SciShow
Antimony: The Life-Saving Toxin
Antimony is toxic to inhale, swallow and touch, but it might also save your life.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: What is HPV and how can you protect yourself from it? - Emma Bryce
Get informed on the causes and risks of human papillomavirus, HPV, and how to protect yourself from the infection. -- At some point, most sexually active people will be infected with human papillomavirus, or HPV. There are over 100 types...
TED Talks
Ananda Shankar Jayant: Fighting cancer with dance
Renowned classical Indian dancer Ananda Shankar Jayant was diagnosed with cancer in 2008. She tells her personal story of not only facing the disease but dancing through it, and gives a performance revealing the metaphor of strength that...
TED Talks
TED: A few ways to fix a government | Charity Wayua
Charity Wayua put her skills as a cancer researcher to use on an unlikely patient: the government of her native Kenya. She shares how she helped her government drastically improve its process for opening up new businesses, a crucial part...
SciShow
Is Burnt Toast Really Bad for You
You may have seen posts online warning you about the dangers of eating burnt toast, but how much will that actually affect your health?
SciShow
SPF Doesn't Mean What You Think It Means
SPF seems pretty simple. Find a high number, rub some on your nose, and you're ready for some sunshine. Unfortunately the science behind it is a little more complicated.
SciShow
The Strange Scourge of Light Pollution
Light pollution -- it's not just the bane of light sleepers and frustrated astronomers. It also is tinkering with the biological cycles of all kinds of living things, including us! SciShow takes you behind the glare to understand the...
TED Talks
Samuel Cohen: Alzheimer's is not normal aging — and we can cure it
More than 40 million people worldwide suffer from Alzheimer's disease, and that number is expected to increase drastically in the coming years. But no real progress has been made in the fight against the disease since its classification...
TED Talks
Adam Ostrow: After your final status update
Many of us have a social media presence -- a virtual personality made up of status updates, tweets and connections, stored in the cloud. Adam Ostrow asks a big question: What happens to that personality after you've died? Could it ......
TED Talks
Eva Vertes: Meet the future of cancer research
Eva Vertes -- only 19 when she gave this talk -- discusses her journey toward studying medicine and her drive to understand the roots of cancer and Alzheimer’s.
TED Talks
TED: Fighting a contagious cancer | Elizabeth Murchison
What is killing the Tasmanian devil? A virulent cancer is infecting them by the thousands -- and unlike most cancers, it's contagious. Researcher Elizabeth Murchison tells us how she's fighting to save the Taz, and what she's learning...
SciShow
Does Using Your Phone Really Hurt Your Sleep?
You've probably heard that some types of light, like the kind that comes from your phone or laptop, can be bad for your sleep if you use them too close to bedtime. But let's be real, nighttime is the best time to binge TV, so are we...
TED Talks
TED: The way we think about biological sex is wrong | Emily Quinn
* Viewer discretion advised. This video includes discussion of mature topics and may be inappropriate for some audiences. Did you know that almost 150 million people worldwide are born intersex -- with biology that doesn't fit the...
SciShow
Two New Groundbreaking Cancer Treatments
Finding safe, effective cancer treatments is tough, but in the last couple of weeks, we've taken two major steps toward a future where every type of cancer has a cure.
SciShow
Foldit Gamers FTW
Hank tells us how some gamers are outperforming sophisticated computer programs to help solve the puzzle of protein folding and to assist scientists in finding better treatments for HIV/AIDS, cancer, and Alzheimer's.
SciShow
Targeting Iron to Fight Cancer | SciShow News
Cancer treatment is hard on the whole body, but a promising treatment is looking to target cancer's appetite and leave the rest of our cells alone.
SciShow
A Vaccine Against ... Cancer?
If we can get it to work in humans, it will save a lot of lives.
SciShow
The Reason Prescription Drugs Will Never Be Developed Fast!
It can potentially take decades for medications to reach pharmacy shelves, but why? We take a deep dive into the creation of a cancer treatment to explain the process.
Crash Course
The Mighty Power of Nanomaterials: Crash Course Engineering #23
Just how small are nanomaterials? And what can we do with stuff that small? Today we’ll discuss some special properties of nanomaterials, how some can change at different sizes, and the difference between engineered nanomaterials and...
SciShow
What Does SPF Mean?
Sunscreen comes in different levels of SPF, or sun protection factor, but what does that mean for your skin and the ultraviolet radiation hitting it? Olivia explains the science of SPF.
SciShow
What Fruit Flies Taught Us About Human Biology
For creatures that look nothing like us, fruit flies have been able to teach us a lot about human biology as we’ve studied them over the past century.
TED Talks
Jack Andraka: A promising test for pancreatic cancer ... from a teenager
Over 85 percent of all pancreatic cancers are diagnosed late, when someone has less than two percent chance of survival. How could this be? Jack Andraka talks about how he developed a promising early detection test for pancreatic cancer...
SciShow
A Cancer Gene May Be More Friendly Than We Thought | SciShow News
Until now, researchers have assumed that healthy cells switch off the enzyme telomerase as a way to protect themselves from turning cancerous. But a new study suggests the enzyme may have a healthier role than we previously thought....
TED Talks
TED: How AI is making it easier to diagnose disease | Pratik Shah
Today's AI algorithms require tens of thousands of expensive medical images to detect a patient's disease. What if we could drastically reduce the amount of data needed to train an AI, making diagnoses low-cost and more effective? TED...