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.
CRISPR's Next Advance Is Bigger Than You Think
AdultsBiologyScienceTechnology...You've probably heard of CRISPR, the revolutionary technology that allows us to edit the DNA in living organisms.
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.
These SCP’s Could End The World
AdultsBiotechnologyHistoryHuman...The SCP Foundation has been responsible for keeping not only our world, but our universe safe. They contain some of the most deadly SCPs known to man, because if just one of these vicious SCPs got loose, it could spell the end of the world!
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.
The wild world of carnivorous plants
AdultsBiotechnologyLifeNature...Venus fly traps, bladderworts and sundews, oh my! Learn about carnivorous plants and their predatory antics to lure, trap and digest prey.
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?