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by
Brian Cox
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August 6, 2020 - October 30, 2025
A BOLT FROM THE BLUE
THE PULSE-SHAPING ABILITY OF THE PARAMECIUM: ACTION POTENTIALS
THE UNIVERSAL NATURE OF SENSING
RIVER MONSTERS
GOOD VIBRATIONS
THE HUMAN EAR: A WONDER OF ACOUSTIC ENGINEERING
THE OSSICLES: ONE OF NATURE’S GREAT EVOLUTIONARY BODGES
ANATOMY OF THE HUMAN EAR
THE JAWLESS LAMPREY
LET THERE BE LIGHT …
SEEING THE LIGHT
THE ANCIENT ORIGINS OF VISION
EYE WIDE OPEN
A VERY HUMAN EXPERIENCE OF A VERY HUMAN CREATURE
DEEP INTELLIGENCE:
CONVERGENT EVOLUTION:
COMPOUND VS CAMERA: THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF THE SIMPLE AND THE COMPLEX
SEEING THE UNIVERSE
A UNIVERSAL COMMON ANCESTOR
EVOLUTION AND MADAGASCAR
DARWIN’S BARK SPIDER
DARWIN’S ORCHID
A NAME FOR LIFE
THE STUFF OF LIFE
THE BIRD: COLLISION OF A TRILLION SUNS
THE HOYLE RESONANCE: ARE WE LUCKY TO BE HERE AT ALL?
CARBON CYCLE
THE GREATEST CYCLES OF LIFE
A SNAPSHOT OF A SMALL PART OF A LIGNIN MACROMOLECULE
HARVESTING CARBON
TERMITE MOUND CROSS-SECTION
STOMACH TYPES
WHY CARBON?
THE CARBON AND SILICON ATOMIC STRUCTURES
THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF BIOLOGY
THE BASIC STRUCTURE OF AMINO ACIDS
DNA FROM THE BEGINNING
MEET THE ANCESTORS
THE GREAT GENETIC DATABASE OF LIFE
MUTATIONS: THE SPRING FROM WHICH DIVERSITY FLOWS
CHANGE FROM THE HEAVENS
THE POWER OF MUTATIONS
TOSSING A COIN ISN’T ENOUGH
THE POWER OF ISLANDS
A CREATURE FROM ANOTHER WORLD
PRECIOUS ISLANDS
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