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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

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.

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.

Still image from: Healthy Habits: Get Rest to Be Your Best

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.'"

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.”

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.

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.

Still image from: Let's Talk About Sex: Body Basics (Video 1)

Still image from: Let's Talk About Sex: Puberty (Video 2)

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.

Still image from: Overview: Are Roller Coasters Good for Your Brain?

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

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.

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,

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

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

Still image from: Spot on Science: Catching Zzz's

Trace is standing in front of a book shelf. Caption: Also, how does it adjust that temperature once it knows it.

A mouse nibbles the food particle holding it in its claws. Caption: The nanoparticles gave the mouse the ability to see infrared.

Magnified view of cells. Caption: to allow liver cells to grow into functional livers.