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    It's Okay to Be Smart
            The Sixth Extinction
                
                    
                        
                            Season 3
                        
                    
                    
                        
                            Episode 5
                        
                    
                
            
            
            This time, we're the asteroid
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            Let’s dig into our evolutionary past to try and find an answer.
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            Here’s the science of handwashing!
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            Stay informed. Stay cautious, but not scared.
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            Do the supposed advantages for springing forward and falling back hold up?
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            The sunlight we see is tens of thousands of years old. How is that possible?
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            If humans are so smart, why are our babies so… un-smart?
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            How will we do a Green Revolution 2.0?
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            Can trees really save us from climate change?
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            Could You Be a Chimera?
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            I went to NASA in Houston to talk to astronaut Don Pettit.
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            Why is ice slippery? It's a more complicated answer than it seems!
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            Recycling is broken. Here's how we can fix it.
        
        
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    