Journey to the Microcosmos
Mysterious Jiggly Crystals and Other Intracellular Structures
Let's journey deep into the cells themselves to take a look at some of the structures that keep cells alive and others that do... something... that we'll figure out someday... probably.
Journey to the Microcosmos
Life Without Oxygen Challenge Accepted
Slimy, a little smelly, maybe even a little gross, but to many organisms, the oxic-anoxic transition is a shifting chemical boundary that has created a challenge for life...a challenge it conquered.
Healthcare Triage
Five Second Rule Debunked!
Does anyone really think there's something magical about five seconds when it comes to food and the floor? There's a press release out this week (I still can't find the study) that claims that the five second rule is "real". It isn't. If...
Science360
Marine Mammals' Need for Speed!
In this episode of NSF Science Now, we also learn about a new tool for combating mosquito-borne disease, we explore how kirigami is inspiring new materials, and finally, we discover new hydrothermal vents. Check it out!
SWPictures
Vaccine Hunters: A Cure for Poverty
The big issues, the controversies, the debates – and the future. Despite the excellent track record of vaccines in some quarters they are still treated with considerable suspicion. How can – and should – these doubters be convinced? In...
NASA
NASA in Silicon Valley: Experiment Reveals Earth Microbes’ Likely Fate on Mars: Podcast
A feature from NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley originally posted on March 30, 2017.
Journey to the Microcosmos
Euglenoids Single-Celled Shapeshifters
Euglenoids have had a very, very long time to evolve, and that has led to the things they have evolved into being extremely diverse—so diverse that, combined with the varied shape-shifting abilities of its member species, euglenoids have...
Next Animation Studio
Artificial sweeteners may be toxic to digestive gut microbes
New studies find that artificial sweeteners may be toxic to gut microbiome.
Professor Dave Explains
The Plague Yersinia pestis
The Plague! The Black Death! You've heard of some version of this disease, which wiped out massive percentages of the global population several times in recent millenia. Terrifying, no? So what causes it? Well now we know! It's a little...
Journey to the Microcosmos
The Tiny Worlds Inside of Single-Celled Organisms
We often focus on the organisms, but what about the even smaller world inside of them?
Journey to the Microcosmos
Preserving the History of the Microcosmos With Prepared Slides
Sometimes, pictures and videos aren’t enough. Sometimes the best way to share what you’ve seen under the microscope is, well, to share the actual thing you’re looking at.
Curated Video
Writing Exponential Equations from Story Problems
In this video, the teacher explains how to write exponential equations from story problems. They emphasize the importance of clearly defining variables and finding the relevant information in the problem.
Journey to the Microcosmos
Bacillaria Distractingly Beautiful Crystal Colonies
Bacillaria Distractingly Beautiful Crystal Colonies
JJ Medicine
Medical Terminology - The Basics - Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Lesson
Lesson on Medical Terminology, The Basics: Microbiology and Infectious Diseases including Bacteria, Viruses and Fungi. In this lesson, we discuss a variety of prefixes and suffixes that denote bacteria, viruses and fungi, including how...
Learning Mole
Why is Seawater Blue?
A series aimed at Primary School students learning all about the Ocean and its inhabitants in their science classes. This video in particular will take students through the reasons why seawater looks so blue.
Neuro Transmissions
What Are Microglia?
The brain is like a really fancy restaurant. Itês picky about who it lets inside. You have to be one of the privileged few. But even fancy restaurants need to be cleaned up and protected, right? Who does the dirty work? In this episode...
Next Animation Studio
Explainer: How bacteria give rain its unique scent
New research may explain why rainfall on the soil creates a unique scent in the air.
Curated Video
The Nitrogen Cycle: Continuously Recycling an Essential Element
The video is a lecture presentation about the nitrogen cycle and how the essential element is continuously recycled in nature. The speaker first explains the concept of cycles in general and why they are necessary due to the finite...
Curated Video
Plague and Prejudice: The Black Death in California
As the world grapples with new pandemics, what can we learn from the US’s mixed response to the Bubonic Plague, which arrived in San Francisco in 1900?
Catalyst University
Amino Acid Biosynthesis | Biosynthesis of Tryptophan
In this video, I discuss the biosynthesis of the third aromatic amino acid, Tryptophan, from chorismate which occurs in the plastid (chloroplast).
SWPictures
The Struggle to Breathe: Tackling Childhood Pneumonia in the Philippines
The Struggle to Breathe part 2/8: This video explores the causes of pneumonia and its impact on children, particularly in impoverished areas where pollution and malnutrition increase the risk of infection. The importance of vaccination...
Curated Video
The History of Earth's Atmosphere and the Evolution of Oxygen
The video discusses the history of the Earth's atmosphere and how it has changed over time. It explains the theories and evidence scientists have used to hypothesize these changes, from the early atmosphere being similar to that of Mars...