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Video: 31 states now considering legislation limiting trans athlete rights — Transgender pro cyclist and professor weighs in on sports inclusion
Why have 31 states introduced bills barring trans girls and women from playing girls' and women's school sports, despite having ...

Video: 7 years of agricultural productivity has been lost to climate change. Global warming is already slowing us down
The future potential impacts of climate change on global crop production has been quantified in many scientific reports, but the ...

Video: Did Sweden’s ‘no lockdown’ and ‘no mask’ strategy work?
Sweden’s approach to COVID-19 has been radically different from other countries in Europe — and much of the rest of ...

Video: Vaccines are rescuing the world from COVID. Could they also protect food crops from deadly plant diseases and pandemics?
Preventing plant-disease outbreaks is an urgent matter — as urgent as having a rapid response strategy for human viruses. The ...

Video: 10 of the most prominent anti-vaccine celebrities, from Jim Carrey to Jenny McCarthy
Why do many celebrities reject science? Watch the video below to find out which Hollywood stars are anti-vaccine. 1. Jenna ...

Video: What the lungs of newborns look like when they take their first breaths
[U]sing a delicate sensor-belt wrapped around the chests of full-term newborns moments after their delivery, a team of researchers from ...

Video: ‘Cognitive enhancers’ — Can you boost your brain power naturally?
How do so-called 'smart drugs' work, and what are their risks? Watch the video here ...

Video: Lab-grown meat is a global sensation. But can it really help battle climate change?
Last year, Singapore became the first country to allow the sale of lab-grown meat. BBC Minute takes a look at ...

Video: Are there benefits to exercising in cold weather?
Research suggests exposure to the cold can help activate brown fat cells which burn more calories. Does this translate to ...

Video: Between Us, About Us — Black healthcare workers challenge misinformation and spread encouraging news about COVID-19 vaccines
The Conversation: Between Us, About Us is a new campaign to provide Black communities with credible information about the COVID-19 ...

Video: Psychological impact of ‘junk food’ — Could fast food make you so impatient you forget to ‘stop and smell the roses’?
Fast food was invented to help us keep up with our fast-paced world. But it’s also had some unintended psychological ...

Video: Humans have lost many genes over the course of our evolution. Here’s how they helped define us
Our DNA holds thousands of dead genes and we’ve only just begun to unravel their stories. But one thing is ...

Video: Here’s why COVID mutant variants are spreading so fast
As highly transmissible coronavirus variants sweep across the world, scientists are racing to understand why these new versions of the ...

Video: ‘One more tool in our toolbox’: The case for crop biotechnology
Agriculture scientist Channapatna Prakash offers a crash course on agricultural biotechnology on this episode of the Nothing is Rocket Science ...
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Video: The saga of how humans developed the ability to talk
The evolution of our ability to speak is its own epic saga and it’s worth pausing to appreciate that. It’s ...

Video: Developing embryos show an immune response
Incredible new research has shown that long before the development of organs or specialized immune cells, this simple protective layer, ...

Video: ‘Science over unjustified cautiousness:’ Why UK should abandon Europe’s biotech crop rules
Many groups, including the Consumer Choice Center, have endorsed genetic technologies, and there is good reason to expect the UK ...

Video: Mite vs mite—Farmers airdrop pest-munching predators into strawberry fields to protect their crops
Two tiny mites duke it out on strawberry plants throughout California. One is a spider mite that sucks the juices ...

Video: How will CRISPR and other forms of gene editing revolutionize our world?
Gene editing has the potential to eliminate genetic diseases and save lives. But one scientist has crossed an ethical line ...

Video: Is lying an innate human trait?
Everyone lies. Even you and even me. We lie about small things and we lie about big things. We lie ...

Video: Why mosquitoes choose you
Only female mosquitoes suck blood since they need it to produce their eggs. Knowing how a potentially disease-carrying female mosquito ...

Video: How the unique immune system of prehistoric-like jawless lamprey fish may unlock cures for brain diseases
You might expect to find these fish at the core of an ancient, distant asteroid, but we find them instead ...

Video: Infrared camera shows how COVID spreads through a room
More than 288,000 Americans have been killed by a virus that public health officials now say can be spread through ...

Video: Instead of paying with a credit card, what if you could simply touch a scanner with your finger?
Instead of inserting a card or scanning a smartphone to make a payment, what if you could simply touch the ...

Video: Some eggplants naturally repel insects. New software can monitor which ones, helping to cut pesticide use
The eggplant fruit and shoot borer (EFSB), Leucinodes orbonalis Guenee, is the most destructive insect pest of eggplant. The larva feeds on ...

Video: Anti-COVID vaccine movement? How the Trump administration has eroded trust in science
Distrust in the Trump administration has turned into distrust of science, adding to an already powerful anti-vaccine movement. Infectious-disease epidemiologists ...