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Why Don't Other Animals Wear Glasses?

Season 4 Episode 38

Vision impairment is common in humans, so why not the rest of the animal kingdom?

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Do you ever freak out about the scale of time and space? Me too
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Austin's famous moontowers put the enormity of our solar system into perspective.
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5:36
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5:20
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2:38
Joe explores the invisible force that surrounds us all: wind.
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3:16
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4:47
Why does music make us feel happy or sad? Or angry or romantic?
How Bees Can See the Invisible
2:43
Enjoy this look at how bees see in ultraviolet and even sense electric fields!
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3:18
Joe shows the science of how we all share the same air.
Why is the sky any color?
2:43
Why is the sky blue? Or red at sunset? Or any color at all? Joe Hanson explains.
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