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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Machine Learning

Episode Date: April 30, 2024

We do a lot of learning on Tangents, so naturally, we've got questions about what learning looks like...for machines! AI and machine learning science...

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Turtles

Episode Date: April 16, 2024

Devotees of the testudines rejoice! Whether you have one as a pet, admire them at the zoo, or giggle with the rest of the internet when they rock each...

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Textiles

Episode Date: April 2, 2024

From expressing ourselves through fashion to protecting ourselves from the elements, textiles seem to be self-evidently significant to the human exper...

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Feathers

Episode Date: March 19, 2024

It may be well-known that hope is the thing with feathers, but how much is known about feathers themselves? Turns out, plenty! From shrub grouses to s...

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Garbage

Episode Date: March 5, 2024

Trash, rubbish, waste, refuse...we have a lot of words for the gunk that goes on the truck, because whether we like it or not, humans make a lot of ga...

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Hormones

Episode Date: February 20, 2024

Oops, all science this episode! Erstwhile editorial assistant Deboki Chakravarti steps in for erstwhile everyman Sam Schultz as we parse through funda...

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Cheese

Episode Date: February 6, 2024

It's the long-awaited cheese-stravaganza! And it's every bit as melty, crumbly, stretchy, and stinky as hoped for. We dip into some fetamology, we str...

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Darkness

Episode Date: January 23, 2024

The question plaguing us this episode is, how dark can it really get? Turns out (according to some), not that dark! Unless you're at the bottom of the...

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Refrigeration

Episode Date: January 9, 2024

In this not-so-chill episode, everybody gets a little unsettled by the concepts around refrigeration. Quantum computers, thermoacoustics, molecular ch...

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Quiet

Episode Date: December 26, 2023

Do you hear what I hear? Probably not, because in this episode, we're bringing things down several notches to learn about quiet. Does it have a scient...

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Oil

Episode Date: December 12, 2023

Oil: it's a ubiquitous substance humans have been relying on for longer than you might think. We cook with it, we moisturize with it, we run machines...

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Telescopes

Episode Date: November 28, 2023

What's that you spy on the horizon, just out of sight? If you have a telescope handy, you can hone your gaze on...more telescopes! From pocket spyglas...

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Batteries

Episode Date: November 14, 2023

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Hygiene

Episode Date: September 19, 2023

Visit HENSONSHAVING.com/TANGENTS to pick the razor for you and use code TANGENTS and you’ll get two years' worth of blades free! A big part of being a...