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What is Luck?

What is Luck?

Season 5 Episode 8
5:10
How Much Plastic is in the Ocean?

How Much Plastic is in the Ocean?

Season 5 Episode 10
4:43
Why I ❤ PBS

Why I ❤ PBS

Season 5 Episode 11
2:32
Where Did Humans Come From?

Where Did Humans Come From?

Season 5 Episode 13
6:18
Why Are We The Only Humans Left?

Why Are We The Only Humans Left?

Season 5 Episode 14
6:09
Why Does Hair Grow The Way It Does?

Why Does Hair Grow The Way It Does?

Season 5 Episode 15
4:18
Are We All Related?

Are We All Related?

Season 5 Episode 16
6:06
De-Extinction: A Mammoth Undertaking

De-Extinction: A Mammoth Undertaking

Season 5 Episode 18
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It's Okay to Be Smart

How Do We Know Plate Tectonics Is Real?

Season 5 Episode 7

Why do Africa and South America fit together? Anyone who’s ever looked at a map can see that Earth’s continents are kind of like a jigsaw puzzle. The idea that continents are constantly moving and weren’t always in their current spots is a pretty obvious idea, right? You might be surprised to learn that geologists only accepted that idea recently in the past few decades.

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What Makes Birds, Beetles, and Bubbles Shine So Beautifully?
14:49
How does iridescence work? From rainbow bubbles to beautiful birds, bugs, and gemstones.
The Dark Origins of the Scientific Method
11:53
Under house arrest in Egypt, one mathematician transformed how we examine the world.
Do All Animals Play?
8:32
Animals as simple as bees and as complex as you and me and have fun too!
Why Embarrassment Is Actually Good For You
13:10
We explore why embarrassment has lasted through evolution and its function.
In Search of the Blackest Thing on Earth
13:49
We are in search of the blackest black things on Earth and why.
The Unexpected Measure that Makes the Modern World Tick
14:24
Knowing exactly what a “second” is is more complicated than you might think!
How We Solved the Greatest Riddle In Navigation
13:41
The secret is In order to know WHERE you are, you need to first know WHEN you are.
Why 8 Eyes Are Better Than 2 (…If You're a Spider)
15:07
We learn how spider vision works.
The Unbelievable Story of Earth’s Most Epic Flood
12:44
Let's learn the story of one of the worst natural disasters that’s ever happened!
The Biggest Myth About Climate Change
27:56
We learn about all the reasons that Earth’s climate changes, natural and otherwise.
The Crime Wave We Can Blame on… Neutron Stars?
12:31
Turns out, we can blame it all on neutron stars and some oddities of the periodic table.
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