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Be Smart.
by Joe Hanson
We give you deep answers to simple questions about science and the rest of the universe. And also dad jokes.Be Smart is hosted by Joe Hanson, PhD. He's a molecular biologist and an award-winning science communicator and journalist
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How These Ants Swept Across the U.S. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
And how we're fighting back! Don't miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Get yourself an awesome IOTBS shirt! http://dftba.com/besmart Special thanks to Dr. Rob Plowes from the University of Texas at Austin fire ant research lab for letting us...
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Ask Joe Matters #1
PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateOKAY ↓ More info and sources below ↓ You guys asked me questions, so I answered them! SUBSCRIBE and get more great science, it's FREE! -- http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Engineering RuBisCo to make...
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How Many Stars Can We Count?
Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonate Counting stars from the shore of the cosmic ocean… Subscribe: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Twitter: @okaytobesmart ↓ More info and sources below ↓ LIKE THE SHIRT I'M WEARING? It's...
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The Secret To Life…
Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonate We're cookin' in the primordial kitchen! Don’t miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ If the human body could be...
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Building Music From Space!
PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateOKAY ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Check out some beautiful music made from space itself Click here to SUBSCRIBE, it's FREE! -- http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub There is no sound in space. In the...
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Ask Joe Anything #5
You've got questions, I've got answers! Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonate Subscribe to It's Okay To Be Smart: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Big thank you to the 7th and 8th graders from Northwest Middle School in...
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Can You Crush a Human Using the Atmosphere?
Try Audible for 30 days visit https://www.audible.com/ok or text ok to 500 500!SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss a video! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓Uploaded 02-04-19Air. I bet you never even notice that it’s there. Yet you are swimming in an ocean of it every day. If...
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The History of Money (From Barter To Bitcoin)
PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateOKAY↓ More info and sources below ↓Uploaded 29-09-19Thanks to IBM Z for supporting PBS. To learn more about the annual student contest, go to https://ibm.co/2nVdMtD . To learn more about…
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How a Planet-Sized Telescope Took the First Picture of a Black Hole | STELLAR
PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateOKAY↓ More info and sources below ↓Uploaded 03-07-19Thank you to Draper and its Hack the Moon initiative for supporting PBS Digital Studios | Learn more at https://wehackthemoon.comIt took...
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Where Do Teeth Come From?
So… baby teeth are pretty terrifying, huh?Remember to brush, floss, and SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓Uploaded 09-10-18Teeth. We’ve all got ‘em (most of us, anyway). But how do they grow? Teeth are made from some biological nanotechnology that will blow...
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You've Been Lied to About DNA Evidence
Thank you to Squarespace for supporting PBS. Go to https://www.squarespace.com/besmart for a free trial and use code BESMART to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain.↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓Uploaded 31-03-26Follow me to Deep Look and celebrate Earth Month with PBS:...
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Why Does February Have Just 28 Days?
Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonate It's not the size of the month that matters… Don’t miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Why does February have 28 days...
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Why Dung Beetles Stare At the Stars | IN OUR NATURE
“In Our Nature” is a NEW special limited series on It’s Okay To Be Smart!We’re on PATREON! Join the community ►► https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓Uploaded 01-09-21Seemingly distant ecosystems, even half a world apart, are connected in surprising ways. In...
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What Makes Luck?
Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonate Do you feel lucky? SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Is luck real? It might feel like a mystical force tugging us toward good or bad...
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Sunlight Is Way Older Than You Think. Here’s Why…
PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateOKAY↓ More info and sources below ↓Uploaded 03-03-20Thank you for The Great Courses Plus for supporting PBS. To learn more click http://ow.ly/3fCw30qmlF1 We’re on PATREON now! Join the...
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Chemical Reactions That Revolutionized History
Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonate Chemicals React! Get yourself an awesome IOTBS shirt! http://dftba.com/besmart ↓ More info and sources below ↓ For lots more of history’s greatest chemical innovations, check...
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Can Life Really Be Explained By Physics? (featuring Prof. Brian Cox)
Thank you to Policygenius for supporting PBS. To learn more go to https://Policygenius.com/BeSmart Go clubbing in virtual reality with Subcultured @pbsvoices: https://youtu.be/ZRPjgSrQ8gA ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓Uploaded 08-04-22I recently got to sit down with physicist and science...
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Do You Really Have Two Brains?
Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you ) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonateUploaded 19-09-17You're gonna lobe this videoDon't miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓Are you a left-brained person…
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The Strange Evolutionary Story of the Thylacine
Special thanks to Vanessa from BrainCraft for help with this video!Check out her channel: https://www.youtube.com/braincraft↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓Uploaded 05-06-18Until the early 20th century, Tasmania was home to a very weird wolf-like creature. Except that it wasn’t a wolf. Even...
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You Are Chiefly Microbe!
PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateOKAY ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Your body is essentially a walking home for trillions of bacteria Click here to SUBSCRIBE, it's FREE! -- http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Ever not felt…
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What's The Most Lethal Creature On Earth?
Besides humans, of course. ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonate Subscribe to It's Okay To Be Smart: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Gates Foundation info on the world's deadliest animal,...
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Inside the Lab That Invented the COVID-19 Vaccine
PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateOKAY↓ More info and sources below ↓Uploaded 08-12-20We’re on PATREON! Join the community ►► https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmartSUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss a video! ►►...
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There Are Millions of Skeletons Lying Beneath Washington, DC
PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateOKAY ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Why do we build monuments? And what are they made of? Click here to SUBSCRIBE -- http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub I took a trip to Washington D.C. to check out...
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Why Do We All Hate Pigeons?
Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonate Check out Planet Earth II! https://youtu.be/c8aFcHFu8QM On BBC One in the UK this Sunday and coming to BBC America on 28th January 2017 Don’t be bird-brained. You should...
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Bizarre Involuntary Behaviors Explained!
Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonate Why we yawn, why we hiccup, twitchy eyes (and more)! Don’t miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Follow on Twitter:...
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What's REALLY Making Earth Hotter?
Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonate Watch my other climate science videos: http://bit.ly/climatevids Get yourself an awesome I DID A SCIENCE shirt! http://dftba.com/besmart ↓ More info and sources below ↓...
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Where Do Birds Go During Winter?
And where do they keep their suitcases? Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonate Subscribe to It's Okay To Be Smart: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub As winter approaches, V-shaped flocks glide overhead as the world's birds...
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Where On Earth Do You Weigh The Least?
You can learn more at https://curiositystream.com/smart SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss a video! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓Uploaded 05-03-19You may have heard that a kilogram of feathers weighs the same as a kilogram of steel, but that all depends on where you…
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The Science and Grace of Auroras
PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateOKAY ↓ More info and sources below ↓ The science behind Earth's nocturnal light showClick here to SUBSCRIBE, it's FREE! -- http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Space might seem like an empty place, but...
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The Dimensions of the Universe
PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateOKAY ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Do you ever freak out about the scale of time and space? Me too! Don’t miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub From the very large to...
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What is Déjà Vu?!
Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonateUploaded 02-02-15I feel like I've seen this video before…Subscribe: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Twitter: @okaytobesmart ↓ More info and sources below ↓Follow on Twitter:...
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Evolution FAILS in the Human Body
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The Most Unbelievable Image Ever Captured by Hubble Space Telescope
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Why Do We Cook?
PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateOKAY↓ More info and sources below ↓Uploaded 23-12-13Your brain is hungry. Here's how to feed it.SUBSCRIBE, it's FREE! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Ever wonder why we cook our food? We do it...
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DNA Doesn’t Look Like What You Think!
Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonateUploaded 05-09-17I used #badDNA once in this video. Can you find it?Don’t miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓If you...
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How Many Species are in Your Backyard?
PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateOKAY↓ More info and sources below ↓Uploaded 19-05-20We’re on PATREON! Join the community ►► https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmartSUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss a video! ►►...
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How Did We Work Out What Light Is?
Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonate Try CuriosityStream today: http://curiositystream.com/smart Here's a bright idea: Subscribe ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Beyond what we can…
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Why Do You Love Your Family?
Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonateUploaded 20-12-17Don't miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_subYou can learn more about your personal DNA story by going to https://23andMe.com/okay ↓↓↓ More...
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How Vaccines Function
Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonate A dose of reality about vaccines… Subscribe: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Twitter: @okaytobesmart ↓ More info and sources below ↓ As more and more parents are choosing not to...
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Why It Took Scientists So Long To Adopt This Very Clear Idea
But did thee feel the Earth move? We’re on PATREON! Support our show: https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Why do Africa and South America fit together? Anyone who’s ever looked at a map can see that Earth’s continents are kind of like a jigsaw puzzle. The idea...
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Climate Science: What You Need To Grasp
Learn the basic science of climate change in 24 easy steps. Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonate Subscribe to It's Okay To Be Smart: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Scientists overwhelmingly agree that our climate is...
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What Colour is the Universe?
Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonate Hint: It's not black Don’t miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ When you stare up at the night sky, you might think...
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Why Contacting Extraterrestrials Could Be Risky (Dark Forest Hypothesis)
Learn more about Surfshark with Incogni at: https://incogni.com/besmart SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss a video! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ There are hundreds of billions of planets in our galaxy. Scientists now think hundreds of millions of them have conditions...
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What Are The Most Influential Science Images Ever?
PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateOKAY ↓ More info and sources below ↓ One picture can change the world! Don’t miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Science isn't always a visual medium, but I think…
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Does My Dog Perceive What I'm Thinking?
Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonate Head to BrainCraft for more doggy science! http://youtu.be/OBy3idLwwYM ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Do you ever talk to your dog? Do they ever talk back? Humans and dogs...
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Why Do We Venture to Space?
PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateOKAY ↓ More info and sources below ↓ My ode to space exploration and Discovery... Galileo would have made a great astronaut. Click here to SUBSCRIBE, it's FREE! -- http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub…
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Ebola Explored
What you need to know about one of nature's scariest viruses. Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonate Don’t miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Read David Quammen's "Ebola":...
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Could You Be a Chimera?
PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateOKAY↓ More info and sources below ↓Uploaded 21-06-19Follow me to MONSTRUM! https://youtu.be/x-GjSU4nOxE SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss a video! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Ever feel like you...
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The Science Behind A Game of Thrones
Valar more-curious! Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonate SUBSCRIBE, it's FREE! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓ More info and sources below ↓ WINTER: Seasons of Westeros and the 3-body problem:...
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Why Does The Earth Have Levels?
...or why do we live on an onion made of magma? Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonate Subscribe to It's Okay To Be Smart: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Thanks to Miles Traer and Mike Osborne for geophysics help on this...
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We give you deep answers to simple questions about science and the rest of the universe. And also dad jokes.Be Smart is hosted by Joe Hanson, PhD. He's a molecular biologist and an award-winning science communicator and journalist
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