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What You Need to Know About the Delta Variant
Several COVID-19 variants are acting uniquely enough to qualify as a distinct strain. And you might have heard about one on the news: the Delta variant. Today we’re going to talk about what it is, why it’s here, and what you need to know...
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How a Century-Old Procedure Could Help Us Fight COVID-19
Some potentially good news on the COVID-19 treatment front: Thanks to a technique that’s more than a century old, recovered COVID-19 patients may be in a position to help the rest of us -- with their blood plasma.
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How Fake Internet Accounts Divide Us and How to Stop Yourself From Falling for Them
The people behind fake posts can rely on a few tricks to get you on board. But there are ways to spot them, and ways to avoid falling for what they have to say.
TED Talks
TED: Could this laser zap malaria? | Nathan Myhrvold
Nathan Myhrvold and team's latest inventions -- as brilliant as they are bold -- remind us that the world needs wild creativity to tackle big problems like malaria. And just as that idea sinks in, he rolls out a live demo of a new,...
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Why Fava Beans Can Kill You
For some people, fava beans can be deadly. What is it about this little legume that makes it so?
SciShow
Female Viagra' & New Insights Into Narcolepsy
Recent research has offered some new insights into our biochemistry -- from a proposed drug for sexual arousal to a possible link between the flu and narcolepsy.
TED Talks
TED: What it takes to crush a pandemic | Johanna Benesty
An effective COVID-19 vaccine is just the first step in ending the pandemic, says global health strategist Johanna Benesty. In this illuminating talk, she explores the various barriers to "equitable access" -- making sure COVID-19...
TED Talks
Adam Grosser: A mobile fridge for vaccines
Adam Grosser talks about a project to build a refrigerator that works without electricity -- to bring the vital tool to villages and clinics worldwide. Tweaking some old technology, he's come up with a system that works.
TED Talks
Nathan Wolfe: What's left to explore?
We've been to the moon, we've mapped the continents, we've even been to the deepest point in the ocean -- twice. What's left for the next generation to explore? Biologist and explorer Nathan Wolfe suggests this answer: Almost everything....
Crash Course
How Can Infrastructure Help Us Stop Outbreaks? Crash Course Outbreak Science
When you think about the technology that helps us prevent outbreaks, what do you think of? Vaccines? Lab tests? Medications? What about toilets? That's right! Toilets are an important piece of technology that can help us prevent...
TED Talks
TED: The problem of vaccine spoilage -- and a smart sensor to help | Nithya Ramanathan
Refrigerators do much more than store your groceries -- they're also vital to preserving and distributing vaccines. Illustrating the realities of (and threats to) global vaccine supply chains, technologist and TED Fellow Nithya...
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What's the Deal with Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine? | SciShow News
Multiple companies and organizations have announced early results about their COVID-19 vaccines. Here's what we know about Pfizer's.
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Saving Lives with Innovation: SciShow Talk Show
Hank talks with MacArthur Fellow Dr. Rebecca Richards-Kortum of Rice University who co-founded Beyond Traditional Borders: An interdisciplinary undergrad curriculum focused on solutions to global health problems.
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FAQs About the New Flu
In today's news, Michael Aranda stands in for Hank to talk about this year's flu season. And no, Hank isn't out sick with the flu - he's on the road and out of the studio for a few weeks!
TED Talks
David Baker: 5 challenges we could solve by designing new proteins
Proteins are remarkable molecular machines: they digest your food, fire your neurons, power your immune system and so much more. What if we could design new ones, with functions never before seen in nature? In this remarkable glimpse of...
TED Talks
TED: How to end the pandemic -- and prepare for the next | Maria Van Kerkhove
We will get out of this pandemic, says Maria Van Kerkhove, the COVID-19 Technical Lead of the World Health Organization (WHO). The question is how fast -- and if we'll take what we've learned from the past two years and apply it to the...
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What Omicron Means for the Pandemic’s Future | SciShow News
New variants of SARS-CoV-2 have emerged throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, with the latest one being Omicron. We’re still trying to learn about its effects and what it means for the overall course of the pandemic, but here’s what we know...
TED Talks
Bill Joy: What I'm worried about, what I'm excited about
Technologist and futurist Bill Joy talks about several big worries for humanity -- and several big hopes in the fields of health, education and future tech.
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A Vaccine Against ... Cancer?
If we can get it to work in humans, it will save a lot of lives.
Amoeba Sisters
Natural Selection
Discover natural selection as a mechanism of evolution with the Amoeba Sisters. This video also uncovers the relationship of natural selection and antibiotic resistance in bacteria and emphasizes biological fitness. Note: This video is...
TED Talks
TED: The next outbreak? We're not ready | Bill Gates
In 2014, the world avoided a global outbreak of Ebola, thanks to thousands of selfless health workers -- plus, frankly, some very good luck. In hindsight, we know what we should have done better. So, now's the time, Bill Gates suggests,...
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How The One-Shot COVID Vaccine Changes Things
The Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is now the third approved for emergency use authorization in the United States, and it's a little different from its predecessors.
Crash Course
Biomedicine: Crash Course History of Science
The history of science up until the Cold War is often overshadowed by the Manhattan Project. But, today we are going to talk about advances in biomedicine, or healthcare based on a biological understanding of human bodies and diseases.
TED Talks
Laurie Garrett: Lessons from the 1918 flu
In 2007, as the world worried about a possible avian flu epidemic, Laurie Garrett, author of "The Coming Plague," gave this powerful talk to a small TED University audience. Her insights from past pandemics are suddenly more relevant...