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SciShow explores the unexpected. We delve into the scientific subjects that defy our expectations and make us even more curious! Check out our 2025 WEBBY HONOREE An Ancient Roman Shipwreck May Explain the Universe: https://youtu.be/o0A9M5wHBA4

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Tom Rivlin @tomrivlin.com · 15d

New from me at @scishow.bsky.social! In news stories, why do quantum computers look like a 'steampunk chandelier'? Well, turns out: that's not the computer!

(But that's all just setup for my rant at the end about how so much quantum tech is way over-hyped 👀👀👀)

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Quantum Computers Look Like Chandeliers. This is Why.

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SciShow @scishow.bsky.social · 19d

Madelyn’s solo-hosting debut is up on the SciShow channel now!

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Host/Resident Madelyn Leembruggen posing with finger guns on the SciShow set.

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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · Aug 12

this is actually one of the hubble images of all time

An image is split in two. In the bottom left of the first image a bright blue ring appears, slightly fading in all directions, with a small blue dot in the middle. Red and orange waves of gas ripple, arcing from top left to top right. A light blue center appears out of the sea of red, and several bright white dots shine through. In the top right, dark blue gas emanates from the blackness of space.

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · Aug 12

If you can't touch grass today, watch this video about grass from @scishow.bsky.social. Definitely the coolest grass story I've heard in a long time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFXd...

One of the World’s Oldest Experiments is This Patch of Grass

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Ali J. Birkett @alijbirkett.bsky.social · Aug 8

I'm not sure what it says about me that I could immediately recognise the Park Grass experiment from just the thumbnail of this @scishow.bsky.social video!
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#LongTermExperiment #Agriculture #Ecology #Nitrogen #Science #Evolution

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One of the World’s Oldest Experiments is This Patch of Grass

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SciShow @scishow.bsky.social · Aug 11

three hamsters are sitting at a table with the words one of us

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Kavin Senapathy @kavinsenapathy.bsky.social · Aug 7

I always wanted to believe in Blue Zones, or unique parts of the world where there is thought to be a higher rate of centenarians and super centenarians. I had an opportunity to read a ton and write about them in this episode of @scishow.bsky.social 🤓

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The Places Where People Live Past 100 (Are Fake)

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JD Tamucci @jdtamucci.bsky.social · Jul 17

The new episode I wrote for @scishow.bsky.social just came out! It's about #viruses, the kind that lie dormant inside us, and what happens to those viruses when we go to #space.

How Space Awakens Sleeping Viruses

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SciShow @scishow.bsky.social · Jul 15

15 home runs is a LOT of home runs. Even for the Yankees!

Find out how they made it happen in the full episode. youtu.be/Ne1sRw95ZQI

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SciShow @scishow.bsky.social · Jul 3

if you give the crew a camera...

Host Niba does a curtsy on the SciShow set!

Marketing Specialist, Buzz, confidently leaving the camera with AP Eve, an becoming the fist photo subject of the day.

An extremely close up shot of Producer & Director Hiroka. You can Only see her eyes, nose, the corner of her mouth, and inside edge of her eyebrows.

Videographer & Editor Madison adjusts lighting and microphones while Host Niba checks her phone on set.

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SciShow @scishow.bsky.social · Jul 2

Thank you! We are okay, just taking a week to focus. As the kids are saying these days, we’re locking in. We’ll be back with new episodes July 7th!

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Adam @yadamy.bsky.social · Jun 26

Hank! I love @scishow.bsky.social and supported it when I could.

Maybe it’s just me as an aspiring astrophysics nerd, but I yelled “What the f*ck!” at the screen at a very specific point in the video.

That a neutrino could run into something so primordial is wild.

We Turned the Mediterranean Into One Big Particle Physics Experiment

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SciShow @scishow.bsky.social · Jun 24

posting two versions of this, the first one you see is the basking shark fact that you needed to hear today. youtu.be/tOuicTQ24WA?...

a large shark is swimming in the ocean with its mouth wide open .

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SciShow @scishow.bsky.social · Jun 24

posting two versions of this, the first one you see is the basking shark fact that you needed to hear today. youtu.be/XNr2FeSfsN4?...

a large shark is swimming in the ocean with its mouth wide open .

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Tom Rivlin @tomrivlin.com · Jun 19

New @scishow.bsky.social

This was a really fun one. We wrote about the real science behind an ancient tome said to hold alchemical secrets... And just what does Shannon entropy have to do with it?

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This Famous Medieval Book May Be a Hoax

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SciShow @scishow.bsky.social · May 15

Moon rocks deserve to be protected, and that only happens when people (like you) care! Show you care with a MRPS shirt available now at complexly.store/products/moo...

A close up of Hank wearing the Moon Rock Protection Squad (MRPS) shirt released with our recent Deep Dive.

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SciShow @scishow.bsky.social · May 13

I guess NASA technically has a good reason, but we're still pouting about it.

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SciShow @scishow.bsky.social · May 9

Let's get deep!
With @hankgreen.bsky.social
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SciShow @scishow.bsky.social · May 6

Here's your visual sneak peek of the next Deep Dive hosted by
@hankgreen.bsky.social!

Join us for the premiere on Friday, May 9th, at 10am PT | 1pm ET youtube.com/scishow

Clockwise from the top left:
1. A close-up of the lamp and decorations on the side table
2. Producer Hiroka holds up a magnifying glass and waves a feather around on set before placing them as props on the desk.
3. An animation of a red car driving on the highway.
4. A feather and some papers and other set props strewn about on the top of a desk
5. A few grayscale animations of a cityscape, shadows, and a person walking with a box-like object with a lock.
6. A sepia photo of Hank Green on set mid-sentence

Clockwise from the top left
1. An animation of a red car sitting outside a building marked 31N
2. Producer Hiroka adjusts the props on the desk in front of Hank Green in Sepia
3. A view behind the camera on set while Hank hosts
4. Hank sits in a blue chair on the SciShow set pausing between sentences
5. A grayscale animation of a door handle with a button lock system
6. AP Eve poses on set as a stand-in for Hank while the team works on setting up lighting.

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SciShow @scishow.bsky.social · May 2

There’s a reason for every rule… find out the wild story behind this one Friday, May 9th at YouTube.com/scishow

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SciShow @scishow.bsky.social · Apr 28

When the script says [bunny ears] and not [air quotes]...
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Blurry teleprompter screenshot with the stage direction [bunny ears] clear and the rest is not relevant to the post.

A BTS photo of Hank Green using his hands by his temples like bunny ears

A BTS photo of Hank Green using his forefingers by his temples like bunny ears

A BTS photo of Hank Green using his forefinger and middle finger on each hand out in front of him mimicking the popular US gesture to indicate sarcasm or that what you're saying is allegedly true. In this case indicating the alleged "void"

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SciShow @scishow.bsky.social · Apr 28

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Jeremy Gibb @hazmatraptor.bsky.social · Apr 26

I just got my @scishow.bsky.social postcards out of the mailbox! The design is awesome and I can’t wait check out the videos later! Thanks and keep up the awesome work!

4 SciShow postcards with a variety of different pictures and facts that joined together have an image of a frog.

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SciShow @scishow.bsky.social · Apr 28

We got feedback that folks might like to send the postcard to someone else, so we made sure to leave that as an option!

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Jeremy Gibb @hazmatraptor.bsky.social · Apr 26

I just got my @scishow.bsky.social postcards out of the mailbox! The design is awesome and I can’t wait check out the videos later! Thanks and keep up the awesome work!

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John @neopifex.bsky.social · Apr 27

@hankgreen.bsky.social I got my @scishow.bsky.social postcards! I was about to add them to the Complexly/PBS/Kurzgesagt corner of my board when I saw last year's was postmarked. Was it actually cheaper to ship them in a padded envelope this year instead of mailing them all like normal postcards?

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