The Last Living Thing Won't Be a Cockroach

[@zacharypower7674]

No, the last living thing will be my old english teacher. She was in her 90s when she taught me a decade ago and apparently she's still making teenagers miserable into her 100s

[@mal2ksc]

Thankfully, Old English is now an elective course.

[@UJ-JP]

Grateful to her, she taught me English 50 years ago…strange she was 90 back then also!

[@NotSoMuchFrankly]

Where do you live that they can't find a new English teacher? If she were that good of a teacher she would've trained her replacement by now. Maybe this is a math problem. If cameras ever come to your village, they'll want to put her on the news.

[@jeffbertjeffbertson4805]

@@NotSoMuchFranklywhere do you live? Being a teacher isn’t an apprenticeship lol

[@Painfulldarksoul]

Based.

[@xiphosura413]

Funny that Ginkos were mentioned as hardy species, when they are certainly individually robust but their native habitat for a long time was elusive and even considered extinct in the wild, until a few small populations were found. Human cultivation over a thousand years ago may have saved this incredibly unique species from extinction, which is a nice tale in the face of our current proclivity to causing extinctions!

[@dweebteambuilderjones7627]

And every other species of ginkgo is extinct due to being outcompeted by flowering plants.

[@MaDrung]

@@dweebteambuilderjones7627 It might be the slow change of genom that gives them so much robustness. But this ofcourse means that they are slow to adapt to changes.

[@gregkocher5352]

A very large Ginko has stood at the corner of my towns High School for many decades. The fruit of the tree smells like vomit and often ends up getting tossed into groups of the student body, Lol.

[@fentyler]

i didnt understand a thing you just said my guy

[@Reptile1404]

⁠@@fentylerThen your education system failed you, and I hope that you’ll be able to learn what it couldn’t teach you.

[@brittneyziegler5742]

There’s something poetic about the first and last bits of life on this planet being the same. Circular.

[@filonin2]

The conditions will be about the same. Life started in a hellscape and that's where it will end if we are unable to spread it elsewhere.

[@TheReaverOfDarkness]

more like an arch

[@theeyeofomnipotent]

Yeah... though we forgot a big factor... that life tends to modify it's own environment, for the environment may shape us, but we'll shape it back, We're also in this equation btw, we're life too,... As we are contemplating the future of earth and life... why so passive? Why let that future unfold?, Have you imagined saving the sun and the earth too? It's not enough to think big when contemplating something this massive, we need to think astronomical Just by being a kardashev 2 civ we can rejuvenate the sun and possibly extend it's days to the blackhole era, Heres one of the megastructure/process that can achieve this: Star mining powered by a dyson swarm, Mine the "poison" of helium, and reseed the sun with hydrogen Or use a stellar engine like the one proposed in a paper: Caplan thrusters, it'll extend sun's life and move us out of dangerous supernovae killzones Regarding cycles: There is a concept where at "max" karma we can escape the cycle (for example reincarnation cycle from Budha) , and we will be cycle breakers, For we can either die at the end of all cycles or transcend... basically We can either befriend everything including the universe, or kill all of it By now, A weapon to pierce the heavens can be proposed, to use ontological concepts themself to forge a future where true utopia is possible As such I wanna atleast live till when death is not irreversible You're welcome to challenge such ideas and dreams, To know more is to always see other's perspective afterall Have a fulfilling day... :3

[@ezoresmatzalcha4636]

We as humans go on a very similar arch too, from being a helpless baby to a helpless old person.

[@rhov-anion]

It's the ciiiiiiiiiircle of liiiiiiiiiiiiife...

[@GaiaCarney]

💛A ginkgo tree decked in its golden foliage is a thing of beauty! I wonder if they should be planted more in reforestation projects?

[@estellerobicheau852]

The drawback to ginkgo's is nothing eats them so they are not a benefit to birds. They are not a benefit to insects though they're pretty. They really don't benefit our ecosystem

[@ToudaHell]

Watching your recovery from cancer treatment is amazing. You are an inspiration, my friend.

[@akumaking1]

“Life, uh, finds a way.”

[@outlawbillionairez9780]

Bad movie lines will die first.

[@canis2020]

"Clever girl."

[@MrEmoImo]

I'm impressed he made it through the whole video without saying it.

[@IncoGnito-ji5du]

I read it as Jeff Goldbloom

[@iamikejones]

“I hate being right all the time.”

[@96unicorns]

I love the question marks on the leaf even though ginko is so distinct 😁

[@flingage]

It did make me chuckle

[@zolacnomiko]

WHAT COULD IT BE???

[@dorkchops]

"WHOS THAT POKEMON" "PIKACHU!?!" "its Ginko!!!" "F@#K"

[@ShovelChef]

​@@dorkchops 😂 you beat me to it. G'job.

[@acookie7548]

this might be a stupid question, but how do we know the old prehistoric gingkos are the same sort of species (or ancestors?) of the gingkos we have today, and not trees that convergently evolved to have similarly shaped leaves/trunks/parts?

[@quinu]

That head of hair brings me so much joy. Looking amazing and healthy Hank.

[@bawlzack7877]

I'm bald :(

[@ifrazali3052]

​@@bawlzack7877 I am balding and I am 25

[@JD-ub5ic]

@@bawlzack7877 but is it due to a medical condition? Hank had some pretty severe medical issues lately, so I think the OP is referring to the fact that it's an indication he's through the worst of it.

[@quinu]

@@JD-ub5icYeah basically

[@marytomlinson9933]

I have seen a lot of peoples' hair come back curly after chemo baldness. It's really cute!

[@carekat6848]

I love how he talks about horrific things with a joyful smile and peppy attitude. I guess after facing your mortality personally, there’s no reason to worry about life on earth!

[@callmepaddy]

Came for Ginkos, left with depression. exactly my type of video

[@anotherfreakingaccount]

take solace in the fact that scientists have never been able to accurately predict what the face of science will look like 100 years in the future. So making predictions about billions of years in the future, no matter how much we think we know everything about what goes into that, is a naive and premature way to process reality

[@DMahalko]

Human ingenuity can extend life on Earth. Millions of slingshot fly-bys of small asteroids can increase orbital speed and move the planet (and moon) away from the sun, keeping the surface temperature cool as the sun enlarges. The asteroid fly-bys can be slowly and precisely accelerated with ion thrusters and solar panels.

[@ilaurenbunny1576]

Ginkgo trees are my favorites! Knew what the video topic was just from the leaf shape!

[@averywillow4327]

Same!

[@anyascelticcreations]

Me too

[@imightbebiased9311]

What's the most expensive tree in Japan? A Ginkgo tree! (This joke only makes sense to people who understand English and Japanese.)

[@chumanho]

Me too, the most beautiful leaf in my book, especially when turned yellow.

[@Doom2pro]

The "fruit"... not so much...

[@alanbudde8560]

Evolution: come on gingkos try something new? Gingkos: Nah I think we good, we're basically done with evolving everything we need

[@LisaBeta-42]

Oh, but they do: in extreme situations they fall back on very, very old information stored in their genes: had one "tree-top" that grew in a whole new tree in the last decades, but in the beginning it developed cone-shaped leafs - the pointy bit at the stem. Normal leafs fan out more or even get this divider in the middle of the leaf (Like a Time Lord Collar)

[@rickdworsky6457]

Only Extinction stops Evolution

[@youngspaghettii]

​​​@@rickdworsky6457not true at all. In fact, humans have abandoned natural selection (and are currently breeding health issues into the population btw) because of medical intervention. We will no longer evolve ever again because our survival has nothing to do with how well our genes have arranged themselves anymore

[@laurenceespiritu5527]

​Isn't that adaption rather than evolution since evolution takes generations to Manifest ?

[@YourFaulty]

@@laurenceespiritu5527 adaptations are the individual traits, evolution is the process in which adaptations shape life

[@AveryMilieu]

I planted a Ginkgo tree in my yard. Two years later, despite all my care it died. My mother referred to it as a Black Thumb. Other things I planted in that yard are thriving, but the little tree never came back.

[@sierrabrady1508]

I am so grateful for the people who are able to donate and help fund this show. I am living paycheck to paycheck while doing animal rescue, but if I were rich I would fund the living heck out of this show. You guys do amazing work, I watch all of your channels. I would also like to say thank you to anybody who is able to donate because this show gives me life

[@geslinam9703]

Thank YOU for helping animals!

[@dianafossi1295]

I will never stop obsessing over Hank's new curly hair IT LOOKS SO GOOD!

[@novaenricarter705]

Idk why he reminded me of blues clues this video lol

[@ZaynneThaWook]

@@novaenricarter705maybe the striped shirt?

[@queenWillowwww3893]

It’s called chemo curls! I don’t know the specifics but it comes from chemotherapy

[@AroundTheBlockAgain]

Yep it's chemo curls! My dad had similar after he had chemo. Also came in much darker. He was a redhead but suddenly he had black hair like his own father did before him.

[@queenWillowwww3893]

@@AroundTheBlockAgain Thanks for adding! Correct me if I’m wrong but it goes back to normal after a while of growing, right? -I also didn’t know that the hair could grow back darker but I suppose that makes sense!

[@GardenUPLandscape]

Ginkgos are one of my favorite trees ❤ Then there's Smooth Scouring Rush, a reed type plant which has also been around since the dinosaurs and hasn't evolved a bit because it hasn't had to. It's got survival figured out - much to the annoyance of many gardens who don't want it in their gardens....

[@aequinoctiale]

woah!! scouring rushes (we call them horsetail plants) have been one of my favourite plants for a very very long time, but i had no idea they were that old! going to go hop in a little rabbit hole about them later :D

[@GardenUPLandscape]

@@aequinoctiale kzbin.info/www/bejne/porZop2ga8Zmjassi=a0GtPk_D_ecOlza5 😊

[@noeditbookreviews]

Is that the equisetum? I just rooted a bunch for fun. Very cool plant. Gotta give it up for the bryophytes, too. Hell, all of kingdom plantae is amazing.

[@GardenUPLandscape]

@@noeditbookreviews yes! That's the one. There are two that grow in my area, horsetail which has lateral branching and smooth scouring rush that's just the straight stalk with a spore head at the end. They are fun to dig, especially in soft soil when you can just follow a root forever!

[@abushams3336]

'Dinosaur grass' is what we used to call it ..

[@tauntingeveryone7208]

I am so happy you mentioned my favorite tree. Ginkgo trees are just an amazing tree. They can live longer than redwoods. Ginkgo trees are also dioecious. Male ginkgo trees are preferred by arborists because they make great shade and they do not produce ginkgo fruit. Ginkgo fruit smells rancid and like vomit. Furthermore, ginkgo fruit can cause skin irritation and the fruit part can be toxic in high doses. However, inside the fruit there is a nut that is supposedly good. The nuts of the ginkgo fruit are low protein and have a lot of medical benefits associated with them. Ginkgo trees also can survive some of the harshest souls and its leaves turn a golden yellow in the fall. All in all, ginkgo trees are amazing. It is interesting to think that this tree is older than the dinosaurs.

[@aliciachristopher6506]

I have a female ginkgo down the street from me with a male next to her and her fruit stunk. The male was cut down to make way for a house so no more ginkgo fruit. The fruit smelled like rotting meat.

[@sparklydino234]

Thank for all these fun facts about Ginkgos they are indeed fun!!

[@boxsterman77]

I live on a narrow street line on both sides with mature. Presently they are beginning their fall show. The tree in front of my house happens to be a female, and it is a menace, though a beautiful one.

[@dallinchecketts3786]

Preppers everywhere were geeking out when he talked nuclear war then disappointed when microbes took their place on top

[@ThisPartIsAndrew]

You mean I gotta use alcohol for CLEANING

[@observingrogue7652]

I wasn't geeking out, I was too busy being angry that we are still stuck on this planet, because of the stupid & wicked people among us, and in positions of authority. We should be living across the solar system by now, and be so advanced, that aging & cancers are cured, and we live forever, but instead we are still collected on this rock, able to be whipped out by any massive thing. On top of us being held back & sabatoged by all these degenerate people. I hate so many people.

[@garywheeler7039]

Yeah but he never mentioned what COLOR those microbes would be(!)

[@greywolf7577]

@@garywheeler7039 Is this a race joke?

[@greywolf7577]

The microbes were the real preppers all along.

[@emberfreespirit8507]

The point on cells being able to transform into other cells (branch into root, entire new trunk) is actually a relatively common adaption in plants. Holly is a good example of a tree that will copus (resprouting a lot) when fallen, and douglas fir and cedar trees commonly chose 'replacement' tops out of branches.

[@raettchen1988]

tardigrade: Am I a joke to you?

[@pascalwilt9007]

I was thinking about it too 😂

[@logangraham2956]

tardigrade: *can literally survive in the vacuum of space* stupid tree and cockroaches: *taking all the credit*

[@juicy.jay321]

I was hoping my little friends would be mentioned, I was rooting for you tardigrade 😂😂

[@evilbarrels2506]

Tardigrades are a weird case. They are able to survive extreme environments, but not thrive in them. They survive by essentially hibernating until conditions are better for them, meaning they're not true extremophiles. They can't reproduce in extreme environments, so if the Earth was entirely unliveable for them, the tardigrades would eventually go extinct.

[@speedofram1458]

@@logangraham2956 they dont live super long in the vacuum of space

[@adriosi4304]

Imagining that last little bacteria dying on this planet kinda sad. It's like a final whisper of life in a saga that spanned billions of years

[@captain_context9991]

I choose to believe we will find a way off this rock by then.

[@kats9755]

It'll put the chairs back on the tables for us and lock up the planet behind it when it goes

[@itsv1p3r]

@@captain_context9991maybe we wont if we stupidly halt all our progress as a species in the name of reducing carbon emissions. We need to get off the planet and established elsewhere before we voluntarily send ourselves back to the stone age

[@jojijohn2608]

Yeh sounds soo ...........empty and lonely

[@nekomimicatears]

​@@itsv1p3r if we destabilize our climate there won't be much of us to get off of the planet.

[@believeinpeace]

Thanks!

[@ThePartyKnife]

Thank you

[@believeinpeace]

@@ThePartyKnife Are you with Sci Show?

[@ThePartyKnife]

@@believeinpeace Afraid not :) I just appreciate that someone is supporting a great channel that I've been watching for like 10 years! :D

[@believeinpeace]

@@ThePartyKnife You are kind. It’s one of the best channels.

[@ThePartyKnife]

@@believeinpeace I couldn't agree more! You have a great life kind sir of the internet! :)

[@WyrdieBeardie]

Life finds a way...well, until it doesn't.

[@filonin2]

Life has a billion years to find a way to another rock to live on. We are likely that way.

[@falleithani5411]

​@@filonin2 I'm on team 'just make the sun smaller and filter out its fusion byproducts', myself. It requires less advanced technology to do it, it's more sustainable, and it means we get to keep all our infrastructure and historical sites, as well as preserve the Earth's entire biosphere. It'll also make the sun outlive every natural star in the universe, if we do it right.

[@calebdonaldson8770]

Life finds a way until the sun gives out. Whoops.

[@goodmaninthemoonyt4778]

I don't think that's how easy to get rid life out in this universe. The things that life could achieve in extreme circumstances that nobody expect, we might be a parasite in living in a rock because how efficient life itself adapt and evolve. Making us successful flourishing in a harsh unforgiving cold universe. Thinking about it makes me feel special and grateful, at the same time, knowing life true potential for greatness.​@@calebdonaldson8770

[@aaamogusthespiderever2566]

@@falleithani5411but how would we get the technology or resources to do that

[@caramel9600]

Please explain more about the ginko’s cells not dying and regenerating! So a 100 year old ginko tree has the same cells as 100 years ago, all in top condition? Do trees have epigenetics? How does this affect development from embryo stage? If you applied that system of everlasting cells to a mammal would that halt differentiation? Do other trees and plants do the same thing? What a wild concept I have so many questions

[@buffystar3]

My mom seems to love ginkgo trees & points them out whenever she sees them. She actually told me about how resilient they are & that they’ve survived for a very long time

[@idioteza]

sad not to see fungus mentioned, they were some of the first to make it to the Earth's surface and one of them feeds of nuclear waste in Chernobyl

[@pepito_white]

Yeah, but they feed on dead Organic cells. The last archeobacteria cells would feed on every molecules and sunlight to sintethyze them into organic. so they would outcompete fungus because they would also feed on dead cells molecules from the same bacteria species even... :(

[@Foiled_Foliage]

OH. WOW hearing about the patreon. I'm a very broke college student, but this stuff is important and should be shared and continued. I will certainly donate.

[@varoonnone7159]

It will get better Just stay away from debt

[@tarnishedknight730]

Foiled_Foliage, Here's a fun little experiment you can try: Vow to donate all (or at least 90%) of all surprise money to charitable cause. Then, any money you find, you get a check out of nowhere, someone gives you money for no reason, etc. you give to one or more charities. Then see how much money starts showing up. Many people have done this and found that, after awhile, they have lots of money coming in from places they've never heard of thought of. And there are those that try this and nothing comes in. I found a $20 bill on a vacant sidewalk one evening. I picked it up and before I had time to put it into my pocket, I turned the corner and found a woman rummaging through a trash can the city has out on all the street corners. It was a that moment that I knew... Why I had found that money. The look on her face when I gave her the money was worth it. With me... the more I share, the more I get.

[@madelinehart3933]

my ginkgo leaf tattoo is one of my most recent, i love ginkgos so much!! i got it to remind myself that i am resilient and persistent. the ginkgo tree felt like a good representation of that!

[@roycasmohamed6340]

U think ur Sh u not even the f

[@novaenricarter705]

I love that!

[@awaredeshmukh3202]

I also love that! Plant properties are definitely going on my inspiration list for if I ever get another tattoo

[@_WOR]

How many people have you been with..? 🤨

[@madelinehart3933]

@@_WOR ?????

[@Rose-SingingWolf]

Hank! You are alive and well, right now, and that is something we can be thankful for! Yay.

[@amasterofone]

Thank you to my psychiatrist and therapist for helping me get my crippling anxiety and panic under control. If I'd watched this before I would have had a full blown existential panic attack.

[@SaiyanHeretic]

Rad Roaches: Not Likely Rad Scorpions and Rad Ginko: Very Possible So keep your Pip-Boy tuned up, Vault Dweller.

[@viktorvondoom9119]

Don't feed the yao guai!

[@charmainewalker1260]

So happy you’re looking so much better Hank! We love you here teaching us new things all the time!

[@Juanmarco1988]

Looking really good buddy! I'm glad you're doing better 👍🏻

[@blacksnow7106]

9:53 So you're telling me if I ever find myself in a radioactive region, I should start chugging them Red Bull?

[@boxsterman77]

Was thinking the same thing

[@theperfectbotsteve4916]

the last living thing is the 1% of bacteria that nothing can kill

[@Bobdabobby]

But, but, aghhhhhh forget it. Your probably right.... but I ain't happy cheater -__-

[@KarthikSubramanianKrishnan]

It's almost the end of summer for me. Time to pluck the Ginkgo leaves and soak them in alcoholic tincture. PS: Surprised not to see the Tardigrades in this video!

[@qynoi42]

I thought tardigrades would get a mention as well.

[@marckyle5895]

I forgot about Tardigrades. I doubt they'd survive the sun going red giant unless they managed to take on AEs or make their way outward. I hope the waterbears make it. (imagines a galaxy-wide group mind of tardigrades "it's warm, come this way")

[@DustyNonya]

Never thought to see if Ginkgo leaves were any good medicinally. My oldest walking stick (25 years old, still unfinished with the original end split from improper curing) is a Ginkgo staff coppice from the edge of our middle and highschool fields from old ornamental spread. The only real drawback is that its ridiculously light and catches terminal velocity like a whiffle ball bat 😂.

[@russell2449]

Exactly my thought, those are some of the toughest critters on the planet ;?)

[@dorongrossman-naples9207]

Tardigrades aren't extremophiles. They can tolerate extreme conditions through various methods, but they can't live in them permanently.

[@curiousnerdkitteh]

Jeeze, Hank looks and sounds like he's in his early or mid twenties. Definitely looking healthy!

[@joshyoung1440]

12:05 it's really kinda neat that the extreme heat-loving bacteria has a mane of flagella that make it look like a fireball

[@boxsterman77]

Hank has just about the best pronunciation, cadence and elucidation in the businesses.

[@danielsanchezandrade]

I was literally wondering whether you had added the sources and I'm truly astonished bc you did it. Thanks for your amazing job!

[@Dispariabooks]

00:22 the stuff at the bottom of my fridge that shrugs off all cleaners and scrubs...

[@empathy_is_only_human]

Howdy hi hi, Hank, I gotta say. You are looking very healthy in this video. I'm glad to see it, you had a lot of people very worried about you during your experience with lymphoma. Way to go champ.

[@firebladetenn6633]

Hank: "Something, maybe a burst of Volcanic activity..." Other creators I've heard talk about it: "Imagine Russia just...exploded."

[@specturv9836]

8:47 as someone who’s played a funny game about a train in space this… explains a lot.

[@RaulSuarez-re9sg]

Thanks - that was very informative and just what I needed to brighten up my day!

[@neminem233]

Thanks for the free anxiety! Love your content, glad to see you doing better

[@blakeastwood2510]

Good to see you back and looking healthy Hank, we missed you!

[@roeb4209]

Congratulations on beating cancer brother glad to see your hair back

[@wisdomofthewolf]

Skip the anxiety, if you want, and get to the punch line: 8:49

[@davidcovington901]

Appreciate that. 9 minutes to get to some sort of point. You saved many lifetimes today.

[@dru4670]

Thanks dude

[@bradentheman1373]

thanks bro ❤

[@randyt3558]

Ginko Biloba....beautiful fall yellow, the tree always looks like it's under arrest...'hands up'.

[@boxsterman77]

That’s a good way to put it. They send those straight branches out until they just finally break. I know this because I live on a tree-lined street with only ginkgos.

[@twitchyswitchy433]

9:53 *looks suspiciously at Monster* *chugs it* "I SHALL BE IMMORTAL!!!!!"

[@aidankeller1717]

Ginkgos are cool. We have the Ginkgo Petrified Forest National Park here in WA. It's where the very 1st specimen of Ginko petrified wood was discovered, even though it only represents around 1% of the material found at the location. It's also part of why petrified wood is the state gem.

[@ricardoabh3242]

Taxes will survive

[@shawnbay2211]

Unless communism wins.

[@always-alicia]

And your boss will still be calling you to make sure you’re coming into work on that day!

[@PhrozenFox]

A Gamma Ray Burst so powerful, Mario will phase through a platform.

[@AudraK]

One video idea I’d be curious to see discussed, especially since I personally don’t know too much about it and how factual it is, is the archeological site in Zambia that has petrified logs with cut marks that were notched together at close to a right angle with a suggested date of 476,000 years old, bringing up the question of if it was made by our ancient relatives, a different species, or our relatives but earlier than we thought

[@GrumpyOldFart2]

I have a dumb question….couldn’t it be that the MATERIAL is that old, but it was found by some ancestor 100K or 50K years ago and they made something with it?

[@prophetzarquon]

They were cut before being -petrified- _buried_

[@MawdyDev]

Where did you get this information from? I want to look into it

[@GrumpyOldFart2]

@@MawdyDev KZbin doesn’t allow links in the comments, so just do a search for: zambia petrified wood cut. A bunch of articles will come up.

[@AudraK]

@@MawdyDev I heard it mentioned in a Simon Whistler video but it was very brief, then the KZbin overlords hacked into my brain enough that I was then recommended a more In depth video on it. Look up KSAT 12 they have a video on it from 5 months ago called “Archaeological site from 476,000 years ago ..ect” or something close to that. It was worth the watch

[@DonahueJohn]

Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts.

[@megan5867]

I remember hearing a science teacher in middle school talk about super novas and the "kill zone" and it legit stuck with me forever as a legitimate fear. That one freaks me out, just boom, little to no warning, everything gone.

[@rsmorex]

*quickly drinks more Redbull* “I will live forever like the scorpions!” 😝

[@cabbagenut]

Wow Hank's curls are approaching Peter Pan levels of boyish curls.

[@philosophusbellator]

I almost never watch YT videos in their entirety. This one had me glued to the end, so to speak. Very compelling!

[@filonin2]

Ritalin

[@kindlin]

Try Veritasium, any Tom Scott video, Steve Mold, there are a lot of amazing creators that you can hardly help but watch every minute of their videos. Veritasium's "what IS electricity?" video series led to literally 100+ other great KZbinr's, big and small, all discussing the topic, it was a good time to be in science YT.

[@theodoretibbitts9538]

man this was depressing. doesn’t seem fair that life only gets such a short window.

[@zafelrede4884]

Most of known human history has happened within the last 20.000 years. Most of these scenarios are supposed to happen in a couple million/billion years. I think we have some time.

[@ParadoxalDream]

9:42 If taurine is the reason why scorpions can survive radiation, why can't Oxen do the same? Or us for that matter, we also produce this amino acid. Is Red Bull protective against radiation? lol

[@UniqueornBacon]

Great to see you again Hank!

[@MechakittenX]

What a cheerful episode!

[@molybdaen11]

Almost as cheerful as a kurzgesagt video.

[@jojijohn2608]

​@@molybdaen11yes yes

[@cats_n_cream2145]

4:15 say that word 2 more times please

[@themr_wilson]

"Most of the time, Earth is a pretty great place to live, at least compared to literally any other rock we've found in the universe" And we're just inside a few miles of gas, atop floating rocks, in the great expansive vacuum of unforgiving space, quite literally a stone's throw from complete and total annihilation

[@tasic3921]

7:20 common misconception, the Earth is currently in an ice age. We have ice at both of our poles, which is the 2nd strongest ice age earth can experience.

[@marcoaorelio6409]

No, we are currently in an interglacial age, ice age ended around 12,000 years ago and the ice cap is retreating since then

[@tasic3921]

@marcoaorelio6409 That's more specific. I think interracial is still considered a part of the ice age. Otherwise the ice age would only be 1 moment in time, glacial maximum.

[@noeditbookreviews]

My botany professor was totally turgid for ginkgo trees. Specifically the leaf vein pattern and the smell of the female tree's fruits.

[@dweebteambuilderjones7627]

"Turgid" might not be the right word to use there...

[@michaeltedder7558]

What is special about the venation? Looks pretty normal to me, minus the midrib

[@panl22]

Turgid! Love it. 😂 Tumescent would be funny too.

[@boxsterman77]

Turgid. As in verbose and wordy?

[@tofush0e]

dude your hair is looking fabulous

[@Ravenseyes10]

You are looking so much healthier! I wish you well!

[@mrtienphysics666]

His cancer seems to have healed.

[@tux_duh]

​@@mrtienphysics666 bad word for it, he's in remission yes but cancer is never really "healed" once you have it once you are at higher risk to get it again

[@mrtienphysics666]

@@tux_duh he looks healthier than people who has no cancer.

[@masterlucarion]

That 2.5 million year mark is interesting. That was a pretty crucial time in hominid development

[@JackieOwl94]

I’m so happy your hair is coming back. I see you have a case of the chemo curls. Very nice! Hope you’re doing well.

[@360.Tapestry]

easy come, easy go, friends. we're all just travelers visiting on a short lease visa to have a glimpse. we came from eternity and we shall return

[@CorbetHainey]

this blatant disrespect to the tardigrade will not go unnoticed

[@mvsh]

This episode gives me strong Kurzgesagt vibes and I like it

[@molybdaen11]

Only thing missing were the birds.

[@lightspeedbubble7359]

It never occured to me how poetic the end would be. Thanks for that!

[@ItachiUchihaisamartyr]

Mr. Hank Green, I am really happy that you are better now. It's really nice listening to your voice teach me stuff I would die from boredom learning in school.

[@andrewthehedgehog911]

Lookin good, Hank

[@wisdomofthewolf]

Pay attention, world leaders: 7:20

[@markadams7046]

Of course if that supernova in a kill zone did happen today, we wouldn't find out about until up to 160 years from now.

[@volftrap]

But we can tell if a star is close to supernova, so we'd probably have a little heads up.

[@marckyle5895]

there _would_ be established precursors that would give us an ETA of a Super. There are certain signatures that are light emitted when the stellar object is gobbling down the last bit of consumable fuel before the big old gravity event transpires.

[@filonin2]

Or if it happened then 159 years and 355 days ago it will happen here tomorrow. Everyone is aware of light speed limitations.

[@jamesc7277]

One thing I feel confident in predicting, I will not be alive in a billion years.

[@mattiemathis9549]

Neat video! I really like the actual photos of the smaller organisms. Was really surprised tardigrades were left out.

[@izbr661]

Would reigniting dying or dead stars be feasible for artificial interstellar habitations?

[@izbr661]

Thanks for reading my question

[@briebel2684]

There's nothing left to reignite. Nuclear fusion has a limit on what elements being fused can resist the crushing pull of gravity. All stars are basically a competition between gravity trying to crush everything, and fusion giving off enough energy to resist the big crush. Gravity always wins in the end. The only real difference is which stars end as white dwarfs, those that end up as neutron stars, and the ones that collapse into black holes. Total mass being the key to it all. However, red dwarf stars are thought to "live" much, much longer than other stars. Supposedly the universe isn't old enough for a single red dwarf to have reached the end of its fusion cycle. So just move to a stable red dwarf system, if you can find one.

[@TheDanEdwards]

The problem with using biological words like "die" for inanimate objects is that said terms are misleading. A star does not literally "die". Its core simply runs out of material to sustain fusion. When fusion ends the outflow of energy stops, so the upper levels of the star will then start to fall. If the star is big enough one gets a nova. If not then the star's atmosphere just sort of bounces out into space and the remnant white drwar sits there cooling for ever.

[@MrMrprofessor12345]

You could extend the life of a star by reducing its mass using megastructures to drag gases off its surface, eventually reducing its luminosity and changing its type. Setting aside how utterly insane that undertaking would be and how the gathered gases would be stored so they can be reintroduced at a stable rate over billions of years. Along with how long that "eventually" initially mentioned would take. Reignition is...insane. I guess technically you could gather enough hydrogen, helium etc, coating the dwarf with enough fusible material that you have a layered star.

[@marckyle5895]

@@briebel2684 The way to survive long-term, like a Trillion years would be to wrap a Dyson Sphere around a red dwarf of appropriate specifications and distance for the needs of your people and create a self-sustaining friendly ecosystem. As others found and settled the red dwarfs would all suddenly blink out one by one. It would be eerie to look out and see a stellar darkness. I think the barrier that can't be passed by us will be organic, of a nature I can only conjecture like at this point.

[@lyndsaybrown8471]

Sad cockroach noises

[@russ819]

Video starts at 11:55 wow

[@THE______TRUTH]

You guys didnt disuss WR-104. That gamma ray burst is directed perfectly at earth.

[@Kmr571-l8y]

😮😮😮

[@fogogin]

I have an enormous ginkgo in my back door and I can testify that they are resilient. I've pruned it hard and the ends that are exposed grow many leaves.

[@willabyuberton818]

I'm not sure about the last living thing, but I'm pretty sure the last intelligent thing will be something rather like a human checking that all the microplastic has been cleaned up before returning to its family aboard a far more efficient and long-lasting habitat than a mere planet.

[@filonin2]

A habitat that lasts more than billions of years? Ok, lol.

[@AgentMercer]

Childish idea

[@willabyuberton818]

@@filonin2Give it a couple tens of thousands of years before you write it off.

[@JavierFernandez01]

death death death 8:48 the trees :)

[@graemem111]

I was very saddened when the unfortunate demise of Lemmy Kilmister (lead singer with the incredible Motörhead for the uninitiated) burst my youthful bubble, as he and cockroaches were certain to outlive us. But the knowledge that some of the extremophiles that I’m studying could help us mere humans prepare better for the inevitable is a small consolation. RIP Lemmy.

[@skeletonboi1579]

Hank i don't appreciate the fear of dying in the first half of the video, i just wanted to learn about the last thing living

[@Kmr571-l8y]

3 min content extended to 15 mins

[@CuriousMisterG]

DAMN!!!! Would you look at that beautiful head of hair!

[@avada0]

0:03 Nah, we'll just move the planet to a safe distance from our inflating sun. Maybe create a Dyson sphere. But before that it will certainly be possible to geoengineer the planet to avoid cataclysms.

[@Spicy_Coconut]

That wouldn't be on earth though, he said life on earth

[@avada0]

@@Spicy_Coconut And I said moving the planet. :) So still earth.

[@RockhopperRio]

This is just the kind of existential dread I don’t need in my life but still force myself to sit through anyway

[@KathEffie]

The moment one gives close attention to anything, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.

[@kalebb7170]

There's something both sad and humbling about the fact that life on earth is already like 70% of the way through it's time. A billion years doesn't sound like so much time when life has been around for nearly 4 billion already.

[@1papaya2papaya]

i was about to say queen elizabeth, but then i remembered she was assassinated a couple years ago by sans undertale and reigen arataka

[@Someone-zn4dh]

I was like,m "no she w-oh, nevermind, yeah, those two fight are so intense and powerful it definitely kill her"

[@jordanhicken7812]

If I didn’t already have anxiety I would swear SciShow was trying to give it to me

[@cicadianrhythm]

Okay, I came here to learn about ginkgo trees, didn't realize that would involve a trip down anxiety lane with a Top [x] Best Mass Extinction Scenarios.

[@EugeneSweet]

She could hear him in the shower singing with a joy she hoped he'd retain after she delivered the news.