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- When Will We Stop Consuming Oil?Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonateCheck out our whole series on ENERGY! http://bit.ly/1BnH5zuSubscribe: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Twitter: @okaytobesmart↓ More info and sources below ↓We've heard news of "peak oil" and "the end of the oil age" for years now, but we keep coming up with ways to find and pump more of it to the surface. Rising CO2 levels and the changing climate that results from burning fossil fuels mean that we should probably stop using oil sooner rather than later, thoughLet's take a look at history and see how we've used different fuels, so that we might figure out when and how to make oil a thing of the pastLEARN MORE:Special thanks to Sheril Kirshenbaum and the Webber Energy Group at the University of Texas at Austin for their help with this series. http://www.webberenergygroup.com/Check out their awesome online course "Energy 101" to learn about energy and energy policy from A to Z! http://www.energy101.com/And to find out what people think about energy, check out the UT Energy Poll: http://www.utenergypoll.com/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!Follow on Twitter: http://twitter.com/okaytobesmarthttp://twitter.com/jtotheizzoeFollow on Tumblr: http://www.itsokaytobesmart.comFollow on Instagram: http://instagram.com/jtotheizzoe-----------------It's Okay To Be Smart is written and hosted by Joe Hanson, Ph.DFollow me on Twitter: @jtotheizzoeEmail me: itsokaytobesmart AT gmail DOT comFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmartGoogle+ https://plus.google.com/+itsokaytobesmartFor more awesome science, check out: http://www.itsokaytobesmart.comProduced by PBS Digital Studios: http://www.youtube.com/user/pbsdigitalstudiosJoe Hanson - Creator/Host/WriterJoe Nicolosi - DirectorAmanda Fox - Producer, Spotzen IncKate Eads - Associate ProducerAndrew Matthews - Editing/Motion Graphics/AnimationKatie Graham - Director of PhotographyJohn Knudsen - GafferTheme music:"Ouroboros" by Kevin MacLeodOther music via APMStock images from Shutterstock, stock footage from Videoblocks-----------------Last week's video:Does the Moon Orbit the Earth? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cJ3AemeUFMMore videos:Why Does February Have 28 Days? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgKaHTh-_GsWhy Vaccines Work https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aNhzLUL2ysWhy Are Some People Left-Handed? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPvMUpcxPSAWhere Does the Smell of Rain Come From? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGcE5x8s0B8
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7 min - Is Earth's Most Important Ocean Current Doomed?
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Uploaded 19-04-21
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Ocean currents are our planet’s circulatory system, and they keep everything from ecosystems to the climate healthy. But we’re changing Earth in ways that threaten to disrupt and even break critical ocean currents like the planet-wide Great Ocean Conveyor. This could have devastating effects on our future. In this video, we explain how ocean currents work, how climate change is threatening to disrupt them, and what we can do to stop that from happening.
References: https://sites.google.com/view/ocean-conveyor-belt/home
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17 min - Could Planet Minecraft Possibly Exist?Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonateThis episode is brought to you by Dropbox https://www.dropbox.com/Tweet ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSmcraft Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSmcraftFB↓ More info and sources below ↓Gravitational field of a cubic planet:Chappell, James Michael, et al. "The gravity field of a cube." Physics International 3.2 (2012): 50.http://search.proquest.com/openview/6c982d4a364d8b7d7829ec389e2a907e/1?pq-origsite=gscholarMore:http://www.askamathematician.com/2011/05/q-what-would-earth-be-like-to-us-if-it-were-a-cube-instead-of-spherical-is-this-even-possible/https://possiblywrong.wordpress.com/2011/09/09/if-the-earth-were-a-cube/1884 claim of cubic planet discovery:http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=940DE5D91038E033A25755C1A9679D94659FD7CFHats off to the Minecraft wiki community at Gamepedia for collecting stats about the Minecraft world!http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Minecraft_WikiHave an idea for an episode or an amazing science question you want answered? Leave a comment or check us out at the links below!Follow on Twitter: http://twitter.com/okaytobesmarthttp://twitter.com/jtotheizzoeFollow on Tumblr: http://www.itsokaytobesmart.comFollow on Instagram: http://instagram.com/jtotheizzoeFollow on Snapchat: YoDrJoe-----------------It’s Okay To Be Smart is written and hosted by Joe Hanson, Ph.D.Follow me on Twitter: @jtotheizzoeEmail me: itsokaytobesmart AT gmail DOT comFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmartFor more awesome science, check out: http://www.itsokaytobesmart.comProduced by PBS Digital Studios: http://www.youtube.com/user/pbsdigitalstudiosJoe Hanson - Creator/Host/WriterJoe Nicolosi - DirectorAmanda Fox - Producer, Spotzen Inc.Kate Eads - ProducerAndrew Matthews - Editing/Motion Graphics/AnimationKatie Graham - CameraJohn Knudsen - GafferTheme music: “Ouroboros” by Kevin MacLeodOther music via APMStock images from Shutterstock, stock footage from Videoblocks (unless otherwise noted)
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8 min - Is Space a Thing?
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Uploaded 20-06-17
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Since the days of Ancient Greece, philosophers and scientists have been wondering: What is space? Is the absence of things… a thing? These questions continued to fascinate physicists in the modern era, leading Isaac Newton, Ernst Mach, and Albert Einstein to wonder about the true nature of the fabric of the cosmos. The search for an answer led them to some of the greatest theories in physics. This week, we ask if space and time are really real, and how they come together to make “spacetime”!
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12 min - Why Does the Wind Blow Through?PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateOKAY↓ More info and sources below ↓Wind. Always there. Where does it come from?Click here to SUBSCRIBE, it's FREE! -- http://bit.ly/iotbs_subWind is everywhere. The air is constantly moving, sometimes gently, sometimes violently. Why? Pressure, temperature and rotation come together to make wind in some *cool* and unexpected ways.Written and hosted by Joe HansonProduced by Painted On Productions (http://www.paintedon.com/)-----------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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5 min - Cuttlefish: Psychedelic Camouflage Chameleons of the SeaViewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonate↓ More info and sources below ↓Now you "sea" them, now you don't! Cuttlefish are more than the chameleons of the sea, these cephalopods take camouflage to a whole new level.Follow Joe during Big Blue Live!Twitter @DrJoeHanson @okaytobesmartInstagram: @DrJoeHansonFacebook: facebook.com/itsokaytobesmart-----------------It's Okay To Be Smart is written and hosted by Joe Hanson, Ph.DFollow me on Twitter: @DrJoeHansonEmail me: itsokaytobesmart AT gmail DOT comFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmartFor more awesome science, check out: http://www.itsokaytobesmart.comProduced by PBS Digital Studios: http://www.youtube.com/user/pbsdigitalstudiosJoe Hanson - Creator/Host/WriterJoe Nicolosi - DirectorAmanda Fox - Producer, Spotzen IncKate Eads - ProducerAndrew Matthews - Editing/Motion Graphics/AnimationKatie Graham - CameraJohn Knudsen - GafferTheme music: "Ouroboros" by Kevin MacLeodOther music via APMStock images from Shutterstock, stock footage from Videoblocks (unless otherwise noted)
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7 min - How Did the Grand Canyon Get Formed?Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonateIt's a long story…↓ More info and sources below ↓How do you make a Grand Canyon?Thanks to Mike from PBS Idea Channel and Jamin from PBS Game/Show for hanging out at the Grand Canyon with me!https://www.youtube.com/user/pbsideachannelhttps://www.youtube.com/user/pbsgameshowSpecial thanks to Raymond Schillinger for great camera work!I was in Arizona recently for Phoenix Comic-Con, and had the amazing pleasure of seeing one of Earth's greatest natural wonders… the Grand Canyon. More than a mile deep, and several miles across, it just defies belief. But I couldn't help but think, the Colorado River down at the bottom isn't that big. How did it cut a canyon so massive? How old is the Grand Canyon?Here's its storyhttp://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/nature/geologicformations.htmHave an idea for an episode or an amazing science question you want answered? Leave a comment or check us out at the links below!Follow on Twitter: http://twitter.com/okaytobesmarthttp://twitter.com/jtotheizzoeFollow on Tumblr: http://www.itsokaytobesmart.comFollow on Instagram: http://instagram.com/jtotheizzoe-----------------It's Okay To Be Smart is written and hosted by Joe Hanson, Ph.DFollow me on Twitter: @jtotheizzoeEmail me: itsokaytobesmart AT gmail DOT comFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmartGoogle+ https://plus.google.com/+itsokaytobesmartFor more awesome science, check out: http://www.itsokaytobesmart.comProduced by PBS Digital Studios: http://www.youtube.com/user/pbsdigitalstudiosJoe Hanson - Creator/Host/Writer… and camera for this one!Joe Nicolosi - DirectorAmanda Fox - Producer, Spotzen IncKate Eads - ProducerAndrew Matthews - Editing/Motion Graphics/AnimationTheme music: "Ouroboros" by Kevin MacLeodOther music via APMStock images from Shutterstock, stock footage from Videoblocks-----------------Last week's video:Why Are The Bees Dying?https://youtu.be/rKQNx0av7eY?list=PLsmqeqKj7M-pINcPqJd8d1eRKlqm6QVjAMore videos:Why Does February Have 28 Days? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgKaHTh-_GsWhy Vaccines Work https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aNhzLUL2ysWhy Are Some People Left-Handed? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPvMUpcxPSAWhere Does the Smell of Rain Come From? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGcE5x8s0B8
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6 min - The 12 Days of Evolution - Complete Collection!Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonateAll 12 days… in ONE video!Prefer the individual videos? Go here: http://bit.ly/OKTBS12daysPL↓ More info and sources below ↓I *highly* recommend these books:“Undeniable” by Bill Nye http://amzn.to/1TK3wZs“Why Evolution Is True” by Jerry Coyne http://amzn.to/1TK3zV3WEBSITES/TEACHING RESOURCES:- Berkeley’s “Understanding Evolution” http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/home.php- The National Center for Science Education http://ncse.com/Don’t miss a single one of our 12 Days of Evolution! Follow along with this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsmqeqKj7M-rZe1C9PUon8V-VQ1tZj5NFDarwin illustration credit: Nicku / ShutterstockHave an idea for an episode or an amazing science question you want answered? Leave a comment or check us out at the links below!Follow on Twitter: http://twitter.com/okaytobesmarthttp://twitter.com/DrJoeHansonFollow on Tumblr: http://www.itsokaytobesmart.comFollow on Instagram: http://instagram.com/DrJoeHanson-----------------It’s Okay To Be Smart is written and hosted by Joe Hanson, Ph.D.Joe Hanson - Creator/Host/WriterJoe Nicolosi - DirectorAmanda Fox - Producer, Spotzen Inc.Kate Eads - ProducerAndrew Matthews - Editing/Motion Graphics/AnimationKatie Graham - CameraJohn Knudsen - GafferMusic via APMStock images from Shutterstock, stock footage from Videoblocks (unless otherwise noted)
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21 min - Why Did We Blow On Nintendo Consoles?Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonate↓ More info and sources below ↓Check out http://youarenotsosmart.com/ for more on cognitive biasesBooks by David McRaney: http://amzn.to/1pQqmQh and http://amzn.to/1qrGRpMDid blowing on NES cartridges actually do anything? http://mentalfloss.com/article/12589/did-blowing-nintendo-cartridges-really-helphttp://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/15044/why-did-you-have-to-blow-into-an-nes-cartridge-to-make-it-workhttp://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?117240-DP-MYTHBUSTERS-Blowing-in-NES-CartridgesMario speedrun video via akyeren: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Boq3ghiTKHAThe Vegetable Lamb of Tartary: http://www.wired.com/2014/04/fantastically-wrong-vegetable-lamb-tartary/Mice from dirty laundry and other spontaneous generation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_generationHere's another video testing the effectiveness of blowing into NES cartridges: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNi4A2KGOfwJoe 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 MacLeodVideo game music:Rolemusic: AntsRolemusic: Bacterial LoveRolemusic: Ladybug CastleRolemusic: Another Beek Beep Beer PleaseStock images via ShutterstockProduced by PBS Digital Studios: http://www.youtube.com/user/pbsdigitalstudios-----------Join us on Patreon!https://patreon.com/itsokaytobesmartInstagramhttp://www.instagram.com/DrJoeHansonhttp://www.instagram.com/okaytobesmart
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7 min - The Largest River On Earth Is In The Sky
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Uploaded 23-10-18
What’s the largest river on Earth? If you said “the Amazon”… you’re only half right. Scientists have discovered an even bigger river in South America, and it’s in the sky above the Amazon rainforest. Turns out, this sky river is the reason there’s a rainforest at all…
REFERENCES:
Dr. Scot T. Martin, Gordon McKay Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering and Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University.
Dr. Antonio Donato Nobre, National Institute for Space Research, Brazil. Centro de Ciência do Sistema Terrestre
TED Talk: “The Magic of the Amazon, a river that flows invisibly all around us.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01jYiXbpnoE
“The Future Climate of Amazon.” Scientific Assessment Report. Articulación Regional Amazônica (2014). Sao Jose dos Campos – SP Edition ARA, CCST-INPE e INPA
Andreae et al. “Biogeochemical cycling of carbon, water, energy, trace gases, and aerosols in Amazonia: The LBA‐EUSTACH experiments.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres (2002). https://doi.org/10.1029/2001JD000524
Dettinger, M. D., Ralph, F. M., Das, T., Neiman, P. J., and Cayan, D. R. (2011). Atmospheric rivers, floods and the water resources of California. Water, 3(2), 445-478.
Pöhlker, C., Wiedemann, K. T., Sinha, B., Shiraiwa, M., Gunthe, S. S., Smith, M., ... and Elbert, W. (2012). Biogenic potassium salt particles as seeds for secondary organic aerosol in the Amazon. Science, 337(6098), 1075-1078.
https://authors.library.caltech.edu/34067/2/Pohlker.SM.pdf
Ter Steege, H., Pitman, N. C., Sabatier, D., Baraloto, C., Salomão, R. P., Guevara, J. E., ... and Monteagudo, A. (2013). Hyperdominance in the Amazonian tree flora. Science, 342(6156), 1243092.
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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