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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 ...
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 ...
Video: Test everyone – Slovakia goes its own way to control COVID
As Europe sees record coronavirus cases and deaths, Slovakia is testing its entire adult population. WSJ's Drew Hinshaw explains how ...
Video: How do you breed CRISPR cows? A crash course on animal gene editing
How do you breed gene-edited animals? This 30-minute video from the University of California, Davis details the making of a ...
Video: Elixir of life? If you want to live longer, consider injecting yourself with 3.5 million-year-old bacteria
People have been hunting down the legendary fountain of youth since antiquity. Does it exist? Could it ever, even theoretically, ...
Video: Fire Fauci? Trump suggests he will take ‘advice’ of chanting supporters and dismiss America’s infectious disease expert ‘after the election’
Speaking at a campaign rally in Opa-locka, Florida, Trump expressed frustration that the surging cases of the virus that has killed ...
Video: Viewpoint: The US wrote the global playbook on the coronavirus and then ignored it
A year ago, the United States was regarded as the country best prepared for a pandemic. Our government had spent ...
Video and Infographic: Pandemic response has sent trust in science soaring after years of faltering
The global pandemic has renewed trust in science. Our annual research shows that appreciation for science and trust in scientists ...
Video: How to boost your immune system to guard against COVID and other illnesses
Scientists have recently developed ways to measure your immune age. Fortunately, it turns out your immune age can go down ...
Video: Antarctica research shows how isolation changes the brain
As humans grapple with pandemic-induced isolation, science is starting to offer insight into what may be happening in our brains when ...
Video: Breaking the COVID genetic code: How genetic data revealed a secret coronavirus outbreak
The coronavirus mutates as it moves through its victims. Infectious particles swabbed from a patient’s nose carry small but distinctive differences ...
Video: We can ‘finally’ grow GMOs—Nigerian farmer explains why developing countries need biotech crops
Nigerian farmer Patience Koku discusses the GMO crop trials she is conducting on her farm, and why growers can "rise ...
Video: Can drugs be made for viruses that do not exist yet?
[N]ovel coronaviruses seem to be making successful jumps to humans very roughly once per decade — and there’s no reason to think they’ll ...
