5 Mysteries Science Created... and Then Solved

Head to https://linode.com/scishow to get a $100 60-day credit on a new Linode account. Linode offers simple, affordable, and accessible Linux cloud solutions and services. Asking questions almost always leads to finding answers, but those answers will often pose even more questions. Here are five mysteries started and later solved by science. Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow is on TikTok! Check us out at https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Tomás Lagos González, Sam Lutfi. Bryan Cloer, Christoph Schwanke, Kevin Bealer, Jacob, Jason A Saslow, Nazara, Tom Mosner, Ash, Eric Jensen, Jeffrey Mckishen, Matt Curls, Alex Hackman, Christopher R Boucher, Piya Shedden, Jeremy Mysliwiec, charles george, Chris Peters, Adam Brainard, Dr. Melvin Sanicas, Harrison Mills, Silas Emrys, Alisa Sherbow ---------- #SciShow ---------- Sources: https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms13158.pdf https://www.science.org/content/article/early-cave-art-reveals-elusive-higgs-bison https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/10/3/65 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IYEDP3wO5k https://www.researchgate.net/publication/304743150_Cairncross_B_1998_Cosmic_cannonballs_a_rational_explanation_South_African_Lapidary_Magazine_vol_30_No_1_4-6 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325973139_The_Mysterious_Spheres_of_Ottosdal_South_Africa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ottosdal1.jpg https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/klerksdorp-spheres https://www.livescience.com/mars-blueberries-signs-of-water https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0037073810002939 https://www.nature.com/articles/nature25014.pdf https://phys.org/news/2017-12-thin-airmicrobe-mystery.html https://phys.org/news/2020-08-fossil-mystery-super-long-necked-reptiles-ocean.html https://www.cell.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0960-9822%2820%2931017-4 https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/07/science/hallucigenia-cambrian-explosions-strange-looking-poster-child.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200806111849.htm https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2019/2870-revision-of-tanystropheus https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0146825&type=printable https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/10/211020135914.htm Image Sources: https://tinyurl.com/3rwxhdap https://tinyurl.com/mw6tfvc6 https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/caveman-skull-australopithecus-and-evolution-4mw_nehogijqo2bto https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/european-bison-gm1365435066-436301462 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/european-wood-bison-gm941140448-257242486 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/holstein-cows-in-the-pasture-gm1063058974-284208282 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/cow-and-calf-bison-gm481257608-69262109 https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms13158/figures/1 https://tinyurl.com/2p9neyux https://tinyurl.com/6fu82dkv https://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/6358190883/ https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/flying-over-the-snow-coveredtundra-bdfxcf7zik5meyrlq https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ottosdal1.jpg https://ncse.ngo/mysterious-spheres-ottosdal-south-africa https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:View_from_summit_of_Pikes_Peak_3.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Concretions_at_Glenafric.jpg https://tinyurl.com/bdy2w7cu https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/geology-sedimentary-rock-structures-jbesjtm https://the-public-domain-review.imgix.net/collections/henrique-alvim-correa-war-of-the-worlds/laguerredesmonde00well_0123.jpg?w=600 https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/6944/martian-blueberries/ https://tinyurl.com/2p8zsa9a https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eubacteria_(259_01)_Micrococcus_luteus_bacteria.jpg https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/panning-of-a-massive-glacier-in-the-arctic-ranntqgjxiuef2zu7 https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/slow-motion-of-a-massive-glacier-in-the-cold-arctic-ha-k6pkxxiuspihdg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tanystropheus_longobardicus_4.JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tanystrophaeus_recon_6.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tanystropheus_meridensis.JPG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanystropheus#/media/File:Tanystropheus.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tanystropheus_longobardicus_1.JPG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Explorers_Club#/media/File:Explorers_Club_Headquarters.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Explorers_Club_sign_(82355).jpg https://tinyurl.com/mrx5fdwu https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Megatherium_americanum_Marcus_Burkhardt.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Green_Sea_Turtle,_Cura%C3%A7ao.jpg https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/woolly-mammoths-gm1133041268-300608511 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/green-sea-turtle-gm1019266316-273933055