On this episode of TLC's Understanding The Odds in Life, Bayes Theorem of probability and chance is used to explain the odds of winning a game show once presented with new information.
On TLC's series "Understanding," these wood frogs have the capability of coming back to life after being completely frozen. They thaw which jump-starts their heart, and they slowly regain all life functions.
On TLC's series "Understanding," animals and ice have a unique relationship. Ice supports a variety of functions animals need: food, transportation and shelter.
On TLC's Understanding Race, the stress due to encountering strangers of both the same race and different races are examined in an experiment by two Purdue University psychologists.
On TLC's series "Understanding," The majority of an iceberg lies underwater and out of sight creating danger for ships. Despite their size they are able to float.
On TLC's Understanding Race, the theory and definition of race is challenged using an example random redheads left alone on an island. The redheads will all eventually develop similar traits, because of genetic isolation, not race as it is defined.
On TLC's "Understanding Race," we learn that humans are more than 99% genetically identical and that differences arise not because of race, but because of random genetic mutations, new gene introduction through conquest, and environmental adaptation.
On TLC's series "Understanding," people spend thousands on freezing themselves via cryogenics, with the hope that scientists will be able to thaw them and revive them in the future.
On The Learning Channel's series "Understanding," in 1953, Swanson introduced the first TV dinner which revolutionized American cooking. Today updated flash freezing methods are used to keep damaging ice crystals at a minimum.
Taking a cue from Japanese manufacturers, American automobile plants adopt a "just in time" production schedule. Watch one Virgina plant as they manufacture automobile seats.