Plant Your Pants?!?
YouthHow-toNatureScienceBiology... Shanequa went to meet some young science investigators to find out how a big pair of pants has been used for an experiment to check the quality of soil at a farm.
How Do We Get Energy? (Chemical Reactions): Crash Course Biology #26
AdultsEducationScienceBiology Cells need energy to power the chemical reactions that keep their microscopic cities running, and most of that energy comes from a chemical called ATP.
What Is A Core Sample?
YouthHistoryLifeScienceBiology... Have you ever wanted to go back in time— just to see what it was like? Well, scientists have figured out how …sort of…
Can a Simple Brick Be the Next Great Battery?
AdultsEducationScienceTechnologyEnvironmentBiology... The world relies on manufacturing, and manufacturing relies on heat — a massive contributor to global carbon emissions, responsible for a quarter of the world's fossil fuel use.
Can you trust your memory? This neuroscientist isn’t so sure | André Fenton
AdultsBiologyHealthPsychologyNeuroscience... There are three kinds of memory that all work together to shape your reality. Neuroscientist André Fenton explains.
A Tour of the Cell: Crash Course Biology #23
AdultsBiologyEducationHumanScience... The cell is the basic unit of life, and our understanding of it has advanced as science, and the tools available to scientists, has advanced.
Everyone Was Wrong About Avocados - Including Us
AdultsAnimalsLifeNatureScienceBiology... If you’re a fan of avocados, you might have heard that they only exist thanks to prehistoric creatures called giant ground sloths.
You Are Your Microbes
YouthBiologyScienceHealth Jessica Green and Karen Guillemin emphasize the importance of understanding the many organisms that make up each and every organism.
How Did Life Begin? (Evolutionary History): Crash Course Biology #16
AdultsEducationScienceSelfBiologyEvolution... Humans may have been around for a long time, but life has existed for way longer. In this episode of Crash Course Biology, we’ll journey through deep time to uncover the history of life on Earth.
Why Did It Take Us So Long?
AdultsLifeNatureScienceBiologyEcology... We've long known that animal pollination is an important way plants reproduce on land, but we're only JUST finding out animals also pollinate plants underwater.
The best pregnancy test used to be this frog ... no, really - Carly Anne York
AdultsAnimalsNatureScienceBiologyHealth... Dig into how African clawed frogs can help detect human pregnancy, and how their use in experiments had unintended consequences.
The World's Longest Beak
AdultsAnimalsMediaNatureBiology... The sword-billed hummingbird has exclusive access to food that other birds simply cannot reach, but having such a long bill does have its drawbacks.