Nature is amazing. Here we get to see how a cell begins to divide and eventually becomes a fry that grows up to be…
New research published in Science is providing an unprecedented view of the signaling action that happens within plants when they’re under attack. A second…
Scientists in France have developed grapes that are more resistant to rot, which lessens the need for wine producers to spray grapes with pesticides. It's…
Billions of years ago, life crossed a threshold. Single cells started to band together, and a world of formless, unicellular life was on course…
A war has been raging for billions of years, killing trillions every single day, while we don’t even notice. This war involves the single…
Researchers have long wondered how our cells navigate inside the body. Two new studies, in which Lund University researcher Pontus Nordenfelt has participated, have now…
Aging is a lifelong process. It begins the day you are born. Kurzgesagt explores aging in this newly released clip about how to 'cure' the…
The three-minute video called “The Beginning” was put together by Don Ingber, the founding director of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, and Charles…
Bone marrow transplants are known to save lives, but how? What makes bone marrow so special?
In the United States, it’s estimated that 30 percent of adults and 66 percent of adolescents are regularly sleep-deprived. This isn’t just a minor inconvenience:…
We see color because of specialized light-sensing cells in our eyes called cones. One type, L-cones, sees the reds of strawberries and fire trucks; M-cones…
There’s an organism that changed the world. It caused the first mass extinction in Earth’s history … and also paved the way for complex life.…
The longest recorded case of hiccups lasted for 68 years … and was caused by a falling hog. While that level of severity is extremely…
Andrew Pelling is a biohacker, and nature is his hardware. His favorite materials are the simplest ones (and oftentimes he finds them in the garbage).…
Every year, Nikon’s Small World in Motion Competition rounds up the best microscopic videos from scientists across the world. The results are always strange, beautiful…
This time lapse filmed by shows Nipam H. Patel frog eggs transforming into tadpoles in 30 seconds. https://vimeo.com/102872495
Our skin is the largest organ in our bodies, with a surface area of about 20 square feet in adults. When we are cut or…
When cuckoos lay eggs in other birds’ nests, they produce eggs similar in color and pattern to the hosts’ own. With the help of a…