Who among us hasn't uttered the phrase "I'll sleep when I'm dead"? Well, sleep deprivation can totally kill you. But you might be surprised to learn what the actual cause of death is, and a technique you can use to stay awake for the...

In order to understand where hearts came from, we have to go back to the earliest common ancestor of everything that has a heart. It took hundreds of millions of years, and countless different iterations of the same basic structure to...

You're lucky you don't literally age faster and drop dead when you see a dead person... because fruit flies do. Here's what researchers are learning about the connection between perception, aging, and mood disorders like depression.

Bivalves—animals like mussels, clams and oysters—might be a more familiar sight in a restaurant than a lab. But it turns out that studying them might help us learn more about our own health.

In the animal kingdom, sleeping can be dangerous. Lying completely motionless and unconscious for hours at a time is just asking for trouble. There are, however, some sleepy risk-takers who spend almost all of their days snoozing.

Drugging animals may seem like a bad idea, but you'd be shocked to learn what it can teach scientists about disease, biology & animal behavior! Join us for a new animal-focused episode of SciShow, hosted by the one and only Hank Green!

Fat cells don't often receive praise in everyday life, but they probably deserve more credit, as they might be healing our wounds.

The world of animal flight is a fascinating one—join us for a fun SciShow compilation all about birds, bats, and some species you might not expect!

This week on SciShow News, we explore how our genes change with the seasons! Plus, it turns out that even flies get scared sometimes.

Last week, the recipients of the 2017 Nobel Prizes were announced. We take a closer look at the winners of the Physiology and Chemistry Awards, whose breakthroughs change the way we study sleep, and allow us to look at microscopic...

Paul Andersen explains the final 6 of 13 AP Biology Labs. The following topics are included: Transformation, Restriction Analysis of DNA, Energy Dynamics, Transpiration, Animal Behavior, and Enzyme Activity.

In the animal kingdom, sleeping can be dangerous. Lying completely motionless and unconscious for hours at a time is just asking for trouble. There are, however, some sleepy risk-takers who spend almost all of their days snoozing.

Recent discoveries about the Arc protein have shown that its function and origin may be even more complicated than scientists originally thought.

Why do scientists try to learn about /people/ by studying creatures that none of us could ever be mistaken for? Learn about model organisms, and why they're so helpful for us.

Bivalves—animals like mussels, clams and oysters—might be a more familiar sight in a restaurant than a lab. But it turns out that studying them might help us learn more about our own health.

In space we can finally get away from pesky flies landing in our drinks! But before we can live off-Earth full time, sending flies into orbit is helping us study how space affects our human hearts and immune systems.

There have been reports of animals medicating themselves to treat illnesses, but according to the research, you shouldn't go to a non-human pharmacist just yet.

An insect's ability to fly is one of the greatest feats of evolution. Michael Dickinson looks at how a fruit fly takes flight with such delicate wings, thanks to a clever flapping motion and flight muscles that are both powerful and...

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Modern psychiatric drugs treat the chemistry of the whole brain, but neurobiologist David Anderson has a more nuanced view of how the brain functions. He shares new research that could lead to targeted psychiatric medications -- that...

SciShow Space News shares the latest developments from around the universe, including NASA’s plan to build the world’s most powerful rocket, and the fate of Russian geckos sent to have sex in space.

Nick Jenkins of Crash Course faces off against Hank Green of SciShow in this collision of science and nerdy pop-culture references.

Each of these contestants has won against the other on Quiz Show before. But this time, we will truly find out who is the best!

For creatures that look nothing like us, fruit flies have been able to teach us a lot about human biology as we’ve studied them over the past century.