Science, explained
155 videos • 954,550 views • by Vox
From outer space to the natural world to the cells in our bodies, Vox brings a magnifying glass to the most surprising breakthroughs and enduring mysteries in science.
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Are probiotics in yogurt a gimmick?
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No, honey can’t cure your allergies
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The weather loophole keeping this city sunny
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Is it time to worry about bird flu?
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Are your fingerprints really unique?
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Should fluoride be in our water?
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Why the US banned Red 3
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The debate over the Anthropocene, explained
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How giant lasers could get rid of space trash
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Can AI help us predict extreme weather?
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UV light kills viruses. Why isn't it everywhere?
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How bats carry deadly diseases without dying
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Something weird happens when you keep squeezing
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What we get wrong about saving the bees
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A fact-checked debate about euthanasia in Canada
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A desert fungus that infects humans is spreading
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The tricky plan to pull CO2 out of the air
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Why your voice is like a fingerprint
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Ozempic is a game-changer. Here’s how it works.
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Why so many people need glasses now
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Why kids don’t get as cold as adults do
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Why Americans want these insects dead
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Why beavers matter as the planet heats up
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This giant laser can simulate a planet’s core
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How to find a planet you can’t see
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What we found when we went looking for another Earth
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Why the James Webb Space Telescope looks like that
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How sperm got all the credit in the fertilization story
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Why 99% of ocean plastic pollution is "missing"
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How to be a cloud detective
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Why bird nests aren't covered in poop
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The next pandemic could come from our farms
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The risky way to speed up a coronavirus vaccine
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Why scientists are so worried about this glacier
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How humans are making pandemics more likely
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The 1850s map that changed how we fight outbreaks
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The US tested the wrong people for coronavirus
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Why beef is the worst food for the climate
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What face masks actually do against coronavirus
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What the coronavirus looks like up close
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Why NASA quarantined the Apollo 11 astronauts
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Why kids write letters backward
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Social distancing during coronavirus, explained by an expert
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This goofy bird vs. the fossil fuel industry
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Why you always seem to have room for dessert
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We're melting the Arctic and reviving deadly germs
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Memory, Explained | FULL EPISODE | Vox + Netflix
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The mysterious rays shooting at us from space
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How scientists colorize photos of space
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Why people get so excited about a total solar eclipse
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Tales from the shadow of the moon
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Decoding the ancient astronomy of Stonehenge
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Astronauts left poop on the moon. We should go get it.
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Apollo 11’s journey to the moon, annotated
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The race to save endangered foods
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Why your allergies get worse every year
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Why measles is back in the US
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What DNA ancestry tests can — and can’t — tell you
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Why this black hole photo is such a big deal
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How scientists solved this dinosaur puzzle
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Why some Asian accents swap Ls and Rs in English
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Why parrots can talk like humans
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Why these plankton are eating plastic
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How humans disrupted a cycle essential to all life
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Why video games are made of tiny triangles
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The problems with rebuilding beaches
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The quest for the perfect apple
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The skincare acid craze, explained
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Stop peeing in the pool. Chlorine doesn't work like you think.
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How your split ends can help clean oil spills
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How reliable is fingerprint analysis?
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Bees can understand zero. Can you?
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Why 350°F is the magic number for baking
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Why chronic floods are coming to New Jersey
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The bold plan to end malaria with a gene drive
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The 'duck curve' is solar energy's greatest challenge
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NASA's plan to save Earth from a giant asteroid
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This 19-year-old can keep astronauts safe from space junk
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Why Atlantic fish are invading the Arctic
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How a warmer Arctic could intensify extreme weather
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What melting sea ice means for life in the Arctic
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How Trump's border wall would disrupt nature
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The ketogenic diet, explained
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Why danger symbols can’t last forever
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The world is poorly designed. But copying nature helps.
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Why a storm surge can be the deadliest part of a hurricane
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How climate change makes hurricanes worse
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Lyme disease is spreading. Blame ticks — and climate change
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Why the ocean is getting louder
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Why people think they see ghosts
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Wildlife crossings stop roadkill. Why aren't there more?
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How dead is the Great Barrier Reef?
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Why humans are so bad at thinking about climate change
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Why peregrine falcons are the fastest animals on earth
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How poaching is changing the face of African elephants
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Meet the designer cats with wild blood
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The hotline Hollywood calls for science advice
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How I memorized an entire chapter from “Moby Dick”
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Why all world maps are wrong
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7 ways a trip to Mars could kill you
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The 1995 Hubble photo that changed astronomy
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Mercury retrograde, explained WITHOUT astrology
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How technology has changed the definition of death
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The remarkable discovery of microbial life
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Why no aquarium has a great white shark
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The science is in: Exercise isn’t the best way to lose weight
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Late sleeper? Blame your genes.
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Proof of evolution that you can find on your body
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Stop taking antibiotics to treat your cold
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How leap year works
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Astronaut ice cream is a lie
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How one man held his breath for 23 minutes
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Better sleep: a 2-minute guide
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Save the salamanders, unsung heroes of the forest
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Why your laptop charger is so hot
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El Niño is back. Here's how it works.
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What people get wrong about climate change
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Re-reading is inefficient. Here are 5 tips for studying smarter.
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Turkeys have gotten ridiculously large since the 1940s
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NASA is hiring astronauts. Do you qualify?
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How a swarm of honeybees cook a giant hornet alive
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The 116 images NASA wants aliens to see
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The hallucinogens that might have sparked the Salem witch trials
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Scientists agree: Coffee naps are better than coffee or naps alone
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Why the Myers-Briggs test is totally meaningless
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How scientists discovered Homo naledi, the new human ancestor
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Want faster wifi? Here are 5 weirdly easy tips.
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Asian flush, explained
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Why you're seeing a face in this purse
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Here are the Pluto pics we've waited 85 years for
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NASA's incredible mission to Pluto, explained
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How saber-toothed cats grew their mouth swords
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What it's like to have no sense of taste or smell
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How prosthetics went from peg legs to biolimbs
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Jurassic Park was ahead of its time. Jurassic World is not.
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Tracking down the sneeze that started seasonal flu
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How space wreaks havoc on the human body
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Pigeons are gross. They're also wildly underrated.
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5 human activities you can see from space
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Why we learn to love spicy food
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This new type of 3D printing was inspired by Terminator 2
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The best cat videos come from the wild
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Here's what happens to your knuckles when you crack them
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The myth of the "supermale" and the extra Y chromosome
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Watch the world's first lab-grown human muscle flex
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A visual tour of the world's CO2 emissions
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The Grand Canyon filling with fog – and why – in 60 seconds
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Discovery's "Eaten Alive" fact-checked by an actual snake scientist
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The better way to board an airplane
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How silkworms make silk
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How we landed on a comet 300 million miles away
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The fascinating process of human decomposition
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What's the smallest thing the human eye can see?
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Does Megalodon still exist? Shark Week debunked
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The naked mole rat may help us cure cancer
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