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Just How Good is Eagle Vision?

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In a remote part of Scotland, expert bird handler Lloyd Buck sets up a game of hide and seek for his golden eagle Tilly to test just how good her eyesight is.

What Was The Biggest Dinosaur That Ever Lived?

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What was the largest dinosaur? And how did it get so big? If you're shouting 'Diplodocus!' and 'Brachiosaurus!', you're on the right track.

The Best Way to Boost Your Immune System

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There is this idea floating around that what doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger.

You Can’t Actually Die Of Old Age

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Despite centuries of death records to the contrary, “dying of old age” is not medically possible; instead, it’s just a convenient catch-all.

Magenta: The Colour That Doesn't Exist

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When we look at a rainbow, we see a full spectrum of light. Every colour we could imagine. Except one – magenta.

How Close Are We To Uploading Our Minds?

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Investigate the possibility of scanning the human brain and uploading our minds and consciousness to a digital world.

The Biology Behind The Last of Us | WIRED

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The infection from HBO's The Last of Us is actually based on a real parasitic fungus. This fungus turns insects into zombies. The creators of the game and the show were inspired by zombie carpenter ants.

What Is Symbiosis?

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You might think symbiosis is when two different species live in perfect harmony— but that’s just one kind of interaction.

Your Immune System is More Dangerous than You Think

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There is this idea floating around that what doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger. That surviving a disease leaves you better off. And it seems to make sense because we have all experienced this.

The Disease You Will Never Survive

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A simple mis-folding in a certain brain protein causes a disease for which we have no cure.

Hagfish: The World's Slimiest Creatures

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Discover the extraordinary capabilities of hagfish, the slime-producing fish that has survived on Earth for over 300 million years.

The Most Complex Language in the World

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You are cells. Your muscles, organs, skin and hair. They are in your blood and in your bones.

The Weird Sex Lives of Bluegills

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When it comes to the mating game, fish have some of the strangest ways of thwarting the competition.

What Exactly Is Travel Sickness?

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Learn all about travel sickness from Dr Chris and Dr Xand!

The Geometry Of Life

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Researchers have come up with a new way to create patterns in petri dishes using bacteria.

Why Do We Cough?

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The doctors will explain this by teaching you all about your LUNGS in this lab experiment.

What Is The Rarest Colour In Nature?

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Discover what colors are the most rare to see in nature, and how physics and evolution drive their scarcity.

The Stickiest Non-Sticky Material

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Adhesives based on gecko skin can hold huge weights – without sticking to anything.

What Exactly Is Body Bacteria?

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Learn about body bacteria with Dr. Chris and Dr. Xand!

Plants In Space!

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Dr. Anna-Lisa Paul and Dr. Robert J. Ferl put weeds in unique situations to study their behaviour on a molecular level.

How Many Animal Species Are There, Really?

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It's harder than you might think to know how many animal species live on Earth.