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[narrator] Every second, the eye transmits ten million pulses to the brain
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Human: The World Within

Every second, the eye transmitsten million pulses to the brain at a speed of 270 miles...

[narrator] Every second, the eye transmits
ten million pulses to the brain at a speed of 270 miles per hour

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[narrator] Every second, the eye transmits ten million pulses to the brain
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at a speed of 270 miles per hour.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
41
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:25
Uploaded
May 09, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary

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Movie Summary

Diverse personal stories from around the world reveal how lives, passions and goals are facilitated by the human body's various complex systems; narrator Jad Abumrad.
S01 • E06 Maybe the boxer has a memory of being punched before... - Human: The World Within 00:06
Maybe the boxer has a memory of being punched before...
S01 • E04 It's important for people to trust - Human: The World Within 00:10
It's important for people to trust
S01 • E05 Those areas actually tell something about the status - Human: The World Within 00:06
Those areas actually tell something about the status
S01 • E03 [Melanie] We don't know exactly when hominins started using fire. - Human: The World Within 00:05
[Melanie] We don't know exactly when hominins started u...
S01 • E01 Then, just as quickly, the brain has to react. - Human: The World Within 00:05
Then, just as quickly, the brain has to react.
S01 • E06 Either way, in an instant the brain makes a call, - Human: The World Within 00:07
Either way, in an instant the brain makes a call,
S01 • E02 {\an1}There, the blood picks up oxygen - Human: The World Within 00:11
{\an1}There, the blood picks up oxygen
S01 • E03 It could've been as long ago as two million years ago, - Human: The World Within 00:06
It could've been as long ago as two million years ago,
S01 • E05 Wrapped around specialized fibers inside every muscle are tiny springs… - Human: The World Within 00:09
Wrapped around specialized fibers inside every muscle are ti...
S01 • E04 This is why survival is important to me - Human: The World Within 00:05
This is why survival is important to me
S01 • E01 That info zips to the brain… - Human: The World Within 00:06
That info zips to the brain…
S01 • E04 Panic, exposure, and dehydration - Human: The World Within 00:06
Panic, exposure, and dehydration
S01 • E06 -Neurons in the brain communicate through electricity - Human: The World Within 00:07
-Neurons in the brain communicate through electricity
S01 • E03 But one of the major things that it did for us - Human: The World Within 00:09
But one of the major things that it did for us
S01 • E02 Then it goes back to the heart - Human: The World Within 00:09
Then it goes back to the heart
S01 • E05 The precise direction and speed of that motion - Human: The World Within 00:07
The precise direction and speed of that motion
S01 • E01 Like any decision, it's about weighing the options. - Human: The World Within 00:04
Like any decision, it's about weighing the options.
S01 • E06 At the end of a cell is a synapse - Human: The World Within 00:07
At the end of a cell is a synapse
S01 • E04 So I need to know what resources are available, - Human: The World Within 00:06
So I need to know what resources are available,
S01 • E03 [narrator] Cooking releases about 80% more energy than raw food. - Human: The World Within 00:05
[narrator] Cooking releases about 80% more energy than raw f...