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This month's Pin Of The Month celebrates the 30,000 km hexagonal cyclone that encircles Saturn's North Pole! And it's sparkly! 📌🛒:  https://bit.ly/SaturnsHexagon 

We had a blast collaborating with so many of your other favorite  @complexly  shows ( @eons ,  @journeytomicro , &  @BizarreBeasts ) for this special episode about animals losing their heads, their bodies, and even their butts. 

Did you get SciShow's Space Pin of the Month yet? You're running out of time! 
 https://bit.ly/ssplutotail 

Jessi Knudsen Casteñeda, wildlife educator and the host of  @SciShowKids  is hosting today's episode on the ethics of using assisted reproduction to help endangered species. It's... more complicated than you think! 

📺:  https://youtu.be/lldhMz1FlN8 

We're celebrating 10 years of Reid hosting on SciShow! Congratulations Reid! 

Here's some of his best work:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kknt6... 

We're actually so excited to learn EVEN MORE about the UNIVERSE from  @crashcourse  
 https://youtu.be/L5YO9nmojo4?si=80cho... 

It’s been brought to our attention that a landmark paper on room temperature superconductors, which we covered in a News episode 3 years ago, has been retracted by the publisher. The editors of Nature chose to pull the paper over the authors’ objections because of serious concerns about how the authors processed their raw data. Since our episode was based on faulty research, we took it down. Thanks for understanding, and let us know if you’d like to see an update about room-temperature superconducting in the future! Read more about the retraction here:  https://www.science.org/content/article/something-seriously-wrong-room-temperature-superconductivity-study-retracted 

It's Eclipse Day! Make sure if you're looking at the eclipse today you're doing it safely! (With proper ISO 12312-2 International Safety Standard glasses, NOT sunglasses) 

Here are 5 fast facts about today's eclipse: 

1. The path of totality (i.e. where if you look up you will see the Moon completely block the Sun's "surface") will cross over land starting on Mexico's west coast (local time 11:07am PDT) and ending with Newfoundland (5:16 p.m. NDT)  (Check out this interactive map to know how much eclipse you'll be able to see!  https://theeclipse.company/ ) 

2. Assuming you are in the path of totality, the length of time you spend in totality will depend on your exact location. Most people in the centermost part of the path can expect to experience a totality duration of 3.5 to 4 minutes. (Max totality duration is 4 minutes, 28 seconds, near Torreón, Mexico)

3. The Sun will be more active during this eclipse than the 2017 one, meaning you're more likely to see "prominences" in the form of pink curls and loops. 

4. In addition to the corona streaking out from behind the Moon, you may also see the Sun's chromosphere, which is another part of the atmosphere and may appear as a thin pink circle just around the Moon

5. As the Moon is moving into position for totality, you may observe (DO NOT ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE SUN WITHOUT SAFETY GLASSES, THOUGH) "Baily's Beads" -- little beads of sunlight that skim the uneven surface of the Moon and make their way to Earth 

We let  @hankschannel  take the lead on answering your eclipse questions and he did not disappoint. Check it out now!  https://youtu.be/jkDjx9OwY2Y?si=xnfFv...