Journey to the Microcosmos
Ophyroglena The Tricky Transforming Ciliate
On the surface, Ophyroglena seems like it should be pretty easy to identify, but it all depends on which stage of life it's currently in.
Journey to the Microcosmos
Lacrymaria: Vicious Long-Necked Predators
Lacrymaria: Vicious Long-Necked Predators
Science360
Extremophile Hunter
With support from the National Science Foundation, Astrobiologist Richard Hoover really goes to extremes to find living things that thrive where life would seem to be impossible--from the glaciers of the Alaskan Arctic to the ice sheets...
Science360
Biodiversity: A boon for brain research
How two unlikely microbes (that don't even have brains) led to the development of one of today's most promising brain research techniques--which is being used to study many diseases including schizophrenia and Parkinson's.
FuseSchool
Human Defence Systems Against Pathogens
Human Defence Systems Against Pathogens | Health | Biology | FuseSchool Pathogens are disease causing microorganisms, that our body has many defence mechanisms against. The skin is the first physical barrier, providing a protective layer...
Professor Dave Explains
Bacterial Infections in Humans
Now we know about a wide variety of bacteria, as well as precisely how they can harm us. So how do they get spread around? How do communicable diseases get from host to host? Let's learn all about this process now.
msvgo
Asexual Reproduction in Plants
It describes asexual reproduction and the modes of asexual reproduction in plants.
Journey to the Microcosmos
Microorganisms Are Cleaning the Water You Drink
Microbes are used for everything from baking to brewing, but wastewater treatment is where they do some of their most important work.
Next Animation Studio
Alien life might be making methane on Saturn’s moon
Scientists found that Enceladus’ gas plumes contain unexpected amounts of methane, and methane is usually produced by living organisms.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Should I Take Probiotics?
If you’ve recently had to take antibiotics or you’re feeling run down, someone has probably suggested probiotics.
Curated Video
Neil deGrasse Tyson Doesn't Think Contact Will Happen in 50 Years
Will Space contact happen? Neil deGrasse Tyson doesn't think contact will happen in 50 years. Hear why on Cheddar.
Sky News
Scientists warn world on edge of post-antibiotic era as new superbugs develop that are resistent to antibiotics
VOICED: Shows Interior shots research scientists working in a lab. Exterior shots pigs and cows in fields. Interior shots Professor Maggie Smith reading report and Interview on antibiotics resistance. Interview with doctor on using...
Curated Video
Microbe found that widens scope for finding new forms of life
1. Wide of news conference
2. Cutaway of media
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Felisa Wolfe-Simon, NASA Astrobiology Institute: (clients note: soundbite partly overlaid with image of bacterium)
"I'd like to introduce to you today the bacterium...
Sky News
Prince Charles touring a biodegradable plastics factory
CLEAN: Interior shots of Prince Charles meeting scientists on a visit to a firm specialising in biodegradable plastics and looking at samples on 7 March 2019 in London, United Kingdom
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : French Nobel winner reflects on 30 year
CLEAN : French Nobel winner reflects on 30 year
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : US company turns air pollution into fuel, bottles and dresses
At LanzaTech's lab in the Chicago suburbs, a beige liquid bubbles away in dozens of glass vats : the concoction includes billions of hungry bacteria, specialized to feed on polluted air -- the first step in a recycling system that...
Curated OER
Virus, Part 1/2
A virus' whole purpose is to reproduce. Each virus exists to invade and take over a living body. Begin looking at viruses with this quick introduction, continued in part two.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: Qrius: Mineral Transformations: Demystifying Microbes
Understand how microbes transform minerals in this webcast. How can microbes possibly help curb pollution? [29:16]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: The Many Lifestyles of Muck Dwelling Microbes
Scientists are studying magnetic bacteria for their potential use in building biocomputers. Another microorganism that fascinates them is one that lives deep in the ocean and feeds off remnants from the time of dinosaurs. Aired June 1,...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Microbes: Bacteria
Listen to this podcast explaining the importance of bacteria: good and bad. [0:44]
PBS
Nova: Artificial Life
Ethical questions often surround artificial life. This segment by NOVA attempts to shed light on misconceptions and the intricacies associated with such scientific ventures. Build you own microbe and learn what variables are necessary to...