Be Smart - Season 13 / Year 2024

Season 13 / Year 2024

Episodes

Maybe We've Already Made First Contact…

Why NASA Punched an Asteroid

This Is How We'll Clean Up Space Junk

Why Solar Eclipses Are Such a Big Deal

How the Heck Do you Measure an Entire UNIVERSE?

Can Humans Talk to Whales? This Might Let Us...

Computers Can Predict When You're Going to Die… Here's How

The Surprising Power of Sex in Evolution

The Real (Weird) Way We See Numbers

Why trees look like rivers and also blood vessels and also lightning…

Why Do We See Faces In Everything?

The Sun is NOT the Center of the Solar System

Why Do We HATE Certain Sounds?

Why Do We Vote? It's Not For the Reasons You Think…

Why Don't Humans Hibernate?

Camouflage Isn't What It Appears To Be

How To Turn Dead People Into Diamonds

Why Useless Knowledge Can Be So Useful

What Synesthesia Feels Like
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