Are there any places on Earth with no bugs? - Charles Wallace
Adults Biology
Travel to some of the most extreme environments on Earth and see how insects are able to employ their skills to survive.
What Happens When Predators Disappear?
Adults Biology
A world without predators. It sounds like a safer, happier world, but come on, this is SCIENCE…
There Is Something Hiding Inside Earth
Adults Biology
We’ve found a new planet, home to octillions of the most extreme beings living in the most absurd and deadly hellscape. In absolute darkness, crushed by the weight of mountains, starved of oxygen, cooked alive, bathed in acid, salt or radiation.
Groundbreaking chemist defines all of life in 2 words | Lee Cronin
Adults Biology
What is life, really? Despite our scientific advancements, we still don’t really know.
The Species That Broke Evolution?
Adults Biology
The ancestors of gars, horseshoe crabs and coelacanths looked almost the same as their modern relatives. Darwin called species like these “living fossils'' because they seem like they are evolutionarily frozen in time. But Darwin was wrong.
5 Ways CRISPR Is About to Change Everything
Adults Biology
CRISPR-based gene therapies are already changing healthcare for things like sickle cell disease. But CRISPR is bigger than just medicine, and it could revolutionize everything from food and agriculture to green energy fuels to plastics.
Why is it so dangerous to step on a rusty nail? - Louise Thwaites
Adults Biology
Explore how a toxin-producing bacterium causes tetanus, and how to identify its common symptoms and best prevention practices.
Why There Are No King Bees
Adults Biology
Beehives always have a queen, who is the mother of the entire hive. But have you ever wondered, what happened to the king, if there was ever any? Can a male bee become a king?
ALL Plants Have Color Vision?!
Adults Biology
Plants can tell when competitors are nearby because they can see them.
This Disease is Deadlier Than The Plague
Adults Biology
The white death has haunted humanity like no other disease following us for thousands, maybe millions of years.
This Animal Lays Eggs AND Has Live Young
Adults Biology
You might think that an animal either lays eggs or has live young. But these species prove it's a lot more complicated than that.
The Truth About Petri Dishes
Adults Biology
One of the best ways of studying bacteria is to grow them on a petri dish, but only a tiny percentage of bacterial species will grow on them.
Why People Prefer More Pain
Adults Biology
We experimented to see how much pain our volunteers could handle.
7 Ways Humans Change Color
Adults Biology
We're all used to our bodies being more or less the color they always are.
Why fish are better at breathing than you are - Dan Kwartler
Adults Biology
Explore how fish use their gills to breathe, and how these processes make them some of the most efficient breathers on Earth.
These Iguanas Have An Unusual Mating Tactic
Adults Biology
Crested iguanas were discovered on Fiji in 1979, and since then we've learned a lot about their behaviour, including their strange mating rituals. But how exactly did they end up on such a remote island in the first place?
Why Broken Hearts Hurt — and What Heals Them | Yoram Yovell | TED
Adults Biology
What's the relationship between physical and mental pain, and how can you ease both?
How Skin, Snot, and Cells Keep Us Healthy: Animal Defense Systems: Crash Course Biology #45
Adults Biology
The world is full of microbes and viruses that can get us sick, but we’ve got an Avengers-style defense system ready to take them on.
The Rock That's Helping Us Find the Origin of Life
Adults Biology
Epidote might just look like a pretty little crystal, but it has a secret. thanks to the high-pressure circumstances where it forms, we can use it to help us uncover the origins of life on our planet, and maybe even find signs of life on Mars.
Can you transplant a head to another body?
Adults Biology
Follow a neurosurgeon's attempts to perform a head transplant, and dig into the ethical and biological questions the procedure raises.
What Jumping Spiders Teach Us About Color
Adults Biology
How jumping spiders reveal an entire secret world of colors. Let BetterHelp connect you to a therapist who can support you - all from the comfort of your own home.