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Human: The World Within Season 1
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See how the technology of the brain and nervous system shape our experience of the world.
Sense
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Explore the incredible world of human sensation and how it defines our reality.
Defend
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Uncover how the human body defends itself in an increasingly dangerous global environment.
Fuel
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Journey through the factory at the center of our bodies that turns food into energy.
Pulse
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See the world beneath the human heartbeat that makes our craziest feats possible.
Birth
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Learn the story of human reproduction from attraction to a baby’s first breath.
Episode 5 Preview | Sense
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Explore the incredible world of human sensation and how it defines our reality.
Episode 4 Preview | Defend
0:30
Uncover how the human body defends itself in an increasingly dangerous global environment.
Episode 3 Preview | Fuel
0:30
Journey through the factory at the center of our bodies that turns food into energy.
Episode 2 Preview | Pulse
0:30
See the world beneath the human heartbeat that makes our craziest feats possible.
The Adaptive Quality of Our Senses
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When we lose one of our senses, others fill the void to process the lost information.
Our Sense of Smell
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Our sense of smell is shaped by hair follicles in our sinus known as cilia.
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