50 Years Later & Scientists Still Don't Know Why These Exist

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Get 20% off DeleteMe by going to https://joindeleteme.com/SCISHOW and use code SCISHOW to protect your privacy! In a special sliver of the Namib Desert, where there's just the right amount of rain, you'll find a spectacular, almost artistic natural phenomenon: fairy circles. Scientists have been arguing with each other for decades about what causes them. But it turns out the Namib isn't the only place where you can find them, which complicated things even more. Hosted by: Savannah Geary (they/them) ---------- 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: Eric Jensen, Garrett Galloway, Jp Lynch, Toyas Dhake, Lyndsay Brown, Friso, Cye Stoner, Chris Mackey, Jeremy Mattern, Matt Curls, Chris Curry, Fahmy Issa, Reed Spilmann, David Johnston, J.V. Rosenbalm, Jaap Westera, Blood Doctor Kelly, Adam Brainard, Bethany Matthews, Piya Shedden, Jason A Saslow, Joseph Ruf, Kevin Bealer, Kevin Knupp, Alex Hackman, Chris Peters, Steve Gums ---------- 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 #science #education #learning #complexly ---------- Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/e/2PACX-1vRT2gI5nHaQjabIJWKJPyQ9wdpSWMpv0gwRWqzHG7iufl8VLjc3zARDYupwmRr9s0e3sdF4YoHhq4xJ/pub