SciShow
This Blood Test Predicts Your Future
There's a lot of interest in knowing your future when you're a kid. But one thing you can know with basically 100% certainty isn't one you'd expect - your risk of developing type one diabetes. So if one simple blood test can tell you if...
MinutePhysics
Why LESS Sensitive Tests Might Be Better
This video written & produced in collaboration with Aatish Bhatia, https://www.aatishb.com This video is about how cheap, fast, and LESS sensitive rapid antigen tests might be better for screening (& maybe surveillance) than PCR COVID...
PBS
Blood Test Can Identify Risk For Pre-eclampsia, The Leading Cause Of Maternal Death
The Food and Drug Administration has approved a blood test that can identify pregnant women at severe risk for preeclampsia, a high blood pressure disorder that can develop during pregnancy and is a leading cause of maternal death...
SciShow
The Secrets Hidden in Your Tears, Earwax, and Other Secretions
Our various secretions - from tears to earwax - can tell us more about our bodies than you might think!
SciShow
Fish Are Way Smarter Than You Think
Many people assume that fish are less intelligent than mammals, but it turns out that isn’t true at all - they are actually way smarter than you probably give them credit for.
SciShow
What Can You Actually Learn from Your Genome?
Genetic tests can give you advice about what lifestyle, diet, and level of exercise are best for you. But you should take those suggestions with a grain of salt, because, when it comes to our bodies, our genes aren’t so much an open...
SciShow
4 Ways CRISPR Is More Than Just Gene Editing
While it’s probably most famous for its role in gene editing, CRISPR does more than just that: its ability to precisely cut and alter DNA could lead to new antibiotics, faster diagnosis tools, and more.
SciShow
5 More Strange Flying Machines
In our last list of strange aircraft, we stuck to covering the weirdest jets to take to the sky, but there are plenty of other types of bizarre flying machines out there! In this episode, Hank will tell you about five other unlikely...
SciShow
How Smart Are Animals, Really?
Measuring 'intellect' is a difficult task. Check out one way scientists are attempting to make this endeavor more testable. Hosted by: Hank Green
Curated Video
Russia-Foreign Minister on Pakistan's nuclear test
Russian and western intelligence services were caught out by the speed with which Pakistan carried out five nuclear tests, Russia's foreign ministry admitted on Friday (29/05). Official spokesman Valery Nesterushkin told reporters Russia...
Crash Course
Brains Vs. Bias: Crash Course Psychology
In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank takes a look at WAIS and WISC intelligence tests and how bias can really skew both results and the usefulness of those results. -- Table of Contents WAIS & WISC Tests 01:09:22...
SciShow
Why It Took a Decade to Launch The James Webb Space Telescope | Compilation
The James Webb Space Telescope has launched! But it was a very long road to get to this point, and we’ve been following the progress for a decade!
SciShow
The Secrets Hidden in Your Tears, Earwax, and Other Secretions
Our various secretions - from tears to earwax - can tell us more about our bodies than you might think!
SciShow
What Can You Actually Learn from Your Genome?
Genetic tests can give you advice about what lifestyle, diet, and level of exercise are best for you. But you should take those suggestions with a grain of salt, because, when it comes to our bodies, our genes aren’t so much an open...
SciShow
4 Ways CRISPR Is More Than Just Gene Editing
While it’s probably most famous for its role in gene editing, CRISPR does more than just that: its ability to precisely cut and alter DNA could lead to new antibiotics, faster diagnosis tools, and more. Chapters CREATING ANTIBIOTICS 1:07...
SciShow
What Causes Near-Death Experiences?
The light at the end of the tunnel, the peacefulness, your life flashing before your eyes,it's all been documented thoroughly in pop culture. What usually gets left out, though, are the potential scientific explanations for what happens...
SciShow
Cheap, Fast, Easy, AND Accurate? New COVID Test Might Do it All | SciShow News
Traditional COVID tests take time and specialized personnel, but a new kind of test that uses nanotechnology could expedite the process.
TED Talks
TED: Why medicine often has dangerous side effects for women | Alyson McGregor
You might not know this: Many of the medicines we take -- common drugs like Ambien and everyday aspirin -- were only ever tested on men. And the unknown side effects for women can be dangerous, even deadly. Alyson McGregor studies the...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How do pregnancy tests work? - Tien Nguyen
Over-the-counter pregnancy tests give potentially life-changing results with a pretty high rate of accuracy. But how do they work? Tien Nguyen explains how each test performs a scientifically rigorous, multi-stage experiment that goes...
SciShow
Why You Shouldn't Always Trust Your Gut | The First Instinct Fallacy
You've probably been told at some point or another to "trust your gut", but is that actually good advice?
SciShow
Angelina Jolie & Breast Cancer
What would you do if you found out that cancer could be lurking in your genes? More people are getting news like that these days as more kinds of cancer are being linked to specific genes and genetic tests let doctors screen your...
TED Talks
TED: Why the hospital of the future will be your own home | Niels van Namen
Nobody likes going to the hospital, whether it's because of the logistical challenges of getting there, the astronomical costs of procedures or the alarming risks of complications like antibiotic-resistant bacteria. But what if we could...
SciShow
Why Don't We Have Better and Faster COVID-19 Tests? | SciShow News
The next wave of COVID tests take advantage of some really cool molecular biology. They can be run by hospitals and doctors on-site, and many turn around results in an hour or less!
SciShow
Is This Coronavirus or Just Allergies Symptoms of COVID19
A lot of people with coughs or fevers might be stressing out these days because they are worried that they have COVID-19. But with cold and flu season still in full swing, and the spring allergy season starting up (in the Northern...