RNA, the genetic messenger, makes sure the DNA recipe gives your cells exactly what they ordered. But sometimes that means inhibiting some other RNA that got the recipe wrong. This process is called RNA interference (RNAi), and it acts...

Cookbook author (and geek) Nathan Myhrvold talks about his magisterial work, "Modernist Cuisine" -- and shares the secret of its cool photographic illustrations, which show cross-sections of food in the very act of being cooked.

Paul Andersen explains how the central dogma of biology explains life on our planet. He starts with a brief discussion of common characteristics of all life. He then explains how DNA is used to make proteins which in turn make you. He...

Paul Andersen explains the central dogma of biology. He explains how genes in the DNA are converted to mRNA through the process of transcription. He then explains how ribosomes use this message to convert the mRNA to a functioning...

In the heart of India lives a wife, mother and award winning cookbook author named Nimi. Nimi Sunil Kumar lives in Munnar, India with her husband and kids. She is a traditional mother and wife who always puts her family first....

If all your hard work in the gym has produced minimal results, this guide will show you how to more successfully follow a proper diet to reach your goals.

Today Henry meets a Cookbook. Cookbook is full of hundreds of delicious recipes but he is stuck on the book shelf with no chef around to cook the meals. Henry becomes a master chef, is transported into a busy kitchen and creates the...

Food Detective Berry Blue introduces the student to the concept of recipes. She talks about where the student can find recipes and encourages the student to identify recipes he would like to make.

Old MacDonald Had a Farm! EIEIO!

Come to Old MacDonald's Farm and sing along to old macdonald had a farm. This fun video teaches the different animal sounds on the farm. This animal sounds song is a classic nursery rhyme for...

Old McDonald Had a Farm, E-I-E-I-O!



Sing along with Old MacDonald and learn the farm animal sounds. This animal sounds song teaches kids and children some of the basic farm animals to a familiar tune, Old MacDonald. This...

Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. Women who ran for office in the second half of the 20th century...

Overwhelmed by all the ways you can customize a ggplot2 data visualization? With add-on packages like the BBC’s bbplot, you can use themes created by design professionals – or tweak them to make them your own.

Fresh, home cooked meals prepared with love; a Lebanese tradition transferred from mother to daughter. Linda Sawaya shares her love of food, and the generations of culinary knowledge passed down through oral tradition.

From the archives: Linda Sawaya shares the illustrations she did for a magazine publication that involved stories about her family, and memories of her lebanese garden.

In 1796, Amelia Simmons released 'American Cookery', the first cookbook to be published by an American, in the United States.