SciShow
What's the Best Position for Pooping?
Everybody poops ... but is it possible that you're pooping all wrong? Learn the science behind the greatest debate of our time: squat vs. sit! Thanks to Patreon Patron Maia for asking this important question!
SciShow
The 2017 Nobel Prizes: Biological Clocks and Microscopy
Last week, the recipients of the 2017 Nobel Prizes were announced. We take a closer look at the winners of the Physiology and Chemistry Awards, whose breakthroughs change the way we study sleep, and allow us to look at microscopic...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Rusha Modi: What causes heartburn?
Humans have been battling heartburn for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. But recently the incidence has risen, making it a common complaint worldwide. What causes this problem, and how can it be stopped? Rusha Modi details the...
SciShow
How Neanderthals Ended Up With Human Chromosomes
This week we learned that the Neanderthal/Denisovan/Human family tree is pretty complicated, thanks to a close look into some Neanderthals' Y chromosomes.
SciShow
Why Do Humans Like to Get High?
We’ve told you before that there really isn’t any evidence that animals consume mind-altering substances because they feel good to them. This makes it appear that the fondness for psychoactive drugs is, pretty...human. What is it about...
Professor Dave Explains
Introduction to Anthropology
Humans go by the name of Homo sapiens. How did our species come to be? How and when was human civilization developed? The fields that seek to answer these huge questions are anthropology and archeology. We will study the evolution of...
Zach Star
The Biology Major - Careers, Courses, and Concentrations
The biology major is a great major for students interested in a variety of career paths including medicine, health care, research, consulting, sales and much more.
Iesha Learning
How to Manage Your Periods
In this video, young people learn how to stay clean and comfortable during their periods, including instructions on how to use a sanitary pad, tampon, and menstrual cup.
Science Buddies
Find Your Blind Spot!
Did you know that you have a blind spot in your eye? In fact, every person has an unavoidable blind spot in each of their eyes. This doesn't mean that you see a constant black spot in your field of vision though. Normally you don't...
Iesha Learning
Menstrual Traditions
In this video, young people learn the basis of many tradition and taboos around menstruation in India.
The Guardian
Sweetening the pill: could some birth-control methods kill you?
Could some pharmaceutical birth-control methods be having side-effects that are more dangerous than women realise? The birth control pill was one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century. But decades after its introduction, women...
Neuro Transmissions
Welcome to Neuro Transmissions
Hey there! Thanks for stumbling on our introduction video. Neuro Transmissions is a channel on a mission to bring neuroscience to everyone. It's not rocket surgery, it's brain science!
Curated Video
What is Consent?
In this video, young people learn that consent is necessary before initiating any type of romantic or sexual act, and that it is about giving and receiving a "yes" or a "no" They learn that both love must be based on consent, not on...
Iesha Learning
How do you prevent pregnancy?
In this video, young people learn how to prevent pregnancy through the use of contraception, or abstinence.
Iesha Learning
What is Reproduction? Part 1
In this video, young people learn the basis of human reproduction in adults, starting with the journey of the sperm to leave to the male reproductive system, and the egg to move from the ovary to the uterus. We'll learn that it takes two...
Iesha Learning
What are STIs?
In this video, young people learn about the different types of sexually transmitted infections and how they are transmitted.
Iesha Learning
What is Reproduction? Part 2
In this video, young people learn the basis of human reproduction in adults, including sexual intercourse and fertilisation of the egg. We learn that it takes two parts to make baby, and that anatomical words related to reproduction are...
Iesha Learning
What is Menstruation?
In this video, young people learn the biological process of menstruation. They also learn that menstruation is a normal, healthy, and clean phenomenon, which should be embraced as a beautiful entry into womanhood.
Iesha Learning
What is Puberty?
In this video, young people learn about the amazing physical and emotional changes that they will go through on the journey to becoming adults, that all the changes they will experience are normal and transient, and to respect each...
Iesha Learning
How do you prevent STIs?
In this video, young people learn how to prevent sexually transmitted infections through the use of condoms or abstinence.
Iesha Learning
Your Moon Cycle
In this video, young people learn that a girl's hormonal cycle has four weeks, through which her hormone levels rise and fall - much like the lunar cycle. Girls are encouraged to be conscious of their physical and emotional states during...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Intracellular Infection by Salmonella
Bacteria are pesky little organisms that can often easily infect us. But how? Salmonella bacteria literally gets under our skin. Viewers see how the dangerous bacteria protects itself from defense mechanisms inside the cell.
Be Smart
Are You Afraid of Holes?
Are you afraid of holes? Believe it or not, some people are! An interesting video explores the science behind trypophobia, or the fear of small holes. Viewers learn about the scientific difference between fear and disgust and identify...
Crash Course
Smart Tattoos and Tiny Robots: Crash Course Engineering #37
What does the future hold for implantable devices? An informative video discusses the history of devices implanted in the human body starting with the first pace maker. After a discussion of the hurdles people must consider when...