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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
We finally got around to checking our email and found a surprisingly interesting question from a subscriber: are trees bad?
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We tried to use chemistry to change hydrangea flowers from red to blue. Let's try again.
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