Visual Learning Systems
Exploring Plant Reproduction: Sexual Reproduction in Plants
This engaging series of videos uses colorful animations and on-location footage to illustrate some of the amazing ways plants reproduce. The reproduction processes in bryophytes, ferns, gymnosperms, and angiosperms are highlighted....
SciShow
Dendritic Cells: Scishow Talk Show
Hank and PhD Candidate Joanna Kreitinger discuss research being performed on dendritic cells in relation to the immune system. Later, Jessi from Animal Wonders joins to show us the emperor scorpions. Animal Wonders:...
SciShow
8 Strange Animal Sleeping Habits
Sleep is important, but not all animals need the same kind of deep rest as humans. From sleeping standing up to sleeping inside snot bubbles, here are 8 especially strange ways some animals catch their ZZZs. Hosted by: Michael Aranda...
Step Back History
What is the Gnostic Religion?
Long-buried secret books of the Bible. A good an evil god. A Gospel of Judas. These are all parts of a mysterious early branch of sects in Christianity called the Gnostics. Who were these people? What did they believe? And why did it...
Curated Video
How to live without a heart or a brain - Lessons from a Jellyfish
The jellyfish is one weird sea animal. What makes it even weirder is that it doesn’t have a brain or a heart. Though it doesn’t have a brain, it does have a nervous system in the form of nerve nets and some have a structure called a...
Next Animation Studio
Australian James Harrison's rare blood saves more than 2 million babies
Australian man James Harrison is known as 'The Man with the Golden Arm' after his blood was used to develop an injection that has since saved the lives of an estimated two million babies from rhesus disease.
MinuteEarth
Why Can't Mules Have Babies?
Thanks to The Great Courses Plus for sponsoring this video. You can start your subscription with a free one-month trial today by visiting http://ow.ly/Yq7c302duah Hybrid animals are infertile because of the way their sex cells form. But...
MinuteEarth
What is Skin For?
Subscribe - it's FREE! - http://goo.gl/EpIDGd And please support us on Patreon - https://goo.gl/ZVgLQZ REFERENCES Skin cell loss by weight Agache, P. & Humbert, P. 2004. "Measuring the Skin." http://dft.ba/-74An Aly, R. et al. 1978....
SciShow
Why Are Smartphone Batteries Combusting?
Why did some of Samsung's Galaxy Note7 phones explode? And what can Tardigrades teach us about protecting our DNA? Audible is offering SciShow viewers a free audiobook with a 30-day trial membership. Go to http://www.audible.com/scishow...
MinuteEarth
These tiny shells know how much ice there is on Earth
Foraminifera – tiny, single-celled marine life forms – build gorgeous houses that record how much ice there is on the planet. SUPPORT MINUTEEARTH ************************** If you like what we do, you can help us!: - Become our patron:...
SciShow
Why Are There So Many Beetles?
Beetles are the most diverse group of complex organisms on Earth, making up over 20% of all named animal species. One in five species on this planet is...a beetle. How did one group of organisms get THAT massive? Go to...
MinuteEarth
Why Don't Sled Dogs Ever Get Tired?
Thanks to Squarespace for sponsoring this video! https://squarespace.com/minuteearth Sled dogs are the best endurance athletes in the world thanks to a weird quirk in their metabolism. Thanks also to our supporters on...
MinuteEarth
Males vs. Females: Sexual Conflict
Download a free audiobook when you sign up for a 30-day trial at http://www.audible.com/minuteearth In the animal kingdom, sex often involves more conflict than cooperation. The struggle between males and females leads to a host of weird...
MinuteEarth
Why Don't Sled Dogs Ever Get Tired?
Sled dogs are the best endurance athletes in the world thanks to a weird quirk in their metabolism. ___________________________________________ To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Glycolysis: The...
Stated Clearly
What is a gene?
Support Stated Clearly on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/statedclearly You've probably heard about GMOs or Genetically Modified Organisms but what exactly is a gene and what does it mean to modify the genes of a plant or animal? We...
FuseSchool
Intro to Cells: Animal, Plant, Nerve and Red Blood Cells
Throw your dendrites in the air and wave 'em like you just don't care! An excellent video in the Fuse School playlist explains the parts and functions of cells. It describes their structures, functions, and specialties.
PBS
Sponge Animation: Wild Ride Through a Sponge
Sponges filter many times their body volumes in water every hour with no breaks. Viewers find themselves being swept inside a sponge to observe the filtering process from the inside. They view the canals, the feeding cells, the spicules,...
Amoeba Sisters
Cell Membranes and Cell Transport
Cells are busy places! How do things move around in such a tiny environment? Introduce young life scientists to the types of cellular transport through a video that is part of a large biology playlist. Animated characters demonstrate how...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
How We Get Our Skin Color
Is our skin color determined only by genetics? Explore skin science through a video and related interactive. Young biologists discover the cells of the epidermis, how melanin is made, and the factors that influence the outward appearance...
Be Smart
Could You Be Immune to Everything?
Could super immunity be the next big super power? Discover the amazing inner workings of the immune system through an engaging video from an interesting science playlist. Animated antibodies take on a variety of pathogenic invaders while...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
How We Get Our Skin Color Interactive
I can see your epidermis. A short video shows how we get our skin color. It explains how melanocyte cells in the epidermis produce melanin, and that the type and amount of melanin controls skin color.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Skin Color Interactive Video: The Biology of Skin Color
It's all just skin deep. An anthropologist explains in a video how she used UV radiation data from NASA to come up with a theory on how human skin color has evolved over time. The skin has to be dark enough to block harmful UV radiation,...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Structure of Dengue Virus
The dengue virus looks like a ball with multiple layers. View an animation of each layer while hearing a description of its properties, from the outer symmetrical units to the lipid envelope, the capsid, and finally the RNA genome.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Measuring Circadian Activity in Drosophila
How many hours should be in a day? One species of drosophila naturally prefers a 24.5 hour day, while another strongly prefers a 19-hour day. An animation and graph share data from each of these species when exposed to the typical light...