With a solid understanding of biology on the small scale under our belts, it’s time for the long view – for the next twelve weeks, we’ll be learning how the living things... Read more »
How would a polar bear do if you put it in the desert? Not well. But why? Why can’t anything live anywhere? Well, this has to do with habitats and how animals... Read more »
Hank describes why plants are so freaking amazing – discussing their evolution, and how their cells are both similar to & different from animal cells. This video uses sounds from Freesound.org Table... Read more »
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Hank introduces us to ecology – the study of the rules of engagement for all of us earthlings – which seeks to explain why the world looks and acts the way it... Read more »
Hank tells us the background story and explains the importance of the science of classifying living things, also known as taxonomy. References: http://anthro.palomar.edu/animal/table_kingdoms.htm http://www.strangescience.net/linn.htm http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/01/19/090119fa_fact_lepore?currentPage=all http://linnaeus.c18.net/Doc/lbio.php http://faculty.fmcc.suny.edu/mcdarby/animals&plantsbook/History/02-Explaining-Life-Classification.htm http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/biology/autotroph.html http://tolweb.org/Eukaryotes/3 http://www.livescience.com/4593-greatest-mysteries-species-exist-earth.html http://faculty.ccbcmd.edu/courses/bio141/lecguide/unit1/3domain/3domain.html Table... Read more »
So this week we’re looking at some really fascinating news, including some about space, more about space, some about things that aren’t space (dinosaurs) and more things about those things that aren’t... Read more »
VICE News gets rare access to Europe’s largest primate testing facility, the Biomedical Primate Research Center (BPRC) in the Netherlands, where scientists try to find cures for the worst human diseases, while... Read more »
Hank describes the desperate need many organisms have for nutrients (specifically nitrogen and phosphorus) and how they go about getting them via the nitrogen and phosphorus cycles. Table of Contents: Nitrogen Cycle... Read more »
Hank teaches us why water is one of the most fascinating and important substances in the universe. Review: Re-watch = 00:00 Introduction = 00:42 Molecular structure & hydrogen bonds = 01:38 Cohesion... Read more »