TED-Ed
The world's largest organism | Alex Rosenthal
The largest animal in the world is the blue whale, which weighs a massive 150 metric tons. Even so, it's not remotely close to being the largest organism by weight. That title goes to an organism so huge that it's estimated to weigh the...
SciShow
Resurrection Biology: How to Bring Animals Back From Extinction
We've all seen the movies and heard the hype: But is it really possible to bring back animals that have gone extinct? If so, how? And how soon? And can I have a mammoth to ride around in my backyard? Hank explains the latest research...
SciShow
A New Map of the Human Brain!
More detailed brain scans reveal that the brain is more complicated than we thought! And cloned sheep might be healthier than we thought!
MinutePhysics
The No Cloning Theorem
Why you can’t clone Schrödinger’s cat: this video presents the full proof of the “No Cloning” Theorem in Quantum Mechanics – without any fancy math! (stereotypical qubit has been replaced with Schrödinger’s cat). The full proof relies on...
SciShow
Taboos of Science
Hank discusses some of the taboos which have plagued scientific inquiry in the past and a few that still exist today.
SciShow
Venomous Mammals, Sensory Receptors & the Moon's True Origin Story
Hank describes to us some news stories that illustrate how science is continually changing the things we think we "know" - from the status of various animals species, to the way our senses work and even where the Moon came from -...
Curated Video
Quellar Family: Pioneering Private Biotechnology Lab in El Salvador
El Salvador's first private biotechnology lab, Gensa, is revolutionizing plant cultivation through cloning desirable species. By retaining traits such as disease resistance and taste in future generations, Gensa is paving the way for...
Curated Video
Artificial propagation
Producing new plants by human intervention and artificial methods. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions. Twig Science Glossary Films reinforce...
Curated Video
Dolly the Sheep
In 1997, Scottish scientists announced the first successful cloning of an adult animal - Dolly the Sheep. But her birth was mired in controversy. Biology - Cells And DNA - Learning Points. Dolly the sheep was the world's first clone....
Curated Video
The First Human Clone
Mired in ethical debate, human clones could help infertile couples to have children and be used to create organ banks, helping to cure disease. Is this scientific progress or man playing God? Biology - Cells And DNA - Learning Points. In...
Curated Video
Cloning
A look at natural cloning and the main artificial cloning techniques devised by man, including embryo transplant and fusion cell cloning. Biology - Cells And DNA - Learning Points. Cloning occurs naturally in asexual reproduction in...
Curated Video
Advancements in Genetic Research: From DNA Structure to Early Cancer Detection
This video highlights the significance of the discovery of the structure of DNA in 1953 and its impact on genetic research and healthcare. It discusses the potential for new treatments and more accurate testing and screening methods for...
Curated Video
Can We Bring Back Dinosaurs (Just Like In Jurassic Park)?
Straight answer: No, we have not yet found dinosaur DNA that would be necessary to make a successful dinosaur clone. To clone a dinosaur, it’s not just about finding DNA, but also about finding a complete set or sufficient fragments of a...
Institute of Art and Ideas
Is randomness in quantum theory an illusion?
God does not play dice with the universe' Einstein famously argued. Yet contemporary physics embeds just such dice playing at the core of its account. Is the universe really unknowable even to itself? Or as Einstein implied is this...
Catalyst University
Biotechniques | Principles of Gel Electrophoresis (DNA gels)
As always, the steps of DNA electrophoresis depend on your specific lab and protocol. Here, we look at the general theory of separating DNA on an agarose gel by electrophoresis and what it is used for in the lab. We will also learn about...
Curated Video
Introduction to Cloning: Techniques and Applications
The video is a lecture presentation on cloning, discussing the definition of cloning as the process of producing genetically identical individuals, both naturally and artificially. The presentation covers two specific cloning techniques,...
Step Back History
What is the Raëlian Religion?
There’s a eccentric, young religion out there that’s for free love, democracy, and scientific progress. Oh, and they believe that aliens created the Human race… and that they themselves have cloned a human child. Let’s meet the Raelians.
Catalyst University
Primer Design for Cloning ENTIRE Gene Sequence
This video explains how to design primers for amplifying an entire gene of interest from start codon (ATG) to STOP codon. -Forward Primer -Reverse Primer -Ordering Primers using IDT
Oxford Comma
Chapter by Chapter (Never Let Me Go): Chapter Twelve
Welcome to the twelfth video in our chapter by chapter analysis of Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go! In this video we'll look at possibles, dream futures, and the fact that the students are CLONES!
Next Animation Studio
How stem cells are extracted from cloned human skin cells
Earlier this week, researchers published in the journal Cell that they had created embryonic stem cells by cloning human skin cells. An embryo is usually created when sperm enters the egg cell, which then starts to divide. Instead of...
Next Animation Studio
New DNA technology might bring back the woolly mammoth
New advances in DNA technology might lead to the revival of long extinct species such as the passenger pigeon, the Southern gastric brooding frog and the woolly mammoth, scientists believe. Cloning once required intact DNA for successful...
Curated Video
Simple Applications of Cloning: Plant Propagation Techniques
This video explains the concept of cloning and its two simple applications. The first application discussed is the cloning of plants, where small groups of cells or tissues from a parent plant are used to grow identical new plants. The...
Next Animation Studio
Stem cells produced from cloning technique
A group of researchers from Oregon Health and Science University succeeded in using cloning to create human embryonic stem cells paving the way for the development of replacement tissue to treat diseases, according to a BBC report.
Curated Video
Creational Design Patterns in Modern C++ - Game Implementation - Part IV
This video is the fourth part of the six-part video that demonstrates how to implement the prototype pattern through a shallow copy. This clip is from the chapter "Prototype" of the series "Creational Design Patterns in Modern C++".This...