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This Disease is Deadlier Than The Plague

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The white death has haunted humanity like no other disease following us for thousands, maybe millions of years.

Why Does Hitting Your Funny Bone Feel...Funny?

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Explore the complex anatomy of the elbow, and find out why hitting your funny bone causes such an odd and painful sensation.

The Truth About Petri Dishes

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One of the best ways of studying bacteria is to grow them on a petri dish, but only a tiny percentage of bacterial species will grow on them.

Why People Prefer More Pain

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We experimented to see how much pain our volunteers could handle.

7 Ways Humans Change Color

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We're all used to our bodies being more or less the color they always are.

Why fish are better at breathing than you are - Dan Kwartler

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Explore how fish use their gills to breathe, and how these processes make them some of the most efficient breathers on Earth.

These Iguanas Have An Unusual Mating Tactic

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Crested iguanas were discovered on Fiji in 1979, and since then we've learned a lot about their behaviour, including their strange mating rituals. But how exactly did they end up on such a remote island in the first place?

Why Broken Hearts Hurt — and What Heals Them | Yoram Yovell | TED

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What's the relationship between physical and mental pain, and how can you ease both?

How Skin, Snot, and Cells Keep Us Healthy: Animal Defense Systems: Crash Course Biology #45

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The world is full of microbes and viruses that can get us sick, but we’ve got an Avengers-style defense system ready to take them on.

The Rock That's Helping Us Find the Origin of Life

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Epidote might just look like a pretty little crystal, but it has a secret. thanks to the high-pressure circumstances where it forms, we can use it to help us uncover the origins of life on our planet, and maybe even find signs of life on Mars.

Can you transplant a head to another body?

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Follow a neurosurgeon's attempts to perform a head transplant, and dig into the ethical and biological questions the procedure raises.

What Jumping Spiders Teach Us About Color

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How jumping spiders reveal an entire secret world of colors. Let BetterHelp connect you to a therapist who can support you - all from the comfort of your own home.

Plants Are Hardcore: Plant Anatomy & Physiology: Crash Course Biology

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Plants may not seem like they’re doing much, but if you look closer, you’ll find a whole world just lurking beyond the surface.

You have no free will at all | Stanford professor Robert Sapolsky

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How your biology and environment make your decisions for you, according to Dr. Robert Sapolsky.

Animal News: Loud Fish

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Researchers now know how a tiny fish called the Danionella cerebrum makes such a loud noise.

Loud Fish!

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Researchers now know how a tiny fish called the Danionella cerebrum makes such a loud noise.

What Is Earwax?

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Explore why earwax forms, its purpose in our health, and whether or not we should be trying to get rid of it.