SciShow
Why Do Kids Puke So Much?
Anyone who’s frequently around kids knows that they throw up a lot, and at seemingly weird times. But there are some interesting biological reasons why that might be!
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7 Species That Really Are What They Eat
There are creatures who get some super important and recognizable part of their biology from their diets.
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Kleptopredation Natural Turduckens
Some birds steal food from other birds to save themselves work, but kleptopredators take it one step further!
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Why You Might Want Someone Else's Poop Inside You
Donating your blood could save someone's life. And so could donating your poop.
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Meet The Black Swallower Natures Top Competitive Eater
Deep in the ocean lives a fish that seems pretty normal right up until dinner time, when it reveals its secret talent: devouring meals much larger than itself.
SciShow
When Food Goes Bad | Compilation
Food can't stay fresh forever. From moldy bread to brown apples, here's the science behind what happens when food goes bad.
TED-Ed
Why do we hiccup? - John Cameron
The longest recorded case of hiccups lasted for 68 years - and was caused by a falling hog. While that level of severity is extremely uncommon, most of us are no stranger to an occasional case of the hiccups. But what causes these "hics"...
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Ghost Crabs Take Stomach Growling to a Whole New Level
You think your tummy rumbles? Meet the ghost crab — it growls using teeth inside its stomach, and not because it’s feeling peckish!
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10 Surprising Chemicals Your Body Makes
Everything is made of chemicals, including the human body, but there are some especially weird ones
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Why Animals Keep Self-Amputating
Some lizards will lose a tail to avoid becoming a meal, but there's more than one reason for animals to self-amputate.
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3 Reasons Animals Puke Their Guts Out (Literally)
For most of us, the term "puke your guts out" isn't meant to taken literally. But for these animals, it's kind of useful.
Amoeba Sisters
Digestive System
Join the Amoeba Sisters for a brief tour through the human digestive system! This video will address major structures and functions including the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and large intestine. This video also mentions chemical...
SciShow Kids
Why Do I Feel Sick in the Car?
Road trips can be fun, but have you ever gotten sick from riding in a car? That's called motion sickness, and it turns out that it's a really common problem!
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The Man Who Tried to Give Himself An Ulcer... For Science
In 1984, Dr. Barry Marshall had a theory about ulcers that he couldn't convince the science community of. So, he took matters into his own hands... or stomach, and infected himself with a potentially deadly bacterium.
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The Neolithic Diet: New Details About What's in the Iceman's Stomach
An analysis of samples taken from the Iceman’s stomach has revealed new details about what people were eating thousands of years ago!
MinuteEarth
Why Do Humans Vomit So Much? 🤮
In an effort to protect us from getting killed by something we’ve ingested, our brain’s vomit control center processes a lot of information from several different places … and sometimes is a little overly cautious.
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Why Do You Feel Butterflies in Your Stomach
It may have happened when you locked eyes with your secret crush, or before an important job interview, but what exactly caused that strange, fluttering sensation in your stomach?
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How Aspirin Changed Medicine Forever
Aspirin isn't just an old medicine cabinet stand-by, it's one of the oldest medicines we humans learned how to make ourselves. And our research into aspirin did more than just make it better at relieving pain, it opened the door to whole...
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Animal Survival Skills: Poison Edition
We can purge our stomachs by vomiting when we consume something that our body thinks might be harmful, but what about animals that can't?
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How to Eat When You Don't Have a Mouth: Lessons From 5 Animals
Not all animals have a mouth, or even need one to eat! These different feeding strategies can teach us a lot about our ancestors and how they went from not needing a mouth at all to only eating with one.
SciShow Kids
Why Can It Be Hard to Breathe After a Fall? Biology for Kids
Have you ever fallen down and had trouble catching your breath? That's called "getting winded" and Jessi and Squeaks are here to explain what to do when it happens.
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Misattribution: How We Mistake Fear for Love
Some emotions can feel so similar that you might mix them up and pick the wrong emotion.
Crash Course
The Digestive System: CrashCourse Biology
Hank takes us through the bowels of the human digestive system and explains why it's all about surface area.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How your digestive system works - Emma Bryce
Constantly churning inside of you, the digestive system performs a daily marvel: it transforms your food into the vital nutrients that sustain your body and ensure your survival. Emma Bryce traces food's nine-meter-long, 40-hour journey...