The Hidden Superpowers of Moss

You may not think much about moss, but it has a hidden super power, and it's been used to save countless lives. Hosted by: Stefan Chin SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon:   / scishow   ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Alisa Sherbow, Silas Emrys, Drew Hart. Jeffrey Mckishen, James Knight, Christoph Schwanke, Jacob, Matt Curls, Christopher R Boucher, Eric Jensen, Adam Brainard, Nazara, GrowingViolet, Ash, Sam Lutfi, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, charles george, Alex Hackman, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer, Jason A Saslow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook:   / scishow   Twitter:   / scishow   Tumblr:   / scishow   Instagram:   / thescishow   ---------- Sources: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2013/... https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases... https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/f... https://www.infezmed.it/media/journal... https://www.smithsonianmag.com/scienc... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... https://www.moorsforthefuture.org.uk/... https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20957... http://nmsp.cals.cornell.edu/publicat... https://www.britishbryologicalsociety... https://www.chemistryworld.com/podcas... https://www.utpjournals.press/doi/pdf... https://www.jstor.org/stable/3237483?... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifest... https://www.sciencenews.org/article/b... http://www-plb.ucdavis.edu/courses/bi... https://link.springer.com/article/10.... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... Images https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/sph... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/bog... https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/nat... https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/bog... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/sph... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://www.storyblocks.com/video/sto...