Why Bugs Are Attracted To Light SOLVED - Mind Blow

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  • čas přidán 4. 06. 2024
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    In this episode of Mind Blow on Vsauce2: scientists have a new hypothesis for why bugs fly around light bulbs, we learn of secret science new virus hiding in baby diapers, in space news Einstein helped discover a massive black hole, a simple drought solution, fruit helping recycle batteries, an ancient Egyptian gifting custom now has physical evidence, a massive leap in MRI brain scan technology, and bioadhesives just got stronger and safer for surgery. The type of science news found only on Mind Blow by Vsauce2.
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    ** SOURCES **
    Why flying insects gather at artificial light (0:00)
    www.biorxiv.org/content/10.11...
    Expanding known viral diversity in the healthy infant gut (0:39)
    www.nature.com/articles/s4156...
    Abell 1201: detection of an ultramassive black hole in a strong gravitational lens (1:27)
    academic.oup.com/mnras/articl...
    Structure-guided engineering of a receptor-agonist pair for inducible activation of the ABA adaptive response to drought (2:08)
    www.science.org/doi/10.1126/s...
    Brain Images Just Got 64 Million Times Sharper (3:49)
    today.duke.edu/2023/04/brain-...
    NTU Singapore and Se-cure Waste Management build pilot recycling plant to tackle lithium-ion battery waste with biomass waste (4:30)
    www.eurekalert.org/news-relea...
    First osteological evidence of severed hands in Ancient Egypt (5:07)
    www.nature.com/articles/s4159...
    Injectable gelatin-oligo-catechol conjugates for tough thermosensitive bioadhesion (5:40)
    www.sciencedirect.com/science...
    Database, 1984 (6:40)
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  • @Vsauce2
    @Vsauce2  Před rokem +91

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    • @Jan12700
      @Jan12700 Před rokem

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    • @utubepunk
      @utubepunk Před rokem

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    • @unmanaged
      @unmanaged Před rokem

      Mind blow also needs to be a pod cast .... I would love to listen to this on the way into work each day

  • @mcgeewilliams8394
    @mcgeewilliams8394 Před rokem +481

    God I missed mind blow!
    Thank you for bringing it back.

  • @Dragonblood94
    @Dragonblood94 Před rokem +331

    What is Ligma? As a medical physician, I'd guessed I had come across all the diseases, but this one is new to me. Would appreciate to learn more.

    • @lost_
      @lost_ Před rokem +95

      change the comment before its late bro

    • @them0leisback
      @them0leisback Před rokem

      LIGMA BoLLS

    • @alien9279
      @alien9279 Před rokem

      Ligma.. ligma balls 😏

    • @suraru95
      @suraru95 Před rokem +133

      LIGMA BOLS GOTTEUHME, or just Ligma for short, is a condition where the skin on your groin will produce extra sodium that hardens in the skin and can be very painful. Currently the only treatment is applying a thick layer of saliva to break down the sodium clusters.

    • @theunholybanana4745
      @theunholybanana4745 Před rokem

      Ligma balls

  • @__-pl3jg
    @__-pl3jg Před rokem +696

    Yahhh! Old style Vsauce videos again! Please make more of these so I can continue to learn about new, amazing discoveries.

    • @pvic6959
      @pvic6959 Před rokem +5

      vsauc2 is the new old vsauce??

    • @ninjavanishh
      @ninjavanishh Před rokem +5

      I hope we get some new DONGs!

    • @demp11
      @demp11 Před rokem

      @@pvic6959 all vsauces are good I sip them all

    • @FLPhotoCatcher
      @FLPhotoCatcher Před 9 měsíci

      Yeah! But the story about moths not being attracted to light is bunk. "They turn their backs to light" would mean that they fly away from light. From much personal experience, moths *do* fly toward light.

  • @cooltubes547
    @cooltubes547 Před rokem +52

    I feel like I’ve been transported back to 2010 watching this. I love this so much. A reminder of happier times.

  • @Pheonix19581
    @Pheonix19581 Před rokem +53

    Dude the old style outro just gave me chills, I missed mind blow more than I thought lol

  • @Tiago211287
    @Tiago211287 Před rokem +123

    it is so nostalgic to see these videos back. They are amazing!!!!! And Jake Chudnow's songs are also amazing. I am a scientist and my goal is one day to be featured in Vsauce2!!!!!

  • @thedude2241
    @thedude2241 Před rokem +5

    Hi, neuroscientist here:
    The MRI thing isn't quite correctly explained. The MRI isn't better than what is used in research for a while already...it uses an 9.4 Tesla MRI, which isn't bad, but there already lots of 11-Tesla machines (especially in the Netherlands interestingly), and the uni Nijmegen is working on building a 14-Tesla one (this number might not be correct, I cite from memory).
    What the researcher in the article describe is...to be blunt, very underwhelming considering what they wrote. They didn't do an extremely high accuracy MRI scan...they did an MRI scan, then did a MICROSCOPE scan (with light-sheet-microscopy, which exist for quite a while already), and overlap the microscope images onto the overlay of the MRI scan. It looks nice, it can be useful to get a nicer view of brain areas vs. cell structure, but in NO WAY is it as "revolutionary" or "highly complex" as they make it out to be.
    If anything I said is wrong, please correct me! That's just the way I understood the article!
    tldr.; They aren't doing revolutionary new MRI scans, they just overlap regular MRI scans with regular light-sheet-microscopy images to make it look nicer.

  • @HeisenbergFam
    @HeisenbergFam Před rokem +204

    This man could gaslight people into believing earth is flat

    • @wooshifgay462
      @wooshifgay462 Před rokem +4

      Ok, can you *please* confirm that you will remember me when you become famous?
      This is the 11th day of me asking you to do so, pls

    • @tonnentonie2767
      @tonnentonie2767 Před rokem +7

      It is 😂

    • @quantum411
      @quantum411 Před rokem +8

      @@tonnentonie2767 This is bait.

    • @tonnentonie2767
      @tonnentonie2767 Před rokem

      @@quantum411 I don't care the earth is flat and everyone needs to now. THEY are lying to us all the time!

    • @beanholder3634
      @beanholder3634 Před rokem

      ​@@quantum411 Pff okay globe boy.

  • @oddlyspecificmath
    @oddlyspecificmath Před rokem +10

    Long ago, I read that light stimulates eye-related nerves to weaken muscles on the bright side. The stronger, dark-side muscles then auto-steer bugs towards bright light. Daylight doesn't have this effect as its light arrives from everywhere. _(all from memory, corrections welcome)_

  • @Xenro66
    @Xenro66 Před rokem +10

    While I very much like new vsauce, old vsauce holds strong sentimental and nostalgic value. This video tapped into that 100%, and like many have said, it feels like I was just transported back a decade. We'd love more of this!

  • @BF1_enthusiast
    @BF1_enthusiast Před rokem +6

    If you look at the entire journey of Vsauce channels, I'd say they're one of the best if not the best thing that have happened to youtube, throughout youtube's journey.

  • @ssatva
    @ssatva Před rokem +17

    These are fun! Hope they're doing well, and stay fun to make. There sure is enough tech news and science obscura to provide fodder, and too much to keep up with, so this is great to see.

  • @ATier87
    @ATier87 Před rokem +4

    "Thousands of never-before seen viruses deep in the dookie" sounds like an awesome thrash metal song.

  • @Bumblesski
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    I had no idea that I missed this as much as I do. Amazing. Thank you for bringing it back. More please!

  • @Tweepx
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    Gravitational lensing is actually what got me into science lately, absolutely mind blowing.

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    I enjoy these being back, just a glimpse of new studies and discovery of new methods of all sorts of things.

  • @slobodanvukajlovic2211
    @slobodanvukajlovic2211 Před rokem +1

    From baby diapers to gravitational lencing... really love this channel

  • @JohnnyIrish553
    @JohnnyIrish553 Před rokem +2

    Yay, Mind Blow is back!!! Thank you so much Kevin!!!

  • @allencormier2896
    @allencormier2896 Před rokem

    Hey guys, so glad you're back. Been missing these scalpel sharp videos. Thanx 4 coming back

  • @MADPYRO21
    @MADPYRO21 Před rokem

    This made my year,glad to see mindblow is back!

  • @cgwworldministries83
    @cgwworldministries83 Před rokem

    We need more of this style!

  • @rickeyjordan5698
    @rickeyjordan5698 Před rokem +1

    Unlike most CZcams content Mind Blow always makes me happy I took the time to watch it. Thank you for the upgrade.

  • @rahulujjal8245
    @rahulujjal8245 Před rokem +1

    We need these every week, bring back the good old Vsauce videos

  • @colinernest3925
    @colinernest3925 Před rokem

    awesome video, love the updated structure for the show

  • @picklesdill5462
    @picklesdill5462 Před rokem

    Thank you for another great video! Love the energy in your voice when you do these. :D

  • @CoobyPls
    @CoobyPls Před rokem +4

    Please make more of this 🙏
    I have missed the old VSauce2 style so bad

    • @ivannovich123
      @ivannovich123 Před rokem

      Mindblown is done thanks to us, a previous video has the fund/fact input so that we suggest the mindblowing info and he can make these videos, while vsauce investigates other things

  • @teainnit27
    @teainnit27 Před rokem

    I am all for the old style of Vsauce videos again. Thank you Kevin :)

  • @chompyumyum4615
    @chompyumyum4615 Před rokem +1

    Also voicing appreciation for bringing back Mind Blow & would love to see more old-styled content too. Jake Chudnow's music is rad, the saucey outro is rad, keep it up!!!

  • @DrewTrox
    @DrewTrox Před rokem +1

    @5:40 Now I need a MacGuyver episode where he closees an extreme wound in a kitchen.

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    @austinhoward6557 Před rokem

    That was awesome! Great to see some good news, let alone cool science news!

  • @bluebillbo
    @bluebillbo Před rokem

    Beautiful work

  • @MisterIncog
    @MisterIncog Před rokem +2

    The first one is really weird. Like, no, I for sure know insects do fly towards light and stay on it. Maybe some moths don't, but moscitos and other little bugs definetly insist on staying on my screen during nights. The study isn't peer-reviewed, so I take it with a big grain of salt. Don't think it's faulty in it's measurements, but conclusions might be a bit too far-going

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    @junowy.mp3 Před rokem +1

    Mind blow is like the daily dose of internet but with science 😅❤

  • @avasam06
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    I am so glad MindBlow is back!

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    This makes me happy and actually makes me feel like we ARE progressing in some way when all seems lost.

  • @dakotahholtman
    @dakotahholtman Před 10 měsíci

    I really love the old primitive tech shown at the end of mindblows, they get me so excited for technological advancement

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    • @Xaphedo
      @Xaphedo Před rokem

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  • @samuelchambers5761
    @samuelchambers5761 Před rokem

    Love that these videos are back, but can’t help but say they were better with the music as well.

  • @silentwf
    @silentwf Před rokem

    totally missed mind blow. Thank you so much for bringing it back!

  • @mono_si
    @mono_si Před rokem

    This noticeably improved my day, thanks.

  • @bunnyboy1
    @bunnyboy1 Před rokem +4

    Ive known about the bugs confusing light with the sun for years

  • @bon2bds913
    @bon2bds913 Před rokem

    love it, this old style vsauce reminds me of my childhood days. :)

  • @alexg.1883
    @alexg.1883 Před rokem +1

    I watched Mind Blow when I was young. I fell in love with learning

  • @EmmanuelGitgud
    @EmmanuelGitgud Před 11 měsíci

    life couldn't get any better, mindblow is back

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    @coreyhaynes7951 Před rokem +6

    I adore Mind Blow!

  • @arqamkhawaja
    @arqamkhawaja Před 3 měsíci +1

    A moth must have burnt itself on the candle flame after pondering,
    Perhaps in this very burning, lies the pleasure of existence.

  • @spnyp33
    @spnyp33 Před rokem +3

    I'd be interested to see a deep dive on the bug-light phenomenon.
    I've seen more bugs than I care to count fly directly into propane gas lamps and meet a crispy demise.

    • @sumner1107
      @sumner1107 Před rokem

      Yeah and I don't understand how the explanation in this video makes sense, at all.

    • @Nemozoli
      @Nemozoli Před rokem

      @@sumner1107 The bugs at night try to navigate by some celestial light source, e.g. the Moon, but then with an artificial light source, the "Moon" is a lot closer than they think it is. They try to keep the light source at a constant angle from themselves, but this just draws them into a spiral.

    • @spnyp33
      @spnyp33 Před 9 měsíci

      @@Nemozoli Right, I understand that part... but what about the bugs that don't spiral.
      Also, why does it draw bugs from long distances, are they spiraling all the way in from 20 meters away?

  • @jestemgraczem
    @jestemgraczem Před rokem

    This video is one big blast from the past.

  • @lastnamefirstname8655

    more mind blow! thank you patrons.

  • @Joeseanag24
    @Joeseanag24 Před rokem +3

    Im kinda sad I hadn't been watching this show literally years ago, this is awesome!

  • @nightfox6738
    @nightfox6738 Před rokem

    5:15 "My stomach was making the rumblies, that only hands could satisfy"

  • @FlavorLab
    @FlavorLab Před rokem

    Omg I am so happy that these are back

  • @anderslw
    @anderslw Před rokem

    This is the type of vsauce mind blow I've been missing.

  • @The1stDukeDroklar
    @The1stDukeDroklar Před rokem +1

    Those early days of computers seem almost like yesterday to me. It's crazy how much the world has changed in such a short period of time. The world is on the precipice of even more dramatic change than that. The soon-to-be era of common robotics, AI, genetic enhancement, neural enhancements, and body augmentation is nearly here. In 100 years, people will look back on us as we look back upon the Neanderthals. Ancestor relatives, but not quite human.

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    @AthAthanasius Před rokem

    I was on Prestel/Micronet circa 1984 ! That was with a Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48K and the VTX5000 modem.

  • @RedLeader327
    @RedLeader327 Před rokem

    Yay, mindblow! Still needs the exploding head animation at the start, though.

  • @CollegeHustler
    @CollegeHustler Před rokem +1

    This was great!

  • @Jackal2991
    @Jackal2991 Před rokem

    I missed this... resubbed the moment I saw a mindblow video that was a few months old only.
    Bring back the old head explosion intro too if possible. :D

  • @Ass_Burgers_Syndrome
    @Ass_Burgers_Syndrome Před rokem +4

    How weird I was watching a moth flying around a street light a few days ago and wondered the same thing. What a co-inky-dink

  • @Friday_WasTaken
    @Friday_WasTaken Před rokem

    that outro music and graphic....reactivated a part of me i though had been long dead. i thank you

  • @fasebingterfe6354
    @fasebingterfe6354 Před rokem

    Yaaaaay! Another one of the MIndBlow video !

  • @armybrat101
    @armybrat101 Před rokem

    You made my day again. It feals like the golden days of youtube again!

  • @martiantony777
    @martiantony777 Před rokem

    Hi! I am writing you to let you know that I appreciate very much your videos and the hard work they all entail!

  • @montauk1684
    @montauk1684 Před rokem +1

    I didn't realize how much I missed old Vsauce till just now. I forgot about squeezing the NES Cartridge to release the knowledge sauce.

  • @KlaxontheImpailr
    @KlaxontheImpailr Před rokem +1

    So the moths just think they're orienting themselves to the moonlight the whole time? I thought that was obvious.

  • @OnelastgoTV
    @OnelastgoTV Před rokem

    Finally first good upload for years

  • @Judgement915
    @Judgement915 Před rokem

    Mind Blow is back, My week is made

  • @krislindstrom2439
    @krislindstrom2439 Před rokem

    I used to watch every single vsauce 2 video and now I’m so happy the classics are coming back 😎

  • @LightPink
    @LightPink Před rokem

    This was very enjoyable

  • @skit555
    @skit555 Před rokem

    Keep up the good work ❤

  • @rodeovin
    @rodeovin Před rokem +1

    Can you make a video about heating food in plastic containers to proof that the plastic transfers to the food

  • @_Dio_Brando_69
    @_Dio_Brando_69 Před rokem +1

    5:07 Ah yes, a practice that was popularized by lesser-known Pharaoh Yoshikage Kira

  • @dittmerjannis
    @dittmerjannis Před rokem

    Mind blow is back? Wuhuuu finally! 🎉

  • @CollinRaves
    @CollinRaves Před rokem

    The way you said microscopy at 3:58 has me dead 💀🤣

  • @hughbrackett343
    @hughbrackett343 Před rokem +2

    Confusion doesn't account for the bugs that fill up the grid in my bug zapper. They want to get to that sweet, sweet ultraviolet tube. Or the ones that hang out on the wall by the porch light (std white incandescent) as though they were sunbathing. The ones that orbit like moths may well be confused.

    • @sumner1107
      @sumner1107 Před rokem +1

      Yeah I don't understand how the explanation he gave makes any sense. Am I supposed to believe the bugs are flying backwards?

  • @dirtymike5972
    @dirtymike5972 Před rokem

    MIND BLOW ! so nostaglic man these videos are the best on youtube. if we could gaurntee a mindblow twice or once a week i will donate to the pateron !

  • @at5840
    @at5840 Před rokem

    Keep making this videos 👍👍👍👍

  • @ivanfiodorov6429
    @ivanfiodorov6429 Před rokem +1

    In honoring the old style of Vsause and dearly missed MindBlow I therefore ask:
    What is Ligma?

  • @Vesohag
    @Vesohag Před rokem

    Oooh, I missed these videos!

  • @patrickwolf5796
    @patrickwolf5796 Před rokem

    More of Mind Blow and PLEASE BRING BACK LUT!!!

  • @LandoHitman
    @LandoHitman Před rokem

    I missed these videos more than I can express

  • @jay429429
    @jay429429 Před rokem

    the song playing at the last 10 seconds is the most nostalgic thing in my life o.o.

  • @willb2957
    @willb2957 Před rokem

    I love Mindblow so much

  • @RodgerE2472
    @RodgerE2472 Před 9 měsíci

    Last one was the best, I remember those times.

  • @Beeeezyyy
    @Beeeezyyy Před rokem

    Finally old style vsauce vids

  • @jfolck1886
    @jfolck1886 Před rokem

    What is the song that plays at the very end of the video?

  • @hop6343
    @hop6343 Před rokem

    Love the videos

  • @thebmxreviewer
    @thebmxreviewer Před rokem

    What year is it?! Lets go Vsauce!!!!

  • @shubhamsingh-hn3tr
    @shubhamsingh-hn3tr Před rokem

    Great video

  • @jeavi
    @jeavi Před rokem

    Mind Blow??? What year is it??? I've missed this so much

  • @DrewTrox
    @DrewTrox Před rokem

    @2:51 HAHA yes! My family would do Dorito Casserole when I was a kid.

  • @puffcap_
    @puffcap_ Před rokem

    The outro! My nostalgic little heart

  • @crazychainsaw007
    @crazychainsaw007 Před rokem +1

    when these videos come out i have hope for humanity even though it's only for 7 minutes

  • @eliscerebralrecyclingbin7812

    Cool thanks

  • @jimblonde2523
    @jimblonde2523 Před rokem

    I like the vintage mind blow

  • @jacobpaint
    @jacobpaint Před rokem

    I'd never really thought about insects being attracted to lights. They go towards them so from our perspective it's just an easy way to describe that fact. If someone turns on a light you wouldn't say, “that is going to confuse the insects” because the human concern is simply that it will “attract” them which in a sense it does, even if they aren't trying to fly towards it. They obviously aren't attracted to the moon either, they are just guided by it so it seems straightforward enough. Even if they were flying towards lights they are still being confused by them because they aren't the lights they are supposed to be guided by.

  • @carnsoaks1
    @carnsoaks1 Před rokem

    Re Bùgs, it's a defence &/or ambush mechanism, like In the ocean, fishys are light on the bottom and dark on top, to blend in with the background. An Insy keeps its back to the moon to reduce how easy it is to be seen.

  • @Jordan_C_Wilde
    @Jordan_C_Wilde Před rokem

    3:49 We ripped out rebar from every building 12 miles down the road with our MRI but now we can definetly say that you do in fact, have a brain.

  • @dragonshivers2836
    @dragonshivers2836 Před rokem

    I remember dial up XD
    I also remember a time when you got booted off the internet when you used the landline telephone. Ah let's not forget memories of taking a half hour trying to load a single picture from a busy site. Those were the days...long, long days :D