How to Die Clever · SEASON 3
Enteric Neurons
Episode 5 · 2020-03-11

- Documentary
- Animation
Episode overview
Professor Mustache explores the surprising complexity of the digestive system, which contains a vast network of neurons sometimes compared to a small animal brain. He explains how this “second brain” in the gut works and why such comparisons, while striking, have important scientific limits.
3 minutes
Season 3 episodes
1. Corn on Mars?2020-03-02
2. Ancient Anatomy2020-03-04
3. Narcissistic Personality2020-03-05
4. The Future According to Tom Cruise2020-03-09
5. Enteric Neurons2020-03-11
6. Fruit Fly Blues2020-03-06
7. Santa Physics2020-03-12
8. Female Desire2020-03-13
9. 28 Days Later (Body Edition)2020-03-16
10. Erection Mechanics2020-03-18
11. Raven Messengers2020-03-19
12. The Ig Nobel Prizes2020-03-20
13. No Exit: The Parachute Problem2020-03-23
14. Busy Bees and Lazy Myths2020-03-25
15. Passive Aggression2020-03-26
16. Anatomy’s Best-Kept Secret2020-03-27
17. Mad Geniuses2020-03-30
18. Iron Man Physiology2020-04-01
19. Dino Cloning2020-04-02
20. Photogenic Mystery2020-04-03
21. Medical TV Reality Check2020-04-06
22. CRISPR Gene Editing2020-04-08
23. Autopilot Systems2020-04-09
24. The Strange Joy of Schadenfreude2020-04-22
25. Punk Scientists2020-04-10
26. Gene Transfer2020-04-13
27. Atomic Goat2020-04-15
28. Pseudoscience2020-04-16
29. Scientific Congress2020-04-17
30. The Blob2020-04-20