Up Next
Back to Show
It's Okay to Be Smart
Why trees look like rivers and also blood vessels and also lightning…
Season 12
Episode 9
Why do the same, self-repeating patterns appear in trees, rivers, lightning, and even our bodies? Is there some essential, hidden rule of nature that makes these intricate designs appear all over the place? Let’s talk about fractals.
Sign up now for inspiring and thought-provoking media delivered straight to your inbox.
Support Provided By
18:10
A huge part of our identities, emotions, and our lives get tied up...Why is that?
10:57
X is everywhere and it’s probably thanks to math. But why is x the symbol for the unknown?
17:34
What’s the most average thing in the universe? We’re on a mission to find it.
17:48
New ideas come from chance events and unexpected connections involved in working together.
11:18
Our universe locked incredible secrets in a code written in rainbows.
13:54
Butterfly metamorphosis is one of nature’s most magical transformations.
14:03
Scorpions are an evolutionary marvel with venom that could save lives.
14:29
Join me on my visit to the most advanced cultivated meat production facility in the world.
14:03
Life on Earth may have stayed boring and small if it weren’t thanks to one deadly element.
17:58
How the CIA used Cold War technology to study and combat climate change
13:58
The secret physics at the core of every syllable, starting with the first words we speak.
9:56
The glow from faster-than-light particles gives us a unique way to explore the universe.