What Is Sickle Cell Disease?
Youth Genetics
You have around 35 trillion red blood cells moving around your body at all times. Typically they are rounded and flexible. What happens when they aren’t?
The Ice Bucket Challenge Actually Worked
Youth Genetics
The Ice Bucket Challenge raised millions of dollars for research into treatments for ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease.
Why do we have crooked teeth when our ancestors didn’t?
Adults Genetics
Explore the prevailing scientific theory of why crooked teeth and impacted wisdom teeth are recent developments in human evolution.
The Disease You Will Never Survive
Adults Genetics
A simple mis-folding in a certain brain protein causes a disease for which we have no cure.
The Fastest-Growing Plant In The World
Adults Genetics
Bamboo is the world’s fastest growing plant thanks to the cell elongation process it shares with all grasses and its unique cell wall layering adaptation, allowing it to shoot up to 100 ft (30m) in just 8 weeks.
This Strange Condition Keeps You Looking Young Forever
Adults Genetics
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?
Is Height All In Our Genes?
Adults Genetics
I'm tall. Most of the people in my family are tall. Does that mean my son will be tall? Turns out the inheritance of height is a lot more complicated than we thought.
Are We All Related?
Adults Genetics
In part 3 of our special series on human ancestry, we investigate how closely related we all really are.
The Deadliest Being on Planet Earth - The Bacteriophage
Adults Genetics
A war has been raging for billions of years, killing trillions every single day, while we don't even notice. This war involves the single deadliest being on our planet: The Bacteriophage.
Mom vs. Dad: What Did You Inherit?
Adults Genetics
What traits have your parents pass down to you?
How Do You Actually Understand Language?
Adults Genetics
Language is fascinating, but how do we understand it?
Is It Safe To Get Your DNA Tested?
Adults Genetics
Once it's out of your body, your genetic information is valuable to a variety of people, but you can keep it safe(ish) with a few simple steps.
How Evolution works
Adults Genetics
The theory of evolution explains how the enormous variety of life could come into existence. How it is possible for primitive life forms to spawn the millions of different creatures, that exist today.
Why Are Mosquitoes Attracted To Me?!
Adults Genetics
Mosquitoes are attracted to me and it's likely due to my genes.
How to Make an Elephant Explode with Science - The Size of Life 2
Adults Genetics
Life on this planet is based on cells. Cells do vary in size. But they are pretty similar in their dimensions across all species. A blue whale doesn't have bigger cells than a hummingbird, just a lot more of them.
How Close Are We to Curing HIV/AIDS?
Adults Genetics
Current drug therapies mean it's possible to live a normal life span with HIV, but that's expensive and not a long term solution. What we really need is an HIV vaccine and a cure. So, how close are we?
Does It Matter Which Color Egg You Buy? (Why Are They Different?)
Adults Genetics
Ever wondered why some eggs are different colors? There's a lot more science behind it than you might think.
Your Face Could Be Recreated From DNA: Should You Worry?
Adults Genetics
Can we predict what a person's face looks like based solely on a sample of their DNA? A new study says yes, but geneticists aren't so sure.
Is DNA the future of data storage? - Leo Bear-McGuinness
Adults Genetics
In the event of a nuclear fallout, every piece of digital and written information could all be lost. Luckily, there is a way that all of human history could be recorded and safely stored beyond the civilization's end. And the key ingredient is inside all of us: our DNA. Leo Bear-McGuinness explains.
DNA Doesn't Look Like What You Think!
Adults Genetics
Biology textbooks are full of drawings of DNA, but none of those show what DNA actually looks like. Sure, they're good models for understanding how DNA works, but inside of real cells, it's a whole lot more interesting. Learn why we can't look directly at DNA, and find out how DNA is actually packed inside cells.