About this season
Science series exploring how the latest scientific discoveries are changing our lives.
Episodes (40)
1. Harvesting GMO Salmon & Vertical Farms
Aired 25 August 2013 • 25 min
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. Exo Bionic/Cancer Test
Aired 1 September 2013 • 25 min
A bionic exoskeleton helping paralyzed people walk again and meet a teenage inventor of a cancer screening test.
3. Heart-in-a-Box/NYC Electric/NASA Kid
Aired 8 September 2013 • 25 min
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. Drones/Predictive Policing/Mushrooms
Aired 15 September 2013 • 25 min
Explore how a remotely piloted Predator drone helped fight the Rim fire in Yosemite National Park
5. Face Transplants/Condors
Aired 22 September 2013 • 25 min
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. Bees/Amazon Animal/Wine
Aired 29 September 2013 • 25 min
Join our expert contributors as they explore high-tech methods to artificially inseminate honey bees, which are dying in record numbers.
7. Back-to-School / Cow Manure
Aired 6 October 2013 • 25 min
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. NASA Seac4rs / Bamboo Bikes
Aired 13 October 2013 • 25 min
Phil takes a ride with NASA in a flying science lab that measures evidence of climate change.
9. Shark Robot/Driverless Cars/Predictive Policing
Aired 20 October 2013 • 25 min
Marita goes swimming with sharks to see first-hand how a new underwater robot is tracking animal behavior in the ocean.
10. Concussion Tech / Mushrooms
Aired 27 October 2013 • 25 min
Crystal, a nicotine researcher, investigates the science behind e-cigarettes and vape culture.
11. E-Cigs/Heart-in-a-Box/Foodology
Aired 1 November 2013 • 25 min
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. Earthquake Tech / Mosquitoes / Exo Bionic
Aired 17 November 2013 • 25 min
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. Orange Blight / Bugs as Protein / Space Boy
Aired 24 November 2013 • 25 min
Phil puts his entomology chops to the test to learn how bugs may be the most overlooked protein.
14. Hi Tech Police / Bionic Arms / High Tech Wine
Aired 8 December 2013 • 25 min
Lindsay learns how police departments are using lapel cameras and acoustic sensors to maximize efficiency and reduce crime.
15. PTSD / Oysters / Driverless Cars
Aired 15 December 2013 • 25 min
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. Exo Bionic / Cancer Test
Aired 22 December 2013 • 25 min
17. Drones/Predictive Policing/Mushrooms
Aired 29 December 2013 • 25 min
18. 3D Printing/Texas Tech/Vertical Farms
Aired 5 January 2014 • 25 min
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. Lungs-in-a-Box/Bamboo Bikes
Aired 12 January 2014 • 25 min
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. DNA Pt 1/Molten Solar/Bugs as Protein
Aired 19 January 2014 • 25 min
Phil travels to Peru to uncover whether a spider or mite could be constructing never-before-seen circular web structures.
21. DNA Testing at Home
Aired 26 January 2014 • 25 min
22. Fountain of Youth?
Aired 2 February 2014 • 25 min
23. Lung in a Box
Aired 9 February 2014 • 25 min
24. Space Archaeology
Aired 16 February 2014 • 25 min
25. Inside the CSI
Aired 23 February 2014 • 25 min
26. The Frozen Zoo
Aired 2 March 2014 • 25 min
27. Medical Marijuana for Kids
Aired 9 March 2014 • 25 min
28. Designer Drugs: Legal & Lethal
Aired 16 March 2014 • 25 min
29. Hollywood Resurrection
Aired 23 March 2014 • 25 min
30. Eyes in the Sky
Aired 30 March 2014 • 25 min
31. Facial recognition, faux eggs, and solar energy
Aired 6 April 2014 • 25 min
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. Survivors: Help in a Heartbeat
Aired 13 April 2014 • 25 min
Testing out satellite technology that can detect a heartbeat buried under rubble.
33. Smoking out the Truth: E-cigarettes Exposed
Aired 20 April 2014 • 25 min
New data on e-cigarettes reveals what's really in them and the secondhand smoke impact.
34. Sniffing Out Cancer
Aired 27 April 2014 • 25 min
Taking their cue from cancer-detecting dogs, scientists work towards developing high-tech devices that can sniff out cancer early.
35. The Amazing Spider Web
Aired 4 May 2014 • 25 min
Scientists want to harvest spider silk, which could be used to hold up bridges or create artificial body parts.
36. Frozen: Operation IceBridge
Aired 11 May 2014 • 25 min
NASA observes shrinking glaciers and fast rising seas; charts impacts of climate change.
37. Science Slumber Party
Aired 18 May 2014 • 25 min
Living laboratory; one of the greenest houses on earth; high-tech house may help solve climate change issues.
38. Distracted Driving
Aired 25 May 2014 • 25 min
39. Farms Without Fields
Aired 1 June 2014 • 25 min
40. Brain Hack
Aired 8 June 2014 • 25 min