The Reason Why Cancer is so Hard to Beat
AdultsBiologyHumanScience... An undead city under siege, soldiers and police ruthlessly shooting down waves of zombies that flood from infected streets, trying to escape and infect more cities. This is what happens when your body fights cancer, more exciting than any movie.
Neuroscientist debunks ‘lizard brain’ myth | Lisa Feldman Barrett
AdultsAnimalsBiologyHuman... Plato famously described the human psyche as two horses and a charioteer: One horse represented instincts, the other represented emotions, and the charioteer was the rational mind that controlled them.
What Biologists Do: Crash Course Biology
AdultsBiologyBiotechnologyEducation... A biologist’s natural habitat is anywhere questions about life are being asked—whether the subject is a nematode or a narwhal, a single cell, or a whole ecosystem.
The science of super longevity | Dr. Morgan Levine
AdultsBiologyHumanScience... Science can’t stop aging, but it may be able to slow our epigenetic clocks.
Your Body Killed Cancer 5 Minutes Ago
AdultsBiologyHealthHuman... Somewhere in your body, your immune system just quietly killed one of your own cells, stopping it from becoming cancer, and saving your life. It does that all the time.
How to master your sense of smell
AdultsBiologyHumanScience... Some perfumers can distinguish individual odors in a fragrance made of hundreds of scents; tea-experts have been known to sniff out the exact location of a particular tea; and the NYC Transit Authority once had a employee responsible only for sniffing out gas leaks.
The man who lost his sense of touch
AdultsBiologyHealthHuman... Explore the science behind how your body and brain process different sensations like touch, pain, temperature, and spatial awareness.
Just How Good is Eagle Vision?
AdultsBiologyLifeNature... In a remote part of Scotland, expert bird handler Lloyd Buck sets up a game of hide and seek for his golden eagle Tilly to test just how good her eyesight is.
The Best Way to Boost Your Immune System
AdultsBiologyHealthHuman... There is this idea floating around that what doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger.
You Can’t Actually Die Of Old Age
AdultsBiologyHealthHuman... Despite centuries of death records to the contrary, “dying of old age” is not medically possible; instead, it’s just a convenient catch-all.
Your Immune System is More Dangerous than You Think
AdultsBiologyEducationScience... There is this idea floating around that what doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger. That surviving a disease leaves you better off. And it seems to make sense because we have all experienced this.
The Disease You Will Never Survive
AdultsBiologyGeneticsHuman... A simple mis-folding in a certain brain protein causes a disease for which we have no cure.
The Most Complex Language in the World
AdultsBiologyEducationLanguage... You are cells. Your muscles, organs, skin and hair. They are in your blood and in your bones.
There’s No Such Thing As “Warm-” Or “Cold-” Blooded
AdultsBiologyHealthLife... The concept of warm-blooded and cold-blooded animals is outdated because there are actually tons of different animal thermoregulation strategies.
Lungs Are Great, But They Have One Weakness...
AdultsBiologyHealthHuman... Our respiratory systems do a great job of protecting us, but they are no match for the smallest pollution particles created by the modern world.
Biologist Answers More Biology Questions From Twitter | Tech Support | WIRED
AdultsBiologyLifeNature... Biologist Thor Hanson is back to answer even more of the internet's burning questions about biology.
Do Other Diseases Have "Long" Versions?
AdultsBiologyHealthScience... This video was made in partnership with Bill Gates. COVID isn’t the only virus to cause long-lasting symptoms. Other viruses - including the flu - can have similar enduring effects on our tissues and immune systems.
The Super Secrets of Sewage
AdultsBiologyHumanScience... In 2020, many cities started monitoring wastewater for viruses, and there are a lot of non-virus reasons to keep doing it.
How does heart transplant surgery work? - Roni Shanoada
AdultsBiologyHumanTechnology... Dig into the science of how heart transplants happen, how donors are matched and find out how this complex surgery saves lives.
Why are cockroaches so hard to kill? - Ameya Gondhalekar
AdultsAnimalsBiologyEducation... Dig into the genetic adaptations of cockroaches, and find out what makes it so hard to get rid of these tenacious creatures.