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Why do some people taste music or hear colors? Let’s talk about synesthesia.
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E18
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12:28
How a chemical in lizard spit inspired one of the most important medical advancements.
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E17
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14:35
These diamond makers create one of the most amazing materials on Earth — from dead people.
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S12
E16
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12:15
Learn nature’s ultimate game of hide-and-seek, and the way to win this game is all in the brain.
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S12
E15
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11:20
Nature has had to come up with some crazy ways to survive winter. None are weirder than hibernation.
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S12
E14
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11:17
Political scientist Don Green joins Joe to figure out the complex psychological and social factors t
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S12
E13
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12:40
Why do certain sounds make some of us so upset?!
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S12
E12
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16:27
Despite what you may have heard or learned in school, the sun is NOT the center of the solar system.
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S12
E11
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11:43
People see faces everywhere thanks to a quirk of the brain called visual pareidolia.
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S12
E10
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10:23
Why do the same, self-repeating patterns appear in trees, rivers, lightning, and even our bodies?
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S12
E9
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10:00
Here's why you aren't built like a lobster.
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E39
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4:13
Our animal brains deal with quantities in very specific, and fascinating, ways.
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S12
E8
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15:25
Have you heard about Charles Darwin's lesser-know theory of evolution: sexual selection?
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S12
E7
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8:46
Can new technologies make death prediction even more accurate?
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S12
E6
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12:54
AI may help us talk to whales soon. But should we?!
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S12
E5
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21:33
The cosmic distance ladder is the world’s longest ruler, built to measure the universe.
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S12
E4
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10:40
Learn about the space junk problem and the giant space claw named ClearSpace-1 that might
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S12
E2
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12:09
On April 8, North America is getting a total solar eclipse. Here’s what you need to know.
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S12
E3
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15:17
These tiny pieces of an ancient asteroid could hold the secret to the origin of life.
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S12
E1
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14:28
What do scientists think are the best ways of reaching out to aliens?
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S11
E23
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10:28
How bad is climate change in 2023? Can we do anything about it?
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S11
E22
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9:40
A cosmic soup hadn’t existed in 13.8 billion years. Now, scientists cook it up in a lab.
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S11
E21
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13:38
After a century of industrial pollution and superstorms, New York's waterways needs help!
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S11
E20
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12:56
Crashing a car is usually a terrible accident. But sometimes, it’s a way to save lives.
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S11
E19
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37:33
A huge part of our identities, emotions, and our lives get tied up...Why is that?
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S11
E18
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18:10
X is everywhere and it’s probably thanks to math. But why is x the symbol for the unknown?
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S11
E17
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10:57
What’s the most average thing in the universe? We’re on a mission to find it.
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E16
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17:34
New ideas come from chance events and unexpected connections involved in working together.
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E15
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17:48
Our universe locked incredible secrets in a code written in rainbows.
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E14
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11:18
Butterfly metamorphosis is one of nature’s most magical transformations.
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E13
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13:54
Scorpions are an evolutionary marvel with venom that could save lives.
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S11
E12
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14:03
Join me on my visit to the most advanced cultivated meat production facility in the world.
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S11
E11
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14:29
Life on Earth may have stayed boring and small if it weren’t thanks to one deadly element.
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S11
E10
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14:03
How the CIA used Cold War technology to study and combat climate change
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S11
E9
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17:58
The secret physics at the core of every syllable, starting with the first words we speak.
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S11
E8
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13:58
The glow from faster-than-light particles gives us a unique way to explore the universe.
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E7
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9:56
A mysterious and highly impactful phenomenon that scientists are still learning about.
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E6
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10:40
Countershading is everywhere, and it may be nature’s most successful form of camouflage.
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S11
E5
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9:10
Global warming means more air conditioning…causing more warming 🤦. Could new chemistry he
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S11
E4
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12:59
How does iridescence work? From rainbow bubbles to beautiful birds, bugs, and gemstones.
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S11
E3
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14:49
Extras
Africa is the only continent where these megafaunas still exist. But, why?
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21:29
We meet some interesting bugs that use truly extreme senses to navigate their world.
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17:08
We look at some surprising ways that species use teamwork in order to survive.
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20:59
We look at ecosystems at their largest and smallest scales of time and size.
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29:33
Seemingly distant ecosystems, even half a world apart, are connected in surprising ways.
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25:36
Can an ecosystem survive without its keystone species?
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25:47