SuperPeople
Description
Imagine someone holding his breath for seven-and-a-half minutes or memorizing a series of 500 random numbers. From extreme deep diving and extraordinary memory feats to prolonged space travel, people are pushing themselves to the limits of human performance. In this episode of Scientific American Frontiers, Alda visits with former NASA/Mir astronaut and record-setting space traveler Jerry Linenger, goes head-to-head with competitors in a national memory contest and meets a group of champion deep-divers who will leave viewers breathless.
Runtime
55 min 0 sec
Subjects
- Human anatomy (178)
- Anatomy (98)
- Human biology (175)
- Human body (173)
- Human physiology (137)
- Biology (601)
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