How to biohack your cells to fight cancer
AdultsBiologyHumanScienceHealthBiotechnology... Check out the science of biohacking, where biologists go into a patient’s genetic code and reprogram their immune system to recognize and fight cancer cells.
Can Humans Sense Magnetic Fields?
AdultsNeurosciencePsychologyScienceBiology... Research has found some human brains can pick up on rotations of geomagnetic-strength fields as evidenced by drops in alpha wave power following stimulus.
You Are A Fish
AdultsAnimalsHumanNatureScienceEvolutionBiology... With our current understanding of evolutionary history and our strategy of cladistic naming, if we wanted to have both goldfish and sharks under a single group called "fish", then mammals must also be called fish.
Could A Plant Grow Inside You?
AdultsBiologyHumanNature Plants can live in all kinds of environments...even inside the your body?
Aliens under the Ice – Life on Rogue Planets
AdultsNatureScienceSpaceBiology... Out in the vast coldness of outer space, there are planets that travel alone through darkness without the boundaries of a system. Here’s how this can happen – and why these frozen deserts might secretly harbor alien life.
Why Is The Very Hungry Caterpillar So Dang Hungry?
AdultsAnimalsNatureScienceBiology... Because it's hoarding protein. Not just for itself, but for the butterfly it will become and every egg that butterfly will lay. And it's about to lose its mouth... as it wriggles out of its skin during metamorphosis.
Can We Get Older Without Aging?
AdultsBiologyScienceSelfHealth... Nothing is guaranteed in life except death, taxes, and entropy. What do other life forms have to teach us about staying alive as we get old, and will we ever conquer death?
Why Are Fewer People Getting Appendicitis?
AdultsBiologyHealthHistoryScience... There are many other unforeseen health changes that seem to be related to the forces of modernization, like the increase in rates of diabetes, Crohn’s disease, and ADHD.
Why is meningitis so dangerous?
AdultsBiologyHealthHistoryScience... In 1987, thousands of people gathered in Saudi Arabia for the annual Hajj pilgrimage. But what started out as a celebration led to a worldwide health crisis: more than 2,000 cases of meningitis broke out, spreading across Saudi Arabia and the rest of the world.
This Strange Condition Keeps You Looking Young Forever
AdultsBiologyGeneticsScience What if you were forever stuck in the aging process? Could you actually stay looking young for the rest of your life? What problems would you face if you had a growth hormone deficiency that caused you to never actually age?
This Rare Mutation Gives You Massive Muscles At Birth
AdultsBiologyHealthHuman This RARE mutation can make you VERY muscular, but what exactly is happening to cause this? Is it harmful?
The Largest River On Earth Is In The Sky
AdultsNatureScienceEnvironmentBiology... What’s the largest river on Earth? If you said “the Amazon”… you’re only half right. Scientists have discovered an even bigger river in South America, and it’s in the sky above the Amazon rainforest.
Where Do Teeth Come From?
AdultsBiologyBiotechnologyScience Teeth. 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.