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What are mini brains? - Madeline Lancaster

Adults Human
Shielded by our thick skulls and swaddled in layers of protective tissue, the human brain is extremely difficult to observe in action. Luckily, scientists can use brain organoids - pencil eraser-sized masses of cells that function like human brains but aren't part of an organism - to look closer. How do they do it? And is it ethical? Madeline Lancaster shares how to make a brain in a lab.
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Where does all the snot come from? - James May's Q&A (Ep 3) - Head Squeeze

Adults Human
James May tells us exactly where that green snot in our nostrils comes from. He also delves into how mucus helps prevent harmful foreign objects from entering our bodies.
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14 Strange Ways of Life the Ancient Egyptians Practiced

Adults Human
We often think that we are completely different from ancient people, but archaeology shows that we are quite wrong. Here is a list of 14 unbelievable facts about the life of ancient Egyptians.
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All the nasty things inside a pimple

Adults Human
What is in a pimple?
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Why Do You Love Your Family?

Adults Human
Why do we love people we're related to? Compared to strangers, why do we feel such a deep sense of connection with our family members? Sure, they're nice to us, we take care of each other, and we often live with them, but there has to be a deeper biological reason. That reason, unsurprisingly is evolution. In this video, I explain why taking care of our family, or even dying for them, makes sense in the eyes of evolution.
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The Dangers of Thinking Too Much; And Thinking Too Little

Adults Human
There are dangers associated both with thinking too much - and thinking too little. The trick is to use our minds to access our most sincere, authentic and original thoughts.
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Where Do Our Drugs Come From?

Adults Human
The incredible chemical weapon-making abilities of fungi, bacteria, and plants have created a diverse array of compounds that are useful to humans.
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How Not to be Boring

Adults Human
No one is ever boring: we just seem boring when we haven't learnt the surprisingly easy art of being honest about our vulnerabilities.
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How long will human impacts last? - David Biello

Adults Human
Imagine aliens land on Earth a million years from now. What will these curious searchers find of us? They will find what geologists, scientists, and other experts are increasingly calling the Anthropocene, or new age of mankind. David Biello explains how the impacts that humans have made have become so pervasive, profound, and permanent that some geologists believe we merit our own epoch.
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How does your body know you're full? - Hilary Coller

Adults Human
Hunger claws at your belly. It tugs at your intestines, which begin to writhe, aching to be fed. Being hungry generates a powerful and often unpleasant physical sensation that's almost impossible to ignore. After you've reacted by gorging on your morning pancakes, you start to experience an opposing force: fullness. But how does your body actually know when you're full? Hilary Coller explains.
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Why Are You Anxious?

Adults Human
When you're feeling or stressed, your body releases stress hormones, such as adrenaline and cortisol...
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How to Cure Aging - During Your Lifetime?

Adults Human
What if we could stop aging forever?
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Your Face Could Be Recreated From DNA: Should You Worry?

Adults Human
Can we predict what a person's face looks like based solely on a sample of their DNA? A new study says yes, but geneticists aren't so sure.
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Baby Animal Rescue // 60 Second Docs

Adults Human
For the last 15 years, Joseph Keter has been rescuing, caring for and returning injured and abandoned animals -- mainly orphans whose mothers have died -- to the wild. From lions to cheetahs and buffalo to gazelle, Joseph has cared for some of Africa's most iconic animals. His days may be long and difficult, but when it's life or death for baby animals on Kenya's Lake Naivasha, it's all worth it.
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Is It Better to Be Polite or Frank?

Adults Human
We live in an age that thinks highly of frankness and directness. But there are - nevertheless - a few reasons why politeness remains a hugely important quality.
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Why You Shouldn't Trust Your Feelings

Adults Human
It can be very hard to detect just how much our judgement is constantly affected by our feelings. We should - at points - take care to be very sceptical of our first impulses.
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How We Lie to Ourselves

Adults Human
We are masters at knowing how to lie to ourselves. We pay a heavy price for this self-deception.
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Why We Feel Lonely and Odd

Adults Human
We feel lonely and odd because we mistakenly assume that the kind of thoughts and fears we have will have no echo in other people. They do; it's just we haven't found a way to speak to one another honestly about who we are.
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6 scientific tricks for falling asleep

Adults Human
Can't sleep? Don't just lie there in bed and stress about it. These tricks will have you snoozing in no time.
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5 useless human body parts left over from evolution

Adults Human
Your body is walking proof of evolution, but some parts have grown unnecessary over time. Here are five useless body parts left over from evolution.
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Do You Really Have Two Brains?

Adults Human
Are you a left-brained person or a right-brained person? Spoiler: You're neither. Each of us uses both sides of our brain for most of what we do. But still, there are a number of brain functions that do show lateralization, where they are localized to one side or another. Why is this? And how does it influence our definition of consciousness? People with "split brains" can help us figure it out.