32:22 +0000 UTC View Post

Is Aging A Disease?

We actually have no idea what a “disease” is.

Be the first to watch our latest video here: https://www.yout...

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Happy Pi Day!

Happy Pi day friends!

The 14th of March (3-14) follows the first digits of Pi, which makes for a fantastic excuse to treat yourself to some pie ;) 

See you again soon! 

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Why You Can’t Die Of Old Age

Despite centuries of death records to the contrary, “dying of old age” is not medically possible; instead, it’s just a convenient catch-all.

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Why Some Males Pretend To Be Females

When it comes to the mating game, fish have some of the strangest ways of thwarting the competition.

You can watch our latest video here: 2023-02-17 21:17:19 +0000 UTC View Post

It's our Birthday!

Whooo! Today is MinuteEarth’s 10th Birthday!!

Over the past ten years, we’ve created more than 300 videos on topics ranging from the smallest bacteria to the largest trees, from the deepe...

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The Disease You Will Never Survive

A simple mis-folding in a certain brain protein causes a disease for which we have no cure (the Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease). You can watch our latest video here: 2023-02-10 05:35:08 +0000 UTC View Post

Why Do Heart Attacks Cause *Arm* Pain?

When someone has a heart attack, they often clutch their left arm in pain. But the heart is in the chest – not the arm – so what’s up?

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Happy Lunar New Year!

Hey friends,

We are cooking up a set of new videos that you will see very soon!
Meanwhile, we wish you a lot of luck and love for the Lunar New Year :)

x, Lizah

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What Is The Best Shape For A Farm?

The shape of a farm can tell you a surprising amount about the land it's on and the people that use it. You can watch our latest video before everyone else here: 2022-12-28 20:21:24 +0000 UTC View Post

Happy Holidays!

Dear friends,

Thank you for all your support, it means the world to us!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, 

Team MinuteEarth

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The Top Ways To Die (Throughout History)

By combining historical demography and epidemiology, we can (sort of) determine how people throughout history have died.

Watch our latest video before everyone else here: 2022-12-23 03:28:33 +0000 UTC View Post

How this tree has survived 5000 years

Methuselah’s environment lacks nutrients, water, and oxygen. In other words, it’s the perfect place to grow very very old. Yes, you read it right! 

Watch our latest video before ever...

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The Horror of Nuclear Winter

Nuclear war is a terrifying existential threat, but we shouldn't only fear the blasts because the ensuing smoke is the real killer.

You can watch our latest video here: 2022-12-15 05:34:32 +0000 UTC View Post

The Tree-Planting Problem

Trees are a super-efficient way to sequester carbon, but since planting the wrong trees in the wrong place can do more harm than good, we need to go about tree planting more carefully.

Here y...

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We Were Wrong About Overpopulation

A few decades ago, experts started sounding the alarm about overpopulation, but the human population of the world will actually soon peak – and then decrease – thanks to a combination of two qu...

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Christmas Merch Discount!

Hey friends, 

I hope you are all well and looking forward to the holiday season :) 

We are currently running a 10% sale and have an extra 5% discount for our Patrons with code...

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What if We Replaced Nuclear With Potatoes

Energy use can be confusing – I mean, how do you compare gasoline in your car to electricity piped to your house? That's why we made these things spud-tacularly simple.

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How We Learned That Water Isn't An Element

For thousands of years, water was thought to be an element. That is, until some of the greatest chemists in the world managed to crack it open.

You can watch this video before anyone else her...

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What You Learned In School Is Wrong

Well, it turns out that the concept of warm-blooded and cold-blooded animals is outdated. There are actually tons of different animal thermoregulation strategies. Our latest video is all about this...

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Mushroom Wars

Our latest video is all about the two mushroom guilds that are locked in a competition for forest dominance. And as usual, we humans can tip the balance!

Watch it before everyone else here: <...

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How Many Tree Species Are Still Out There?

Our latest video is all about how we count things we don't know about. Check it out before everyone else here: https://youtu.be/iOlz...

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Sketch vs Final scene

Sometimes we go through several iterations of the same scene before we settle on a vision...

In this scene, for our video about plants-on-plants, we wanted to show that the plants catch and ...

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Plants That Drink Water From The Air

Some plants can drink water from the air - and that has some weird effects on the forests where they live. We made a video about epiphytes and you can watch it before everyone else here: 2022-10-06 02:30:26 +0000 UTC View Post

New Merchandise!

We just revamped our store with a bunch of new science-themed merch! 

You can check it out over at DFTBA (DFTBA.com/Minut...

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The Mystery of Bioluminescence

Most animals on earth are bioluminescent, but almost all of them live in the ocean - and scientists aren’t sure why. In our latest video we navigate through some possibilities. Watch it before ev...

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Exciting news: We are nominated for a Kids' Book Choice Award!

Hey friends!   

We have some exciting news: Our book MinuteEarth Explains: How Did Whales Get So Big And Other Curious Questions about Animals, Nature, Geology, and Planet ...

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