Mimicking shark skin to combat superbugs – Think Like a Tree
In 2001, materials scientist Dr. Anthony Brennan observed that Galapagos Sharks are barnacle and algae-free due to the micro-topography of their skin. These diamond pattern nanoridges also make it...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleHow Old Is Your Body, Really?
Have you ever heard the statement that the cells in your body are completely replaced every seven years? Is this true? In this beautifully illustrated episode of Skunk Bear, NPR’s Adam Cole explores...
View ArticleDuoSkin: Functional, stylish on-skin user interfaces
Wear your game controller on your arm in the future and much more. From MIT Media Lab in collaboration with Microsoft Research, PhD student Cindy Hsin-Liu Kao introduces DuoSkin: Functional, stylish...
View ArticleWhat 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. Follow this video up...
View ArticleAn up close look at fingerprints and sweat glands
Zoom in to see this fingertip’s epidermal ridges, those tiny lines, whorls, loops, arches, and valleys that are unique to each person on the planet. This macro and time lapse footage, filmed by Time...
View ArticleThe Science of Skin
Between you and the rest of the world lies an interface that makes up 16% of your physical weight. This is your skin, the largest organ in your body: laid out flat, it would cover close to 1.7 square...
View ArticleWhat is dust made of?
Less than a tenth the size of an ant, a dust mite’s whole world is contained in the dusty film under a bed or in a forgotten corner. This realm is right under our noses, but from our perspective, the...
View ArticleThe 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...
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The Titicaca water frog’s baggy skin
At Lake Titicaca, the largest lake in South America and the highest large lake in the world, there’s less oxygen available in the air and water. This is where the Titicaca water frog (Telmatobius...
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Why are your fingerprints unique?
It’s said that no two fingerprints are the same. Is that true? How did your fingerprints form and why are they unique? This Minute Earth video explores fingerprint science. Learn how loop, whorl, and...
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What did a baby T-Rex look like?
What did a baby T-Rex look like? And what evidence do we have to help figure that out? In preparation for T. rex: The Ultimate Predator, an American Museum of Natural History exhibition, AMNH experts...
View ArticleWhat did a baby T-Rex look like?
What did a baby T-Rex look like? And what evidence do we have to help figure that out? In preparation for T. rex: The Ultimate Predator, an American Museum of Natural History exhibition, AMNH experts...
View ArticleThe face mites that live inside your pores
Super tiny Demodex mites are living on your face right now, or more accurately inside your pores. This Deep Look episode from KQED introduces these arachnids, and an entomologist who studies them:...
View ArticleThe Sun Blocker: Rube Goldberg-style sunscreen contraptions
It’s annoying to have to put on sunscreen before you go outside to play. And it’s especially hard to put sunscreen on your back without asking someone for some help. How can the entire ordeal be made...
View ArticleBallet Shoes Made For Brown-Skinned Ballerinas
In the world of professional ballet, ballerinas of color are few and far between. Because of this, “nude” ballet shoes, which are various shades of tan and pink, have become an industry standard. But...
View ArticleWhat is systemic racism?
What is systemic racism? What is redlining and how has it been wielded in the United States? Can we see proof of these long-standing inequalities? And how can adults talk about systemic racism,...
View ArticleSkin healing: A 33-day time-lapse in 10 seconds
For a visual example of what skin looks like when it’s healing, watch this short but impressive timelapse chronicling a wound healing over 33 days. Hungary-based YouTuber Kolo / Time Lapse recorded the...
View ArticleIllustrating a photorealistic portrait, a time-lapse
Australia-based illustrator Neeyellow specializes in photorealistic and hyperrealistic drawings, illustrations that look like photographs. In the time-lapse video above, he creates a portrait of a man...
View ArticleThe mysterious purple frog of the Western Ghats
Hike into the stormy mountains of the Western Ghats to find the squeaky Indian purple frog (Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis), also called the purple jungle frog, a stout amphibian that spends most of its...
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