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Fish Questions and King Bees
Hank Green & Payton Mitchell
August 23, 2024
Hello!
When I got sick, one of the things I felt really bad about was how much information was trapped inside my head. There are so many amazing people who are just starting their journeys as internet content creators and I knew so many things that could help them. I've done a fair bit of mentoring over the years, but I haven't done as much of it as I would like. I think this is a thing for most people as they progress in their careers. The main thing humans do is share information really efficiently and that's the whole reason any of this exists! So that's one of the things I came out of it feeling like I wanted to do more of.
We had this idea at SciShow of doing a "residency" where we would pay a person who was closer to the beginning of their career to join SciShow pitch meetings, pitch ideas for episodes, write those episodes, go through our editorial process and then, at the end of it, come out to Missoula to film the episodes. And it happened! And I honestly can't believe how well it went. As part of it, I got to spend the day with our first ever SciShow Resident, Jaida Elcock, who is a PhD student studying sharks and also has begun to build an audience on TikTok, Twitter, and Instagram. It was so wonderful to talk with her, even if I did constantly feel VERY FORTY FOUR!!! I learned so much from her and I hope she learned a lot from me. Her episodes are going to be coming out on SciShow over the next month, and the first one, where she and I just answer a bunch of FISH QUESTIONS is out now.
It's pretty wonderful to have the thought "I should do this thing more" and then actually do it! I wish all of my goals went that way!!!
Hank
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Coal power has effectively died in the United Kingdom
Hannah Ritchie
The United Kingdom was the birthplace of coal. It has now, effectively, died there.
As shown in the chart, in the late 1980s, around two-thirds of the UK’s electricity came from coal. By the time I was born in the 1990s, this had dropped to just over half.
The use of coal has plummeted in my lifetime. It now makes up less than 2% of the UK’s electricity.
Coal was first replaced by gas but is now being pushed out by wind, solar, and biomass.
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Your Favorite Smells
Last week, we asked for your favorite smells. You filled our inbox with scent-related memories and we loved reading them! Thanks for all the childhood moments, baked goods, and nature.
My favorite smell is pancakes I didn't make.
Tomato leaves when rubbed through your fingers - a favorite of my mom, and now me.
My favourite smell is the smell that only comes around after it rains, it’s called petrichor and it’s the agitation of the dirt from the rain that causes it.
Every year on Christmas Eve, my family preps home made cinnamon rolls. They rise overnight then are baked in the morning. The scent of the cinnamon rolls baking spreading through the house as the family gathers and opens presents is by far my favorite smell.
Fresh cilantro. I get some weird looks in the grocery store when I buy a bunch of cilantro, because after selecting a bunch, I have to bury my face in it and inhale deeply. SO GOOD.
I used to work in a language lab with African Grey parrots and learned to love the smell of lab bird poop. Weirdly banana-oatmeal-y and very distinct.
The smell of the second floor of my childhood home, specifically on warm spring or fall days when the sun had baked the hardwood floors of our home, and that comforting aroma of warm wood and old plaster just made me feel so at ease. My mom moved to a new home around 10 years ago, but I swear I can close my eyes and still smell it even now.
Years ago, I got a candle from Walmart called "Pumpkin Waffles". That is easily my favorite scent. I've been thinking about that candle since I first smelled it.
My favorite smell is coconut. Not sure why, but it reminds me of being outside in the summer sun.
I have a few, but I think my weirdest one is sunscreen - specifically the lotion kind. It only conjures good memories of fun in the sun and often reminds me of being a kid. It's the smell of summer!
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