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See how experience teaches the brain and body to work together and develop new skills.

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Discover the miraculous ways the human body works to stay alive and healthy.

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Learn how humans grow from a single cell to beings of more than 37 trillion cells.

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From an early age, we learn how to control the movements of our bodies.

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What Recker does during this growing period will change the structure of his brain.

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Our bodies respond quickly to survive in cold temperatures.

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What determines when we start puberty has until recently been a mystery.

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The story of how our body deals with damage and repair can be told through Kate's feet.

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Dr. Ott takes skin cells and reprograms them into stem cells.

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We learn to work together by reading the emotions and facial expressions of others.