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Why do humans faint but giraffes don't? Drs Rutherford and Fry investigate.
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Drs Adam Rutherford and Hannah Fry hunt for a true sphere.
Are you tone deaf?

Hannah Fry and Adam Rutherford investigate amusia.

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