Season 11
Maybe We've Already Made First Contact…
What do scientists think are the best ways of reaching out to aliens?
Maybe We've Already Made First Contact…
I Don’t Know How to Feel About 2023
How bad is climate change in 2023? We talk to scientists to understand the data and what w
I Don’t Know How to Feel About 2023
How Scientists Made the Hottest Thing Ever
A cosmic soup hadn’t existed in 13.8 billion years. Now, scientists cook it up in a lab.
How Scientists Made the Hottest Thing Ever
Can a Billion Oysters Save New York City?
After a century of industrial pollution and superstorms, New York's waterways needs help!
Can a Billion Oysters Save New York City?
Crash Test Science! (Hacking Physics To Save Lives)
Crashing a car is usually a terrible accident. But sometimes, it’s a way to save lives.
Crash Test Science! (Hacking Physics To Save Lives)
The Strange Psychology of Superfans
A huge part of our identities, emotions, and our lives get tied up...Why is that?
The Strange Psychology of Superfans
How Did X Become the Unknown (and so much else)?
X is everywhere and it’s probably thanks to math. But why is x the symbol for the unknown?
How Did X Become the Unknown (and so much else)?
What Is The Most Average Thing?
What’s the most average thing in the universe? We’re on a mission to find it.
What Is The Most Average Thing?
The Biggest Myth About Innovation
New ideas come from chance events and unexpected connections involved in working together.
The Biggest Myth About Innovation
Why Some of the Rainbow is Missing
Our universe locked incredible secrets in a code written in rainbows.
Why Some of the Rainbow is Missing
The Truth About Butterfly Metamorphosis (It's Very Weird)
Butterfly metamorphosis is one of nature’s most magical transformations.
The Truth About Butterfly Metamorphosis (It's Very Weird)
How Scorpions Became Earth’s Ultimate Survivors
Scorpions are an evolutionary marvel with venom that could save lives.
How Scorpions Became Earth’s Ultimate Survivors
Lab-Grown Meat is Here… and I Taste-Tested It!
Join me on my visit to the most advanced cultivated meat production facility in the world.
Lab-Grown Meat is Here… and I Taste-Tested It!
The Deadly Chemistry That Made Life Interesting
Life on Earth may have stayed boring and small if it weren’t thanks to one deadly element.
The Deadly Chemistry That Made Life Interesting
How the CIA Secretly Spied On Climate Change
How the CIA used Cold War technology to study and combat climate change
How the CIA Secretly Spied On Climate Change
Why Y Is a Vowel According to Physics (and so is W)
The secret physics at the core of every syllable, starting with the first words we speak.
Why Y Is a Vowel According to Physics (and so is W)
How To Go Faster Than Light Speed
The glow from faster-than-light particles gives us a unique way to explore the universe.
How To Go Faster Than Light Speed
The Mystery Behind Earth’s Most Epic Migration
A mysterious and highly impactful phenomenon that scientists are still learning about.
The Mystery Behind Earth’s Most Epic Migration
Why Does Every Animal Look Like This?
Countershading is everywhere, and it may be nature’s most successful form of camouflage.
Why Does Every Animal Look Like This?
Can We Solve the Air Conditioning Paradox?
Global warming means more air conditioning…causing more warming 🤦. Could new chemistry he
Can We Solve the Air Conditioning Paradox?
What Makes Birds, Beetles, and Bubbles Shine So Beautifully?
How does iridescence work? From rainbow bubbles to beautiful birds, bugs, and gemstones.
What Makes Birds, Beetles, and Bubbles Shine So Beautifully?
The Dark Origins of the Scientific Method
Under house arrest in Egypt, one mathematician transformed how we examine the world.
The Dark Origins of the Scientific Method
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