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Fast Food May Be Treated Like a Bacterial Infection in the Body

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We all know fast food is unhealthy, but is it as bad as a bacterial infection?
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Your Very Special Bacterial Cloud

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It's floating all around you, all the time—a wafting cloud formed by billions of bacteria that slough off your body with every movement you make. At the Biology and the Built Environment Center at the University of Oregon, researchers have revealed that n
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Can You Pronounce These Diseases?

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These shocking diseases are unimaginable and often unpronounceable, but it should be easy to see why everyone should care about ending them. Learn more at http://b-gat.es/2puzTlN
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Neglected Tropical Diseases

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Bill Gates talks about some of the world’s oldest and most horrifying diseases that continue to afflict the world’s poorest people. Learn more at http://b-gat.es/2o76SN2
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What Deadly Diseases Look Like On Your Body

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50,000 American adults are killed annually by diseases that have vaccines. Check out more awesome videos at BuzzFeedBlue! http://bit.ly/YTbuzzfeedblue1 GET MORE BUZZFEED: www.buzzfeed.com www.buzzfeed.com/video www.buzzfeed.com/videoteam www.youtube.com/b
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Subvisual Subway: The Art Of New York City's Bacterial World

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Typographer and illustrator Craig Ward heard an urban legend that "using the handrails on the subway is like shaking hands with 100 people." He decided to test that theory by sampling the bacteria on subway lines around New York City and photographing his
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Should you donate your DNA to help cure diseases? - Greg Foot

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Discover how scientists are using crowdsourced DNA to find the causes of untreatable diseases, and developing new drug treatments for them.--When scientists don't know the cause of a medical condition, developing a drug treatment takes significant trial a
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How The Measles Vaccine Protects You From Other Deadly Diseases

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When the measles vaccine was first introduced, childhood deaths from all infectious diseases dropped suddenly. And now, we might know why. Measles Parties Are Not A Thing! - https://youtu.be/-MRlq4-oknk Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.
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How bats carry deadly diseases without dying

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Bats dont just host deadly diseases they can tolerate them shockingly well.Help keep Vox free for everybody: http://www.vox.com/give-now Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications () so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjOBats get a bad
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The diseases that changed humanity forever - Dan Kwartler

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Explore the history of humanitys deadliest diseases, and find out how our progress and innovation exposed us to new pathogens.--Since humanitys earliest days, weve been plagued by countless disease-causing pathogens. Invisible and persistent, these microo
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Can Your Computer Fight Diseases While You Sleep?

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Computer simulations can aid in understanding how proteins fold incorrectly, possibly leading to therapeutics for some diseases such as cystic fibrosis and sickle cell anemia. You can be involved in this process directly using tools like Folding@home!TRY
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This Device Smells Diseases by Imitating a Dog's Nose

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By studying dog noses, scientists at MIT are building an electronic nose that is learning to analyze odors and sniff out diseases. Could this tech someday be integrated into smartphones?PRODUCTION CREDITSProduced by: Ana AcevesCamera: Arlo Prez EsquivelME
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How Different Diseases Make You Smell

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What's making you sick? You might be able to tell based on how you smell. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1FkxVLb ‖ Twitter! https://twitter.com/gross_science ‖ Tumblr! http://grossscience.tumblr.com/ ↓Want more info?↓ Electronic noses, plus tables with more dis
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How diseases rise and fall with the seasonsand what it could mean for coronavirus

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Scientists and doctors have observed for thousands of years that some diseases, like polio and influenza, rise and fall with the seasons. But why? Ongoing research in animals and humans suggests a variety of causes, including changes in the environment (l
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Scientists Confirm Dogs Can Detect 8 Diseases

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Scientists Confirm Dogs Can Detect 8 DiseasesYou may be surprised to learn that dogs can detect life-threatening diseases in humans. #1. Dogs can tell when you have cancerdogs can detect breast cancer, prostate cancer, and even bladder cancer. Simply by s
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This Mysterious Remedy Might Cure One Of The Deadliest Diseases

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A tree in Africa contains compounds that kill mosquitoes and the malaria parasite they carry. Could this be the key to ending malaria? Why Can't We Get Rid Of Mosquitoes? - https://youtu.be/eg0CdYzpU2c Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.l
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How Measles Vaccines Protect You From Other Diseases

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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. Since measles vaccines started making their rounds, child mortality has dropped by up to 90% percent in some c
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Why Do Bats Transmit So Many Diseases Like Ebola?

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Is There a Correlation Between Poverty and Heart Diseases? | Earth Lab

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Deprived areas now suffer from higher heart diseases - and the causes might be linked to emotional stress. Subscribe to Earth Lab for more fascinating science videos - http://bit.ly/SubscribeToEarthLab All the best Earth Lab videos http://bit.ly/EarthLabO
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4 Common Zoonotic Diseases

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Jessi has an univited guest join her on screen while she talks about the gross things that your pets can share with you. *Jessi was on a medication that weakened her immune system which allowed the ring worm to form. No worries, it did not come from or sp
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Stop Diseases like Ebola - How to wash your hands?

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Washing your hands regularly is the easiest and the most effective way to protect yourself and your family against Ebola.
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What Can Chickens Tell Us About Human Diseases? | Earth Lab

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A virus has evolved to kill vaccinated chickens. Best of Earth Lab: http://bit.ly/EarthLabOriginals Best of BBC Earth: http://bit.ly/TheBestOfBBCEarthVideos The Doctors Are In The House: http://bit.ly/TheDoctorsAreInTheHouse Horizon: Are We Still Evolving
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Tiny robots could help infants with rare diseases. Watch one in action

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New technology could help patients make new tissue. Read more - http://scim.ag/2CLUQQh
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What Diseases Frozen in Ice could be Hidden in our Glaciers? | Earth Lab

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Permafrost has kept viruses and bacteria frozen for centuries, but global warming could uncover some unpleasant surprises from the past. While in Iceland, Greg Foot looks at what the consequences could be. Want to also become one of BBC Earth's presenters
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Can Fast Food Affect Brain Diseases? | Earth Lab

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Could our diet also affect our brains? Experiments on mice suggest that Alzheimer's could be affected by our food. Best of Earth Lab: http://bit.ly/EarthLabOriginals Best of BBC Earth: http://bit.ly/TheBestOfBBCEarthVideos The Doctors Are In The House: ht
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Mini-antibodies discovered in sharks and camels could lead to drugs for cancer and other diseases

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Unusual immune proteins are a boon for research and are starting to hit the clinic. Read more - https://scim.ag/2rwbY9n CREDITS ---------------- editor/animator/narrator Chris Burns supervising producers Sarah Crespi Nguyên Khôi Nguyên script Sarah Crespi
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What Happens When You Don’t Brush Your Teeth?

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What is the ecosystem of our mouth really like and how does it affect our teeth? Sign Up For The TestTube Newsletter Here ►►►► http://bit.ly/1myXbFG What Causes Bad Breath? ►►►► http://bit.ly/1TYUzOe Read More: What conditions may be linked to oral health
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This Drug-Resistant Bacteria Could Be Hiding in Your Armpits Right Now

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Staphylococcus or, as its more widely known, staph, is one of the most common bacteria found on humans around the world. But what exactly is a staph infection? Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more SICK | http://bit.ly/SICKplaylist
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We Need Better Drugs -- Now - Francis Collins

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Today we know the molecular cause of 4,000 diseases, but treatments are available for only 250 of them. So what's taking so long? Geneticist and physician Francis Collins explains why systematic drug discovery is imperative, even for rare and complex dise
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How A Few Scientists Transformed The Way We Think About Disease - Tien Nguyen

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-a-few-scientists-transformed-the-way-we-think-about-disease-tien-nguyen For several centuries, people though diseases were caused by wandering clouds of poisonous vapor. We now know that this theory is prett
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Why You Shouldn’t Fight A Fever

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Most of us have taken a fever reducer to dull unpleasant symptoms. Why should you never break a fever and sweat it out the natural way? Check out Kaylee's personal channel ►►►► http://dne.ws/1FNfuiK Read More: Fever Treatment http://www.mayoclinic.org/dis
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BioDesign Studio! Field Trip to the Tech Museum

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I took a trip to the new BioDesign Studio at the Tech Museum in San Jose, California and got to play around with some cool, hands-on bioengineering! I've been able to play around in the space before, including with the bacterial painting and plasmid trans
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What Causes Food Allergies?

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For some people, a simple peanut or a bite of shrimp can cause the bodys immune system to wildly overreact. In some cases, the results can be deadly. But what exactly is happening in the body for it to confuse nuts or shellfish with a true threat?________
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Where Do Lice Come From?

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Lice are tiny bugs that love to live in people's hair and suck their blood! Anyone can get lice and they can be tricky to get rid of, but Jessi and Squeaks are here with some lice facts that could help you avoid these itchy little critters! ---------- Lov
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What Does Lyme Disease Do To Your Body?

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What exactly is the connection between a tick bite and lyme disease? While we’re not sure exactly where and when the disease originated, we do know a lot about how it works, its signs, its symptoms in humans and dogs, how it’s spread and its treatment. __
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Why Do We Snore In Our Sleep? - Dear Blocko #25

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It's Dear Blocko #25 - Sleep Edition!Watch more: Can You REALLY Disappear? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pFUp-9XCQIMeet The Team!Director/Voice - Pat Graziosi: http://twitter.com/PatGraziosi Executive Producer - Ian Dokie: http://instagram.com/iandokie
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The Pandemic the World Has Forgotten

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Cholera has plagued the world for centuries, the disease is responsible for the death of millions and one of the worlds longest pandemics. But what exactly does cholera to the body and how can we prevent it? Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribesee
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Immune System - Fighting Infection by Clonal Selection

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'Fighting Infection by Clonal Selection' was created to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Burnet's Clonal Selection Theory. The animation shows how clonal selection works during a bacterial infection of the throat. Frank Macfarlane Burnet was awarded th
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This Disease Can Make ALL Your Hair Fall Out

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Some people lose some of their hair naturally overtime, but what about those who lose all their hair? What's actually going on?Watch more: Peeling Skin Syndrome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0Mqui_d804Meet The Life Noggin Team!Director/Voice - Pat Graz
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Can We Create New Humans With Bacteria?

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Scientists took 473 genes and created a cell that survived and reproduced on its own! How do scientists combine genes to make a cell function? Check out the all new Seeker! http://www.seeker.com Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here ►►►► http://bit.ly/1U
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What If Your Heart Was Twice As Big?

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I'M GOING ON TOUR! Get your tickets at http://penpalstour.com/Follow Blocko On Twitter: http://twitter.com/lifenogginMeet The Team!Director/Voice - Pat Graziosi: http://twitter.com/PatGraziosi Executive Producer - Ian Dokie: http://instagram.com/iandokie
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The deadliest animal in the world

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It’s Mosquito Week again on the Gates Notes. This year Bill Gates explores some of the science behind malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases.
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What Does Malaria Do to the Human Body?

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Malaria is one of the oldest diseases in human history, dating back to ancient civilizations in Greece and China. It has even been attributed to aiding the fall of the Roman Empire.So if weve been fighting malaria for so long, why havent we been able to s
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What Exactly is Lupus?

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Our immune system is an incredible thing. It’s a complex, disease-fighting machine, capable of fending off attacks from bacteria and viruses. But what happens when that same incredible system stops fighting diseases, and starts attacking you? ____________
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Here's What Makes Measles So Dangerous

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The measles virus has been around for thousands of years, and is one of the most contagious diseases known to man. Its outbreaks have been responsible for the deaths of millions of people. Take a deep-dive into the disease and the science behind it with S
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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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How Many Times Can You Break The Same Bone?

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Same Bone. Different accident. Can you really break the same bone over and over?Watch more: What If You Didn't Have Bones? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ASpoeFRTZ0Life Noggin Merch!: https://crowdmade.com/collections/lifenogginMeet The Team!Director/Vo
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What Exactly Is Typhoid Fever?

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Typhoid fever is far from just a fever, typhoid can tear holes in your intestines and infect many organs in your body and its evolving to become more and more drug resistant. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more SICK | http://bit.
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Shredding Bacteria With Technology From Insect Wings

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Dragonfly wings are covered in bacteria-killing nanopillars, and scientists are taking inspiration from them to make smarter anti-bacterial surfaces! The Secret Soviet Virus That Helps Kill Bacteria - https://youtu.be/jTwEVK7TMWI Sign Up For The Seeker Ne
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Why Are Humanoid Robots SO CREEPY? - Dear Blocko #34

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It's Dear Blocko Episode 34 - Things get unsettling and QBOT finds love! Aww! : How Much Can You Eat Before Your Stomach Bursts? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHlT9jvaFJASupport the great work being done by Lifespan, the team powering Life Noggin: https
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Does Disease Have A Smell?

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For thousands of years, medical professionals have diagnosed illness based on their patient’s scent. How do humans, dogs and machines smell disease today? Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com. Share on Facebook: https://goo.gl/6igAQs Share on Twitter: https://
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What If You Aged Backwards? Is Benjamin Button Disease Real?

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Aging Backwards or Just Backwards Thinking? This is the true Benjamin Button Disease!Love Life Noggin? You'll love Nautilus: https://nautil.us/lifenogginCheck out Lifespan now: https://www.lifespan.io/lifenogginWatch more Life Noggin "The Science of Barbi
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What's Living On Your Contact Lenses?

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This is why you should always take good care of your contact lenses. Follow me to Reactions! https://youtu.be/9fzQBNH5Cp4 Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1FkxVLb ‖ Twitter! https://twitter.com/gross_science ‖ Tumblr! http://grossscience.tumblr.com/ ↓Want more in
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How Do You Stay Safe During The Plague?

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Triangle Bob won't get out of the bunker. Watch more: Can a Virus Get a Virus? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkkfzYY2QJc&list=PL8L0MzSk_V6JtEDRfRMyb6rFd1acqYSlO&index=67&t=0sFollow Blocko on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lifenogginMeet The Team!Director/
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How they saved the holes in Swiss cheese

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Agroscope is a Swiss government-backed agricultural research lab. It's got a lot of other resarch projects too, but it also keeps a backup of the Swiss cheese bacterial cultures... just in kse. Agroscope: https://www.agroscope.admin.ch/agroscope/en/home.h
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Stop Taking Antibiotics To Treat Your Cold

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A virus and a bacterial infection are not the same thing. Learn more from Vox's Julia Belluz: http://www.vox.com/2015/11/16/9743580/antibiotics-colds-bad Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through t
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The Microbes Within Us - with Ed Yong

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Ed Yong explores the tens of trillions of microbes swarming around your body, diving into the microbiome and the grand view of life it provides. Watch the Q&A: https://youtu.be/K4GBVDn_Ldg Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Yo
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Here's What Causes Narcolepsy

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When you think of narcolepsy, you probably think of people falling asleep at seemingly random times, but its actually much more than that. It causes hallucinations, insomnia, sleep paralysis and can be triggered by moments of joy. Oh, and the key to under
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What is Ringworm and How Do You Get Rid of It?

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Did you know ringworm is not actually a worm? This week on Reactions find out what ringworm is, how the culprit feeds on your skin, hair, and nails, and learn how to not be its next meal.Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactionsFacebook! http://facebook.com/A
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What Is Deodorant Really Doing To Your Body?

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Most of us use it everyday, but do we know how it works? What does deodorant do to our bodies? Read More: How Advertisers Convinced Americans They Smelled Bad http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-advertisers-convinced-americans-they-smelled-bad-12552
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You’re Too Clean, and It’s Messing With Your Immune System

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New research shows living in environment that’s too clean can compromise your immune system’s ability to fight disease. Here's what you should know. Clues to Life on Mars Could Be Found in the Driest Place on Earth - https://youtu.be/8zQXvT_FIhs Get 20% o
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Closer to a Cure: Combating Alzheimer's With New Compute Technology

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The human brain remains a complex mystery. But, if we dare to dream big—and have the proper tools and data to fuel those ambitions—we may one day discover cures for diseases as devastating as Alzheimer’s. At the German Center for Neurodegenerative Disease
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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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Why do hospitals have particle accelerators? - Pedro Brugarolas

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Investigate the science behind how doctors use radioactive drugs and PET scans to detect and diagnose diseases like Alzheimer’s and cancer. -- Is there a way to detect diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s before they advance too far? Doctors are using inj
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These People Crave Blood Like a Vampire

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Morbius might get negative reviews, but the Marvel / Sony film has some science behind it. Will drinking or swapping blood cure any kind of disease? Script:As a biochemist, Morbius actually has a lot in common with real-world scientists. For one, hes not
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Here's Why Pneumonia Is Still So Deadly

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The immune system has a whole arsenal of ways to fight off an infection. But with pneumonia, the immune systems response can be lethal. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more SICK | http://bit.ly/SeekerSICKplaylistWhen it comes to s
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What Happens When a Human Gets Rabies?

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Rabies has been scaring populations for thousands of years, but it's scary for more reasons than just a painful bite. Once the virus is inside us, it not only destroys our body, but damages our mind, and it can happen fast, or lay dormant for years before
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Immunology wars: A billion antibodies

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Our bodies can create billions of antibodies to fight off billions of potential diseases. But how do our immune systems turn a limited number of genes into such an incredible diversity of antibody proteins? You can find more on this topic at http://www.na
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Gut Microbiome Explained in Simple Words

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The gut microbiome are the trillions of microorganisms primarily bacteria, but also fungi, viruses and protists that live inside your digestive system. Scientists are discovering that these microbes are vital for us to live healthy lives. They help us dig
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The Guthrie Test - Christmas Lectures with Walter Bodmer

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A version of the newborn blood spot test or Guthrie test is to this day administered for early detection of diseases such as PKU, sickle cell disease and cystic fibrosis. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full sixth
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The search for a safer mosquito spray

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Safer, cheaper, better-smelling insect repellent is coming thanks to recent research from UC Riverside that lets researchers know what a bug’s nose knows. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1fUWHyY How Do Our Bodies Fight Off Dangerous Chemicals? https://youtu.be/8
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What Happens When You Step On A Rusty Nail? - Dear Blocko #13

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It's Dear Blocko #13 - Rusty Nail Edition! Watch the previous Dear Blocko ►► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJY6BKg-eP4 Subscribe: https://bit.ly/SubLifeNoggin | Get your exclusive Life Noggin merch: http://keeponthinking.co Follow Life Noggin! Instagram
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How Does Agoraphobia Work?

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Agoraphobia is a complicated and difficult psychological condition that is easily misunderstood. Learn about life with agoraphobia in this episode of BrainStuff. Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com: http://health.howstuffworks.com/mental-health/anxiety/panic-
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The Ingenious Ways Plants Defend Themselves

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A new study has found that when certain plants are damaged, they can emit a chemical to ward off insects. They can even team up with other plants to keep pests away! 5 Weird Ways Plants Can Eat Animals - https://youtu.be/6j8IFHaHYFY Sign Up For The Seeker
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Can Your Thumb Do This?

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https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/23118-hitchhikers-thumbhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitchhiker%27s_thumb"penkwe-" https://www.etymonline.com/word/*penkwe-Is the thumb a finger?: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2827037/#:~:text
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Can We Eat To Starve Cancer? - William Li

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/can-we-eat-to-starve-cancer-william-li William Li presents a new way to think about treating cancer and other diseases: anti-angiogenesis, preventing the growth of blood vessels that feed a tumor. The crucial fi
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Will You Get the Brain Vaccine?

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Protect the Noggin! Protect your Life!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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Animal Slime and Other Weird Stuff

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Ever wonder why some animals don't need sunscreen or how they can live in dry climates without water? Well, some of them can use the slime their bodies produce in weird and helpful ways! ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a p
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Can Pets Make Us Healthier?

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Everybody seems to love pets for many reasons, but turns out they might also affect our lifespans. So are pets really better for our health? Special thanks to Toyota for supporting Seeker - check out the all new Toyota C-Hr here: https://www.toyota.com/c-
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The Hidden Algorithms That Power Your Everyday Life (Part 2 of 3)

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From the routes we drive, to the price we pay for goods and services, to the videos we watch on YouTube, algorithms run our lives. But are they helping us? Part 1 of 3 - https://youtu.be/bEnHeER6Sww Part 3 of 3 - Coming soon! Read More: 'Breakthrough' alg
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Could A Blind Eye Regenerate? - David Davila

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View full lesson here: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/could-a-blind-eye-regenerate-david-davila We tend to think of blindness as something you're born with, but with certain genetic diseases, it can actually develop when you’re a kid, or even when you’re an ad
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What Is Obesity? - Mia Nacamulli

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-is-obesity-mia-nacamulli Obesity is an escalating global epidemic. It substantially raises the probability of diseases like diabetes, heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, and cancer. But what is the
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What If Your Headache Never Went Away?

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Could a headache or migraine last for the rest of your life? Thanks to LastPass for sponsoring this video! To create a LastPass account for free & support Life Noggin, go to: http://bit.ly/2PnCxa8 Watch more: What Happens To Your Body During a Car Crash?
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Why Scientists Used Graphene Nanoribbons to Engineer Bionic Mushrooms

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This is the first time researchers have created an "engineered symbiosis" by combining bacteria with nanomaterials to produce the next generation of bionic architectures. Why Twisted Light Holds the Key to Radically Faster Internet - https://youtu.be/Cvts
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Flesh-Eating Bacteria Is Real and This Is How It Works

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Each year, we hear stories about new (and old) cases of flesh-eating bacteria, but what exactly is this invasive infection and how is it contracted? Lets flesh it out. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more SICK | http://bit.ly/SICK
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Could Your Brain Repair Itself? - Ralitsa Petrova

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/could-your-brain-repair-itself-ralitsa-petrova Imagine the brain could reboot, updating its damaged cells with new, improved units. That may sound like science fiction — but it’s a potential reality scientists a
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Men vs. Women: Who Really Gets Sicker?

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Do illnesses really affect men worse than women? As it turns out, they do! Why does this happen? Why Men Never Get Over A Breakup - https://youtu.be/lCSjuylaYUk Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: Man flu is no myth a
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What Are the WORST Bug Bites To Get?

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See the Gear the CDC's Disease Detectives Use in the Field | WIRED

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The CDC's elite Disease Detectives investigate outbreaks of dangerous diseases like Ebola, Marburg Virus, Rabies, Anthrax and more. Find out about the equipment they use -- from protective gear to bat traps, machetes to blow guns, liquid nitrogen and more
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The Loathsome, Lethal Mosquito - Rose Eveleth

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-loathsome-lethal-mosquito-rose-eveleth Everyone hates mosquitos. Besides the annoying buzzing and biting, mosquito-borne diseases like malaria kill over a million people each year (plus horses, dogs and cats
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The 32 Inch Tall Man Who Just Wants to Fit In

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Austin is 32 inches tall and lives with a rare genetic condition known as Mucolipidosis. He was expected to live no more than 5 years but is now 20 and just graduated High school. Austin is sad to see all his friends leave for college and wishes he could
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Did AI Just Solve a 50 Year Old Biology Problem?

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You may remember Google's DeepMind from their AI system, AlphaGo, which beat the world champion Go player in 2016. DeepMind has recently achieved breakthrough success in accurately predicting protein structures, using its system, AlphaFold. TRY IT YOURSEL
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Learning From Smallpox: How To Eradicate A Disease - Julie Garon And Walter A. Orenstein

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/learning-from-smallpox-how-to-eradicate-a-disease-julie-garon-and-walter-a-orenstein For most of human history, we have sought to treat and cure diseases. But only in recent decades did it become possible to ens
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Why It’s So Hard To Cure HIV/AIDS - Janet Iwasa

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-it-s-so-hard-to-cure-hiv-aids-janet-iwasa In 2008, something incredible happened: a man was cured of HIV. In over 70 million HIV cases, this was a first, and, so far, a last, and we don’t yet understand exac
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The Disease Detectives Stop Outbreaks at Their Source

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After two category 5 hurricanes hit the U.S. Virgin Islands in 2017, the immediate aftermath left buildings destroyed and neighborhoods flooded. But another, less visible, threat left local health officials very concerned. After traces of the bacterial in
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What Causes Growing Pains?

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Growing Pains are real, but no one seems to know why exactly kids get them. Learn what we do know here on SciShow Quick Question! Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon
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What Would Happen If You Were Allergic To Water?

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Water seems harmless, right? Unless you're allergic to it... Watch more: What Do Allergies Do To Your Insides? ►► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4fv8UE13xQ&t=0s&list=PL8L0MzSk_V6JtEDRfRMyb6rFd1acqYSlO&index=76 Subscribe: https://bit.ly/SubLi
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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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How Do Moles Become Cancerous?

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Most people have multiple moles, and they come in lots of different shapes and sizes, but when is a mole just a mole, and how does it turn into a deadly form of cancer? Subscribe to Seeker! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel
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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 Hunt for Patient Zero Is Important But Impossible

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Finding the source of a disease outbreak requires intensive detective work from health experts. But is finding Patient Zero even possible? How Did We Kill Smallpox? - https://youtu.be/zi5HIMgQCEA Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1
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Medical scanner takes 3D images of the whole body at once

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Researchers at the University of California, Davis have created the first scanner to capture an image of the entire human body at once. EXPLORER is an incredibly efficient PET/CT scanner and that's medical imaging could be used to detect cancer and differ
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Should You Be Worried About Zika?

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Get your Audible trial here: http://audible.com/ok Tweet this video ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSzika1 Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSzikaFB ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Get yourself an awesome IOTBS shirt! http://dftba.com/besmart Follow the latest news on
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All About Your Body! | Human Body Compilation

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The human body is a complicated thing! To be able to move, fight off diseases, and even see colors, lots of different systems and organs need to work together. Squeaks' robot body is pretty complicated, too, so Jessi has put together a bunch of videos abo
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Indias Mount Everest of garbage

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Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Ghazipur landfill in New Delhi is India's highest rubbish mountain, spreading over an area larger than 40 football pitches. It is predicted to grow taller than the Taj Mahal b
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This Rare Syndrome Keeps Your Skin Peeling Forever

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Is your skin peeling like a banana? Blocko might have an explanation! Here's the low-down on peeling skin syndromes and their causes.Watch more: Alien Hand Syndrome? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB3jjm__-ZQSubscribe: https://bit.ly/SubLifeNoggin | Get
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The Brain-Eating Amoebas of Kerosene Creek

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Kerosene Creek is a natural hot spring near Rotorua, on the North Island of New Zealand. And there have been official warnings for years: don't put your head under water. It turns out that "brain-eating amoebas", naegleria fowleri, are a real, if rare, th
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Is The Next Antibiotic Hiding Deep Within The Ocean?

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Drug-resistant superbugs are becoming more common, putting pressure on scientists to find new antibiotics. Could the answer be in the ocean? How Fecal Transplants Can Save Lives - https://youtu.be/i6RBfoITbls Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http:
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What Does It Take To Make Vaccines?

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Since vaccination was discovered in 1769 by Edward Jenner, it has come to become an indispensable part of healthcare. Over the last 50 years, advances in science and technology have allowed us to develop vaccines to diseases at breakneck speed, but the pr
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A 20 cent tool could save lives and transform health care

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Scientists at Princeton University invented a low-cost medical device that could save lives and revolutionize health care. The paperfuge is centrifuge made of paper, string, and plastic that can separate blood cells with no electricity. And it only costs
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What Happens If Acid Touches Your Body? - Dear Blocko #20

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This video is sponsored by Privacy.com. Protect your financial identity online using virtual cards and get $5 off your first purchase at http://privacy.com/lifenogginIt's Dear Blocko #20! Does the human body really dissolve in acid?Subscribe: https://bit.
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How humans are making pandemics more likely

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Its never been easier for animal pathogens to spill over into humans.Become a Video Lab member! http://bit.ly/video-labOver the last 40 years, disease outbreaks among humans have become more and more frequent. The majority of those diseases are zoonoses,
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What If You Never Sweat?

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Sweating is essential to human life, but why do we NEED to do it? Watch more: Is Earth Running Out of Water? ►► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgnpeP_WBys Subscribe: https://bit.ly/SubLifeNoggin | Get your exclusive Life Noggin merch: http://keeponthinki
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How Have We Almost Eradicated Polio?

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We might be close to eliminating a second disease: polio. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more SICK | http://bit.ly/SICKplaylistOnly one human disease in history has been fully stamped out; smallpox, with the World Health Organiza
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How fairy circles form in Shanghai's salt marshes

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Read the research: https://scim.ag/3uhQUCiDry areas of Namibia and Australia are well known for their fairy circlesbarren rings that dot grasslands and are thought to result from termites and water scarcity. But moist regions have fairy circles, too. A ne
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Meet the Drug-Resistant Superbug Thats Taking Over the World

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Candida Auris is the new superbug on the block you've probably never heard of, and it is invading healthcare systems worldwide. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more SICK | http://bit.ly/SICKplaylist Visit our shop at http://shop.s
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Dzanga-Sangha gorilla twins turn four

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The first-ever twins born to habituated gorillas in the Dzanga-Sangha Protected Area are now four years old. Gorilla twins are extremely rare, but the survival of Inguka and Inganda brings hope that it is possible for other gorilla twins to survive in the
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How Dangerous Is Popping Pimples? - Dear Blocko #7

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It's Dear Blocko #7! Watch more: What If You’re Upside Down For Too Long? - Dear Blocko #6 ►► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA-6i6QKEKc&t=0s&list=PL8L0MzSk_V6IuSpsTXRsyq2-4r08OpbhO&index=7 Subscribe: https://bit.ly/SubLifeNoggin | Get your exclusive Lif
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These chickens save lives.

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"Sentinel chickens" are an early-warning system against some nasty mosquito-borne diseases. I visited a flock in New South Wales, Australia. More about NSW Health's surveillance: https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/mosquito-borne/Pages/surveillance.a
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We Didn’t Think This Part of the Brain Existed, and It Could Save Your Life

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Scientists recently discovered a never-before-seen drainage system in the brain! Here's how it could lead to exciting breakthroughs in the treatment of neurological diseases. Doctors Have to Trick Your Brain’s Defenses to Heal You, Here’s Why - https://yo
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What Happens If You Swallow Gum?

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Jessi swallowed her gum and was worried that it would stay in her stomach for 7 years! Could this really happen? What makes gum so different from other food? ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a patron on Patreon: https://www
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This Robot Chain Smokes Cigarettes So Rats Don't Have To | WIRED

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Researchers at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University have built a robot that can smoke cigarettes just like a human to better understand lung diseases. You're welcome, smoking lab rats. Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? ►► http://wrd.cm/15f
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Leave Poison Ivy Alone!

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Jessi and Squeaks are ready to play outside, but there’s a unique plant they should be sure to avoid: poison ivy! ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishowkids ---------- Looking
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Why Does Poison Ivy Make You Itch?

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When working with plants or going for a hike in the woods, you should remember these sayings: “leaves of three, let them be”; “longer middle stem, don’t touch them”; and “hairy vine, no friend of mine.” All these sayings are to help remind us to be wary o
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What's inside a Microscope?

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We CUT OPEN a Microscope! This video is in collaboration with Bill and Melinda Gates! Read the Gates Annual Letter here: http://b-gat.es/2lhhtmJ When thinking about the positive impacts vaccinations have had on children around the globe, Lincoln and I dec
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What Happens When Organs Grow Outside Your Body?

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Your organs all have different important functions, but what happens when you're born with organs on the outside. Watch more: “What If Humans Devolved?” ►► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNZUDpPkSec Subscribe: https://bit.ly/SubLifeNoggin | Get your excl
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Why Do Lymph Nodes Swell Up When You're Sick?

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Your lymphatic system plays an essential role in keeping you healthy, but how exactly does it work? Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Human! http://bit.ly/HUMANplaylist Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.comThe lymphatic syst
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How rats take advantage of human failure

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Rats are grosser than we thought, but it's not their fault. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO It's estimated that there are over 2 million rats in New York City alone. They often carry infectious diseases like E. Coli and Salmonella and gnaw
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African killifish embryos enter suspended animation to survive

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To survive parched pond beds during months-long dry seasons in countries like Zimbabwe and Mozambique, the African turquoise killifish (Nothobranchius furzeri) does something usually reserved for the realm of sci-fi: its embryos enter suspended animation.
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Why Should You Wear Sunscreen?

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Jessi and Squeaks are ready to go outside, but before they do, Jessi needs to make sure to put on sunscreen so that she doesn’t get a sunburn! ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sc
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How Your Invisible Exposome Cloud Could Be Messing With Your Health

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Microscopic bits can hitch a ride on your clothes, find their way into your body, and impact your personal health. They’re part of your exposome—and everyone has one. Watch more Focal Point! | https://bit.ly/2CgWj2U Read More: Take a Deep Breath and Say H
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Can we save frogs from a deadly fungus?

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Over 40% of amphibian species are in population decline, with 200 species already extinct. And now frogs are dealing with their own pandemic. How can science help?Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibeMany species of frogs and oth
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Why Do Arteries Get Clogged? Its Not What You Think

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Heart disease is the number one killer in the world. To understand why this disease is so deadly, Patrick has some answers for you. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Human! http://bit.ly/HUMANplaylist Visit our shop at http://s
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How You Can Survive With Only One-Third of Your Blood

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How much blood can a human lose without dying, and how does the body replenish that blood once it's gone? The World's Deadliest Venom Could Save Your Life - https://youtu.be/_GAQuRalhlA Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read M
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Insulin and islets: understanding diabetes

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Type 1 and type 2 diabetes are characterized by increased blood glucose levels. They affect almost half a billion people around the globe, and this number is projected to rise as we reach the middle of the century. In most individuals, blood glucose level
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This Rare Disorder Makes You Fall Asleep Randomly

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You guys have been asking for a video on Narcolepsy. Hopefully this shines some light on the topic!Watch more: What If You Never Changed Your Sheets? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDEtVw9RFGAMeet The Team!Director/Voice - Pat Graziosi: http://twitter.co
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Why Don't More Animals Eat Wood?

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Thanks to OIST for sponsoring this video. To learn more, visit https://admissions.oist.jp/Wood is abundant and full of energy, but outside of some insects, almost no animals eat it because the stuff it's made of is hard to break down.Thanks also to our Pa
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CRISPR and the Future of Human Evolution

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Part 4 of our special series on Human Ancestry. Watch it all: http://bit.ly/OKTBSHuman Watch Mutant Menu on BrainCraft: https://youtu.be/NrDM6Ic2xMM ↓↓↓More info and sources below ↓↓↓ In part 4 of our special series on human ancestry and evolution, we loo
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Don't Let Water Get Up Your Nose!

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Breaking News! It Lives In Lakes and Eats Your Brain. More at 11!Become a Life Noggin member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpJmBQ8iNHXeQ7jQWDyGe3A/joinWatch more: "The Problems Youll Face When Getting Older" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDuWe1PK4IU
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Could a Polio Vaccine Stop the Coronavirus Pandemic?

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The COVID-19 pandemic has scientists considering a few less-conventional options while vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 are being developed. One option might be the oral #polio #vaccine. We chatted with one of the researchers proposing the ideaDr. Robert Gallo
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Do You Really Need To Wash Your Jeans?

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You might have heard this odd advice from fashion gurus before – “don’t wash your jeans!” But why? Is it real advice, or just a prank pulled on unsuspecting, dim-witted denim rubes? Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com: http://lifestyle.howstuffworks.com/style
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The Disease We Barely Know Anything About

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We don’t know what causes Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, how to treat it or even what to call it. What’s up with this mysterious disease? Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com: http://health.howstuffworks.com/diseases-conditions/chronic-fatigue/the-basics-of-chronic
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What If You Never Felt Pain?

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Biologist Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty - CRISPR | WIRED

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CRISPR is a new area of biomedical science that enables gene editing and could be the key to eventually curing diseases like autism or cancer. WIRED has challenged biologist Neville Sanjana to explain this concept to 5 different people; a 7 year-old, a 14
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How Protein Shapes Help Us Make Medicine

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Go to http://curiositystream.com/scishow to start streaming Breakthrough. Use the promo code scishow during the sign-up process to get your first 31 days free. Coming up with brand new drugs is all about pinpointing and exploiting a diseases weakness. A b
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The bold plan to end malaria with a gene drive

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How genetically engineered mosquitoes might defeat a disease that kills millions of children. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO The invention of the CRISPR gene editing tool has injected new life into a line of research called gene drive. Gen
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This Surgeon Has Restored Sight to 130,000 of Nepals Blind

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Dr. Sanduk Ruit is an ophthalmologist on a mission to restore sight to Nepals blind. He is the executive director of the nonprofit Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology in Kathmandu, Nepal, and has operated on more than 130,000 patients. He has adopted inno
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What Does Altitude Sickness Do to the Human Brain?

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As if climbing a mountain wasnt hard enough already, forcing the body to acclimate to high altitudes too quickly can not only stop someone from reaching the summit, it can have dire consequences. But altitude sickness doesnt just affect adrenaline-driven
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Why Is Poop Brown And Pee Yellow?

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To start using Tab for a Cause, go to: http://tabforacause.org/r/minuteearth2 The pigments in our food all get destroyed on their way through our digestive system...so where do the colors of our poop and pee come from? Thanks also to our supporters on htt
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Can Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes Help Fight Disease?

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Host Myles Bess dives into the science and policy surrounding the use of genetically engineered mosquitoes to combat mosquito-borne diseases like Zika, Dengue Fever and chikungunya. SUBSCRIBE to Above the Noise: [https://www.youtube.com/abovethenoise?sub_
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Why Is Florida Releasing 750 Million GMO Mosquitoes?

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The U.S. EPA recently gave the green light to release millions of genetically modified mosquitoes in the Florida Keys. Why are they doing this, and what are the potential risks? Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http:
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Blood testing via sound waves

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A multi-disciplinary team of researchers from MIT, Duke University, Magee-Women's Research Institute, and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore has developed a novel way to analyze blood, for signatures of cancer and other diseases, using sound wa
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Why do you need to get a flu shot every year? - Melvin Sanicas

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Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-do-you-need-to-get-a-flu-shot-every-year-melvin-sanicas All year long, researchers at hospitals around the world collect samples from flu patients a
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How Has Disease Helped Humans Evolve? | Earth Lab

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Diseases have been one of the biggest drivers of evolution by favouring genetic mutations. Best of Earth Lab: http://bit.ly/EarthLabOriginals Best of BBC Earth: http://bit.ly/TheBestOfBBCEarthVideos The Doctors Are In The House: http://bit.ly/TheDoctorsAr
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Plastic-Eating Fungus -- Mind Blow #91

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Why Haven't We Cured Cancer Yet?

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Cancer affects millions of lives each year. With technology expanding at such a rapid rate, and survival rates increasing, why haven't we found a cure for cancer yet? Treatments like chemotherapy may help, but are there any promising, more advanced treatm
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Why eating healthy is so expensive in America

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Produce helps your health and hurts your wallet, but some strategies may change that. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO The American dinner plate is deficient in nutritious produce, and part of the problem is cost. Because diets low in fruits
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COVID-19 Vaccine Myths Debunked

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There are A LOT of lies being circulated around the Covid-19 Vaccines. Let's dispel some of these coronavirus vaccines myths!https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/index.htmlCheck out Hollywood, Health and Society: https://hollywoodhealthandsociety.org/Mee
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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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Will Humans Survive the Next Great Epidemic? | Earth Lab

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With technology having helped us defeating diseases, will this make future generations more vulnerable to them due to lack of natural selection? Best of Earth Lab: http://bit.ly/EarthLabOriginals Best of BBC Earth: http://bit.ly/TheBestOfBBCEarthVideos Th
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Tiny robots swim through the eye to deliver medicine

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Scientists use magnetic fields to drive spiral nanobots for drug delivery. Learn more: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/11/watch-tiny-robots-swim-through-eyeball-deliver-medicine Read the paper: http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/11/eaat4388 Cre
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Where Will The Next Pandemic Come From?

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Order your copy of How To Prevent The Next Pandemic here: https://www.amazon.com/Prevent-Next-Pandemic-Bill-Gates/dp/0593534484 The most likely cause of the next pandemic will be the spillover of a disease from one of a select group of animals with partic
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What If We Stopped Vaccinations?

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You’ve heard all the scary rumors surrounding vaccines: they cause autism, they contain toxins. Even that they can give you the disease they’re trying to prevent! But do they fully grasp what that world would look like? What kind of diseases would be welc
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What's Inside a Camel's Hump?

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Jessi and Squeaks are packing up for a hike, and her backpack made her think of what makes camels awesome backpackers! ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishowkids ---------- Loo
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How Mosquitoes Use Six Needles to Suck Your Blood | Deep Look

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Seen up close, the anatomy of a mosquito bite is terrifying. The most dangerous animal in the world uses six needle-like mouthparts to saw into our skin, tap a blood vessel and sometimes leave a dangerous parting gift. SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.g
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What If You Were Sent Back To The Ice Ages?

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Thanks to Dollar Shave Club for sponsoring. Go to http://DollarShaveClub.com/lifenoggin to get your first starter set for $5.What would happen if you traveled to the ice ages? Would you be able to survive the earth in it's dangerous icy state? Watch more:
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Why Are You SO BAD at Remembering Things?

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This Superfluid Is Alive, And It Could Power Machines of the Future

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Fluids with zero viscosity seemingly defy the laws of physics and they have endless applications. But they’ve been hard to make, until now. The secret? Bacteria! Scientists’ Crazy Plan to Power Solar Panels With E. Coli - https://youtu.be/_XZGrZ3DeLg Get
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Prehistoric Human Remains Found In Underwater Mexican Cave

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#recentarchaeology #underwaterobject #archaeological Cave divers have discovered the eerie underwater grave of an ancient woman with a deformed skull who lived on the Yucatán Peninsula around 10,000 years ago. This discovery making her one of the e
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Hacking bacteria to fight disease - Tal Danino

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Explore how synthetic biologists are programming bacteria to fight cancer by manipulating their DNA. --In 1884, an unlucky patient who had a rapidly growing cancer in his neck came down with an unrelated bacterial skin infection. As he recovered from the
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Genetic Engineering Will Change Everything Forever – CRISPR

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Designer babies, the end of diseases, genetically modified humans that never age. Outrageous things that used to be science fiction are suddenly becoming reality. The only thing we know for sure is that things will change irreversibly. Support us on Patre
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Why Does the Flu Come Back Every Year?

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What is Influenza exactly, and why does it always seem to be one step ahead of us? Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more SICK | http://bit.ly/SICKplaylist While the flu has become a slang term that refers to almost any ailment wher
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Why are mosquito bites so itchy? #shorts #science #scishowkids #mosquito #insects

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Hosted by: Jessi Knudsen Castaeda (she/her/they/them)Michal Richardson: WriterKyle Nackers: Fact CheckerAlex Billow: Script EditorMadison Lynn: VideographerSam Schultz: Script SupervisorAimee Roberts: PuppeteerStefan Chin: EditorDaniel Comiskey: Editorial
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Why is Chocolate Bad for Dogs?

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Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions You may have heard that chocolate is high on the list of things that dogs should not be eating, but have you ever wondered why? One molecule, theobromine, is the central culprit to chocolate's toxicity to dogs. Today
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Why Do People Pull Out Their Own Hair?

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Between 2 and 4 percent of the population suffer from trichotillomania or hair pulling syndrome. What triggers this? Follow Ali on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AliMattu Read More: Trichotillomania: Hair-pulling Disorder http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-
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Champions of Illusion Susana Martinez-Conde

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You can watch all our videos at https://scienceandnonduality.com Visual illusions are those perceptual experiences that do not match the physical reality. Our perception of the outside world is generated indirectly by brain mechanisms, so all visual perce
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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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What If EVERYONE Got the COVID-19 Vaccine?

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We need as many people getting the COVID-19 vaccine as possible! Let's do this!This work was supported by the W.M. Keck Foundation and by grants from the National Center for Advancing Translational Science (UL1TR001855, UL1TR000130) and the National Heart
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What This Chart Actually Means for COVID-19

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Were on PATREON now! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmartSUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub More info and sources below Stay informed. Stay cautious, but not scared. Listen to scientists and public health of
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Should You Let A Dog Lick Your Face?

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Canine and human mouths are bacterial ecosystems, but can they harm one another? Sign Up For The TestTube Newsletter Here ►►►►http://bit.ly/1myXbFG Can You Get Ebola From A Dog?►►►►http://bit.ly/210ddFN Read More: Man's Best Germs: Does Your Dog Influence
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Decoded: How much do you really know about viruses?

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These sometimes deadly packets of genetic information are more numerous in number than the stars in the cosmos. Viruses are tiny infectious agents that dominate much of the microscopic world.Theyre incredibly abundant. There are more viruses in a single d
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Why Does Your Breath Stink In The Morning?

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At night, your mouth becomes the perfect home for growing bacteria. Forgive us if we don’t talk to you until after you brush your teeth. ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn't make SciShow without them! Shout out
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What Exactly Does Cholera Do To Your Body?

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Cholera is an aggressive bacterial infection that can kill its victims within hours, but how? What exactly does cholera do to our bodies? What Happens When You Get Leprosy - https://youtu.be/wwqfFxBUetA Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.
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You Don’t Even Want To Know About Bacteria On The Space Station

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Think the ISS is squeaky clean...think again! Bacteria like Staphylococcaceae and Enterobacteriaceae absolutely thrive in space stations! Get 15% off http://www.domain.com domain names and web hosting when you use coupon code DNEWS at checkout! Where Are
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38 People on this Flight Got Sick. Why? - The Science of Ventilation

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How likely are you to get sick on an airplane? How safe are airplanes? The science of ventilation and bioaerosol research. If you liked this video, check out: What stretching actually does to your body: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JgBp7dX4AUOnly some
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How Close Are We to Immortality?

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Researchers are working to get to the bottom of longevity, unlocking the secrets to extending our lifespans well into our 100s... and beyond. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more How Close Are We | http://bit.ly/HCAWplaylist Follo
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How Do You Get Diabetes?

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Diabetes is a huge concern, with obesity as the leading cause. What's the difference between Type I and Type II, and is there a cure? Get 15% off http://www.domain.com's domain names and web hosting when you use coupon code DNEWS at checkout! Check out Ka
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We're Closer to a Universal Flu Vaccine

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This episode is sponsored by Awesome Socks Club, a sock subscription for charity. Go to http://awesomesocks.club/SciShow to sign up between now and December 11th to get a new pair of fun socks each month in 2021. 100% of after-tax profit will go to decrea
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What Does Monkeypox Do To Your Body?

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What Is Monkeypox? Where does Monkeypox come from? Let's get some of your questions answered on this disease!Watch more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_WaiVi3AikMeet the Life Noggin Team!Director/Voice - Pat Graziosi: http://twitter.com/PatGraziosi Exe
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Why Do Humans Have Less DNA Than This Flower?

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More DNA means more complexity, right? Scientists say not necessarily! Why is that the case? Your Face is Made of Junk DNA! ►►►►http://bit.ly/1OeUfuu Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here ►►►► http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: World's Oldest Known DNA Dis
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Is There Poo Everywhere? | Earth Lab

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95% of paper currency has a trace of faecal matter! Greg Foot investigates the grim topic of atomised poo. Subscribe to Earth Lab: http://bit.ly/SubscribeToEarthLab Best Earth Lab videos http://bit.ly/EarthLabOriginals 1 http://www.umass.edu/mycenter/docu
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What If You Never Washed Your Face?

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Don't touch your face.Watch more: What If You Never Showered? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqXzmiAvav0Follow Blocko on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lifenogginMeet The Team!Director/Voice - Pat Graziosi: http://twitter.com/PatGraziosi Executive Producer
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What Happens If You Get Stung By a Jellyfish?

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The Next Atomic Bomb Is Made of DNA #kurzgesagt #shorts

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A breathtaking scientific revolution is taking place biotechnology has been progressing at incredible speed, giving us the tools to gain control over biology eventually. On the one hand, solving the deadliest diseases while also creating viruses more dang
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Why Exercise Is Hard

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Thanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! http://twin-cities.umn.edu/Because exercise isn't essential for short-term survival, we don't exercise enough, so we need to reincorporate purposeful physical activity into our lives.Thanks
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Why Are People Eating Poop? | What The FAQs | NowThis

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Turns out eating someone else's poop can actually be good for your health. On this episode of What The FAQs, Andy explores the world of fecal transplants. Subscribe to NowThis Future: https://go.nowth.is/Future_Subscribe A fecal microbiota transplant is a
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This Is NOT 50/50

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Watch my newest video, "Could a Toothpaste Sandwich Brush Your Teeth?": https://youtu.be/OdeiWhETqQYVsauce2 Store: https://represent.com/store/vsauce2The easiest fair games depend on equal, binary outcomes like flipping a coin or drawing a playing card th
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Why Do I Get Dark Circles Under My Eyes?

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Look alive, you! Today we’re diving into the science behind dark circles under your eyes, and all the things that might cause them – tiredness included. Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.
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Why Is Lyme Disease Getting Worse?

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Thanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! https://twin-cities.umn.edu/Lyme disease is spreading like wildfire around the world: here's why.Thanks also to our Patreon patrons https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth and our YouTube member
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Why Does Spicy Food Burn When You Poop?

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Sometimes your body won't let you forget that spicy burrito you had yesterday! Hosted by: Olivia Gordon ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon sup
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Should You Actually Drink Your Own Pee To Survive?

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Many survivalists have cited urine as a great way to avoid being dehydrated in extreme situations but that isn't completely true. Despite being composed of almost 95% water, pee still has waste and trace amounts of bacteria that could make a bad situation
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Why Do Your Lips Get Chapped?

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When you don’t moisturize, your skin is bound to dry out, but why does it seem like lips always get chapped? The Unexpected Things Winter Does To Your Body ►►►► http://bit.ly/1Rnd5PW Sign Up For The TestTube Newsletter Here ►►►► http://bit.ly/1myXbFG Read
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What Would 24 Hours In The Desert Do To Your Body?

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If you find yourself stranded or trapped in a desert, what would happen to your body in the first 24 hours? Can humans really survive the challenge?Watch more: Trapped In Space https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PevXm5qYCkSubscribe: https://bit.ly/SubLifeNo
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Why Swans in England Get the Royal Treatment

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In the United Kingdom, you may eat ducks, chickens, geese, but NOT swans—NOT EVER. Why? Because all swans in the UK can belong to Queen Elizabeth II, and are officially protected. Every year in England since the 12th century, the queen’s swan marker and h

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