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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The podcast currently has 812 episodes available.

MinuteEarth episodes:

April 29, 2025The Cruel Irony Of Air Conditioning
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Refrigerant - a substance used in air conditioners & refrigerators for its ability to change phases and transfer heat
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April 28, 2025 Why We Should Invest In Rat Massage
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April 27, 2025 Baloo
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April 26, 2025 Wood Lignin
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April 25, 2025Monoclonal Antibodies | How to Turn Cancer Against Itself
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Monoclonal antibodies: antibodies that are made by identical immune cells that are all clones of a unique parent cell
Hybridoma: a hybrid cell used as the basis for the production of antibodies in large amounts for diagnostic or therapeutic use

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April 24, 2025Why you should abandon some of your dreams
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action crisis: part of the process of disengaging from a goal, once difficulties and setbacks accumulate

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April 23, 2025Why kids skip school (& what to do about it)
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Truancy: intentional absence from school without permission.

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April 22, 2025This Country Has Something Everyone Else Wants
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Phosphorus - a chemical element used in explosives, matches, and fertilizers (as it is a key nutrient for plant growth)
Phosphate rock - a sedimentary rock containing high amounts of phosphate minerals - the main source of agricultural P fertilizer
Phosphate - a salt or ester of phosphoric acid, containing PO4 -3 or a related anion or a group
4 Rs of Nutrient Management - Right fertilizer source, at the Right rate, at the Right time, and in the Right place
Reserve - the part of a resource that could be economically extracted or produced at the moment
Resource - a concentration of naturally occurring solid, liquid, or gaseous material in or on the Earth’s crust in such form and amount that economic extraction of a commodity from the concentration is currently or potentially feasible

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April 21, 2025The Secrets of Extreme Breath Holding
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Static Apnea: Holding your breath without swimming or moving.
Apneist: Someone who competes in apnea-related contests.
Fight or Flight Response: A set of physiological responses to a perceived mortal threat.
Mammalian Dive Reflex: A set of physiological responses to immersion that overrides the basic homeostatic reflexes.
Diaphragm: A strip of skeletal muscles underneath the lungs that contracts and flattens when you inhale. It starts spasming as part of involuntary breathing movements when the body starts to run out of oxygen.
Spleen: An organ that primarily acts as a blood filter that can deflate to return blood to the circulatory system.
Carbon Dioxide Tension: The increase in CO2 pressure in the blood as oxygen levels fall.

MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC
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April 20, 2025 Panda Coloring
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How many episodes does MinuteEarth have?

The podcast currently has 812 episodes available.

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