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Attack Of The Zombie Parasites!
822 views / 3 likes - addedDid someone say BRAAAAAINS…? Subscribe: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Twitter: @okaytobesmart ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Shows like The Walking Dead are full of hungry, mindless, surprisingly fleet-footed armies of brain-eating zombies. Could they actually
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Experiments That Hint Of Longer Lives - Cynthia Kenyon
543 views / 0 likes - addedWhat controls aging? Biochemist Cynthia Kenyon has found a simple genetic mutation that can double the lifespan of a simple worm, C. elegans. The lessons from that discovery, and others, are pointing to how we might one day significantly extend youthful h
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The Operating System Of Life - George Zaidan And Charles Morton
834 views / 0 likes - addedView 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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So You Want To Go To Mars?
591 views / 1 likes - addedWatch more at http://pbs.org/yearinspace Tweet this ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSyis Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSyisFB ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Dig deeper: National Research Council. “Space Radiation Hazards and the Vision for Space Exploration: Repor
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Genetics As Revolution - 2015 JBS Haldane Lecture With Alison Woollard
714 views / 0 likes - addedThe ideas of genetics are revolutionary. Today, technology is galvanising disruptive change in our understanding and ability to intervene with nature itself. What can we change, and should we? Professor Alison Woollard presents the 2015 Genetics Society J
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10 Surprising Chemicals Your Body Makes
844 views / 0 likes - addedEverything is made of chemicals, including the human body, but there are some especially weird ones... Hosted by: Michael Aranda ---------- Sources: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK22459/ https://www.dnalc.org/view/841-dopamine-and-ADHD.html http://h
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Burning Astronaut Pee - Smarter Every Day 149
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Protein Folding and Particle Accelerators: A New Solution
650 views / 0 likes - addedWhat can a particle accelerator teach us about biology? Dr Sylvia McLain explains her research into one of the most fundamental questions of life: how water is involved protein folding. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Answe
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How Mosquitoes Use Six Needles to Suck Your Blood | Deep Look
757 views / 1 likes - addedSeen 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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How Does Anxiety Work?
592 views / 0 likes - addedAnxiety is a normal, healthy response for the human body. But when it interferes with daily life it can become a disorder. We investigate anxiety's symptoms and biochemistry to learn how it can become irrational... and how you treat it. Learn more at HowS
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The Physics of Life: How Water Folds Proteins - with Sylvia McLain
930 views / 0 likes - addedSorry about the audio problems for the first 30 seconds or so - stick with it, it levels out soon. Proteins are arguably the most important biological components in any living creature but only now are we beginning to look into the role water plays in the
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Q&A - The Physics of Life: How Water Folds Proteins - with Sylvia McLain
594 views / 0 likes - addedCan we predict protein folding? How do you trap proteins? Sylvia McLain answers questions from the audience. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full talk here: https://youtu.be/SaSntOkK-Vk Sylvia McLain is a Research
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Shedding Light on the New Zealand Glow Worm
667 views / 1 likes - added*** We're now on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/scifri - Please Help Support Our Video Productions! *** Viewing these New Zealand glow worms, you can be forgiven for thinking you're looking at a star-lit night sky. Using a small light organ at the end of
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Breakthrough: The Killer Snail Chemist
465 views / 1 likes - addedThese aren't your ordinary garden snails. Tiny cone snails may boast delicate and gorgeous shells, but they pack a powerful—and lethal—punch. The snails' venom can be fatal to various fish and even humans. But it could also offer a potential cure. Mandë H
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How Seashells Are Made
548 views / 0 likes - addedLearn more about CuriosityStream at https://curiositystream.com/reactions (CODE: reactions) If you know that seashells are made of basically the same stuff as chalk, you might have wondered why chalk is crumbly but seashells are super tough. This week on
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How to Spot an Alien, According to NASA!
485 views / 0 likes - addedWe often think of aliens as space monsters or little green men with laser guns, but what might alien life actually be like? Here we take a look at NASA's definition of life, and see how it's being used in the exploration of the cosmos, as well as in the c
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Why Tardigrades are Some of the Most Hardcore Critters on the Planet
546 views / 0 likes - addedIt can survive drying out, extreme heat and cold, and even exposure to vacuum. The humble tardigrade can be found practically anywhere there’s enough water for it to live, and quite a few places there isn’t. This weird, ugly-cute little guy’s secret comes
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Hydrogen Peroxide, Liver, and Elephant Toothpaste Science?
1,191 views / 1 likes - addedCraig Beals from Beals Science looks at the biochemistry of beef liver and hydrogen peroxide. Liver is full of catalase, an enzyme catalyst that decomposes hydrogen peroxide into water and oxygen gas. Craig experiments with 3% and 30% hydrogen peroxide on
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The Invention of Dragons
500 views / 0 likes - addedWatch my newest video, "The Game You Win By Losing (Parrondo's Paradox)": https://youtu.be/PpvboBJEozMVitality that is the test; and, whatever its components, mere truth is not necessarily one of them. A dragon, for instance, is a more enduring animal tha
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What Happens To Your Memories After You Die?
551 views / 1 likes - addedWhen we're no longer on this earth, what happens to all the memories in our heads? Do people remember their passing if they're brought back to life?Watch more: What If You Couldn't Forget ANYTHING? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJcGfahr5Z0Subscribe: htt
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Five Cute Critters That Can Kill You
307 views / 1 likes - addedTo explore the music theory, production, history and culture behind our favorite songs and musical styles, check out Sound Field from PBS Digital Studios: http://youtube.com/soundfieldpbsDont let their cuteness fool you--these animals are not to be messed
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Why Don't More Animals Eat Wood?
238 views / 0 likes - addedThanks 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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Photosynthesis: The Biochemistry Behind How Plants Make Their Food
637 views / 1 likes - addedPlants, unlike most living things, produce their own food through a process called photosynthesis. Photosynthesis means 'making using light'. Plants use the energy from the sunlight to make food. The food matter comes from carbon dioxide present in the ai
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The Map of Chemistry
298 views / 0 likes - addedThe entire field of chemistry summarised in 12mins from simple atoms to the molecules that keep you alive.This video was sponsored by The Great Courses Plus, start your free trial and help out this channel here http://ow.ly/crsQ30beNOZIf you would like to
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Map of Biology
286 views / 0 likes - addedBiology is the subject that studies life in all its forms, from the simple cell through to all the animals that inhabit the planet. In this map I lay out the subject of biology and how all of the sub-disciplines are related to each other: microbiology, ge
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The Secret Language of Trees
520 views / 0 likes - addedUse code REALSCIENCE12 for up to 12 FREE MEALS across your first 4 HelloFresh boxes, including free shipping on your first box at https://bit.ly/3bY4RxwPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/realscienceTwitter: https://twitter.com/stephaniesammaInstagram: https
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These People Crave Blood Like a Vampire
445 views / 0 likes - addedMorbius 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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Cellular Respiration: How Do Cell Get Energy?
431 views / 0 likes - addedCellular respiration is the process through which the cell generates energy, in the form of ATP, using food and oxygen. The is a multistep biochemical process where food, primarily the carbohydrate glucose, is broken down to produce energy. There are thre
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Algae-power: a natural energy supply
138 views / 0 likes - addedRead the full story here:https://bit.ly/AlgaeComputingScientists have managed to power a microprocessor continuously for a year using ALGAE! The new system has potential as a renewable way to power large numbers of small devices as part of the Internet of
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Vanadium Oxidation States - a most colorful experiment
121 views / 0 likes - addedThis chemistry experiment shows you how to produce red, orange, green, yellow, blue and purple all in one solution, all the colors of the rainbow - without dyes or indicators. How is that possible? We show you how to produce the amazing oxidation states o
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What On Earth is a Platypus? | SciShow Kids
148 views / 0 likes - addedTeachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!Platypuses are so funny, it looks like someone made them up as a joke. But they're real animals! Join Jessi and Squeaks to learn about how amazing
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Extreme Breath-Holding
91 views / 0 likes - addedThis is how people can hold their breath for tens of minutes. Check out our sponsor: https://betterhelp.com/veritasium to get matched with a professional therapist who will listen and help.A huge thanks to Brandon Birchak for all his help with this video:
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Where The Weird Things Are
53 views / 0 likes - addedWe made this video in partnership with the Bik Lab at University of Georgia and the National Science Foundation.Life in Antarctica's ocean has followed a completely different evolutionary path from other ocean life because of how cold and isolated the oce
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Women of wonder - with Rosie Curran Crawley at Ada Lovelace Day
43 views / 0 likes - addedJane Marcets Conversations on Chemistry was first published anonymously in 1805 and is thought to be one of the first science textbooks. After watching Humphry Davys lectures at the Royal Institution, Marcet believed it to be important to discuss these sc
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