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New! What Is Science Doing to Fight Cancer? Ever Wondered? (Series 2)
Item# 53251
© 2012
22 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-784-4
How do you make a more effective, less toxic anticancer medication? This episode spotlights PR509, a “stealth drug” designed to treat certain types of solid tumors by a team of scientists at the Auckl...
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New! What Is Science Doing to Treat Alzheimer's and Stroke? Ever Wondered? (Series 2)
Item# 53249
© 2012
22 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-782-0
How much do we really know about the human brain, and what’s new when it comes to treatments for brain disease? In this episode, host John Watt introduces viewers to some key players in the world of b...
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New! Pregnancy and Childbirth: The Real Story
Item# 52384
© 2012
25 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-742-4
The wonder and excitement of pregnancy and childbirth are unmistakable, but they also present a highly stressful experience for mothers as well as fathers. Covering the key developmental stages in eac...
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New! Sexual and Asexual Reproduction
Item# 52383
© 2012
16 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-741-7
All forms of life, from the simple to the highly complex, possess not only the ability but the instinct to reproduce. This program gives an introduction to the basic biological concepts involved with...
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How Quicksand Works, and Much More: The Secrets of Everything
Item# 52566
© 2012
30 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-397-6
In this program, Greg Foot attempts to dig to Australia, gets sucked into quicksand to discover if it’s as deadly as the movies make out, eats a stupefying amount of fast food to see just how quickly...
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How Spontaneous Combustion Works, and Much More: The Secrets of Everything
Item# 52565
© 2012
30 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-396-9
In this program, Greg Foot is immersed in cold water to discover how extreme temperatures affect the body, and has his fingers hammered to test a weird painkiller. He also investigates spontaneous hum...
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The Secrets of Everything
Item# 52560
© 2012
180 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-391-4
Have you ever wondered why the sky is blue, how to survive a lightning strike, or even whether it’s possible to actually die of a broken heart? Is spontaneous human combustion real? What happens to th...
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The Truth about Exercise
Item# 52483
© 2012
50 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-314-3
We have long been told that getting regular exercise is key to a healthy life. But with recent advances in genetic testing technology and brain stimulation techniques, scientists are learning new and...
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The Truth about Fat
Item# 52484
© 2012
50 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-315-0
Surgeon Gabriel Weston wants to find out why we’re getting fatter—and she doesn’t believe that it’s simply a failure of self-control. From the power of hormones on our appetite to stomach surgery, gen...
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What Humans Taste Like, and Much More: The Secrets of Everything
Item# 52561
© 2012
30 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-392-1
In this program, Greg Foot suffers to find out what humans taste like, heads to Reading Festival to work out whether people could actually shift the planet by jumping at exactly the same time, and ask...
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