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Camouflage Isn't What It Appears To Be

Camouflage Isn't What It Appears To Be

Season 12 Episode 15
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Why Don’t Humans Hibernate?

Why Don’t Humans Hibernate?

Season 12 Episode 14
11:17
The Paradox of Voting

The Paradox of Voting

Season 12 Episode 13
12:40
Could You Be a Chimera? (ASL)

Could You Be a Chimera? (ASL)

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9:43
Why Do We Itch (ASL)

Why Do We Itch (ASL)

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Why Do We Hate Certain Sounds

Why Do We Hate Certain Sounds

Season 12 Episode 12
16:27
Why You See Faces in Things

Why You See Faces in Things

Season 12 Episode 10
10:23
The Real (Weird) Way We See Numbers

The Real (Weird) Way We See Numbers

Season 12 Episode 8
15:25
Can AI Help Us Talk to Whales?

Can AI Help Us Talk to Whales?

Season 12 Episode 5
21:33
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As we get ready to watch that big football game that my lawyers tell me I’m not allowed to say the name of, let’s celebrate a champion of the bird world: Stealthy and silent owls!

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Camouflage Isn't What It Appears To Be
11:20
Learn nature’s ultimate game of hide-and-seek, and the way to win this game is all in the brain.
Why Don’t Humans Hibernate?
11:17
Nature has had to come up with some crazy ways to survive winter. None are weirder than hibernation.
The Paradox of Voting
12:40
Political scientist Don Green joins Joe to figure out the complex psychological and social factors t
Why Do We Hate Certain Sounds
16:27
Why do certain sounds make some of us so upset?!
The Sun is NOT the Center of the Solar System
11:43
Despite what you may have heard or learned in school, the sun is NOT the center of the solar system.
Why You See Faces in Things
10:23
People see faces everywhere thanks to a quirk of the brain called visual pareidolia.
Why trees look like rivers and also blood vessels and also lightning…
10:00
Why do the same, self-repeating patterns appear in trees, rivers, lightning, and even our bodies?
The Real (Weird) Way We See Numbers
15:25
Our animal brains deal with quantities in very specific, and fascinating, ways.
Computers Can Predict When You're Going to Die… Here's How
12:54
Can new technologies make death prediction even more accurate?
Can AI Help Us Talk to Whales?
21:33
AI may help us talk to whales soon. But should we?!
Measuring the Universe With a 14-Billion Light-Year Ruler
10:40
The cosmic distance ladder is the world’s longest ruler, built to measure the universe.
Why the 2024 Solar Eclipse is Such a Big Deal
15:17
On April 8, North America is getting a total solar eclipse. Here’s what you need to know.
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