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Video: Sperm are ‘spinners not swimmers’—because they are lopsided
Research by fertility scientists in the UK and Mexico challenges the accepted view of how sperm “swim”, suggesting that it ...
Meet STACI: STAT’s fascinating interactive guide to AI in healthcare
The Covid-19 pandemic underscores the importance of the technology in medicine: In the last few months, hospitals have used AI ...
Video: Death by COVID: The projected grim toll in historical context
The latest statistics, as of July 10, show COVID-19-related deaths in U.S. are just under 1,000 per day nationally, which is ...
Video: Burger King’s lemon-grass fed eco-Whopper not backed by evidence, animal scientist says
On [July 14], Burger King launched promotions for its new “eco-friendly” Whopper, burgers made from cattle that have been fed ...
Video: Is there an upside to soaring COVID-19 cases?
Most countries and models that have attempted to control COVID-19 situation have had one ultimate goal; trying to bring the ...
Video: Race protests did not lead to a surge in COVID-19 cases
Looking at raw data and simply saying that Coronavirus cases in the USA are “rising” just because the “number of ...
Video: Unnatural is better—How technology keeps us healthier and living longer
American Council on Science and Health microbiologist Alex Berezow takes on one of the most pervasive myths on social media ...
Video: How can we figure out the real fatality rate of COVID-19 and how lethal it is?
Dr. Wessam Atif breaks down what we do and don't know about the worldwide death rate, or case fatality rate, ...
Video: Why we should ignore most reported COVID-19 statistics
Every day we wake up and check COVID-19 updates. Governments usually announce 6 main numbers: 1) New cases 2) Total ...
Video: What makes opioids so addictive
In the 1980s and 90s, pharmaceutical companies began to market opioid painkillers aggressively, while actively downplaying their addictive potential. The ...
Video: Exploring the natural events that created the coronavirus pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has changed our day-to-day life as we know it – but how did the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) ...
Video: Why gene-edited crops? Examining the nutritional and environmental benefits of CRISPR
As genetic engineering continues to improve our food supply, David Fikes of FMI Foundation explains that humans have always modified ...
Video: What are the chances that Moderna’s experimental coronavirus vaccine will work?
A vaccine for COVID-19 has entered Phase 1 of clinical trials in Seattle. How was it made? And how likely ...
Video: The evolution, genetics and virulence of coronaviruses
UC Berkeley professor and IGI Investigator Britt Glaunsinger, PhD, explains the evolution, genetics, and virulence of coronaviruses. The rapid spread ...
Video: These ‘micro-machines’ could repair our bodies and clean our oceans
Measuring less than a millimeter wide, these micro-machines are programmable lifeforms that researchers from the University of Vermont and Tufts ...
Video: Biohackers take coronavirus vaccine into their own hands
A collective of biohackers has begun circulating a document proposing a plan to create, test, and distribute a vaccine to ...
Video: How COVID-19 attacks a patient’s lungs
CT imaging from George Washington University Hospital shows the effects of Covid-19 on the lungs of a 59-year old man ...
Video: Here’s how quickly the coronavirus could overwhelm US hospitals
How bad will the coronavirus be for US hospitals? Some experts suggest that 20-60 percent of adults may contract the ...
Video: What CRISPR means for human evolution
Tech experts discuss the past, present and future of CRISPR gene editing. How will the technology affect our future generations? ...
Video: Filipino farmers ‘clamor’ for access to GMO insect-resistant Bt eggplant
SEARCA Biotechnology Information Center (SEARCA BIC) releases The Bt Eggplant Story, a new video series that documents the development of Bt ...
Video: Building a bionic prosthetic leg that ‘thinks for itself’
It’s no question that researchers, doctors, and engineers want to design more effective robotic limbs that can help paralyzed and ...
Video: Neuroscientist Sergiu Pasca on his pioneering efforts to grow brain organoids from stem cells
When [Stanford University brain researcher Sergiu] Pasca started his own lab at the university in 2014, he continued working on ...
Video: ‘Blood on their hands’—Greens’ resistance to biotechnology blocks sustainable agriculture, climate change innovation, says GLP’s Jon Entine
Green advocacy groups are the single biggest impediment to sustainable agriculture ...
Video: Two mutations join forces to create deadlier cancer
Sometimes the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have discovered that ...
Video: Here’s what sugar does to our brains
When you eat something loaded with sugar, your taste buds, your gut and your brain all take notice. This activation ...
Video: Can meat substitutes like the GMO Impossible Burger make inroads as a meat substitute in China and other countries?
Meat substitutes are surging in popularity as an environmentalist backlash against meat intensifies and as the taste of meat substitutes ...
Video: Crops engineered with nanoparticles could survive bleak environments—including space
A family of nanoparticles known as metal-organic frameworks, or MOFs, can absorb harmful UV radiation. Joseph Richardson is a nano-engineer ...
Video: Does eating red meat increase cancer risk? Here’s what’s wrong with a recent study.
The old chestnut that eating red meat leads to cancer is back. A [recent] study claimed that eating red meat ...
