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What’s Actually on the Other Side of a Mirror?

What’s Actually on the Other Side of a Mirror?

Season 10 Episode 1
10:16
Why Don't Big Animals Get More Cancer?

Why Don't Big Animals Get More Cancer?

Season 10 Episode 2
9:42
Can Life Really Be Explained By Physics?

Can Life Really Be Explained By Physics?

Season 10 Episode 3
22:18
How Illusions Can Explain Reality

How Illusions Can Explain Reality

Season 10 Episode 4
19:07
Are Humans Still Evolving?

Are Humans Still Evolving?

Season 10 Episode 5
10:41
Making a Hurricane Indoors (For Science)

Making a Hurricane Indoors (For Science)

Season 10 Episode 6
11:50
Why You Can’t Smell Yourself?

Why You Can’t Smell Yourself?

Season 10 Episode 7
19:10
Trying to Land a Plane (to Prove a Point)

Trying to Land a Plane (to Prove a Point)

Season 10 Episode 8
17:59
Why No One Can Agree What’s Really the Tallest Mountain

Why No One Can Agree What’s Really the Tallest Mountain

Season 10 Episode 9
8:29
Why is Puberty so Weird?

Why is Puberty so Weird?

Season 10 Episode 10
10:00
The Crime Wave We Can Blame on… Neutron Stars?

The Crime Wave We Can Blame on… Neutron Stars?

Season 10 Episode 11
12:31
The Biggest Myth About Climate Change

The Biggest Myth About Climate Change

Season 10 Episode 12
27:56
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It's Okay to Be Smart

20 Million Year-Old Spider!! Unweaving Spider Silk đź•·

Season 5 Episode 42

Living things have engineered some pretty awesome materials, but I’m not sure anything measures up to spider silk. It’s as strong, as stretchy, and as resilient than even humans’ most advanced creations like Kevlar and steel. So how do these awesome arachnids weave such an incredible substance using nothing but their rear ends?
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