SciShow
Bird Eggs Warn Each Other About Danger
Although they don’t seem like the talkative type, recent research suggests that bird eggs can use vibrations to relay warnings about the outside world to their nest-mates.
SciShow
Obesity
Hank tells us some of the surprising things that could be causing or contributing to the obesity epidemic.
SciShow
Can Your Environment Affect Your DNA? | Epigenetics Explained
Did you know that your environment and lived experiences can actually affect your DNA? Welcome to the world of epigenetics! In this fun episode of SciShow, Hank & his clone Circus Hank explain the power of epigenetics, which studies the...
SciShow
Can Trauma Be Inherited?
Trauma doesn't just affect the person who originally experienced it. It can also be passed down to their children and grandchildren.
SciShow
Secrets of the Vampire Squid
This week in SciShow News, Hank tells us about some weird science, including a squid that's not a squid, animals that can talk, and new insights into how you can mess up your body much faster and for much longer than you ever thought...
SciShow
Bird Eggs Warn Each Other About Danger
Although they don’t seem like the talkative type, recent research suggests that bird eggs can use vibrations to relay warnings about the outside world to their nest-mates.
Be Smart
Could We Clone Ourselves?
Is the science of Orphan Black realistic? Could we clone humans, or engineer them to have customized traits? We take a look at today's genetic engineering technologies to find out if designer babies and human cloning is, or should be, a...
SciShow
The Girl Who Never Grew Up
The human body generally grows in a predictable pattern, but in one rare case, one American girl essentially remained a toddler her entire life.
SciShow
3 Sad Surprises: The Human Genome Project
Hank tells us three surprises about human DNA which we learned because of the Human Genome Project.
Amoeba Sisters
Epigenetics
You know all about how DNA bases can code for an organism's traits, but did you know there's more influencing phenotype than just the bases? Explore epigenetics with the Amoeba Sisters by learning about a few types of epigenetic marks...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: What is epigenetics? - Carlos Guerrero-Bosagna
Here's a conundrum: Identical twins originate from the same DNA ... so how can they turn out so different - even in traits that have a significant genetic component? Carlos Guerrero-Bosagna explains that while nature versus nurture has a...
Bozeman Science
Epigenetics
Paul Andersen explains the concepts of genetics. He starts with a brief discussion of the nature vs. nurture debate and shows how epigenetics blurs this distinction. He explains how differentiation of cell types results from the...
SciShow
Obesity
Hank tells us some of the surprising things that could be causing or contributing to the obesity epidemic.
SciShow
Epigenetics
Hank & his clone Circus Hank explain the power of epigenetics, which studies the factors that determine how much or whether some genes are expressed in your body.
Curated Video
Sweet vs. Salty: Exploring Our Taste Preferences
Delve into the reasons behind our preference for sweet and salty flavors. Discover how taste buds work, why children prefer sweet tastes, and the role of cultural influences on our taste preferences. Learn about the scientific processes,...
Nature League
Exploring Evolution and Speciation | Compilation
Brit looks back on our sixth month on Nature League, when we explored the theme of evolution and speciation. Get your Nature League pin here!
Nature League
Exploring Sex and Reproduction | Compilation
Brit looks back on our fourth month on Nature League, when we explored the theme of sex and reproduction.
Nature League
Amazing Advancements in Wildlife Biology | #NowNotThen Tag
This week on Nature League, Brit Garner discusses some positive changes to wildlife biology and conservation research over the last few decades. Get your Critically Endangered Sharks poster here! Only on sale through May 30th.
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...
Next Animation Studio
Researcher's study method for memory recovery for Alzheimer's patients
New research claims it has successfully reversed memory loss in an animal model of Alzheimer's.
Professor Dave Explains
Visualizing a Nucleosome in Virtual Reality
We've talked a lot about DNA in this series. Building off of our understanding of nucleic acids in biochemistry, we now know that DNA wraps around histones to form nucleosomes, which then supercoil to form chromatin. But what does a...
ShortCutsTv
The Birth of Epigenetics: the Agouti Mouse Study
Could you really be what your mother ate? A groundbreaking experiment by Jirtle & Waterland provided the first scientific evidence of the influence of maternal diet on offspring health. It was not only the first demonstrated of foetal...
University of Wisconsin
The Why Files: What Is Epigenetics?
Guia Marie Del Prado of the City University of New York explores epigenetics - the control mechanism that tells genes when to play, and when to fold. [3:11]
University of Utah
University of Utah: Learning Center: learn.genetics: Epigenetics: Lick Your Rats
Play the role of a mother rat and lick your pup to see how your nurturing behavior shapes his epigenome. This interactive helps students visualize the nature vs. nurture debate.