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How My Legs Give Me Super Powers
Athlete, actor and activist Aimee Mullins talks about her prosthetic legs — she’s got a dozen amazing pairs — and the super-powers they grant her: speed, beauty, an extra 6 inches of height … Quite simply, she redefines what the body can be.
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How to Build a Human Heart
It is almost time for humanity to start building humans. The stuff of science fiction has become more of an ethical debate than a theoretical one. Science is on the cusp of producing a limitless supply of body parts. Damaged, aging skin? Botox has nothing on this.
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Science of Babies – National Geographic
Explore the remarkable plasticity of a baby’s brain and see how early experiences influence human development. National Geographic explains the biology and neuroscience behind a human baby. That very first breath takes 15 times the normal energy to muster. But, it’s worth it. 45 minutes long. Watch Science of Babies.
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The Beautiful Truth
Dr. Max Gerson claims to be able to cure cancer. The cure? Diet. Is this documentary an infomercial or the future of medicine? You decide. The Beautiful Truth has won many awards and been featured at film festivals. Yet, we can’t help but feel that there’s something not quite right about the good doctor’s research.
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Born With Two Heads
In Egypt a little girl was born with an extremely rare condition known as Craniopagus Parasiticus.
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The Twins Who Share a Body
Although they are two completely separate people, these accomplished teens share a body and have just two arms and legs between them.
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The Boy Who Sees Without Eyes
Ben Underwood is blind. Both eyes were removed when he was just three years old, leaving him with no vision at all. So how on earth does he play basketball, rollerblade and cycle his bike? Ben lost his eyes to retinal cancer but, unbelievably, he’s taught himself to see; with sound.
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Gigantic Head
Follow different human beings with the elephant man disease, and one doctor: Determined to find the answer to the cure.
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