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Timely and intriguing short stories about science & tech, history, global issues and the personalities at the center of it all.
Starring: Laura Burns, Laura Burns
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Timely and intriguing short stories about science & tech, history, global issues and the personalities at the center of it all.
1. Parasite Planet
Should we save parasites? These species have a bad reputation but are an essenti...
2. Ketamine: From Street Drug to Lifesaver
Depression afflicts more than 300 million people, making it the leading global c...
3. Asteroid or Alien Tech?
It was discovered on October 19th, 2017 and it was recognized as the first known...
4. African Animal Rescue
The staff of South Africa's Manyoni Private Game Reserve passionately care for s...
5. Tiny House: Living Off the Grid
What do you get when you combine a passion for tiny-house living with cutting-ed...
6. Veggie Power
Current research in nutrition points to our diet as the most important factor in...
7. The Science of Cute
Domestication shaped wolves into dogs and transformed their behavior and their a...
8. Berlin Wall Revisited
The fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9th, 1989, inevitably altered the landsc...
9. Explosion of Life
From wildflower blooms in the desert to large colonies of jellyfish off of Monte...
10. Sailing to the Stars
Solar sails, the latest in space travel technology, could one day help us reach ...
11. Bear Cub Rescue
Growing up in Montana, Casey Anderson came to appreciate wild animals at a young...
12. Search for Japan's Lost Supersub
The I-400 was one of the Imperial Japanese Navy's Sen Toku-class submarines, the...
13. The Wright Brothers: Bravery
Just over 100 years ago, a pair of brothers looked to the sky and changed the wo...
14. Growing up Hadza
Our earliest ancestors, before developing agriculture as a source of food, forme...
15. Tastes Like T-Rex
Modern birds are the most direct descendants of some of the most iconic dinosaur...
16. Antarctica Science Below Zero
Antarctica is a mysterious and unexplored continent. A group of scientists are s...
17. Octopus Encounters
The octopus is as close to an alien being as anything we've seen on Earth. From ...
18. Pompeii: Behind the Scenes
Get a sneak peek at the cutting-edge science and sophisticated Hollywood product...
19. Crisis On Apollo
On the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 13, Commander Jim Lovell and Apollo engineers ...
20. Aliens in the Pond
An alien world of bizarre creatures exists in the surface film of most lakes and...
21. Insect Apocalypse
An alarming decline in insect populations could devastate all life on earth. Wha...
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