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Evolution & genetics Videos Recommended on Hacker News (57)
Evolution & genetics is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 57 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2009 and 2026 — 169 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.
Evolution and genetics: natural selection, Dawkins, DNA, genomics, heritability, CRISPR, human origins, paleontology, evolutionary biology, genetics of intelligence.
Why HN keeps sending people here — on DEF CON 25 - John Sotos - Genetic Diseases to Guide Digital Hacks of the Human Genome: “The talk is absolutely amazing, probably the most captivating talk I have ever watched” — an HN commenter, 2018.
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2 mo on HNWhat Happened Before History? Human Origins
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
2 HN recommender · 2016–2022
2 mo on HNMichael Levin: Biology, Life, Aliens, Evolution, Embryogenesis & Xenobots | Lex Fridman Podcast #325
Lex Fridman
3 HN recommender · 2022–2026
2 mo on HNHow the Krebs cycle powers life and death – with Nick Lane
The Royal Institution
2 HN recommender · 2022–2026
1 mo on HNHow They Caught The Golden State Killer
Veritasium
1 HN recommend · 2021–2023
1 mo on HNWhy Do Things Keep Evolving Into Crabs?
PBS Eons
1 HN recommend · 2020–2023
1 mo on HNSimple Bacteria Genetic Engineering
The Thought Emporium
1 HN recommend · 2023–2026
1 mo on HNAsking Hunter-Gatherers Life's Toughest Questions
Fearless & Far
1 HN recommend · 2021–2023
1 mo on HNGenetic Engineering and Diseases – Gene Drive & Malaria
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
1 HN recommend · 2016–2025
1 mo on HNDNA Testing and Privacy (Behind the scenes at the 23andMe Lab) - Smarter Every Day 176
SmarterEveryDay
1 HN recommend · 2018–2019
1 mo on HNRichard Dawkins demonstrates laryngeal nerve of the giraffe
MysOxen
1 HN recommend · 2012–2024
1 mo on HNOverview of Illumina Sequencing by Synthesis Workflow | Standard SBS chemistry
Illumina
1 HN recommend · 2017–2019
1 mo on HNThe Secret of Our Success | Joseph Henrich | Talks at Google
Talks at Google
1 HN recommend · 2018–2019
1 mo on HNKen Stanley: Discovery Without Objectives
fzambetta75
1 HN recommend · 2016–2018
0 mo on HNHow to Slow Aging (and even reverse it)
Veritasium
0 HN recommender · 2019–2023
0 mo on HNEvolved Virtual Creatures (1994)
karlsims
0 HN recommender · 2024–2025
0 mo on HNCynthia Kenyon: Experiments that hint of longer lives
TED
0 HN recommender · 2015–2016
0 mo on HNBBC Planet Earth - Birds of Paradise mating dance
Jongo
0 HN recommender · 2018–2021
0 mo on HNPolyworld: Using Evolution to Design Artificial Intelligence
Google TechTalks
0 HN recommender · 2009–2019
0 mo on HNWhy is Life the Way it Is? with Nick Lane
The Royal Institution
0 HN recommender · 2016–2022
0 mo on HNRhonda Patrick: Nutrigenomics, Epigenetics, and Stress Tolerance
TheIHMC
0 HN recommender · 2015–2016
0 mo on HNThe Longest-Running Evolution Experiment
Veritasium
0 HN recommender · 2021–2023