Just A Minute: Volume 13

Hello and welcome to our new newsletter!
This is MinuteEarth’s guide to the best science content from our studio and beyond. Every edition includes stuff we’re working on, along with other cool new science-related stories we want you to know about - plus some original games just for subscribers! Make sure to subscribe below so you never miss a minute 🙂.

We finally convinced Lizah to write about one of her favorite subjects - feathers! You’ll see more of them in an upcoming video…

Here are some videos our team has released on our various channels over the last few weeks!

MinuteEarth

Why Don’t Our Bones Keep Growing Forever?
Alligators keep growing as they get older, but humans mostly stop growing after puberty. Cameron explains why it makes sense for some animals to just keep getting bigger.

Minute Physics

Why Some Rainbows Turn White
Henry came across a rainbow that was only white, and - in typical Henry style - he needed to understand exactly why that happened. It turns out that it’s not because its pot of gold was stolen…

MinuteFood

How safe is cast iron?
In Kate’s never-ending quest to find the very best pan, she digs into one of the biggest questions about cast iron cooking.

xkcd’s What If?

Can you drive west to lengthen the sunset?
This is the rare xkcd video that doesn’t end in the world exploding, but it is fascinating, and it ends with a callback to one of my favorite xkcd comics.

• MinuteEarth launched the latest T-shirt for our Tee Club members. You might want it, if you’re a fun guy (ugh):

  

• Cameron was interviewed by the Wild Green Streams podcast about all things MinuteEarth. If you’ve ever wanted to understand why we make the videos we do, this is a pretty great listen.

• Michael from Vsauce shouted us out in this rather insane Instagram post.

• Leo went to Egypt, and came across our favorite stone age tool, the handaxe:

  

• Lizah took cosplay to a new level, yet again:

  

1. Scientific American dove into a topic we’re very interested in: Is it time to create a Category 6 classification for hurricanes?

2. Our favorite puppeteer Barnaby Dixon teamed up with Robert Krulwich to make a fantastic video about Why Crickets Make Such Good Thermometers.

3. Ever recommends that you all check out this treatise on economics and biology from The Art of the Problem. If you ever wanted to see billionaires compared to beavers, this is the video for you.

4. Arcadi thinks you should all watch this incredibly fun and pretty video about solving Klotski by 2swap.

5. Sarah got a huge kick out of Simone’s new velcro hat in the Yetch store.
   

by Matthew Goldenberg

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