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How Atom Bombs Can Uncover Forged Art

Season 5 Episode 44
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How Much Plastic is in the Ocean?

How Much Plastic is in the Ocean?

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Why Is Blue So Rare In Nature?

Why Is Blue So Rare In Nature?

Season 5 Episode 45
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Where Did Humans Come From?

Where Did Humans Come From?

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Why Are We The Only Humans Left?

Why Are We The Only Humans Left?

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Why Does Hair Grow The Way It Does?

Why Does Hair Grow The Way It Does?

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Are We All Related?

Are We All Related?

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Why Do Fireflies Have Blinky Bottoms?

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How Do Glaciers Move?

How Do Glaciers Move?

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It's Okay to Be Smart

Illuminating the Universe: The History of Light

Season 5 Episode 9

Beyond what we can touch, taste, smell, and hear, we experience the universe through light. But how did we come to discover light, and how did we learn light’s true nature, as the fastest thing in the universe, an electromagnetic spectrum, a wave and particle capable of the most amazing things? Here is the history of light, according to physics.

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21:13
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16:20
Why do we have different blood types? And why do we have blood at all?
How Feathered Dinosaurs Accidentally Invented Flight
16:18
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What Could We See with a Planet-Sized Telescope?
16:00
Just how big would a telescope need to be to actually see an alien world in detail?
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Will Earth Run Out of Oxygen
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The key enzyme behind photosynthesis isn’t actually all that great at its job.
What’s Inside the Oldest Rocks in the World?
16:40
The oldest rocks on Earth are more than just ancient—they’re time machines!
Why Your Grandma Is an Evolutionary Mystery
17:11
This is one of the weirdest mysteries of human evolution: Why do we have grandmas?
What Synesthesia Feels Like
12:28
Why do some people taste music or hear colors? Let’s talk about synesthesia.
Why Useless Knowledge Can Be So Useful
14:35
How a chemical in lizard spit inspired one of the most important medical advancements.
How Scientists Cracked the Secret To Making Diamonds
12:15
These diamond makers create one of the most amazing materials on Earth — from dead people.
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