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How Trees Pollute the Air (and Why Your Coworker's Scientific Citations Don't Mean They're Right)
Season 10
Episode 14
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Does Toyota Know Something That We Don’t?
Season 10
Episode 2
*Note:* the model piston we used in this video shows air and fuel entering the cylinder together. This design was prevalent in engines until roughly the 1990s. These days, air and fuel enter separately. The combustion process and piston movement are the same!
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