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Video journalist making optimistic tech explainers. Huge If True. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cleoabram TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cleoabram Twitter: https://twitter.com/cleoabram If you'd like to sponsor a Huge If True episode, reach out at the email below. If you're looking for my bio, here it is: Cleo Abram is a video journalist who produces Huge If True, an optimistic show about science and technology. Huge If True is an antidote to the doom and gloom, helping a wide audience see better futures they can help build. In each episode, Cleo dives deep into one innovation that could shape the future. She has explored humanoid robots at Boston Dynamics, supersonic planes at NASA, quantum computers at IBM, the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, and more. Previously, Cleo was a video producer at Vox and directed for Explained on Netflix. She was the host of Vox’s first ever daily show, Answered, as well as co-host of Vox’s YouTube Originals show, Glad You Asked.
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The ISS Is Coming Down In 2030
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Published: June 8, 2025 14:12
The International Space Station is going to crash into the ocean. Here’s why: We’ve had this space house since 1998, where astronauts from around the world do science experiments in orbit. But it was only meant to last 15 years! Now, after more than 20…
I Need ONE More Subscriber!
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Published: June 6, 2025 14:21
We’re about to hit 6 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS! If we stood on each other’s shoulders… we’d be WAY past the height planes fly! Past the EDGE OF SPACE, the International Space Station, and the Hubble Telescope! We’re almost there - to our Huge If True…
Noah’s Ark on the MOON
https://youtube.com/watch?v=u7HZBcRtqjc
Published: June 5, 2025 16:36
Some scientists want to create basically a Noah’s Ark ON THE MOON… Let me explain. Right now it’s estimated that anywhere from 200 to 2000 plant and animal species go extinct every year. And we already use remote places like this global seed vault in…
World's Fastest Trains, Compared
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Published: June 4, 2025 14:22
If you were riding the world's fastest train… how fast could you go? And what would you pass? First, you’d pass the average city metro car... Then the average passenger train... Then the other high speed trains... And finally... For more optimistic…
How Drones Guess Dinosaur Ages
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Published: June 2, 2025 12:11
We’re starting to use drones to guess a dinosaur’s age. Let me explain... When estimating a dinosaur’s age, paleontologists often rely on elevation maps - assuming that most fossils found in an area are from the same time period. But layers of earth…
Why Do We Only See One Side of the Moon?
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Published: May 30, 2025 15:15
Why do we only ever see one side of the moon? The moon completes one rotation around its own axis in the same amount of time it orbits earth. The two are perfectly in sync! But it wasn’t always that way... When the moon formed, likely from a collision…
Why Is Our Solar System Flat?
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Published: May 28, 2025 17:35
Why is our solar system flat? I know it started as a giant cloud of gas and dust, and gravity pulled the dust together to form our planets. But why don’t they orbit the Sun… all around? For more optimistic science and tech stories, subscribe! #science…
How Deep Could You Survive?
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Published: May 26, 2025 17:47
How deep could you survive underwater? Let’s say you grab a tank full of regular air and start diving down… You’d quickly pass the depth a typical open water scuba diver can go. But as you go deeper, something strange starts to happen… We’re land…
How Big is Our Galaxy - And How Do We Know?
https://youtube.com/watch?v=vOy9nGyMB2s
Published: May 25, 2025 12:51
The Milky Way is ENORMOUS… but how do we know how big it is? How do you figure out how far a star is? The Milky Way has over 100 billion stars in it and we’re still learning new things about it all the time. For more optimistic science and tech stories,…
Can You Live Underwater?
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Published: May 23, 2025 12:20
If you’ve ever thought, “what if I LIVED really deep underwater?” That’s what the US Navy did here! It was called SEALAB and to live down there, “aquanauts” had to breathe air with a lot of helium, which makes you sound… *SQUEAKY* They got a call from…
They Fixed DNA in Their Blood
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Published: May 21, 2025 16:11
We can now functionally cure sickle cell disease. Here’s how… If you have a mutation in a gene for a protein called hemoglobin, it can turn red blood cells hard and sticky, so they clump together and cause people a lot of pain. The most effective…