January 30, 2012 • 15m
And thus begins the most revolutionary biology course in history. Come and learn about covalent, ionic, and hydrogen bonds. What a...Read more
February 6, 2012 • 15m
Hank teaches us why water is one of the most fascinating and important substances in the universe.
February 13, 2012 • 15m
Hank talks about the molecules that make up every living thing - carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins - and how we find them in our...Read more
February 20, 2012 • 15m
Hank tells us about the city of Eukaryopolis - the animal cell that is responsible for all the cool things that happen in our bodies.
February 27, 2012 • 15m
Hank describes how cells regulate their contents and communicate with one another via mechanisms within the cell membrane.
March 5, 2012 • 15m
Hank describes why plants are so freaking amazing - discussing their evolution, and how their cells are both similar to & different from animal cells.
March 12, 2012 • 15m
In which Hank does some push ups for science and describes the "economy" of cellular respiration and the various processes whereby...Read more
March 19, 2012 • 15m
Hank explains the extremely complex series of reactions whereby plants feed themselves on sunlight, carbon dioxide and water, and ...Read more
March 26, 2012 • 15m
Hank and his brother John discuss heredity via the gross example of relative ear wax moistness.
April 2, 2012 • 15m
Hank introduces us to that wondrous molecule deoxyribonucleic acid - also known as DNA - and explains how it replicates itself in our cells.
April 9, 2012 • 15m
Hank imagines himself breaking into the Hot Pockets factory to steal their secret recipes and instruction manuals in order to help...Read more
April 16, 2012 • 15m
Hank describes mitosis and cytokinesis - the series of processes our cells go through to divide into two identical copies.
April 23, 2012 • 15m
Hank gets down to the nitty gritty about meiosis, the special type of cell division that is necessary for sexual reproduction in eukaryotic organisms.
April 30, 2012 • 15m
Hank guides us through the process of natural selection, the key mechanism of evolution.
May 7, 2012 • 15m
Hank explains speciation - the evolutionary process by which new biological species arise - in terms of finches, ligers, mules, and dogs.
May 14, 2012 • 15m
Hank discusses the process by which organisms grow and develop, maintaining that, in the end, we're all just tubes.
May 21, 2012 • 15m
Hank introduces us to the relatively new field of evolutionary developmental biology, which compares the developmental processes o...Read more
May 28, 2012 • 15m
Hank talks about population genetics, which helps to explain the evolution of populations over time by combing the principles of M...Read more
June 4, 2012 • 15m
Hank tells us the background story and explains the importance of the science of classifying living things, also known as taxonomy.
June 11, 2012 • 15m
Hank gets real with us in a discussion of evolution - it's a thing, not a debate. Gene distribution changes over time, across succ...Read more
June 18, 2012 • 15m
Hank introduces us to comparative anatomy, which studies the similarities and differences in animal anatomy to support the theory ...Read more
June 25, 2012 • 15m
Hank introduces us to the "simplest" of the animals, complexity-wise: beginning with sponges (whose very inclusion in the list as ...Read more
July 2, 2012 • 15m
Hank continues our exploration of animal phyla with the more complexly organized annelida and arthropoda, and a biolography on insects.
July 9, 2012 • 15m
Hank introduces us to ourselves by taking us on a journey through the fascinatingly diverse phyla known as chordata. And the next ...Read more
July 16, 2012 • 15m
Hank and his cat Cameo help teach us about animal behavior and how we can discover why animals do the things they do.
July 23, 2012 • 15m
Hank and his cat Cameo help teach us about animal behavior and how we can discover why animals do the things they do.
July 30, 2012 • 15m
Hank takes us on a trip around the body - we follow the circulatory and respiratory systems as they deliver oxygen and remove carb...Read more
August 13, 2012 • 15m
Hank takes us on the fascinating journey through our excretory system to learn how our kidneys make pee.
August 13, 2012 • 15m
Hank takes us on the fascinating journey through our excretory system to learn how our kidneys make pee.
August 20, 2012 • 15m
Hank introduces us to the framework of our bodies, our skeleton, which apart from being the support and protection for all our fle...Read more
August 27, 2012 • 15m
Hank tells us the story of the complicated chemical dance that allows our skeletal muscles to contract and relax.
September 3, 2012 • 15m
Hank tells us about the team of deadly ninja assassins that is tasked with protecting our bodies from all the bad guys that want t...Read more
September 10, 2012 • 15m
Hank tells us about the team of deadly ninja assassins that is tasked with protecting our bodies from all the bad guys that want t...Read more
September 17, 2012 • 15m
Episode 34 of Biology (2012) premiered on September 17, 2012
September 24, 2012 • 15m
Hank veers away from human anatomy to teach us about the (mostly) single-celled organisms that make up two of the three taxonomic ...Read more
October 1, 2012 • 15m
Hank introduces us to nonvascular plants - liverworts, hornworts & mosses - which have bizarre features, kooky habits, and strange...Read more
October 8, 2012 • 15m
Hank introduces us to one of the most diverse and important families in the tree of life - the vascular plants. These plants have ...Read more
October 15, 2012 • 15m
Hank gets into the dirty details about vascular plant reproduction: they use the basic alternation of generations developed by non...Read more
October 22, 2012 • 15m
Death is what fungi are all about. By feasting on the deceased remains of almost all organisms on the planet, converting the organ...Read more
October 29, 2012 • 15m
Hank introduces us to ecology - the study of the rules of engagement for all of us earthlings - which seeks to explain why the wor...Read more