TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Sajan Saini: How light technology is changing medicine
It's an increasingly common sight in hospitals around the world: a nurse measures our height, weight, blood pressure, and attaches a glowing plastic clip to our finger. Suddenly, a digital screen reads out the oxygen level in our...
Crash Course
Endocrine System, part 1 - Glands & Hormones: Crash Course A&P
Hank begins teaching you about your endocrine system by explaining how it uses glands to produce hormones. These hormones are either amino-acid based and water soluble, or steroidal and lipid-soluble, and may target many types of cells...
Crash Course
Endocrine System, part 2 - Hormone Cascades: Crash Course A&P
In the second half of our look at the endocrine system, Hank discusses chemical homeostasis and hormone cascades. Specifically, he looks at the hypothalamus-pituitary-thyroid axis, or HPT axis, and all the ways your body can suffer when...
TED Talks
Nathan Wolfe: The jungle search for viruses
Virus hunter Nathan Wolfe is outwitting the next pandemic by staying two steps ahead: discovering deadly new viruses where they first emerge -- passing from animals to humans among poor subsistence hunters in Africa -- before they claim...
Bozeman Science
The Skeletal System
Paul Andersen describes the important features of the skeletal system. He starts by comparing and contrasting endoskeletons and exoskeletons. He then explains how the human skeleton provides support, movement, storage, blood production...
SciShow Kids
3 Fun Facts About Bats!
You don’t have to be Batman to think bats are awesome! Learn some fun facts about these furry flying mammals.
SciShow
How Does Icing an Injury Help?
Since your body is already pretty good at healing itself, does icing an injury actually help?
Crash Course
Emotion, Stress and Health: Crash Course Psychology
So, it turns out we have an easy time reading emotions in facial expressions, but emotions can straight up kill us! In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank discusses stress, emotions, and their overall impact on our health. --...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: How to make your writing suspenseful - Victoria Smith
What makes a good horror story? Hideous monsters and fountains of blood might seem like a good place to start, but as horror author H.P. Lovecraft wrote, _The oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown." Writers harness...
Bizarre Beasts
This Creature Is Older Than The Concept of Blood
New ReviewWelcome back to Bizarre Beasts: Season Zero, where we are remastering episodes of Bizarre Beasts that were originally created for Vlogbrothers. This episode, Feather Stars! The ancient sea creature that has been on this planet for 500...
SWPictures
Deadly Dengue Fever
New ReviewDengue fever is a mosquito-borne infection, which affects some 50 million people annually. It is now endemic in more than 100 countries in Africa, South America, the Eastern Mediterranean, Southeast Asia, and the Western Pacific. This...
PBS
La Lechuza: The Shape-Shifting Witch-Owl
New ReviewYou're walking home, a little tipsy, guided only by the moonlight. Suddenly, you sense something watching you: an unnervingly large owl with a human face! This is La Lechuza, a malevolent witch-owl from Tejano and Mexican folklore.
Curated Video
Role of Symbols
New ReviewThis video guides the viewer to examine symbols within a play and their meanings.
Curated Video
Designing Healthy Communities - Dr. Jackson on the effects of Diesel
New ReviewDr. Jackson discusses the effects of diesel particles that can pass through filters and enter the lungs. The impact is especially severe on young children.
Professor Dave Explains
Collection and Preservation of Crime Scene Evidence
After properly documenting evidence, it's time to collect it for further analysis. How is this done? There is very strict protocol for keeping all evidence separate, and properly recording precisely where it came from, so let's get some...
Curated Video
How to Make Blood Sugar Testing Less Painful
How to Make Blood Sugar Testing Less Painful
Curated Video
What Causes High Blood Pressure?
High blood pressure or hypertension can affect anyone...and what you don't know about it really can hurt you. Take our Everwell Challenge and see how you measure up. Okay, let's get started: 1. True or false. The main cause of high blood...
Curated Video
How to Assess Joint Pain
Howcast - Joint pain can be harder to describe than other pain. Here are some ways to help your doctor make an accurate diagnosis.
Curated Video
Portal 2 Secrets / Chapter 6 - Aperture 1950s - Vitrified Doors 1-3
Howcast - Check out this Portal 2 walkthrough and find the first three vitrified doors with this online demo.
Curated Video
Portal 2 Walkthrough / Chapter 6 - Part 2: You'll Know When the Test Starts
Howcast - Check out this Portal 2 walkthrough and beat Chapter 6 - Part 2: You'll Know When the Test Starts with this online demo.
Curated Video
Minestrone
Hearty and nutritious, minestrone soup is a tasty crowd-pleaser and is super-easy to tweak according to the vegetables you have in the house.
Curated Video
Beef stroganoff with mashed potatoes and Pumpkin bread
Beef stroganoff is one of our all-time favourite main meals. The creamy, tomato-ey sauce together with the tender beef provides the most sensational taste. Combine it with fluffy, well-seasoned mashed potatoes and you are on to a serious...