Videos
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 ...
Video: GMO insect-resistant Bt corn vs conventional corn—which is more vulnerable to pest attacks?
They say a picture is worth 1,000 words. A video of my farm on social media has attracted more than ...
Video: What are the risks and benefits of animal gene editing?
University of California – Davis’ Alison Van Eenennaam answers questions on genome editing. Van Eenennaam discusses her research on hornless ...
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 ...