MinuteEarth
From the creators of the popular science show with millions of YouTube subscribers comes the MinuteEarth podcast. Every episode of the show dives deep into a science question you might not even know you had - but once you hear the answer, you’ll want to share it with everyone you know. Our team of scientists digs into the research and breaks it down into a short, entertaining explanation jam-packed with science facts and terrible puns. We’ll tell the incredible story of how monkeys crossed the Atlantic ocean on natural rafts, and we’ll explain why it gets hotter the deeper you dig underground.
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April 27, 2026 • 4 mins
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Pterosaurs: are an extinct clade of flying reptiles in the order Pterosauria and are the earliest vertebrates known to have evolved powered flight.
Quetzalcoatlus: is a genus of azhdarchid pterosaur. Quetzalcoatlus northropi has gained fame as a candidate for the largest flying animal ever discovered.
Deltopectoral crest: is a forward directed bony ...
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April 26, 2026 • 1 min
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April 25, 2026 • 1 min
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April 20, 2026 • 3 mins
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Siblicide: the killing of a sibling or siblings, as a behavior pattern typical in various animal groups.
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April 19, 2026 • 1 min
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April 18, 2026 • 1 min
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April 13, 2026 • 4 mins
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Antibiotics: a medicine (such as penicillin or its derivatives) that inhibits the growth of or destroys microorganisms.
Petri dish: a shallow, circular, transparent dish with a flat lid, used for the culture of microorganisms.
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April 12, 2026 • 1 min
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April 11, 2026 • 1 min
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April 6, 2026 • 3 mins
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Haplodiploidy: is a sex-determination system in which males develop from unfertilized eggs and are haploid, and females develop from fertilized eggs and are diploid.
Sex determination in honeybees: In honeybees, the drones (males) are entirely derived from the queen, their mother. The diploid queen has 32 chromosomes and the haploid drones have 16 chrom...
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April 5, 2026 • 1 min
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April 4, 2026 • 1 min
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March 30, 2026 • 3 mins
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Domestication: The long term, multi-generational process of selectively breeding animals to modify their traits to make them more useful to humans.
Zoonosis: An infection spread between animals and humans.
Domestication, monkeys, capuchin, primate, zoonosis, pet monkey.
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March 29, 2026 • 1 min
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March 28, 2026 • 1 min
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March 23, 2026 • 3 mins
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Feather: the light, flat, and waterproof structure on a bird's body, essential for flight, insulation, and waterproofing.
Keratin: a tough, fibrous protein that is a key structural component of hair, nails, feathers, horns, and the outer layer of skin.
Plumage: the entire set of feathers covering a bird, including their color, pattern, and arrangemen...
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March 22, 2026 • 1 min
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March 21, 2026 • 1 min
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March 16, 2026 • 3 mins
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Sexual cannibalism: the practice of consuming a mate directly before, during, or after mating
Aggressive spillover: the idea that aggression that's favored for early in life can be maladaptive in a mating situation
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March 15, 2026 • 1 min
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