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Is This The Biggest Mistake Science Ever Made?
Check out Air-Borne: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe by Carl Zimmer at This video was made possible by the Alfred P. Sloan
What your poop can tell you about your health - Hannibal Person
Travel into the digestive system to see how food is turned into waste, and what causes the different colors and textures of poop. -- The average person poops out approximately 11,030 kilograms
Why Resolutions Fail (And What Works Instead)
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You might be surprised by what you'd find in your pores - M. Alejandra Perotti
Meet the microscopic arachnids that live on your face, and find out why Demodex mites are part of the human microbiome. -- Two species of Demodex mites specifically inhabit human follicles
Can humans be trusted with control over genetics? - Michael Vazquez and Raye Ploeger
Puzzle through this classic ethical dilemma and decide: should parents be able to choose genetic traits for their children? -- Andre and Leslie are a deaf couple who have decided to have
How exactly do inhalers work? - Anna Rothschild
Dig into the science of inhalers, and find out how these devices treat common respiratory conditions like asthma and COPD. -- Inhalers are mainly used to treat two conditions: asthma and
How the US created an ambulance crisis
And what can be done about it. Thanks to our sponsor, T-Mobile: Here's a pretty obvious statement: In the more rural, spread-out parts of the US, an ambulance
How screens actually affect your sleep
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Can saunas make you live longer? - Max G. Levy
Explore how saunas can affect your body, and dig into the health benefits and limitations of this millennia-old tradition. -- Finnish sauna, Roman balneae, Japanese onsen, and Indigenous
What happens to your brain without any social contact? - Terry Kupers
Explore the effects that isolation has on your body and brain, and how a lack of interaction and activity can impact our well-being. -- Everyone needs time to themselves, and peaceful solitude
What should you do if you accidentally cut off your finger? - Jason Hoellwarth
Dig into what circumstances allow for an accidentally amputated limb to be reattached, and what options you have when it can't be. -- In order to reattach a severed limb after an accident
Tylenol Is Made From Crude Oil. Can We Change That?
A lot more depends on fossil fuels than you might expect. Like your medicine cabinet. No, not the plastic pill bottles… the pills /themselves/ might be derived from crude oil. It might be
