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How Many Smells Can You Smell?

How Many Smells Can You Smell?

Season 3 Episode 12
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What is Deja Vu?!

What is Deja Vu?!

Season 3 Episode 15
3:43
Zombie Parasites!

Zombie Parasites!

Season 3 Episode 19
6:01
How Many Stars Are There?

How Many Stars Are There?

Season 3 Episode 22
3:30
%$?# Allergies!

%$?# Allergies!

Season 3 Episode 23
4:44
Are Dinosaurs Extinct?

Are Dinosaurs Extinct?

Season 3 Episode 31
6:05
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
Is Ultron Inevitable?

Is Ultron Inevitable?

Season 3 Episode 26
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The REAL Physics of Hot Air Balloons!

Season 3 Episode 54

The science of hot air balloons may surprise you.

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How Scientists Cracked the Secret To Making Diamonds
12:15
These diamond makers create one of the most amazing materials on Earth — from dead people.
Camouflage Isn't What It Appears To Be
11:20
Learn nature’s ultimate game of hide-and-seek, and the way to win this game is all in the brain.
Why Don’t Humans Hibernate?
11:17
Nature has had to come up with some crazy ways to survive winter. None are weirder than hibernation.
The Paradox of Voting
12:40
Political scientist Don Green joins Joe to figure out the complex psychological and social factors t
Why Do We Hate Certain Sounds
16:27
Why do certain sounds make some of us so upset?!
The Sun is NOT the Center of the Solar System
11:43
Despite what you may have heard or learned in school, the sun is NOT the center of the solar system.
Why You See Faces in Things
10:23
People see faces everywhere thanks to a quirk of the brain called visual pareidolia.
Why trees look like rivers and also blood vessels and also lightning…
10:00
Why do the same, self-repeating patterns appear in trees, rivers, lightning, and even our bodies?
The Real (Weird) Way We See Numbers
15:25
Our animal brains deal with quantities in very specific, and fascinating, ways.
Computers Can Predict When You're Going to Die… Here's How
12:54
Can new technologies make death prediction even more accurate?
Can AI Help Us Talk to Whales?
21:33
AI may help us talk to whales soon. But should we?!
Measuring the Universe With a 14-Billion Light-Year Ruler
10:40
The cosmic distance ladder is the world’s longest ruler, built to measure the universe.
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