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How To Procrastinate Effectively

How To Procrastinate Effectively

Season 3 Episode 23
3:39
THE PAOMNNEHAL PWEOR OF THE HMUAN MNID

THE PAOMNNEHAL PWEOR OF THE HMUAN MNID

Season 3 Episode 24
3:36
100 LAYERS OF CREDIBILITY

100 LAYERS OF CREDIBILITY

Season 3 Episode 25
7:46
How Smart Is Your Dog

How Smart Is Your Dog

Season 3 Episode 26
4:51
Are Older People Wiser?

Are Older People Wiser?

Season 3 Episode 27
6:13
Your Brain In Virtual Reality

Your Brain In Virtual Reality

Season 3 Episode 28
5:45
Your Biological Clock at Work

Your Biological Clock at Work

Season 3 Episode 29
2:42
Dissecting a Dinosaur Brain (sort of)

Dissecting a Dinosaur Brain (sort of)

Season 3 Episode 30
5:27
What Makes Someone a Night Owl?

What Makes Someone a Night Owl?

Season 3 Episode 33
4:59
This Paradox Could Kill You

This Paradox Could Kill You

Season 3 Episode 34
3:57
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The Quantum Power of the Human Nose

Season 3 Episode 21

Your sense of smell is incredible. Inside your nose, odour molecules interact with your senses at the quantum level – you can detect the presence of extra neutrons in a molecule. Lots of the ways we experience the world are on the teeniest, tiniest scale. It's just one of the places that quantum mechanics interacts with biology. Now you nose 👃✨

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