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From Youtube, "In and out, in and out. Staying alive is about doing things. This very second, your cells are combusting glucose molecules with oxygen to make energy available, which keeps you alive for... continue reading
posted by w1ndex 3 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 324 views • 11:05YouTube description: This Valentine’s Day, send a little love to your bacterial buddies! Our microbes keep us healthy, but some bacteria give their animal companions superpowers, like immunity to... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 245 views • 12:11YouTube description: A microscopic examination of dirty water before boiling and after boiling. The magnification in each shot is shown in the bottom right hand corner. Camera - Nikon D3300 ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 3 months ago • 1,734 views • 4:33Everyone holds in their pee every now and then. And that's okay! Just don't do it too often, or it could lead to some serious problems down the road.
posted by BSR 5 years 10 months 1 week ago • 70 views • 3:05YouTube description: Real indigo-dyed clothing is not like the blue you know. Richer than the chemical blues used on most fabrics today, real indigo dye comes from a plant and has a surprising range... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 4 months ago • 1,390 views • 3:05YouTube description: Antibiotic-resistant bacteria kill 23,000 people every year in the United States, and the United Nations estimates that by 2050, more people will die from antibiotic-resistant infections... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 397 views • 14:33I built a natural draft furnace to test ideas about how hot a furnace could get without the use of bellows. Natural draft is the flow of air through a furnace due to rising hot air. The hot gasses in the... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 6 months 1 week ago • 454 views • 5:46YouTube: Soaking in a hot tub is a great way to relax your tired body, but it also comes with some microbial risks.
posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 145 views • 3:03YouTube: While we have long known about the existence of microbes — the tiny bacteria, fungi and archaea that live all around, on and in us — our full relationship has become one of the hottest topics... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 11 months ago • 15 views • 6:39Warning: May cause a germophobic episode! YouTube: We covered the Five Second Rule a couple years ago. And, just a few weeks ago, colleagues at the New York Times (and many other news sources) wrote... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 96 views • 5:43This is without a doubt the most entertaining A Capella Science song yet. The song assumes you already know about Crispr-Cas9, so it never actually explains that it's a targeted gene editing technique... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 497 views • 6:07YouTube: In freezing cold sand, a burning hot mine, or even inside solid rock – these extremophiles live anywhere that you wouldn’t want to live. What are they? How can they live in such extreme places?
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 15 views • 4:01"Cleaner isn't always healthier."
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 8 months 4 weeks ago • 302 views • 6:42I invented the Bow Blower, a combination of the bow drill and forge blower to make a device that can force air into a fire while being easy to construct from commonly occurring natural materials using... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 9 months 1 week ago • 1,388 views • 4:32YouTube: It may not look like it sitting in that cute bear bottle, but honey is a supercharged bacteria-killing powerhouse!
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 724 views • 4:20YouTube: Over it’s lifetime, the Earth has seen plenty of climate change. About 50 million years ago the planet experienced extreme cooling, and all from a little fern.
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 2 weeks ago • 357 views • 4:04I assume rye bread would give the biggest bang for your bakery dollar! YouTube: A man walks in to a hospital super drunk... but claims he hasn't had a sip of alcohol. Join us today for SciShow medical... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 4 weeks ago • 167 views • 3:26