Science ABC
Air Conditioning Sickness: Can AC Make You Sick?
The cold air produced by ACs is not inherently harmful. However, you may start to see symptoms of air conditioning sickness if your AC fails to restrain the bacteria, mold, fungi, dander, etc., that are thriving in the air-conditioned...
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Katherine Johnson: A Brilliant Mind in Math and Science
This video explores the early years of Katherine Johnson, a trailblazing mathematician who played a critical role in NASA’s space program. Learn about her early love for math, her education journey, and how her dedication to learning led...
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The Early Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
This video explores the early life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., from his birth as Michael King to his education and development as a leader. Learn about the impact of segregation laws, his dedication to peaceful protest, and his...
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George Washington Carver’s Journey to Education
Follow George Washington Carver’s inspiring path as he pursues his dream of higher education despite obstacles. From his early schooling to his studies at Simpson College and Iowa State University, this video highlights his perseverance,...
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The Intelligence and Social Complexity of Dolphins
This video delves into fascinating research on dolphin self-awareness, showcasing their ability to recognize themselves in mirrors and communicate through complex social structures. Discover how dolphins, alongside elephants and...
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Charles Darwin: The Making of a Naturalist
Discover the journey of Charles Darwin from a disinterested medical student to a pioneering naturalist. This video traces Darwin’s early life, his transformative experiences at the University of Edinburgh and Cambridge, and his epic...
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Darwin's Enduring Legacy: Shaping Modern Science
Explore how Charles Darwin's theory of evolution continues to influence various scientific disciplines over two centuries after his birth. This video delves into the positive impacts of Darwinian theory on fields like genetics and...
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Unlocking Earth's Past: The Fascinating World of Fossils
Dive into the captivating world of paleontology and explore how fossils unlock the secrets of Earth's ancient life. Discover the processes that preserve these rare treasures and understand the insights they provide into the evolution and...
Curated Video
Exploring the Asymmetry in Human Bodies
This video uncovers the subtle asymmetries in our faces and bodies that often go unnoticed. Through digital imagery and expert analysis, we learn how symmetrical faces might appear unusual and why slight imperfections contribute to our...
Curated Video
The Surprising Benefits of Chewing Gum: Dental Health, Appetite Control, and Brain Function
Explore the multifaceted benefits of chewing gum, from improving dental hygiene to enhancing brain function. This video delves into scientific experiments that reveal how chewing gum can clean teeth, neutralize mouth acidity, suppress...
Professor Dave Explains
Innate Lymphoid Cells
Wrapping up the innate immune system we have one more cell type to examine, and that is innate lymphoid cells. These are a family of lymphocytes that are considered to be the innate counterparts of T cells from the adaptive immunity,...
Healthcare Triage
Do you Really Need 10,000 Steps a Day?
Your fitness tracker encourages you to take 10,000 steps a day for better health. Science doesn't exactly support that. Today we're talking about the research around step counts and all-cause mortality.
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Can a Low Sugar Diet "Starve Cancer?"
Cancer is scary. And fear can lead us to try and find hope in some pretty dubious treatment suggestions. There's a myth circulating in internet health circles that eating a low-sugar diet can somehow starve the cancer and shrink tumors....
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Mental Health Awareness Month 2022
May is mental health awareness month and in honor of that, we’re dedicating the next four episodes to different treatments for depression, a major mental health issue across the globe. We’ll cover medications – approved and unapproved –...
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Can Dosing with Psilocybin Mushrooms Treat Depression?
May is mental health month, and we're talking about treatments for depression. Today, we're looking at the evidence for using psilocybin mushrooms to treat depression. There's lots of studies to look at, so here we goooo!
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How We Process Meat, Memories, and Nutrition Research
A recent news story covered a study about processed foods and how eating those foods relates to cognitive decline. The only problem is, they didn't report on an actual published study. They reported on a pre-publication presentation at a...
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Does Coffee Increase Lifespan? The Problem with Observational Studies
A 2022 observational study publicized by Harvard Health claimed that drinking coffee could significantly lower your risk of dying. Is that true? Wasn't there a study in recent memory claiming that coffee would give you cancer? Well, it...
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Are Video Games GOOD for Kids?
Many people like to argue about whether video games cause violence, but what about evidence for the positive effects games might have? The research is out there, so what do we think about it?
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Did All Those Masks Help with Covid or Not?
Headlines recently blared about the new review that looked at how effective masks are at preventing the transmission of flu-like disease. Cochrane reviews are well respected, and the media coverage about the recent review has been hard...
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Does Cold Immersion Therapy Work? Let's Dive In.
Cold plunging is…almost exactly what it sounds like: Immersing your body one way or another in super cold water. Some people do this by hopping in a tub full of ice water, some people take very cold showers, or some people dive into...
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Aspartame and Autism?
What's the deal with Aspartame and Autism? Whenever you see a study claiming that a single ingredient has a specific link to a specific health outcome, you should immediately feel wary. That’s because it is nearly impossible to conduct a...
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Artificial Sweeteners and Cancer
When we released a recent episode about the artificial sweetener erythritol, many of you brought up questions about recent news on other artificial sweeteners – sucralose and aspartame – so we went to take a look and That’s the topic of...
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Do Food Dyes Make Kids Hyperactive?
Avoiding certain food dyes to help improve a child’s behavioral issues is common advice, and not just on TikTok! Several doctors stand behind this recommendation as well. But several doctors also prescribe vitamin D, and that’s usually...