SciShow
How Long Has Health Care Existed on Earth?
We know modern day healthcare to be a world of expensive premiums, long wait times and frustrating hospital bills. However health care has existed long before insurance premiums and online portals! Curious about when healthcare for...
TED Talks
Jaap de Roode: How butterflies self-medicate
Just like us, the monarch butterfly sometimes gets sick thanks to a nasty parasite. But biologist Jaap de Roode noticed something interesting about the butterflies he was studying — infected female butterflies would choose to lay their...
SciShow
4 Plants That Are Great for Humans
A quarter of all prescription drugs in the U.S. come from substances that are found only in plants. In this episode of SciShow, we take a look at four of these talented plants who make our lives better.
Food Farmer Earth
Katrina Blair Discusses the Wild Wisdom of Weeds: Essential Plants for Human Survival
Dive into Katrina Blair's insights on how wild weeds can be both food and medicine, aiding in human survival and environmental health. Discover the untapped potential of these resilient plants found across all human-inhabited continents.
Wonderscape
Beneath the Canopy: The Life and Gifts of Trees
Explore the serene beauty and essential roles of trees on a hot summer day under the shade. Discover how trees, from providing oxygen and fruit to aiding in medicine, impact our environment and our health. Dive into the fascinating...
Wonderscape
Medicinal Wonders of the Tropical Rainforest
This video explores the medicinal properties of various plants and animals in the tropical rainforest, such as the fertilance viper's venom for treating high blood pressure and the Madagascar periwinkle's role in curing acute lymphocytic...
Curated Video
Uses for Amaranth
For centuries, amaranth has been consumed for nutritional and medicinal purposes and used externally to treat a variety of rashes and wounds. Learn about the many uses for amaranth. Amaranth part 3/5
Curated Video
The Power of Herbal Medicine
This video provides an overview of herbal medicine, highlighting its historical and modern uses. It explores the potential benefits and challenges associated with herbal medicine, emphasizing its alternative status in modern medicine....
SciShow
4 Plants That are Great for Humans
Many substances people commonly use today come from plants, such as caffeine, nicotine, and morphine. A video highlights four plants that scientists use for medicine. It explains the way people discover, research, and use them,...
California Academy of Sciences
Ca Academy of Sciences: Science Heroes: Jack Dumbacher, What Magic Is
Dr. Jack Dumbacher shares a story of what native people of New Guinea call magic, but is actually some sort of biological phenomenon. [2:04]