Curated Video
The Human Genome Project: Mapping the Blueprint of Life
The Joint Genome Institute, funded by the US Department of Energy, is part of the largest biomedical project ever undertaken - the Human Genome Project. This project aims to map and identify the 30,000 genes that make up the human...
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...
Curated Video
GCSE Biology - Variation and Evolution #68
Explore all the terms around evolution, including 'natural selection', 'variation', and 'survival of the fittest'. And see how Darwins came up with the theory of evolution despite not even knowing what DNA or mutation were.
Curated Video
Pandemic Perspectives: Biology
CONFRONTING FALLIBILITY: Dr Hie talks about how his hope is that the general public has a better appreciation of the ongoing process of scientific research, including uncertainty and fallibility, and the need for scientific research more...
The Guardian
The biggest revolution in gene editing: Crispr-Cas9
Prof Jennifer Doudna, one the pioneers of Crispr-Cas9 gene editing, explains how this revolutionary discovery enables precise changes to our DNA, which can be used to correct mutations that cause genetic diseases and eradicate them from...
Curated Video
Evolving Moral Understanding
Anthropologist Frans de Waal, Emory University, describes how the genetic commonalities between humans, bonobos and chimpanzees cast suspicions on the long-held claim of anthropologists that humans are an extremely aggressive species...
Curated Video
What Are Genes?
A video entitled “What Are Genes?” which introduces the concept of heredity, or the combination of genetic traits.
Nature League
Can We Domesticate Opossums?
This week on Nature League, Brit explores the incredible process of domestication and answers Adrian's question about keeping a house opossum.
Nature League
What Makes Great White Shark DNA So Awesome?
This week on Nature League, Brit explores some amazing new discoveries about the great white shark by breaking down a recent scientific journal article about the sequencing of its genome.
Nature League
What Can Tortoises Teach Us About Aging?
This week on Nature League, Brit Garner explores aging and lifespan mysteries of life on Earth by breaking down a recent scientific journal article about giant tortoises.
Curated Video
Introduction to Genetic Engineering and its Uses
This video is a lecture presentation on the process of genetic engineering. The presenter describes and discusses the steps involved in modifying the genome of a bacterium cell, and then evaluates some of the uses and...
Visual Learning Systems
Genetics in Our Lives: Human Genome
This exciting program takes a glimpse at some of the amazing advances in modern genetics. Starting with the discovery of DNA, students will be exposed to advances such as the creation of recombinant DNA, vaccines, the human genome...
The Wall Street Journal
The Gene-Editing Revolution
Scientists are now hoping to cure diseases by editing the faulty genes that cause them. But we are still learning about the complex working of the human genome. What are the risks when you tinker with a genetic code that we only...
Curated Video
Understanding DNA and the Genome: The Building Blocks of Life
This video provides an introduction to DNA and the genome. It explains what DNA is, the structure of DNA, and the different components that make up DNA. The video also describes how DNA is coiled up into structures known as chromosomes...
ShortCutsTv
Foetal Susceptibility and the Dutch Winter Famine
Obesity and the health problems it brings with has long been seen as a product of genetic predisposition and bad life style choices. But the foetal susceptibility hypothesis introduces another cause, the nourishment an embryo receives...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Why the Dismal Science Cares About Happiness
Economics is often thought of as emotion-less, but University of Southern California economist Daniel Benjamin argues for happiness as a vital indicator. Benjamin discusses how economists measure and understand behavior.
Science360
Molecular biologist and geneticist Leroy Hood is a 2011 National Medal of Science Laureate
Biologist Leroy Hood, a 2011 National Medal of Science Laureate, is recognized as one of the world's leading scientists in molecular biotechnology and genomics. His development of the DNA sequencer, DNA synthesizer and other instruments...
Professor Dave Explains
MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)
After learning about the SARS-CoV that hit in 2003, it's time to learn about MERS-CoV, which hit in 2012, and SARS-CoV-2, the one responsible for COVID-19 and the current pandemic. Let's compare these three viruses and talk about our...
Curated Video
The Advantages and Concerns of Genetic Engineering in Agriculture and Medicine
The video explains what genetic engineering is and how it is used in agriculture and medicine. It discusses the benefits and limitations of genetic engineering and considers some of the concerns that people have regarding its use. The...
Next Animation Studio
Explainer: How Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose COVID vaccine works
Johnson & Johnson announced on Jan. 29 that its single-dose coronavirus vaccine was 66 percent effective in preventing moderate disease
Bizarre Beasts
The Hot Microbe That Revolutionized Biology
Thermus aquaticus is the most important bacterium you may never have heard of. It single-cell-edly revolutionized modern biology and our ideas about the very limits of life on Earth. Who said a Bizarre Beast has to be an animal?
Professor Dave Explains
Virus-Cell Interactions Part 1 Productive vs. Non-Productive
Now that we know a bit about viruses, we understand that they require a host cell. So let's get some more details about how viruses interact with cells. There are a few different ways this can play out, so let's start by looking at...
Science360
NSF's 2014 Alan T. Waterman Awardee Feng Zhang discusses his research on the brain
NSF's 2014 Alan T. Waterman Awardee Feng Zhang discusses the work of his research team on the brain. Zhang is an investigator at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT and a core member of the Broad Institute of MIT and...
STAT
How does CRISPR work? Feng Zhang explains with a nursery rhyme
CRISPR is a powerful gene-editing tool with transformative potential. Feng Zhang, a scientist at the Broad Institute, explains how it works.