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Tertiary Structure Of Proteins

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How side chain interactions can impact the tertiary structure of proteins.
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Proteins: Explained

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To start using Tab for a Cause, go to: http://tabforacause.org/minuteearth2You might already know that proteins are a fundamental part of your diet, but they're much more than that.LEARN MORE**************To learn more about this topic, start your googlin
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The Physics of Life: How Water Folds Proteins - with Sylvia McLain

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Sorry 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

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Can 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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Squid Proteins, but Make Them Fashion

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Humans often take inspiration from nature when coming up with inventions, and this includes breakthroughs in fabric design that help to forward the fabulous and functional world of fashion.SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check
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Facilitated Diffusion

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Understanding how channel proteins and carrier proteins can facilitate diffusion across a cell membrane (passive transport).
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Scale Of Cells

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Thinking about how large a cell is compared to viruses, proteins and simple molecules.
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Could You Uncook An Egg?

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When an egg is submerged in boiling water, the heat tangles its proteins, causing them to clump together into new forms. If you untangle the proteins, you uncook the egg. Subscribe to Science Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribeScience THE QUICK AND THE CURIO
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What is DNA and How Does it Work?

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DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is a molecule that is often called the blueprint of life. Located in the nucleus, the DNA is a very long molecule with a helix winding structure like a twisted ladder. The rungs of the ladder are made of four different chemical
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Apoptosis and venetoclax

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

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Fluid mosaic model of cell membranes. The role of phospholipids, proteins, glycoproteins, cholesterol, and glycolipids in cell membranes.
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Biological Molecules - You Are What You Eat: Crash Course Biology #3

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Hank talks about the molecules that make up every living thing - carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins - and how we find them in our environment and in the food that we eat. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dftba.com/product/1av/CrashCou
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This Is How Your DNA Made You

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DNA is the genetic instructions that tell your body where to put each finger and how to orient the heart, but how does this process work on a cellular level? In this episode, Patrick breaks down each step of the process and explains how you end up as you
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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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Is it Possible to Unboil an Egg? The Amazing Uncooking Experiment!

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Is uncooking something possible? In this video I attempt to unboil an egg by using an unlikely ingredient that fully denatures the proteins. Then I dilute it allowing the proteins to refold to their original form. Then I show you how to "cook" an egg with
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This Is How Your Skin Holds In Bodily Fluids

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Ever wondered how skin absorbs liquids but doesn't let them leak out? Scientists have found the answer using highly specialized microscopes. Here's Why Your Skin Doesn't Rip Easily - https://youtu.be/9P3bmrB_KM8 Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - ht
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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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We Could Back Up The Entire Internet On A Gram Of DNA

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Nature's code for life is stored in DNA, but what if we could code anything we wanted into DNA? Scientists are figuring out how. Pluto Could Be Made A Planet Again, Along With 102 Other Celestial Bodies - https://youtu.be/76hv6KOB-AI Sign Up For The Seeke
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In Da Club - Membranes&Transport: Crash Course Biology #5

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Hank describes how cells regulate their contents and communicate with one another via mechanisms within the cell membrane. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dftba.com/product/1av/CrashCourse-Biology-The-Complete-Series-DVD-Set Like Cras
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Your Next Burger Could Be Made With Microbes

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Fermentation is a natural process that humans have been hacking for millennia. Now, scientists are customizing the process to revolutionize the future of food with alternative proteins. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Element
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Metabolism & Nutrition, Part 1: Crash Course A&P #36

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Metabolism is a complex process that has a lot more going on than personal trainers and commercials might have you believe. Today we are exploring some of its key parts, including vital nutrients -- such as water, vitamins, minerals, carbs, fats, and prot
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What Happens When Your DNA Is Damaged? - Monica Menesini

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-happens-when-your-dna-is-damaged-monica-menesini The DNA in just one of your cells gets damaged tens of thousands of times per day. Because DNA provides the blueprint for the proteins your cells need to fun
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Protein Folding and Particle Accelerators: A New Solution

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What 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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Why Did We Evolve to Taste Sour Flavors?

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Scientists don’t know why we evolved to taste sour foods, but they recently figured out the mystery behind how we taste them. It’s pretty crazy. You Think You Know What Meat Is... But You Have No Idea - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcdB89SHlAg&list=PL6
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How Biologic Medicines Are Made | How It's Made

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Unlike traditional drugs synthesized from chemicals, biologic medicines are proteins made from living cells. Stream Full Episodes of How It's Made: https://www.sciencechannel.com/tv-shows/how-its-made/ Subscribe to Science Channel: http://bit.ly/Subscribe
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What is a Complete Breakfast?

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Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions It’s the most important meal of the day. Or is it? Breakfast has been the topic of much debate. For years, we were told to eat a complete breakfast. But what does that even mean? Should a complete breakfast include eg
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The Operating System Of Life - George Zaidan And Charles Morton

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-operating-system-of-life-george-zaidan-and-charles-morton Humans, octopi and pine trees alike are all made up of cells, tiny but sophisticated systems that keep life going. Cells are almost like tiny factori
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Two-Thirds of All Cancers Are Caused By One Thing: Your DNA

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While environmental factors can play a huge role, the number one cause of cancer is mutations from regular cell replication. Does this mean cancer in humans is simply inevitable? Why Did Our Early Ancestors Resort to Cannibalism? - https://youtu.be/dPmnoV
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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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Is Eating Boogers Actually Unhealthy?

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Over 90% of adults pick their nose. And afterward, many people eat those boogers. But it turns out, that can be unhealthy and dangerous. Boogers trap invading viruses and bacteria before than can enter your body. So eating those boogers might expose your
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What's The Liquid On Top Of Your Yogurt — And Should You Eat It?

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The pool of liquid on the top of your newly opened yogurt is a phenomenon called "whey separation defect." Whey is one of the two main proteins in milk, and it's completely safe. Simply stir it back into the yogurt for added nutrition. Science Insider tel
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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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12 magnets show how viruses are built

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The first 200 people to sign up at https://brilliant.org/stevemould/ will get 20% off an annual subscription that gives you access to the full archive of Daily Challenges and every single course.The way viruses self assemble from proteins that a jumbling
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Why Do Acids Burn?

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You can feel the tingle of lemon in your mouth as the acid reacts with the surrounding tissue and receptors. You've probably seen how soda can dissolve a piece of meat after a couple days. But what's so special about these substances that it can seemingly
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What is life and how does it work? - with Philip Ball

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Discover a leading-edge new vision of biology that will revise our concept of what life itself is, and how to enhance it. Sign up as a member to watch the Q&A for this talk, and get early ad-free access to all our talks: https://youtu.be/CEoJ88W4aXQ B
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Blame it on the DNA

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Lyrics by Mr. Cortez (Hogan High School) and Tom McFadden. DISCLAIMER: We wrote this song to get students excited about the basics of protein synthesis and how proteins can affect phenotypes, including disease phenotypes. Note that very few things in life
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Carl Sagan Christmas lecture 2 - The Outer Solar System and Life

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From ancient organisms to the plants and animals we see today, our planet showcases a spectacular array of life. But beneath such diversity lies an underlying unity. All life on Earth is based on two molecules (the proteins and the nucleic acids) and the
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A Squid's Eye View

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CEPHALOPOD WEEK IS HERE From June 21 to 28, celebrate our favorite undersea creatures with Science Friday. https://www.sciencefriday.com/cephalopodweekFor most people, the red irididescent sepioteuthis squid serve an single purpose as delicious calamari.
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How Scientists Can Manipulate Memories With Light

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Scientists have found a way to trick the brain using light and optogenetics. What implications could this have for the future of medicine? How To Turn Bad Memories Into Good Ones - https://youtu.be/Zm5nnJNvcVE Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http
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Your Body's Molecular Machines

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These are the molecular machines inside your body that make cell division possible. Animation by Drew Berry at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research. http://wehi.tv Special thanks to Patreon supporters: Joshua Abenir, Tony Fadell, Donal
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The pineapple “wonder material” that helps you heal

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A pineapple a day keeps the doctor away. Pineapples aren’t just delicious fruits, they also help wounds heal faster, according to new research. Brazilian scientists created a wound dressing made from pineapple husks, the part of the fruit that normally ge
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I Adopted 100 Dogs!

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Im so happy all of these dogs will be going to great homesGet an exclusive Surfshark VPN deal! Enter promo code MRBEAST for up to 83% off and extra 6 months free at https://surfshark.deals/mrbeastGet the Jinx dog food that was featured in this video! Jinx
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How Long Will You Live?

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Cell biology gives clues to why we age and lobsters don't.I made another video! The future of energy: http://bit.ly/1MAiJKmCheck out Breakthrough, Sundays at 9/8c on Nat Geo with GE #adAnimations are from Emmy-winning film 'Immortal', reproduced here cour
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Genetics is a Piece of Cake

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Youve probably heard of genes, but how does that four-letter code translate into the physical stuff of life? To explain, I bake a cake, using a recipe written with just four letters.Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/kurtisbauteIm on social me
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A neuroscientist explains how exercise can make you smarter

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Dr. Wendy A. Suzuki is a Professor of Neural Science and Psychology in the Center for Neural Science at NYU and the the author of “Healthy Brain, Happy Life.” Here, she explains the positive effects of exercising to the brain. Following is a transcript of
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What is DNA and How Does it Work?

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Click this link to take a survey about this video: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VM8CFFL Support Stated Clearly on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/statedclearly Issues of genetics and DNA are constantly cropping up in the news from food production and h
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Polymers - Crash Course Chemistry #45

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You can directly support Crash Course at http://www.subbable.com/crashcourse Subscribe for as little as $0 to keep up with everything we're doing. Also, if you can afford to pay a little every month, it really helps us to continue producing great content.
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How Fevers REALLY Work

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Watch the new season of MinuteBody - and get access to both CuriosityStream and Nebula - at https://curiositystream.com/minuteearth.Fevers are one of our best weapons against infections, but they don't work like you might think. We'd like to give a big th
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Why Women Are Stripey

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Epigenetics means women have different active x-chromosomes in different cells. Animation courtesy of http://wehi.tv Music by Amarante: http://bit.ly/VeAmarante Animation: Etsuko Uno Art and Technical Direction: Drew Berry Sound Design: Francois Tetaz & E
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TIL: Some Sharks Can Glow In The Dark

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You probably know that your visual perception of the world is a bit different than your pets’. Dogs see things with less color than humans, snakes can see infrared, and if you have a pet bull, it lives in a world where red and green are the same color. Th
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Logic gates made of DNA beat me at tic-tac-toe

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The first 100 people to use code science at the link below willget 20% off of Incogni: https://incogni.com/scienceDeoxyribozymes are catalysts made of DNA instead of proteins. With some clever manipulation they can be turned into molecular computers that
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Why Are GMOs Bad?

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Why are GMOs bad? They aren’t. They just aren’t, not intrinsically, and certainly not for your health. We’ve been eating them for decades with no ill effects, which makes sense, because a genetically modified organism is simply an organism, like every oth
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How to Extract DNA at Home - Christmas Lectures with Walter Bodmer

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It is easy to extract DNA from something like strawberries at home, as Walter Bodmer demonstrates in this clip from his second Christmas Lecture. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full second lecture of the series:
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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 Exactly Is Processed Meat?

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The WHO recently announced that eating too much processed meat can lead to cancer, but what makes processed meat so bad for you? How Powerful Is The Meat Industry? ►►►► http://bit.ly/1N9l5Sz Read More: How Red Meat Joined the 478 Other Things That Might G
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Can You Cryogenically Freeze Your Body and Come Back to Life?

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When you die, there are a lot of things you can do with your dead body--embalm it, cremate it, donate it to science (the list goes on), but some people will choose to have their dead bodies, or body parts, frozen until the technology of the future has (ho
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We May Have Been Wrong About the Origin of Life

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Life crawled out of the oceans onto land, right? New research suggests that this popular theory could be wrong. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.com
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Why Don’t Antarctic Fish Freeze to Death?

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Fish living in the oceans around Antarctica seem like they should freeze to death. But notothenioids have it all figured out, thanks to the antifreeze proteins in their blood! Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions Facebook! http://facebook.com/ACSReaction
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What Actually Causes Dandruff?

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This fungus lives on your scalp and may affect the genes you express. Check out Head & Shoulders research on getting rid of dandruff: https://ve42.co/HS Animation by Pindex: https://ve42.co/pindex When I started this project, I wasn't sure what caused dan
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Coca Cola Milk Experiment - Cool Science Experiments with Coca Cola by Home Science

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Coca Cola Milk Experiment - Cool Science Experiments with Coca Cola by Home Science Coca Cola vs Coca Cola Zero: http://youtu.be/OBzvN9FLx4Q The reaction of phosphoric acid (V) to proteins in the milk - they are cut and causes a precipitate The reaction o
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Can a Good Nights Sleep Protect You From Alzheimer's?

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Could good sleep prevent Alzheimers disease? Recent studies have shown a direct correlation between poor sleep and the build-up of amyloid plaques, which are a well-known indicator of this notorious malady. Learn how we can work together to fight Alzheime
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How Your Cells Decide Whether to Be Part of the Brain, or the Colon

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Before cells mature, they have to decide what they want to be — and new research shows that process gets pretty "noisy." Doctors Have to Trick Your Brain’s Defenses to Heal You, Here’s Why - https://youtu.be/USiZ6dUGUt8 Read More: Know Your Neurons: What
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Mitosis: Splitting Up is Complicated - Crash Course Biology #12

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Hank describes mitosis and cytokinesis - the series of processes our cells go through to divide into two identical copies. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dftba.com/product/1av/CrashCourse-Biology-The-Complete-Series-DVD-Set Like Cras
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“Cook” an Egg with No Heat!? (Egg-cellent Weird Science Experiments)

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Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions 0:24 - "Cook" an Egg without Heat 1:53 - Make an Egg Bounce 2:48 - Green Eggs and Ham Everyone loves the incredible edible egg, but what about a green one? Today we're coming at you with three kitchen egg demos that w
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The Science of the Perfect Grilled Cheese Sandwich

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Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions Consider this a chemical ode to one of the finest comfort foods ever created, the grilled cheese sandwich. Cheese making is an incredibly complex chemical process, and at a certain point, you may have learned the hard
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This Breakthrough in Lab-Grown Meat Could Make it Look Like Real Flesh

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Scientists at Harvard have created a texture in meat grown in a lab close to the actual animal meat we're used to. Would you eat it? Subscribe to Seeker!http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Human meat consumpti
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Emergence – How Stupid Things Become Smart Together

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How can many stupid things combine to form smart things? How can proteins become living cells? How become lots of ants a colony? What is emergence? This video was made possible by a donation by the Templeton World Charity Foundation. A huge thanks to them
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Your Body Could Be Immune to CRISPR! Is This the End of Gene Editing?

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Cutting and pasting DNA to cure diseases is a medical dream come true, but CRISPR technology is facing a major roadblock: our immune systems. Doctors Have to Trick Your Brain’s Defenses to Heal You, Here’s Why - https://youtu.be/USiZ6dUGUt8 Read More: Wha
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Peanut Allergies: You've Been Doing It Wrong

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Follow us over to Risk Bites! https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=RiskBites Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions Peanut allergies or of some of the most dangerous food allergies out there due to how commonly they are found in the food in
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What's the Best Way to Cook Pasta?

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Take the PBS Digital survey! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/pbsds2017 Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions Pasta noodles contain only three ingredients: eggs, water and flour. But how can you achieve a tasty result every time? Cooking pasta chemically ch
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Zombie Cells Are Hiding in Your Body, Could Killing Them Stop Aging?

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After killing senescent “zombie” cells in mice, researchers were able to extend the mice’s lives by 25%. But what are these hidden cells? Is Young Blood The Secret To Eternal Youth? - https://youtu.be/CTNTfjbG14Y Read More: To Stay Young, Kill Zombie Cell
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What the coronavirus looks like up close

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Seeing the virus up close helps us understand it.Support Vox by joining the Video Lab at http://vox.com/join or making a one-time contribution: http://vox.com/contributeThe images of SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that first appeared in humans in late
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Coronavirus Vaccine: Where Are We and What's Next?

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You might have heard that vaccine trials are currently underway in Seattle. What exactly is being tested? How much longer will these tests take? And when can we expect a vaccine against the novel coronavirus? We chat with Dr. Benjamin Neuman, one of the w
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What Really Happens When You Swallow Gum?

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You've probably heard that, if swallowed, chewing gum stays in your stomach for 7 years. But is that true? What happens if you swallow gum? Is Chewing Gum Better Than Flossing? - https://youtu.be/hOOv2pwqsPw Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http:/
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What If You Stopped Eating Food?

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How long can your body and brain diet through fasting, starvation or survive with no food? Check out skillshare! http://skl.sh/asapscience2 Subscribe! http://bit.ly/asapsci Created by: Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown Written by: Greg Brown Illustrated b
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What Makes Spider Silk Tougher Than Steel?

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Some people say that spider silk is stronger than steel, but is that true? What makes spider webs so tough? 3 Things That Make Spider Sex Horrifying? http://bit.ly/1TpARb5 Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here? http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: Snuggle Up
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Why Do We Have 10 Fingers And 10 Toes?

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As humans we could have had any number of fingers and toes, but somehow we ended up with 10 of each. What's so special about 10? Why Did Our Toes Evolve To Look So Weird? ►►►► http://bit.ly/1TChNWx Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here ►►►► http://bit.ly
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We May Have Just Unlocked a Secret to How Life Started on Earth

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Scientists have been trying to piece together the chemical recipe for how the building blocks of life originated. Now, they may have found it. A New Genetic Alphabet Is Creating Things Nature Has Never Seen - https://youtu.be/X3uHfRVjVVI Read More: Chemis
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mRNA vaccines, explained

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Why some Covid-19 vaccines were developed faster than any vaccine ever.Subscribe and turn on notifications ( ) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjOResearchers working on Covid-19 vaccines have smashed speed records, bringing new vaccines fro
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Why Are So Many People Allergic To Food?

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You can learn more at https://curiositystream.com/smart Go check out Sound Field! http://bit.ly/2HH9sG1 SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss a video! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub More people have food allergies than ever before. Peanuts, tree nuts, shellfish, eggs,
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Chemistry Life Hacks: Food Edition

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Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions Reactions is back with another round of chemistry life hacks. Our latest episode brings chemistry to the kitchen, and features science-backed tips to cook rice with fewer calories, get extra juicy chicken (when you do
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A New Genetic Alphabet Is Creating Things Nature Has Never Seen

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If you thought DNA was made of just A, T, G and C-- think again. Scientists have been expanding these options, and the resulting organisms could create the impossible. What Happens When CRISPR Backfires? - https://youtu.be/8b_d3RIJJmo Read More: Organisms
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Photosynthesis: The Biochemistry Behind How Plants Make Their Food

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Plants, 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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This Is How Your Body Turns Food Into Energy

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Your body needs energy to do, well, everything. But where does that energy come from? In this episode, Patrick dives into how exactly mitochondria power the cell, how ATP works, and, alas, the Krebs cycle. Buckle up! Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/sub
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The Chemistry of Snake Venom

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Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions We know poisonous snakes are dangerous, but what exactly makes venom so powerful? Evolutionary biology tells us why venom is useful for snakes, but chemistry tells us how venom works. This week, Reactions sheds some l
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How to Slow Aging (and even reverse it)

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Scientists like Prof Sinclair have evidence of speeding up, slowing, and even reversing aging. Thanks to LastPass for sponsoring this video. Click here to start using LastPass: https://ve42.co/VeLPWhat causes aging? According to Professor David Sinclair,
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I found the BEST coronavirus depiction (+ explanation)

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To start comparing quotes and simplify insurance-buying check out Policygenius: http://policygenius.com/minuteearth. Thanks to Policygenius for sponsoring this video!Ever found a fantastic coronavirus illustration that led him to learn about viral attachm
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What Are Century Eggs?

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These green and black preserved eggs don’t really look like food, but the chemistry of fermentation turns pidan, or century eggs, into a Chinese comfort food. In this week’s Reactions episode, we’re talking about the science of these unusual treats. Subsc
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The New CRISPR Tool That Could Delete Disease From Our DNA

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Why Does Wine Make Your Mouth Feel Dry?

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Skeletons of ancient animals sometimes become fossilized. But if this happened to every animal that ever lived, wouldn’t we be swimming in a sea of fossils right now? BrainStuff explains why only a fraction of animal bones turn into fossils. Learn more at
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