Just how small is an atom? - Jonathan Bergmann - YouTube - 0 views
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Drew Berry: Animations of unseeable biology - YouTube - 0 views
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9 minute video animation to illustrate biology
TED-Ed | How Mendel's pea plants helped us understand genetics - Hortensia Ji... - 0 views
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3 minute video Each father and mother pass down traits to their children, who inherit combinations of their dominant or recessive alleles. But how do we know so much about genetics today? Hortensia Jiménez Díaz explains how studying pea plants revealed why you may have blue eyes.
TED-Ed | Sex Determination: More Complicated Than You Thought - 0 views
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5:46 video, short quiz, open response
TED-Ed | Who is Alexander von Humboldt? - George Mehler - 0 views
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Have you heard of Alexander von Humboldt? Not likely. The geologist turned South American explorer was a bit of an 18th century super scientist, traveling over 24,000 miles to understand the relationship between nature and habitat. George Mehler details Humboldt's major accomplishments and why we should care about them today.
TED-Ed | The simple story of photosynthesis and food - Amanda Ooten - 0 views
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4:0o video Photosynthesis is an essential part of the exchange between humans and plants. Amanda Ooten walks us through the process of photosynthesis, also discussing the relationship between photosynthesis and carbohydrates, starch, and fiber -- and how the air we breathe is related to the food we ingest.
Alzheimer's Is Not Normal Aging - And We Can Cure It | Samuel Cohen | TED Talks - YouTube - 0 views
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More than 40 million people worldwide suffer from Alzheimer's disease, and that number is expected to increase drastically in the coming years. But no real progress has been made in the fight against the disease since its classification more than 100 years ago. Scientist Samuel Cohen shares a new breakthrough in Alzheimer's research from his lab as well as a message of hope. "Alzheimer's is a disease," Cohen says, "and we can cure it."
Enzymes- a fun introduction | TED-Ed - 0 views
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4 min video game style introduction to enzymes
What would happen if you didn't drink water? - Mia Nacamulli - YouTube - 0 views
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Water is essentially everywhere in our world, and the average human is composed of between 55 and 60% water. So what role does water play in our bodies, and how much do we actually need to drink to stay healthy? Mia Nacamulli details the health benefits of hydration.
The threat of invasive species - Jennifer Klos - YouTube - 0 views
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Massive vines that blanket the southern United States, climbing high as they uproot trees and swallow buildings. A ravenous snake that is capable of devouring an alligator. Rabbit populations that eat themselves into starvation. These aren't horror movie concepts - they're real stories. But how could such situations exist in nature? Jennifer Klos gives the facts on invasive species.
How the food you eat affects your brain - Mia Nacamulli - YouTube - 0 views
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When it comes to what you bite, chew and swallow, your choices have a direct and long-lasting effect on the most powerful organ in your body: your brain. So which foods cause you to feel so tired after lunch? Or so restless at night? Mia Nacamulli takes you into the brain to find out.
How to sequence the human genome - Mark J. Kiel - YouTube - 0 views
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5:04 video
Why aren't we only using solar power? - Alexandros George Charalambides - YouTube - 0 views
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Solar power is cheaper and more sustainable than our current coal-fueled power plants, so why haven't we made the switch? The real culprits here are the clouds, which make solar power difficult to control.
Attack of the killer algae - Eric Noel Muñoz - YouTube - 0 views
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As benign as it may look up close, the tiny seaweed Caulerpa taxifolia can wreak quite a bit of havoc on coastal ecosystems. This super algae is very adaptable; it also grows fast and spreads easily. Eric Noel Muñoz gives the details of this plant's incredible invasion, shedding light on the risks of introducing invasive species into new ecosystems.
TED-Ed | The carbon cycle - Nathaniel Manning - 0 views
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4min video What exactly is the carbon cycle? Nathaniel Manning provides a basic look into the cyclical relationship of carbon, humans and the environment.
The strengths and weaknesses of acids and bases - George Zaidan and Charles Morton - Yo... - 0 views
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3:47 video: Vinegar may have a powerful smell, but did you know it's actually a weak acid? In the chemical economy, acids actively give away their protons while bases actively collect them -- but some more aggressively than others. George Zaidan and Charles Morton use the currency of subatomic particles to explain this unseen exchange.
How to speed up chemical reactions (and get a date) - Aaron Sams - YouTube - 0 views
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The complex systems of high school dating and chemical reactions may have more in common than you think. Explore five rules for speeding up chemical reactions in the lab that might just land you a date to a dance!
How does cancer spread through the body? - Ivan Seah Yu Jun | TED-Ed - 0 views
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Cancer usually begins with one tumor in a specific area of the body. But if the tumor is not removed, cancer has the ability to spread to nearby organs as well as places far away from the origin, like the brain. How does cancer move to these new areas and why are some organs more likely to get infected than others? Ivan Seah Yu Jun explains the three common routes of metastasis.
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The highly virulent Ebola virus has seen a few major outbreaks since it first appeared in 1976 -- with the worst epidemic occurring in 2014. How does the virus spread, and what exactly does it do to the body? Alex Gendler details what Ebola is and why it's so hard to study.
Feedback loops: How nature gets its rhythms - Anje-Margriet Neutel - YouTube - 0 views
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5:10 While feedback loops are a bummer at band practice, they are essential in nature. What does nature's feedback look like, and how does it build the resilience of our world? Anje-Margriet Neutel describes some common positive and negative feedback loops, examining how an ecosystem's many loops come together to make its 'trademark sound.'