Scientific discovery often dabbles in the extreme, challenging and exceeding what we think of as "possible." And this year's discoveries were no different! We present to you three scientific discoveries made this year that set out to find new extremes, and succeeded. Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Kevin Carpentier, Eric Jensen, Matt Curls, Sam Buck, Christopher R Boucher, Avi Yashchin, Adam Brainard, Greg , Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, Piya Shedden, Scott Satovsky Jr.Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: Oldest Fungi www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1217-0 www.nytimes.com/2019/05/22/science/fungi-fossils-plants.html www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01629-1 link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-94-017-0581-3_27 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00829.x Weakest Radio Signal science.sciencemag.org/content/363/6431/1072 www.tudelft.nl/en/2019/tnw/listening-to-quantum-radio/ www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/scan/communications/outreach/funfacts/txt_radio_spectrum.html Special thanks to Dr. Gary Steele Biggest “Mountains” science.sciencemag.org/content/363/6428/736 www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/02/190214153125.htm www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/ask-smithsonian-whats-deepest-hole-ever-dug-180954349/