Be Smart.

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

  1. 47m ago

    Extreme Deep Sea Creatures Are Eating The Titanic!

    Life, uh… finds a wayDon’t miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓Uploaded 30-01-18What have we learned from exploring Earth’s harshest locations? That pretty everywhere we look for life, we find it. From smoking hot hydrothermal vents to icy deserts, up in clouds and inside rocks, extremophiles have found a way to survive. These survivors and adapters are not only teaching us about life on Earth, but expanding the possibilities of where life can exist elsewhere.READ MORE: Horikoshi, K., Antranikian, G., Bull, A. T., Robb, F. T., and Stetter, K. O. (Eds.). (2010). Extremophiles handbook. Springer Science and Business Media.Schulze-Makuch, D., Airo, A., and Schirmack, J. (2017). The Adaptability of Life on Earth and the Diversity of Planetary Habitats. Frontiers in microbiology, 8, 2011.-----------FOLLOW US:Merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/its-okay-to-be-smart Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmartTwitter:@DrJoeHanson @okaytobesmart Tumblr: http://www.itsokaytobesmart.com Instagram: @DrJoeHanson-----------It’s Okay To Be Smart is hosted by Joe Hanson, Ph.D.Director: Joe NicolosiWriter: Shaena Montanari, Ph.D.Producer/editor/animator: Jordan Husmann Producer: Stephanie Noone and Amanda FoxProduced by PBS Digital StudiosMusic via APMStock images from Shutterstock http://www.shutterstock.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  2. 1h ago

    What's The Loudest Sound That Could Exist?

    Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonate It's definitely higher than "11" Subscribe: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Twitter: @okaytobesmart ↓ More info and sources below ↓ What is the loudest possible sound? What about the quietest thing we can hear? And what do decibels measure, anyway? In this video you'll learn what makes sound The loudest sound on Earth (the we know of anyway), great story by Aatish Bhatia: http://nautil.us/blog/the-sound-so-loud-that-it-circled-the-earth-four-times Video of the Papua New Guinea volcano eruption from YouTuber bacobjee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUREX8aFbMs Calculation of the shock wave from teleportation: http://www.quora.com/Teleportation/If-you-were-to-disappear-suddenly-how-loud-would-be-the-noise-of-the-air-filling-up-the-vacuum-youve-left The sometimes-painful effects of different sound pressure levels: http://www.makeitlouder.com/Decibel%20Level%20Chart.txt How loud are rocket launches? http://testtube.com/dnews/how-loud-are-space-shuttle-launches/ NASA's sound suppression water system: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LehY5avJUM Can a sound be loud enough to kill you? http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2298/can-a-noise-be-loud-enough-to-kill-you ----------------- It's Okay To Be Smart is written and hosted by Joe Hanson, Ph.D Follow me on Twitter/Instagram: @DrJoeHanson @okaytobesmart Email me: itsokaytobesmart AT gmail DOT com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmart For more awesome science, check out: http://www.itsokaytobesmart.com Produced by PBS Digital Studios: http://www.youtube.com/user/pbsdigitalstudios Joe Hanson - Creator/Host/Writer Joe Nicolosi - Director Amanda Fox - Producer, Spotzen IncKate Eads - Associate Producer Jen Piper/Arts+Labor - Editing/Motion Graphics/Animation Katie Graham - Director of Photography John Knudsen - Gaffer Theme music: "Ouroboros" by Kevin MacLeod Other music via APM Stock images from Shutterstock, stock footage from Videoblocks French subtitles by Alessandro Dal Cero​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    What's The Loudest Sound That Could Exist?

  3. 2h ago

    Using a Bunch of Mousetraps to Explain How Pandemics Work (feat. @theslowmoguys)

    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 04-02-21More vaccine info here: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/default.htm Special thanks to @theslowmoguys ! https://www.youtube.com/user/theslowmoguys Thanks to Gates Notes for Supporting PBS.Since the start of the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, the term “herd immunity” has been all over the news. But what does it really mean? One thing most people don’t realize about vaccines is that they aren’t just to protect the person who gets the shot. They also protect the population as a whole… even people who didn’t get the shot. In this video, we use lots and lots of mousetraps and ping-pong balls to show you how that works. #coronavirus #vaccinesWe’re on PATREON! Join the community ►► https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmartSUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss a video! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_subReferences: https://sites.google.com/view/mousetrap-herd-immunity/home-----------Special thanks to our Brain Trust Patrons:dani bowmanDavid JohnstonAhmed ElkhananyZenimalSalih ArslanBaerbel WinklerDenzel HolmesRobert YoungAmy SowadaBenjamin TeinbyEric MeerJay StephensPeter EhrnstromDustinMarcus TuepkerKaren HaskellAlecZero Diego LombeidaJoin us on Patreon! https://patreon.com/itsokaytobesmartTwitter http://www.twitter.com/DrJoeHansonhttp://www.twitter.com/okaytobesmart Instagram http://www.instagram.com/DrJoeHanson http://www.instagram.com/okaytobesmart Merchhttps://store.dftba.com/collections/its-okay-to-be-smartFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmartpbs/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  4. 3h ago

    Why Are There As Many Males As Females?

    Evolution doesn’t pick a side! Don’t miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓Uploaded 22-02-18In almost every animal species on Earth, equal numbers of males and females are conceived. Why is that? Especially in populations like lions or elephant seals, where most males don’t get to mate? That’s survival of the laziest, not survival of the fittest. It turns out that in most cases, an equal balance of the sexes is the evolutionary stable strategy. From Charles Darwin to Ronald Fisher to W.D. Hamilton to Richard Dawkins, the question of why there’s as many males as females has fascinated biologists. Today, we’ll explain why that is the way it is.READ MORE: Fisher, R. A. “The genetical theory of natural selection”Dawkins, Richard “The Selfish Gene” http://amzn.to/2omkuFr Hamilton, W. D. (1967). Extraordinary sex ratios. Science, 156(3774), 477-488.-----------FOLLOW US:Merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/its-okay-to-be-smart Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmartTwitter:@DrJoeHanson @okaytobesmart Tumblr: http://www.itsokaytobesmart.com Instagram: @DrJoeHanson-----------It’s Okay To Be Smart is hosted by Joe Hanson, Ph.D.Director: Joe NicolosiWriter: Stephanie KeepCreative Director: David SchulteEditor/animator: Karl Boettcher and Derek BorsheimProducer: Stephanie Noone and Amanda FoxProduced by PBS Digital StudiosMusic via APMStock images from Shutterstock http://www.shutterstock.com ------ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  5. 4h ago

    Can Coral Reefs Adapt to Climate Change?

    This episode is brought to you by Dropbox https://www.dropbox.com/ ↓ More info and sources below ↓ We can’t afford to wait any longer to act on climate change. Check out #OursToLose: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgOV1dYdYVk References/Links: Coral/Zooxanthellae symbiosis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zooxanthellae Global coral bleaching event is underway in 2015: http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2015/100815-noaa-declares-third-ever-global-coral-bleaching-event.html Learn more about the effects and extent of coral bleaching: http://www.globalcoralbleaching.org/ Could we ever lose all our corals? http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/01/21/will-we-ever-lose-all-our-corals/ Coral reef ecosystem species density: http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/ioc-oceans/priority-areas/rio-20-ocean/blueprint-for-the-future-we-want/marine-biodiversity/facts-and-figures-on-marine-biodiversity/ Oceans absorb half of global CO2: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/07/0715_040715_oceancarbon.html Oceans absorb 90% of excess heat: http://e360.yale.edu/feature/how_long_can_oceans_continue_to_absorb_earths_excess_heat/2860/ Extent of coral loss: http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/blue_planet/coasts/coral_reefs/coral_facts/ Coral reef accelerated evolution: van Oppen, Madeleine JH, et al. "Building coral reef resilience through assisted evolution." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112.8 (2015): 2307-2313. http://www.pnas.org/content/112/8/2307.full Have an idea for an episode or an amazing science question you want answered? Leave a comment or check us out at the links below! Follow on Twitter: http://twitter.com/okaytobesmart Follow on Instagram: http://instagram.com/okaytbesmart ----------------- It’s Okay To Be Smart is written and hosted by Joe Hanson, Ph.D. Joe Hanson - Creator/Host/Writer Joe Nicolosi - Director Amanda Fox - Producer, Spotzen Inc. Kate Eads - Producer Andrew Matthews - Editing/Motion Graphics/Animation Katie Graham - Camera John Knudsen - Gaffer Theme music: “Ouroboros” by Kevin MacLeod Other music via APM Stock images from Shutterstock, stock footage from Videoblocks (unless otherwise noted) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Can Coral Reefs Adapt to Climate Change?

  6. 5h ago

    Why Are We The Only Humans Surviving?

    Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonate Try 23andMe at: http://www.23andme.com/okay Part 2 of our special series on Human Ancestry. Watch it all: http://bit.ly/OKTBSHuman ↓↓↓More info and sources below ↓↓↓ In part 2 of our special series on human ancestry, we ask why we are the only surviving branch on the human evolutionary tree. Just 50,000-100,000 years ago, Earth was home to three or four separate human species, including our most famous cousins: the Neanderthals. New research has shown that Neanderthals were not the brutish, unintelligent cavemen that cartoons make them out to be. They were creative, smart, social, and perhaps even had complex language. So why did they go extinct as soon as Homo sapiens moved into their territory? Does any trace of them live on today? Why don’t we have Neanderthal neighbors? ----------- REFERENCES: Papagianni, Dimitra, and Michael A. Morse. The Neanderthals Rediscovered: How Modern Science Is Rewriting Their Story. Thames & Hudson, 2015. http://amzn.to/2oov6GG (Library: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/923279213) Stringer, Chris. “Lone survivors: How we came to be the only humans on earth.” Macmillan, 2012. http://amzn.to/2oIFg3q (Library: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/855581724) Tattersall, Ian. “Masters of the planet: the search for our human origins.” Macmillan, 2012. http://amzn.to/2pOZrKS (Library: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/733231407) Walter, Chip. “Last ape standing: the seven-million-year story of how and why we survived.” Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2013. http://amzn.to/2pP2liy (Library: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/872121723) ----------- FOLLOW US: Merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/its-okay-to-be-smart Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmart Twitter: @okaytobesmart @DrJoeHanson Tumblr: http://www.itsokaytobesmart.com Instagram: @DrJoeHanson Snapchat: YoDrJoe ----------- It’s Okay To Be Smart is hosted by Joe Hanson, Ph.D. Director: Joe Nicolosi Writer: Joe Hanson Producer/editor/animator: Andrew Matthews Producer: Stephanie Noone and Amanda Fox Produced by PBS Digital Studios Music via APM Stock images from Shutterstock http://www.shutterstock.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Why Are We The Only Humans Surviving?

  7. 6h ago

    The INCREDIBLE Ancient Engineering That Built the Pyramids

    Try Skillshare at http://skl.sh/besmart Help us build something great and SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓More info and sources below ↓↓↓Uploaded 30-06-17You asked for it, so here’s the follow-up!Just because something is difficult doesn’t mean it’s impossible. Over the past centuries, archaeologists, historians, and engineers have reconstructed a great deal of the technology and science used to build the Egyptian pyramids. This week we look at ancient Egyptian mathematics, building techniques, tools, and culture to reconstruct the Great Pyramid’s construction. REFERENCES: Fall, Abdoulaye, et al. "Sliding friction on wet and dry sand." Physical review letters 112.17 (2014): 175502.Lehner, M. (1997). The complete pyramids. Thames and Hudson. Parry, D. (2005). Engineering the pyramids. The History Press. Smith, Craig B., Zahi Hawass, and Mark Lehner. How the great pyramid was built. Harper Collins, 2006. Verner, M. (2003). The pyramids: their archaeology and history. Atlantic. Verner, M. (2007). The Pyramids: The Mystery, Culture, and Science of Egypt's Great Monuments. Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. -----------FOLLOW US: Merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/its-okay-to-be-smart Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmartTwitter/Instagram: @okaytobesmart @DrJoeHansonTumblr: http://www.itsokaytobesmart.com ----------- It’s Okay To Be Smart is hosted by Joe Hanson, Ph.D.Director: Joe NicolosiWriter: Joe HansonProducer/editor/animator: Andrew OrsakProducer: Stephanie Noone and Amanda Fox Produced by PBS Digital StudiosMusic via APMStock images from Shutterstock http://www.shutterstock.com ------ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  8. 7h ago

    I Can't Believe We're Making Another COVID Video

    Check out PBS Vitals ►► https://youtu.be/xus08qnUxPEWe’re on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓Uploaded 08-10-21I guess we’re still doing this. References: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-xoLMZfumSmb1v7B3QmFD5pTC87GYeGEnlSXKg0bCk0/edit SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss a video! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub-----------Special thanks to our Brain Trust Patrons:Joseph SpencerBarbora BeiKen BoardClinger-Hamilton FamilyAttila PixBurt HumburgDeliciousKashmiriBrian ChangRoy LasrisJavier Sotodani bowmanDavid JohnstonSalih ArslanBaerbel WinklerRobert YoungAmy SowadaEric MeerDustinMarcus TuepkerKaren HaskellAlecZeroJoin us on Patreon! https://patreon.com/itsokaytobesmartTwitter http://www.twitter.com/DrJoeHansonhttp://www.twitter.com/okaytobesmart Instagram http://www.instagram.com/DrJoeHanson http://www.instagram.com/okaytobesmart Merchhttps://store.dftba.com/collections/its-okay-to-be-smartFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmartpbs/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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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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    Joe Hanson
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