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It's Okay to Be Smart
Are Dinosaurs Extinct?
Season 3
Episode 31
Most people are taught that dinosaurs went extinct 66 million years ago when a giant meteor crashed into the Yucatan peninsula. I’m here to tell you that’s wrong. Dinosaurs are alive and well today, and you don’t have to go to Jurassic World to see them (although hanging out with Chris Pratt would be cool).

19:10
There's an absolutely weird, but surprisingly common phenomenon called sensory adaptation.

11:50
Scientists in Florida can recreate a Category 5 hurricane in a box the size of a bedroom.

10:41
Are humans still evolving? And how have our technological advances affected the process?

19:07
Illusions teach us how our brain constructs a three-dimensional reality using 2-D images.

22:18
Joe talks biology with science communicator extraordinaire Prof. Brian Cox.

9:42
We explore why animals like whales, elephants, and other large animals not get cancer.

10:16
The real magic of mirrors is far stranger and more interesting, as you’re about to learn.

16:14
We take a look at how amazing the ability to read is.

17:56
Neuroscientist David Eagleman talks about illusions that make the moving picture possible.

16:20
Here's what I've learned about the possible end of this pandemic.

15:15
We explore what we can actually do about pollution.

14:29
We explore why we dream.