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Why are my ears ringing?

AdultsHealthScienceNeuroscience...
A weekly show where we endeavor to answer one of your big questions. This week, Emma R. asks, "Why do I get that weird ringing noise in my ears?"

Do your organs grow with you?

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This week, Jen Alexander asks, "Do your organs grow with you?"

Do Cell Phones Cause Brain Tumors?

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Do cell phones cause brain tumors? Conflicting results are resolved by looking at the big picture.

How a wound heals itself

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Our skin is the largest organ in our bodies, with a surface area of about 20 square feet in adults. When we are cut or wounded, our skin begins to repair itself through a complex, well-coordinated process. Sarthak Sinha takes us past the epidermis and into the dermis to investigate this regenerative response.

Why Am I Tired?

AdultsHealthHumanWellness
Why do we feel so tired all the time? Hannah Fry looks at the reasons modern life might be exhausting us, from irregular bedtimes to blue lights from our phones.

How do pain relievers work?

AdultsHealthScienceBiology
Some people take aspirin or ibuprofen to treat everyday aches and pains, but how exactly do the different classes of pain relievers work? Learn about the basic physiology of how humans experience pain, and the mechanics of the medicines we've invented to block or circumvent that discomfort.

What are those floaty things in your eye?

AdultsBiologyNeuroscienceHealth
Sometimes, against a uniform, bright background such as a clear sky or a blank computer screen, you might see things floating across your field of vision. What are these moving objects, and how are you seeing them? Michael Mauser explains the visual phenomenon that is floaters.

This double amputee can control two robotic arms with his mind

AdultsBiotechnologyDisabilityTechnology...
A Colorado man made history at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) this summer when he became the first bilateral shoulder-level amputee to wear and simultaneously control two of the Laboratory's Modular Prosthetic Limbs.

Derby the dog: Running on 3D Printed Prosthetics

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See how unique, custom 3D printed prosthetics allow Derby the dog to run for the first time.

How does your brain respond to pain?

AdultsHealthNeurosciencePsychology
Everyone experiences pain -- but why do some people react to the same painful stimulus in different ways? And what exactly is pain, anyway? Karen D. Davis walks you through your brain on pain, illuminating why the "pain experience" differs from person to person.

This 77-year-old grandma can lift more than you

AdultsHealthLifeSports
See what a day at the gym is like with Willie Murphy, a 77-year-old power lifter and grandmother. Video by Lauren Petracca for the Democrat and Chronicle.

Bionic Eye Allows A Blind Man To See After 33 Years.

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Larry Hester, 66, has been blind for half his life from a condition called retinitis pigmentosa. In September, 2014, an electronic stimulator was surgically implanted in his left eye. On October 1st, 2014 Duke eye surgeon Dr. Paul Hahn turned it on for the first time. While the device does not restore vision in the normal sense, it provides light-and-darkness differentiation.

How Laser Tattoo Removal Works

AdultsArtHealthTechnology
If you're looking to remove an ex's name or any unwanted tattoos, watch and learn how a laser tattoo removal can take ink out of your skin.

A hair-raising message

AdultsHealthMarketingTechnology
The Swedish Childhood Cancer Foundation uses a digital billboard to show a girl's hair blowing every time a train arrives to raise the awareness of child cancer.

Paper Towel vs Hand Dryers

AdultsHealthScienceEducation
When it comes to hygiene, which should you be using? ASAPScience has an answer for you!

It's Payback Time

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Channel 4's 'killer night of fundraising' Stand Up To Cancer is set to return with this incredible advertising campaign.

This 3-Year-Old Boy Is Very Excited For His New "Iron Man" Hand

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3-year-old Bubba with a birth defect receives a 3D-printed prosthetic "Iron Man" hand. His happiness will make you feel bittersweet.

5 Crazy Ways Social Media Is Changing Your Brain Right Now

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Multi-tasking is actually bad for you when you use social media? Learn why.

Your Brain On Coffee

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How does the world's favourite drug actually work?

Universidad Estatal de Sonora in Mexico Ice Bucket challenge

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Universidad Estatal de Sonora in Mexico�accepted the ALS Ice Bucket challenge from Centro de Education Bilingue Due to the water crisis in the state of Sonora UES has elected to use recycled paper and donate clean drinking water to people in need.

The Science of Depression

AdultsHealthPsychologyScience...
What's going on inside of a depressed person?