--- title: Four-Year-Old Girl Teaches Ellen DeGeneres About Anatomy description: Brielle Milla has already wowed the world with her chemistry skills, but she returned to Ellen to prove she has serious biology chops. canonical: https://time.com/4312419/four-year-old-ellen-science/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-29T20:33:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:31:59.705Z og:title: A 4-Year-Old Genius Taught Ellen a Few Things About Science og:description: Get schooled og:url: https://time.com/4312419/four-year-old-ellen-science/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: A 4-Year-Old Genius Taught Ellen a Few Things About Science twitter:description: Get schooled twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # A Four-Year-Old Genius Taught Ellen a Few Things About Science by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Apr 29, 2016 8:33 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Apr 29, 2016 8:33 PM UTC Child genius Brielle Milla has already wowed the world with her [chemistry skills](http://www.ksbw.com/news/cute-salinas-whiz-kid-brielle-returns-to-ellen/37496540), but she returned to [_The Ellen DeGeneres Show_](http://time.com/4265842/ellen-degeneres-hbo-special/) to prove she has serious biology chops, too. Ellen quizzed the pig-tailed prodigy with body part flashcards and the pint-sized scientist rattled off a stream of facts about ears and their importance to balance; the heart and the cardiovascular system; how the large intestine breaks down food to make fuel for the body; and the use of melanin in your eyes. It’s just like if your biology teacher had a lisp, an adorable giggle, and a serious thing for _F_[_inding Nemo_](http://time.com/4244585/finding-dory-remember-family-trailer/)_._ Milla clearly has a bright future ahead of her, but whether she decides to study one of the hard sciences or devotes her considerable brain power to something else entirely, there is one area she has already fully mastered—making full grown adults feel like complete numbskulls. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4312419/four-year-old-ellen-science/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4312419/four-year-old-ellen-science/"},"headline":"A Four-Year-Old Genius Taught Ellen a Few Things About Science","datePublished":"2016-04-29T20:33:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:31:59.705Z","description":"Get schooled","url":"https://time.com/4312419/four-year-old-ellen-science/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Science topic","ellen","The Ellen Degeneres Show"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4312419/four-year-old-ellen-science/","name":"A Four-Year-Old Genius Taught Ellen a Few Things About Science"}}]}] ```