Be Smart

Season 2015

Joe Hanson, Ph.D. is a curious group of atoms in a curious universe, and he's here to tell you how it all works.

Where to Watch Season 2015

61 Episodes

  • Does My Dog Know What I'm Thinking?
    E1
    Does My Dog Know What I'm Thinking?
  • How Many Smells Can You Smell?
    E2
    How Many Smells Can You Smell?How do we smell? Great! Thanks for asking!
  • There's No Such Thing As Cold
    E3
    There's No Such Thing As ColdIf cold isn't real, then how can I feel it?
  • 5 Weird Involuntary Behaviors Explained!
    E4
    5 Weird Involuntary Behaviors Explained!Yawns, hiccups, twitchy eyes (and more) explained!
  • What is Déjà Vu?!
    E5
    What is Déjà Vu?!I feel like I've seen this video before…
  • How Many Heartbeats Do We Get?
    E6
    How Many Heartbeats Do We Get?Science really gets my heart going…
  • Why Vaccines Work
    E7
    Why Vaccines WorkA dose of reality about vaccines…
  • Why Does February Only Have 28 Days?
    E8
    Why Does February Only Have 28 Days?It's not the size of the month that matters…
  • Attack of the Zombie Parasites!
    E9
    Attack of the Zombie Parasites!Did someone say BRAAAAAINS…?
  • What Color is the Universe?
    E10
    What Color is the Universe?Hint: It's not black
  • How Many Stars Are There?
    E11
    How Many Stars Are There?Counting stars from the shore of the cosmic ocean…
  • %$?# Allergies!
    E12
    %$?# Allergies!It's the season for sneezin'!
  • The Recipe For Life…
    E13
    The Recipe For Life…We're cookin' in the primordial kitchen!
  • Antibiotic Resistance and the Rise of Superbugs
    E14
    Antibiotic Resistance and the Rise of SuperbugsOG Title: Superbugs: The Empire Strikes Bacteria
  • Is Ultron Inevitable?
    E15
    Is Ultron Inevitable?
  • Could We Clone Ourselves?
    E16
    Could We Clone Ourselves?Just be yourself! Or be your other self. Whichever.
  • What's The Loudest Possible Sound?
    E17
    What's The Loudest Possible Sound?It’s definitely higher than “11”
  • Does The Moon Really Orbit The Earth?
    E18
    Does The Moon Really Orbit The Earth?What holds the moon up? Moonbeams!
  • The Essentials of Energy
    E19
    The Essentials of Energy
  • When Will We Stop Using Oil?
    E20
    When Will We Stop Using Oil?OG Title: Will We Ever Run Out Of Oil?
  • The Surprising Places We Waste Energy
    E21
    The Surprising Places We Waste Energy
  • Did Dinosaurs Really Go Extinct?
    E22
    Did Dinosaurs Really Go Extinct?Welcome to… Jurassic Pluck
  • WHICH CAME FIRST - FLOWERS OR BEES?
    E23
    WHICH CAME FIRST - FLOWERS OR BEES?Stop and smell the flowers… and watch this video
  • Why Are The Bees Dying?
    E24
    Why Are The Bees Dying?
  • How Thomas Jefferson Saved America With a Dead Moose
    E25
    How Thomas Jefferson Saved America With a Dead MooseOG Title: Thomas Jefferson And The Giant Moose
  • How Does A Canyon Become Grand?
    E26
    How Does A Canyon Become Grand?
  • Your Salad Is Trying To Kill You
    E27
    Your Salad Is Trying To Kill You
  • Why Are Cicadas So Good At Math?
    E28
    Why Are Cicadas So Good At Math?
  • Why Do We Laugh?
    E29
    Why Do We Laugh?
  • What is Fire?
    E30
    What is Fire?
  • What Has New Horizons Taught Us About Pluto?
    E31
    What Has New Horizons Taught Us About Pluto?
  • Amazing Facts About Whales!
    E32
    Amazing Facts About Whales!
  • How Humans Ruined and Rescued an Ocean Paradise
    E33
    How Humans Ruined and Rescued an Ocean ParadiseOriginal Title: The Ruin and Rise of Monterey Bay
  • Cuttlefish - Tentacles In Disguise
    E34
    Cuttlefish - Tentacles In Disguise
  • My Date With A Giant Pacific Octopus!
    E35
    My Date With A Giant Pacific Octopus!
  • Are Jellyfish the Weirdest Animals In the Ocean?
    E36
    Are Jellyfish the Weirdest Animals In the Ocean?OG Title: I Don't Think You're Ready for These Jellies
  • 8 Incredible Deep Sea Oddities!
    E37
    8 Incredible Deep Sea Oddities!
  • Inside an ADORABLE Sea Otter Adoption Program!
    E38
    Inside an ADORABLE Sea Otter Adoption Program!A Sea Otter's Adorable Adoption Story
  • Fact vs. Theory vs. Hypothesis vs. Law… EXPLAINED!
    E39
    Fact vs. Theory vs. Hypothesis vs. Law… EXPLAINED!Theory vs. Hypothesis vs. Law… Explained!
  • Why Do We Have To Sleep?
    E40
    Why Do We Have To Sleep?
  • El Niño and Why It's So Hard To Predict the Weather
    E41
    El Niño and Why It's So Hard To Predict the Weather
  • What Color Is The Moon?
    E42
    What Color Is The Moon?
  • How To Hit A Fastball (According to Science!!!)
    E43
    How To Hit A Fastball (According to Science!!!)
  • Do Other Animals Mourn Their Dead? (ft. BrainCraft and Gross Science!)
    E44
    Do Other Animals Mourn Their Dead? (ft. BrainCraft and Gross Science!)Do Animals Mourn Their Dead (ft. BrainCraft and Gross Science!)
  • Explaining Lunar Eclipses and the SUPER BLOOD MOON!
    E45
    Explaining Lunar Eclipses and the SUPER BLOOD MOON!This is a SUPER BLOOD MOON! Lunar Eclipses Explained
  • Riding In a Hot Air Balloon Shaped Like a Pig… For SCIENCE
    E46
    Riding In a Hot Air Balloon Shaped Like a Pig… For SCIENCEThe REAL Physics of Hot Air Balloons!
  • How The Placebo Effect Tricks Your Brain
    E47
    How The Placebo Effect Tricks Your BrainThe Strange Science of the Placebo Effect
  • Can Coral Reefs Survive Climate Change #OursToLose
    E48
    Can Coral Reefs Survive Climate Change #OursToLose
  • Could Planet Minecraft Actually Exist
    E49
    Could Planet Minecraft Actually Exist
  • What Is Evolution, Anyway - 12 Days of Evolution #1
    E50
    What Is Evolution, Anyway - 12 Days of Evolution #1
  • Is Evolution Random - 12 Days of Evolution #2
    E51
    Is Evolution Random - 12 Days of Evolution #2
  • Have We Ever Seen Evolution Happen - 12 Days of Evolution #3
    E52
    Have We Ever Seen Evolution Happen - 12 Days of Evolution #3
  • Can Evolution Make an Eye - 12 Days of Evolution #4
    E53
    Can Evolution Make an Eye - 12 Days of Evolution #4
  • Have We Ever Seen A New Species Arise - 12 Days of Evolution #5
    E54
    Have We Ever Seen A New Species Arise - 12 Days of Evolution #5
  • Evolution Is Dumb - 12 Days of Evolution #6
    E55
    Evolution Is Dumb - 12 Days of Evolution #6
  • Why Do Men Have Nipples - 12 Days of Evolution #7
    E56
    Why Do Men Have Nipples - 12 Days of Evolution #7
  • Does Evolution Violate the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics - 12 Days of Evolution #8
    E57
    Does Evolution Violate the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics - 12 Days of Evolution #8
  • Can Evolution Create Information - 12 Days of Evolution #9
    E58
    Can Evolution Create Information - 12 Days of Evolution #9
  • Why Are There Still Monkeys? - 12 Days of Evolution #10
    E59
    Why Are There Still Monkeys? - 12 Days of Evolution #10
  • Are Humans Still Evolving - 12 Days of Evolution #11
    E60
    Are Humans Still Evolving - 12 Days of Evolution #11
  • Does Evolution Have a Point? 12 Days of Evolution #12
    E61
    Does Evolution Have a Point? 12 Days of Evolution #12

 

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