Hank Green

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1) An absolutely remarkable thing: a novel

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"Coming home from work at three AM, twenty-three-year-old April May stumbles across a giant sculpture. Delighted by its appearance and craftsmanship--like a ten-foot-tall Transformer wearing a suit of samurai armor--April and her friend Andy make a video with it, which Andy uploads to YouTube. The next day April wakes up to a viral video and a new life. News quickly spreads that there are 'Carls' in dozens of cities around the world--everywhere from...

2) A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor: A Novel: The Carls Series, Book 2

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2020

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THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Who has the right to change the world forever?
How will we live online?
How do we find comfort in an increasingly isolated world?

The Carls disappeared the same way they appeared, in an instant. While the robots were on Earth, they caused confusion and destruction with only their presence. Part of their maelstrom was the sudden...

3) The world's first human-made nuclear reactor

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[Complexly]

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[2013]

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"This video tells the tale of the world's first human-made nuclear reactor, which was built by a team of scientists and students led by Enrico Fermi in a converted squash court under a football field in Chicago."--

4) What Is wind?

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[Complexly]

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[2013]

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"We all know that warm air rises, but how does this scientific fact influence our weather and create those flows of air molecules that we know of as wind? In this episode of SciShow, Hank explains where wind comes from, what factors influence it, and how fast it can go!"--

5) The agony of motion sickness

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[Complexly]

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[2013]

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"What happens when your senses come into conflict with each other? In this episode of SciShow, Hank talks about motion sickness: why we have this nauseating experience and how we can avoid it or treat it."--

6) What happens if you go without water?

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[Complexly]

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[2013]

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"Ever wondered what happens to your body if you don't get enough water? Our bodies are mostly water by weight, so in today's episode of SciShow Hank explains what happens to your body as it starts to shut down when you go without that tasty H₂O."--

7) Those maddening eyeball floaters!

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[Complexly]

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[2014]

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"Sometimes our eyes do weird things. One of the things that it sometimes does is get floaters. What are they? Where do they come from? Join us today on SciShow as Hank explores the science behind these little specks."--

8) Can you really be scared to death?

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[Complexly]

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[2014]

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"Can you literally "die of fright?" Turns out, you can! In this episode of SciShow Hank explores the mechanisms in your body that activate when you get scared, and how they can sometimes get out of hand."--

9) Circadian rhythm and your brain's clock

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[Complexly]

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[2014]

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"Why do we sleep at night instead of during the day? In this episode of SciShow Hank talks about circadian rhythms, how they work, and how they regulate different processes in our bodies."--

10) Onions, emotions, and why we cry

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[2014]

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"Have you ever wondered why we cry? In today's episode of SciShow, Hank gives us the answer, covering different types of tears and whether we are the only species to get all teary eyed during the final scene of a good movie."--

11) How close can you get to the Sun?

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[Complexly]

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[2016]

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"How close could you get to the sun using today's spacesuits or spaceships? Find out in today's episode of SciShow Space!"--

12) Why do boomerangs come back?

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[Complexly]

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[2015]

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"Learning to throw a boomerang properly takes a lot of practice. And aerodynamics."--

13) The first few moments that physics can't explain

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[2015]

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"Although science has provided astounding insights into the origins of the universe, we're still not quite sure what happened in those very first few moments."--

14) Inside the Chernobyl exclusion zone

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[Complexly]

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[2014]

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"SciShow takes you inside the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster to show you how, nearly 30 years later, life has adapted and persisted."--

15) The ups and downs of air turbulence

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[Complexly]

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[2014]

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"Ever wonder why sometimes the airplane you're flying on decides to lurch suddenly and cause your little baggie of peanuts to spill all over the place? Join Hank on SciShow today as he explores the in and outs and the ups and downs of turbulence."--

16) Plants that keep themselves warm

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[Complexly]

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[2015]

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"Sometimes, plants do unexpected things. Like control their own body temperature."--

17) What we learned from Challenger and Columbia

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[Complexly]

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[2016]

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"Late January and early February are the anniversaries of two of the most disastrous events in the history of spaceflight. What did we learn from these events, and how do we move forward?"--

18) Pennsylvania's 50-year-old coal fire

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[Complexly]

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[2014]

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"SciShow takes you to Centralia, Pennsylvania, site of one of the oldest, biggest coal fires in the United States, and explains the chemistry of spontaneous combustion."--

19) The giant wave on Venus

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[Complexly]

Pub. Date

[2017]

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"What was that giant swoop on Venus? And SpaceX continues to move forward."--

20) Ingredients for life on a comet, and Mars's close-up

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[Complexly]

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[2016]

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"How did Earth get the ingredients for life? A new discovery from Comet 67P might hold some answers. And learn where to find Mars in the night sky from 75 million kilometers away."--