Biology & Biotechnology Videos Hacker News Recommends — Page 2

demo#2806

Cody's Algae Panel

Cody'sLab

“Cody'sLab has a few videos about growing his own algae for consumption which are pretty interesting”

2 HN recommenders · 2022–2023

explainer#2946

The Physics of Life (ft. It's Okay to be Smart & PBS Eons!)

PBS Space Time

“it's a very good video on this topic by PBS”

2 HN recommenders · 2020–2023

explainer#2988

What Is the RNA World Hypothesis?

Stated Clearly

“Stated Clearly has a great video about the RNA world hypothesis ( ) if anyone's looking for an engaging overview.”

2 HN recommenders · 2016–2021

documentary#3273

The man who faked human cloning

BobbyBroccoli

“I'd recommend watching this video [1].”

2 HN recommenders · 2023

explainer#3316

Gay Frogs: A Deep Dive

Oki's Weird Stories

“(this whole video is a gem, but ~13:30 is the relevant bit)”

2 HN recommenders · 2021–2023

podcast#3394

Michael Levin: Biology, Life, Aliens, Evolution, Embryogenesis & Xenobots | Lex Fridman Podcast #325

Lex Fridman

“here he goes over much of the same amazing material, but along with a visual presentation.”

3 HN recommenders · 2022–2026

lecture#3473

How the Krebs cycle powers life and death – with Nick Lane

The Royal Institution

“excellent science communicator; you can watch some of his talks online.”

2 HN recommenders · 2022–2026

explainer#3484

Mitochondria: the cell's powerhouse

Harvard Online

“a beautiful animation of "Mitochondria: the cell's powerhouse”

2 HN recommenders · 2021–2022

podcast#3501

Joe Rogan Experience #1385 - Paul Stamets

PowerfulJRE

“I recommend listening/watching the JRE episode with him”

2 HN recommenders · 2020–2021

lecture#3621

Anton: A Special-Purpose Machine That Achieves a Hundred-Fold Speedup in Biomolecular Simulations

NC State

“There is brilliant video by the hedge fund manager DE Shaw about molecular dynamics simulation. Its very accessible and I found it very interesting”

1 HN recommenders · 2014–2025

demo#3790

I Grew Real Spider Silk Using Yeast

The Thought Emporium

“advanced cutting-edge biotech is getting to be as accessible as computing was getting in the 80s”

2 HN recommenders · 2020–2022

explainer#3808

What If Alien Life Were Silicon-Based?

PBS Space Time

“PBS Space Time has a very good & informative episode covering this.”

1 HN recommenders · 2023–2025

tutorial#3994

Simple Bacteria Genetic Engineering

The Thought Emporium

“he makes videos about DIY genetic engineering and I have a huge amount of respect for his rigor and detail”

1 HN recommenders · 2023–2026

explainer#4054

Ancient Life as Old as the Universe

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“There is an excellent recent video on topic from Kurzgesagt”

1 HN recommenders · 2023–2024

demo#4062

White Blood Cell Chases Bacteria

Adam Ryman

“You can sense the frantic desperation of the bacterium as it tries to get away from something monstrous”

1 HN recommenders · 2013–2021

talk#4086

Mike Levin - Live ALife 2020 Keynote - Robot Cancer

ALife 2020 Conference

“here is a similar keynote lecture from the same person, but a bit more recent and with a few other very interesting notes”

1 HN recommenders · 2021–2023

explainer#4223

Genetic Engineering and Diseases – Gene Drive & Malaria

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“one of my favourite Youtube channels”

1 HN recommenders · 2016–2025

explainer#4227

DNA Testing and Privacy (Behind the scenes at the 23andMe Lab) - Smarter Every Day 176

SmarterEveryDay

“Smarter Every Day made a pretty interesting video about 23&Me.”

1 HN recommenders · 2018–2019

explainer#4285

Your Body's Molecular Machines

Veritasium

“Veritasium just packaged a few of them in an easy to digest format”

1 HN recommenders · 2022–2023

lecture#4336

21. Chaos and Reductionism

Stanford

“acknowledging irreducible complexity irrespective of scale as he did so clearly in one of his Stanford lectures”

1 HN recommenders · 2017–2024

explainer#4440

Overview of Illumina Sequencing by Synthesis Workflow | Standard SBS chemistry

Illumina

“is the best visualization of how the most popular type of DNA sequencer works (that I've found)”

1 HN recommenders · 2017–2019

explainer#4548

ATP synthase in action

Harvard Online

“has a pretty cool visualization of how ATP synthase uses rotation”

2 HN recommenders · 2021–2025

demo#4573

How life emerges from a simple particle motion law: Introducing the Primordial Particle System

Artificial Life Lab Graz

“this one is pretty awesome too. A very simple rule and quite the complex behavior.”

1 HN recommenders · 2019–2021

podcast#4728

The Problem with America’s Lab Mice and Why it Should Matter to You

JRE Clips

“Here's the actual segment (18 mins)”

1 HN recommenders · 2020–2021