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
What is responsible innovation, and why is it important? Risk Bites takes a quick dive into why socially responsible innovation and ethical entrepreneurship matter, and what you can do to ensure good intentions really do end up making people’s lives better. Of course, we can hardly do the topic ju
What's is dose response, and what's it got to do with hazard and health risk? This is the first of a series of Risk Bites videos on understanding what dose response is, and why it's useful! This is part of a series of Risk Bites videos that tackle dose response and response models. This week's Ri
Bar-tailed godwits set a long-distance record among migratory birds. These rare and globally endangered birds travel in small groups almost around the whole world. Author: ZDF/Terra X/SPIEGEL TV/Christopher Gerisch, Kay Siering/ Oliver Gurr, Jürgen Heck, Jürgen Staiger/Hauke Ketelsen/Richard Sako,
How much is too much when it comes to being exposed to something unpleasant? Using examples of fecal contamination on cellphones and cocaine on bank notes, Risk Bites begins to lay the ground for exploring dose-response. More information on the UK cellphone contamination study: http://www.eurekale
Climate change is a topic on almost everyone's radar. Many know what causes it, but not everyone knows how they can do their part to fight against it. Learn more in our video! This video was created to support the campaign "Goal 13 - Climate Action". Find more information on our website http://simp
On International Women’s Day, choose to challenge gender bias to help forge a gender-equal world! Gender equality is a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world. This video raises awareness against bias in the workplace and suggests ways of fighting it - from challenge co
The water masses during a flood are immensely powerful and can cause a house to "float" like a ship. Do you know how it can come to this? Our video "Floods - fight back or give in" explains how these buoyancy forces can occur and what you can do to protect the building from more damage. About us:
While many hoped for the end, hundreds of thousands were fleeing from terror. By 1941 around 350,000 Jews had left Germany. Ultimately, neighboring countries refused to take in the refugees. The persecuted had to stay. Author: ZDF/Terra X/Leonie Schöler/Julia Geiß/Michael Fandel/Benjamin Leng/Margo
In the early 1900s, the Wright Brothers found inspiration for their first airplane in nature. Their "Flyer," which was modeled on a bird's flexible wing design, was steered and stabilized by pulleys and cables that twisted the wingtips. Despite its success, this control strategy quickly vanished fro
In the so-called cytokine storm, larger and larger amounts of cytokines are released uncontrollably. They then also "mark" healthy cells and cause the immune cells to attack the body's own tissue. Authors: 3Sat/Nano/docuVista Filmproduktion/Marilena Schulte, Maike Wurtscheid/Jörg Becker, Sergios Ro
A cinematic documentation of hundred years tradition of German aerospace research (1907-2007).
