Name: Mysteries of the Brain: Brain States and Consciousness @Nbclearn
Uploaded: 2020-05-04T01:29:31-0400
Duration: 8 min 17 s
Description: Neurobiologist Orie Shafer at the University of Michigan is trying to understand how the brains cells communicate in order to control sleep patterns. To help solve this mystery, Shafer is teaming up with mathematician Victoria Booth to study a tiny and very unlikely specimen: the fruit fly. Mysteries of the Brain is produced by NBC News Learn in partnership with the National Science Foundation.

When Nature Strikes: Space Weather @Nbclearn

Uploaded May 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

Space weather has the potential to wreak havoc on everything from satellite communications to electric power. Sarah Gibson at the National Center for Atmospheric Research is studying the behavior of the sun to help warn against a serious solar storm should it threaten Earth. "When Nature Strikes" is produced by NBC News Learn in partnership with the National Science Foundation.

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Mysteries of the Brain: Brain States and Consciousness