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Frozen's snow science connects to Dyatlov Pass on SciShow

Madelyn Leembruggen hosts an explanation of avalanche physics, among five new uploads ranging from fossil mysteries to gold.

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Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

The Science That Finally Explains the Dyatlov Pass Incident

Snow is the difficult material at the heart of SciShow's most-watched new upload, not simply the backdrop. In "The Science That Finally Explains the Dyatlov Pass Incident", host Madelyn Leembruggen explores how its complicated behavior could help explain the deaths of nine Soviet skiers in 1959.

The episode has passed a million views. Its description connects a 2021 physics simulation to snow research inspired by Disney's Frozen, presenting plausible clues about the tragedy rather than treating every lingering question as settled. That distinction matters beneath the certainty of the title.

Elsewhere, Niba hosts "The Bizarre Case of the Tully Monster", about a fossil animal scientists have struggled to classify: even whether it belongs among vertebrates remains disputed. It was the week's second-most-watched new upload, giving another long-running scientific puzzle a substantial audience.

Hank Green takes a more familiar object into unexpected territory in "Why Doesn't Gold Tarnish?" The explanation goes beyond calling gold a noble metal, bringing in special relativity and the rearrangement of atoms at its surface. It is currently SciShow's fastest-moving video, followed by "Scientists Are Getting Close to Creating a Universal Vaccine". The important detail in that second video's description: the research is in mice.

Across the channel, weekly views reached about 3.7 million while subscribers held steady. Daily viewing is running at nearly twice its usual pace. Nearby in science, ElectroBOOM and NileRed are also drawing above-usual daily audiences, while SmarterEveryDay is quieter. For SciShow, the newest gold explainer is adding fresh momentum to a week whose largest draw asks readers to look more closely at snow.

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