When it comes to creating vegetarian meat substitutes, flavor is only one hurdle—smell and texture are also major factors, and scientists have been making breakthroughs on creating a convincing meatless meat experience. We also got some...

Your favorite TV chef might have told you to make sure you sear your meat because that nice brown crust helps seal in the moisture, but is that actually how it works? Michael explains the science of your cook out.

In this episode, I start talking about skeletal muscle contraction, by giving a general introduction into how muscle contraction happens. I deal with how the action of actin and myosin in the sarcomere results in movement. Enjoy!

In this video, I go into the nitty gritty details of how muscle contraction works at the level of actin and myosin in the Sarcomere. I deal with words like troponin and tropomyosin, sarcoplasmic reticulum and Terminal Cisternae. Fun...

With epithelial tissue and connective tissue down, it's time to learn about the third type of tissue, and that's muscle tissue. This makes up all the muscles in our bodies, and it comes in three types. Those are skeletal muscle, cardiac...