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The Delicious Science of Cheese

The Delicious Science of Cheese

Season 2 Episode 37
5:36
Why Is Your Brain Is In Your Head

Why Is Your Brain Is In Your Head

Season 2 Episode 38
4:12
You Are An Upside-Down Lobster

You Are An Upside-Down Lobster

Season 2 Episode 39
4:13
How Your Body Knows Left From Right

How Your Body Knows Left From Right

Season 2 Episode 40
4:30
The Sun Is A Magnet!

The Sun Is A Magnet!

Season 2 Episode 41
1:36
The Oldest Living Things In The World

The Oldest Living Things In The World

Season 2 Episode 43
5:40
What If There Were No Sharks?

What If There Were No Sharks?

Season 2 Episode 44
4:33

The Science of Goats!

Season 2 Episode 47
3:35
The Real "Doctor Frankenstein"

The Real "Doctor Frankenstein"

Season 2 Episode 48
6:12
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It's Okay to Be Smart

Why Did We Blow On Nintendo Games?

Season 2 Episode 36

If you played NES, you did it too. Did it work?

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How a chemical in lizard spit inspired one of the most important medical advancements.
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?!
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