Just A Minute: Volume 16

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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 🙂.

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

MinuteEarth

There's Really Only One Way To Die
Death seems like it comes in an enormous variety of forms - but there’s actually just one underlying process at the root of all of them.

MinuteFood

There Are TWO Kinds of Hunger
You know that feeling when you're completely stuffed from dinner but somehow still have room for dessert? It turns out that's not just weak willpower - it's a completely different kind of hunger.

xkcd’s What If?

What If You Kept Digging Downward?
This is the companion to our earlier video about floating upward at one foot per second. It turns out going down is even worse.

• Cameron's friends are moving, so he inherited their kid's Burley bike trailer. His kid is a little furrier.

  

• Lizah starred in a local production of the Rocky Horror Picture Show.

  

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1. Ever recommends this beautifully obsessive video by Craighill about everything wrong with ordinary scissors - and how they spent years designing a better pair from scratch. If you've ever had a pair that just won't cut right, this one will be very satisfying.

2. Cameron found this incredible browser-based collection of scientific models and simulations you can play with directly - no downloads needed. It includes everything from ant colonies to weather systems, and yes, there is a river meander simulator that is genuinely mesmerizing.

3. Jasper recommends this Nature article about CERN physicists successfully transporting antimatter for the very first time — in the back of a truck. Cameron notes: "Quite bold to do it in a truck with the word 'antimatter' on the side like that." Pairs perfectly with this MinutePhysics explainer on antimatter.

4. Sarah recommends this gloriously relaxing Kurzgesagt compilation covering all of human history in one hour.

5. Josh thoroughly enjoyed this video from Grant at 3Blue1Brown. It’s a fascinating combination of math and art that explores what happens when you take the logarithm of an image.
   

by Matthew Goldenberg

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