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183 - Alzheimer's Disease - One Minute History
1901 - Dr. Alois Alzheimer first documents the peculiar case of Auguste Deter, a patient exhibiting severe memory loss and cognitive decline. Dr. Alzheimer's meticulous observations would lay the foundation for the eventual...
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Arachnophobia: Why Are People Scared of Spiders?
The emotion a spider elicits is not just fear but a combination of fear, disgust, and creepiness. Psychologists reckon that we have evolved to feel disgust or revulsion to prevent us from consuming or contacting things that might be a...
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GCSE Biology - What Is a Virus? - Examples of Viral Disease (HIV, Measles & TMV) #36
This videos covers what viruses are and how they cause disease; specifically, we consider the cause, symptoms and treatments of Measles, HIV and Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV).
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GCSE Biology - What Are Vaccines? Are They Safe? How Do They Work? Vaccines Explained #39
How do vaccines work? What's heard immunity? And what are the pros and cons of vaccination?
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GCSE Biology - What Are Bacterial Diseases? - Treatment and Prevention #37
We cover the bacterial diseases Salmonella and Gonorrhoea. Learn their causes, symptoms and treatments.
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GCSE Biology - Pros and Cons of Sexual and Asexual Reproduction (Part 2) #72
This video covers: - Brief summary of sexual and asexual reproduction - The advantages and disadvantages of each Exam board specific info: AQA - Separate/triple science only IGCSE Edexcel - Separate/triple science and higher tier only -...
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GCSE Biology - Plant Disease and Defences #46
This video covers: - How plants get diseases, e.g. from microorganisms, larger organisms, and mineral deficiencies - How to diagnose plant diseases - How plants defend themselves against diseases Exam board specific info: AQA -...
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GCSE Biology - Is Your Lifestyle Really a Personal Choice? - Lifestyle & Risk Factors #42
Risk factors are things that increase the chance that a person will develop a certain disease. Lots of these are lifestyle choices that we make everyday. Learn the links you need to know, and how disease can affect society at large.
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GCSE Biology - How A Mushroom Can Kill You - Fungal and Protist Disease #35
Learn what fungi and protist are and how they can cause 'Rose Black Spot' and 'Malaria'. We also cover vectors and parasites, and the symptoms and treatments of each disease
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GCSE Biology - Health and Disease #33
In this video we look at how to describe the terms health and disease, the difference between communicable and non-communicable disease, and how diseases can interact.
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GCSE Biology - Genetic Engineering #82
Genetic engineering allows us to move genes between different organisms and even different species. This has revolutionised agriculture and potentially saved millions of lived. Learn how it all works and why some people still don't like it.
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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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GCSE Biology - Drugs - Painkillers vs Antibiotics - Relief vs Treatment #44
Drugs can either relieve symptoms (painkillers) or treat the underlying disease (antibiotics). Learn about the drugs you need to know and how they work - including why antibiotics don't work against viruses.
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GCSE Biology - DNA Part 1 - Genes and the Genome #63
In this video we recap chromosomes and then explain what DNA is, what genes and the genome are, and how we can use them to track the migrations of early humans.
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GCSE Biology - Communicable Disease #34
Communicable diseases are those that can spread from person to person, because they're caused by pathogens. This video considers what pathogens are, how they cause disease, the different ways they can spread, and how we can reduce that...
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GCSE Biology - Biotic and Abiotic Factors #83
An important part of any ecosystem are the biotic (living) and abiotic (non-living) factors. This video explore what each of them are, and how to identify them. To learn more about ecosystems in general check out our other video on...
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High Five Facts - Lymphatic System
This video explores five fun facts about lymphatic system.
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Susan La Flesche Picotte: The First Female Native American Doctor
At a time when many Native Americans were refused healthcare by racist White doctors, Susan La Flesche Picotte overcame gender discrimination to become the first Indigenous woman in U.S. history to earn a medical degree.
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NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, aka NASA, has been at the forefront of science, technology, and space exploration since 1958. Its work remains an inspiration to millions of people around the world.
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Hoovervilles: Shantytowns of the Great Depression
As the Great Depression worsened in the 1930s, thousands of Americans lost their jobs and eventually their homes. Shantytowns dubbed “Hoovervilles” named after unsympathetic President Herbert Hoover, spread across the U.S.
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Henrietta Lacks' Revolutionary HeLa Cells
The astonishing story of Henrietta Lacks' immortal cells, taken without consent, revolutionized medical research but also exposed ethical dilemmas, leading to crucial changes in consent laws to protect patients' rights in the scientific...
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Building the Erie Canal: Explained
The earliest major industrial project in the United States’ history, the Erie Canal connected East to West by water and enabled a new era of commerce, trade, and movement.