Uploaded June 2015 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
We announce the next playlist and shout our Patreon supporters' names into the heavens.
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We announce the next playlist and shout our Patreon supporters' names into the heavens.
To support our show, check out our Patreon page
patreon.com/thegoodstuff
Check out our last playlist, Sleep
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![Why Do We Sleep?
We take a look how we slept in the past, how animals sleep, and try to figure out the science behind why we spend a third of our lives asleep. Why do we sleep? How do sharks sleep? How do dolphins sleep? Do animals dream? How did sleep evolve? Do Animals dream? What does poop have to do with all this?
Special Thanks To:
Roger Ekirch
His book: http://www.amazon.com/At-Days-Close-Night-Times/dp/0393329011
The Stanford Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine
William C. Dement
Clete A. Kushida
Lincoln Park Zoo
Rachel Santymire
Dan Boehm
Shedd Aquarium
Lise Watson
Lisa Takaki
Sleep Playlist Videos:
How Science Changed Sleep Forever - http://bit.ly/1T85iVI
Why Do We Sleep? - http://bit.ly/1T85h43
Why Do We Dream? - http://bit.ly/1Hkh22T
How To Sleep Better! - http://bit.ly/1FMsWgt
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Music By:
Rob Scallon
https://www.youtube.com/robscallon
Kevin MacLeod
http://incompetech.com/
Jason Shaw
http://audionautix.com/
Jake Chudnow
https://soundcloud.com/jakechudnow
Image and Video Credits:
Bed Painting by Toulouse-Lautrec - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Sleep Woman - by Aweisenfels - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Japanese men sleeping on train - By Tischbeinahe (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
A Child Sleeping - By Alessandro Zangrilli (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Black Rhino Footage courtesy of Lincoln Park Zoo
https://www.youtube.com/user/lpzoo
Two Alligators - By Mfield, Matthew Field - http://www.photography.mattfield.com (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Eastern mud snake - By Geoff Gallice from Gainesville, FL, USA [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Stingray - By Steven G. Johnson (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Mako Shark - By Patrick Doll (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Spinner Dolphins - By Alexander Vasenin (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Killer Whales - By Robert Pittman [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Mallard Ducks - By Fcb981 (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)], via Wikimedia Commons
Free Range Chickens - By woodley wonderworks ((semi) free range chickens) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Why Do We Sleep?](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fy9IUNmfz5s/mqdefault.jpg)




![Can We Find an Earth-Like Planet?
Exoplanet research is a young science but it is growing up fast. Barely 25 years old, and weve already pinpointed over 2000 exoplanets orbiting distant stars. But can we find an Earth-like planet? Yes! But not exactly like Earth. But that may be coming soon . . . . How do we find exoplanets? Is there another Earth?
Special Thanks to:
Laura Kreidberg, Dr. Jacob Bean, and the Bean Exoplanet group
http://astro.uchicago.edu/~jbean/
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Conquering Space playlist!
Lunar rover: http://bit.ly/1OeeDpk
Exoplanets: http://bit.ly/1NGe1rU
Can we build a warp drive: http://bit.ly/1Qrz7j3
Space Camp: http://bit.ly/1TZhszl
Music by:
Jake Chudnow
https://soundcloud.com/jakechudnow
Todd Umhoefer (Old Earth)
http://oldearthcontact.bandcamp.com/
Image/Video Credits:
Water Streaks On Mars, By NASA, JPL, Malin Space Science Systems ODEvidence for Recent Liquid (Great Images in NASA Description) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Evidence_for_Recent_Liquid_Water_on_Mars GPN-2000-001430.jpg
Enceladus,By NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, By NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Enceladusstripes_cassini.jpg
Solar System, By The International Astronomical Union/Martin Kornmesser [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solar_System_%28annotated%29.jpg
Space Station, By NASA [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AArtistic_depiction_of_a_NASA_lunar_base.jpg
Earth Like Planet Artist Rendering, By Ph03nix1986 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AEarth-like_planet_(2).jpg
GJ1214b, Tyrogthekreeper at en.wikipedia [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], from Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Planet_GJ_1214_b.png
51 Pegasi b, Debivort at the English language Wikipedia [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3A51_Pegasi_b_v3.jpg
telescope ccd detector, By NASA and Ball Aerospace [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AKepler_CCD_matrix.jpg
Kepler Planets, By NASA Ames/W Stenzel [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KeplerExoplanets-NearEarthSize-HabitableZone-20150106.png
Earth from Apollo 17, By NASA/Apollo 17 crew; taken by either Harrison Schmitt or Ron Evans [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Earth_seen_from_Apollo_17.jpg
Image of Mars, By NASA/JPL/MSSS [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AWater_ice_clouds_hanging_above_Tharsis_PIA02653_black_background.jpg
James Webb mirrors, By NASA/MSFC/David Higginbotham/Emmett Given (http://www.jwst.nasa.gov/images_mirror45.html) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_Webb_Space_Telescope_Mirror37.jpg
James Webb Mirrors, Nasa, http://jwst.nasa.gov/mirrors.html
Gerard Dou Painting, Gerrit Dou [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AGerard_Dou Astronomer WGA06646.jpg
Jan Matejko Painting, Jan Matejko [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AJan_Matejko-Astronomer_Copernicus-Conversation_with_God.jpg,
people with telescope, Halfblue at the English language Wikipedia [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AAstronomy_Amateur_3_V2.jpg
planet orbiting star, ESA/Hubble [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AArtists_impression_of_an_ultra-short-period_planet.jpg Can We Find an Earth-Like Planet?](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/i4Hrmh6LJ0Q/mqdefault.jpg)