How Space Awakens Sleeping Viruses

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Visit https://brilliant.org/scishow/ to get started learning STEM for free and get 20% off their annual premium subscription. Space travel is infamous for the effects it can have on the human body. But some of those effects are a little more unusual than others. For example, if you ever had mono or chicken pox, it can reawaken those viruses that have been hiding inside of you for years. Hosted by: Hank Green (he/him) ---------- Support us for $8/month on Patreon and keep SciShow going! https://www.patreon.com/scishow Or support us directly: https://complexly.com/support Join our SciShow email list to get the latest news and highlights: https://mailchi.mp/scishow/email ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Jp Lynch, Chris Mackey, Jaap Westera, Friso, Toyas Dhake, Reed Spilmann, Lyndsay Brown, Cye Stoner, Blood Doctor Kelly, Garrett Galloway, Adam Brainard, Wesus, Chris Curry, Alan Wong, J.V. Rosenbalm, Matt Curls, Jeremy Mattern, Bethany Matthews, Eric Jensen, David Johnston, Joseph Ruf, Piya Shedden, Alex Hackman, Kevin Bealer, Steve Gums, Kevin Knupp, Chris Peters, Jason A Saslow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/scishow.bsky.social #SciShow #scie

Published 2025-07-16 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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