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Lab equipment in background with illustration of DNA strand, question marks, and an arrow pointing to the horn on a unicorn. Caption: We'd want to know what parts of the genome make the horn.

Lab equipment in background with illustration of connected neurons. Caption: glia activate and help fix the neurons

Video title appears in white against an orange background. Text reads, “10 Reasons You Should Never Try Vaping.”

Black background with text that reads, "Alcohol and the Developing Brain."

Person sitting in front of a bookcase with books on various scientific subject. Caption: Microbes come in a huge variety of shapes--

illustration depicts a close knitted structure of the nerves. Caption: are now hardwired in because we use them so often.

Illustration of a cell with activity inside. Caption: It changes the function of the cell

Digital illustration of the lateral view of the brain. Text on image reads, "Working Memory." "Cognitive System with Limited Capacity." "Transient Holding Processing and Manipulation of Information."

Person in shorts and a t-shirt running by a green field. Caption: We all benefit from being stronger,

Bill Nye holding an infant. Caption: You, she, and I have the same number of brain cells

Illustration of a cell split in two that appears to be ready to eat something. Caption: T-Cells produce proteins that turn ordinary macrophages into killers

A roughly tear-drop shaped object with a thin outer layer, a wider middle layer, and a central space. Caption: A gastrula is an embryo made of three cell layers.

The skull of an animal with long, sharp teeth. Caption: And those teeth are incredibly strong.

Illustration of a vein blocked by a fatty substance. Caption: then what happens in a stroke or heart attack.

$Two people wearing gloves and examining human bones. Caption: no bones were fractured.$

Title text reads, “Bones,” against a black background with several gray bones.

Close up of a human ribcage. Caption: The ribs form a cage that protects the heart, lungs,

Title text reads, “Bugs!” against a black background.

A man in a white lab coat looking into a microscope. Caption: Examination back in the lab can confirm the species of fern.

A diagram shows six cell parts. Nucleus, Nuclear Membrane, Cytoplasm, Mitochondria, Vacuoles, and cell membrane.

Digital rendering of magnified cells floating in the dark. Text reads, “Cells.”

Microscopic view of pond water teaming with life. Text on image reads, "Core Biology. Microbiology and Genetics."

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Person in gloves and a lab coat handles two mice. One is noticeably heavy. Caption: because a single gene is defective,

A honey bee sucks nectar from a flower.

Closeup of the rattle at the end of a black and white striped rattlesnake. The rattle is composed of hollow, interlocking segments that are shiny and slightly transparent.

Video shows a light gray background.

Blurred photo of a woman leaning over to kiss the cheek of a baby. The baby reaches up to grab her chin in its hands.

Text reads, "Digestive System," against a background that shows a twisting strand of DNA, as well as several chemical formulas.

Text reads, "DNA," against a background that shows a twisting strand of DNA, as well as several chemical formulas.

Woman stands in front of a black background as she talks to us. An image next to her shows a person crouching next to a small fire as they reach a big stick into the flames.

Computer rendering of a dinosaur skeleton depicting a creature with short front arms and a long tail that walks on its hind legs.

Person Speaking from a podium. Caption: and why it doesn't act so well in the obese.

Closeup of the human eye. Caption: He may start examining the cornea.

A group of people inspecting a skeleton.

A woman leaning down to brush her lips on the head of a sleeping baby held in her arms. Caption: were passed on from generation to generation,

Points of light against a dark, textured background. Caption: many adaptations to support movement.

Infrared scan of the head and shoulders of a person mostly in red and yellow. Caption: it's already increased 5 degrees to 36 degrees Celsius.

Illustration of a gray brain with areas highlighted in green. Title card reads, "How Does Your Brain Learn? Changes in active brain regions could be an indicator of 'training related performance gains.'"

Aerial closeup of a hand with a pencil drawing a variety of styles of eyes on white paper.

Pencil sketch of the palm of a hand with the thumb out to one side and the artist shading a curve above the wrist. Title card reads, "Shoo Rayner Drawing School."

Blurry city in background. Taste and Smell.

Blurry city in background. Touch.

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Two women exercising with dumbbells. Caption: to make their bodies as strong as can be.

An animal with the body of a lion, an extra goat head on its back, and a snake instead of a tail. Caption: Chimera.

An illustration depicts the sinuses present in a human skull.

A comparison of passive echolocation used in vehicles and active echolocation in dolphins.

Diagram shows brain nerve cells branching like plant roots.

An enlarged view of the cells lining the retina is shown from an eyeball. A colorful and a black and white picture of parrot are shown on either side of the eyeball.

Sixteen eyeballs, each with different eye color. Caption: Martin-Schultz scale.

Diagram. Eight small strands with one or two red lines on them that represent DNA. The red lines are labeled two, six, seven, nine, ten, fourteen, fifteen, and X.” Next to the smaller strands is a bigger strand that is labeled “Twelve, NANOG, broken NANOG, pseudogenes.”

Red and orange digital atom with four electrons and a positive charge nucleus is next to a purple and yellow atom with four electrons and a positive charge nucleus. Text reads, “Atoms don't actually look like this.”

Graphic shows a gray fish with a fart cloud next to it. Inside the fart cloud is text that reads, “It’s Okay To be Fart.”

Man sits at a desk that has a computer, wires, and electrical and lab equipment on it. He holds a blue wire to a battery. Behind him is a bookcase filled with books and knick-knacks like a framed butterfly and different dinosaur skeleton miniatures.

Man talks to us in a room with a bookcase filled with books and knick-knacks like a Gundam toy, small globe, and a model of a space rocket.

Neon green cartoon eel swimming in water with small fish swimming around it.

Eight different screens with the same man’s face. He makes different exaggerated expressions like smirking, pouting, surprised, grimacing, and more.

Man talks to us with his eyebrows furrowed a bit as he stands in front of a black background.

Man speaks to camera while sitting in a room with a bookcase that is filled with books and knick-knacks such as a Gundam toy, a mini globe, and a spaceship.

Still image from: Lab Six: Hands--Part 2 (Spanish)

Still image from: Lab Six: Respiratory System (Spanish)

Still image from: Lab Six: Respiratory System II (Spanish)

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Still image from: Lab Six: The Brain II (Spanish)

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Title card in blue box on white background reads, "How many syllables are in support?"

Cartoon of a child in a classroom setting standing at the front of the class next to a skeleton. Caption: Your body's made of many parts that help you move and think.

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Girl wearing an embroidered yellow dress holds an open book up to a teddy bear as she smiles down at it. Text reads, "Living and Nonliving Things for Kids."

Illustration of human torso with area over the upper chest in x-ray vision, showing the rib cage and heart. Caption: the heart.

Group of children with arms raised. Spanish captions.

Illustration of the human digestive system. Caption: Then the remains of the food, which is now pretty much waste,

Illustration of a human skull with the eyeballs still present. Caption: The human eye is an organ -- an exquisite sensory organ --

Illustration of tubular structures. Nova science Now. Caption: The answer -- mirror neurons,

Alex Dainis is seated in front of her book shelf. Animation of a cell structure. Caption: And this volume includes all of its organelles.

Three infrared images of a man, two running and one floating in the middle against a blue background. Text reads, "Muscles."

3D rendering of a neuron, resembling a ball of plant roots or a rhizome. Text reads, "Brain Basics."

Black-and-white illustration of a side-view X-ray of a human's head. The brain is composed of pink, green, and purple fiber-like masses forming separate structures. Text reads, "Mapping the Brain."

Person uses tweezers to hold up a tiny glowing computer part in front of their face which is visible in the blurred background. Text reads, Brains, Computers, and Technology.

Digital illustration of five stages of a brain's growth, from a small, smooth lump into a bigger shaped organ with bulges, grooves, and fissures. Text reads, "The Developing Brain."

Oval-shaped photo of a brightly lit city street full of people sitting at tables, standing, and in motion. Behind this, a black and white digital rendering of neurons and networks. Text reads, "The Thinking and Social Brain."

Illustration of the inner ear showing the stirrup bone and other structures. Caption: lie the fluid-filled cavities of the inner ear.

Slide shows white text on a green chalkboard against a brick wall that reads, "Turning Food into Energy."

Drawing of a human torso and head with a cross section of the chest removed to show the human heart and lungs. Caption: It has been seen as the site of our emotions,

A diagram depicts the musculature of lower back. Caption: Gluteus Maximus,

Illustration of a human arm flexing and the bicep muscle enlarged. Caption: to control the extent of the contraction,

Man and woman walking with arms around each other's waist. Caption: humans are truly a privileged species,

Four jets trailing colored exhaust engaging in trick maneuvers. Caption: (narrator) A g-force is the force gravity has on your body.

Kaleidoscopic pattern primarily in blues and greens. Caption: I worked more and more on generating these images.

Gloved hand holding the trachea and lungs from a human body. Caption: branches into two smaller tubes called bronchi,

Computer screen showing a cross section of the human brain. Caption: and it's a fundamentally new way to see the brain.

Brightly colored bird with a beak almost as large as its body. Caption: You'd think it would be too beak-heavy to fly.

Bat with wings extended spots on the rib of one wing highlighted. Caption: We're interested in bat flight mechanics and how they fly.

Person working on a robotic leg that is wearing a shoe. Caption: This is a battery that powers everything.

Woman in front of a computer screen in a dimly lit space. Caption: about impacts of night shift work on a woman's body clock.

Person with a fabric cap strapped to their head. The cap has metal rivets and wires attached. Captions: (female) it feels maybe like a mild itchy or tingling sensation.

Person sitting at a table across from a robot. On the table in front of them are objects of different shapes and colors. Caption: Would you put the green object with one peg into the red box?

A gray eel. National Aquarium. Caption: an electric eel can generate enough current to stun its prey.

Closeup view of very thin wires forming concentric squares and other geometric patterns. Caption: these circuits are thinner than a hair

Person placing an object under a microscope. Caption: for nerves to regrow themselves

Person holding a large animal skull. Caption: The teeth on this thing are huge.

Alligator in grass. Caption: for a population and genetics survey of alligators.

Cross section of the human brain. Caption: creating a virtual 3-D image of the brain.

Person walking on a treadmill with sensors attached to their legs. Caption: (narrator) What if you could alleviate pain by changing your stride?

Diagram of an orange sphere. Part of the shell of the sphere is removed to show the white interior. On the surface of the sphere are small, brightly colored spots. Caption: help protect against the toxins they make.

Two people standing at a counter checking in with a receptionist. Caption: So they joined a live donor kidney exchange program.

A snake with eyes covered. Caption: this snake strikes its prey with pinpoint precision.

A device strapped on a man's hand. Caption: That device strapped to his arm is a sweat biosensor.

Person with head laying on pillow while wearing a cap with wires attached. Caption: and how you can boost how much you remember while you snooze.

Red, black, and white snakes in a tube. People in white lab coats and gloves are in the background. Caption: They can go many places things with arms and legs can't.

Model of a human head being brushed by whiskers attached to wires protruding from a metal post. Caption: by a set of artificial wire whiskers,

Graphic of light and dark blue spheres of various sizes. Caption: The food molecules fuel cellular respiration.

Computerized image of a skull. Caption: The axial skeleton consists of the skull,

Negative feedback loop. Control center (brain), effector, response, feedback, stimuli, receptor, back to control center. Caption: The control center determines the appropriate response.

Closeup of a mottled brown spider. Caption: arachnids and crustaceans, have a skeleton on the outside

Two crabs facing off. Spanish captions.

Two people walking down a hallway. Caption: we chat with DNA scientist Bruce Jackson,

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Illustration of a bear in snow. Caption: for the long winter's nap,

Closeup of the human eye. Caption: which regulates the amount of light entering the eye.

Closeup of a person's midsection. Person wears white and wraps their arms around themself. Title card reads, "Shedding light on heat, Episode 6. Heat and the human body."

Still image from: Short Takes With Naturalist Rudy Mancke: Alligator Skull

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