Hey MinuteEarthlings!
It's so nice to see so many new faces over here in our Patreon community :) We've been really enjoying giving you a peek into our process and have lots more ideas to share with you soon.
Today I thought you might enjoy seeing some of our custom Slack emojis that ...
2023-04-20 21:43:38 +0000 UTC View PostIt’s common to call creepy crawlies bugs, but because entomologists refer to a specific class of insects as bugs, it’s wrong to call other things bugs - right?
Our latest video is all about this and you can watch it (before the rest of the world) here: 2023-04-12 22:26:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi friends!
Thank you so much for joining us here, it’s amazing to see so many new patrons!
We have a little preview of our next video for you today. In this video we go on another tangent about definitions - we wonder what a ‘bug’ is and what defines bugs. This video is written...
2023-04-11 16:27:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Plants don't make caffeine just for us, so what DO they make it for?
Watch our latest video (and stay until the end for the announcement!) here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76R3fU7CriM
Thanks for y...
2023-04-06 07:32:22 +0000 UTC View Post
We actually have no idea what a “disease” is.
Be the first to watch our latest video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjaxKZpgVvY
Thanks for your support <3
- Ever
2023-03-23 01:37:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Pi day friends!
The 14th of March (3-14) follows the first digits of Pi, which makes for a fantastic excuse to treat yourself to some pie ;)
See you again soon!
Lizah
2023-03-14 13:39:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Despite centuries of death records to the contrary, “dying of old age” is not medically possible; instead, it’s just a convenient catch-all.
You can watch our latest video here: https://www.youtube.com/wat...
2023-03-01 05:32:27 +0000 UTC View Post
When it comes to the mating game, fish have some of the strangest ways of thwarting the competition.
You can watch our latest video here: https://youtu.be/CoZuABN1YJ4
Thanks for your support!
- Ever
2023-02-17 21:17:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Whooo! Today is MinuteEarth’s 10th Birthday!!
Over the past ten years, we’ve created more than 300 videos on topics ranging from the smallest bacteria to the largest trees, from the deepest bioluminescent fish to the highest migrating birds; from the history of the earth to the future o...
2023-02-13 16:14:36 +0000 UTC View Post
A simple mis-folding in a certain brain protein causes a disease for which we have no cure (the Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease). You can watch our latest video here: https://youtu.be/d2daVaZZHYE
Also, this is the first MinuteEa...
2023-02-10 05:35:08 +0000 UTC View Post
When someone has a heart attack, they often clutch their left arm in pain. But the heart is in the chest – not the arm – so what’s up?
Learn about referred pain in our latest video: https://www.youtube.com...
2023-01-26 05:26:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey friends,
We are cooking up a set of new videos that you will see very soon!
Meanwhile, we wish you a lot of luck and love for the Lunar New Year :)
x, Lizah
The shape of a farm can tell you a surprising amount about the land it's on and the people that use it. You can watch our latest video before everyone else here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O_p7h6u7KU 2022-12-28 20:21:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear friends,
Thank you for all your support, it means the world to us!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year,
Team MinuteEarth
2022-12-24 18:10:34 +0000 UTC View Post
By combining historical demography and epidemiology, we can (sort of) determine how people throughout history have died.
Watch our latest video before everyone else here: https://youtu.be/DyBRNZGXMu0
Thanks for your ...
2022-12-23 03:28:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Methuselah’s environment lacks nutrients, water, and oxygen. In other words, it’s the perfect place to grow very very old. Yes, you read it right!
Watch our latest video before everyone else here: https://youtu.be/N1...
2022-12-20 03:57:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Nuclear war is a terrifying existential threat, but we shouldn't only fear the blasts because the ensuing smoke is the real killer.
You can watch our latest video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLLKeXbSKJ...
2022-12-15 05:34:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Trees are a super-efficient way to sequester carbon, but since planting the wrong trees in the wrong place can do more harm than good, we need to go about tree planting more carefully.
Here you can watch our latest video before everyone else: 2022-12-08 23:28:30 +0000 UTC View Post
A few decades ago, experts started sounding the alarm about overpopulation, but the human population of the world will actually soon peak – and then decrease – thanks to a combination of two quickly changing economic and educational trends.
You can watch our latest video before anyone e...
2022-12-06 03:29:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey friends,
I hope you are all well and looking forward to the holiday season :)
We are currently running a 10% sale and have an extra 5% discount for our Patrons with code MEHOLIDAYS22
Head over to our shop at 2022-12-01 10:18:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Energy use can be confusing – I mean, how do you compare gasoline in your car to electricity piped to your house? That's why we made these things spud-tacularly simple.
Watch our latest video before anyone else here: 2022-11-16 22:03:28 +0000 UTC View Post
For thousands of years, water was thought to be an element. That is, until some of the greatest chemists in the world managed to crack it open.
You can watch this video before anyone else here: https://youtu.be/9BQHKHxskU8...
2022-11-11 23:18:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Well, it turns out that the concept of warm-blooded and cold-blooded animals is outdated. There are actually tons of different animal thermoregulation strategies. Our latest video is all about this topic and you can watch it before everyone else here: 2022-11-01 01:33:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Our latest video is all about the two mushroom guilds that are locked in a competition for forest dominance. And as usual, we humans can tip the balance!
Watch it before everyone else here: https://youtu.be/q3kLvT4W9A8
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Our latest video is all about how we count things we don't know about. Check it out before everyone else here: https://youtu.be/iOlz5OBMr7A
Thanks for your support! <3
- Ever
2022-10-17 16:02:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Sometimes we go through several iterations of the same scene before we settle on a vision...
In this scene, for our video about plants-on-plants, we wanted to show that the plants catch and use rainwater. Then the water supports other creatures.
Of course, we just HAD to show a happy li...
Some plants can drink water from the air - and that has some weird effects on the forests where they live. We made a video about epiphytes and you can watch it before everyone else here: https://youtu.be/iCrwJ9yUco8
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2022-10-06 02:30:26 +0000 UTC View Post
We just revamped our store with a bunch of new science-themed merch!
You can check it out over at DFTBA (DFTBA.com/MinuteEarth )!
First up is a holographic sticker sheet inspired by our new video about biolumin...
2022-09-30 19:18:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Most animals on earth are bioluminescent, but almost all of them live in the ocean - and scientists aren’t sure why. In our latest video we navigate through some possibilities. Watch it before everybody else here: https://youtu.be...
2022-09-29 04:21:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey friends!
We have some exciting news: Our book MinuteEarth Explains: How Did Whales Get So Big And Other Curious Questions about Animals, Nature, Geology, and Planet Earth is a finalist for the Children’s Literary Council’s Kids’ Book Choice Awards as the...
2022-09-20 15:42:53 +0000 UTC View Post