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Spotted! Birdwatching Using Our Five Senses

In Spotted! Birdwatching Using Our Five Senses, Ranger Hamza and the Ramblers use their five senses to find birds. Whether you call it bird spotting or birdwatching, it takes patience! Ranger Hamza and the Ramblers stay quiet so they can hear all the different birds in the park around them. Learn about the different birds they hear. This video is excerpted from BBC's Ranger Hamza’s Eco Quest, a nature exploration show in which Ranger Hamza and the Ramblers go on quests to discover nature’s wonders and the important role they play in our environment.

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The Mystery of the Pink Lake: A Salty Adventure in Senegal

In The Mystery of the Pink Lake: A Salty Adventure in Senegal, Ubercorn and his friends visit Lake Retba, also called the Milkshake Lake, in Senegal, Africa. The lake is pink because of tiny creatures called algae that live in the water and love the sunshine. People collect salt from the bottom of the lake to sell, and the water is very salty because it's connected to the ocean. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Go Jetters, a series that follows the adventures of four plucky international heroes as they travel the globe visiting the world’s most famous landmarks with their friend and mentor, Ubercorn, a disco-dancing unicorn.

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The Marshland: A Soggy, Sensational Ecosystem

In The Marshland: A Soggy, Sensational Ecosystem, Ranger Hamza and the Ramblers explore a marshland, a place where land is covered in water. Come along to see what animals and plants they find. This video is excerpted from BBC's Ranger Hamza’s Eco Quest, a nature exploration show in which Ranger Hamza and the Ramblers go on quests to discover nature’s wonders and the important role they play in our environment.

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Deer Spotting: Using Our Five Senses

In Deer Spotting: Using Our Five Senses, Ranger Hamza and the Ramblers spot a muntjac deer! Tag along and learn how the muntjac rely on oak trees, and how bramble bushes help oak trees to grow, even when lots of animals love to eat acorns and young oak trees. This video is excerpted from BBC's Ranger Hamza’s Eco Quest, a nature exploration show in which Ranger Hamza and the Ramblers go on quests to discover nature’s wonders and the important role they play in our environment.

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A Later School Start Time Makes Sense for Teenagers

One school has listened to the research around the teenage body clock and changed their start time to prevent kids from going to school chronically sleep-deprived. During adolescence when the teenage brain is still developing, a 7 a.m. wake-up time is equivalent to a 4:30 a.m. wake-up time for an adult brain. This video is excerpted from BBC News, a high-quality news program that provides impartial, distinctive information to educate and entertain.

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Pigeons vs. Predator: A Fish out of Water

In Pigeons vs. Predator: A Fish out of Water, narrator Sir David Attenborough explores the unusual predator-prey relationship between urban pigeons and an invasive catfish that uses its whiskery barbels to sense the movements of its victims. Learn more about the interaction between the pigeons and the catfish, including the catfish's unique predatory behavior. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Planet Earth II, a breathtaking documentary series that highlights the natural wonders of our planet.

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Bedbugs: Small but Mighty Hunters

In Bedbugs: Small but Mighty Hunters, host Harith Iskander dives into the fascinating survival strategies of Cimex Lectularius, commonly known as bedbugs. These tiny insects, about the size of an apple seed, rely on human blood to reproduce and are highly attuned to their environment. With an excellent sense of smell, bedbugs can detect over 100 compounds found in human skin and are drawn to carbon dioxide and even dirty laundry. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Got Science? a science magazine series that explores and explains science in everyday life.

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How Sound Alters the Way We Taste: Exploring the Connection Between Hearing and Flavor

In How Sound Alters the Way We Taste: Exploring the Connection Between Hearing and Flavor, host Harith Iskander shows how sound can change the way we experience flavors. Discover how different sounds can make food taste sweeter, saltier, or even fresher, helping us understand why our sense of hearing connects to our sense of taste. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Got Science? a science magazine series that explores and explains science in everyday life.

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Superhuman Potential: How Our Bodies React in Extraordinary Situations

In Superhuman Potential: How Our Bodies React in Extraordinary Situations, host Harith Iskander explores how ordinary humans can do extraordinary things when facing danger. When the body senses a threat, it releases a hormone called adrenaline, which helps us respond quickly and even ignore pain. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Got Science?, a science magazine series that explores and explains science in everyday life.

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Exploring the Science of Airline Food

In Exploring the Science of Airline Food, host Harith Iskander shares why airline food tastes different from the meals we enjoy on the ground, explaining how the pressurized atmosphere inside a plane affects our senses of taste and smell, making food seem bland. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Got Science?, a science magazine series that explores and explains science in everyday life.

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What Do Mountain Rescue Search Dogs Actually Smell?
The article "What Do Mountain Rescue Search Dogs Actually Smell?" from BBC Science Focus explains how tracking dogs use their powerful sense of smell to locate individuals. With millions of olfactory receptors, these dogs can detect skin cells, sweat, body odor, and other particles, helping them find people even in large areas.
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The Science of Smell: How Our Nose Understands Odors
The article "The Science of Smell: How Our Nose Understands Odors" from BBC Science Focus is all about the fascinating world of smell. It explains how odor molecules trigger signals in our brain, why certain scents appeal to us or disgust us, and how losing our sense of smell can affect our daily lives.