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Unraveling Clues: Forensic Techniques in Action
Dive into a hands-on forensic training session with four future detectives in Ecully near Lyon, exploring the precision of fingerprint analysis, DNA extraction, and the unique method of odorology. Discover how modern techniques rapidly...
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Sweet Science: Exploring Our Love for Sugar and Pastries
Dive into the fascinating world of sugar cravings and discover why we find it hard to resist sweet delights like eclairs, cakes, and tarts. This video explores the neurological and genetic factors that make sugar so irresistible,...
Healthcare Triage
The Stigma of Mental Illness: Is it All in Your Head?
All too often, mental issues are dismissed with some form of the expression, "it's all in your head." To which we say, duh. Mental illness is very often in your head, as the brain is the primary organ impacted in many, many varieties of...
Healthcare Triage
Aspartame and Autism?
What's the deal with Aspartame and Autism? Whenever you see a study claiming that a single ingredient has a specific link to a specific health outcome, you should immediately feel wary. That’s because it is nearly impossible to conduct a...
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Barbara McClintock: Scientific Persistence Pays Off
Barbara McClintock used corn to make pioneering discoveries in genetics, despite facing gender bias and initial skepticism from the scientific community.
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Genetic and Environmental Causes of Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder and psychotic symptoms are largely influenced by genetics, as demonstrated by studies where children of parents with psychosis exhibit a higher risk of developing psychotic illnesses regardless of their environment. The...
Financial Times
Can scientists develop a coffee bean more resistant to climate change?
FT Food Revolution - The world’s top coffee producing nations all lie at similar tropical latitudes, where even small rises in temperature are forecast to have severe consequences for people and agriculture. But as the FT’s Nic Fildes...
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GCSE Biology - Gregor Mendel and the History of Genetics #76
This video covers: - The experiment that Mendel did with pea plants, looking at pea colour, flower colour, and height. - How Mendel discovered hereditary units, which could be recessive or dominant - An overview of when chromosomes, and...
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GCSE Biology - Family Trees / Family Pedigrees #74
This video covers: - What family trees are and how they work - How to use keys - The example of cystic fibrosis - How to use family trees to predict the chance of a disease being inherited Exam board specific info: AQA - Everything is...
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Chromosome and DNA Rap Song
CHORUS: Yo, dive into the cell where the secrets dwell, The chromosomes in the nucleus, they're doing it well All the Genetic stories told in every cell Yeah it’s the blueprint of life in a tiny shell VERSE 1 Let's take a trip down the...
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Punnett Squares
Dr. Forrester focuses on explaining Punnett squares, dominant and recessive genes, and simple traits.
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Planting Cells with DNA
Dr. Forrester describes how plants inherit traits of similar plants through DNA. She also discusses the experiments of Gregor Mendel by evaluating his studies on genetics.
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Pandemic Perspectives: Biology
CONFRONTING FALLIBILITY: Dr Hie talks about how his hope is that the general public has a better appreciation of the ongoing process of scientific research, including uncertainty and fallibility, and the need for scientific research more...
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Master Dihybrid Crosses: The Step-by-Step Guide to Punnett Squares & Genetic Ratios
In this detailed video, we'll walk you through dihybrid crosses, Punnett squares, and the often-discussed 9:3:3:1 ratio. Get ready to dive deep into the world of genetics! This step-by-step guide to dihybrid crosses using Punnett squares...
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Can you inherit bipolar disorder or depression?
The genetics with most illnesses do not follow Mendelian genetics. Mendelian genetics is what you learned in science class where you could predict a certain trait based on what traits your parents have. Bipolar disorder and depression...
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Neuropossibilities
Duke University legal scholar Nita Farahany gives her perspective on how advances in neuroscience and medical technology might lead to a safer and more ethical society.
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Complexity Galore
Geneticist Stephen Scherer (University of Toronto) muses on the role of genetics on psychological disorders and the associated implications for the human condition.
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Discovering Life: Design
A video entitled “Discovering Life: Design” which explores the stages of meiosis in an animal cell through the lens of a microscope.
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Evidence of Evolution
A video explaining how embryology, anatomy, and genetics can be used as evidence for evolution.
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What Are Genes?
A video entitled “What Are Genes?” which introduces the concept of heredity, or the combination of genetic traits.
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The Evidence for Evolution
A video entitled “The Evidence for Evolution” which explores the origin of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution and then focuses on the evidence used to study and support Darwin’s theory.
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Decoding DNA
A video entitled “Decoding DNA” which introduces DNA and explains the role it plays in reproduction and biotechnology.
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Transferring Traits
“Transferring Traits” introduces the concepts of heredity and genetic traits, with a focus on Gregor Mendel’s pioneering work in the field of genetics.
Nature League
Gregor Mendel: The Father of Modern Genetics
This week on Nature League, Brit Garner explores the life and times of Gregor Mendel, the monk who became the father of modern genetics, with some re-enactment help from her friend Adrian.