The World Health Organisation works with countries across the globe to raise awareness of the value of vaccines and immunization. It emphasizes how immunization saves lives and supports people everywhere to get the vaccinations needed against deadly diseases. Our video explains the vaccine journey.
What are the hazards associated with lithium-ion batteries, and how can these turn into safety risks? Last week Risk Bites looked at the bottom-line risk challenges of lithium-ion batteries. This week we take a closer look at the technology behind the batteries used in cell phones, laptops and the
What are the hazards associated with lithium-ion batteries, and how can these turn into safety risks? As Boeing grapples with lithium-ion battery safety issues in their 787 Dreamliner, Risk Bites looks at the risk science behind these batteries that are increasingly ubiquitous in cell phones, lap
Last week, you got to meet the world’s best corner hitter, Gonzalo Peillat, and you learned the basics about penalty corners from Maria and Katrin. But there’s more to learn about the short corner: this week is about the player positions during short corners. Have fun with this episode of Let's E
What are the ethical issues that emerge as our ability to detect chemicals in the environment around us improves? This week's risk bites looks at the ethical dimension of the measurement conundrum -- when our ability to detect stuff outstrips our understanding of what to do with the information. Th
What's the difference between a threshold dose response model, and a no-threshold model? And what are the limitations of each? This week Risk Bites tackles the basics of dose-response models. This week's Risk Bites team: David Faulkner (Animation concepts, editing, closed captions) Andrew Maynard
This week we're gonna find out why Friday the 13th is unlucky! Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/LifeNoggin Life Noggin is a weekly animated educational series. Whether it's science, pop culture, history or art, we explore it all and have a ton of fun doing it. Follow Us! https:/
How do you work out how safe or dangerous a chemical or some other substance is? This week's Risk Bites takes a look at chemical safety, and estimating health risk from chemical exposure. This week's Risk Bites team: David Faulkner (post-production) Andrew Maynard (all the other stuff) Risk Bite
What is risk? And what is risk assessment? [Note from AM - I've been surprised at how tough it is to talk about risk in an accessible yet accurate way in just a couple of minutes. Looking back over this video and next week's, I can feel the paranoia creeping in that some of the basic concepts are
What is a scientific model and what is it good for? As a prelude to talking about dose-response models on Risk Bites, this week's video is a primer on models -- what they are, and why they are useful. This is part of a series of Risk Bites videos that tackle dose response and response models. Ch
Risk is not just a number -- it also involves how we feel about things. This week Risk Bites introduces Dr. Brian Zikmund-Fisher, who will be talking more in future videos about how we perceive and feel about risk, and what this means about the risk decisions we make. This week's Risk Bites team:
Should people who aren't scientists have a say in what science gets done, and how it is used? This week, Risk Bites takes on the knotty topic of science and public engagement. This video was created to preface a conference session on engaging publics on science and technology -- synthetic biolog
