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Why Are We Warm-Blooded?

Why Are We Warm-Blooded?

Season 9 Episode 6
11:18
A Brief (Scientific) History of Butts

A Brief (Scientific) History of Butts

Season 9 Episode 8
12:27
Why Is Sex a Thing?

Why Is Sex a Thing?

Season 9 Episode 9
12:31
How Much Of You Is Alive?

How Much Of You Is Alive?

Season 9 Episode 10
12:05
How the Zebra Really Got Its Stripes?

How the Zebra Really Got Its Stripes?

Season 9 Episode 11
13:13
What Is Nothing?

What Is Nothing?

Season 9 Episode 15
14:06
Why Do We Dream?

Why Do We Dream?

Season 9 Episode 16
14:29
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It's Okay to Be Smart

How Ocean Currents Work (and How We Are Breaking Them)

Season 9 Episode 5

Ocean currents are our planet’s circulatory system, and they keep everything from ecosystems to the climate healthy. But we’re changing Earth in ways that threaten to disrupt and even break critical ocean currents like the planet-wide Great Ocean Conveyor. We explain how ocean currents work, how climate change is threatening to disrupt them, and what we can do to stop that from happening.

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