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Review of B cells, CD4+ T cells and CD8+ T cells

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Review of B cells, CD4+ T cells and CD8+ T cells More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=xaz5ftvZCyI
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Cytotoxic T cells

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Animation by Etsuko Uno, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute https://www.wehi.edu.au/wehi-tv The animation illustrates how cytotoxic T cells kill virus-infected cells. The movie shows how the body, in response to a virus infection, can produce clones of cytot
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These Overlooked Organisms Are The Key To Life As We Know It

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Plankton may be tiny, but they have a huge impact on the Earth. And they're in space?! Get 15% off http://www.domain.com's domain names and web hosting when you use coupon code DNEWS at checkout! Learn More About DNews After Dark ???? http://dne.ws/1Fa2Tp
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3D printing with living organisms

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A method for printing 3D objects that can control living organisms in predicable ways has been developed by an interdisciplinary team of researchers at MIT and elsewhere. This technique may lead to 3D printing of biomedical tools that can be customized to
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Helper T Cells

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Introduction to helper T cells and their role in activating B cells More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=uwMYpTYsNZM
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Cytotoxic T Cells

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How cytotoxic T cells get activated by MHC-I/antigen complexes and then proceed to kill infected cells More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=oqI4skjr6lQ
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What Are Stem Cells? - Craig A. Kohn

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-are-stem-cells-craig-a-kohn Is personalized medicine for individual bodies in our future? Possibly -- with the use of stem cells, undifferentiated cells with the power to become any tissue in our bodies. Cr
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How Sea Organisms Are Changing The Way We Make Glue | Think Like A Tree

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Your new kitchen cabinets might contain a glue in them that was inspired by mussels. Explore the chemistry that mussels use when attaching to boats and find out how that science is being imitated to develop strong adhesives that don’t rely on toxic formal
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Henrietta Lacks: The 'immortal' cells that changed the world - BBC REEL

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In 1951, Henrietta Lacks, a black woman from Baltimore, USA, died of cancer. However, cells taken from her body without her knowledge continued to grow and multiply even after her death. They became the first 'immortalised human cell line' and changed med
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A robotic Petri dish: How to grow human cells in a robot shoulder

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Human cells grown in the lab could one day be used for a variety of tissue grafts, but these cells need the right kind of environment and stimulation. New research suggests that robot bodies could provide tendon cells with the same kind of stretching and
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The Immortal Cells Of Henrietta Lacks - Robin Bulleri

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-immortal-cells-of-henrietta-lacks-robin-bulleri Imagine something small enough to float on a particle of dust that holds the keys to understanding cancer, virology, and genetics. Luckily for us, such a thing
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Plankton. The Most Vital Organisms On Earth - World Oceans Day - BBC Earth

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Happy World Oceans Day! Click here to watch our SpongeBob SquarePants video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLNe3TutnNM The BBC Earth Unplugged team take over BBC Earth to delve a little deeper into why plankton are the most important organisms on the pla
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Why Are Stem Cells So Important?

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Stem cell research is still very controversial, so why do we want to use stem cells in the first place? Why are they so useful, and what can they do? Read More: Researchers Grow Tiny Beating Human Hearts From Stem Cells http://www.popsci.com/researchers-g
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Galvanic Cells

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Redox reactions to drive Galvanic Cells.
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Prokaryotic And Eukaryotic Cells

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Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Bacteria and archaea.
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How Your Cells Decide Whether to Be Part of the Brain, or the Colon

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Before cells mature, they have to decide what they want to be — and new research shows that process gets pretty "noisy." Doctors Have to Trick Your Brain’s Defenses to Heal You, Here’s Why - https://youtu.be/USiZ6dUGUt8 Read More: Know Your Neurons: What
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This is How Your Body Makes New Cells

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If we want to become a functioning human being, we need to have cells grow and replicate. In the final episode of this Human season, Patrick will explain the cell cycle and why we aren't just clones of our parents. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subsc
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How We Think Complex Cells Evolved - Adam Jacobson

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-we-think-complex-cells-evolved-adam-jacobson Imagine you swallowed a small bird and suddenly gained the ability to fly … or you ate a cobra and were able to spit poisonous venom! Well, throughout the history
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Snippet: Wounds close with the help of fat cells

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Scientists discover that fat cells travel to wounds and help with repair in fruit flies. Read more about this finding: http://scim.ag/2BPl6eW In this video, fat calls are very large green shapes surrounded by smaller red-stained cells. Read the paper: htt
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Zombie Cells Are Hiding in Your Body, Could Killing Them Stop Aging?

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After killing senescent “zombie” cells in mice, researchers were able to extend the mice’s lives by 25%. But what are these hidden cells? Is Young Blood The Secret To Eternal Youth? - https://youtu.be/CTNTfjbG14Y Read More: To Stay Young, Kill Zombie Cell
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Can we live forever? Human skin cells REVERSED in age!

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Scientists in the UK have reversed the age of skin cells using Maturation Phase Transient Reprogramming to reverse the skin cells of a 58 year old man by 30 years. His skin markers were compared to someone of 30 years his junior and not only did his skin
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Red blood cells

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Oxygen uptake by hemoglobin in red blood cells More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=fLKOBQ6cZHA
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How do cancer cells behave differently from healthy ones? - George Zaidan

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-do-cancer-cells-behave-differently-from-healthy-ones-george-zaidan How do cancer cells grow? How does chemotherapy fight cancer (and cause negative side effects)? The answers lie in cell division. George Zai
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Overview Of Animal And Plant Cells

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Overview of animal and plant cells. Topics include cell walls, vacuoles, chloroplasts, peroxisomes, lysosomes, mitochondria, etc.
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RNAi: Slicing, Dicing And Serving Your Cells - Alex Dainis

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/rnai-slicing-dicing-and-serving-your-cells-alex-dainis RNA, the genetic messenger, makes sure the DNA recipe gives your cells exactly what they ordered. But sometimes that means inhibiting some other RNA that go
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Embryonic Stem Cells

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An overview of early development of a zygote to an embryo. Embryonic and somatic stem cells. More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=-yCIMk1x0Pk
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Feed Me: Classifying Organisms - Crash Course Kids #1.2

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FEED ME! In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina has a chat with us about what living things eat to get energy. What makes something an omnivore, or a carnivore, or an herbivore? And how do plants fit in to all of this? This first series is based on
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Your Cells Send Trillions of Messages Every Second, Here's How

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To function properly, our bodies depend on tons of chemical messages to fire every second of our lives, but how exactly does our body know how to do this? In this episode, Patrick will help break down communication on a cellular level. Subscribe to Seeker
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Your Textbooks Are Wrong, This Is What Cells Actually Look Like

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With new advances in microscopy, biologists are able to see the secret life of cells unfolding like never before.Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Focal Point | https://bit.ly/2s0cf7w You probably remember being taught about th
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Cancer Cells Pop Their Own Nucleus To Squeeze Through A Tight Spot

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Cells can do the twist, but sometimes their nuclei burst. Learn more: http://bit.ly/1PtC3qO
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Plant Cells: Crash Course Biology #6

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Hank describes why plants are so freaking amazing - discussing their evolution, and how their cells are both similar to&different from animal cells. Crash Course Biology now available on DVD! http://dftba.com/product/1av/CrashCourse-Biology-The-Complete-S
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Natural Killer Cells: a Fascinating Evolutionary Arms Race

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The first 500 people to use this link will get 2 free months of Skillshare Premium Membership: https://skl.sh/stevemould9NK cells are part of the immune system and they perform a clever countermeasure to a viruses clever counter measure to our immune syst
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Destroying Cancer Using Your Own Genetically Modified Cells

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Scientists are taking cancer patients' immune cells and engineering them to fight cancer. How does it work? DOUBLE CHECK CTA ***** This Genetically Modified Salmonella Destroys Brain Cancer - https://youtu.be/z94yUn33Ylo Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter
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Where Did Eukaryotic Cells Come From? - A Journey Into Endosymbiotic Theory

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1.8 billion years ago, a cell ate another cell, but it didn't digest it, and without that happening, we would not exist. This week we explore the origins of eukaryotic cells and ask the question, "Are our cells more than ourselves?"SciShow's "Was the Apol
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This Will Kill Your Brain Cells!

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Are you losing brain cells, right now? Check out our new PODCAST: http://sidenotepodcast.com Special thanks to Science Sam! Follow her on IG @science.sam Created by: Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown Written by: Jodre Datu, Rachel Salt and Samantha Yammin
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Professional Antigen Presenting Cells (APC) and MHC II complexes

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How professional antigen presenting cells present parts of engulfed pathogens on MHC II complexes (major histocompatibility complexes). More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=j_kSmmEpvQk
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Heart Cells Are Bringing Robots To Life

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Scientists just created a tiny robot made of metal and rubber but powered by rat heart muscle cells! How do biological hybrid machines work? Nature Is Smarter Than Us - https://youtu.be/4vq8ci4RTUs Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1U
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How do Solar cells work?

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In the last two decades the contribution of solar energy to the worlds total energy supply has grown significantly. This video will show how solar cell or photovoltaic cell produce electricity.Check out this interesting video from New Physicist to learn m
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Biohacking our way to health with robot cells | Michael Levin

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This biologist built a living robot from frog cells and it could hold the key to the future of regenerative medicine:This interview is an episode from @The-Well, our publication about ideas that inspire a life well-lived, created with the @JohnTempletonFo
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How do Stem Cells Actually Work? | Earth Lab

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Liz Bonnin explains what stem cells are and their importance in developing specialised cells. Subscribe to Earth Lab for more fascinating science videos - http://bit.ly/SubscribeToEarthLab All the best Earth Lab videos http://bit.ly/EarthLabOriginals Best
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How to biohack your cells to fight cancer - Greg Foot

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Check out the science of biohacking, where biologists go into a patient’s genetic code and reprogram their immune system to recognize and fight cancer cells. -- The human body is made up of about 30 trillion cells that carry a code which has been duplicat
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The mysterious nanotube network connecting cells

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Strange protrusions have been observed growing between cells. Often referred to as ‘tunnelling nanotubes’ or ‘membrane nanotubes’, their biological significance is not yet clear. Are these a previously unknown method of cell communication? Or an insignifi
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Plant Cells - Explanation

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Learn all about plant cells! Link to the Plant Slide Video: https://youtu.be/2uvB9UXr8WM Link to the Onion Slide Video: https://youtu.be/dxv4M4HHUgs Link to the Eukaryotic Cell Video: https://youtu.be/Z5iEbC2fSAw -- Sci Files posts all kinds of science vi
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Henrietta Lacks' Revolutionary HeLa Cells

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The astonishing story of Henrietta Lacks' immortal cells, taken without consent, revolutionized medical research but also exposed ethical dilemmas, leading to crucial changes in consent laws to protect patients' rights in the scientific community.Untold i
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How this disease changes the shape of your cells - Amber M. Yates

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Dig into the science of how a single genetic mutation alters the structure of hemoglobin and leads to sickle-cell disease. -- What shape are your cells? Squishy cylinders? Jagged zig-zags? You might not spend a lot of time thinking about the bodies of the
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Tracking live cells deep within animals’ bodies

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Scientists adapt firefly biology to create bioluminescent cells detectable from outside the body. Read the news story: http://scim.ag/2F1ftww Read the research ($): http://science.sciencemag.org/content/359/6378/935 CREDITS editor/animator/narrator Chris
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B Lymphocytes (B cells)

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Overview of B cells (B lymphocytes) and how they are activated and produce antibodies More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=Z36dUduOk1Y
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How Do Nerve Cells Carry Information? - Christmas Lectures with David Pye

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What is action potential and how does it help nerves carry information, such as pain or pleasure signals? Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full lecture: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1985/communicati
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Eukaryopolis - The City of Animal Cells: Crash Course Biology #4

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Hank tells us about the city of Eukaryopolis - the animal cell that is responsible for all the cool things that happen in our bodies. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dftba.com/product/1av/CrashCourse-Biology-The-Complete-Series-DVD-Se
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Why Can't We Experiment On Human Embryonic Stem Cells?

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Human embryonic stem cell research is incredibly controversial, and the current law says we can only study them for 14 days. Why is this? Will This New Stem Cell Treatment End The Controversy? ►►►► http://bit.ly/1tC1DWO Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter H
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Silicon, Semiconductors, & Solar Cells: Crash Course Engineering #22

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Today were looking at silicon, and how introducing small amounts of other elements allow silicon layers to conduct currents, turning them into semiconductors. Well explore how putting two different types N and P semiconductors together gives us electrical
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Scale Of Cells

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Thinking about how large a cell is compared to viruses, proteins and simple molecules.
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Role of the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum in Muscle Cells

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The role of the sarcoplasmic reticulum in controlling calcium ion concentrations within the muscle cell More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=SauhB2fYQkM
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We Can Now Grow Human Bones From Stem Cells!

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Scientists may have figured out how to grow bones in a lab, what does this mean for the future of implants? What Does Bone Marrow Actually Do? - https://youtu.be/XbRLMbDtiaA Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI We got nominated f
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Cell Organelles 10 Plant Cells

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Visualisation of Chloroplast organelle Drew Berry, wehi.tv Created for E.O.Wilson’s Life on Earth interactive textbook of biology (2014), available free from iBook Store Visit https://www.wehi.edu.au/wehi-tv
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Iron Man molecule restores balance to cells

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Small druglike compound rescues defective iron transport Learn more: http://scim.ag/2q7hizI Read the research($): http://science.sciencemag.org/content/356/6338/608?
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Muscles, Part 1 - Muscle Cells: Crash Course A&P #21

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We're kicking off our exploration of muscles with a look at the complex and important relationship between actin and myosin. Your smooth, cardiac, and skeletal muscles create movement by contracting and releasing in a process called the sliding filament m
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Watch a gel embedded with heart cells change color with every beat

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Material is inspired by chameleons. Read more - https://scim.ag/2E2Krzu CREDITS -------------- editor/animator/narrator Chris Burns supervising producers Sarah Crespi Nguyên Khôi Nguyên script Nguyên Khôi Nguyên Sarah Crespi Matthew Warren citation F. Fu
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Cell Theory

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Introduction to cell theory--the idea that 1) all living things are made of one or more cells, 2) cells are the basic unit of life and 3) all cells come from other cells. Explore the roles that Hooke, Leeuwenhoek and others played in developing Cell Theor
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DNA Spells Evolution

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DNA weaves together the tapestry of life on Earth. It mutates, which can lead to variation among organisms. Watch how natural selection relies on DNA to mold organisms to suit their environments. Play the Evolution Lab: http://www.pbs.org/nova/labs/lab/ev
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The Microbial Jungles All Over The Place (and You) - Scott Chimileski And Roberto Kolter

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-microbial-jungles-all-over-the-place-and-you-scott-chimileski-and-roberto-kolter As we walk through our daily environments, we’re surrounded by exotic creatures that are too small to see with the naked eye.
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What Happens When Your DNA Is Damaged? - Monica Menesini

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-happens-when-your-dna-is-damaged-monica-menesini The DNA in just one of your cells gets damaged tens of thousands of times per day. Because DNA provides the blueprint for the proteins your cells need to fun
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The Invisible Universe Of The Human Microbiome

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The next time you look in a mirror, think about this: In many ways you're more microbe than human. There are 10 times more cells from microorganisms like bacteria and fungi in and on our bodies than there are human cells. But these tiny compatriots are in
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What Is Leukemia? - Danilo Allegra And Dania Puggioni

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-is-leukemia-danilo-allegra-and-dania-puggioni Stem cells found in the bone marrow are crucial for our health because they are needed to become new blood cells that sustain and protect our bodies. But when t
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What Is a Skin Allergy?

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Poison ivy or a new perfume making you break out and itch? Your skin normally works as if in harmony to protect you from infection, but sometimes the tune your killer T cells are playing is bad news for your skin cells. Produced with support from SC Johns
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The Surprising (and Invisible) Signatures Of Sea Creatures - Kakani Katija

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View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-surprising-and-invisible-signatures-of-sea-creatures-kakani-katija On land, animals leave footprints that tell us a lot about their size, form and capabilities. Marine organisms do this too, but these footp
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How Natural Selection Works

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Through natural selection, living things have evolved over billions of years from simple cells into an awe-inspiring array of organisms. “Life at the Limits” Co-curators John Sparks and Mark Siddall explain how over time natural selection leads to changes
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Salamander Limb Regeneration HHMI BioInteractive Video

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Newts and salamanders can regrow limbs that were severed off. Watch this classroom-ready science animation to see how stem cells enable regeneration. This video is part of the 2006 Holiday Lectures on stem cells. Watch the rest of the lectures, or downloa
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Immune System: Innate and Adaptive Immunity Explained

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Our immune system is a fascinating entity, that functions in quite a unique and efficient manner. Comprising of various types of cells, it is prepared for any kind of breach in the fortress of our body, and is equipped to fight off a staggering number of
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How Scientists Can Manipulate Memories With Light

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Scientists have found a way to trick the brain using light and optogenetics. What implications could this have for the future of medicine? How To Turn Bad Memories Into Good Ones - https://youtu.be/Zm5nnJNvcVE Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http
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Repairing Hearts, Brains & Eyes: A Stem Cell Update

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A lot has happened in stem cell research in the last few years. They can treat blindness & heart failure, but are they still controversial? Will This New Stem Cell Treatment End The Controversy? - https://youtu.be/QEUye6WI_o4 Sign Up For The Seeker Newsle
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The Cancer Gene We All Have - Michael Windelspecht

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-cancer-gene-we-all-have-michael-windelspecht Within every cell in our body, two copies of a tumor suppressor gene called BRCA1 are tasked with regulating the speed at which cells divide. Michael Windelspecht
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Scientists’ Crazy Plan to Power Solar Panels with E. Coli

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New biogenic solar cells could be cheaper and more efficient than current solar technology. Here’s how they work. Your Gut Microbes Are Controlling Your Mind, Here’s What You’ll Do For Them - https://youtu.be/0raVj1BA7iU Read More: This bacteria could boo
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Planktonium

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Planktonium is a short film by Jan van IJken about the unseen world of living microscopic plankton. It is a voyage into a secret universe, inhabited by alien-like creatures. These stunningly beautiful, very diverse and numerous organisms are unknown to mo
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Meet the Xenobot, the Worlds First-Ever "Living" Robot

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These researchers paired biology with artificial intelligence to create the worlds first living robots. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.comMeasurin
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Can Plastic-Eating Worms Solve Our Trash Problem?

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Plastics are everywhere, and we can’t seem to get rid of them. Could a worm be the solution we need? Does Recycling Actually Help? ►►►► http://dne.ws/16zXnMX DNews Live Tickets Here ►►►► http://dne.ws/1Fa2OCh Read More: Why Doesn't Plastic Biodegrade? htt
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Reprogramming Skin to Grow New Organs Is Now Possible

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Scientists may have found a way to reprogram skin cells into any cell the body needs. Here's how it works. Your Body Is Designed to Attack a New Organ, Now We Know Why - https://youtu.be/yfDL9PWubCs Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1
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Why Women Are Stripey

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Epigenetics means women have different active x-chromosomes in different cells. Animation courtesy of http://wehi.tv Music by Amarante: http://bit.ly/VeAmarante Animation: Etsuko Uno Art and Technical Direction: Drew Berry Sound Design: Francois Tetaz & E
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Immune System, Part 3: Crash Course A&P #47

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THE FINAL SHOWDOWN! This is the last episode on the immune system and also the very last episode of Crash Course Anatomy & Physiology. In it, Hank explains how the cellular immune response uses helper, cytotoxic, and regulatory T cells to attack body cell
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Electrotonic and Action Potentials

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How electrotonic and action potentials propagate down cells
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Extracellular Matrix

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Overview of how cells relate to the extracellular matrix.
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There’s a Subterranean Biosphere Hiding in the Earth’s Crust and It’s MASSIVE

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This mysterious new ecosystem is being called the ‘subterranean galapagos’ and it’s almost twice the size of earth’s oceans. We’ve never seen anything like it. Thumbnail image courtesy of Gaëtan Borgonie, ELI, Belgium. A New Genetic Alphabet Is Creating T
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Two Research Vessels Leave for the Twilight Zone

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A project jointly funded by NASA and the National Science Foundation is heading west from Seattle, straight for the twilight zone. Using two research vessels, the Export Processes in the Ocean from Remote Sensing (EXPORTS) oceanographic campaign will stud
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The Operating System Of Life - George Zaidan And Charles Morton

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-operating-system-of-life-george-zaidan-and-charles-morton Humans, octopi and pine trees alike are all made up of cells, tiny but sophisticated systems that keep life going. Cells are almost like tiny factori
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Scientists are testing out a device that could heal organs and brain injuries in seconds

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Ohio State University created a non-invasive chip that uses Tissue Nanotransfection to alter skin cells into cells of any kind according to their study. Researchers say it may be able to heal anything from nerve damage to brain injuries. It's only been te
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Oxygen’s surprisingly complex journey through your body - Enda Butler

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/oxygen-s-surprisingly-complex-journey-through-your-body-enda-butler Oxygen forms about 21% of the air around us. In your body, oxygen forms a vital role in the production of energy in most cells. But if gases ca
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Can the “immortal” jellyfish help cure brain disease?

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Turritopsis dohrnii is a species of jellyfish that some scientists say can live forever by reverse aging, over and over again. In a process called transdifferentiation, these jellyfish can transform their dying adult cells into new healthy cells. Since th
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This Is How Your DNA Made You

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DNA is the genetic instructions that tell your body where to put each finger and how to orient the heart, but how does this process work on a cellular level? In this episode, Patrick breaks down each step of the process and explains how you end up as you
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People And Pets Live Inside A Microbial Cloud

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We shed about 1 million particles an hour, including bacteria and dead skin cells.
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Microorganisms | The Dr. Binocs Show | Learn Series For Kids

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Ever wondered what happens when you look through a microscope? You find a whole new world of Micro organisms! Join Dr. Binocs as he teaches you more about micro organisms in a fun and simple way! Share on Facebook - https://goo.gl/uMQnBC Tweet about this
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Lactic Acid Fermentation

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Lactic acid fermentation. How organisms like lactobacillus convert pyruvic acid to lactic acid and oxidize NADH to NAD+ in the process.
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Is There Any Actual Science Behind Stem Cell Therapy?

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Stem cell research promises incredible cures, but what are the risks and how successful are these trials really? Reprogramming Skin to Grow New Organs Is Now Possible - https://youtu.be/6txIbBQGu5k Read More: Three Women Blinded By Unapproved Stem-cell ‘t
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We Don't Know: Magnetoreception

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This episode explores animals' ability to perceive magnetism or “magnetoreception." We know from behavioral evidence that many organisms, from bacteria, to lobsters, to pigeons sense and respond to magnetic fields but we are just starting to learn how thi
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What Does Bone Marrow Actually Do?

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Bone marrow transplants are known to save lives, but how? What makes bone marrow so special? Bone Marrow Transplant Cures HIV? - https://youtu.be/DGBCfBZl-GQ Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: Bone Marrow Transplant
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Hunting microbe wields a “gatling gun” harpoon

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Single-celled organisms have intricate microscopic weapons evolved for capturing prey. Learn more: http://scim.ag/2ojUQ6t Read the paper (free): http://scim.ag/2ojkXum
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Scale of the Small

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From honey bees to cells, virus, and atoms -- understanding the scale of the very small More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=ERKx3Oa2omo
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What Is Epigenetics? With Nessa Carey

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Why your DNA is not your destiny. Molecular biologist Nessa Carey presents an introduction to epigenetics and explains how it shapes life. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe DNA is a vitally important starting point for life,
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How Do The Lungs Work? - Emma Bryce

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-do-the-lungs-do-emma-bryce When you breathe, you transport oxygen to the body's cells to keep them working, while also clearing your system...
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Yeast Cell - 3D

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D. Allan Drummond, a professor at University of Chicago, prints these scientifically accurate budding yeast cells in brass at 10,000 times their actual size.
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An Axolotl Is An Incredible Creature That Can Regenerate Its Brain And Heart

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*Editor's note: Dr. James Godwin is now a research scientist at MDI Biological Laboratory.* The story begins with the Aztec God of death and lightning, the Xolotl. As legends have it, he was a monstrous dog that guarded the sun god and ushered souls to th
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This Is How Your Body Makes New Blood

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Forget about young blood! Your body is constantly making new blood every second of your life and this process is unlike anything else around. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Human! http://bit.ly/HUMANplaylist Visit our shop a
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DNA: The Book Of You - Joe Hanson

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/dna-the-book-of-you-joe-hanson Your body is made of cells -- but how does a single cell know to become part of your nose, instead of your toes?...
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Tumour Immunology And Immunotherapy

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This animation created by Nature Reviews Cancer and Nature Reviews Immunology illustrates how tumour cells are sensed and destroyed by cells of the immune system and how tumours can evolve to evade immune-mediated elimination. Scientists are developing ne
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Environmental DNA: How to see the genetic clues left behind in a drop of water

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Environmental DNA (eDNA) is the pool of genetic material that can be collected from an environmental sample. As organisms live and navigate in their aquatic habitat, they leave behind a trail of shed cells, skin, waste, and mucus. Just a few drops of wate
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Discovering Life Under Antarctica’s Ice

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Drew Lohrer is the principal investigator at Science Under the Ice, a project dedicated to studying the resilience of organisms under Antarctica’s frozen ocean. Along with his team of nine scientists, Lohrer dives deep to collect data on sea organisms and
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Role of Phagocytes in Innate or Nonspecific Immunity

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Role of phagocytes in innate or nonspecific immunity. Neutrophils, macrophages, and dendritic cells. MHC II. More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=O1N2rENXq_Y
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Endomembrane System

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An overview of how the cellular membrane, nuclear membranes, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus and other membrane-bound structures collectively form the endomembrane system in eukaryotic cells.
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Searching For Life In Volcanoes And Other Extreme Environments - Nat Geo Live

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Found everywhere from the rim of a lava lake to the inside an iceberg, microbes are remarkable organisms that can live in places humans can only dream of. How do they do it? And what can we learn from them about the limits of life both on our planet and e
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Why Haven’t Hydrogen Vehicles Taken Over the World Yet?

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Hydrogen fuel cells are promoted as efficient and carbon free, but what happened to hydrogen cars? Why a Half Degree Rise in Global Temperature Would Be Catastrophic - https://youtu.be/teZk3NLU_7M Read More: Gas guzzlers reborn: Why your next car could ru
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Apoptosis and venetoclax

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Animation by Etsuko Uno, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute https://www.wehi.edu.au/wehi-tv This animation is in two parts. Part 1: Apoptosis is a type of cell death that removes diseased and unwanted cells from the body. This part of the animation illustrat
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Genetically Engineered Cancer-Fighting Algae

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Learn how scientists are fighting cancer... with algae! Hosted by: Michael Aranda ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn't make SciShow without them! Shout out to Justin Ove, David Campos, Chris Peters, Philippe vo
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Freezing With Liquid Nitrogen

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Using liquid nitrogen, which is over 400 degrees Fahrenheit colder than the temperature of your skin, we cause a normal bouncy racquetball to shatter like glass. We will also see what happens when we freeze living cells, and it may make you reconsider let
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Rare white giraffes caught on camera in Kenya

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A pair of giraffes with leucism, a condition that inhibits pigmentation in skin cells, have been filmed by conservationists for the first time in Kenya.
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Cell Vs. Virus: A Battle For Health - Shannon Stiles

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/cell-vs-virus-a-battle-for-health-shannon-stiles All living things are made of cells. In the human body, these highly efficient units are protected...
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A New Genetic Alphabet Is Creating Things Nature Has Never Seen

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If you thought DNA was made of just A, T, G and C-- think again. Scientists have been expanding these options, and the resulting organisms could create the impossible. What Happens When CRISPR Backfires? - https://youtu.be/8b_d3RIJJmo Read More: Organisms
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Can Nanotechnology Turn Windows Into Solar Panels?

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Solar energy technology is becoming more efficient and more effective while also becoming invisible to the naked eye - here's how. Which Power Source Is More Efficient? - http://bit.ly/28LCSkh Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI
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How Your Digestive System Fights Pathogens

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Our digestive system does a lot more than just break down food for us. It actually has a role in our immunity. In this episode, Patrick explores how immune system checkpoints within the digestive tract protect us from pathogens. Subscribe to Seeker! http:
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Say Hello to Saber-toothed Smilodon! | SciShow Kids

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Teachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!Smilodon the saber-toothed cat had really big teeth! Join Jessi and Squeaks and learn all about how fossils can tell us how these Ice Age animals
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This Is How Your Brain Powers Your Thoughts

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Scientists have figured out how our brains process thoughts and the explanation will blow your mind. Can Shocking Your Brain Make You Smarter? - https://youtu.be/LSwMwX9BbGc Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI We got nominated f
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Why are coral reefs turning white?

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Coral reefs are home to an abundance of wildlife and help protect coastal communities against floods and storms. Their bright vibrant colors come from algae living in coral. But rising ocean temperatures stress out coral and cause them to expel the tiny o
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Animal Development: We're Just Tubes - Crash Course Biology #16

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Hank discusses the process by which organisms grow and develop, maintaining that, in the end, we're all just tubes. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dft.ba/-8css Like CrashCourse on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/youtubecrashcourse
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Vascular Plants = Winning! - Crash Course Biology #37

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Hank introduces us to one of the most diverse and important families in the tree of life - the vascular plants. These plants have found tremendous success and the their secret is also their defining trait: conductive tissues that can take food and water f
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Mariana Trench Creatures That Are Scarier Than Megalodon

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The dark and high pressured environment of the deepest place on earth, the Mariana trench, means that not only is it incredibly difficult to explore, but the animals that live down there have had to adapt to an extremely hostile environment. Virtually eve
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Blood Is So Much More Than You Think, Here's What's Inside

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Blood is the ultimate travel companion in your body, and everyone's got some. But what is blood even made of? Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.com Not only does blood carry out many important function
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The beauty of collective intelligence, explained by a developmental biologist | Michael Levin

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The strange science experiment that blew a worms head off and blew our minds.This interview is an episode from @The-Well, our publication about ideas that inspire a life well-lived, created with the @JohnTempletonFoundation.Subscribe to The Well on YouTub
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What If You Grew Yourself a New Body?

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Build-a-Bear? More like Build-a-Body!Learn more about the SENS Research Foundation's End of Year Fundraiser here - https://www.sens.org/eoy2022/SENS Website: https://bit.ly/SENSLNSENS Intro: https://bit.ly/SENSIntroEnter to become a Life Noggin Character!
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Should We Grow Human Organs In Pigs?

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An amazing new technology will let scientists grow new kidneys for patients using their own stem cells inside of pigs. To start using Tab for a Cause, go to: http://tabforacause.org/r/minuteearth2 Thanks also to our supporters on https://www.patreon.com/M
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Atoms From Nuclear Explosions Are Embedded in Your Brain, But You’re Fine

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Scientists are using past atomic explosions to learn about our brains, and it’s completely changed how we think about aging. U.S. Nuclear Missiles Are Still Controlled By Floppy Disks - https://youtu.be/Y8OOp5_G-R4 Read More: Sorry, Adults, No New Neurons
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Why Can't We Reverse Nerve Damage?

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Science has made incredible strides in improving the way our body heals, except when it comes to nerves. What makes nerves so hard to fix? Are We Close to Repairing Spinal Cord Injuries? ►►►►http://bit.ly/1Q9Fdlg Sign Up For The TestTube Newsletter Here ►
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Your Immune System: Natural Born Killer - Crash Course Biology #32

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Hank tells us about the team of deadly ninja assassins that is tasked with protecting our bodies from all the bad guys that want to kill us - also known as our immune system. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dft.ba/-8bCC Like CrashCour
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Most cones don't really see color

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Color perception limited to a surprisingly few number of retinal cells. Read more: http://scim.ag/2cZWrc9 JOIN AAAS: http://scim.ag/2bxrxnH
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Can Humans Evolve Quickly Like Pokmon?

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Super Charged Evolution? Humans are just like Pokmon!Learn more about the SENS Research Foundation's End of Year Fundraiser here - https://www.sens.org/eoy2022/SENS Website: https://bit.ly/SENSLNSENS Intro: https://bit.ly/SENSIntroEnter to become a Life N
Slime molds are gorgeous (you just never knew it!)

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Meet two amateur naturalists who comb the Pacific Northwest woods for a fascinating creature with an unappealing name: slime molds. One of the longest-living life forms on the planet, these single cell organisms have been long overlooked and underapprecia
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If the Coronavirus is Mutating, What Does That Mean For Us?

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You've probably heard that SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, is mutating. But what exactly does this mutation mean for us? Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Vi
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Strange Symptoms: Why COVID-19 Affects the Skin, Sense of Smell, and More

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When COVID-19 first started popping up, the symptoms were described as a fever, a dry cough and sometimes shortness of breath. But now we know this disease affects so many different systems in the body - circulatory, endocrine, and even neurological. This
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Slow motion tongues offer a snapshot of evolution

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Read the article: https://www.science.org/content/article/how-tongue-shaped-life-on-earthAn early interest in feeding ecology led evolutionary biologist Kurt Scwhenk to study the tongues of lizards. Like Darwins finches, the various forms and functions of
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What is Metabolism?

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Normally when we think of metabolism, we think of weight loss fads like the Keto diet, the Paleo diet or intermittent fasting. Metabolism, however, is way more interesting than weight loss trends. It is the process used by your body to transform Cap'n Cru
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Whats Inside A Caterpillar 'Cocoon'

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Contrary to popular belief, a chrysalis is not a pouch or a sac Its actually the caterpillars own body! During metamorphosis, the former caterpillar releases digestive juices that dissolve cells in its muscles, gut, and other organs. Then, special groups
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This Is How Your Body Turns Food Into Energy

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Your body needs energy to do, well, everything. But where does that energy come from? In this episode, Patrick dives into how exactly mitochondria power the cell, how ATP works, and, alas, the Krebs cycle. Buckle up! Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/sub
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Where Do Genes Come From? - Carl Zimmer

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/where-do-genes-come-from-carl-zimmer When life emerged on Earth about 4 billion years ago, the earliest microbes had a set of basic genes that succeeded in keeping them alive. In the age of humans and other larg
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This Cell Might Hold the Answer to a Universal Cure for Cancer

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A new immune discovery could provide a universal cancer cure, so how does it work... and how close is it to actually happening? Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Visit our shop at http:/
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Robotic Ray Is Part Animal, Part Machine

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Light-controlled cardiac muscle cells guide swimming of an artificial animal. Learn more: http://scim.ag/29rkDCn Read the research: http://scim.ag/29lax1u JOIN AAAS: http://scim.ag/2bxrxnH
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What Is The Oldest Living Thing?

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From eldritch aspen colonies to immortal jellyfish, the world is lousy with long-lived organisms. But what’s the oldest? Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com Share on Facebook: https://goo.gl/IDNsbs Share on Twitter: https://goo.gl/QXC2XL Subscribe: http://goo
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Mitosis: Splitting Up is Complicated - Crash Course Biology #12

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Hank describes mitosis and cytokinesis - the series of processes our cells go through to divide into two identical copies. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dftba.com/product/1av/CrashCourse-Biology-The-Complete-Series-DVD-Set Like Cras
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Photosynthesis

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Exploration of the photosynthesis reaction inside chloroplasts of plant cells. By Drew Berry, wehi.tv Created for E.O.Wilson’s Life on Earth interactive textbook of biology (2014), available free from iBook Store Visit wehi.tv
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What is DNA and How Does it Work?

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DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is a molecule that is often called the blueprint of life. Located in the nucleus, the DNA is a very long molecule with a helix winding structure like a twisted ladder. The rungs of the ladder are made of four different chemical
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Scientists May Have Found a Way to Treat All Cancers... By Accident | SciShow News

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Go to http://Brilliant.org/SciShow to try out Brilliants Daily Challenges. The first 200 subscribers get 20% off an annual Premium subscription.A universal cure for cancer would be a truly historic achievement in medicine, and it seems that scientists may
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Cellular Cannibalism May Have Led to the Evolution of Everything, Including Us

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Millions of years ago, simple cells might’ve eaten each other to develop their own type of superpowers. Freaky. How Your Cells Decide Whether to Be Part of the Brain, or the Colon - https://youtu.be/W_Gpr8ZjqF4 Read More: The fuel of evolution: A new hypo
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Creating artificial tissues just got easier, thanks to this tetris-like building technique

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New method allows researchers to build structures from cells with unprecedented precision. Read more: http://bit.ly/2eMuUcv Read the research ($): http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/2/10/e1600911 JOIN AAAS: http://scim.ag/2bxrxnH
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You are your microbes - Jessica Green and Karen Guillemin

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/you-are-your-microbes-jessica-green-and-karen-guillemin From the microbes in our stomachs to the ones on our teeth, we are homes to millions of unique and diverse communities which help our bodies function. Jess
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Myths And Misconceptions About Evolution - Alex Gendler

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/myths-and-misconceptions-about-evolution-alex-gendler How does evolution really work? Actually, not how some of our common evolutionary metaphors would have us believe. For instance, it's species, not individual
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The Hidden Physics Behind Your Breath

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You breath all the time, whether you think about it or not. But how does that even work? And what is breathing for? Patricks got all the answers to your oxygen-deprived questions in this episode. And yeah, theres physics involved. Subscribe to Seeker! htt
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The Fascinating World of Cnidarians

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The phylum Cnidaria contains such creatures as jellyfish, anemones, siphonophores and corals. Together, they consist of around 13,000 living species - surprisingly simple, yet beautiful organisms. The importance of these cnidarians cannot be understated.
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The Arctic Vs. The Antarctic - Camille Seaman

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-arctic-vs-the-antarctic-camille-seaman How can you tell the two poles apart? Where are the penguins? What about the bears? The Arctic pole is located in the Northern Hemisphere within the deep Arctic Ocean,
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What Happens When CRISPR Backfires?

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CRISPR is touted as a gene editing technology to change the world, but recent studies show that it might actually be doing more harm than good. Your Body Could Be Immune to CRISPR! Is This the End of Gene Editing? - https://youtu.be/ow4b7eg2ibc Read More:
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Bacteriopolis | Exploratorium

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The colored areas are different types of bacteria. The colors come from different pigment molecules that the bacteria use to capture energy from light. All these bacteria were in the pond mud we used to make this exhibit. But bacteria in a pond don't look
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Weird and Wonderful: This spectacular deep-sea siphonophore is a sight to see

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Weve discovered a rainbow of siphonophores in the depths of Monterey Bay and beyond, like this stunningly scarlet species, Marrus claudanielis, described by MBARI researchers and their collaborators in 2005. The scientific name honors the husband-and-wife
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Cell Meiosis: Crash Course Biology #13

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Hank gets down to the nitty gritty about meiosis, the special type of cell division that is necessary for sexual reproduction in eukaryotic organisms. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dftba.com/product/1av/CrashCourse-Biology-The-Compl
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Electrochemistry: Crash Course Chemistry #36

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How Crystals Can Turn Any Surface Into a Solar Panel

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Scientists are on the hunt for a more efficient solar panel cell. Perovskites show a lot of promise, but face a few obstacles before they become commercially viable. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/Ele
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How Does Cooperation Evolve?

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If you find this animation helpful, consider supporting our work at http://statedclearly.com/contribute/ Lichen is a combination of algae and fungus (and in many cases, a third species of yeast) living together. This relationship allows the intertwined or
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Ancient supernovae might have upended Earths evolution

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When stars run out of fuel, they can collapse under their own gravity, exploding as supernovae that blast debris and radioactive nuclei far into space. Most of these events are too far from Earth to impact our planet. But if one happened nearby, the effec
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Glow In The Dark Worm Genes - Christmas Lectures with Alison Woollard

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Alison Woollard shows how we can use special genes to make worms' muscle cells glow in the dark. Watch the full first lecture of the series: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/2013/life-fantastic/where-do-i-come-from?utm_source=youtube&utm_medi
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Light leaves leaves light | Photosynthetic Floatation - Science Snack Activity

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Light leaves leaves light. Photosynthetic organisms capture energy from the sun and matter from the air to make the food we eat, while also producing the oxygen we breathe. In this Snack, oxygen produced during photosynthesis makes leaf bits float like bu
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Fresh human brains yield delicious data

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Allen Institute for Brain Science launches first database of live human brain cells. Learn more: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/10/fresh-human-brains-yield-delicious-data Visit the database: http://celltypes.brain-map.org/
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How A Single-celled Organism Almost Wiped Out Life On Earth - Anusuya Willis

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-a-single-celled-organism-almost-wiped-out-life-on-earth-anusuya-willis There’s an organism that changed the world. It caused the first mass extinction in Earth’s history … and also paved the way for complex
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'Particle' robots: The bio-inspired bots that move with no brain

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Researchers have built a robot made up of individual ‘particles’ that moves with no centralised control. The bots rely on the same kind of statistical mechanics that allows groups of cells to move, creating some intriguing possibilities. Find
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Spore Rain (mushrooms reproduction)

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The evolutionary concept has spread through the different branches of human knowledge and spread the spores of mushrooms. Each new season countless spores are released into the air by the mushroom kingdom. For a few days, every body tries to play to the b
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Food safety: the next frontier

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Mars, Incorporated and IBM Research explain how they are transforming our approach to global food safety using big data. The Consortium for Sequencing the Food Supply Chain are sequencing the genomes of millions of organisms to understand the microbiomes
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Radiation vs Radioactive Atoms

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There seems to be confusion about what radiation is and where it comes from. Many people believe it is the radiation that comes directly from nuclear power plants that poses a threat to public safety. In fact it is the radioactive atoms, which can escape
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How Does Leprosy Damage the Human Body?

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Leprosy brings to mind images of biblical beggars, lonely leper colonies, and seems, for some, to have all but disappeared into the history books. But leprosy stills haunts many parts of the world and theres an absurd amount that we dont know about the di
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Inside Alzheimer’s disease

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Our understanding of Alzheimer’s disease has come along way in the last century. In this animation, Nature Neuroscience takes us inside the brain to explore the cells, molecules and mechanisms involved in the onset and progression of this devastating cond
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Mysterious Jiggly Crystals and Other Intracellular Structures

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Let's journey deep into the cells themselves to take a look at some of the structures that keep cells alive and others that do... something... that we'll figure out someday... probably.Follow Journey to the Microcosmos:Twitter: https://twitter.com/journey
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Old&Odd: Archaea, Bacteria&Protists - CrashCourse Biology #35

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Hank veers away from human anatomy to teach us about the (mostly) single-celled organisms that make up two of the three taxonomic domains of life, and one of the four kingdoms: Archaea, Bacteria, and Protists. They are by far the most abundant organisms o
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Scientists Are Close To Eliminating Pain, Here’s How

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How we might experience the unpleasantness of pain might come down to these 150 neurons in mouse brains. How Close Are We to Downloading the Human Brain? - https://youtu.be/DE5e5zF6a-8 Read More: Scientists Find Brain Cells That Make Pain Hurt https://www
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Why Do Allergies Make You Sneeze?

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Do you suffer from allergies? Follow the dendritic cell and the entire Scientific American Allergy Orchestra to discover how allergens from pollen to pet dander can change the body’s tune. Transcript: Sneezy? Itchy? Perhaps your seasonal allergies have yo
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Using Nature To Grow Batteries - Angela Belcher

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Inspired by an abalone shell, Angela Belcher programs viruses to make elegant nanoscale structures that humans can use. Selecting for high-performing genes through directed evolution, she's produced viruses that can construct powerful new batteries, clean
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Does 100% Pure Water Have a Taste? Drinking Type II Deionized Water Experiment

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Checkout Brilliant here: https://brilliant.org/theactionlab/ In this video I drink Type II deionized water to see how dangerous it actually is and also explore the question if water has a taste or not. Learn about the awesome science behind why water has
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The Dead Are Supposed To Glow. Why Can't We See It?

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What do , , and - have in common?Check out the SENS Research Foundation and the amazing work they do! Learn more about the SENS Research Foundation's End of Year Fundraiser here - https://www.sens.org/eoy2022/SENS Website: https://bit.ly/SENSLNSENS Intro:
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Top 10 Robot Animals You Won't Believe Exist

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Amazing scientists love to build incredible animal robots. Here are the Top 10 Robot Animals That Exist! Subscribe for more! ► https://goo.gl/pgcoq1 ◄ Stay updated ► https://goo.gl/JyGcTt https://goo.gl/5c8dzr ◄ For copyright queries or general inquiries
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Inside a Synthetic DNA Factory Thats Building New Forms of Life

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In this DNA factory, organism engineers are using robots and automation to build completely new forms of life.Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Focal Point | https://bit.ly/2M3gmbKGinkgo Bioworks, a Boston company specializing
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Is There a Limit to How Small Life Can Get?

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Scientists have theorized how small life can actually get, but at what point is it so small, it's not considered life? Super Bacteria Has a New Enemy: The CRISPR Pill - https://youtu.be/zWzQf2xzJek Get 20% off http://www.domain.com domain names and web ho
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Could You Be Immune To Everything?

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Fruit Fly Guts with Leslie! | Lab Next Door

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I visit my friend Leslie to talk about fruit flies, guts, stem cells, and poop! Trying to document grad school one YouTube video at a time, from lab equipment to genetics lessons to interviews with other students! Each week is a new view into life as a gr
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Are Any Foods Natural Anymore? GMOs Explained

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You've decided to only eat natural and organic foods from now on, but what does that actually mean? Check out the science behind GMOs. Why Does Everyone Taste Food Differently? ►►►► http://bit.ly/1VZGkKT Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here ►►►► http://
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Neuroscience: Crammed With Connections

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In a piece of brain tissue smaller than a dust mite, there are thousands of brain cell branches and connections. Researchers from Harvard University in Boston, MA have mapped them all in a new study appearing in Cell. They find some unexpected insights ab
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Scientists overlooked how high radiation could devastate Mars exploration missions

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Scientists have long known high levels of radiation exists on Mars. But could it be so high that humans won't be able to handle when we get there? Following is a transcript of the video. Going to Mars may be more dangerous than we thought. The major probl
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How Do Anti-Aging Creams Work?

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Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions Want a younger, more perfect-looking you? Skin can stay firm and stretchy thanks to protein fibers called collagen and elastin in the tissue beneath the surface. But environmental factors like smoking or ultraviolet r
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Why Do We Get Thirsty?

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Thirst can be satisfied instantly, but hunger cannot. Why? What exactly happens to our brain when responding to hunger and thirst? What Happens To Your Body When You're Dehydrated - http://bit.ly/2aZL4vt Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit
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What Does Radiation Poisoning Do to Your Body?

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We all know ionizing radiation can be deadly, but how exactly does it damage the body? What does it do on a molecular level? What Does Nuclear Fallout Do To Your Body? - https://youtu.be/fYJ-FiRWY0c Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1
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Windowsill Pond (Ecosphere) - Week 2 Update

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It's now been 2 weeks since I scooped a jar full of water, mud and weed from a local pond to make this sealed ecosphere. Let's take a look at some new organisms and behaviours I saw inside this week. Links (as discussed in the video) Life in Jars? https:/
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Why Does Red Meat Turn Brown When Cooked?

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→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →How "Dick" came to be short for 'Richard': https://youtu.be/BH1NAwwKtcg?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2Acy6g9Ta7hzC0Rr3RDS6q Never run out of things to say at the wate
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How This Lab-Grown Patch Could Repair Your Heart

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A heart attack can leave a heart permanently damaged. However, these new "beating" patches might be able to save the lives of those with damaged hearts. This 3D Bioprinted Organ Just Took Its First "Breath"https://youtu.be/V0rIP_u1JPQRead More: About Hear
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The Worlds First Living Robots Just Got an Upgrade, Meet Xenobot 2.0

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In 2020, the world saw its first glimpse of a living robot that could move, self-heal, and work with other bots to meet a common goal. But all these features have gotten a massive upgrade including...memorymeet Xenobot 2.0. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit
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Want a Whole New Body? Ask This Flatworm How | Deep Look

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Planarians are tiny googly-eyed flatworms with an uncanny ability: They can regrow their entire bodies, even a new head. So how do they do it? You can learn more about CuriosityStream at https://curiositystream.com/deeplook Support Deep Look on Patreon!!
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Chromosome and Kinetochore

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This visualisation is a multi-scale reconstruction of the organisation and structural features of DNA inside a chromosome of a living cell. Multiple forms of data are seamlessly woven together to accurately reconstruct the molecular systems that build, or
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Nature's Mood Rings: How Chameleons Really Change Color | Deep Look

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Chameleons don't change color to match their environment; it’s just the opposite. How do they do it? By manipulating tiny crystals in their skin. Now, UC Berkeley researchers are on a quest to create synthetic chameleon skin inspired by these reptiles’ un
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The Undying Hydra: A Freshwater Mini-Monster That Defies Aging | Deep Look

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Could this tiny creature, named after a mythical multiheaded monster, hold the secret to eternal youth? Related to jellyfish and anemones, the hydra has an almost otherworldly ability to heal itself and stave off aging.SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.g
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Chemical Electricity | Szydlo's At Home Science

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Starting with the Ris own Michael Faraday, Andrew explores the varied and sometimes explosive chemistry of batteries and electricity. From the pioneering work of Volta, right up to most recent Nobel prizes, join Andrew Szydlo for this exciting electrical
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Could Increasing the Melanin In Your Skin Protect You From Cancer?

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Researchers are looking into the effects of raising melanin levels in skin to prevent melanoma. Here’s what you need to know. Two-Thirds of All Cancers Are Caused by One Thing: Your DNA - https://youtu.be/ZZUk0gF_-T4 Read More: Mammalian pigmentation is r
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Exploring the Water Column

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The water column is the largest, yet one of the most underexplored, habitats on the planet. With the full volume of the water column available to move freely about in all dimensions, midwater animals may seem sparse, but in fact, the water column also hol
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Taste&Smell: Crash Course A&P #16

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Hank resists the urge to devour a slice of pizza so that he can walk you through the way we experience our major special senses. It all boils down to one thing: sensory cells translating chemical, electromagnetic, and mechanical stimuli into action potent
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What Makes Tattoos Permanent? - Claudia Aguirre

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-makes-tattoos-permanent-claudia-aguirre The earliest recorded tattoo was found on a Peruvian mummy in 6,000 BC. That's some old ink! And considering humans lose roughly 40,000 skin cells per hour, how do th
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Respiratory System, Part 2: Crash Course A&P #32

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Can a paper bag really help you when you are hyperventilating? It turns out that it can. In part 2 of our look at your respiratory system Hank explains how your blood cells exchange oxygen and CO2 to maintain homeostasis. We'll dive into partial pressure

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