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Season 1

Season 1

August 25, 2013·40 épisodes·16h 40min
Épisodes · 40
E1

Harvesting GMO Salmon & Vertical Farms

Hosts 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.

25min·Aug 25, 2013
E2

Exo Bionic/Cancer Test

A bionic exoskeleton helping paralyzed people walk again and meet a teenage inventor of a cancer screening test.

25min·Sep 1, 2013
E3

Heart-in-a-Box/NYC Electric/NASA Kid

A 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.

25min·Sep 8, 2013
E4

Drones/Predictive Policing/Mushrooms

Explore how a remotely piloted Predator drone helped fight the Rim fire in Yosemite National Park

25min·Sep 15, 2013
E5

Face Transplants/Condors

Meet 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.

25min·Sep 22, 2013
E6

Bees/Amazon Animal/Wine

Join our expert contributors as they explore high-tech methods to artificially inseminate honey bees, which are dying in record numbers.

25min·Sep 29, 2013
E7

Back-to-School / Cow Manure

Join 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.

25min·Oct 6, 2013
E8

NASA Seac4rs / Bamboo Bikes

Phil takes a ride with NASA in a flying science lab that measures evidence of climate change.

25min·Oct 13, 2013
E9

Shark Robot/Driverless Cars/Predictive Policing

Marita goes swimming with sharks to see first-hand how a new underwater robot is tracking animal behavior in the ocean.

25min·Oct 20, 2013
E10

Concussion Tech / Mushrooms

Crystal, a nicotine researcher, investigates the science behind e-cigarettes and vape culture.

25min·Oct 27, 2013
E11

E-Cigs/Heart-in-a-Box/Foodology

Crystal, 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.

25min·Nov 1, 2013
E12

Earthquake Tech / Mosquitoes / Exo Bionic

Marita 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.

25min·Nov 17, 2013
E13

Orange Blight / Bugs as Protein / Space Boy

Phil puts his entomology chops to the test to learn how bugs may be the most overlooked protein.

25min·Nov 24, 2013
E14

Hi Tech Police / Bionic Arms / High Tech Wine

Lindsay learns how police departments are using lapel cameras and acoustic sensors to maximize efficiency and reduce crime.

25min·Dec 8, 2013
E15

PTSD / Oysters / Driverless Cars

Lindsay 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.

25min·Dec 15, 2013
E16

Exo Bionic / Cancer Test

25min·Dec 22, 2013
E17

Drones/Predictive Policing/Mushrooms

25min·Dec 29, 2013
E18

3D Printing/Texas Tech/Vertical Farms

Kosta 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.

25min·Jan 5, 2014
E19

Lungs-in-a-Box/Bamboo Bikes

Shini goes to Oklahoma to visit infamous "Tornado Alley" to see new innovations being developed to better track tornadoes and lessen the damage they cause.

25min·Jan 12, 2014
E20

DNA Pt 1/Molten Solar/Bugs as Protein

Phil travels to Peru to uncover whether a spider or mite could be constructing never-before-seen circular web structures.

25min·Jan 19, 2014
E21

DNA Testing at Home

25min·Jan 26, 2014
E22

Fountain of Youth?

25min·Feb 2, 2014
E23

Lung in a Box

25min·Feb 9, 2014
E24

Space Archaeology

25min·Feb 16, 2014
E25

Inside the CSI

25min·Feb 23, 2014
E26

The Frozen Zoo

25min·Mar 2, 2014
E27

Medical Marijuana for Kids

25min·Mar 9, 2014
E28

Designer Drugs: Legal & Lethal

25min·Mar 16, 2014
E29

Hollywood Resurrection

25min·Mar 23, 2014
E30

Eyes in the Sky

25min·Mar 30, 2014
E31

Facial recognition, faux eggs, and solar energy

Shini 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.

25min·Apr 6, 2014
E32

Survivors: Help in a Heartbeat

Testing out satellite technology that can detect a heartbeat buried under rubble.

25min·Apr 13, 2014
E33

Smoking out the Truth: E-cigarettes Exposed

New data on e-cigarettes reveals what's really in them and the secondhand smoke impact.

25min·Apr 20, 2014
E34

Sniffing Out Cancer

Taking their cue from cancer-detecting dogs, scientists work towards developing high-tech devices that can sniff out cancer early.

25min·Apr 27, 2014
E35

The Amazing Spider Web

Scientists want to harvest spider silk, which could be used to hold up bridges or create artificial body parts.

25min·May 4, 2014
E36

Frozen: Operation IceBridge

NASA observes shrinking glaciers and fast rising seas; charts impacts of climate change.

25min·May 11, 2014
E37

Science Slumber Party

Living laboratory; one of the greenest houses on earth; high-tech house may help solve climate change issues.

25min·May 18, 2014
E38

Distracted Driving

25min·May 25, 2014
E39

Farms Without Fields

25min·Jun 1, 2014
E40

Brain Hack

25min·Jun 8, 2014