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How Plastic Recycling Actually Works

How Plastic Recycling Actually Works

Season 5 Episode 31
3:01
How Does Double Acting Baking Powder... Doubly Act?

How Does Double Acting Baking Powder... Doubly Act?

Season 5 Episode 32
2:23
What are Eye Boogers?

What are Eye Boogers?

Season 5 Episode 33
1:47
Can Silver Nanoparticles Combat Your Stink?

Can Silver Nanoparticles Combat Your Stink?

Season 5 Episode 34
2:52
What is Natto?

What is Natto?

Season 5 Episode 35
4:46
Turning the Boston Harbor into Actual Tea

Turning the Boston Harbor into Actual Tea

Season 5 Episode 36
4:10
Tardigrades

Tardigrades

Season 5 Episode 37
3:12
How Do You Catch Fruit Flies?

How Do You Catch Fruit Flies?

Season 5 Episode 38
3:16
Do Astronauts Need Sunscreen?

Do Astronauts Need Sunscreen?

Season 5 Episode 39
5:03
Fact or Fiction: Uncooked Rice is Bad for Birds

Fact or Fiction: Uncooked Rice is Bad for Birds

Season 5 Episode 40
4:30
How is Leather Made?

How is Leather Made?

Season 5 Episode 41
4:03
Why Does Humidity Feel Gross?

Why Does Humidity Feel Gross?

Season 5 Episode 42
4:55
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Can You Take Expired Drugs?

Season 5 Episode 30

Every medicine you buy has an expiration date printed on it somewhere, but does it actually go bad? This week on Reactions, we explain the chemistry of drug expiration dates.
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The Top 5 Strangest Poisons That Can Kill You
4:48
Season 5 Episode 73
The Top 5 Strangest Poisons That Can Kill You
We break down our top 5 strangest poisons.
Can We Make Ocean Water Drinkable -- and Should We?
4:13
Season 5 Episode 72
Can We Make Ocean Water Drinkable -- and Should We?
We find out why getting freshwater from ocean water is a trickier than you might imagine.
How Pee Helped Win the Revolutionary War (Maybe...)
5:09
Season 5 Episode 71
How Pee Helped Win the Revolutionary War (Maybe...)
How Pee Helped Win the Revolutionary War (Maybe...)
What Does the Moon Smell Like?
5:48
Season 5 Episode 70
What Does the Moon Smell Like?
What Does the Moon Smell Like?
What is Ringworm and How Do You Get Rid of It?
4:11
Season 5 Episode 69
What is Ringworm and How Do You Get Rid of It?
What is Ringworm and How Do You Get Rid of It?
Could CBD Make You Fail a Drug Test?
3:43
Season 5 Episode 68
Could CBD Make You Fail a Drug Test?
Could CBD Make You Fail a Drug Test?
What Causes Auroras?
4:34
Season 5 Episode 67
What Causes Auroras?
What Causes the Northern Lights?
Why is Carbon the Key to Life? (On Earth, Anyway)
4:21
Season 5 Episode 66
Why is Carbon the Key to Life? (On Earth, Anyway)
One element is the backbone of all forms of life we’ve ever discovered on Earth: carbon.
That Fresh Cut Grass Scent is Really a Signal of Distress
3:10
Season 5 Episode 65
That Fresh Cut Grass Scent is Really a Signal of Distress
We explain how plants communicate, their chemical response to being damaged, and more.
How Do Pregnancy Tests Work?
3:16
Season 5 Episode 64
How Do Pregnancy Tests Work?
How Do Pregnancy Tests Work?
How Does Pepper Spray Work?
3:41
Season 5 Episode 63
How Does Pepper Spray Work?
We take a look at what's inside the canister!
How to Get Rid of Skunk Smell
3:40
Season 5 Episode 62
How to Get Rid of Skunk Smell
How to Get Rid of Skunk Smell
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