Episode 1
Aired Oct 4, 2025
Spinal Surgery, Singing and Searching for the Ocean
A veterinary neurologist shows how to repair spinal fractures; the math behind the music; Dr. Brain busts common myths about the mind; how one expert explores the ocean's depths.
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Episode 2
Aired Oct 11, 2025
Bots, Bioengineering and Bacteria
A high school robotics team participate in a competition; a bioengineer uses titration to find out how much vitamin C is in three different juices; why foxes scream; Nabeel goes cave diving to find new microbes.
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Episode 3
Aired Oct 18, 2025
Blacksmithing, Bone Histology and Better Diagnostics
The science behind blacksmithing; how climate change is impacting the oceans; bone histology; a woman creating a diagnostic lab in a suitcase.
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Episode 4
Aired Oct 25, 2025
Touching, Talking and Taking Care of Giraffes
A computer scientist making virtual reality one can feel; Dr. Brain explains how one's mind uses language; a cosmetic chemist makes cream blush; how to care for the world's tallest land mammal, the giraffe.
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Episode 5
Aired Nov 1, 2025
Mentorship, Music, and Methods of Observation
Discovering how valuable mentorship in STEM can be; how musical instruments use science to make noise; Protecting your teeth from demineralization; Fig goes kayaking to find out more about observational research.
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Episode 6
Aired Nov 8, 2025
Delta Waves, Deodorant, and Dazzling Metal Work
Fig meets a neuroscientist studying whether dancing can impact one's brainwaves; the sweet science behind sweat; a STEM educator shows how music and math are basically the same; Erica finds a lot of science at a blacksmithing forge.
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Episode 7
Aired Nov 15, 2025
Cheese, Creating Porus Scaffolds and Clean Water
A scientist who specializes in cheese making; the secrets of porous scaffolding; a group of women known as the Harvard Computers; how wildfires can impact groundwater.
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Episode 8
Aired Nov 22, 2025
Sports Injuries, Solving Biases and Skunks
Three women saving professional soccer stars from ACL injuries; how brains handle biases; warning colorations on animals; crystals in nuclear fusion.
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Episode 9
Aired Dec 27, 2025
Flavors, Fossils, and Finding Cures
A flavor chemist who uses chemistry to create tasty treats; ancient bird-like dinosaur archaeopteryx; the neuroscience behind he fear of failure; a pediatric cardiologist shows how a hologram of a patient's heart can help with performing surgery.
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Episode 10
Aired Jan 24, 2026
Cats, Chemistry and Climate Change
How desert cats survive in harsh environments; a bioengineer uses chemistry to find how much vitamin C is in her juice; how climate change is impacting the oceans; environmental dangers.
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Episode 11
Aired Jan 31, 2026
Dating, Dinos and Dinners of the Future
A high school robotics team participates in a robotics competition; how animals "date" in the wild kingdom; bone histology; how to use insects to reduce meat consumption.
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Episode 12
Aired Feb 7, 2026
Skincare Routines, Self Identity and Singing Robots
The technology that's changing the future of cosmetic clinical trials; the neuroscience behind how one sees themselves; robots that play songs; learning about telescopes from an astrophysicist.
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Episode 13
Aired Feb 14, 2026
Science of Cheesemaking, Soft Circuits, and Soccer
A scientist who specializes in making cheese; common myths about one's mind; the magic of e-textiles, or "soft" circuits; saving professional soccer stars from ACL injuries.
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Episode 14
Aired Feb 21, 2026
Noggins, Nucleotides, and Nuclear Fusion
How engineers crash test sports gear like helmets; the neuroscience behind one's assumptions; a bioengineer shows how PCR tests work; a woman making nuclear fusion a reality.
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Episode 15
Aired Feb 28, 2026
Putting, Paleontology, and Perfecting Code
How understanding math can make one better at golf; the tech that helps study fossils; using one's brain to help control emotions; a woman encouraging young girls to get creative with computer coding.
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Episode 16
Aired Apr 11, 2026
Changing Bacteria, Color Theory, and Cute Opossums
A woman edits bacteria DNA with CRISPR technology; the chemistry of teeth whitening; North America's only native marsupial; sports medicine physician Dr. Monica Rho.
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Episode 17
Aired Apr 18, 2026
Surgeries, Scaffolds, and Short Games
A veterinary neurologist shows how she repairs spinal fractures; the neuroscience behind why one is afraid of failure; the future of medicine; how math can help one's short game in golf.
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Episode 18
Aired Apr 25, 2026
Chemistry of Neon, Concussions, and Computer Engineering
The science behind creating neon signs; the tools one needs to do paleontology fieldwork; how one's brain reacts to pain; a computer engineer working with AI.
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Episode 19
Aired May 2, 2026
Conserving Artwork, Catalase Enzymes, and Counting Seconds
The science and technology used to conserve paintings; why time flies when one is having fun; a bioengineer teaches about enzymes; how child life specialists help sick kids in hospitals feel better through the power of play.
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Episode 20
Aired May 9, 2026
Faces, Foxes, and Finding Your Voice
The technology that's changing the future of cosmetic clinical trials; fox vocalizations; the neuroscience behind stress; a vocologist who helps actors with their vocal range.
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Episode 21
Aired May 16, 2026
Bright Bacteria, Bird Fossils, and Building a Better Future in Tech
A woman editing bacteria with CRISPR gene technology; one of the world's oldest birds -- the archaeopteryx; how to make the most of one's stargazing; how an organization is making tech more inclusive.
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Episode 22
Aired May 23, 2026
Creating Catastrophes, Creeping Rocks, and Cute Snakes
A physicist who creates disasters to help save lives; the mysterious walking rocks of Death Valley; learning about snakes; how studying music in school helped one woman find her way toward a career in STEM.
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Episode 23
Aired Jul 4, 2026
Bugs, Brain Food and Brilliant Gemstones
An entomologist studies how environments affect insects; instruments engineered to mimic the sounds of nature; how food fuels our brains; how a gemologist uses chemistry, physics and math to determine if gemstones are real or imposters.
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Episode 24
Aired Jul 11, 2026
Studying Music, Seeing Skunks and Smashing Helmets
How studying music in school helped one woman find her way toward a career in STEM; warning colorations on animals; the science behind keeping teeth strong; how engineers crash-test sports gear like helmets.
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Episode 25
Aired Jul 18, 2026
Catching Neutrinos, Climate Science and Child Life Development
Nabeel goes deep underground to search for tiny particles known as neutrinos; looking at the smarter side of raccoons; atmospheric scientist Maiya May shares how climate change is warming our oceans; discovering how child life specialists help sick kids in hospitals feel better through the power of play.
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Episode 26
Airs Jul 25
Preparing for Disasters, Paleontology and Preserving Paintings
How creating disasters can help save lives; coding robots to play "Chopsticks"; learning about the tools in a paleontology field kit; Mina Porell and Dr. Rosie Grayburn teach about the science and technology used to analyze and conserve paintings.
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