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How Trees Pollute the Air (and Why Your Coworker's Scientific Citations Don't Mean They're Right)
Season 10
Episode 14
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Is There a Quick Fix for Ocean Acidification?
Season 10
Episode 5
The ocean is getting more and more acidic. Can we solve it by emptying a giant bottle of antacid into the ocean? No… but the idea of lowering the ocean’s acidity in order to decrease global carbon dioxide levels isn’t all bad. Let’s dive into the science behind ocean alkalinization, and how it could be one part of a larger solution to our global climate crisis.
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Alex made some kidney stones at home and tested prevention methods to keep them at bay.
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An email from a subscriber made us question everything we thought we knew about trees.
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The 15 ways that color happens. It's all about the electrons. Well, almost.
12:07
This element powers glow in the dark exit signs, keychains, and costs $30,000 per gram.
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Scientific fraud rocked the Alzheimer’s research community. Did it help point to a cure?
12:54
Alex Dainis explores whether or not your milk needs to be pasteurized. Yes, it really does.
14:04
George tests a revolutionary new way to stick stuff together.
12:02
Sometimes the difference between life-saving drug and deadly side effect is chirality.
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What happens when you eat morel mushrooms.
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WARNING: this video contains incredible macro footage of supercooled water droplets nucleating ice.
16:56
Discover why curdled milk is the key to the best cocktail you’ll ever taste.
10:13
Scientists are finding the building blocks of carbon ring structures… out in space!