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What’s In a 20,000 Year-Old Cube of Ice?

What’s In a 20,000 Year-Old Cube of Ice?

Season 7 Episode 22
11:20
What Color Is A Banana?

What Color Is A Banana?

Season 7 Episode 23
8:46
What If We Could See Nature In Infrared?

What If We Could See Nature In Infrared?

Season 7 Episode 24
8:51
This Face Changes the Human Story

This Face Changes the Human Story

Season 7 Episode 25
13:11
Evolution Fails in the Human Body

Evolution Fails in the Human Body

Season 7 Episode 26
11:53
I Tried Eating Bugs… Here's What I Learned

I Tried Eating Bugs… Here's What I Learned

Season 7 Episode 27
14:55
Recycling Is Broken. Here’s How We Can Fix It.

Recycling Is Broken. Here’s How We Can Fix It.

Season 7 Episode 28
11:11
The Strange (Unexpected) Reason Ice is Slippery

The Strange (Unexpected) Reason Ice is Slippery

Season 7 Episode 29
7:20
This Could Change the Future of Space Travel

This Could Change the Future of Space Travel

Season 7 Episode 30
11:30
Could You Be a Chimera? (ASL)

Could You Be a Chimera? (ASL)

Season 7 Episode 31
9:43
What’s Actually on the Other Side of a Mirror?

What’s Actually on the Other Side of a Mirror?

Season 10 Episode 1
10:16
Why Don't Big Animals Get More Cancer?

Why Don't Big Animals Get More Cancer?

Season 10 Episode 2
9:42
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It's Okay to Be Smart

The History of Money (From Barter To Bitcoin)

Season 7 Episode 21

We trace the history of money, from physical barter to bitcoin, and discover that money isn’t just a lie we all agree to share, it’s been built on the back of technology and invention for millennia.
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How Much Of You Is Alive?
12:05
Season 9 Episode 10
How Much Of You Is Alive?
There are parts of you that are living and dying at the same time. We find out how much.
Why Is Sex a Thing?
12:31
Season 9 Episode 9
Why Is Sex a Thing?
We explore the evolutionary enigma of sex and its existence.
A Brief (Scientific) History of Butts
12:27
Season 9 Episode 8
A Brief (Scientific) History of Butts
This episode is about the science and evolutionary history of...butts.
How Your Brain Makes Its Own Electricity
18:46
Season 9 Episode 7
How Your Brain Makes Its Own Electricity
How do the neurons in our brain work? Find out here!
Why Are We Warm-Blooded?
11:18
Season 9 Episode 6
Why Are We Warm-Blooded?
Here's the science behind why humans are warm-blooded.
How Ocean Currents Work (and How We Are Breaking Them)
12:38
Season 9 Episode 5
How Ocean Currents Work (and How We Are Breaking Them)
This could have devastating effects on our future.
The Transcontinental Burrito Hypertunnel
11:57
Season 9 Episode 4
The Transcontinental Burrito Hypertunnel
We dug a classic doc that tells the story of the transcontinental burrito hypertunnel.
What is Impossible in Evolution?
19:29
Season 9 Episode 3
What is Impossible in Evolution?
We explore all the questions that teach us what's possible in evolution!
The Golden Ratio: Is It Myth or Math?
22:36
Season 9 Episode 2
The Golden Ratio: Is It Myth or Math?
Let's find out exactly what is it!
When Is Now?
20:26
Season 9 Episode 1
When Is Now?
Let’s journey from Einstein’s thought experiments about relativity to answer it.
Visualizing Herd Immunity
14:49
Season 8 Episode 27
Visualizing Herd Immunity
We use lots and lots of mousetraps and ping-pong balls to show how this works.
Why Do We Lie?
16:43
Season 8 Episode 26
Why Do We Lie?
Explore why we lie if we’re supposed to be the most socially developed species on Earth?
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