Be Smart.

Joe Hanson
  • 5.0 (2)
  • Educación
  • Cada día

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. hace 43 min

    Something Strange Happens When You Flatten the Earth…

    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 ↓↓↓Follow me to @pbsterra and watch Overview to celebrate Earth Month with PBS: https://youtu.be/ivoV1rwiYJkPBS Earth Month Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnNZYWyBGJ1F8ofFm4H9UTrHxqU8zngK4Imprisoned for heresy, Gerardus Mercator later created a map that transformed navigation forever. We explore why his projection distorts the world, how it solved a deadly problem for sailors, and the astonishing mystery of how he used math that hadn’t even been invented yet to do it all.Be Smart explores science questions you didn’t even know you wondered about. It is hosted and produced by Joe Hanson, PhD. We post new videos all the time, so please subscribe! If you enjoyed this video, hit the ‘like’ button, leave a comment, or watch another of our videos!References: https://sites.google.com/view/mercator-mystery-references/home0:00 A Prisoner of the Inquisition1:52 The Navigation Crisis4:22 Who Was This Mercator Guy, Anyway?8:02 Globes & Heresy10:45 Why Flat Maps Are Mathematically Impossible13:27 The Math Mystery Behind the Mercator Map16:11 How Mercator Used Math That Didn't Exist Yet19:40 You're Using This Map Right Now22:56 Is This Map Harmful?CONNECT WITH ME____________________________________Website: https://www.itsokaytobesmart.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/okaytobesmart/ https://www.instagram.com/drjoehanson/ Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmart Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/itsokaytobesmart A big thanks to our Brain Trust patrons: Baerbel Winkler, Brent Lopez, dani bowman, David Johnston, Ed Eyden, Eric Meer, Greg Olson, Holly, Brett, and Ashe Bullion, Jaap Westera, Karen Haskell, Marcus Pingel, Mike and Patty Loftis, Paul Weir, Reuben BrewerSPONSORSHIP INQUIRIES____________________________________Please email biz@itsokaytobesmart.comStock video and images provided by Shutterstock, Artlist, and MotionArrayMusic provided by APMWritten Joe HansonEdited by Steven SimoneProduced by Least Square Media and Spotzen for PBS Digital Studios Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Something Strange Happens When You Flatten the Earth…

  2. hace 1 h

    Should You Feel Guilty About Climate Change? - featuring Al Gore

    Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonate “An Inconvenient Sequel” is former Vice President Al Gore’s newest film 🌎🎥 Learn more: http://InconvenientSequel.com #BeInconvenient ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ News about climate change is often full of doom, guilt, and anxiety. This can make many people reluctant to pay attention to or discuss it. We asked former Vice President Al Gore to help us find a different way to talk about climate change. Special thanks to former Vice President Al Gore (@AlGore) http://InconvenientSequel.com Facebook: @AnInconvenientTruth Twitter: @AITruthFilm Instagram: @AnInconvenientTruth The book: http://amzn.to/2vdTYCD Unless otherwise noted, data used in this video comes from: NASA, NOAA, The Global Carbon Project, U.S. Energy Information Administration, and Scripps Institute of Oceanography ----------- WATCH MORE: All of our climate science videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsmqeqKj7M-p_cC_I81favAvBu4U8-5-2 ----------- 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/Editor: Joe Nicolosi Writer: Joe Hanson Animator: David Schulte 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

  3. hace 1 h

    There Was No Inaugural Human

    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 ↓ If you traced your family tree back 185 million generations through evolution, you wouldn't be looking at a human, a primate, or even a mammal. You'd be looking at a fish. So where along that line does the first human show up? The answer may surprise you! Inspired by Richard Dawkins' "The Magic of Reality" http://amzn.to/1eFPE0v Also check out Richard Dawkins' "The Ancestor's Tale" http://amzn.to/1fbf17e Images of prehistoric species used in this episode: Tiktaalik, Procunsul, Plesiadapsis, Juramaia, Hylonomus - by Nobu Tamura (http://spinops.blogspot.com/) Homo erectus (by Tim Evanson) http://bit.ly/1uwI5zu Joe Hanson - Host and writer Joe Nicolosi - Director Amanda Fox - Producer, Spotzen IncKate Eads - Associate Producer Katie Graham - Director of Photography Andrew Matthews - Editor and motion graphics John Knudsen - Gaffer Music: "Ouroboros" by Kevin MacLeod Produced for PBS Digital Studios ----------- Join us on Patreon! https://patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart Twitter http://www.twitter.com/DrJoeHanson http://www.twitter.com/okaytobesmart Instagram http://www.instagram.com/DrJoeHanson http://www.instagram.com/okaytobesmart Merch https://store.dftba.com/collections/its-okay-to-be-smart Facebook https://www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmartpbs/​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    There Was No Inaugural Human

  4. hace 1 h

    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 Why do we go to space? In the beginning of our space program, the answer had a lot to do with war and paranoia. But with the dawn of the space shuttle, that all changed. Where do we go from here? Special thanks to the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center for letting us hang out with the shuttle Discovery Link to the interactive Mars panorama as seen on my phone: http://bit.ly/16ttUwr Historical footage via NASA Music: "Divider" by Chris Zabriskie http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chris_Zabriskie/Divider/06_-_Divider Written and hosted by Joe Hanson Produced by PBS Digital Studios: http://www.youtube.com/user/pbsdigitalstudios ----------- Join us on Patreon! https://patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart Twitter http://www.twitter.com/DrJoeHanson http://www.twitter.com/okaytobesmart Instagram http://www.instagram.com/DrJoeHanson http://www.instagram.com/okaytobesmart Merch https://store.dftba.com/collections/its-okay-to-be-smart Facebook https://www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmartpbs/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Why Do We Venture to Space?

  5. hace 2 h

    CRISPR and the Future of Human Advancement

    Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonate Part 4 of our special series on Human Ancestry. Watch it all ►► http://bit.ly/OKTBSHuman Watch Mutant Menu on BrainCraft: https://youtu.be/NrDM6Ic2xMM ↓↓↓More info and sources below ↓↓↓ In part 4 of our special series on human ancestry and evolution, we look into the future. Now that genetic engineering tools like CRISPR allow us to edit our genes, how will that impact human evolution going forward? Are designer babies or eugenics around the corner? Welcome to a world of nonrandom mutation and unnatural selection. ----------- REFERENCES: WHO fact sheet on obesity risks and death vs underweight: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs311/en/ Jinek, M., Chylinski, K., Fonfara, I., Hauer, M., Doudna, J. A., & Charpentier, E. (2012). A programmable dual-RNA–guided DNA endonuclease in adaptive bacterial immunity. Science, 337(6096), 816-821. Knoepfler, P. (2015). GMO Sapiens: the life-changing science of designer babies. World Scientific. Enriquez, J., & Gullans, S. (2015). Evolving Ourselves. Oneworld Publications. ----------- 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 ----------- 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

    CRISPR and the Future of Human Advancement

  6. hace 2 h

    Why is the Sky Whatever Color?

    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 is the sky blue? Or any color, for that matter? Click here to SUBSCRIBE, it's FREE! -- http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub It's a question that you'd think kids have been asking for thousands of years, but it might not be that old at all. The ancient Greek poet Homer never used a word for blue in The Odyssey or The Iliad, because blue is one of the last colors that cultures pick out a word for In this episode, I'll tell you not only why the sky is blue, but why it's red at sunset. It turns out, those colors are all part of the same sunbeam. And when you're looking at a blue sky, you could be sharing a special moment with someone thousands of miles away. Next time a kid (or the kid inside you) wants to know why the sky is blue, you'll have science to back you up! (We know that the Earth turns the wrong direction in the animation, sorry about that. Something weird happened when we were programming the animation and it got reversed. Or maybe time travel!) References for this episode: http://dft.ba/-4Wus Have an idea for an episode or an amazing science question you want answered? Leave a comment below! Written and hosted by Joe Hanson Produced by Painted On Productions (http://www.paintedon.com/) Music: Johnny Ripper "Speak (with Ekoda)" Kansas Bible Company "Hang Niner" Clips used: "Nature - Time 4 Timelapse" - http://vimeo.com/39145634 "Far and Wide" - http://vimeo.com/27027505 ----------- Join us on Patreon! https://patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart Twitter http://www.twitter.com/DrJoeHanson http://www.twitter.com/okaytobesmart Instagram http://www.instagram.com/DrJoeHanson http://www.instagram.com/okaytobesmart Merch https://store.dftba.com/collections/its-okay-to-be-smart Facebook https://www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmartpbs/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Why is the Sky Whatever Color?

  7. hace 3 h

    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 it's most important moments have often been captured in photos and illustrations. I picked out some of my favorite science images from history. John Barrow's book "Cosmic Imagery" http://amzn.to/1hP80PY Nicolaus Copernicus' "De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium" http://bit.ly/1o3uESj Robert Hooke's "Micrographia" http://bit.ly/1ppce1V 1919 Eclipse http://bit.ly/1ljaoiq Watson & Crick's "A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid" http://bit.ly/1fp2r92 Hubble eXtreme Deep Field http://1.usa.gov/1hukqIz Apollo 8 "Earthrise" http://bit.ly/1mwaIss Music: "Ouroboros" by Kevin MacLeod "Kitten" by Podington Bear "Wonder" by Podington Bear Created by Joe Hanson Produced for PBS Digital Studios ----------- Join us on Patreon! https://patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart Twitter http://www.twitter.com/DrJoeHanson http://www.twitter.com/okaytobesmart Instagram http://www.instagram.com/DrJoeHanson http://www.instagram.com/okaytobesmart Merch https://store.dftba.com/collections/its-okay-to-be-smart Facebook https://www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmartpbs/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    What Are The Most Influential Science Images Ever?

  8. hace 3 h

    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, mosquitoes: http://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Most-Lethal-Animal-Mosquito-Week Bill Gates' TED talk on malaria and education: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/mosquitos-malaria-and-education-bill-gates Meet the people who are trying to eradicate Dengue mosquitoes using bioengineering: http://www.radiolab.org/story/kill-em-all/ Why do mosquitoes bite some people more than others? http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-do-mosquitoes-bite-some-people-more-than-others-10255934/ FULL close-up video of a mosquito biting: http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/08/06/heres-what-happens-inside-you-when-a-mosquito-bites/ Why don't we just kill all the mosquitoes? http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/07/why-dont-we-just-kill-all-the-mosquitoes/277859/ http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100721/full/466432a.html Half of all people may have been killed by malaria: http://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/17/science/parasites-take-the-biological-spotlight.html Mosquitoes just hate the smell of DEET: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2518096/ Joe Hanson - Host and writer Joe Nicolosi - Director Amanda Fox - Producer, Spotzen IncKate Eads - Associate Producer Katie Graham - Camera Editing/Motion Graphics - Andrew Matthews Gaffers - John Knudsen/Philip Sheldon Intern - Dalton Allen Theme music: "Ouroboros" by Kevin MacLeod Stock images via Shutterstock Produced for PBS Digital Studios ----------- Join us on Patreon! https://patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart Twitter http://www.twitter.com/DrJoeHanson http://www.twitter.com/okaytobesmart Instagram http://www.instagram.com/DrJoeHanson http://www.instagram.com/okaytobesmart Merch https://store.dftba.com/collections/its-okay-to-be-smart Facebook https://www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmartpbs/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    What's The Most Lethal Creature On Earth?
Ver todo (308)

Calificaciones y reseñas

5
de 5
2 calificaciones

Acerca de

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

Información

  • Creador
    Joe Hanson
  • Años de actividad
    2026
  • Episodios
    308

También te podría interesar