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  1. How Burmese pythons helped discover the advantages of cooking food2024: Chris van Tulleken - The Truth About Food, The Big Food Hack

    Duration: 01:52

  2. Demonstrating electricity using a Tesla coil2024: Chris van Tulleken - The Truth About Food, How Food Makes Us

    Duration: 02:00

  3. The role of fire in human evolution2024: Chris van Tulleken - The Truth About Food

    Duration: 01:27

  4. The anatomy of smell2024: Chris van Tulleken - The Truth About Food, From Taste Buds to Toilet

    Duration: 02:21

  5. An AI-powered bionic arm2023: Professor Mike Wooldridge - The Truth about AI, How to Build an Intelligent Machine

    Duration: 03:54

  6. How well can you recognise these 'suspects'?2022: Dame Sue Black, Living Body

    Duration: 02:41

  7. Victim recovery dog Ozzie demonstrates her skills2022: Dame Sue Black, Missing Body

    Duration: 02:00

  8. Can you tell the difference between human and animal bones?2022: Dame Sue Black, Dead Body

    Duration: 01:47

  9. Waterloo Teeth: The 'Hollywood Smile' from 200 years ago2022: Dame Sue Black, Dead Body

    Duration: 01:21

  10. "Being a scientist is a team game"2021, The Invisible Enemy

    Duration: 01:03

  11. How much snot does one adult produce in a day?2021, The Invisible Enemy

    Duration: 01:19

  12. What is an R number? And how does it work?2021, The Perfect Storm

    Duration: 02:16

  13. The story of the first vaccination2021, Fighting Back

    Duration: 02:31

  14. How robots can work together in a swarm2014: Sparks Will Fly - How to Hack your Home

    Duration: 04:42

  15. Why the CO2 we breathe out isn't bad for the environment2020: Planet Earth - A 's Guide, Up in the Air

    Duration: 02:02

  16. How salty is the ocean - and why?2020: Planet Earth - A 's Guide, Water World

    Duration: 02:23

  17. Earth's 4.5 billion history in 100 metres2020: Planet Earth - A 's Guide, Engine Earth

    Duration: 03:00

  18. Climate and Weather: What's the difference?2020: Planet Earth - A 's Guide, Engine Earth

    Duration: 01:41

  19. The world's largest lemon battery2016: Supercharged - Fuelling the Future, Fully Charged

    Duration: 02:54

  20. Powering kitchen appliances with a bike2016: Supercharged - Fuelling the Future, People Power

    Duration: 02:59

  21. A chain reaction2016: Supercharged - Fuelling the Future, Let There Be Light!

    Duration: 02:34

  22. Richard Dawkins' swinging ball experiment2016: Supercharged - Fuelling the Future, Let There Be Light!

    Duration: 02:27

  23. How LED Screens work2014: Sparks Will Fly - How to Hack your Home, Highlights

    Duration: 03:42

  24. How digital cameras work2014: Sparks Will Fly - How to Hack your Home, Highlights

    Duration: 05:15

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