MinuteEarth
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- 3 minutes 28 secondsWhy It Sucks to Be a Male Hyena
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- Sex role reversed species: a species in which males and females exhibit roles other than what might be expected based on other aspects of their biology and mating systems
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21 February 2025, 8:10 am - 2 minutes 58 secondsInvasion Of The Earthworms!
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- Invasive species: A non-native species that causes harm to the ecosystem.
- Biome: A large, naturally occurring community of flora and fauna.
- Duff layer: The moderately to highly decomposed organic material between the leaf litter and the soil.
- Seedling: A young plant less than one meter high.
- Sapling: A young tree that’s bigger than a seedling.
- Graminoids: Herbaceous plants and grasses.
- Coevolution: The process that occurs when two closely associated species influence each other’s evolutionary paths.
- Savanna: A grassy plain with scattered tree coverage.
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20 February 2025, 8:10 am - 3 minutes 20 secondsWhy So Many Meteorites Come From The Same Place
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- Asteroid: A rocky body smaller than a planet that is orbiting the sun.
- Meteoroid: A smaller rocky body moving in the solar system.
- Meteor: A meteoroid that has entered the Earth’s atmosphere.
- Meteorite: A meteor that hits the Earth.
- Orbital resonance: A force that occurs when orbiting bodies exert a regular, periodic gravitational influence on each other, because of the length of their relative orbits.
- Kirkwood Gap: A dip in the distribution of main belt asteroids that correspond to the locations of orbital resonances with Jupiter.
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19 February 2025, 8:10 am - 3 minutes 3 secondsWhat Nuclear Bombs Taught Us About Whales
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- Infrasound: sound waves too low in frequency for humans to hear. The CTBTO stations detect frequencies of 0.02 to 4Hz
- Hydroacoustic: having to do with underwater sounds. The CTBTO stations detect frequencies of 1-100 Hz
- Seismic: oscillation waves in the earth, often caused by earthquakes or other tectonic activity. The CTBTO stations detect frequencies of 0.02-16 Hz
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18 February 2025, 8:10 am - 3 minutes 3 secondsWhy Does Wine Make Your Mouth Feel Dry?
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- Tannin: a yellow or brownish chemical present in some plant tissues, used in leather production and ink manufacture, and a contributor to the sensation of astringency
- Astringency: the sensation caused by the contraction of body tissues due to tannins, often called “mouthfeel” Polyphenol: a chemical compound containing more than one phenolic hydroxyl group, of which tannins are a major group Phenolic: a chemical compound with a hydroxyl group (oxygen & hydrogen) linked directly to a benzene ring
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17 February 2025, 8:10 am - 1 minute 23 secondsPoop Composition
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16 February 2025, 8:10 am - 1 minute 10 secondsQuokka Mom
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15 February 2025, 8:10 am - 2 minutes 54 secondsIs it a bee, a wasp, a fly, or a moth?
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- Mullerian mimicry: a type of mimicry in which two or more animals with defenses develop similar appearances as a shared protective device
- Batesian mimicry: a type of mimicry in which an animal with no defenses is protected by its resemblance to an animal capable of defense
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14 February 2025, 8:10 am - 3 minutes 26 secondsWhy Apple Pie Isn't American
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- Food: a nutritious substance we eat or drink to maintain life and growth
- Domestication: a multi-generational process in which one group of organisms manages the reproduction and care of, and changes, another type of organism, typically to secure a more predictable supply of resources (e.g. humans with food crops and animals)
- Centers of origin: the locations where humans domesticated a lot of crops and animals for food, often where lots of wild relatives lived
- Centers of diversity: a more recent concept recognizing that high concentrations of food plant and animal varieties and related wild species aren’t always located where the plants and animals were initially domesticated
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13 February 2025, 8:10 am - 2 minutes 32 secondsWhy Most Rain Never Reaches The Ground
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- Virga: an observable shaft of precipitation falling from a cloud that evaporates before reaching the ground
- Rainfall interception: The fraction of rainfall that falls on leaves, branches and trunks of trees and evaporates before dripping to the ground.
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12 February 2025, 8:10 am - 3 minutes 4 secondsWhy Don't Sled Dogs Ever Get Tired?
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- Glycolysis: The process by which glycogen is broken down into energy.
- Anaerobic metabolism: The creation of energy through the combustion of carbohydrates in the absence of oxygen.
- Aerobic metabolism: The creation of energy through the breakdown of fats, proteins, and carbohydrates.
- ATP: The principal molecule for storing and transferring energy in cells.
- Baseline Vital Signs: A subject’s temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure, pain, and pulse oximetry.
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