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Taking major leaps forward in diagnosis, surgeries, and systems, the healthcare industry is one that mixes the old with the new, to offer hope for the future. This video looks at advances in and diagnostic techniques and discusses ongoing technical advancements that fuse medicine and science. It examines robot doctors, MRIs, and the original tool of the trade - The Stethoscope.

This video discusses different types of alternative fuels, looking at biofuel in the UK from vegetable oil, turkey oil from Texas, cooking oil used to fuel a bus, cooking oil to fuel a recycling plant, a factory in Canada that converts wood chips to bio-oil.

Technology in sport has come along a long way, from the simplest timing devices such as stopwatches, to advances in fabric, and nutritional information, allowing athletes to compete and train in comfort, as well as to their optimum level of fitness. This video examines developments in swimsuit technology that have meant that Olympic swimmers get the benefit of slimmer, more hydrodynamic suits. It considers how soccer has evolved over the years as...

Some of the worst diseases in the world are caused by viruses. SARS, AIDS, and Avian Bird flu are all caused by these strange pathogens that constantly mutate and change to better attack us. Viruses cause about 75% of all food poisoning. This video examines what virsus are, how they cause disease, and how we can keep them out of the food chain. It discusses prions, small molecules that make subtle changes to the way cells function, and how they caused...

This video explores some of the major revolutions and revolutionaries of the 20th century, beginning by examining the concept of the term "revolution." It examines the Russian Revolution and the rise of nationalism in such countries as Germany and Italy and looks at the situations and ideologies that led to some of the 20th Century's most significant revolutions. The video reviews the actions and movements led by such people as Gandhi, Hitler, Mussolini,...

Bacteria are everywhere. Most of them are good for you but there are also some that can kill you. Every year thousands of people come down with food poisoning from one species of bacteria alone – campylobacter. Typically found on raw chicken, campylobacter can be easily killed by heating but many people make the mistake of contaminating their cooking implements in the cooking process and transferring it onto a meal about to be eaten. This video...