Seasons

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E1

Spinal Surgery, Singing and Searching for the Ocean

Aired Oct 4, 2025

A veterinary neurologist shows how to repair spinal fractures; the math behind the music; Dr. Brain busts common myths about the mind; how one expert explores the ocean's depths.

30 min
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E2

Bots, Bioengineering and Bacteria

Aired Oct 11, 2025

A high school robotics team participates in a competition; a bioengineer user titration to find out how much vitamin C is in three different juices; why foxes scream; Nabeel goes cave diving to find new microbes.

30 min
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E3

Blacksmithing, Bone Histology and Better Diagnostics

Aired Oct 18, 2025

The science behind blacksmithing; how climate change is impacting the oceans; bone histology; a woman creating a diagnostic lab in a suitcase.

30 min
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E4

Touching, Talking and Taking Care of Giraffes

Aired Oct 25, 2025

A computer scientist making virtual reality one can feel; Dr. Brain explains how one's mind uses language; a cosmetic chemist makes cream blush; how to care for the world's tallest land mammal, the giraffe.

30 min
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E5

Mentorship, Music, and Methods of Observation

Aired Nov 1, 2025

Discovering how valuable mentorship in STEM can be; how musical instruments use science to make noise; Protecting your teeth from demineralization; Fig goes kayaking to find out more about observational research.

30 min
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E6

Delta Waves, Deodorant, and Dazzling Metal Work

Aired Nov 8, 2025

Fig meets a neuroscientist studying whether dancing can impact one's brainwaves; the sweet science behind sweat; a STEM educator shows how music and math are basically the same; Erica finds a lot of science at a blacksmithing forge.

30 min
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E7

Cheese, Creating Porus Scaffolds and Clean Water

Aired Nov 15, 2025

A scientist who specializes in cheese making; the secrets of porous scaffolding; a group of women known as the Harvard Computers; how wildfires can impact groundwater.

30 min
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E8

Sports Injuries, Solving Biases and Skunks

Aired Nov 22, 2025

Three women saving professional soccer stars from ACL injuries; how brains handle biases; warning colorations on animals; crystals in nuclear fusion.

30 min
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E9

Flavors, Fossils and Finding Cures

Aired Dec 27, 2025
30 min
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E10

Cats, Chemistry and Climate Change

Aired Jan 24, 2026

How desert cats survive in harsh environments; a bioengineer uses chemistry to find how much vitamin C is in her juice; how climate change is impacting the oceans; environmental dangers.

30 min
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E11

Dating, Dinos and Dinners of the Future

Aired Jan 31, 2026

A high school robotics team participates in a robotics competition; how animals "date" in the wild kingdom; bone histology; how to use insects to reduce meat consumption.

30 min
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E12

Skincare Routines, Self Identity and Singing Robots

Aired Feb 7, 2026

The technology that's changing the future of cosmetic clinical trials; the neuroscience behind how one sees themselves; robots that play songs; learning about telescopes from an astrophysicist.

30 min
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E13

Science of Cheesemaking, Soft Circuits and Soccer

Aired Feb 14, 2026

Erica heads to Wisconsin to meet a scientist who specializes in cheese making. Dr. Brain busts common myths about our minds. Computer engineer Christina Ernst explains the magic of e-textiles, or "soft" circuits. And we meet three women saving professional soccer stars from ACL injuries.

30 min
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E14

Noggins, Nucleotides, and Nuclear Fusion

Aired Feb 21, 2026

How engineers crash test sports gear like helmets; the neuroscience behind one's assumptions; a bioengineer shows how PCR tests work; a woman making nuclear fusion a reality.

30 min
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E15

Putting, Paleontology, and Perfecting Code

Aired Feb 28, 2026

How understanding math can make one better at golf; the tech that helps study fossils; using one's brain to help control emotions; a woman encouraging young girls to get creative with computer coding.

30 min