The Lungs | Made of Stronger Stuff

Duration: 27'33''

Synopsis

Psychologist Kimberley Wilson and Dr Xand van Tulleken take a journey around the human body. In this episode it's the turn of the airbags, the lights… the lungs!

Further Information

More clips from Made of Stronger Stuff

T Cells | Made of Stronger Stuff

T Cells | Made of Stronger Stuff

BBC Radio 4 | 2021 | 27'27''

Psychologist Kimberley Wilson and Dr Xand van Tulleken take a journey through the body's immune system and profile a remarkable white blood ...

The Spine | Made of Stronger Stuff

The Spine | Made of Stronger Stuff

BBC Radio 4 | 2021 | 27'24''

Psychologist Kimberley Wilson and Dr Xand van Tulleken take a journey around the human body. In this episode, it's the turn of the backbon...

T Cells | Made of Stronger Stuff

T Cells | Made of Stronger Stuff

BBC Radio 4 | 2021 | 27'27''

Psychologist Kimberley Wilson and Dr Xand van Tulleken take a journey through the body's immune system and profile a remarkable white blood ...

The Spine | Made of Stronger Stuff

The Spine | Made of Stronger Stuff

BBC Radio 4 | 2021 | 27'24''

Psychologist Kimberley Wilson and Dr Xand van Tulleken take a journey around the human body. In this episode, it's the turn of the backbon...

T Cells | Made of Stronger Stuff

T Cells | Made of Stronger Stuff

BBC Radio 4 | 2021 | 27'27''

Psychologist Kimberley Wilson and Dr Xand van Tulleken take a journey through the body's immune system and profile a remarkable white blood ...

The Spine | Made of Stronger Stuff

The Spine | Made of Stronger Stuff

BBC Radio 4 | 2021 | 27'24''

Psychologist Kimberley Wilson and Dr Xand van Tulleken take a journey around the human body. In this episode, it's the turn of the backbon...

T Cells | Made of Stronger Stuff

T Cells | Made of Stronger Stuff

BBC Radio 4 | 2021 | 27'27''

Psychologist Kimberley Wilson and Dr Xand van Tulleken take a journey through the body's immune system and profile a remarkable white blood ...

The Spine | Made of Stronger Stuff

The Spine | Made of Stronger Stuff

BBC Radio 4 | 2021 | 27'24''

Psychologist Kimberley Wilson and Dr Xand van Tulleken take a journey around the human body. In this episode, it's the turn of the backbon...

More resources about Bioenergetics

1: Life From Light | How to Grow a Planet

1: Life From Light | How to Grow a Planet

BBC One | 2012 | 59'29''

How plants have driven the greatest changes to the Earth. Prof Iain Stewart shows how they first harnessed light from the sun and c...

2: Photosynthesis | Botany: A Blooming History

2: Photosynthesis | Botany: A Blooming History

BBC Four | 2011 | 58'50''

The air we breathe, and all the food we eat, is created from water, sunlight, carbon dioxide and a few minerals. That's it, no...

An introduction to photosynthesis | Short Circuit

An introduction to photosynthesis | Short Circuit

BBC Two | 2008 | 1'33''

An introduction to how plants photosynthesise using chlorophyll, and how important the process is in maintaining the balanc...

Breathing | Curriculum Bites

Breathing | Curriculum Bites

CBBC | 2003 | 7'56''

Schools science programme where topics in the double science curriculum are broken down into small chunks.

Calvin-Benson cycle | Botany: A Blooming History

Calvin-Benson cycle | Botany: A Blooming History

BBC Four | 2011 | 5'37''

How Benson and Calvin established the biochemical reactions involved in photosynthesis.

Generation of clean fuels | Botany: A Blooming History

Generation of clean fuels | Botany: A Blooming History

BBC Four | 2011 | 3'50''

Scientists harnessing the processes in photosynthesis.

How commercial growers apply knowledge of photosynthesis | Botany: A Blooming History

How commercial growers apply knowledge of photosynthesis | Botany: A Blooming History

BBC Four | 2011 | 3'52''

Spec references J247: B1.4e J250: B1.4e. How commercial growers increase the amount of ...

How iodine was used to discover starch in plant leaves | Botany: A Blooming History

How iodine was used to discover starch in plant leaves | Botany: A Blooming History

BBC Four | 2011 | 2'46''

How botanists made the connection between a plant's growth and the energy from the sun.

How photosynthesis is vital to the success of farming | Science of the Harvest

How photosynthesis is vital to the success of farming | Science of the Harvest

BBC Two | 2013 | 5'45''

Stefan Gates reveals how we can see photosynthesis in action using some simple props.

Photosynthesis | Curriculum Bites

Photosynthesis | Curriculum Bites

CBBC | 2003 | 9'36''

Schools science programme where topics in the double science curriculum are broken down into small chunks.

Photosynthesis research by Jan Ingenhouz | Botany: A Blooming History

Photosynthesis research by Jan Ingenhouz | Botany: A Blooming History

BBC Four | 2011 | 4'23''

Spec references J247: B1.4d J250: B1.4d. How Jan Ingenhouz researched photosynthesis by putting plants ...

Photosynthesis research by Julius von Sachs | Botany: A Blooming History

Photosynthesis research by Julius von Sachs | Botany: A Blooming History

BBC Four | 2011 | 4'25''

Spec references J247: B1.4d. Experiment by Julius von Sachs which involves testing for starch in lea...

Photosynthisis | Bitesize Science

Photosynthisis | Bitesize Science

BBC Two | 2014 | 3'16''

Photosynthesis is essential to life on this planet.

Rate of photosynthesis | i-Science

Rate of photosynthesis | i-Science

BBC Two | 2009 | 3'12''

Photosynthesis is the chemical reaction through which plants make glucose and oxygen. It is crucial to all life on Earth because it is the...

Respiration | Curriculum Bites

Respiration | Curriculum Bites

CBBC | 2003 | 4'40''

Schools science programme where topics in the double science curriculum are broken down into small chunks.

The discovery of chloroplast | Botany: A Blooming History

The discovery of chloroplast | Botany: A Blooming History

BBC Four | 2011 | 2'53''

Timothy Walker explains how Julius von Sachs discovered where starch was made in a plant, and how new microscopy te...

Trees and carbon dioxide | Making Scotland's Landscape

Trees and carbon dioxide | Making Scotland's Landscape

BBC One | 2010 | 2'35''

The important role that trees play in clearing carbon dioxide.

More from Xand van Tulleken

T Cells | Made of Stronger Stuff

T Cells | Made of Stronger Stuff

BBC Radio 4 | 2021 | 27'27''

Psychologist Kimberley Wilson and Dr Xand van Tulleken take a journey through the body's immune system and profile a remarkable white blood ...

Fighting for Air

Fighting for Air

BBC Two | 2018 | 58'41''

Dr Xand van Tulleken stages the first ever large-scale experiment of its kind, looking for ways to reduce air pollution in the UK. Can air quality be improv...

How babies gain intestinal bacteria through their mothers milk | The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

How babies gain intestinal bacteria through their mothers milk | The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

BBC Two | 2017 | 2'36''

Why does a human mother's milk contain complex oligosaccharide...

Conflict, child soldiers and Congolese Coltan | Expedition Volcano

Conflict, child soldiers and Congolese Coltan | Expedition Volcano

BBC Two | 2017 | 6'07''

The team investigate the connections between violent conflict, the use of child soldiers and volcanic acti...

0: Goes Back in Time | Operation Ouch!

0: Goes Back in Time | Operation Ouch!

CBBC | 2014 | 28'31''

Dr Chris and Dr Xand turn back the clock and look at what medicine was like in the First World War. They meet a Paralympian runner who...