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ReInventors
Would you lock yourself in a box of smog–for science?
Season 1
Episode 8
Long-term exposure to air pollution is one of the leading environmental causes of death worldwide. Researchers at the Air Pollution Exposure Lab study participants who spend two hours in a plexiglass box filled with diesel exhaust calibrated to mimic the air quality of Beijing.
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5:03
Learn about Operation Sustain, a video game that teaches kids about climate change.
4:56
Join Katie as she visits a state-of-the-art oyster nursery and learns how to slurp oysters
6:08
How can we reduce agricultural waste? Replace fish meal with mealworms.
4:48
Your hamburger choice has real consequences for the environment.
4:19
Scientists at Intellectual Ventures Laboratory are batting mosquitoes with... laser beams.
4:02
What if you could turn almost any surface into a solar panel?
4:16
A suburb just outside of Seattle hides a nuclear reactor.
3:48
A grassroots effort to develop lighter, more affordable, personal rapid transit.
4:34
A startup company in Seattle is converting food waste into electricity and fertilizer.
3:32
A scientist at Oregon State University is developing edible food packaging and coatings.