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Anatomy and Physiology

Watch the life of a plant embryo unfold.

Control the (apparent) size of a hole with your brain.

Our bodies contain 30 trillion microbes, a microbiome that seems essential for our well-being.

Explainers do light and sound demonstrations.

Cheer on the competitors in this zany science cook-off.

Change your perception of color by flooding your eyes with colored light.

Hear the robust, rhythmic heartbeat of a 48-hour-old zebrafish embryo.

This embryo carries a genetic mutation that causes its heart to beat abnormally.

Early embryo development in zebrafish.

Watch a live chick as it develops from a soup of cells into an embryo with a beating heart.

This blue light lets you see microscopic blood cells in your eye.

Use your heart rate to drive the beating of human heart cells.

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