NOVA - BECOMING HUMAN

Nova documentary about how modern Homo Sapiens became what we are. What makes us human?

This video has three parts in one.
Part one, "First Steps" what are the factors that separated us from other great apes.
Part two, "Birth of Humanity" The first humans to look like us.
Part three, "Last Human Standing" What happened to the other humans that lived on the Earth.

NOVA scienceNOW with Neil deGrasse Tyson

NOVA scienceNow: Where did we come from?
Origins of the Solar System, the start of life, how head lice figures in human evolution, erasing memories.


NOVA scienceNow: Can we live forever?
Slow down Aging, replacement body parts, virtual replica of you.



NOVA scienceNow: How smart are animals?
How smart are dogs? How smart are dolphins? How smart are Octopus? Talking parrot Alex, how intelligent was he?


NOVA scienceNow: How does the brain work?
How does the brain pay attention? Magnetic mind control. Artificial Intelligence. Neuroscience and synesthesia.


NOVA scienceNow: What is the next big thing?
Robots, earthquake forecasting, automated vehicles, Smart grid, designer microbes (synthetic biology).

TED TALKS - GERALDINE HAMILTON Body Parts On a Chip

Geraldine Hamilton explains how they place cells from the human body onto chips, creating an environment they can live in. This allows for them to create different internal and external human conditions for testing drugs and other things. This may lead to no more animal testing and drugs created for specific individual or communities.

Inner life of the cell

TedTalks: David Bolinsky: Visualizing the wonder of a living cell


Or if you don't want to watch the tedtalk part and just want to watch the animation of the INNER LIFE OF A CELL. Trust me if you like biology or like cool animation you should watch this video.

Using viruses to grow batteries - TED

The World of Bioluminecense - TED

Welcome to the Genomic Revolution - TED