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SciShow
4 Weird Lab Animals
Why do scientists try to learn about /people/ by studying creatures that none of us could ever be mistaken for? Learn about model organisms, and why they're so helpful for us.
TED Talks
David Anderson: Your brain is more than a bag of chemicals
Modern psychiatric drugs treat the chemistry of the whole brain, but neurobiologist David Anderson has a more nuanced view of how the brain functions. He shares new research that could lead to targeted psychiatric medications -- that...
SciShow
Mendel Got Extremely Lucky (...or Maybe He Lied)
Science, while often the result of a stroke of genius, can just as easily be a stroke of extraordinarily good luck. Mendel’s work just happened to be a mix of the two.
Professor Dave Explains
Subphylum Crustacea Part 1: Form and Function
Continuing through phylum Arthropoda, we read the clade Crustacea. This includes many familiar animals like crabs and lobsters, as well as many that will be far less familiar. Let's start out by getting a sense of the general form and...
Nature League
Should We Keep Using Lab Rats? The Debate Over Model Organisms
This week on Nature League, Brit discusses the concept of model organisms and offers some arguments for and against their use. Get your Critically Endangered Sharks poster here! Only on sale through May 30th.
Science360
Surprising Reasons Why We Need Biodiversity
The hangout covers the benefits of biodiversity—and which benefits have been scientifically tested; how biodiversity boosts innovation; and how researchers are measuring biodiversity in the face of environmental...
Bizarre Beasts
The Bizarre Beast with Pointy Ribs
The Iberian ribbed newt likes doing regular newt things, like living in ponds and eating worms. But when they’re threatened by a predator, they basically become the newt version of Wolverine from X-Men.
Journey to the Microcosmos
Paramecium The White Rat of Ciliates
These world travelers might be, well, almost everywhere, but there is a still a lot we don't know about the famous paramecium.
University of North Carolina
The Goldstein Lab: Caenorhabditis Elegans Movies
This resource offers a series of film clips created by scientists studying this model organism. There are movies of embryos, larvae and adults and fascinating techniques. Great to supplement advanced study of cell biology and development.