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- What If Animals Delivered Relationship Advice?Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonateYour love life would be WILDDon’t miss the next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub↓ More info and sources below ↓Special thanks to Jurgen Otto and Brave Bison for that great peacock spider video! Check out https://www.youtube.com/user/PeacockspidermanGet a sneak peek of the Maker Box I'm curating for Quarterly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vit_ozLnHmAOrder yours by Feb. 22, 2017! ttp://on.qrtr.ly/ItsOKtoMakeEver find yourself wishing for relationship advice and have no one to turn to? Looking for the secrets to a long and happy relationship but can’t find the answers? Maybe you just want to know how to tell that certain someone that you like them, but don’t know how to make the first move? Have no fear, Mother Nature is here! Other animals have millennia worth of mating experience, maybe they can teach us a thing or two?-----------FOLLOW US:Merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/its-okay-to-be-smartFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmartTwitter: @okaytobesmart @DrJoeHansonTumblr: http://www.itsokaytobesmart.comInstagram: @DrJoeHansonSnapchat: YoDrJoe-----------It’s Okay To Be Smart is hosted by Joe Hanson, Ph.D.Director: Joe NicolosiWriter: Sarah KeartesEditor/animator/producer: Andrew MatthewsProducer: Stephanie Noone and Amanda FoxProduced by PBS Digital StudiosMusic via APMStock images from Shutterstock http://www.shutterstock.com
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8 min - Sand Dunes Shouldn’t Exist (Here’s Why They Do)
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Uploaded 20-10-21
How can sand, blown by the wind, form such intricate and beautiful patterns as ripples and dunes? The answer is a surprising secret of self-organization. In this video, we travel to Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado to climb the largest sand dunes in North America and bring you the science of how wind and sand combine to create ordered landforms out of chaos. The science must flow.
References: https://sites.google.com/view/sanddunesreferences/home
Thank you to Dr. Mathieu Lapôtre (Stanford) and Dr. Orencio Duran Vinent (Texas A and M) for helpful discussions while researching this epsiode.
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20 min - Sonic Hedgehog Gene - Why You Have Thumbs Rather Than FinsPBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateOKAY↓ More info and sources below ↓Ever wonder why you have thumbs?Don’t miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_subThe human hand, with its multi-talented thumb, might be man's greatest tool. But did you know we can trace that thumb, and the hand and arm it's connected to, all the way back to a 375 million-year-old fish named Tiktaalik?This week I sit down with paleontologist and geneticist Dr. Neil Shubin to learn what a fish, and a little blue hedgehog, can teach us about the evolution of thumbs.Be sure to watch Neil Shubin's special 3-part series "Your Inner Fish" on your local PBS station, premiering Wednesday, April 9 at 10 PM Eastern!http://www.pbs.org/your-inner-fish/home/Also check out Neil's book "Your Inner Fish": http://amzn.to/1ssBCFtJoe Hanson - Host and writerJoe Nicolosi - DirectorAmanda Fox - Producer, Spotzen IncKate Eads - Associate ProducerKatie Graham - Director of PhotographyAndrew Matthews - Editor and motion graphicsJohn Knudsen - GafferMusic:"Ouroboros" by Kevin MacLeodProduced for PBS Digital Studios-----------Join us on Patreon!https://patreon.com/itsokaytobesmartTwitterhttp://www.twitter.com/DrJoeHansonhttp://www.twitter.com/okaytobesmartInstagramhttp://www.instagram.com/DrJoeHansonhttp://www.instagram.com/okaytobesmartMerchhttps://store.dftba.com/collections/its-okay-to-be-smartFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmartpbs/
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10 min - This Is Where New Ideas ACTUALLY AriseCheck out Hungry Planet on @pbsterra https://youtu.be/uH2jWc9TEVM↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓The idea of the lone genius creating everything isn’t just misleading. It’s harmful and wrong. Innovation thrives when people work together, and rather than nice linear paths, new ideas come from chance events and unexpected connections. This video tells the story of one such invention, and offers a new idea about how new ideas are really born.0:00 I've got a gripe1:30 How innovation stories usually go2:28 The last time this happened, things got weird2:51 Stabbing sick people in Olde London4:23 A heroic cow named Blossom5:05 Why Napoleon hated swamps6:22 The preacher, sparks, and a fortuitous explosion7:08 Who's "in charge" here?8:26 Bubbles, for your health!9:33 Putting the club in soda10:13 Needles and drugs11:01 A tower in Paris11:58 Quantum bros12:53 Very VERY tiny things13:37 This physicist hates cats14:20 Mr. Helix and the messengers15:18 It's all coming together16:08 The best part of the story17:35 ExtrasWe’re on PATREON! Join the community: https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmartSUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss a video! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub-----------High fives to all our Brain Trust Patrons:Charles Horton, JrHolly, Brett, and Ashe BullionJaap WesteraMillennial GlacierMehdi DamouBarbora BeiBurt Humburgdani bowmanDavid JohnstonBaerbel WinklerRobert YoungEric MeerKaren HaskellJoin us on Patreon!https://patreon.com/itsokaytobesmartTwitterhttp://www.twitter.com/DrJoeHansonhttp://www.twitter.com/okaytobesmartInstagramhttp://www.instagram.com/DrJoeHansonhttp://www.instagram.com/okaytobesmart
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22 min - How Poop Shapes the World
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Uploaded 29-08-17
Nature is truly the ultimate recycler…
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Waste not, want not… right? Poop, in all of its various forms throughout nature, shapes the world in ways you might not imagine. One creature’s waste is another’s fuel, and all over nature these leftovers help new life spring up. Here’s how whales, birds, worms, bats, and more help the world breathe clean, thanks to their poop.
Thanks to the following for their expert info:
Dr. Richard Kirby (@PlanktonPundit)
David Moscato (@DMos150)
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Dr. Winifred Frick (@frickwinifred)
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How whale poop helps feed the ocean: https://theconversation.com/bottoms-up-how-whale-poop-helps-feed-the-ocean-27913
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6 min - Can We Get Older Without Aging?
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Uploaded 21-11-18
Nothing is guaranteed in life except death, taxes, and entropy. What do other life forms have to teach us about staying alive as we get old, and will we ever conquer death?
REFERENCES:
Arias, E. et al. (2013). United States life tables eliminating certain causes of death, 1999–2001. National Vital Statistics Reports 61(9)
De Cecco, M. et al. (2013). Transposable elements become active and mobile in the genomes of aging mammalian somatic tissues. Aging 5(12): 867–883. DOI: 10.18632/aging.100621
Hayflick, L. (2016). Unlike aging, longevity is sexually determined. In Handbook of theories of aging, 3rd ed. (pp. 31-52). New York, NY, Springer.
Hayflick, L. (UCSF School of Medicine). Interview.
Klapper, W. et al. (1998). Longevity of lobsters is linked to ubiquitous telomerase expression. FEBS Letters 439: 143-146
Martinez, D.E. (1998). Mortality patterns suggest lack of senescence in hydra. Experimental Gerontology 33(3): 217–225
Reilly, M.T. et al. (2013). The role of transposable elements in health and diseases of
the central nervous system. The Journal of Neuroscience 33(45): 17577–17586
Roth, A.W. and Polotsky, A.J. (2012). Can we live longer by eating less? A review of caloric restriction and longevity. Maturitas 71: 315–319
Sturm, A. et al. (2015). The mechanism of ageing: primary role of transposable elements in genome disintegration. Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 72:1839–1847
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14 min - What If Sharks Had Never Existed?Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonateFollow this link to more shark science videos by your favorite YouTubers!! http://bit.ly/1sugd0zSharks killed per hour infographic: http://bit.ly/1oXYT0YAn estimated 100 million sharks are killed per year: http://bit.ly/1oE7uRSPalau sharks are worth $2 million: http://nyti.ms/1kX4fuaEffect of shark overfishing on reefs: http://bit.ly/1opLhwFOverfishing sharks led to scallop fishery collapse: https://www.sciencemag.org/content/315/5820/1846.short?related-urls=yes&legid=sci;315/5820/1846Joe Hanson - Host and writerJoe Nicolosi - DirectorAmanda Fox - Producer, Spotzen IncKate Eads - Associate ProducerKatie Graham - CameraEditing/Motion Graphics - Andrew MatthewsGaffer - John KnudsenTheme music:"Ouroboros" by Kevin MacLeodStock images via ShutterstockProduced for PBS Digital Studios-----------Join us on Patreon!https://patreon.com/itsokaytobesmartTwitterhttp://www.twitter.com/DrJoeHansonhttp://www.twitter.com/okaytobesmartInstagramhttp://www.instagram.com/DrJoeHansonhttp://www.instagram.com/okaytobesmartMerchhttps://store.dftba.com/collections/its-okay-to-be-smartFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmartpbs/
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7 min - How The Toilet Revolutionized HistoryViewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonateThis video was supported by Bill and Melinda Gates. You can check out the Gates Annual Letter here: http://b-gat.es/2lhhtmJ.↓ More info and sources below ↓We’re proud to collaborate with Bill and Melinda Gates for this week’s video! It may sometimes seem like things are getting worse, but there’s lots of reasons to be optimistic about the future. More people have access to toilets and sanitation than ever before. Thanks to public health improvements like this, since 1990, 122 million children’s lives have been saved. Diseases like polio are nearing eradication. Women have more access to health care and education than ever before.But our work is not done. How can YOU help make the future better for the world’s poorest?SPECIAL THANKS:Bill and Melinda GatesFrancisco de los Reyes (watch his TED talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/francis_de_los_reyes_sanitation_is_a_basic_human_right#t-303612)-----------LEARN MORE:George, Rose. “The Big Necessity: The unmentionable world of human waste and why it matters.” 2008.Perdew, Laura. “How the Toilet Changed History” 2016.Ferriman, A. (2007). BMJ readers choose the “sanitary revolution” as greatest medical advance since 1840. BMJ : British Medical Journal, 334(7585), 111. http://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.39097.611806.DBCDC Global WASH statistics: https://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/global/wash_statistics.htmlWHO Toilet/Sanitation Fact Sheet: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs392/en/WaterAid “We Can’t Wait”: http://www.wateraid.org/what-we-do/our-approach/research-and-publications/view-publication?id=a5ab0a96-1574-4225-a16a-75d5e5ec4232Unilever “Toilets for Health” https://www.unilever.com/Images/sd_toilets-for-health-141113_tcm13-387337_tcm244-409783_1_en.pdf-----------FOLLOW US:Merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/its-okay-to-be-smartFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmartTwitter: @okaytobesmart @DrJoeHansonTumblr: http://www.itsokaytobesmart.comInstagram: @DrJoeHansonSnapchat: YoDrJoe-----------It’s Okay To Be Smart is hosted by Joe Hanson, Ph.D.Director: Joe NicolosiWriter: Joe HansonEditor/animator: Andrew OrsakProducer: Stephanie Noone and Amanda FoxProduced by PBS Digital StudiosMusic via APMStock images from Shutterstock http://www.shutterstock.com
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10 min - We've Got Ants In Our Garden!Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonateWhat is this? A forest for ANTS?! Deep Look: https://youtu.be/fguo3HvWjb0Don’t miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓Want to wear your love for science? We’ve got merch: http://dftba.com/besmartFollow Aaron Pomerantz: http://www.thenextgenscientist.com/Twitter: @aaronpomerantzSpecial thanks to Dr. Corrie Moreau from The Field Museum for helpful discussions while we were making this episode!References/Learn More:Edwards, David P., et al. "A plant needs ants like a dog needs fleas: Myrmelachista schumanni ants gall many tree species to create housing." The American Naturalist 174.5 (2009): 734-740.Frederickson, Megan E. "Conflict over Reproduction in an Ant‐Plant Symbiosis: Why Allomerus octoarticulatus Ants Sterilize Cordia nodosa Trees." The American Naturalist 173.5 (2009): 675-681.Frederickson, Megan E., and Deborah M. Gordon. "The intertwined population biology of two Amazonian myrmecophytes and their symbiotic ants." Ecology 90.6 (2009): 1595-1607.Haddad Junior, Vidal, Luiz Roberto Hernandes Bicudo, and Adílson Fransozo. "The Triplaria tree (Triplaris spp) and Pseudomyrmex ants: a symbiotic relationship with risks of attack for humans." Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 42.6 (2009): 727-729Heil, Martin, et al. "Partner manipulation stabilises a horizontally transmitted mutualism." Ecology letters 17.2 (2014): 185-192.Hölldobler, Bert, and Edward O. Wilson. The ants. Harvard University Press, 1990.Sanchez, Adriana, and Edwin Bellota. "Protection against herbivory in the mutualism between Pseudomyrmex dendroicus (Formicidae) and Triplaris americana (Polygonaceae)." Journal of Hymenoptera Research 46 (2015): 71.Solano, Pascal-Jean, Monique Belin-Depoux, and Alain Dejean. "Formation and structure of food bodies in Cordia nodosa (Boraginaceae)." Comptes rendus biologies 328.7 (2005): 642-647.Yu, Douglas W., and Naomi E. Pierce. "A castration parasite of an ant–plant mutualism." Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences 265.1394 (1998): 375-382.----------------It’s Okay To Be Smart is written and hosted by Joe Hanson, Ph.D.Have an idea for an episode or an amazing science question you want answered? Leave a comment or check us out at the links below!Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmartTwitter: http://twitter.com/okaytobesmarthttp://twitter.com/jtotheizzoeTumblr: http://www.itsokaytobesmart.comInstagram: http://instagram.com/jtotheizzoeSnapchat: YoDrJoeProduced by PBS Digital StudiosMusic via APMStock images from SciencePhoto http://www.sciencephoto.com/ and Shutterstock http://www.shutterstock.com
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10 min - Tuatara Time! – Face To Face With A Living Fossil! (ft. John Green)
Your now is not your forever (unless you’re a tuatara)
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Uploaded 07-02-18
Special thanks to John Green! And to Amber Faasen and the Dallas Zoo herpetarium team!
During the 2017 Project For Awesome livestream, I promised I’d make a tuatara video if we hit our fundraising goal, and I’m a man of my word! Little did I know I’d get to meet a tuatara and learn things about a 200 million year old branch of life that would blow my mind. Get ready to meet the chillest reptile, weird living fossil, and star of Turtles All The Way Down… the tuatara.
3D tuatara skull animation courtesy of Digimorph: http://www.digimorph.org/
READ MORE:
“Turtles All The Way Down” by John Green: http://amzn.to/2GU2c6J
“Horseshoe Crabs and Velvet Worms: The Story of the Animals and Plants That Time Has Left Behind” by Richard Fortey http://amzn.to/2EpcfT2
Hay, J. M., Subramanian, S., Millar, C. D., Mohandesan, E., and Lambert, D. M. (2008). Rapid molecular evolution in a living fossil. Trends in Genetics, 24(3), 106-109.
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We give you deep answers to simple questions about science and the rest of the universe. And also dad jokes.
Be Smart is hosted by Joe Hanson, PhD. He's a molecular biologist and an award-winning science communicator and journalist