Giant Leap

A human's face is a perfect signaling system. Tens of muscles immediately broadcast our emotions to the world. And that's not all. Our face can say a lot about our health and way of life. This is a movie series about us fighting against time to stay attractive. We will tell you how and when humans start to lose their beauty.

The beauty industry tries to adapt all the up and coming modern technologies as quickly as possible — from the field of medicine all the way to space science. Many of us are ready to spend millions and experience pain just to look beautiful. What is beauty, and why do we try so hard to look attractive?

Many of us like to treat ourselves to something sweet. Every year pastry cooks make millions of cakes and other sweets. Usually we talk about sweet stuff only from time to time but scientists claim sugar to be the key ingredient in our lives. Sugar gives us energy despite that it's called "The White Death". What is sugar? Will it even do us any good if we say "No" to sugar?

Embarrassment and conscience are qualities that are innate only to mankind. Why do we need them and how do they work? How does our conscience develop? When do we learn to deceive others and disobey the rules and? Does our conscience come and go and can we see it? What does embarrassment look like? What can make an adult turn red in a matter of seconds?

In the 12th century there were the first recorded instances of people starting to behave unusual, writhing in hysterics and complaining about strange voices that started to give them orders. Only with the development of psychiatry we found out that such behaviour are symptoms of serious psychological disorders. The movie tells us about the phenomenon of possession from a scientific point of view.

Envy has started wars, made brother go against brother, made neighbours kills each other. It poisoned the lives of old and primitive cultures, and it still is poisoning the lives of the modern people. Why can someone else's success and achievements literally cause physical suffering in us? And why do other people's fails make us happy?

Russia's Bolshoi Theatre is not only the biggest and most famous theatre in the country, but after its reconstruction it is now the most modern theatre from a technical point of view. What are the new capabilities of the biggest stage in Russia after its reconstruction? What happens behind the scenes of the bright performances?

Our life consists of hundreds of actions that we commit without even thinking. The more we repeat a certain action, the less we think about it. Habits help us relieve the brain from comprehending simple routine things to let us concentrate on more serious matter. Besides this, habits are what define us and our way of life. We will be going through all of this in the episode.

Scientists in the field of emotional intelligence tend to think that our emotions play a more vital role in our career and family success than previously thought. What is "Emotional intelligence"? Can we measure it? What is the difference between regular and "emotional" intellect and why do the holders of the latter often come on top of the ones excelling at the "regular" intelligence?

Falling — it changes everything. But as it turns out, you can control this process. And sometimes falling becomes someone's living. But it once and for always change's a person's life.

What is our mood? What causes our dismals during autumn? Is the weather the only factor of our mood? How does our mood depend on our stomach? Which animals are never sad and how do they overcome depression?

Jealousy. All of us are helpless against it. It's really hard to control it, and even harder to get rid of it. Scientist say that jealousy might be an instinct or an acquired defence reaction. Might it be that not only humans are experiencing jealousy? Does this painful feeling have any evolutionary value? Is it true that jealous people live less?