Up Next
Back to Show
It's Okay to Be Smart
Why Are The Bees Dying?
Season 3
Episode 33
Bees, wild and domesticated, are in big trouble. Bee colonies are dying off at alarming rates, and the cause isn't clear. Pesticides, habitat loss, disease there's a laundry list of likely culprits. We rely on these tiny pollinators for a majority of our fruits, veggies, and nuts if they disappear, could we be next?
Support Provided By
16:47
If everything around us is made of atoms, why can’t we actually see them?
10:51
This video explores the bizarre mathematics that show how infinity is far stranger than a number.
24:25
How Gerardus Mercator later created a map that transformed navigation forever.
22:37
DNA solves crimes, but what happens when it sends innocent people to prison?
14:52
How thousands of tiny brains, obeying simple rules, solve problems no individual can understand.
19:50
Joe visits a flavor lab to uncover how our senses shape our taste.
22:36
How did the mass extinction of the dinosaurs play out, moment by moment?
12:37
Think traits like eye color or tongue-rolling are simple genetics? Think again.
11:08
Why is the Martian sky red by day… but blue at sunset?
14:51
Seedless fruits are delicious, convenient… and completely unnatural.