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Why Do We Go to Space?

Why Do We Go to Space?

Season 2 Episode 4
2:53
Why Do Things Sound Scary?

Why Do Things Sound Scary?

Season 2 Episode 5
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Ghosts of Evolution

Ghosts of Evolution

Season 2 Episode 8
4:30
Exoplanets: Are There Other Earths?

Exoplanets: Are There Other Earths?

Season 2 Episode 9
4:20

How to Read Science News

Season 2 Episode 11
7:30
Why Do We Cook?

Why Do We Cook?

Season 2 Episode 12
5:34
The Science of Snowflakes

The Science of Snowflakes

Season 2 Episode 14
5:34
Claude Monet Was Half Honeybee

Claude Monet Was Half Honeybee

Season 2 Episode 16
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How Science Defines A Year

How Science Defines A Year

Season 2 Episode 17
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There Are Millions of Skeletons Hidden In Washington, DC

Season 2 Episode 3

I took a trip to Washington D.C. to check out some of our nation's most famous monuments. Where do they come from? From the depths of the Earth to the distant reaches of the cosmos, you'll never look at history the same way again

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Why Everyone Is Wrong About AI's Environmental Impact
41:21
AI’s environmental impact is more complex than it seems. Who pays the price, and how much?
This Weird Pattern Will Let Us Reshape Matter
23:48
What if you could turn the same material into a conductor, insulator, or magnet just by twisting it?
The Very Weird Reason Hot Water Freezes Faster
14:50
Why can hot water sometimes freeze faster than cold water?
How HIV Started a Century Before Anyone Noticed
27:32
How science unraveled one of the biggest myths in modern medicine...HIV's true origins.
The New Kind of Heat Humans Can’t Handle
21:23
I pushed my body in a climate & sports research lab to discover what extreme heat really does to us.
Scientists Finally Figured Out What Love Is For
16:47
What exactly is the evolutionary purpose of love?
We've never seen an atom. But we know what they look like.
16:47
If everything around us is made of atoms, why can’t we actually see them?
Infinity isn’t a number. It's something much weirder.
10:51
This video explores the bizarre mathematics that show how infinity is far stranger than a number.
Something Strange Happens When You Flatten the Earth…
24:25
How Gerardus Mercator later created a map that transformed navigation forever.
You've Been Lied to About DNA Evidence
22:37
DNA solves crimes, but what happens when it sends innocent people to prison?
The Intelligence Test Where Ants Beat Humans
14:52
How thousands of tiny brains, obeying simple rules, solve problems no individual can understand.
Everything I Thought I Knew About Flavor Was Wrong
19:50
Joe visits a flavor lab to uncover how our senses shape our taste.
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