EPISODE · Apr 21, 2020 · 30 MIN
Trees
from SciShow Tangents
This Arbor Day, give your favorite tree the gift they really want: this tree-themed episode of SciShow Tangents. Just put the headphones around its trunk or in a knothole! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreenIf you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links![Truth or Fail]Dragon’s Blood Treehttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2018/11/socotra-yemen-biodiversity-photography/Dynamite Treehttps://youtu.be/lNlk2V9yFhMhttps://rare.us/rare-news/science-and-nature/sandbox-tree-hura-crepitans/Coconut Fatalitieshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_by_coconut [Fact Off]Vampire stumphttps://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(19)30146-4https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-07/cp-ats071819.phphttps://www.livescience.com/66025-kauri-tree-superorganism-root-grafting.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/25/science/tree-stump-alive.htmlGhost redwoodshttps://www.mercurynews.com/2010/11/28/albino-redwoods-hold-scientific-mystery/https://sempervirens.org/discover-redwoods/ghost-redwoods-solving-the-albino-redwoods-mystery/https://ucanr.edu/sites/Redwood2016/files/250645.pdfhttps://ucanr.edu/sites/Redwood2016/files/243400.pdf[Ask the Science Couch]Tree definitionhttps://www.americanforests.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/AF-Tree-Measuring-Guidelines_LR.pdfWillowshttps://oregonstate.edu/trees/broadleaf_genera/willow.htmlhttps://www.thoughtco.com/worlds-smallest-tree-species-1343503Bonsai / Pygmy Forestshttps://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/content/dam/pubs_ext_vt_edu/426/426-601/426-601_pdf.pdfOther treeshttps://extension.uga.edu/publications/detail.html?number=C944&title=Crape%20Myrtle%20Culturehttp://www.pnwplants.wsu.edu/PlantDisplay.aspx?PlantID=169[Butt One More Thing]Butt rothttps://hortnews.extension.iastate.edu/2007/7-11/root_butt_rot.htmlhttps://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5347109.pdf Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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This Arbor Day, give your favorite tree the gift they really want: this tree-themed episode of SciShow Tangents. Just put the headphones around its trunk or in a knothole! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreenIf you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links![Truth or Fail]Dragon’s Blood Treehttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2018/11/socotra-yemen-biodiversity-photography/Dynamite Treehttps://youtu.be/lNlk2V9yFhMhttps://rare.us/rare-news/science-and-nature/sandbox-tree-hura-crepitans/Coconut Fatalitieshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_by_coconut [Fact Off]Vampire stumphttps://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(19)30146-4https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-07/cp-ats071819.phphttps://www.livescience.com/66025-kauri-tree-superorganism-root-grafting.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/25/science/tree-stump-alive.htmlGhost redwoodshttps://www.mercurynews.com/2010/11/28/albino-redwoods-hold-scientific-mystery/https://sempervirens.org/discover-redwoods/ghost-redwoods-solving-the-albino-redwoods-mystery/https://ucanr.edu/sites/Redwood2016/files/250645.pdfhttps://ucanr.edu/sites/Redwood2016/files/243400.pdf[Ask the Science Couch]Tree definitionhttps://www.americanforests.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/AF-Tree-Measuring-Guidelines_LR.pdfWillowshttps://oregonstate.edu/trees/broadleaf_genera/willow.htmlhttps://www.thoughtco.com/worlds-smallest-tree-species-1343503Bonsai / Pygmy Forestshttps://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/content/dam/pubs_ext_vt_edu/426/426-601/426-601_pdf.pdfOther treeshttps://extension.uga.edu/publications/detail.html?number=C944&title=Crape%20Myrtle%20Culturehttp://www.pnwplants.wsu.edu/PlantDisplay.aspx?PlantID=169[Butt One More Thing]Butt rothttps://hortnews.extension.iastate.edu/2007/7-11/root_butt_rot.htmlhttps://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5347109.pdf Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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