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SciShow Tangents

SciShow Tangents is the lightly competitive knowledge showcase from the geniuses behind the YouTube series SciShow. Every other Tuesday, join Hank Green, Ceri Riley, and Sam Schultz as they try to one-up and amaze each other with weird and funny scientific research... while not getting distracted. There will be tangents about video games, music, weird smells, surprisingly deep insights about life, and of course, poop, but it always comes back to the science.

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Rivers

Episode Date: April 7, 2020

It's Spring here in the Northern Hemisphere, and the rivers swell with crystal clear snowmelt from tall mountain peaks... and we're all stuck inside a...

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Ducks

Episode Date: March 31, 2020

Ducks! Basically a joke of an animal, if we're being perfectly honest. They make silly noises, they waddle around, they are extremely cute and goofy l...

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Experiments in Space

Episode Date: March 17, 2020

Space… it’s big, it’s confusing, and there isn’t any gravity! That’s why we have a dedicated team of people up in the International Space Station runn...

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Oceans

Episode Date: February 25, 2020

Oceans: they cover 70% of the planet, but what do we really know about them? Like what’s with all the salt, huh? And just what is the difference betwe...

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Subatomic

Episode Date: February 18, 2020

Things get a little weird this episode, and by ‘little’ I mean very little! One thing I learned in this episode is that everything in the universe is...

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Hearts

Episode Date: February 11, 2020

This Valentine’s Day, what could be better than cuddling up with someone special and listening to the Tangents Crew talk about various medical procedu...

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Meat

Episode Date: February 4, 2020

Meat... seems pretty simple on the surface, but what do we really know about it? Like.. are living things made of meat? Or is meat only meat once it's...

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Music

Episode Date: January 28, 2020

So look, Stefan sings a song in this episode, so I’m not sure what more you need. He looked cool as heck when he was doing it and I was really proud o...

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Running

Episode Date: January 21, 2020

From diet, to shoes, to movement efficiency, people devote their lives to researching and perfecting the art of running. Meanwhile, cheetahs run 75 mp...

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Magnets

Episode Date: January 14, 2020

Wise men have long pondered how magnets work. We all know the answer is “magic,” but Ceri and Hank have to keep up the illusion that science is real,...

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Money

Episode Date: January 7, 2020

Listening to Tangents is like making an investment with your brain. And the dividend? Knowledge. Invest today, won't you?Follow us on Twitter @SciShow...

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Light

Episode Date: December 31, 2019

SciShow Tangents’ exploration of the electromagnetic spectrum continues with good old, dependable light! What is it? Where does it come from? Only Cer...

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Radio

Episode Date: December 24, 2019

Humans have wielded the power of radio waves for more than a century, but what exactly are they and how do we use them to transmit information? It tur...

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Festive Ecology

Episode Date: December 17, 2019

Jingle Bells, Frosty the Snowman, Let it Snow; the timeless sounds of the holiday. And to that pantheon of greats is added another track: this 30-minu...

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Ceramics

Episode Date: December 10, 2019

From ancient clay pots to the heat-proof panels on the space shuttle, ceramics have been an integral part of human technology from the very beginning....

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Bones

Episode Date: December 3, 2019

Bones… seems like a simple enough topic, right? Well, would you believe me if I told you that scientists can’t even agree on how and why bones evolved...

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Nutrition

Episode Date: November 26, 2019

When it comes to proper nutrition, just about the only thing everyone can agree on is that people need to eat food. Everything else, from eggs to carb...

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Cryptography

Episode Date: November 12, 2019

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