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Season 1

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Science series exploring how the latest scientific discoveries are changing our lives.

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40 Episodes

  • Harvesting GMO Salmon & Vertical Farms
    E1
    Harvesting GMO Salmon & Vertical FarmsHosts ask how soon genetically modified salmon could hit your table, how NASA charts out a Mars rover's path and discover a secret garden inside Chicago's O'Hare Airport.
  • Exo Bionic/Cancer Test
    E2
    Exo Bionic/Cancer TestA bionic exoskeleton helping paralyzed people walk again and meet a teenage inventor of a cancer screening test.
  • Heart-in-a-Box/NYC Electric/NASA Kid
    E3
    Heart-in-a-Box/NYC Electric/NASA KidA new device that allows hearts and other organs to live outside the body, explore New York City's ambitious plan to convert its taxi fleet to electric cars and meet a teenager who used a 3-D printer to create a prosthetic, robotic arm.
  • Drones/Predictive Policing/Mushrooms
    E4
    Drones/Predictive Policing/MushroomsExplore how a remotely piloted Predator drone helped fight the Rim fire in Yosemite National Park
  • Face Transplants/Condors
    E5
    Face Transplants/CondorsMeet Carmen Tarleton, the seventh person in the U.S. to receive a full face transplant, as she rebuilds her life and meets the donor's daughter.
  • Bees/Amazon Animal/Wine
    E6
    Bees/Amazon Animal/WineJoin our expert contributors as they explore high-tech methods to artificially inseminate honey bees, which are dying in record numbers.
  • Back-to-School / Cow Manure
    E7
    Back-to-School / Cow ManureJoin our expert contributors as they explore new technology, including a new kind of high-density plastic that can be inserted into students' backpacks or teachers' white boards in hopes of deflecting gunfire.
  • NASA Seac4rs / Bamboo Bikes
    E8
    NASA Seac4rs / Bamboo BikesPhil takes a ride with NASA in a flying science lab that measures evidence of climate change.
  • Shark Robot/Driverless Cars/Predictive Policing
    E9
    Shark Robot/Driverless Cars/Predictive PolicingMarita goes swimming with sharks to see first-hand how a new underwater robot is tracking animal behavior in the ocean.
  • Concussion Tech / Mushrooms
    E10
    Concussion Tech / MushroomsCrystal, a nicotine researcher, investigates the science behind e-cigarettes and vape culture.
  • E-Cigs/Heart-in-a-Box/Foodology
    E11
    E-Cigs/Heart-in-a-Box/FoodologyCrystal, a nicotine researcher, investigates the science behind e-cigarettes and vape culture. Plus, Marita meets chefs and scientists teaming up to create new high-tech restaurants, and Phil gets his hands on a new device that allows hearts.
  • Earthquake Tech / Mosquitoes / Exo Bionic
    E12
    Earthquake Tech / Mosquitoes / Exo BionicMarita goes inside San Francisco's new Bay Bridge to see its innovative approach to earthquake proofing. Kosta visits a startup working to make humans invisible to mosquitoes.
  • Orange Blight / Bugs as Protein / Space Boy
    E13
    Orange Blight / Bugs as Protein / Space BoyPhil puts his entomology chops to the test to learn how bugs may be the most overlooked protein.
  • Hi Tech Police / Bionic Arms / High Tech Wine
    E14
    Hi Tech Police / Bionic Arms / High Tech WineLindsay learns how police departments are using lapel cameras and acoustic sensors to maximize efficiency and reduce crime.
  • PTSD / Oysters / Driverless Cars
    E15
    PTSD / Oysters / Driverless CarsLindsay tests out the treatments doctors and therapists are using to help soldiers diagnosed with PTSD and traumatic brain injuries, including hyperbaric oxygen therapy and virtual reality therapy.
  • Exo Bionic / Cancer Test
    E16
    Exo Bionic / Cancer Test
  • Drones/Predictive Policing/Mushrooms
    E17
    Drones/Predictive Policing/Mushrooms
  • 3D Printing/Texas Tech/Vertical Farms
    E18
    3D Printing/Texas Tech/Vertical FarmsKosta gets a look at how 3D printing can be used to make everything from home electronics to baked goods—even an artificial heart valve that expands as pediatric patients grow.
  • Lungs-in-a-Box/Bamboo Bikes
    E19
    Lungs-in-a-Box/Bamboo BikesShini goes to Oklahoma to visit infamous "Tornado Alley" to see new innovations being developed to better track tornadoes and lessen the damage they cause.
  • DNA Pt 1/Molten Solar/Bugs as Protein
    E20
    DNA Pt 1/Molten Solar/Bugs as ProteinPhil travels to Peru to uncover whether a spider or mite could be constructing never-before-seen circular web structures.
  • DNA Testing at Home
    E21
    DNA Testing at Home
  • Fountain of Youth?
    E22
    Fountain of Youth?
  • Lung in a Box
    E23
    Lung in a Box
  • Space Archaeology
    E24
    Space Archaeology
  • Inside the CSI
    E25
    Inside the CSI
  • The Frozen Zoo
    E26
    The Frozen Zoo
  • Medical Marijuana for Kids
    E27
    Medical Marijuana for Kids
  • Designer Drugs: Legal & Lethal
    E28
    Designer Drugs: Legal & Lethal
  • Hollywood Resurrection
    E29
    Hollywood Resurrection
  • Eyes in the Sky
    E30
    Eyes in the Sky
  • Facial recognition, faux eggs, and solar energy
    E31
    Facial recognition, faux eggs, and solar energyShini reports on facial recognition software used for law enforcement—and nightclubs. Marita visits a San Francisco lab working to build a better, plant-based egg substitute. Plus Kyle visits a solar field in Nevada.
  • Survivors: Help in a Heartbeat
    E32
    Survivors: Help in a HeartbeatTesting out satellite technology that can detect a heartbeat buried under rubble.
  • Smoking out the Truth: E-cigarettes Exposed
    E33
    Smoking out the Truth: E-cigarettes ExposedNew data on e-cigarettes reveals what's really in them and the secondhand smoke impact.
  • Sniffing Out Cancer
    E34
    Sniffing Out CancerTaking their cue from cancer-detecting dogs, scientists work towards developing high-tech devices that can sniff out cancer early.
  • The Amazing Spider Web
    E35
    The Amazing Spider WebScientists want to harvest spider silk, which could be used to hold up bridges or create artificial body parts.
  • Frozen: Operation IceBridge
    E36
    Frozen: Operation IceBridgeNASA observes shrinking glaciers and fast rising seas; charts impacts of climate change.
  • Science Slumber Party
    E37
    Science Slumber PartyLiving laboratory; one of the greenest houses on earth; high-tech house may help solve climate change issues.
  • Distracted Driving
    E38
    Distracted Driving
  • Farms Without Fields
    E39
    Farms Without Fields
  • Brain Hack
    E40
    Brain Hack

Cast of Season 1

  • Phil TorresSelf - Host
  • Cara Santa MariaSelf - Correspondent

 

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