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Learn Through Videos: Biology

This is a collection of links to educational videos related to biology, health and medicine, which are made for a general audience. How did life begin? How can we explain the diversity of life on Earth? How did Darwin develop his theory of evolution? How does the human body work? How could we come to be to the way we are today? Can we live forever? From the origins of life on Earth to the human genome, there are so many questions in life sciences that have haunted us. The videos listed in this collection cover various interesting topics in biology, health and medicine: the origins of life on Earth, evolution by natural selection, wildlife and their habitats, the DNA theory of inheritance, human body, and biotechnology.

A Science Odyssey
This is a PBS documentary series hosted by Charles Osgood, exploring the sweeping changes that have revolutionized life and thinking in the twentieth century.

The Story of Science
This documentary explores how the evolution of scientific understanding is intimately interwoven with society's historical path.

Growing Up in the Universe
This is a series of lectures given by Professor Richard Dawkins, discussing the evolution of life in the universe.

Finding Life Beyond Earth
This immerses audiences in the sights and sounds of alien worlds, while top astrobiologists explain how these places are changing how we think about the potential for life in our solar system.

Astrobiology
Astrobiology is the study of the origin, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe: extraterrestrial life and life on Earth.

Astrobiology and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life
An introduction to astrobiology which explores the origin and evolution of life on the Earth and its potential to exist elsewhere.

Astrobiology and Space Exploration
This discusses evolution in the context of space and time, focusing on the emergence of life in a planetary context on Earth and possibly elsewhere as well as the evolution of intelligence and the search for it elsewhere.

Brave New World with Stephen Hawking
This is a Channel 4 documentary series narrated by Stephen Hawking, globally exploring the scientific breakthroughs that are transforming our lives in the 21st century.

Visions of the Future
This is a documentary series presented by a theoretical physicist Michio Kaku, exploring cutting edge technologies related to computer science, biology and quantum theory.

Speed of Life
This is a Discovery Channel documentary series revealing nature's fascinating animal behaviors using cutting-edge modern technology.

Nature Tech (Biomimetics)
This is a documentary series exploring biomimetics, the science of looking to nature for answers to modern problems.

Richard Hammond's Miracles of Nature
This is a three-part documentary series that reveals secret animal abilities from the natural world, and discovers how those same animals have inspired a series of unlikely human inventions at the very frontiers of science.

Dogs That Changed the World
This explores the 15,000-year-old relationship between dogs and humans and the evolution of wolves into the wide variety of dogs we know today.

And Man Created Dog
This is a National Geographic documentary that explores the genetic journey from wolf to dog.

Dogs Decoded
This reveals the science behind the remarkable bond between humans and their dogs and investigates new discoveries in genetics that are illuminating the origin of dogs.