TED Talks
The life-saving secrets in your baby's DNA | Robert C. Green
New ReviewWhat if we could get a heads-up about serious health issues before they begin, from the moment a baby is born? In this groundbreaking talk, medical geneticist and physician-scientist Robert C. Green shares how his team at the BabySeq...
TED Talks
How AI could generate new life-forms | Eric Nguyen
New ReviewIf DNA is just a string of letters, could AI learn to read it … or even write it? Bioengineering researcher Eric Nguyen reveals how AI has upended the rules of biology, potentially creating a future where disease is cured with...
PBS
We Helped Make Mosquitoes A Problem
New ReviewAround 6,000 years ago, in the Sahel region of Africa, a lone female mosquito buzzed through the lush, green savannah. She couldn’t know it, but the planet itself was about to change in ways that would see her descendants evolve to live...
PBS
Beans & Bees (Not Bats) Gave Us Butterflies
New ReviewTurns out, instead of having bats to thank for the existence of butterflies, the groups we should actually be thanking are…bees and beans.
SciShow
Everyone Was Wrong About Ghengis Khan
New ReviewThere's an oft-quoted statistic that something like 5% of people are related to Genghis Khan. And the guy did have a lot of kids. But the truth is more complicated. Here's how we use Y chromosome analysis and small groups of genetic...
SciShow
We Know Exactly Who This Guy Is
New ReviewIn the 1930s, a skeleton was discovered at the bottom of a well at the site of a medieval Norwegian fortress, severely injured and buried under large rocks. And to uncover his story, we need a combination of carbon dating, genetics, and...
Crash Course
Phylogeny: How We're All Related: Crash Course Biology #17
New ReviewCrocodiles, and birds, and dinosaurs—oh my! While classifying organisms is nothing new, phylogeny— or, grouping organisms by their evolutionary relationships—is helping us see life in a whole new light. In this episode of Crash Course...
Crash Course
Microevolution: What's An Allele Got to Do With It?: Crash Course Biology #12
New ReviewWhether we’re talking about tigers, trees, or tarantulas, evolution happens at the level of the population. In this episode of Crash Course Biology, we’ll find out how natural selection, gene flow, genetic drift, and other processes...
TED Talks
TED: Why your body fights weight loss | Katherine Saunders
Why does losing weight often feel like an uphill battle? Physician Katherine Saunders unpacks how our bodies are wired to store fat, revealing that obesity isn’t simply a lack of willpower — it’s a complex, chronic disease rooted in...
TED Talks
TED: A mouse with two dads — and a new frontier for biology | Katsuhiko Hayashi
You're familiar with the story: a sperm and an egg meet to create an embryo, which has the potential to give rise to new life. But what if you could create a sperm or egg from any cell, even a single skin cell? Biologist Katsuhiko...
TED Talks
TED: Why do some bodies respond differently to disease? | Erika Moore
TED Fellow and equity bioengineer Erika Moore investigates how cells controlling inflammation behave differently depending on a patient's background. By focusing on the "who" behind the disease, Moore is uncovering why certain diseases...
Amoeba Sisters
Non-Mendelian Genetics: Before the Bell Biology
Time before the bell to try 9 questions focused on non-Mendelian genetics? You'll also get answers complete with illustrations and explanations while music plays in the background. This particular video addresses blood type (multiple...
Amoeba Sisters
Genetics Vocabulary: Before the Bell Biology
Time before the bell to try 7 genetics questions that deal with vocabulary? You'll also get answers complete with illustrations and explanations while music plays in the background. It's a valuable way to use those minutes before the...
TED Talks
TED: How to end malaria once and for all | Abdoulaye Diabaté
Malaria is a disease as old as humankind, yet we may be closer than ever to eliminating it, says medical entomologist Abdoulaye Diabaté. He explains the potential of "gene drive" technology — which aims to disrupt mosquito reproduction...
SciShow
Attempting De-Extinction
There's a group trying to save the functionally extinct northern white rhino using in vitro fertilization. But the ethics around using assisted reproductive technologies to save endangered animals are far from simple.
SciShow
The 3 Species That Break Genetics
Scientists have discovered a group of three closely related flowers that seem to break the laws of genetics. These mountain beardtongues are pollinated by either bees or butterflies, but not both, and that's the key to an incredibly...
SciShow
Rosalind Franklin: Great Minds
Rosalind Franklin was a British scientist who helped discover the structure of DNA, but you most likely haven't heard of her. Hank will attempt to fix this gap in your knowledge on today's SciShow: Great Minds
SciShow
We May Be Able To Grow Human Organs In Animals. Should We?
Seventeen people in the US die /every day/ waiting for an organ transplant, usually a kidney. One approach is to grow extra kidneys in pigs, an idea known as xenotransplantation. We'll look at two recent milestones, as well as the...
MinuteEarth
Why Do Weeping Willows Weep?
Most trees reach for the sun – but not the weeping willow. Why?
SciShow
The OTHER Genome Project That’s Transforming Medicine
You've heard of the Human Genome Project, and how having all that info about our genes could help us treat /tons/ of diseases. But a newer project wants to zoom out a little and use different genetic information to help us solve our...
PBS
When Mammals Only Went Out At Night
For decades, scientists believed dinosaurs were diurnal and tiny mammals were nocturnal. But as researchers have uncovered more mammalian fossils and studied the biology of different dinosaur species, they’ve found some surprising results.
PBS
When Ancient People Changed Their Own DNA
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Our “Junk DNA” Is More Important Than We Once Thought
In the search for the genes that make us human, some of the most important answers were hiding not in the genes themselves, but in what was once considered genomic junk.