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Why Do We Have Different Hair Types?

Why Do We Have Different Hair Types?

Season 1 Episode 3
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Where Does Our Stress Come From?

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Can Humans Change Their Sleep Cycle?

Can Humans Change Their Sleep Cycle?

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Can We Change Our Body Type?

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Why Am I Like This?

Where Does My Skin Color Come From?

Season 1 Episode 2

Have you ever been convinced that you’re adopted because your parents have a radically different skin color? How DO we inherit skin color in the first place? In this episode, Dr. Tina Lasisi walks us through how we genetically inherit traits, how skin color is distributed across the globe, and how the inheritance of skin color is not as straightforward as we might think.

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