5 Ways CRISPR Is About to Change Everything
AdultsBiologyBiotechnologyHuman...CRISPR-based gene therapies are already changing healthcare for things like sickle cell disease. But CRISPR is bigger than just medicine, and it could revolutionize everything from food and agriculture to green energy fuels to plastics.
Bee-Inspired
YouthAnimalsNatureTechnology...The pioneering startup BloomX has developed devices like the Robee and Crossbee to mimic the different pollination strategies of bees.
The Most Dangerous Weapon Is Not Nuclear
AdultsBiotechnologyEconomyScience...A breathtaking scientific revolution is taking place – biotechnology has been progressing at stunning speed, giving us the tools to eventually gain control over biology. On the one hand solving the deadliest diseases while also creating viruses more dangerous than nuclear bombs, able to devastate humanity.
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.
How To Make Plastic From Seaweed
YouthEnvironmentScienceBiotechnology...A California startup makes compostable replacements for thin-film plastic out of seaweed.
This MIT Engineer Built His Own Bionic Leg
YouthHistoryTechnologyBiotechnology...At MIT's Media Lab, researchers are developing prosthetic limbs that users can control with their minds, making a robotic foot move as seamlessly as a biological one.
How to 3D print human tissue - Taneka Jones
AdultsHumanScienceTechnology...Explore the science of bioprinting, a type of 3D printing that uses bioink, a printable material that contains living cells.
Magnetic Micro-Robots
AdultsCreativityScienceTechnology...Tiny robots activated by magnetic fields may be used in future biomedical procedures.
Where Do Teeth Come From?
AdultsBiologyBiotechnologyScienceTeeth. We’ve all got ‘em (most of us, anyway). But how do they grow? Teeth are made from some biological nanotechnology that will blow your mind.
See How Termites Inspired a Building That Can Cool Itself
AdultsBiotechnologyCitiesConstructionHow do you cool a building without air conditioning?
What If We Could Teleport?
AdultsBiotechnologyScienceTransportationCould teleportation ever be possible?
What Would REALLY Happen If You Cloned Yourself?
AdultsBiologyBiotechnologyScienceWhat happens when we clone things? Is cloning people even possible?