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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
Can Life Really Be Explained By Physics?

Can Life Really Be Explained By Physics?

Season 10 Episode 3
22:18
How Illusions Can Explain Reality

How Illusions Can Explain Reality

Season 10 Episode 4
19:07
Are Humans Still Evolving?

Are Humans Still Evolving?

Season 10 Episode 5
10:41
Making a Hurricane Indoors (For Science)

Making a Hurricane Indoors (For Science)

Season 10 Episode 6
11:50
Why You Can’t Smell Yourself?

Why You Can’t Smell Yourself?

Season 10 Episode 7
19:10
Trying to Land a Plane (to Prove a Point)

Trying to Land a Plane (to Prove a Point)

Season 10 Episode 8
17:59
Why No One Can Agree What’s Really the Tallest Mountain

Why No One Can Agree What’s Really the Tallest Mountain

Season 10 Episode 9
8:29
Why is Puberty so Weird?

Why is Puberty so Weird?

Season 10 Episode 10
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It's Okay to Be Smart

The Strange (Unexpected) Reason Ice is Slippery

Season 7 Episode 29

Ice is such a common substance, you'd think we'd know everything about it by now. But it has some secrets and weird properties we’ve only just begun to figure out. One question about ice that's, still not totally answered, is one of the most obvious: why is ice slippery? It's a more complicated answer than it seems!
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Can Trees Really Fight Climate Change?
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Season 8 Episode 1
Can Trees Really Fight Climate Change?
Can trees really save us from climate change?
Could You Be a Chimera? (ASL)
9:43
Season 7 Episode 31
Could You Be a Chimera? (ASL)
Could You Be a Chimera?
This Could Change the Future of Space Travel
11:30
Season 7 Episode 30
This Could Change the Future of Space Travel
I went to NASA in Houston to talk to astronaut Don Pettit.
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Season 7 Episode 28
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Season 7 Episode 27
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Evolution Fails in the Human Body
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Season 7 Episode 26
Evolution Fails in the Human Body
Here’s a rundown of a few of the human body’s biggest evolutionary fails!
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Season 7 Episode 25
This Face Changes the Human Story
Meet your cousin: Homo naledi.
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Season 7 Episode 24
What If We Could See Nature In Infrared?
Why are trees and other plants green? The answer is full of surprises.
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Season 7 Episode 23
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Season 7 Episode 22
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Earth’s climate is changing in a big way.
The History of Money (From Barter To Bitcoin)
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Season 7 Episode 21
The History of Money (From Barter To Bitcoin)
Money. We all use it. But is it real?
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Season 7 Episode 20
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I look at a few of the most famous incorrect factoids in science.
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