Psychobiography with Dr. Gail Saltz: On Darwin with David Kohn
[1:24:02] Did you know that for 21 years Darwin kept his theory of evolution secret? Learn more about this brilliant obs…
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Could your brain repair itself?
[3:59] Imagine the brain could reboot, updating its damaged cells with new, improved units. That may sound like scienc…
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What Happened Before History? Human Origins
[10:05] Humans. We have been around for a while now. When we think about our past we think about ancient civilizations, t…
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Have you ever seen an atom?
[2:31] Scientists at the University of California Los Angeles have found a way to create stunningly detailed 3D recons…
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Top 10 Bizarre Mental Disorders
[5:12] Have you suddenly started speaking in an accent that doesn’t belong to you? Or maybe you’e taken to …
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Sue Savage-Rumbaugh: What Bonobos Can Teach Us
[5:23] At Great Ape Trust, TIME 100 honoree Dr. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh studies the cognitive development of bonobos, per…
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The Sperm Struggle is Real
[3:11] We all know that when a sperm enters an egg, a zygote is created, and the creation of a fetus begins. But what is that …
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Keolu Fox: Why genetic research must be more diverse
[6:48] Ninety-six percent of genome studies are based on people of European descent. The rest of the world is virtually …
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Kerry Ressler: The neuroscience of emotion
[19:17] Fear is a powerful, yet primitive, emotion that is also the root of much violence, war and suffering. Understan…
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Architects of the Mind: A Blueprint for the Human Brain
[1:28:47] Is the human brain an elaborate organic computer? Since the time of the earliest electronic computers, some …
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