S01E01 Sight
Sight is the king of the senses. More than 80 percent of what we know of the world comes through our eyes -- without our sight we're lost. In this episode, we reveal the inner...
Human Body: Pushing the Limits
S01E02: Brain Power
The driving force behind every one of us is the most powerful organ in the natural world: the human brain. Our central processing unit generates as many electrical impulses in a single day as all the telephones in the world combined. With new state-of-the-art imagery of this complex, mysterious machine, we reveal how our brain accelerates when faced with intense stress or danger, and taps into its deepest layers to unlock prehistoric survival instincts. * NASCAR driver Clint Bowyer tells us about making split-second decisions in the heat and stress of a 400-lap race. * Desperate firefighters, trapped by the intense heat of a forest fire, find out how the brain can take charge without waiting for conscious control. * A lone explorer, piloting a balloon over the Arctic, pushes himself to the limits of sleep deprivation. It nearly costs him his life. Plus, learn about the extraordinary ways our brains can re-tune our system when starvation threatens, and how sleep and dreams can unleash unseen powers in our mind.
Overview
Human Body: Pushing the Limits, is a television program that premiered on the Discovery Channel on March 2, 2008 in North America. Titles in this series include "Strength", "Sight", "Brainpower", and "Sensation".
Millions watched the first 2 episodes of this 4 part series on March 2. Since then "The Discovery Store" has had many requests to buy the DVD set. These videos were released after the final 2 episodes on March 9 at 9:00 and 10:00pm eastern time.
This show covers topics on how the body reacts to moments of extreme stress like being stuck in a cave or running away from forest fires. It is made up of four episodes that all concentrate on a certain aspect of our body when we are "pushed to the limit".
⁕Strength - This episode covers how our muscles react when we are pushed to the limit. It covers stories of how people can suddenly lift masses 6 times his or her weight or run at speeds that even olympic runner can't match.
⁕Sight - This episode covers the aspect of how our eyes react in emergency situations. We can see much better and see details we normally can not see.
⁕Brainpower - This episode covers how our brain takes control of our body and can order our body to do things it usually could not or would not do. Examples include how our brain can order our body to eat the muscles of our body for energy or make us eat things we would usually find disgusting, and also covers dreaming.
Episodes
S01E02 Brain Power
The driving force behind every one of us is the most powerful organ in the natural world: the human brain. Our central processing unit generates as many electrical impulses in a single day as all...
S01E03 Strength
The human body is engineered for strength, power and endurance. Bone is sturdy as concrete but flexible enough to resist breaking and light enough to allow us to be quicker off the mark than a...
S01E04 Sensation
Less than one-twentieth of an inch below the surface of the skin are the "antennae" that allow us to sense the world around us. This vital layer is the gateway to the original information superhighway...
