SciShow
It's Slime Time! | Compilation
Everyone loves slime... until it starts coming out of someone's nose, then all of a sudden it's "gross." But this slimy stuff is also really important to the lives of many animals, including humans!
TED Talks
TED: Finding life we can't imagine | Christoph Adami
How do we search for alien life if it's nothing like the life that we know? Christoph Adami shows how he uses his research into artificial life -- self-replicating computer programs -- to find a signature, a "biomarker," that is free of...
SciShow
The Secret Ingredient in Ruminant Spit
Every day, humans literally flush a valuable resource down the toilet: nitrogen. But there are some animals that have figured out a way to recycle the extra nitrogen in their bodies by moving it not to their livers, but to their mouths!
SciShow
Cicada Symbiosis | SciShow Talk Show
Dr. John McCutcheon is here to educate Hank about just how weird cicadas can be, and Jessi brings by a couple of crabby (but cute) guests.
TED Talks
Adam Garske: How designing brand-new enzymes could change the world
"If DNA is the blueprint of life, enzymes are the laborers that carry out its instructions," says chemical biologist Adam Garske. In this fun talk and demo, he shows how scientists can now edit and design enzymes for specific functions...
Bozeman Science
The Digestive System
Paul Andersen starts with a brief description of feeding methods. He then details all of the major parts within the human digestive system. This tour starts in the mouth, move down the esophagus, through the stomach, small investing,...
Amoeba Sisters
Endocrine System
Explore the endocrine system with the Amoeba Sisters! This video briefly discusses endocrine vs exocrine before showing major endocrine glands and discussing examples of hormones released by each gland. Video also provides an example of...
Crash Course
Urinary System, part 1: Crash Course A&P
Even though you probably don't choose to spend a lot of time thinking about it, your pee is kind of a big deal. Today we're talking about the anatomy of your urinary system, and how your kidneys filter metabolic waste and balance salt...
SciShow
How Protein Shapes Help Us Make Medicine
Coming up with brand new drugs is all about pinpointing and exploiting a disease’s weakness. A big part of perfecting drug design will be learning to predict how proteins get their shapes because that has everything to do with how both...
Bozeman Science
pH and Buffers
In this video Paul Andersen explains how buffer solutions maintain pH in a solution. A buffer solution is made up of a weak acid and its conjugate base. As strong acids or bases are added the pH remains stable. A good buffer solution has...
Be Smart
20 MILLION Year-Old Spider!! Unweaving Spider Silk
Living things have engineered some pretty awesome materials, but I'm not sure anything measures up to spider silk. It's as strong, as stretchy, and as resilient than even humans' most advanced creations like Kevlar and steel. So how do...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How the food you eat affects your brain - Mia Nacamulli
When it comes to what you bite, chew and swallow, your choices have a direct and long-lasting effect on the most powerful organ in your body: your brain. So which foods cause you to feel so tired after lunch? Or so restless at night? Mia...
Crash Course
Biological Molecules - You Are What You Eat: Crash Course Biology
Hank talks about the molecules that make up every living thing - carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins - and how we find them in our environment and in the food that we eat.
SciShow
A ‘New Neptune’ With Water, and Cyanide in Space
SciShow Space News shares the latest developments from around the universe, including the discovery of water vapor on a new “exo-Neptune,” and cyanide found in the clouds where stars are born.
Bozeman Science
Biological and Polymer Systems
In this video Paul Andersen explains how the structure of a biomolecule fits the function of the biomolecule. For example and enzyme must interact correctly with a substrate to lower the activation energy, The covalent and non-covalent...
SciShow
5 Animals With Superpowered Senses
From the ability to see “invisible” types of light to the power to taste all over their body, meet five incredible animals whose super senses far surpass our own! Chapters STAR-NOSED MOLES 3:04 HARBOR SEALS 4:56 CATFISH 6:49 BEARS 8:26
SciShow
3 World-Changing Biology Experiments
Hank tells us the stories of three experiments in biology that, with creativity and luck, changed science & the world with it in their work to solve the mysteries of the universe.
SciShow
The 5 Most Important Molecules in Your Body
Your body has all sorts of complicated processes going on, and a lot of them are carried out by incredibly powerful molecules. We're not talking nutrients -- we're talking about 5 of the molecules that keep you ticking!
Crash Course
The Excretory System: From Your Heart to the Toilet - CrashCourse Biology
Hank takes us on the fascinating journey through our excretory system to learn how our kidneys make pee.
Be Smart
6 Chemical Reactions That Changed History
From fire to food, check out these life-altering reactions that surround us everyday.
Crash Course
Nitrogen & Phosphorus Cycles: Always Recycle! Part 2 - Crash Course Ecology
Hank describes the desperate need many organisms have for nutrients (specifically nitrogen and phosphorus) and how they go about getting them via the nitrogen and phosphorus cycles.
MinuteEarth
The Hidden Side Of Proteins
You might already know that proteins are a fundamental part of your diet, but they're much more than that.
Crash Course
Aldehyde and Ketone Reactions - Hydrates, Acetals, & Imines: Crash Course Organic Chemistry
We’ve already learned the basics of carbonyl chemistry and talked about how we can synthesize aldehydes and ketones, but there’s still so much more to learn, like the role carbonyl groups play in reactions involving sedatives! In this...
SciShow
The Deal with Protein
People like to say all kinds of things about protein – like, you need to eat lots of it to build muscle and lose weight. The truth is, the science of protein and how your body uses it is much more complicated than that.