Why Some Old People Act Half Their Age: It's in the Brain
AdultsHumanMental HealthScienceScientists are studying people over 80 whose memories are just as good as someone in their 50s. What sets these 'SuperAgers' apart?
What Happens To Child Prodigies When They Grow Up?
AdultsHumanPsychologySociety...Children who develop remarkable skills at an early age are often knowns at prodigies, but what happens to these kids once they grow up?
Why humans are so bad at thinking about climate change
AdultsGlobal WarmingHumanPsychology...The biggest problem for the climate change fight isn't technology - it's human psychology.
Why Some People Don't Feel Pain
AdultsHealthHumanNeuroscience...Pain helps us survive, and yet some people are born without the ability to feel pain, how?
Dogs and Humans: A 30,000-Year Friendship
AdultsHistoryHumanPets...Of all the species that humans have domesticated, dogs are our oldest animal friends. But how did a group of wolves become the furry pup at the end of the bed? New research is finally unlocking the paw-in-hand evolution of dogs and humans. In this episode we're answering one big question: Did we domesticate dogs, or did dogs domesticate us?
Why do we itch? - Emma Bryce
AdultsBiologyHumanScience...The average person experiences dozens of individual itches each day. We've all experienced the annoyance of an inconvenient itch - but have you ever pondered why we itch in the first place? Is there actually an evolutionary purpose to the itch, or is it simply there to annoy us? Emma Bryce digs deep into the skin to find out.
5-Yr-Old Pool Prodigy
AdultsHumanSportsFamily...Meet Keith O'Dell, a bonafide pool playing prodigy. At just five years old, Keith pockets balls like a pro. The sport is in Keith's genes - his parents play pool, his grandparents play pool, the family even eats dinner on the pool table. His father says Keith was "born to play pool." The question is, how will his incredible talent effect the life ahead of him?
How does your body know what time it is? - Marco A. Sotomayor
AdultsHumanMental HealthScience...Being able to sense time helps us do everything from waking and sleeping to knowing precisely when to catch a ball that's hurtling towards us. And we owe all these abilities to an interconnected system of timekeepers in our brains. But how do they work? Marco A. Sotomayor details how human bodies naturally tell time.
Weird Things Your Body Does When You're Around Your Crush
AdultsBiologyHumanRelationships...Love has some strong effects on our bodies. From blushing to sweating, why do we react the way we do when facing a crush?
The Immune System Explained I - Bacteria Infection
AdultsBiologyHealthHuman...Every second of your life you are under attack. Bacteria, viruses, spores and more living stuff wants to enter your body and use its resources for itself. The immune system is a powerful army of cells that fights like a T-Rex on speed and sacrifices itself for your survival.
How to master your sense of smell
AdultsBiologyHumanScience...Some perfumers can distinguish individual odors in a fragrance made of hundreds of scents; tea-experts have been known to sniff out the exact location of a particular tea; and the NYC Transit Authority once had a employee responsible only for sniffing out gas leaks.
Why are we so attached to our things?
AdultsHumanSelfSociety...After witnessing the "violent rage" shown by babies whenever deprived of an item they considered their own, Jean Piaget - a founding father of child psychology - observed something profound about human nature: Our sense of ownership emerges incredibly early.