Hank talks about three scientific reasons why cute things make us a special kind of crazy.

Jessi and Squeaks talk about some surprise visitors that came to check out their picnic: Ants!

In a talk that's by turns heartbreaking and hilarious, writer and podcaster Nora McInerny shares her hard-earned wisdom about life and death. Her candid approach to something that will, let's face it, affect us all, is as liberating as...

Infertility affects 1 in 8 couples worldwide. But in the last 40 years, more than 5 million babies have been born using in vitro fertilization (IVF). How does it work? Nassim Assefi and Brian A. Levine detail the science behind making a...

From something as small and complex as a chromosome to something as seemingly simple as the weather, sex determination systems vary significantly across the animal kingdom. Biologist and teacher Aaron Reedy shows us the amazing...

Ah, hiccups. They are typically harmless, and yet also very annoying. But why do they happen in the first place?

You may have heard that using baby talk is bad for children’s language development, but research seems to show the exact opposite.

Explore homeostasis with the Amoeba Sisters and learn how homeostasis relates to feedback in the human body. This video gives examples of negative feedback (temperature and blood glucose regulation) and positive feedback (events in...

For the past 70 years, scientists in Britain have been studying thousands of children through their lives to find out why some end up happy and healthy while others struggle. It's the longest-running study of human development in the...

This week, researches published a genetic analysis of the 11,500-year-old remains of a baby found in Alaska, near where the first Americans crossed the Bering land bridge. That analysis has answered some lingering questions about human...

After World War Two, the applications of basic discoveries in biology took off—and became big business. Today, we’ll look at the rise of Big Pharma and GMO foods. We’ll also discuss how life-science technologies fundamentally changed...

Animals eat their own poop in order to gain extra access to nutrients or to microbes that help digest those nutrients.



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Not long after drama reappeared in the unlikely home of European churches, the church decided again it didn't like theater. And so, the budding dramatic scene was kicked out into the harsh elements of the outdoors. So, they started...

You don’t have to be Batman to think bats are awesome! Learn some fun facts about these furry flying mammals.

Her name is "Uhura," which translates to "freedom" in Swahili. Find out why that's 100% appropriate.

Last year, Claire Caine Miller and I teamed up to write about the then-new AAP guidelines on infant sleep. Those guidelines recommended that infants sleep in the same room as their parents until they were one year of age. We took issue...

An urgent warning was issued as food giant recalled baby formula products over food poisoning toxin.Source: LUMEN

Postpartum depression is depressingly common, and it has lots of terrible consequences for moms, for kids, and for families. A new drug is about to hit the market, but it's not a great fit for everyone, and it is PRICEY.

The CDC's recommendations for women about alcohol and pregnancy caused an uproar on the internet recently. We've got Aaron's take on the situation.

It's mom Kokomo's first baby - Winston - at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park since transferring from the Oklahoma City Zoo on breeding loan.

Biology and Psychology are interconnected sciences. In this video we analyse the stages of prenatal development to understand what is happening in the womb during pregnancy, and how this connects to psychological development. Given that...

During the Chechen wars Dr Khassan Baiev saved the lives of thousands of men, women and children. For his work he was sentenced to death by the Russian and the Chechen rebels and fled to live in the USA. After the war, he returned to...

Exoplanet TOI 1227 b is being bombarded by x-rays from its host red dwarf star, causing it to “shrink from the size of Jupiter with a thick atmosphere to a small, barren world,” according to the NASA Chandra team.



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Baryonyx! He has the Heavy claw! Get ready to rock with this semi-aquatic dinosaur adventure. Baryonyx was a late cretaceous dinosaur whose name literally means "heavy claw" in Greek and we have written some heavy riffs to match this...