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It's Okay to Be Smart
Why We Are Losing the Night Sky
Season 7
Episode 16
It never gets dark anymore. Not REALLY dark, anyway. Not like it used to. Light pollution is not only making it more difficult to see the night sky, but it's also affecting our health. For the past century and a half, since the dawn of electric light, we’ve been losing our connection to the night. We need artificial light for modern society, of course.
19:10
There's an absolutely weird, but surprisingly common phenomenon called sensory adaptation.
11:50
Scientists in Florida can recreate a Category 5 hurricane in a box the size of a bedroom.
10:41
Are humans still evolving? And how have our technological advances affected the process?
19:07
Illusions teach us how our brain constructs a three-dimensional reality using 2-D images.
22:18
Joe talks biology with science communicator extraordinaire Prof. Brian Cox.
9:42
We explore why animals like whales, elephants, and other large animals not get cancer.
10:16
The real magic of mirrors is far stranger and more interesting, as you’re about to learn.
16:14
We take a look at how amazing the ability to read is.
17:56
Neuroscientist David Eagleman talks about illusions that make the moving picture possible.
16:20
Here's what I've learned about the possible end of this pandemic.
15:15
We explore what we can actually do about pollution.
14:29
We explore why we dream.