TED Talks
TED: The evolution of compassion | Robert Wright
Robert Wright uses evolutionary biology and game theory to explain why we appreciate the Golden Rule ("Do unto others..."), why we sometimes ignore it and why there’s hope that, in the near future, we might all have the compassion to...
TED Talks
TED: What we don't teach kids about sex | Sue Jaye Johnson
As parents, it's our job to teach our kids about sex. But beyond "the talk," which covers biology and reproduction, there's so much more we can say about the human experience of being in our bodies. Introducing "The Talk 2.0," Sue Jaye...
Curated Video
Incredible Tails Of Amazing Whales!
Whales are amazing animals. Since they evolved from land mammals, their biology breaks ALL the rules! Well, as whales say, rules were meant to be broken.
Curated Video
Age & Aging: Crash Course Sociology
People are getting older – not just in the individual sense, but the human population itself. Today we’re going to explore those shifting patterns and their implications. We’ll go over the biological, psychological, and cultural aspects...
Curated Video
DNA Doesn't Look Like What You Think!
Biology textbooks are full of drawings of DNA, but none of those show what DNA actually looks like. Sure, they're good models for understanding how DNA works, but inside of real cells, it's a whole lot more interesting. Learn why we...
Bozeman Science
Classification of Life
Paul Andersen explains the current classification system that we use in Biology. He starts with a brief history of taxonomy. He explains how the goal of classification is to reflect evolutionary relationships. He then explains how each...
MinuteEarth
What Makes A Dinosaur?
Due to a revolution in our understanding of the tree of life, birds are dinosaurs, while dimetrodons are not. ___________________________________________ FYI: We try to leave jargon out of our videos, but if you want to learn more about...
MinuteEarth
How to Turn Cancer Against Itself
This video was made in partnership with the Swiss National Science Foundation. To see more videos about the importance of basic research, go to https://www.youtube.com/SNSFinfo ↓↓↓ Or watch the THREE OTHER VIDEOS we made with SNSF↓↓↓...
MinuteEarth
How Chaos Makes Your Fingerprints Unique
Because of the chaotic way fingerprints develop and the multiplying effect of compound probability, it's basically impossible for any two fingers to have matching prints. ___________________________________________ To learn more, start...
MinuteEarth
How Cats Became our Feline Overlords (ft. It's Okay To Be Smart)
Check out how cats became our favorite little murder machines. Buy the CAT CAT T-shirt here: https://store.dftba.com/products/cat-cat-shirt To learn how dogs and humans got together, watch the companion video over at It's OK To Be Smart:...
Curated Video
Do You Have an Unconscious Mind?
Much like the biological processes in the rest of your body, a lot of your brain's psychological processes happen without you thinking directly about them,or even being aware of them.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How close are we to uploading our minds? | Michael S.A. Graziano
Imagine a future where nobody dies— instead, our minds are uploaded to a digital world. There they could live on in a realistic, simulated environment with avatar bodies, calling in and contributing to the biological world....
MinuteEarth
These Names Can Kill Animals
Just like the names of products and companies, animals' names can affect how we feel about them...and changing the name of a species might actually help us save it. ___________________________________________ Credits (and Twitter...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Why do women have periods?
A handful of species on Earth share a seemingly mysterious trait: a menstrual cycle. We're one of the select few mammals on Earth that menstruate, and we also do it more than any other animal, even though it's a waste of nutrients, and...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Self-assembly: The power of organizing the unorganized - Skylar Tibbits
From something as familiar as our bodies to things vast as the formation of galaxies, we can observe the process of self-assembly, or when unordered parts come together in an organized structure. Skylar Tibbits explains how we see...
SciShow
Why These Bees Just Keep Staring at Flowers
You might have wondered why bumblebees stop for a moment to stare at the flower they were just interacted with. Are they cherishing all the good times they had together, or is this behavior serving a biological purpose?
Bozeman Science
Reversible Reactions
In this video Paul Andersen describes how reversible reactions achieve equilibrium as reactants are converted to products and products are converted to reactants. A model shows how forward reaction rates and reverse reactions rates...
MinuteEarth
Why Do Animals Eat Their Babies?
Sometimes, it makes sense for critters across the animal kingdom to chow down on their own young. ___________________________________________ FYI: We try to leave jargon out of our videos, but if you want to learn more about this topic,...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: What can you learn from ancient skeletons? - Farnaz Khatibi
Ancient skeletons can tell us a great deal about the past, including the age, gender and even the social status of its former owner. But how can we know all of these details simply by examining some old, soil-caked bones? Farnaz Khatibi...
TED Talks
France Villarta: The gender-fluid history of the Philippines
In much of the world, gender is viewed as binary: man or woman, each assigned characteristics and traits designated by biological sex. But that's not the case everywhere, says France Villarta. In a talk that's part cultural love letter,...
TED Talks
TED: The electrical blueprints that orchestrate life | Michael Levin
DNA isn't the only builder in the biological world -- there's also a mysterious bioelectric layer directing cells to work together to grow organs, systems and bodies, says biologist Michael Levin. Sharing unforgettable and groundbreaking...
MinuteEarth
Why Farming is Broken
To feed everyone in the future, we may need to disrupt 10,000 years of farming practices and turn agriculture into a closed system. ___________________________________________ To learn more, start your googling with these keywords:...
MinuteEarth
How Cats Became our Feline Overlords (ft. It's Okay To Be Smart)
Check out how cats became our favorite little murder machines. ___________________________________________ If you want to learn more about this topic, here are some keywords to get your googling started: Puma: The big cat with the...
Curated Video
How Many Species Are There?
How many species are there on Earth? In biology, this is one of a fundamental question that we still don't have a very good answer for. Imagine if chemists didn't know all the elements of the periodic table, or if physicists didn't know...
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