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Infinity isn’t a number. It's something much weirder.

Season 14 Episode 4 | 10m 51s

Infinity sounds simple. It just means really, really big, right? But once you start performing infinite numbers of actions in a finite amount of time, reality begins to crack. This video explores the paradoxes, supertasks, and bizarre mathematics that show how infinity is something far stranger than just a number.

Aired: 05/13/26
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What if you could turn the same material into a conductor, insulator, or magnet just by twisting it?
Why can hot water sometimes freeze faster than cold water?
How science unraveled one of the biggest myths in modern medicine...HIV's true origins.
I pushed my body in a climate & sports research lab to discover what extreme heat really does to us.
What exactly is the evolutionary purpose of love?
If everything around us is made of atoms, why can’t we actually see them?
How Gerardus Mercator later created a map that transformed navigation forever.
DNA solves crimes, but what happens when it sends innocent people to prison?