Technology isn’t just changing our lives. It’s literally changing our brains -- and maybe for the better. In this episode, I’m a human lab rat in a groundbreaking study at UC Irvine, where scientists test how playing 3D video games affects my spatial memory. Will 10 days of gaming improve my ability to physically navigate a giant, 60-foot maze? And will an fMRI machine detect any physical changes to my brain?
Do psychedelic drugs really bring about self-healing and personal enlightenment? New research says they may. In this episode, I travel to the Amazonian jungle of Peru to experience the mind-expanding effects of the psychedelic brew Ayahuasca. I’m joined by Imperial College London’s Head of Psychedelic Research, Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris, who measures the impact of Ayahuasca on my brain.
Would you reroute a train to run over one person to prevent it from running over five others? In the classic “Trolley Problem” survey, most people say they would. But I wanted to test what people would actually do in a real-life situation. In the world’s first realistic simulation of this controversial moral dilemma, unsuspecting subjects will be forced to make what they believe is a life-or-death decision.
The children of South Park claim to have seen Mr. Garrison lurking around town. The townspeople are angry that the President is scaring their children.
It is time for the graduation exams. Boruto and the others complete the first-round written exam and move on to the next. The second round has the students facing off against Kakashi—the previous Sixth Hokage—and the academy instructors in actual combat situations. With the goal to "steal the bell" from Kakashi, every student rushes into action. However, the going is rough against Kakashi and the teachers who guard him. Somehow, Boruto reaches Kakashi first, but the Sixth Hokage shows no mercy. After a tough fight, he coldly tells Boruto that he's not suited to become a ninja!
The GPs focus there energies onto their most precious and demanding patients - children and babies. Polly is just a few months old and her family are worried as she has a habit of opening her eyes extremely wide to the point where her eyeballs vibrate, Dr Bolam examines Jonathan whose family are concerned that he has meningitis, and Alfie has an irregular heartbeat that needs monitoring.
Buddy makes a cake for the Meadowlands Racetrack's camel and ostrich races.
Have you ever felt uncomfortable in your own skin? What if there were a reason for that? One that you wished you never went searching for... Pearl dreams of the sea, she sees it and hears it - but what is it that is calling her?
The Swallows go to extreme lengths to track down a drug-addicted music executive who offered to sign the band to her label.
The investigative team dives into the chaotic relationship between Tupac Shakur and his label head, Marion “Suge” Knight. Was Tupac’s departure from Death Row enough motive for Suge to turn on their friendship?
A claustrophobic game of cat and mouse ensues, with multiple parties all attempting to outwit each other to uncover the truth. But how far will Dr Glennis go to stop the truth from coming out?
What does it mean to push the boundaries of hospitality? To transport our appetites beyond the limits of reason? To take the seven-course meal into the fourth dimension? Find out tonight, when Amy takes you... Out of This World.
The Angels fly into the Big Easy looking for the best artists in New Orleans; a local artist battles an Angel by tattooing canvases who have been affected by the foster care system.
The owners of a run down '63 Grumman bread truck want it transformed into the ultimate t-shirt vending machine. Bill and the guys drop the giant truck to the floor with custom body modifications and a bar themed interior.
After their not-so-fearless leader is taken, our kids spring into action. Alex discovers long-buried secrets about his dad, as the kids uncover new truths about themselves.
From the greenhouses of Thai cactophiles to the Tamaulipan thornscrub, Hamilton traces the history of peyote with the help of a Native American peyotist.
After a heated fight, one player makes a surprise decision, while another receives a disturbing call from home. One of the Champs is accused of playing too dirty during the challenge. An elimination threatens to pit two friends against each other, and sends another competitor completely MIA.
It’s time to get sad, lonely and depressed as our queens compete to put on a Gothic Wedding of their dreams.