Human Biology

How Does the Brain Work? (2011)

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Magic and the Brain Are the secrets behind the world's greatest magic tricks actually wired into the human brain? Eccentric magicians Penn and Teller and Las Vegas trickster Apollo Robbins team up with neuroscientists to reveal how our brains process visual information. Can you really believe your own eyes?

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How Does the Brain Work?

Body Systems Collection

A collection of 6 books all about the body and body systems.

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Heart (1997)

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Bill Nye the Science Guy is all pumped up about hearts.

Your heart pumps your blood around your body, all hours, every day of the week, to keep you alive. Your heart is about the size of your fist, and it’s made of special muscle called “cardiac” (KAR-dee-ak) muscle.

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Elementary
Middle
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00:23
Heart

Nutrition (1995)

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Bill likes to be active, a lean, mean, nutrition machine. Find out about his eating habits in this episode of Bill Nye the Science Guy.

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Elementary
Middle
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00:23
Nutrition

Patterns (1998)

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Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill Nye the Science Guy is here to talk about patterns.

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Elementary
Middle
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00:23
Patterns

Germs (1995)

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Bill Nye the Science Guy will make you all better – with the “Germs” episode.

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Elementary
Middle
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00:23
Germs

Genes (1997)

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Bill Nye’s a regular gene machine in the “Genes” episode.

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Elementary
Middle
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00:23
Genes

Eyeball (1994)

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Look no further… Bill Nye is on the ball – the eyeball.

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Elementary
Middle
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00:23
Eyeball

Digestion (1993)

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Take time to digest this show.

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Elementary
Middle
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00:23
Digestion

Smell (1998)

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Bill Nye is using his sniffer to find out about the science of “Smell”.

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Elementary
Middle
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00:23
Smell

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