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Relationship Advice from the Animal Kingdom

Season 5 Episode 4 | 5m 18s

Ever find yourself wishing for relationship advice and have no one to turn to? Looking for the secrets to a long and happy relationship but can’t find the answers? Maybe you just want to know how to tell that certain someone that you like them, but don’t know how to make the first move? Have no fear, Mother Nature is here! Other animals have millennia worth of mating experience, maybe they can tea

Aired: 02/07/17
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Have you heard about Charles Darwin's lesser-know theory of evolution: sexual selection?
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Can new technologies make death prediction even more accurate?
Episode: S12 E6 | 12:54
Watch • 21:33
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AI may help us talk to whales soon. But should we?!
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Learn about the space junk problem and the giant space claw named ClearSpace-1 that might
Episode: S12 E2 | 12:09
Watch • 15:17
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On April 8, North America is getting a total solar eclipse. Here’s what you need to know.
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