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Confessions of a Brain Surgeon
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Top brain surgeon Henry Marsh is facing his own life-threatening diagnosis. He reveals the huge risks and emotional impact of a job filled with difficult life-and-death decisions.
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Disease X: Hunting the Next Pandemic
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Dr Chris van Tulleken investigates a mysterious virus that could cause the next pandemic, one scientists think will be deadlier than Covid-19. This is a global hunt to uncover 'Disease X'.
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Secrets of The Brain (1)
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Professor Jim Al-Khalili unravels the mystery of how the most complex structure known in the universe - the human brain - came to exist.
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Secrets of the Brain (2)
Episode overview
From playing computer games with chimpanzees to studying modern relationships, Jim Al-Khalili investigates how the brain evolved and how they differ from AI.

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