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Why Do We Cook?

Why Do We Cook?

Season 2 Episode 12
5:34
The Science of Snowflakes

The Science of Snowflakes

Season 2 Episode 14
5:34
Claude Monet Was Half Honeybee

Claude Monet Was Half Honeybee

Season 2 Episode 16
4:26
How Science Defines A Year

How Science Defines A Year

Season 2 Episode 17
4:45
The Scale of the Universe

The Scale of the Universe

Season 2 Episode 18
4:06
The Science of Kissing

The Science of Kissing

Season 2 Episode 19
5:25
How The Elements Got Their Names

How The Elements Got Their Names

Season 2 Episode 22
3:31
Science of Marathon Running

Science of Marathon Running

Season 2 Episode 23
7:17
There Was No First Human

There Was No First Human

Season 2 Episode 24
3:44
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It's Okay to Be Smart

How to Read Science News

Season 2 Episode 11

Develop your own science truthiness detector!

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We learn how spider vision works.
The Unbelievable Story of Earth’s Most Epic Flood
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Let's learn the story of one of the worst natural disasters that’s ever happened!
The Biggest Myth About Climate Change
27:56
We learn about all the reasons that Earth’s climate changes, natural and otherwise.
The Crime Wave We Can Blame on… Neutron Stars?
12:31
Turns out, we can blame it all on neutron stars and some oddities of the periodic table.
Why is Puberty so Weird?
10:00
Join Joe in this whirlwind tour of the endocrine system to find the answers.
Why No One Can Agree What’s Really the Tallest Mountain
8:29
Is Everest the tallest mountain on Earth? The answer is not as simple as you might think.
Trying to Land a Plane (to Prove a Point)
17:59
Turns out we’re all at risk of being overconfident about something.
Why You Can’t Smell Yourself?
19:10
There's an absolutely weird, but surprisingly common phenomenon called sensory adaptation.
Making a Hurricane Indoors (For Science)
11:50
Scientists in Florida can recreate a Category 5 hurricane in a box the size of a bedroom.
Are Humans Still Evolving?
10:41
Are humans still evolving? And how have our technological advances affected the process?
How Illusions Can Explain Reality
19:07
Illusions teach us how our brain constructs a three-dimensional reality using 2-D images.
Can Life Really Be Explained By Physics?
22:18
Joe talks biology with science communicator extraordinaire Prof. Brian Cox.
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