What is it that draws some people towards activities meant to scare, like horror movies or haunted houses, but makes others run screaming? EE explores the brain's chemical response to fear and what we are most afraid of. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2egynkR

212 EE The Neuroscience of Fear: What Happens in Your Brain When You're Afraid

How do astronomers photograph a black hole? How often do planes get hit by lightning? What does the EPA actually do? Science is all around us and transforming our world at a rapid pace. Extragalactic astrophysicist Sabrina Stierwalt is here to guide you through it. She'll help you make sense of the everyday and the once-in-a-lifetime. Rights of Albert Einstein are used with permission of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Represented exclusively by Greenlight.

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