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How Does A Canyon Become Grand?

How Does A Canyon Become Grand?

Season 3 Episode 35
4:03
Your Salad Is Trying To Kill You

Your Salad Is Trying To Kill You

Season 3 Episode 36
6:03
Why Are Cicadas So Good At Math?

Why Are Cicadas So Good At Math?

Season 3 Episode 37
5:32
Why Do We Laugh?

Why Do We Laugh?

Season 3 Episode 38
6:03
What Is Fire?

What Is Fire?

Season 3 Episode 39
3:39
The Ruin and Rise of Monterey Bay

The Ruin and Rise of Monterey Bay

Season 3 Episode 41
3:38
Cuttlefish: Tentacles In Disguise

Cuttlefish: Tentacles In Disguise

Season 3 Episode 42
3:54
My Date With A Giant Pacific Octopus!

My Date With A Giant Pacific Octopus!

Season 3 Episode 43
3:07
Eight Incredible Deep Sea Oddities

Eight Incredible Deep Sea Oddities

Season 3 Episode 45
2:34
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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?

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How Scorpions Became Earth’s Ultimate Survivors
14:03
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Lab-Grown Meat is Here… and I Taste-Tested It!
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Join me on my visit to the most advanced cultivated meat production facility in the world.
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How the CIA Secretly Spied On Climate Change
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How the CIA used Cold War technology to study and combat climate change
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