Just A Minute: Volume 15

Hellooooooo! 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 so you never miss a minute 🙂

We're currently working on a video about the honeybee waggle dance — and we’re learning that in practice, it's not that different from some human dances. So we decided to try to map it out in a way that you could actually try it yourself. Here's a peek at the what we’re working on. We can't promise you'll impress any bees, but we can't promise you won't, either.

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

MinuteEarth

Could This Thing Really Fly?
It turns out that getting a giraffe-sized animal off the ground is just as complicated as you’d think. (Plus this pairs well with this week’s crossword puzzle.)

MinuteFood

How risky IS eating raw fish?
Kate tackles the question that every sushi lover has probably wondered but didn't want answered. The good news: it's complicated! The bad news: it's complicated.

MinutePhysics

Do you understand ISO?
Henry digs into one of those camera settings everyone uses but nobody really thinks about. By the end, you'll either feel very smart or want to retake every photo you've ever taken.

xkcd’s What If?

What if you floated upwards 1 ft every second?
A deceptively simple premise that spirals into the kind of delightful chaos only Randall and the crew can deliver. Spoiler: it does not end well.

• Aldo is back with a lovely video about the family tree of milk. Check it out here.

• Lizah went to ComicCon with her mamma (Lizah’s on the left).

  

• Lizah also blessed us with this very accurate portrait of me, based on the NVIDIA DLSS 5 meme. I choose to take it as a compliment.

  

• Randall from xkcd made a fun map explaining why various parts of the US landscape look the way they do. Check it out here: Landscape Features 

  

1. Arcadi found a Wikipedia trading card game and we're not sure any of us will get any work done this week: wikigacha.com

2. Dianna from Physics Girl posted her first science video in THREE YEARS. The video is about neutrinos - what a new-treat-o! Watch it here.

3. This video about how to extend the length of a YouTube video after it's been published is genuinely mind-bending. Director's commentary on YouTube, anyone? Watch it here.

4. Former Veritasium producer Emily Zhang just launched her own channel, Rabbit Hole, and her first big video is already excellent. Big things ahead. Watch it here.

5. This animal guessing game based on taxonomy is way too fun. metazooa.com

6. Hank Green posted a video about Complexly becoming a nonprofit. Worth a watch if you care about the future of science communication. Watch it here.

7. Six book recommendations about storytelling and the climate crisis, via the SciComm newsletter. Great reading list. Check it out.
   

by Matthew Goldenberg

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