Excellent video series about the immune system

[Puppycow]

I want to spread the word about a Youtube channel I discovered a few months ago. The name of the channel is Kurz Gesagt - In a Nutshell. The person or people who created it do a good job of using visual aids to explain things in a concise way without any wasted time and the production values are quite good in my opinion. Feels very professional. Anyway, the particular series I wanted to focus on in this thread deals with the immune system. This first video covers the basics and is a good one to start with:

Why You Are Still Alive - The Immune System Explained


Building on that one, here is a video about measles: how it attacks your body and how your immune system fights back. Also, why you should vaccinate your kids.


And here is another one about Ebola:


They also do videos on all kinds of other subjects, so if you liked these, check out the Youtube channel:

Kurz Gesagt - In a Nutshell

 

[Donn]

That is a good channel. I've been subbed for a while now.

A few other notables, imho:

Baud Bits (aka baud2bits)
Captain Disillusion
Veritasium
Archaeosoup
AronRa
Computerphile
MinuteEarth & minutephysics
Myles Power
Numberphile
potholer54
SmarterEveryDay



(I wish there was a better way to discover content on YT. There's so much dreck and the "suggestions" invariably lead to more dreck.)

 

[Puppycow]

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll add one of my own to that list: Vsauce.

Sample video:



He kind of reminds me just a little bit of James Burke, the Connections guy.

 

[Donn]

Oh yes, he's fun too.

 

[Olowkow]

SmarterEveryDay and potholer54 are great. I also like Periodic Videos.