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Season 1

2013 · 40 episodes

  1. 1. Harvesting GMO Salmon & Vertical Farms

    2013-08-25 · 25m

    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.

  2. 2. Exo Bionic/Cancer Test

    2013-09-01 · 25m

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

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

    2013-09-08 · 25m

    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.

  4. 4. Drones/Predictive Policing/Mushrooms

    2013-09-15 · 25m

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

  5. 5. Face Transplants/Condors

    2013-09-22 · 25m

    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.

  6. 6. Bees/Amazon Animal/Wine

    2013-09-29 · 25m

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

  7. 7. Back-to-School / Cow Manure

    2013-10-06 · 25m

    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.

  8. 8. NASA Seac4rs / Bamboo Bikes

    2013-10-13 · 25m

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

  9. 9. Shark Robot/Driverless Cars/Predictive Policing

    2013-10-20 · 25m

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

  10. 10. Concussion Tech / Mushrooms

    2013-10-27 · 25m

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

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

    2013-11-01 · 25m

    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.

  12. 12. Earthquake Tech / Mosquitoes / Exo Bionic

    2013-11-17 · 25m

    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.

  13. 13. Orange Blight / Bugs as Protein / Space Boy

    2013-11-24 · 25m

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

  14. 14. Hi Tech Police / Bionic Arms / High Tech Wine

    2013-12-08 · 25m

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

  15. 15. PTSD / Oysters / Driverless Cars

    2013-12-15 · 25m

    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.

  16. 16. Exo Bionic / Cancer Test

    2013-12-22 · 25m

  17. 17. Drones/Predictive Policing/Mushrooms

    2013-12-29 · 25m

  18. 18. 3D Printing/Texas Tech/Vertical Farms

    2014-01-05 · 25m

    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.

  19. 19. Lungs-in-a-Box/Bamboo Bikes

    2014-01-12 · 25m

    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.

  20. 20. DNA Pt 1/Molten Solar/Bugs as Protein

    2014-01-19 · 25m

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

  21. 21. DNA Testing at Home

    2014-01-26 · 25m

  22. 22. Fountain of Youth?

    2014-02-02 · 25m

  23. 23. Lung in a Box

    2014-02-09 · 25m

  24. 24. Space Archaeology

    2014-02-16 · 25m

  25. 25. Inside the CSI

    2014-02-23 · 25m

  26. 26. The Frozen Zoo

    2014-03-02 · 25m

  27. 27. Medical Marijuana for Kids

    2014-03-09 · 25m

  28. 28. Designer Drugs: Legal & Lethal

    2014-03-16 · 25m

  29. 29. Hollywood Resurrection

    2014-03-23 · 25m

  30. 30. Eyes in the Sky

    2014-03-30 · 25m

  31. 31. Facial recognition, faux eggs, and solar energy

    2014-04-06 · 25m

    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.

  32. 32. Survivors: Help in a Heartbeat

    2014-04-13 · 25m

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

  33. 33. Smoking out the Truth: E-cigarettes Exposed

    2014-04-20 · 25m

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

  34. 34. Sniffing Out Cancer

    2014-04-27 · 25m

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

  35. 35. The Amazing Spider Web

    2014-05-04 · 25m

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

  36. 36. Frozen: Operation IceBridge

    2014-05-11 · 25m

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

  37. 37. Science Slumber Party

    2014-05-18 · 25m

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

  38. 38. Distracted Driving

    2014-05-25 · 25m

  39. 39. Farms Without Fields

    2014-06-01 · 25m

  40. 40. Brain Hack

    2014-06-08 · 25m

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