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It's Okay to Be Smart
The Reason COVID-19 Is Our Perfect Enemy
Season 8
Episode 10
Invisible, mysterious, and deadly — SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 have spread around the world and caused much of humanity to hide away. Germs like these only succeed and spread because of our social evolution, and our social nature is why social and physical distancing is so deeply painful for us. But evolution has also given us the gifts we need to survive this difficult time. Here's how.
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Or… maybe the question of what is and isn’t a dinosaur goes deeper than we think?
13:39
No flying animal alive today comes close to their huge size.
13:44
Why do viruses like SARS-CoV-2 happen and why are they becoming more frequent?
9:57
Learn about this Nature Challenge.
10:52
Celebrating 30 years of the Hubble Space Telescope.
9:52
Let’s dig into our evolutionary past to try and find an answer.
13:12
Here’s the science of handwashing!
7:35
Stay informed. Stay cautious, but not scared.
12:19
Do the supposed advantages for springing forward and falling back hold up?
8:23
The sunlight we see is tens of thousands of years old. How is that possible?
8:19
If humans are so smart, why are our babies so… un-smart?
6:28
How will we do a Green Revolution 2.0?