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Common things science still can't explain.
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Fingerprints.
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That's right, the first entry on this list is something that we all have access to at our fingertips.
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And that's because it literally is our fingertips.
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Or more specifically, our fingerprints.
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I think we all know that everybody has fingerprints, and beyond that we all have unique fingerprints.
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And we also know that the fingerprints your cousin leaves on the glass in every device is really annoying.
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But beyond the existence and uniqueness of fingerprints, what is there not to know?
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And the answer is, well, the purpose of fingerprints to begin with.
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Interestingly, we actually know a lot more about the origin of fingerprints rather than the purpose of fingerprints.
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Obviously, in modern times, the fingerprint is an extremely useful tool, most commonly used in forensics investigations and also while opening your iPhone 6.
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And while those are definitely interesting use cases for our fingertips,
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the human body didn't spend hundreds of thousands of years just to develop fingerprints for biometric data purposes.
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And like the title of this video suggests, the true purpose of fingerprints is still relatively unknown, although there is two primary theories.
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But before we get into those, I want to actually explain quickly how we even get fingerprints in the first place.
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When you were a little fetus in your mother's womb, your fingerprints surprisingly were one of the earliest defining features developed on your entire body.
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Obviously after your arms and hands.
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And these unique designs are carved into your fingertips through the pressure of amniotic fluid in your mother's womb.
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The pressure of this fluid, coupled with the growth rate of your fingers and other unique factors,
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are what cause the consistently unique design of your fingerprint.
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Which is really interesting.
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Your fingerprint isn't genetic whatsoever and identical twins do not share the same fingerprint.
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And that same fingerprint you develop early on in your mother's womb, you will keep until the day you die.
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Which is also super interesting.
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But not quite as interesting as the two running theories on why we even have fingerprints in the first place.
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The first theory is that we have fingerprints to improve grip.
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This theory states that the grooves on your finger act like tread on a tyrant
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and are intended to allow you to grip, hold, and throw things easier.
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And this theory makes sense and is definitely valid, and there is even evidence to support this claim.
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And the other primary theory for why we have fingerprints is actually for tactile reasons.
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This theory states that we have fingerprints to help us sense vibrations and to feel textures more fully and effectively, enhancing our sense of touch.
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And once again, there is evidence to support this claim as well.
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And while both of these theories are valid and seem extremely logical, and both share evidence that can back up their claims,
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there's not yet any concrete evidence proving a specific purpose for your fingerprint.
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Alzheimer's.
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If you're watching this video, it's likely that you don't have Alzheimer's.
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But if you do have Alzheimer's, then it's likely you've seen this video before and just don't remember it.
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Regardless, Alzheimer's is unfortunately more common than you think, and most people watching this video have likely experienced Alzheimer's in one way or another.
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The reality of Alzheimer's is horrifying and truly upsetting, and that is coming from a bystander's perspective.
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I can only imagine the experience of somebody dealing with the trauma firsthand.
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But for how common Alzheimer's is and how much awareness is being brought to it these days
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There are still so many things that are just completely unknown
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when it comes to Alzheimer's I think it's important to note first
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and foremost that Alzheimer's and dementia are not the same thing
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And while they are related, they're not interchangeable
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And on top of that, Alzheimer's is not a natural part of human progression
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While cognitive decline is normal as you age, the rapid and detrimental decline that happens with Alzheimer's is nowhere near normal
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And for that reason, it's not called old timers, it's called Alzheimer's And I'm not even making this up,
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when I was a kid I swear to god I thought it was called old timers because old people got it.
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And I'm just really hoping I'm not the only one who thought that.
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But tossing my own personal cognitive decline to the side, what is the cause of Alzheimer's?
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And the answer is complicated.
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As of today, the most common theory is that a combination of age -related brain changes,
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genetic factors, and environmental and lifestyle influences play a role in the development of Alzheimer's.
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Although the exact biological root cause of the disease is still unknown.
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Basically meaning that there's a lot of ways you could potentially get Alzheimer's, like smoking all your life,
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or working shift work and having a bad circadian rhythm, or potentially being genetically predisposed.
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And while all of these may be a contributing factor, there's not yet one underlying causality.
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But with that being said, as of now there are still two primary biomarkers that are believed to be tied to Alzheimer's.
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The first is amyloid beta plaques.
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And what amyloid beta plaques are are actually buildup of amyloid beta, which is a part of amyloid precursor protein.
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What does amyloid precursor protein do in the brain, you might ask?
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Science doesn't know that either.
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But it's believed, but not proven, to have something to do with brain development.
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Regardless, patients with Alzheimer's will see this amyloid beta protein not being properly absorbed in the brain, causing it to clump together and create plaques,
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causing the eventual rapid decline in cognition.
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And the reason for this is
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because these amyloid plaques are actually toxic to the brain and cause cell death within your brain, which is why, typically in Alzheimer's patients,
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you will see brains with massive holes in them which honestly just adds a whole new layer of disturbing to this disease.
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But even the role of these amyloid plaques are debated, because recently there have been medications specifically designed to destroy these amyloid plaques in the brain,
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and unfortunately these tests have not bred positive results,
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which has caused scientists to question whether or not this plaque is the root cause or simply a byproduct of a deeper, more unknown root cause.
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Oh yeah, and the other biomarker associated with Alzheimer's is another protein used in the brain known as tau.
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And similar to the other protein we just discussed,
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for patients with Alzheimer's, the tau in the brain is not used properly and is not absorbed and becomes tangled and creates,
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once again, toxic clumps in the brain, causing cell death and cognitive decline.
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So yeah, although it may seem like we know quite a bit about Alzheimer's, there is
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so much more we have to learn before we are able to make any sort of meaningful development in prevention
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and hopefully cure animal migration.
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Migration by far is one of the most underrated animal superpowers.
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Like seriously, just imagine being able to be anywhere and being able to then navigate to a specific location, usually across an entire continent, just because.
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Migration is a necessary survival mechanism for countless species of animals.
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And it's actually really well understood why certain species migrate.
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The reason depends on the species, but the most common reasons for migration are either to feed, breed, or to escape harsh climates,
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like cold winters or hot summers.
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And that is simple and something we truly understand.
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But it's not the why of migration that's unexplained.
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It's the how.
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Like, just think about it.
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How do these animals know consistently year over year not only when to go, but exactly where to go?
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You could give a lot of people today a car and a physical roadmap,
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and they would still get lost trying to go to a specific location.
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But if you just tell a butterfly that they've got to fly 2 ,000 miles to get laid,
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they're already gone before you could even tell them what direction to go.
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And it's so amazing, in fact, that we still, to this day, don't understand how animals know where to migrate.
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Or more specifically, how to get to their point of migration.
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Birds, whales, sea turtles, and even insects are all examples of animals that migrate.
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And for most of them, the places they go to migrate are rather specific.
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Although, where they may be living in their off -season is kind of random.
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However, every year, they consistently know, no matter where they are, where to go.
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And that phenomenon is truly amazing.
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And while in 2025 humans have GPS, Google Maps, and now self -driving cars, we still get lost a lot.
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And this thought process has led researchers to believe that animals have something that we don't.
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And recent studies have shown that this could potentially be true.
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And one example that research has recently shown was that some species of birds, specifically pigeons, were able to sense the Earth's magnetic field.
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And first of all, I'm just curious how they even found this out in the first place.
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Like, I can only imagine two scientists just sitting a pigeon down in the lab, looking at him, and just asking, do you feel anything?
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With the pigeon only to respond, North.
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And this is a skill known as magnetorception.
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And I'll be honest, I wish I had magnetorception, because that sounds cool as hell.
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Regardless, with the discovery of pigeons being able to sense the Earth's literal magnetic field, this one answer has led to many more questions.
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Like, how many other animals share this ability?
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And what other abilities exist in the animal kingdom that we don't even know about yet?
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And for animals with this ability, how do they even use this knowledge of the magnetic field to navigate properly and accurately?
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It's truly amazing.
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And I guess the human equivalent of this would be trying to understand how your broke,
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drunken uncle always makes his way down to Florida every time winter comes in Michigan.
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Like, your drunken uncle could be anywhere in the Northern Hemisphere for seven months out of the year.
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But somehow, as soon as it just gets a little chilly, he teleports to Florida.
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But nobody knows how he got there.
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It's just like that.
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The placebo effect.
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The placebo effect is a staple in modern medicine testing because of how prevalent this effect is.
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To summarize the placebo effect, it's essentially just suggestibility.
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It's your mind believing something to be true and your body kind of following suit.
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And while that's a bit of an oversimplification, the results of the placebo effect are amazing, but also mysterious.
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The placebo effect is so strong and so common that any time a new drug is tested to bring to market,
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They literally have to test the new drug that's being proposed against a placebo to make sure
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that the drug is actually effective and not just seeming effective due to the placebo effect.
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For example, let's just say you're trying to develop a new drug that helps people with stomach pain.
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Now, let's say for a study, you find 100 people that have frequent stomach pain.
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You divide this group into two smaller groups, a treatment group and a placebo group.
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All 50 people in the treatment group receive the actual medication you're testing.
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And all 50 people in the placebo group receive, well, a sugar pill, a placebo, a drug that does nothing.
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It's not even a drug.
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Now here's the kicker.
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Everybody in this test is under the assumption that they are actually taking the active medicine.
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And after consistently taking the medicine for, let's say, a week, you have to review the results.
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And this is where the placebo effect actually comes into play.
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Because let's say after a week of taking the placebo,
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25 out of the 50 people in the placebo group say that they noticed less stomach pain.
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That is kind of the benchmark that the treatment group has to surpass.
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Meaning that if the treatment group also reports a 25 % decrease in stomach pain, it's actually not proven effective.
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In that case, it's about as effective as a placebo.
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For this medication for stomach pain to be proven effective,
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there has to be more people in the treatment group that feel better than people in the placebo group.
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And this oversimplified, poorly explained explanation is what's known as a double -blind placebo study,
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and it's kind of the gold standard for eliminating bias when it comes to testing brand new medications.
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Now here's the thing, with all of this being said, how does the placebo effect even work?
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And the answer is, we actually don't know that much about it researchers
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that have been studying the placebo effect from a psychological and neurological angle,
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both kind of believe that this effect is linked to a brain's release of endorphins
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and other chemicals in the anticipation of a positive effect, essentially meaning that because your body is expecting to feel better,
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it already kind of feels better in advance.
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But this isn't proven, and is really only a going theory.
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And despite there being literally decades of study on the placebo effect up until this point, the exact mechanisms behind the placebo effect are completely unknown,
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making one of the staples of modern medicine testing, an effective and life -saving mystery.
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The Twilight Zone.
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No, not that Twilight Zone.
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This Twilight Zone.
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Home of this, this, this, and this.
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The Twilight Zone is located 200 to 1000 meters below the ocean's surface.
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And it's known as the Twilight Zone because it is a region underwater where sunlight barely penetrates.
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It's too dark for any sort of photosynthesis, but it's not quite pitch black yet.
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And it's this unique region that is one of the least explored habitats on all of planet Earth.
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One notable resident of this area is the lanternfish, which is pretty cool, but also completely insane.
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It kind of goes to show how weird this area is.
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Like we all know that jellyfish are like just weird creatures, but deep sea jellyfish are on a whole nother level.
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Like I was just watching a documentary where some jellyfish literally asexually reproduce
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and basically just spawn new jellyfish kind of like plants.
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And jellyfish as a whole are just kind of crazy entities.
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Like they're alive, but they're not.
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It's just so wild.
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But that's not the mystery here.
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It has nothing to do with jellyfish per se.
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The Twilight Zone, like I mentioned, is one of the least explored areas.
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And for good reason, too.
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The pressure that deep underwater is immense.
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And coupling that pressure with the sheer darkness and travel time
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and specialized equipment required to even navigate through this area makes any sort of Twilight Zone exploration extremely expensive and difficult.
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And because there's not really a major financial incentive to explore the Twilight Zone, research is definitely a bit slow.
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But not only is the Twilight Zone extremely harsh to get to and be in, but it's also extremely vast,
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making exploring and documenting it nearly impossible fully.
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And because the Twilight Zone is so massive, it's actually speculated
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that there may be more fish in the Twilight Zone alone than all other fish on the entire Earth combined.
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And while this is kind of a fruitless thought experiment, at this point it's also extremely possible.
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But not only is it possible, it's a scary thought, because the fish that live in the Twilight Zone are completely weird looking,
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and probably the closest thing we have to aliens at this time.
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Like these fish are literally creating their own light, which is kind of dope.
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I don't know, I think bioluminescence is just cool to begin with, but I also like to think that fish just got
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so fed up of being in the dark that they literally created their own organic light.
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But it's not just seeing cool fish that light up that makes the Twilight Zone interesting.
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It's also the impact that the Twilight Zone has on the Earth's climate, because the Twilight Zone is a massive ecosystem.
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And ocean and marine ecosystems specifically play a major role when it comes to carbon storage, which obviously has a direct impact on the Earth's climate.
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Which definitely gives merit to wanting to explore the Twilight Zone more.
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But yeah, that's kind of all there is to say about it.
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The Twilight Zone is one of the most common ecosystems in all of the world, technically speaking.
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Although it's one of the ecosystems we know the least about.
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And maybe that's for the better.
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Ball lightning.
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Admittedly, ball lightning isn't all that common.
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But lightning is relatively common.
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And I think most of us have heard about ball lightning, and honestly, I just thought it was cool and wanted to discuss this interesting phenomenon.
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Ball lightning sightings have gone back all the way to the 1600s, and continue to be reported today.
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It's interesting because even today, in 2025, we don't know a ton about ball lightning.
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So I can only imagine what they thought about ball lightning in the 1600s.
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Ironically, we do know what they thought about ball lightning in the 1800s, as there was a few recorded accounts of experiences with ball lightning,
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and they basically just described ball lightning as smelling like sulfur
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and being the work of the devil which I think is fitting for the time period.
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In case you're unfamiliar, ball lightning is typically described by witnesses as a glowing, floating sphere of light, and,
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like regular lightning, typically only appears during thunderstorms.
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Some people have stated that these balls are only as small as a marble, while others have said that they've been multiple feet long and wide,
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and the colors that the ball lightning has been reported in is almost as vast as the size, with some people claiming that it was white,
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yellow, orange, or even blue.
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But in case ball lightning wasn't unpredictable enough, the way it behaves is also completely unpredictable.
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Ball lightning can last anywhere from a split second to multiple minutes long.
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And during the duration of its stay, it typically moves slowly through the air and can even pass through windows or walls,
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typically causing no damage whatsoever.
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And in some cases, ball lightning simply vanishes silently.
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And in other cases, it literally explodes with a loud bang.
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And already, ball lightning seems like one of the most amazing and also terrifying things you could witness in person.
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And I can only imagine what witnessing it would be like if you didn't know what ball lightning was.
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There's actually a video of a Belarusian train station that shows a ball of lightning crossing over all of the train tracks,
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and it's just amazing to see.
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And in the comments of this video, there's a ton of people talking about their experience with - ball lightning
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and how the first time they saw it they thought it was an angel
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or a ghost or something else that was typically supernatural.
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Which I don't blame them for.
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If I just saw this thing in front of me in person,
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I would literally believe I was losing my mind or something really bad was happening.
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Like I would not be in awe, I would be in terror.
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But that's just me, if I don't know about something, I typically lean towards being scared about it.
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But no matter how cool or interesting or terrifying ball lightning may seem, it's more mysterious than anything else.
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Obviously, scientists don't have a concrete answer on what ball lightning is or what even causes it.
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But there are a few interesting theories I'd like to share with you.
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A couple popular theories that try to explain why ball lightning happens include plasma, burning particles in the air, and even electromagnetic fields.
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And honestly, they're all kind of vague explanations and potentially could be partially true, but like I mentioned, we just don't know.
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And one of the biggest reasons why we don't know is because of how rare ball lightning is.
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It's almost impossible to replicate in a controlled environment, meaning that we're at the mercy of nature providing it to us to study it.
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And as you can imagine, ball lightning doesn't roll into a lot of labs all that often.
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And well -equipped scientists typically don't run into ball lightning all that often either,
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leaving a lot of the thought around ball lightning to be up to speculation and based off of reviewing videos posted online.
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And if you've made it this far in the video, let me know.
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If you saw ball lightning out in the wild, would you be terrified or would you be intrigued?
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I think the honest answer is both.
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And I guess, while we're being honest, let me ask you, do you like watching
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We make videos every single week.
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Now, let's get on to the last section.
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Slime mold.
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Slime mold, or scientifically known as Fisarum polycephalum, is not mold, nor slime, nor fungi.
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It's actually known as a protist.
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And what makes it unique is that it's actually a single -celled organism.
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That's right, this jelly -looking, goo -looking thing is actually one organism.
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Although, it is full of nuclei.
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That's right, it might be a single cell, but this one cell has so many nuclei within it.
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And all of these nuclei actually will come in handy later.
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Now you might be asking, what's the significance of this yellowy, greeny goo?
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And is it even common?
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I've never seen that.
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And let me answer both of those questions.
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First of all, is it common?
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Yeah.
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If you've gone on a walk in a forest after a rainy day, you have definitely walked past some sort of slime mold.
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And to answer your first hypothetical question, why does it matter?
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Well, slime molds are extremely intelligent.
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So intelligent, in fact, that we don't know how they're so smart or why they're so smart.
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And that is both interesting and terrifying.
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How smart is slime mold, you may ask?
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Well, slime molds have been shown time in and time out to solve mazes consistently.
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And how they do this is by basically filling up the entire maze with their gooey body, and once they find the exit of the maze,
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or in the case of the research test,
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finding the food, they will then retract everything else that isn't directly connecting the start of the slime mold to the food,
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allowing them to essentially reverse engineer the maze.
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And these mazes aren't simple either.
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Some studies have actually been able to have slime molds recreate major transportation networks, like the Tokyo subway system for example.
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But not only can slime mold navigate to find food, they have also shown to have some sort of memory by anticipating reoccurring events.
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And how this is shown is by having them readjust their behavior based off of previous events
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that have happened in previous studies.
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Proving that these single -celled organisms have some sort of memory, even though they have not one neuron.
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That's right, slime molds have no brain, no nervous system, no complex organs, but they still seemingly can solve problems,
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make decisions, and even remember past events.
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And I'll be the first to say it.
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I'm impressed with this little ball of goo.
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And this little ball of goo might even be smarter than you.
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But if you think the ball of goo is not smaller than you, then for who the ball of goo is not smaller than you too?
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Okay, it is currently 1 .53am and I thought that was funny.
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You know, I didn't even think that was funny, I just said it.
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Regardless, the ways in which slime molds achieves any sort of intelligence to scientists is completely unclear.
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Although, like some of the other entries on this list, the scientists have their theories.
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And what's currently believed is
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that the network -like structure of neurons within the slime mold allows the slime mold to process information through chemical signals.
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Essentially allowing it to have a brain without having a brain.
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And this method of thinking
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or I guess thoughtlessness on the slime molds part has actually inspired scientists in specific fields like robotics
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and computing to try to use slime molds to find clues on how to build more efficient self -organizing systems,
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seeing as the slime mold is pretty good at doing that.
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And while there's not much more known about the slime mold's intelligence at this time,
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The fact that this single -celled organism can seemingly think without a brain has definitely inspired engineers and scientists alike.
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But for now, the mind of this little ball of goo is an enigma.
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But with that, ladies and gentlemen, that's really all the time we have for today in this episode, but I'll make a deal with you now.
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If you guys enjoyed this video and want a part two, I'd be more than happy to make it.
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And I actually have a lot of honorable mentions I want to discuss.
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For example, what happened to the planet Venus?
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Why do we dream?
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What happens after we die?
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How is the universe created?
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What is dark matter and why does it make up 95 % of the universe?
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And how long does it take to go get milk?
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All great questions that I'd love to answer if you guys would like to hear me talk about them.
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But that's all for now.
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If you enjoyed this video about things that are still unsolved,
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then you might enjoy this video on screen now about ancient mysteries that are actually recently solved.
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That video might be a bit more satisfying than this one, considering that one has conclusive endings to every entry.
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I highly recommend checking it out.
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Thank you so much for watching this video.
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And as always, trust me, bro.

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這節口語課以影片“Crazy Things Science Still Can't Explain”為素材。 影片中反覆出現的詞有:ball, lightning, fingerprint, placebo, slime。 這段影片共有 318 個句子、4381 個單詞可供跟讀。 講話部分時長為 20:06。 說話人語速較快,每分鐘約 218 個詞,會出現較多連讀和弱讀。 82% 的單詞屬於英語最常用的 3,000 詞,其餘的詞建議在練習前先學一下。

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lightning 名詞/ˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/閃電 /閃電, 電光 /電光
mold 名詞/moʊld/黴菌, 黴
migration 名詞/maɪˈɡɹeɪʃ(ə)n/徙動 /徙動, 遷移 /遷移
plaque 名詞/plæk/匾額 /匾額
stomach 名詞/ˈstʌmək/дўзы, 胃
decline 動詞/dɪˈklaɪn/惡化 /惡化
explore 動詞/ɪkˈsploɹ/探索, 探險 /探險
maze 名詞/ˈmeɪz/迷宮 /迷宮
essentially 副詞/ɪˈsɛnʃəli/本質上 /本質上, 基本上
beta 名詞/ˈbeɪtə/貝塔 /貝塔
medication 名詞/mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/藥物 /藥物
pigeon 名詞/ˈpɪ.dʒɪn/鴿子 /鴿子
solve 動詞/sɒlv/解決 /解決
magnetic 形容詞/mæɡˈnɛtɪk/有磁性的
cognitive 形容詞/ˈkɑɡ.nɪ.tɪv/認知的 /認知的

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單詞釋義
fill up 動詞裝滿 /裝滿
go back 動詞回去, 返回

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  • What does amyloid precursor protein do in the brain, you might ask?
  • Which I don't blame them for.
  • How smart is slime mold, you may ask?
  • I'm impressed with this little ball of goo.
  • Why do we dream?

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條件句 if + 從句,will/would + 動詞 — 條件及其結果if you guys would like
現在完成時 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去發生但與現在仍有關聯的事you've seen · have likely experienced · have been
被動語態 be + 過去分詞 — 強調發生了什麼,而不是誰做的are carved · are intended · being brought
定語從句 who / which + 從句 — 補充說明人或事物one who thought · beta, which is · brain, which is

需要注意的發音

說話人用了 57 次縮略和弱讀形式,例如 don't, they're, I'm。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。

  • “sh” 和 “zh” 音: migration /maɪˈɡɹeɪʃ(ə)n/, essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/, potentially /pəˈtɛnʃ(ə)li/, medication /mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/, harsh /ˈhɑɹʃ/
  • 長單詞——注意重音位置: consistently /kənˈsɪstəntli/, essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/, potentially /pəˈtɛnʃ(ə)li/, medication /mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/, ecosystem /ˈikoʊˌsɪstəm/

中文母語者容易讀錯的音:

  • /v/ — 不要讀成 /w/,上齒輕觸下唇: navigate /ˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/, solve /sɒlv/, cognitive /ˈkɑɡ.nɪ.tɪv/, vast /væst/, valid /ˈvælɪd/
  • 詞尾子音 — 要讀清楚,後面不要加母音: mold /moʊld/, plaque /plæk/, stomach /ˈstʌmək/, maze /ˈmeɪz/, regardless /ɹɪˈɡɑɹd.lɪs/
  • /r/ 和 /l/ 的區別: explore /ɪkˈsploɹ/, regardless /ɹɪˈɡɑɹd.lɪs/, exploration /ˌɛkspləˈɹeɪʃən/, partially /ˈpɑɹʃəli/, poorly /ˈpʊɹ.li/

如何用這段影片練習

  1. 先完整聽一遍影片,不要開口,記下不認識的單詞。
  2. 先用 0.75 倍速逐句跟讀,熟練之後再回到正常速度。
  3. 錄下自己的聲音並與原聲對比,特別注意 lightning, mold, migration 這類單詞。

什麼是跟讀法?

跟讀法 (Shadowing) 是一種有科學依據的語言學習技巧,最初開發用於專業口譯員的培訓,並由多語言者Alexander Arguelles博士普及。這個方法簡單而強大:您在聽英語母語原聲的同時立即大聲重複——就像是一個延遲1-2秒緊跟說話者的影子。與被動聽力或語法練習不同,跟讀法強迫您的大腦和口腔肌肉同時處理並模模擬實的講話模式。研究表明它能顯著提高發音準確性,語調,節奏,連讀,聽力理解和口語流利度——使其成為雅思口語備考和真實英語交流最有效的方法之一。

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