MinuteEarth

By Minute Earth

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 y... more

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How many episodes does MinuteEarth have?

The podcast currently has 716 episodes available.

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June 12, 2025Will Gas Stations Survive?
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:
Gas station - a roadside establishment that sells gasoline, and diesel (AKA petrol station, service station, garage, filling station)

Convenience store - a store selling a limited range of household goods and groceries, often functioning simultaneously as a gas station

Stable - a building for keeping horses

Livery stable - a building where horse owners can/could pay a fee to have their horses fed and kept
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June 11, 2025*If We Aren't Too Late
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:
climate change damages, greenhouse gas emissions, climate mitigation
MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC
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4min
June 10, 2025YouTube Is Misleading You. Help Us Make It Better.
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:
Misinformation: false information that is spread, regardless of intent to mislead

Disinformation: deliberately misleading or biased information; manipulated narrative or facts
MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC
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If you like what we do, you can help us!
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June 09, 2025 The Best Worst Energy Source
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4min
June 08, 2025 Tasmanian Tumors
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2min
June 07, 2025 Wallaby Milk
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If you like what we do, you can help us!
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- Buy our merch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://dftba.com/minuteearth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
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2min
June 06, 2025Is There A Better Way To Power Airplanes?
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:
Jet fuel - a liquid petroleum fuel with high specific energy and energy density, used in airplane jet engines, made of kerosene with a few additives

Specific Energy - how much energy something contains per unit mass

Energy Density - how much energy something contains per unit volume

Synthetic jet fuel - a jet fuel replacement, typically aiming to have lower life cycle environmental impacts than jet fuel (AKA: sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), alternative jet fuel, renewable aviation fuel, renewable jet fuel, biojet fuel, sustainable alternative fuel)

Kerosene - a petroleum product that is the main component of jet fuel (and old fashioned lanterns)
MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC
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If you like what we do, you can help us!
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- Buy our merch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://dftba.com/minuteearth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
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4min
June 05, 2025Why You Can't Build A Clone Army... (Yet)
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:
Cell: The smallest structural and functional unit of an organism.

Clone: An organism produced asexually from one ancestor, to which they are genetically identical.

DNA: Deoxyribonucleic acid, a self-replicating material that is present in nearly all living organisms as the main component of chromosomes. It is the carrier of genetic information.

Embryo: An unborn or unhatched offspring early in the process of development.

Enzyme: A substance produced by a living organism that acts as a catalyst to bring about a specific biochemical reaction.

Gene: A unit of heredity which is transferred from a parent to offspring. These are encoded within DNA and help determine traits.

Genetic Reprogramming: This refers to erasing and remodeling epigenetic marks, such as DNA methylation during mammalian development.

Zygote: A diploid cell resulting from the fusion of two haploid gametes
MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC
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If you like what we do, you can help us!
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- Buy our merch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://dftba.com/minuteearth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
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4min
June 04, 2025Why Wolves Don't Chirp
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:
frequency - how often a wave occurs in a certain unit of time

Hertz - a unit of frequency (Hz), the number of waves that occus in a second

pitch - a perceptual property of sounds that allows their ordering on a frequency-related scale

echolocation - the location of objects by reflected sound

refraction - the change in direction of a wave

diffraction - the bending of waves around obstacles and the spreading out of waves beyond openings
MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC
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If you like what we do, you can help us!
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- Buy our merch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://dftba.com/minuteearth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
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5min
June 03, 2025Why Do We STILL Use Lead Pipes?!
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:
Hard water: water with a high mineral content

Soft water: water with a low mineral content
MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC
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If you like what we do, you can help us!
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- Buy our merch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://dftba.com/minuteearth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
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How many episodes does MinuteEarth have?

The podcast currently has 716 episodes available.

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