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New! Brains: Ever Wondered? (Series 2)
Item# 53249
© 2012
22 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-782-0
How much do we really know about the human brain, and what’s new when it comes to treatments for brain disease? In this episode, host John Watt introduces viewers to some key players in the world of b...
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New! Cancer: Ever Wondered? (Series 2)
Item# 53251
© 2012
22 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-784-4
How do you make a more effective, less toxic anticancer medication? This episode spotlights PR509, a “stealth drug” designed to treat certain types of solid tumors by a team of scientists at the Auckl...
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New! Pregnancy and Childbirth: The Real Story
Item# 52384
© 2012
25 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-742-4
The wonder and excitement of pregnancy and childbirth are unmistakable, but they also present a highly stressful experience for mothers as well as fathers. Covering the key developmental stages in eac...
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New! Sexual and Asexual Reproduction
Item# 52383
© 2012
16 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-741-7
All forms of life, from the simple to the highly complex, possess not only the ability but the instinct to reproduce. This program gives an introduction to the basic biological concepts involved with...
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New! TEDTalks: Joshua Foer—Feats of Memory Anyone Can Do
Item# 52985
© 2012
21 Min.
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There are people who can quickly memorize lists of thousands of numbers, the order of all the cards in a deck (or ten!), and much more. In this TEDTalk, Joshua Foer describes the technique—called the...
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New! TEDTalks: Neil Burgess—How Your Brain Tells You Where You Are
Item# 52941
© 2012
9 Min.
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How do you remember where you parked your car? How do you know if you're moving in the right direction? In this TEDTalk, neuroscientist Neil Burgess discusses the neural mechanisms that map the space...
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New! TEDTalks: Tali Sharot—The Optimism Bias
Item# 52987
© 2012
18 Min.
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Are we born to be optimistic, rather than realistic? In this TEDTalk, cognitive neuroscientist Tali Sharot shares research that suggests our brains are wired to look on the bright side—and how that ca...
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How Quicksand Works, and Much More: The Secrets of Everything
Item# 52566
© 2012
30 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-397-6
In this program, Greg Foot attempts to dig to Australia, gets sucked into quicksand to discover if it’s as deadly as the movies make out, eats a stupefying amount of fast food to see just how quickly...
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How Spontaneous Combustion Works, and Much More: The Secrets of Everything
Item# 52565
© 2012
30 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-396-9
In this program, Greg Foot is immersed in cold water to discover how extreme temperatures affect the body, and has his fingers hammered to test a weird painkiller. He also investigates spontaneous hum...
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The Secrets of Everything
Item# 52560
© 2012
180 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-391-4
Have you ever wondered why the sky is blue, how to survive a lightning strike, or even whether it’s possible to actually die of a broken heart? Is spontaneous human combustion real? What happens to th...
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