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Janet Iwasa: Animating HIV

Season 2016 Episode 19
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Chris Hadfield: Space Oddity

Season 2016 Episode 20
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Chris Hadfield: The Universe Surrounds You

Chris Hadfield: The Universe Surrounds You

Season 2016 Episode 22
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Nicole Prause: Great Balls of Fire

Nicole Prause: Great Balls of Fire

Season 2016 Episode 24
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Nicole Prause: What Women (Don't) Need

Nicole Prause: What Women (Don't) Need

Season 2016 Episode 25
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John Horgan: There's Always Hope

John Horgan: There's Always Hope

Season 2016 Episode 26
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Janet Iwasa: Science Goes Hollywood

Season 2016 Episode 18

Janet Iwasa studies animation in Hollywood and starts to think that the characters in "Lord of the Rings" behave a lot like proteins.

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Janna Levin explains how Sheldon and Leonard find the funny in their science.
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Janna Levin looks up at the sky, and asks the same questions she did as a little girl.
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We give Janna Levin 30 seconds to explain her science and she aims for transcendence.
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