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Explores how ears work and how ears help us communicate with the world. Explains common ear problems, including blockage, infection, and hearing impairment. Discusses symptoms of these conditions and introduces doctor's diagnostic tools. Emphasizes healthy habits and stresses not to put anything in your ears smaller than your elbow. Talks about how children with hearing loss communicate and learn.
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Technology and science are working to restore, replace, and supercharge the powerful human sense of hearing. Meet a man who is blind whose hearing is so acute that he can navigate a bicycle by the sound of the echo of a click. This episode also highlights some of the advances made in hearing aids and work being done by researchers to use sound to improve cognition and memory during sleep. Part of the “Human + The Future of Our Senses” series.
Part of the "Gunther's ER" series. As Dr. Gunther von Hagens makes clear, a shortage of blood can mean that insufficient oxygen is reaching the major organs, usually resulting in shock and organ failure. Opens with a graphic bleeding demonstration, re-creating injury to blood vessels in the hand of a cadaver. Also examines the consequences of blood loss in the body's vital organs by creating knife wounds in the torso of a frozen body, then sawing it into slices to reveal the path of the blades and the shocking extent of the damage. Also explores a lesser well-known cause of blood loss-fractured bones-which von Hagens illustrates in an experiment in which a femur dissected from a fresh cadaver is made to bleed as it would in life. NOTE: Viewer discretion is advised. Contains clinically explicit language and nudity.
Dr. Kimberly Dodge became deaf at the age of eight. She knew she wanted to work with animals by the time she was in eighth grade. Today she is an emergency veterinarian at the Connecticut Veterinary Center. This is a short segment from the "Achieving Goals! Career Stories of Individuals Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing: Phenomenal Professionals."
Will Roach never pictured himself working for Boeing. However with the help of two STEM degrees, he is now a full-time employee and works as a Production System Build Integrator. He ensures that the building process of the airplanes runs smoothly. Part of the "Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing STEM Professionals" series.
Provides a short overview of the five senses: sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste. Explores the special relationship between taste and smell. Shows how our senses combine to help us more richly experience the world around us. Includes suggested classroom activity.
New research reveals that loss of sleep leads to increased anger. Researchers are now studying the link between loss of sleep and aggressive behavior. Other segments include bacteria that consume greenhouse gases, a handy robot glove, and drones mapping marine megafauna. Part of the "4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn't Hear About This Week" series.
A woman with osteoporosis shares her experience, how she copes, and steps she's taken to prevent further bone loss. Physicians explain the disease, the risks and statistics, and the importance of calcium, exercise, and vitamin D earlier in life. Demonstrates a bone density test.
Begins with rock concert footage interspersed with interviews with well-known
While hard at work on her chores, an ant hears wonderful music coming from the distance. Although she knows she should focus on the task at hand, she can't help but explore the joyful noise. Based on the children's book by Rebecca Emberley.
As a young child, Loria West suffered the loss of her parents in a tragic car accident. That same accident left her paralyzed from the waist down. Today, she handles budget information and prepares top-level financial reports for Marshall Space Flight Center senior executive staff. Part of the "Women@NASA" series.
Drug addiction is a disease of the brain, and teens are at the highest risk for acquiring this disease. Stephen Dewey and other leading scientists detail how drugs like heroin, nicotine, cocaine, and marijuana change the brain by altering the way it registers pleasure. Young recovering addicts describe how addiction involves intense craving for a drug and loss of control over its use.
Global warming is changing the intensity, duration, and frequency of precipitation. These changing climate patterns are altering the water cycle and negatively impacting the environment. As the climate of regions changes, life on earth is significantly impacted. The increased potential for flooding raises concerns over loss of life and property, and individual actions are critical to lessen global warming and climate change. Chapter 4 of Air: Climate Change Series.
The ears are a masterpiece of miniature engineering, and our link to the world of sound. But their most important role is that they contain the tiny tubes that control our sense of balance. Presents the functions and parts of the ear in this look at the anatomy of hearing, speech, and balance. Graphics and microphotography vividly illustrate each part of the ear.
There are three manatee species worldwide: West Indian, West African, and Amazonian. These large creatures average 10 feet long and 1,200 pounds; however, they are incredibly graceful aquatic animals. They also play an important role in maintaining a healthy ecosystem, but they face two major threats: loss of habitat and collisions with boats and ships. Part of the "Endangered Ocean" series.
Examines the history and future of manned space stations. Covers the Russian Mir's 14-year stay in space and its replacement by the International Space Station in 2000. Reviews the purpose of the U.S. Space Shuttle, the loss of Challenger and Columbia, and the effect the shuttle's grounding has on the ISS. Notes how astronauts live on the ISS, and emphasizes that the space station offers an opportunity for international cooperation and discovery.
The immune system has a tough job keeping human bodies free of harmful microbes. Humans come in contact with germs and bacteria every day, and the immune system is challenged to protect the body. Explores how the human body goes to battle against germs in order to keep people healthy and how sometimes the immune system requires assistance.
Black carbon is the fancy name for soot, and it is causing changes in the Arctic climate. It comes from the burning of fossil fuels. Studies suggest that black carbon is contributing to the acceleration of sea ice melting in the Arctic, and the loss of this ice would lead to more rapid warming and possibly irreversible climate change.
Dr. David Kimbro and Dr. Randall Hughes investigate a new idea: can crabs hear? They design an experiment to test their new theory and explore the effects it may have on the crabs. Part of the series "In The Grass, On The Reef."
The jaguar says llama wants to enter his house, but he doesn't want to let her in because she is sick. Apparently she has the swine flu, and he thinks she wants to infect him. Some audience members defend the jaguar and the llama. Llama explains that the house where the jaguar lives is her house and his uncleanliness has made her sick. After hearing the advices from the fleas, Kaka, and Ludovico, Jaguar promises to change his hygiene habits and apologizes to the llama for his behavior and promises to take care of her.
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