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Why Do We Lie?

Why Do We Lie?

Season 8 Episode 26
16:43
Visualizing Herd Immunity

Visualizing Herd Immunity

Season 8 Episode 27
14:49
Why Don't Big Animals Get More Cancer?

Why Don't Big Animals Get More Cancer?

Season 10 Episode 2
9:42
How Illusions Can Explain Reality

How Illusions Can Explain Reality

Season 10 Episode 4
19:07
Are Humans Still Evolving?

Are Humans Still Evolving?

Season 10 Episode 5
10:41
Why You Can’t Smell Yourself?

Why You Can’t Smell Yourself?

Season 10 Episode 7
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Why is Puberty so Weird?

Why is Puberty so Weird?

Season 10 Episode 10
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It's Okay to Be Smart

Glass is Solid… So Why Is It Clear?

Season 8 Episode 25

Glass is made of sand, which is a kind of rock. But glass is transparent, and rocks aren’t transparent. What’s up with that? Why is glass clear? And why can I sit on a chair? And why can we touch anything? Today we zoom down to the weird world of electron clouds and quantum touching to find the answers.