The Toughest, Biggest, and Hottest Science of 2017
2017 has been an eventful year, so as it comes to a close we'd like to look back at some of its most superlative science. We're conducting a survey of our ...
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[INTRO ♪] 2017 has been an amazing year for science. From neutron star collisions and potentially habitable planets to birds that whistle alarm signals as they fly, we have covered a lot of groundbreaking science news this year. But before we usher in 2018, we here at Scishow want to take a moment to look back on our favorite superlatives of the year: the toughest, biggest, and hottest science of 2017. First up is the award for 2017's toughest animal on the planet— or at least, the toughest stomach. In a paper published in Current Biology in April 2017, researchers announced that they discovered a type of pesky caterpillar that can easily chow down on a material most other species cannot stomach: plastic. Plastic waste has become an environmental disaster, and one of the worst...
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[INTRO ♪] 2017 has been an amazing year for science. From neutron star collisions and potentially habitable planets to birds that whistle alarm signals as they fly, we have covered a lot of groundbreaking science news this year. But before we usher in 2018, we here at Scishow want to take a moment to look back on our favorite superlatives of the year: the toughest, biggest, and hottest science of 2017. First up is the award for 2017's toughest animal on the planet— or at least, the toughest stomach. In a paper published in Current Biology in April 2017, researchers announced that they discovered a type of pesky caterpillar that can easily chow down on a material most other species cannot stomach: plastic. Plastic waste has become an environmental disaster, and one of the worst...
