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Biology & biotechnology Videos Recommended on Hacker News (82)

Biology & biotechnology is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 82 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2013 and 2026 — 241 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.

Biology and biotech: cells, molecular biology, synthetic biology, mycology and fungi, microbiology, bioengineering, DIY biotech, protein folding, lab work, biochemistry.

Why HN keeps sending people here — on What Bodies Think About: Bioelectric Computation Outside the Nervous System - NeurIPS 2018: “I highly recommend this video from Levin. It was my introduction to his work.” — an HN commenter, 2021.

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11 mo on HN

What Bodies Think About: Bioelectric Computation Outside the Nervous System - NeurIPS 2018

The Artificial Intelligence Channel
12 HN recommender · 2018–2024
9 mo on HN

Joe Rogan Experience #1035 - Paul Stamets

PowerfulJRE
10 HN recommender · 2017–2025
8 mo on HN

DEF CON 25 - John Sotos - Genetic Diseases to Guide Digital Hacks of the Human Genome

DEFCONConference
11 HN recommender · 2017–2023
8 mo on HN

DNA animation (2002-2014) by Drew Berry and Etsuko Uno wehi.tv #ScienceArt

WEHImovies
9 HN recommender · 2020–2026
7 mo on HN

I Genetically Engineered *MYSELF* to Fix Lactose Intolerance

The Thought Emporium
8 HN recommender · 2018–2026
7 mo on HN

mRNA Translation (Advanced)

DNA Learning Center
4 HN recommender · 2014–2025
7 mo on HN

Animations of unseeable biology | Drew Berry | TED

TED
7 HN recommender · 2017–2025
7 mo on HN

Michael Levin: The electrical blueprints that orchestrate life | TED

TED
7 HN recommender · 2021–2026
5 mo on HN

The Inner Life of the Cell Animation

XVIVO Scientific Animation
5 HN recommender · 2017–2024
5 mo on HN

The Evolution of Bacteria on a “Mega-Plate” Petri Dish (Kishony Lab)

Harvard Medical School
6 HN recommender · 2016–2026
6 mo on HN

The Roots of Your Profits - Dr Elaine Ingham, Soil Microbiologist, Founder of Soil Foodweb Inc

Oxford Real Farming Conference
2 HN recommender · 2015–2024
6 mo on HN

Evo-Devo (Despacito Biology Parody) | A Capella Science

acapellascience
6 HN recommender · 2017–2026
4 mo on HN

6 ways mushrooms can save the world | Paul Stamets | TED

TED
4 HN recommender · 2018–2022
5 mo on HN

"We Really Don't Know How to Compute!" - Gerald Sussman (2011)

Strange Loop Conference
5 HN recommender · 2022–2026
5 mo on HN

Electron transport chain

Harvard Online
6 HN recommender · 2020–2024
3 mo on HN

Matt Might - Winning the War on Error Solving the Halting Problem and Curing Cancer

Curry On!
3 HN recommender · 2017–2019
4 mo on HN

Geoffrey West on COMPLEXITY

FQxI
3 HN recommender · 2014–2018
4 mo on HN

The Deadliest Being on Planet Earth – The Bacteriophage

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
4 HN recommender · 2018–2026
3 mo on HN

Michael Levin: Consciousness, Biology, Universal Mind, Emergence, Cancer Research

Curt Jaimungal
3 HN recommender · 2025–2026
3 mo on HN

Where Do Trees Get Their Mass?

Veritasium
3 HN recommender · 2015–2021
3 mo on HN

Nanobot (Havana Parody) | A Capella Science ft. Dorothy Andrusiak

acapellascience
4 HN recommender · 2024–2025
3 mo on HN

Michael Levin: Anatomical decision-making by cellular collectives

Thomas Ouldridge
3 HN recommender · 2021–2023
3 mo on HN

Lee Cronin: Origin of Life, Aliens, Complexity, and Consciousness | Lex Fridman Podcast #269

Lex Fridman
2 HN recommender · 2022–2022
3 mo on HN

Ron Vale (UCSF, HHMI) 1: Molecular Motor Proteins

Science Communication Lab
3 HN recommender · 2016–2024
3 mo on HN

Homochirality: Why Nature Never Makes Mirror Molecules

Steve Mould
3 HN recommender · 2021–2022
3 mo on HN

Cordyceps: attack of the killer fungi - Planet Earth Attenborough BBC wildlife

BBC Studios
3 HN recommender · 2017–2026
3 mo on HN

How The Immune System ACTUALLY Works – IMMUNE

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
3 HN recommender · 2021–2024
3 mo on HN

Kinesin protein walking on microtubule

em2134x
3 HN recommender · 2018–2023
3 mo on HN

Your Body Killed Cancer 5 Minutes Ago

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
3 HN recommender · 2023–2024
3 mo on HN

The Immune System Explained I – Bacteria Infection

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
3 HN recommender · 2015–2021
2 mo on HN

Why Women Are Stripey

Veritasium
2 HN recommender · 2015–2026
2 mo on HN

Matter to Mind:Bioelectricity, Body Intelligence, Future of Regenerative Medicine- Dr. Michael Levin

Harvard Extension Student Psychological Club
2 HN recommender · 2023–2024
2 mo on HN

You Are Immune Against Every Disease

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
2 HN recommender · 2021–2024
2 mo on HN

The Scariest Episode Yet - Still Untitled: The Adam Savage Project - 10/30/18

Adam Savage’s Tested
2 HN recommender · 2020–2024
2 mo on HN

AlphaFold - The Most Useful Thing AI Has Ever Done

Veritasium
2 HN recommender · 2025–2026
2 mo on HN

Diatoms: Tiny Factories You Can See From Space

Journey to the Microcosmos
2 HN recommender · 2020–2024