Your Brain: Who's in Control?
Are you in control of your brain, or is your brain controlling you? Dive into the latest research on the subconscious with neuroscientist Heather Berlin to see what’s really driving the decisions you make.
Episodes
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Your Brain: Who's in Control?
S50 E10 - 53m 31s
Are you in control of your brain, or is your brain controlling you? Dive into the latest research on the subconscious with neuroscientist Heather Berlin to see what’s really driving the decisions you make.
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Your Brain: Perception Deception
S50 E9 - 53m 30s
Is what you see real? Join neuroscientist Heather Berlin on a quest to understand how your brain shapes your reality, and why you can’t always trust what you perceive. Learn the surprising tricks and shortcuts the brain takes to help us survive.
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Hidden Volcano Abyss
S50 E8 - 53m 20s
In January 2022, one of the most powerful volcanic eruptions in recorded history rocked the islands of Tonga. Join scientists as they investigate what caused the blast, how it spurred a devastating tsunami, and if another eruption could be imminent.
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Saving the Right Whale
S50 E7 - 53m 31s
The North Atlantic right whale is on the brink of extinction. But a handful of specialists are determined to help save it as they discover new secrets about the lives of these giants of the sea.
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Chasing Carbon Zero
S50 E6 - 53m 31s
Can the U.S. reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and avoid the biggest impacts of climate change? Experts say it can be done. Here’s the technology that could get us there.
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Weathering the Future
S50 E5 - 53m 31s
As extreme weather in the U.S. impacts more people – with longer heat waves, more intense rainstorms, megafires, and droughts – discover how Americans are fighting back by marshaling ancient wisdom and innovating new solutions.
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New Eye on the Universe
S50 E4 - 53m 31s
Join scientists as they use NASA’s brand new James Webb Space Telescope to peer deep in time to hunt for the first stars and galaxies in our universe, and try to detect the fingerprints of life in the atmospheres of distant exoplanets
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Ancient Builders of the Amazon
S50 E3 - 53m 22s
Recent discoveries in archaeology are exploding the myth of the Amazon as a primeval wilderness, revealing traces of ancient civilizations that flourished for centuries, with populations numbering in the millions.
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Star Chasers of Senegal
S50 E2 - 53m 20s
A NASA spacecraft named Lucy blasts off from Cape Canaveral on a mission to the Trojans, a group of asteroids over 400 million miles from Earth thought to hold important clues about the origins of our solar system. Just hours before, in Senegal, West Africa, a team of scientists sets out to capture extraordinarily precise observations vital to the success of the Lucy mission.
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London Super Tunnel
S50 E1 - 53m 20s
Thousands of engineers, technicians and workers race to build Europe’s biggest construction project–London’s new railroad, the Elizabeth Line.
Extras + Features
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Ancient Earth: Life Rising Preview
S50 E13 - 30s
For billions of years, life teemed in Earth’s oceans while the land was desolate and inhospitable. See how life made the leap to land, transforming a barren, rocky landscape into the lush, green world we call home.
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Ancient Earth: Frozen Preview
S50 E12 - 30s
700 million years ago, Earth was a giant snowball cloaked in ice from pole to pole. How did life manage to hold on through this deadly deep freeze, find creative ways to bounce back, and thrive in the dramatically different world that emerged?
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Ancient Earth: Birth of the Sky Preview
S50 E11 - 30s
Early Earth was a hellscape of molten lava and barren rock, bombarded by meteors, with no atmosphere at all. How did our familiar blue sky – the thin, life-giving band of gasses protecting our planet – come to be?
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Ancient Earth Series Preview
S50 E11 - 1m
Dive into the most dramatic events in Earth’s 4.5-billion-year history, from its birth to the emergence of humanity. How did a hellscape of molten lava transform into a lush, green, watery planet filled with life? With dazzlingly realistic animation based on the latest research, each of these five episodes brings to life long-lost worlds that ultimately led to the one we know today.
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Rare Fossil Appears to Show Mammal Attacking Dinosaur
S50 - 3m 26s
A mammal attacked a much larger dinosaur — then a volcano froze them both in time.
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The nation’s first big offshore wind farm is coming
S50 - 5m 22s
Offshore wind has been slow to take off in the US, compared to Europe. So, why now? What will the impacts be?
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What Made the Titan Submersible Design Unconventional?
S50 - 5m 5s
OceanGate Expeditions’ Titan submersible had taken passengers down to the Titanic wreckage many times before the ill-fated trip that killed all five passengers on board. So, why did it fail?
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What Happens in the Brain When you Sleepwalk?
S50 E10 - 3m 55s
Neuroscientist and clinical psychologist Heather Berlin visits a sleep center at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to learn what’s going on in the brain when someone sleepwalks.
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Your Brain: Who's in Control? Preview
S50 E10 - 29s
Are you in control of your brain, or is your brain controlling you? Dive into the latest research on the subconscious with neuroscientist Heather Berlin to see what’s really driving the decisions you make.
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What If Part of Your Brain Was Missing?
S50 E10 - 2m 29s
A region located inside the prefrontal cortex processes our emotions and helps regulate our behavior. What would happen if it were gone?
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How Trauma Can Alter Your Biology
S50 E10 - 4m 40s
Certain experiences are so profound that they can impact brain biology from one generation to the next.
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How Your Brain Interprets Color
S50 E9 - 2m 24s
Remember the infamous debate about “the dress”? Whether you saw it as blue/black or white/gold, it all comes down to the way your brain perceives color. A vision scientist explains.
Schedule
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Operation Lighthouse Rescue
Thursday
Sep 28
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Engineers work to save historic Gay Head Lighthouse on Martha's Vineyard, which is falling victim to the ocean's erosion of the island's cliffs. -
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Operation Lighthouse Rescue
Thursday
Sep 28
1 Hour
Engineers work to save historic Gay Head Lighthouse on Martha's Vineyard, which is falling victim to the ocean's erosion of the island's cliffs. -
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Operation Lighthouse Rescue
Sunday
Oct 1
1 Hour
Engineers work to save historic Gay Head Lighthouse on Martha's Vineyard, which is falling victim to the ocean's erosion of the island's cliffs. -
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Operation Lighthouse Rescue
Sunday
Oct 1
1 Hour
Engineers work to save historic Gay Head Lighthouse on Martha's Vineyard, which is falling victim to the ocean's erosion of the island's cliffs. -
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The Planets: Saturn
Sunday
Oct 1
1 Hour
NASA's Cassini probe explores Saturn's icy rings and moons, capturing ring-moon interactions and revealing ingredients for life on the moon Enceladus. -
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Operation Lighthouse Rescue
Tuesday
Oct 3
1 Hour
Engineers work to save historic Gay Head Lighthouse on Martha's Vineyard, which is falling victim to the ocean's erosion of the island's cliffs. -
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Operation Lighthouse Rescue
Wednesday
Oct 4
1 Hour
Engineers work to save historic Gay Head Lighthouse on Martha's Vineyard, which is falling victim to the ocean's erosion of the island's cliffs. -
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Operation Lighthouse Rescue
Wednesday
Oct 4
1 Hour
Engineers work to save historic Gay Head Lighthouse on Martha's Vineyard, which is falling victim to the ocean's erosion of the island's cliffs. -
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Ancient Earth: Birth of the Sky
Wednesday
Oct 4
1 Hour
Animation and science experts reveal how the blue sky came to be. -
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Ancient Earth: Birth of the Sky
Wednesday
Oct 4
1 Hour
Animation and science experts reveal how the blue sky came to be. -
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Ancient Earth: Birth of the Sky
Thursday
Oct 5
1 Hour
Animation and science experts reveal how the blue sky came to be. -
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Ancient Earth: Birth of the Sky
Thursday
Oct 5
1 Hour
Animation and science experts reveal how the blue sky came to be. -
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Ancient Earth: Birth of the Sky
Sunday
Oct 8
1 Hour
Animation and science experts reveal how the blue sky came to be. -
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Ancient Earth: Birth of the Sky
Sunday
Oct 8
1 Hour
Animation and science experts reveal how the blue sky came to be. -
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Ancient Earth: Birth of the Sky
Sunday
Oct 8
1 Hour
Animation and science experts reveal how the blue sky came to be. -
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Ancient Earth: Birth of the Sky
Sunday
Oct 8
1 Hour
Animation and science experts reveal how the blue sky came to be. -
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Ancient Earth: Birth of the Sky
Tuesday
Oct 10
1 Hour
Animation and science experts reveal how the blue sky came to be. -
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Ancient Earth: Frozen
Wednesday
Oct 11
1 Hour
Scientists investigate how life evolved after a global freeze threatened its survival 700 million years ago. -
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Ancient Earth: Frozen
Wednesday
Oct 11
1 Hour
Scientists investigate how life evolved after a global freeze threatened its survival 700 million years ago. -
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Ancient Earth: Frozen
Thursday
Oct 12
1 Hour
Scientists investigate how life evolved after a global freeze threatened its survival 700 million years ago.
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