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The Delicious Science of Cheese

The Delicious Science of Cheese

Season 2 Episode 37
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Why Is Your Brain Is In Your Head

Why Is Your Brain Is In Your Head

Season 2 Episode 38
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How Your Body Knows Left From Right

How Your Body Knows Left From Right

Season 2 Episode 40
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The Sun Is A Magnet!

The Sun Is A Magnet!

Season 2 Episode 41
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The Oldest Living Things In The World

The Oldest Living Things In The World

Season 2 Episode 43
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What If There Were No Sharks?

What If There Were No Sharks?

Season 2 Episode 44
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The Real "Doctor Frankenstein"

The Real "Doctor Frankenstein"

Season 2 Episode 48
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The Physics of Space Battles

The Physics of Space Battles

Season 2 Episode 55
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A Slice of Pizza Science!

A Slice of Pizza Science!

Season 2 Episode 51
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Why Do Clouds Stay Up?

Why Do Clouds Stay Up?

Season 2 Episode 52
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It's Okay to Be Smart

How Science Defines A Year

Season 2 Episode 17

It's been one (tropical/sidereal/anomalous) year since I uploaded the very first It's Okay To Be Smart. Here's everything that's happened since!

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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.
Why the 2024 Solar Eclipse is Such a Big Deal
15:17
On April 8, North America is getting a total solar eclipse. Here’s what you need to know.
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