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MinuteEarth
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Science and stories about our awesome planet!
Find us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@MinuteEarth
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minuteearth.bsky.social
Time flies and Christmas is coming close!

We collected some of our favorite educational gifts to inspire your wishlists 🔬Find it in our latest newsletter: https://news.minuteearth.com/p/minuteearth-s-2025-holiday-gift-guide
Cartoon reindeer with Santa's sleigh with gifts, promoting MinuteEarth's 2025 Holiday Gift Guide for educational science-themed presents.
November 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
minuteearth.bsky.social
We made the Tree of Life for cats! Watch it on Youtube 🐈

https://youtu.be/UWagM1FBB4c?si=-vfVFvjJPCOZmmv2
Illustrated chart showing various wild and domestic cat species with names and connecting lines under the title 'All the Cats, Explained'.
November 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
minuteearth.bsky.social
What if ALL the Sun's power was concentrated on Earth?
Made with Randall Munroe

Find us on YouTube (Link in bio)
"New Video" In the center is an illustration of a stick figure asking "What if all the sun's power was concentrated on Earth?" Showing a thumbnail underneath that has the sun shining a stong ray at the Earth. Low text: "youtube.com/@xkcd_whatif"
November 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
minuteearth.bsky.social
A lot of vertebrates keep growing throughout their lives.
Why do humans stop growing at some point?

https://youtu.be/yOUnIhrRfq0?si=NHKJbh8KnNSe-jt7
Top text: Why don't our bones keep growing forever? Stick figure Cameron shows a locked bone and stick figures growing in size until they reach a red line limit. Bottom text: find the video at YouTube.com/MinuteEarth
November 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
minuteearth.bsky.social
A lot of vertebrates keep growing throughout their lives.
Why do humans stop growing at some point?

https://youtu.be/yOUnIhrRfq0?si=NHKJbh8KnNSe-jt7
Title: Why Don't Our Bones Keep Growing Forever? Illustration of four bones with blue growth plates highlighted, alongside a magnified view showing cellular layers. subtext: find the video at YouTube.com/MinuteEarth
October 31, 2025 at 6:02 PM
minuteearth.bsky.social
Some mushrooms contain psychedelic compounds.
But what does the mushroom gain from this?

https://youtu.be/T_s034fRNmk?si=j5NKJzBJmetdrBZG
Cartoon mushroom with a determined face and arms raised against a colorful psychedelic spiral background. Top text: "Do mushrooms benefit from being hallucinogenic?" Bottom text: "find the video at YouTube.com/MinuteEarth"
October 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
minuteearth.bsky.social
Our new Tee club shirt is available at DFTBA !
This one is designed by Arcadi, who embraced the theme of Autumn with cute mushrooms 🍂
https://store.dftba.com/products/minuteearth-dtg-quarterly-t-shirt-subscription
Illustration of Earth surrounded by stars with text promoting MinuteEarth Tee Club and three science-themed t-shirts. Black t-shirt featuring colorful illustrations and names of various mushrooms like Lion's mane, Chanterelles, and King bolete around a tree stump graphic. Close-up of a person wearing a black t-shirt featuring colorful illustrations and names of various mushrooms around a tree stump graphic.
October 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
minuteearth.bsky.social
Can you drive West to lengthen the sunset?
We made a new video with our friends at Randall Munroe

https://youtu.be/U8F7UNK9jco?si=a0Gb5S7Wz6vq6X0g
top text: New video! Subtitle: Can you drive west to lengthen the sunset? Illustration of a red car driving towards the sunset on a curved earth. Bottom text: youtube.com/@xkcd_whatif
October 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
minuteearth.bsky.social
Some mushrooms contain psychedelic compounds.
But what does the mushroom gain from this?

https://youtu.be/T_s034fRNmk?si=j5NKJzBJmetdrBZG
Cartoon character of Cameron wearing a traffic cone hat holds a smiling mushroom against a colorful psychedelic spiral background. top Text: "Do mushrooms benefit from being hallucinogenic?" Bottom text: "Find the video at YouTube.com/MinuteEarth"
October 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
minuteearth.bsky.social
Ok so “misaligned AI” is dangerous.
But if it does decide to kill us, what SPECIFICALLY could it do?

youtu.be/AxHMvghsXXg?...
Drawing of youtube thumbnail with text "Artificial Intelligence Apocalypse Scenarios" A drawing underneath shows a computer with shiny lights and a dead human with the text "dumb ways to die". At the bottom there's a link to the youtube video: Youtube.com/MinuteEarth
October 2, 2025 at 6:54 PM
minuteearth.bsky.social
Could we survive eating only humans?

We tried to answer this question - but please don't do this.
Made with our friends at @xkcd.com

youtu.be/PUtI3xoaHx0?...
The top of the illustration says "NEW VIDEO" under which a stick figure asks "Could we survive eating only humans". In a box there's the video thumbnail of a stick figure lifting the cover of a plate of undefined food, while other stick figures ask "liver and kidneys?" and "stomach and spleen?". The bottom of the illustration shows the link to youtube channel "youtube.com/@xkcd_whatif"
September 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
minuteearth.bsky.social
How deep do caves get?
youtu.be/x_XcChy9U5I?...
Video thumbnail with text "How Deep Can Caves Get?" With a drawing of a stick figure looking down the mouth of a cave with a light. The bottom shows text "find the video at youtube.com/minuteEarth"
September 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
minuteearth.bsky.social
What if the Moon were made entirely of electrons?

Made with our friends at @xkcd.com
youtu.be/DiWFXv9N0Vs?...
Drawing that states "new video" at the top with a stick figure that says "what if the moon were made entirely of electrons?". Underneath is a rectangle showing a youtube thumbnail for 'what if' with an Earth and Moon drawn on it. The Earth is filled with protons, the moon with electrons. The bottom text is a link to the youtube channel: youtube.com/@xkcd_whatif
September 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
minuteearth.bsky.social
Why does grass grow better underneath a trampoline?

Find out on youtube:
youtu.be/CoDn-1rGcpk?...
September 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Reposted by MinuteEarth
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Breakthroughs happen when diverse expertise is woven together. Collaboration can be messy—different vocabularies, different tools—but it’s worth it. We made a video with @MinuteEarth about it. 🎥 @fviromics.bsky.social @payeldas.bsky.social & Drew Kramer #EEID
minuteearth.bsky.social MinuteEarth @minuteearth.bsky.social · Aug 27
Weaving = Coding !?!

For the Apollo Guidance computer that took America to the moon, those two are pretty much the same.

Watch our video to see how unusual collaborations led to breakthrough discoveries: youtu.be/prYQlxH6ypA?...
August 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
minuteearth.bsky.social
Weaving = Coding !?!

For the Apollo Guidance computer that took America to the moon, those two are pretty much the same.

Watch our video to see how unusual collaborations led to breakthrough discoveries: youtu.be/prYQlxH6ypA?...
August 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
minuteearth.bsky.social
MinuteFood needs YOUR help!

We’re digging into one of the biggest food rivalries out there - Twizzlers vs Red Vines - and we need your opinion to settle the science.

Give us your opinion: tr.ee/twizzlers
August 21, 2025 at 11:07 AM
minuteearth.bsky.social
What if you had a mole of moles?
It would get gruesome, unless you have a really long time to wait!

Made with our friends at @xkcd.com
youtu.be/lLlwvmu1ZeA?...
August 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
minuteearth.bsky.social
All the water in all the lakes and rivers on the planet account for just 2% of the freshwater on our planet! There's a lot more that goes on under the surface.

More in our latest video:
youtu.be/X74c8qln1JQ?...
August 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
minuteearth.bsky.social
These famous dogs inspired our canine poster! [thread]
Text on image: Meet some famous dogs that helped inspire our canine poster. The image has a pattern of different dogs
August 5, 2025 at 10:42 AM
minuteearth.bsky.social
Disasters don’t just cause deaths right away; they often have long tails of destruction due to all the stress they cause and services they disrupt.

David was confronted with the aftermath of a massive storm when he revisited Monkey Island: youtu.be/2u6IiM5ZT20?...
July 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
minuteearth.bsky.social
🎶Our new Tee Club shirt features the Physics of Harmony and Dissonance! 🎶

With MinuteEarth's T-shirt club you get a new T-shirt every 3 months with original hand-drawn artwork by the illustrators at MinuteEarth 🌎 Sign up here to get your first T-shirt: store.dftba.com/products/min...
July 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
minuteearth.bsky.social
The canine posters are RESTOCKED!
We still can’t believe the posters sold out in a single day. Thank you all so much for your enthusiasm!
We immediately ordered more stock and are ready to send our favorite dogs all over the world!
store.dftba.com/products/can...
July 15, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Reposted by MinuteEarth
xkcd.com
What if the moon turned into a black hole?

Watch the latest What If? video collaboration with @minuteearth.bsky.social!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQgw...
What if the moon turned into a black hole?
YouTube video by xkcd's What If?
www.youtube.com
July 10, 2025 at 4:38 AM
minuteearth.bsky.social
There are WAYY too many Coyotes in North America - and trying to exterminate them actually makes it WORSE.

Let's jump into it:
youtu.be/mCpKMNL3mSI?...

#coyote #coyoteproblem
Why Coyotes Are IMPOSSIBLE To Exterminate
YouTube video by MinuteEarth
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June 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM