Episode 1
Aired Oct 7, 2023
Soy, Shells and Simple Math
A chemical engineer makes fuel out of soybean oil; the mother of GPS; a scientist uses seashells to help human bones grow; a mathematician shows tricks to make math fun.
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Episode 2
Aired Oct 14, 2023
Fusion, Focus and Footsteps
Uncovering the prehistoric giants hiding below one of America's biggest cities; nuclear fusion; the dangers of distracted driving; a structural engineer who can make buildings as sensitive as humans.
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Episode 3
Aired Oct 21, 2023
Beaches, Bulbs and Botany
The science behind surfboards; the power of a Tesla coil; the effects of carbon dioxide in the environment; the senses of cephalopods.
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Episode 4
Aired Oct 28, 2023
Materials, Makeup and Mars
How different surfaces react differently to falling objects; a coach for the U.S. women's soccer team uses science to keep her players in shape; Miranda gets made into a woodland fairy with special effects makeup; driving the Mars Curiosity rover.
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Episode 5
Aired Nov 4, 2023
Sealife, Self-Talk and Stargazing
The CEO of an aquarium shows how they work to restore wildlife; why talking to oneself matters; stargazing tips; how people taste and experience food.
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Episode 6
Aired Nov 11, 2023
Grasses, Goalies and Going to the Moon
What grass is doing underground; how to make elephant toothpaste; an engineer with an exciting double life as a hockey goalie; the latest technology being used to build lunar landers.
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Episode 7
Aired Nov 18, 2023
Aquariums, ADHD and Astronaut Bodies in Space
Caring for an aquarium's collection of animals; what happens to human bodies in microgravity; what's going on in a brain with ADHD; how engineers use the laws of physics to build thrilling water rides.
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Episode 8
Aired Jan 13, 2024
Sea, Sand and Scopes
A marine biologist shows how anemones could help save coral reefs; how to make kinetic sand; powering a light bulb with lemons; how to make a microscope at home.
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Episode 9
Aired Jan 20, 2024
Energy, Entomology and Epidermis
How to get good sleep; a closer look at some interesting insects; the science behind fiber optics; using science to formulate the perfect lotion.
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Episode 10
Aired Jan 27, 2024
Bats, Brains and Booms
A bat conservationist debunks their spooky reputation and builds bat houses; how AI is being modeled after our brain's neural networks; the shape of sound; the future of space tourism.
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Episode 11
Aired Feb 3, 2024
Crime, Cameras and Creating Toolboxes
A forensics investigator solves crimes with science; transforming a phone's camera into a macro lens; how to make a toolbox using math and engineering; the gases volcanoes emit.
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Episode 12
Aired Feb 10, 2024
Scorpions, Shade and Spills
Searching for glowing scorpions at night; clouds; making a microscope with a laser; cleaning up after a radiological accident.
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Episode 13
Aired Feb 17, 2024
Future Robots, Five Senses and Forest Fungus
A robotics engineer works to make robots more human; how synesthesia works in the brain; an industrial engineer helps build marshmallow towers; a forest entomologist saves the 'Ōhi'a tree from a harmful insect.
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Episode 14
Aired Feb 24, 2024
Folding, Fast Cars and Farming
Using origami folding techniques to create moving robots; species of animals that farm like humans; black holes; a trackside engineer communicates with cars to help race car drivers win.
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Episode 15
Aired Mar 2, 2024
Gibbons, Glowing Liquid and Geomorphology
The songs of gibbons and their meanings; creating light using chemicals; a statistician demonstrates statistics, with birthdays; the importance of permafrost.
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Episode 16
Aired Apr 13, 2024
Sensors, Smells and Sunscreen
An engineer helps robots develop a sense of touch using tactile sensors; Miranda spills the STEM Tea on frogs; a physicist tests how sunscreen blocks UV rays and, a timber tracker smells the different chemical makeups of trees.
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Episode 17
Aired Apr 20, 2024
Magnets, Maps and Math
An immunologist levitates cells in order to fight cancer; vessel Astro Athena navigates the Earth using stars; the animals living underground.
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Episode 18
Aired Apr 27, 2024
Multimeters, Melons and Molecules
Observing radioactive decay at home; a marine biologist studies beluga whales for conservation; why water is ruining electronics; exploring how molecules react to light in order to build solar panels.
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Episode 19
Aired May 4, 2024
Proteins, Pets and Plants
A bioengineering student extracts strawberry DNA and how this study could be used to cure cancer; why pets are good for people's brains; sleep paralysis; how NASA is growing fresh crops in space.
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Episode 20
Aired May 11, 2024
Tests, Technology and Thought Experiments
A neuropsychologist tests memory to study the brain; an equation to search for life on other planets; a world of inaudible animal communication; the CEO of National Geographic shows a day in her life.
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Episode 21
Aired May 18, 2024
Traps, Trash and Turbines
The biggest mammal in North America: bears; transforming astronauts' trash into fuel; creating technicolor lava; how wind turbines generate electricity.
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Episode 22
Aired May 25, 2024
Fitness, Fashion and Finding a Cure
A sports physical therapist demonstrates how exercise can help heal injuries; Alice Ball's contributions to medicine; the science behind twinkling stars; a molecular biologist creates clothing.
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Episode 23
Aired Jul 6, 2024
Dinosaurs, Dyslexia, and Diseases
A paleontologist examines bones to see what they can tell about the past; Dr. Brain talks about how dyslexia works in one's brain; how one can see what's happening in space; a microbiologist studies how diseases are passed between animals to humans.
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Episode 24
Aired Jul 13, 2024
Clouds, Cars and Camouflage
An aerospace engineer demonstrates the four forces of flight, with a hang glider; a meteorologist makes a cloud in a bottle using science; an air pollution specialist; the healthy bacteria that helps squids camouflage.
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Episode 25
Aired Jul 20, 2024
NASA, Nests and Nutrition
Sending payloads into space for science; what's going on inside a bird's nest; the food one eats; the hemispheres of the brain.
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Episode 26
Aired Jul 27, 2024
Sea Dragons, Scanners and Space Suits
A marine biologist creates specialty food for sea dragons in order to conserve their species; an archaeologist digitizes historical sites and artifacts using scanners, lasers, cameras and computers; a biomedical engineer innovates space suits.
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