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Topic: dna
Scallops have lots of tiny eyes that act like tiny telescopes
Things you may not know about the marine bivalve molluscs called Pectinidae or scallops, as seen in the Hakai Institute video above: 1. They can swim freely for short distances to escape predators or relocate them...
The World in UV
See The World in Ultraviolet, a similar but strange view compared to what our human eyes perceive in the visible spectrum. In this Veritasium video, Derek Muller explores how the ultraviolet makes eyeglasses, flowers,...
Nature’s Masters Of Disguise – Maddie About Science
Go behind-the-scenes at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History with arachnologist Hannah Wood and Maddie About Science host Maddie Sofia to see the mimics of the museum's collection. Atlas moths, stick bugs, leaf i...
What Really Causes Sunburns?
Why does your skin turn red and peel when you get a sunburn? In this episode of Gross Science, Anna Rothschild explains what's going on in our skin when it burns from sun exposure.
The Science of Skin Color – TED Ed
When ultraviolet sunlight hits our skin, it affects each of us differently. Depending on skin color, it’ll take only minutes of exposure to turn one person beetroot-pink, while another requires hours to experience the...
How the Sun Sees You: Revealing human skin in ultraviolet light
Artist Thomas Leveritt set up a ultraviolet camera and viewing monitor in Brooklyn's Prospect Park to show people what their skin looks like in ultraviolet light. This is "how the sun sees you." The revealed freckles ...
Summertime Science: Sunburn, Sweat, and Wrinkly Fingers
Why do we sweat? Why do our fingers wrinkle in water? Why do we get sunburns? Joe Hanson explains it all in this summer science episode of It's Okay to Be Smart. Bonus: find out what those SPF numbers mean on your sun...
The Animated Life of A.R. Wallace
This incredible paper puppet video by Flora Lichtman and Sharon Shattuck chronicles the story of British naturalist, anthropologist, biologist, geographer, and intrepid adventurer Alfred Russel Wallace, who was also C...
Celebrating Crystallography – An adventure in structural analysis
One of the great innovations of the twentieth century is likely not well-known, but this video from the Ri Channel is looking to change that: This is X-ray crystallography. Discovered in 1913 by William and Lawren...
Snail development time lapse: From embryo to hatching
Via skeptv, New Scientist reports on this time lapse video of snail development from embryo to hatching: Oliver Tills of Plymouth University, UK, and colleagues tracked the timing of 12 diff...
The brilliance of bioluminescence – TED Ed
Nature often devises surprising solutions for hunting food, warning predators away, and attracting mates, but one of the most magical-looking of these solutions might be bioluminescence, or biochemical light created b...
Why Red Blood Cells Look Like Donuts
This week, the 5 year old discovered the science videos of Bite Sci-zed’s Alex Dainis, starting with this one: Echinoderm Show & Tell. When he immediately asked for more, we watched The Gas Laws, Dishes and...
Preserving the Forest of the Sea – Science on the SPOT
In this Science on the SPOT: Preserving the Forest of the Sea, watch Kathy Ann Miller, PhD, curator of the University Herbarium at the University of California - Berkeley, as she shares the wide variety of seaweeds ...
How Mendel’s pea plants helped us understand genetics
How Mendel’s pea plants helped us understand genetics. Also explained in a single vintage illustration. Complement with why we are all related. From TED-Ed. via explore-blog.
BBC Knowledge Explainer: DNA
Director William Samuel and London-based studio Territory made this beautifully illustrated explainer of DNA for BBC Knowledge and Learning. Read more about their inspiration (hint!) and the B...
Charles and Ray Eames’ Powers of Ten (1977)
Powers of Ten, written and directed by Charles and Ray Eames, was first released in 1968 and later re-released in 1977. From Powersof10.com: Powers of Ten takes us on an adventure in magnitudes. Starting at a picn...