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How to Work From Home as a Team

minuteearth post How to Work From Home as a Team from patreon

Dear patrons, we've worked as a team - remotely - for seven years, and we're sharing some of our favorite tips for making it work.

You can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/0h8WwIUt74Y

Since this is a very relevant topic, we're publishing ri...

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MinuteEarth Explains: Size (Classics Compilation)

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In this collection of classic MinuteEarth videos, we tackle the science of size.


You can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/DME1vicSb1M

Starting this week, we're going to be releasing compilations of classic MinuteE...

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NEW VIDEO: How To Name A Disease (Like COVID-19) [+ new caption contest!]

minuteearth post NEW VIDEO: How To Name A Disease (Like COVID-19) [+ new caption contest!] from patreon

We’ve changed - and standardized - the way diseases get named because the old way was often stigmatizing and confusing.

You can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/6xsQwTgwcFM

Plus, congratulations to Valentin on winning this video...

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NEW VIDEO: Why Don't More Animals Eat Wood? (+ new caption contest!)

minuteearth post NEW VIDEO: Why Don't More Animals Eat Wood? (+ new caption contest!) from patreon

Wood is abundant and full of energy, but outside of some insects, almost no animals eat it because the stuff it's made of is hard to break down.

You can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/vgRDaemJA1o

Plus, congratulations to Maarten...

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Patreon-Only Caption Contest!

Hi Patrons!

As you know, we’re suckers for good jokes, puns, and one-liners. And now we want to check out your skills in the silliness department. Welcome to the beta test of our Patreon-only caption contest. Check out the image below and - if you’re inspired - comment with a caption. (Propose as many captions as yo...

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NEW VIDEO: Where Does One Ocean End And Another Begin?

minuteearth post NEW VIDEO: Where Does One Ocean End And Another Begin? from patreon

Earth's ocean water is continuous. How can we divide it into sections that are more useful?


You can watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jPSdDSNSno


Thanks for your support! 🌊

-Juliá...

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Help us choose a title and thumbnail!

We've got a new video coming your way on Monday and we'd like your help choosing the title and thumbnail for it. Let us know which combination below you'd be most likely to click on by choosing "Option 1" or "Option 2" in the poll. 

Thank you!


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NEW VIDEO: How This River Made Chimps Violent

minuteearth post NEW VIDEO: How This River Made Chimps Violent from patreon

When a group of apes got split apart, slight differences in their new environments led to big differences in future generations.


You can watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6Ko0Hzi47U


Thanks...

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NEW VIDEO: The Fastest-Growing Plant In The World

minuteearth post NEW VIDEO: The Fastest-Growing Plant In The World from patreon

Bamboo is the world’s fastest growing plant thanks to the cell elongation process it shares with all grasses and its unique cell wall layering adaptation, allowing it to shoot up to 100 ft (30 m) in just 8 weeks.


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NEW VIDEO: How To Turn Poop Into Power

minuteearth post NEW VIDEO: How To Turn Poop Into Power from patreon

We could generate a lot of usable energy from human and animal poop through greater adoption of a process for using microbes to break down poop into methane gas.


You can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/JYda2v94dgc


Tha...

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Beta-test our next lab! (Flight Speed) - SECRET

We'd love your help and feedback to beta-test our next MinuteLab. (It's a quick little thing we're planning to release sometime in January before our next big release.) The "about" section will explain our motivation and how to use the lab.

Please keep this SECRET link to yourself and don’t share it yet. Just visit th...

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NEW VIDEO: You Have More Bones Than You Think

minuteearth post NEW VIDEO: You Have More Bones Than You Think from patreon

Because the ossification process can differ so much from human to human, we have a wide range of potential bone numbers.

You can watch the video here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNswt6rIBG4 

Thanks for your support!...

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NEW VIDEO: Why It’s HARD To Bring A New Apple To Market

minuteearth post NEW VIDEO: Why It’s HARD To Bring A New Apple To Market from patreon

Fruit trees are unpredictable and grow slowly, and consumer tastes are fickle, so successful new varieties of fruit are rare.

You can watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIajCqcvTg8

Thank you for your support...

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NEW VIDEO: Nobody Really Knows What A Concussion Is

minuteearth post NEW VIDEO: Nobody Really Knows What A Concussion Is from patreon

Experts can't agree on the definition of the term "concussion," which makes it difficult to diagnose, treat, and research this important brain injury.  

You can watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzabxoFUUMw
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New Video: The Great Acceleration

minuteearth post New Video: The Great Acceleration from patreon

We’re in the middle of a rapid, unprecedented, and world-changing increase in the intensity and scale of human activity on this planet. 

You can watch the video here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JAOXTOwjdY 

T...

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NEW VIDEO: How Many Zebras Are In This Photo?

minuteearth post NEW VIDEO: How Many Zebras Are In This Photo? from patreon

New technology has revolutionized how we study wild animals, but it has also bogged down scientists with data...luckily, there's an *intelligent* solution. 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSoqJpisKIg 

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Help Us Count The Zebras

minuteearth post Help Us Count The Zebras from patreon

Hi Patrons,

We’re going to launch a new video soon, but we need your help. Below is the thumbnail we’re thinking about using, and we want to make sure we’ve correctly counted the number of zebras in the photo. (The actual video is about how we can get computers to do this for us.) Can you take a minute to count th...

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NEW VIDEO: The iPhone: A Model for Fighting Climate Change?

minuteearth post NEW VIDEO: The iPhone: A Model for Fighting Climate Change? from patreon

The way smartphones made many devices nonessential is a model for a new way to think about improving energy efficiency. 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-35s4C3q-s 

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NEW VIDEO: The Best Dragon (According to Science)

minuteearth post NEW VIDEO: The Best Dragon (According to Science) from patreon

There are many different depictions of dragons throughout popular media, but some are more biologically and evolutionarily plausible than others, so we decided to rank them! 

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POLL! Which title would you be most likely to click on?

minuteearth post POLL! Which title would you be most likely to click on? from patreon

We'd love to get your thoughts on the title of our next video!

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NEW VIDEO: How Much Air Can A Tree Hold?

minuteearth post NEW VIDEO: How Much Air Can A Tree Hold? from patreon

Dear patrons,

This is special. 

Starting today, across YouTube and other platforms on the social internet, hundreds of creators are releasing videos as part of a huge creator-led campaign to plant trees and send a message to politicians that we care about the earth and that it's time for them to get serious a...

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Why Are Adults Bad At New Languages?

minuteearth post Why Are Adults Bad At New Languages? from patreon

Learning a new language as an adult is harder than doing so as a child because adults usually aren’t as invested and often use the wrong strategies. 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTgbDXYG_OY 

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NEW VIDEO: Why Our Bodies Are Hurting Us

minuteearth post NEW VIDEO: Why Our Bodies Are Hurting Us from patreon

Watch our latest video before anyone else here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCUsZu54dnI  

It turns out that the same enzyme that used to save us is now killing us because the body reactions it catalyzes now cause more harm...

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NEW VIDEO: Why Exercise Is Hard

minuteearth post NEW VIDEO: Why Exercise Is Hard from patreon

Because exercise isn't essential for short-term survival, we don't exercise enough, so we need to reincorporate purposeful physical activity into our lives. 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFoCGlhLkJY 

Thanks for y...

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NEW VIDEO: The Secret Global Sewer System

minuteearth post NEW VIDEO: The Secret Global Sewer System from patreon

Ditches and drain pipes help certain crops survive but can negatively impact the broader landscape in ways that affect human and ecosystem health. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJi-fdFvNHQ 

Thanks for your support! It'...

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NEW VIDEO: The Optimal Way To Browse The Internet (Updated URL)

minuteearth post NEW VIDEO: The Optimal Way To Browse The Internet (Updated URL) from patreon

The decisions we make while we browse the internet are suprisingly similar to the ones animals make as they forage for food...here's why. 

Now with the correct URL!

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUJqot6fY-U 

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NEW VID: How To See Microbes From Space

minuteearth post NEW VID: How To See Microbes From Space from patreon

Observing the effects of microbes using satellites can give us all sorts of useful information about life on Earth ... and other planets too. 

Thank you for your support! We don't need to go to space to see it <3 

https://...

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NEW VIDEO: The Bacteria That Made Life Possible Is Now Killing Us

minuteearth post NEW VIDEO: The Bacteria That Made Life Possible Is Now Killing Us from patreon

 Aquatic cyanobacteria first oxygenated earth’s air, making human life possible; now, due to our actions, cyanobacteria are madly blooming once more, poisoning our coasts in the process.

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NEW VIDEO! The Cruel Irony Of Air Conditioning

minuteearth post NEW VIDEO! The Cruel Irony Of Air Conditioning from patreon

Dear patrons, we have a new video at  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbhLBBcm2Fg and you can take a look before everyone else.

It's about how the technology we use to keep cool is heating the world in a vicious feedback cycle....

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NEW VIDEO! Why We Should Invest In Rat Massages

minuteearth post NEW VIDEO! Why We Should Invest In Rat Massages from patreon

Basic research can seem wasteful, but it's actually a great economic investment.

Watch by clicking on the title/thumbnail, or click here: https://youtu.be/nDU3i2VWdTQ

Thank you for your investment in MinuteEarth!

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