All Episodes

How do we control wildfires? The surprising facts

Can we ever go faster than the speed of light?

Why do we need to save the bees?

The Age Of Resilience

Could we have domesticated a T-Rex?

The Age Of Resilience

The History of Transplant Surgery

Could we have domesticated a T-Rex?

Life's Last Bow

Standing Up for Sex

Dinosaurs in Flight

The Great Permian Catastrophe

A Song of Fire and Ice

Bonus: Virgin Galactic and the Making of a Modern Astronaut

397 - The Devastating Collapse of the Arecibo Telescope

238 - When Does Your Intelligence Peak?

305 - Does CBD Oil Work? The Science Behind Cannabidiol

396 - Wait a Minute! How Am I Still Getting Sick on Lockdown?

395 - How to Conceive a Boy or a Girl (According to Science)

394 - Can we ever go faster than the speed of light?

393 - Is Melatonin Safe? Should You Stop Taking It?

392 - How We Know a Supermassive Black Hole Lurks in the Center of Our Galaxy

391 - Phobias and Fears—Can You Literally Be Scared to Death?

390 - What Happens to Saltwater Fish in Fresh Water?

389 - What Are the Coldest and Hottest Temperatures Possible?

388 - Astronomers Found a Sign of Life on Venus—What Does It Mean?

387 - How Do We Control Wildfires? The Surprising Facts

386 - What Is a Derecho? A Meteorologist Explains

385 - Why Do We Need to Save the Bees?

384 - Did Scientists Just Unravel One Mystery of Stonehenge?

383 - What Does Your Blood Type Mean? How Rare Is Yours?

382 - Emotional, Irritated, Faking It—Why Do Humans Cry?

381 - Wearing a Mask During Coronavirus—Separating Myths from Facts

380 - Can Nukes Actually Stop a Devastating Hurricane?

379 - Is It Aliens? A Science Writer On UFOs and Her Visit to Area 51

243 - 8 Rules for Picking the Right Sunscreen According to Science

378 - Without Plate Tectonics, Earth Might Not Support Life

377 - Did a Virus Make Us Mammals?

376 - Has NASA Found a Parallel Universe?

375 - "Is Takeout Safe?" and Other Food Safety Questions

374 - Subterranean Rivers—Water Flowing Underground

373 - Why Is a NASA Spacecraft Currently Orbiting an Asteroid?

372 - Can I visit just one other family while social distancing?

371 - What Is the Air Quality Like Near You?

370 - What's the Difference Between Germs, Bacteria, and Viruses?

369 - Is Pollution Clearing While We're Staying Home?

368 - Coronavirus Myths and Facts with Epidemics Expert Dr. Jonathan Quick

174 - How Are Seasonal Flu Vaccines Made?

367 - How Can I Sanitize My Smartphone and My House?

366 - What Is a Chimera? Could You Be One?

365 - The Science of Composting

364 - How Long Would It Take to Fall Through the Earth?

363 - Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse

362 - The Science of Soulmates

361 - What You Need to Know About the Coronavirus

360 - Stars Are Suns, Suns Are Bright—So, Why Is the Night Sky Dark?

359 - Why Do Skunks Smell so Bad and What Can You Do About It?

273 - The Fascinating Physics of Figure Skating

358 - Science Says It Takes This Long to Form a Habit

206 - Why and How Do Smells Trigger Memories?

357 - Fun Snowy Science Experiments

356 - Is Astrology Real? Here's What Science Says

355 - Do You Have What It Takes to Be an Astronaut?

354 - Have Scientists Discovered a Fifth Force?

353 - Can You Still Get the Plague?

352 - Can Science Explain Our Obsession With Pumpkin Spice?

351 - What's in the Mariana Trench?

350 - What's the Science Behind Why We Hiccup?

349 - 5 Real-Life Monsters to Fuel Your Nightmares

348 - How Can You Tell If You Have Perfect Pitch?

347- Can Science Explain Deja Vu?

346 - Is Vaping Dangerous? Here's What Science Says So Far

264 - Do Essential Oils Work?

345 - Is it too late to stop climate change?

344 - How Deep is the Deepest Hole in the World?

343 - Why do we laugh?

342 - Why Does Sugar Taste So Good?

341 - The Amazon is on fire. What can we do?

340 - What Do Cashews, Mangos, and Poison Ivy Have in Common?

339 - What is Chernobyl Like Today?

338 - Microplastics Are Everywhere. Are They Harmful?

280 - Can We Predict Earthquakes At All?

337 - How an Idea Becomes a Published Scientific Paper

336 - Fascinating Facts About the International Space Station

335 - Should You Worry About Flesh-Eating Bacteria?

334 - How Did the Earth Get Its Water?

333 - The Power of Nuclear Weapons with Alex Wellerstein

286 - 5 Important Facts You Should Know About Ticks

332 - Is Screen Time Bad for Kids?

331- The Scientific Evidence for the Health Benefits of Cordyceps

237 - 20 Small Acts to Fight Climate Change

330 - What Else Can Breast Milk Do?

BONUS: Introducing Science Rules! with Bill Nye

329 - Real-Life Zombies

328 - Making a Career of Combining Art & Science

195 - The Health Benefits of Coffee

327 - How Does Wind Energy Work?

326 - 5 Facts About the First Image of a Black Hole

325 - What Killed the Dinosaurs?

324 - Is Pluto a Planet?

323 - Can We Cure HIV?

272 - How Does Insulin Work in Our Bodies?

322 - Are Wormholes Real?

321 - How long can a person hold their breath?

256 - How Much Does My Dog Understand?

320 - Could Humans Live on Mars?

319 - The Neuroscience of Romance: Your Brain on Love

318 - How Do Meteorologists Calculate "Feels Like" Temperature?

298 - Are Extreme Weather Events Linked to Climate Change?

317 - How the Government Shutdown Affects Science

316 - Can Knowing Your Genetic Risk Change Your Physiology?

315 - 4 Things to Know About the Measles and Vaccination

314 - The Science (or Lack Thereof) Behind Inducing Labor Naturally

230 EE How Do I Know If My Tap Water Is Safe?

313 - Why Do We Draw Stars with Five Points?

312 - The Science of Double-Dipping: A Health Risk or Just Gross?

311 - The Science of Snowfall

310 - 4 Tips to Understand the Importance of NASA's InSight Landing

309 - Do Women and Left-Handed People Have Better Memories?

308 - Rock or Alien Probe? The Science Behind ‘Oumuamua

307 - The Science of Tipping Points: How 25% Can Create a Majority

306 - 6 Possible Scientific Reasons for Ghosts

185 - Do Tattoos Boost Your Immune System?

305 - Does CBD Oil Work? The Science Behind Cannabidiol

304 - A Nobel Prize-Worthy Idea: What Is Chirped Pulse Amplification?

303 - Do Mosquitoes Bite Some People More Than Others?

238 - When Does Your Intelligence Peak?

302 - How Can Science Help Reverse Blindness?

301 - Jocelyn Bell Burnell and the Discovery of Pulsars

300 - Mindfulness: The Science Behind the Practice

299 - Why Do We Put Telescopes in Space?

297 - Do Hair Loss Treatments Actually Work?

296 - What Is Hypothyroidism and How Do We Treat It?

295 - What Is a Fecal Transplant? (Gross, Yes, But Also Life-Saving)

294 - What Are Chemtrails Made Of?

141 EE How Do Lasers Work?

293 - The 5+ Effects of Oppressive Heat Waves

292 - How Fireworks Get Their Colors, Sounds, and Shapes

291 - The Mysterious Return of Ozone-Depleting CFCs

290 - How Much Time Should We Be Spending Outdoors?

289 - Could Zombies (or a Zombie Virus) Become a Reality?

288 - What Is Antimatter?

287 - Who Was Henrietta Lacks and What Are HeLa Cells?

285 - Why Is Hawai’i Banning Sunscreen?

284 - What Is the Speed of Sound?

283 - What's It Take to Get to Pluto? A Q&A with David Grinspoon

282 - Can Our Sense of Smell Predict Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s?

281 - Do Microwaves Cause Cancer? (And 3 Other Microwave Myths)

279 - How and When Did the Grand Canyon Form?

278 - Asteroid, Meteor, Meteorite, and Comet: What's the Difference?

277 - 5 Simple Ways to Boost Our Intelligence

206 EE Why and How Do Smells Trigger Memories?

276 - How Do We Find Exoplanets?

275 - How Close is Too Close to Live by the Highway?

274 - Lessons on Early Aviation with Bessie Coleman

273 - The Physics of Figure Skating

271 - How Does Sand Get Its Color?

270 - How Can Science Combat the Opioid Crisis?

269 - How Do We Measure Time? 5+ Innovative Ways

268 - Is Chocolate Really Going Extinct?

146 - How Old is the Universe?

267 - Could Artificial Wombs Be a Reality?

266 - How Do Candles Burn?

265 - Should I Get a Real or Fake Christmas Tree?

263 - The End of Net Neutrality: What It Means For Science (and You)

262 - How Well Do Ancestry DNA Tests Actually Work?

261 - How Do Water Purifiers Work?

260 - Why Are Coral Reefs Worth Protecting?

259 - How Fast Can a Marathon Be Run?

258 - Can You Smell Fear?

257 - 6 Reasons Why LIGO's Gravitational Wave Discovery is Important

201 - How Memory Works and 6 Tips to Improve It

255 - Citizen Science with NASA GLOBE

254 - What are Extremophiles?

253 EE Why NASA Is Crashing Its Cassini Spacecraft into Saturn

180 EE The Surprising Scientific Reason Behind Physical Attraction

252 EE What Makes Storms Like Hurricane Harvey So Strong?

251 EE How Do We Know the Earth Isn't Flat?

250 EE How Can You Prepare for the August Solar Eclipse?

249 EE Editing the Genes of Human Embryos

248 EE 2 Surpising Ways Scientists Hope to Limit Human Environmental Impact

247 EE How Do We Encourage More Women in STEM?

246 EE Will the Thawing of Arctic Ice Release Diseases?

245 EE Women in Science: Jill Tarter, SETI, and Our Search for Extraterrestrial Life

244 EE How Old Is the Oldest Human Skeleton?

243 EE The Science of Picking the Right Sunscreen

242 EE Pride in Science: Ben Barres, Astrocytes, and Activism

241 EE How Important Is the Paris Climate Agreement?

240 EE How Much Solar Power Will We Lose During the August Solar Eclipse?

239 EE ​3 Ways Science Is Vital to the United States Department of Agriculture

186 EE Can Eating Chocolate Make You Smarter?

236 EE How Dangerous Is Asbestos?

235 EE 8 ways climate change puts your safety at risk

234 EE How Often Do Planes Get Struck by Lightning?

233 EE The First Ever Image of a Black Hole

232 EE How Bad Is the Air Pollution Where You Live?

231 EE The Best Science Programming on PBS

229 EE Women in Science: Hidden Figure Katherine Johnson, NASA's Human Computer

228 EE 6 Things You Should Know About the New Planet Discovery

227 EE Citizen Science: Astronomy Edition

226 EE What Does the Food and Drug Administration Do?

225 EE What Does the Environmental Protection Agency Do?

224 EE 5 Immigrants and Refugees Who Changed U.S. Science

223 EE How Do You Estimate Crowd Size?

222 EE How to Support Renewable Energy (And Why You Really Should)

221 EE What Are Fast Radio Bursts?

220 EE Why Is the Ozone Hole Shrinking?

177 EE Why Does the Melting of Arctic Sea Ice Matter?

219 EE What Does 'Mercury in Retrograde' Mean?

218 EE Lithium-Ion Batteries: What They Are and Why They Explode

217 EE 6 Tips for Identifying Fake News

174 EE How Are Seasonal Flu Vaccines Made?

216 EE What to Say to a Climate Change Skeptic

215 EE The Science Behind Climate Change

214 EE The Science Behind How Your Vote Is Counted

213 EE Is the Five Second Rule Real?

212 EE The Neuroscience of Fear: What Happens in Your Brain When You're Afraid

156 EE Do Aliens Exist?

211 EE Can You Really Trust Election Polls?

210 EE Should I Get a Flu Shot?

209 EE How Antibiotics Work: Past, Present, and Future

208 EE How Many Stars Are in the Sky?

207 EE New Research Reveals There Are 4 Separate Species of Giraffes

205 EE Proxima B: 5 Things You Need to Know About the New Earth-Like Planet

135 EE Why We Dump Plastic into the Ocean

204 EE Can Animals Feel Empathy?

203 EE How Do the Strongest, Fastest Animals Compare to Olympians?

202 EE Why Do Some Olympic Records Get Broken?

200 EE What Does Pokémon Go Mean for Augmented Reality?

139 EE Will the Sun Explode?

199 EE 5 Quick Facts About NASA's Juno Mission to Jupiter

198 EE 9 Tips to Win a Competitive Eating Contest

197 EE What Are the Summer Solstice and the Strawberry Moon?

196 EE Does Soap Really Kill 99.9% of Germs?

194 EE Science Experiments at Home: The Edible Solar System

193 EE What Causes Wildfires?

192 EE What Does It Mean for Mars to Be in 'Full Opposition'?

191 EE Is Interstellar Travel Really Possible?

190 EE 5 Incredible Facts About Octopuses

189 EE Will Salt Water Quench the World’s Thirst?

002 UH Unknown History, as Explained Through Science

188 EE Can Music Make Us Smarter and Help Us Heal Faster?

187 EE CRISPR-Cas9 Technology Allows Us to Edit Our Own DNA

184 EE 7 Surprisingly Revolutionary Ways to Use 3D Printers

183 EE Women in Science: Rosalind Franklin and the Discovery of DNA

182 EE What Will Astronaut Scott Kelly's Year in Space Teach Us?

181 EE 5 Reasons You Should Care About the Discovery of Gravitational Waves

EE 179 The Search for Planet X

178 EE 6 Fun Science Experiments to Do with Snow

176 EE The Man Who Fell to Earth and the Importance of Space Travel

175 EE What causes allergies?

130 EE Satellites and Space Junk

173 EE Will Commercial Companies Be the Next to Take on Space Travel?

172 EE When Is It Safe to Eat Moldy Food?

133 EE How Do We Predict the Weather?

171 EE The Computer Science Behind the First Down Line

170 EE What About the Climate Is Changing?

169 EE Bill Nye's Advice to Tackle Climate Change

168 EE 4 Science Experiments for Leftover Halloween Candy

167 EE Can We Predict the Next Hurricane Patricia?

138 EE Is Anxiety Genetic?

166 EE 6 Buzzworthy Facts About Bees

165 EE Women in Science: Ada Lovelace, the First Computer Programmer

164 EE Is there water or life on Mars?

163 EE Understanding Parkinson's Disease: An Interview with Jon Palfreman

162 EE What Causes the Tides?

161 EE 4 Science Headlines to Jumpstart Your Next Conversation

160 EE What Happens If You Fall Into a Black Hole?

159 EE 6 Back-to-School Activities to Get Students Excited About Science

158 EE Einstein's Legacy: The Photoelectric Effect

157 EE 4 Animal Similes We Use Incorrectly

132 EE Science in the Kitchen

155 EE Do Stars Really Twinkle? And Other Common Scientific Misconceptions

154 EE What Makes the New Horizons' Encounter With Pluto So Extraordinary?

153 EE 10 Facts You Didn't Know About Sharks

152 EE Science Experiments at Home: Liquids

129 EE Can We Feel the Earth Moving?

151 EE Making Jurassic Park a Reality

150 EE The Return of the Large Hadron Collider

149 EE Is the Radiation From My Cell Phone Dangerous?

148 EE Science Experiments at Home: Model Rockets

147 EE How Do Chameleons Change Color?

145 EE What Is a Volcano?

144 EE How to Survive an Astreroid Attack

143 EE Go Green: Reusable vs. Disposable Cups

142 EE The Best Way to Nap

140 EE Can You Prevent Myopia?

137 EE Women in Science: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin

136 EE Mollusks Set a New Strength Record

134 EE What Is Dark Matter?

131 EE Early Birds vs. Night Owls

026 EDE What's on the Dark Side of the Moon?

128 EE Meet the New Everyday Einstein

127 EE Personal Genetics: Testing for Susceptibility

126 EE Personal Genetic Testing: Part 1

125 EE What Was the Christmas Star?

124 EE Science Q&A: Smoothies and Airplane Wings

123 EE The Science of Snow

031 EDE The Truth About Turkey

122 EE Evolution vs. Creationism: Bill Nye Joins the Debate

121 EE Mysteries of the Microwave

074 EE Halloween Science: How Do Broomsticks Fly?

120 EE How Are Calories in Food Measured?

119 EE What's the Difference Between a Solar Eclipse, a Lunar Eclipse, and a New Moon?

118 EE Kid Questions: What's With Fall Leaves and Glow-in-the-Dark Toys?

117 EE Can Turmeric Prevent or Cure Disease?

116 EE Everyday Einstein Answers Your Emails

115 EE Everyday Einstein's iTunes Answers - Part 1

114 EE The Science of Gardening Part 2: Germination

113 EE The Science of Gardening Part 1: Monocots vs Dicots

112 EE Choosing the Right Homeschool Science Resources

014 EDE What is a neural network?

111 EE Should You Worry About the Ebola Outbreak?

110 EE 3 Science Myths Debunked

109 EE The Big and Small of Scientific Numbers

108 EE Buffalo or Bison?

107 EE Why Do I Have to Know This Science Stuff Anyway?

057 EDE How to Be a Birdwatcher?

106 EE How to Spot a Good Medical Study

105 EE Protein Power: Translation

104 EE Protein Power: Transcription

103 EE Protein Power 1: DNA vs. RNA

102 EE Science Q&A: Fizzling Photons, Magnesium Panic Attacks, and Raising Normal Kids

101 EE The Secret Life of Genes

034 EDE Why Do We Yawn?

100 EE The Science of Agoraphobia

099 EE Geology: The Science of Rocks and Minerals

098 EE The Science of Shakespeare

097 EE Which Homeschool Science Curriculum Should You Use?

096 EE Newton, Einstein, and Gravitational Waves

095 EE What Is Resonance?

094 EE Why Metal Rusts

093 EE The Science of Sound

092 EE How Does Electricity Work?

091 EE Momentous Momentum in "The Music Man"

090 EE Virus, Germ, or Bacteria?

089 EE How Fast Does Your Broomstick Accelerate?

088 EE What's the Difference Between Speed and Velocity?

087 EE More Science Q&A

086 EE All About Air Pressure

085 EE How Not to Be Scammed by Internet Claims

084 EE The Best Diet Ever Is...

083 EE Retractions in Science

038 EDE Should You Store Batteries in the Freezer?

082 EE Science Q&A

081 EE What Is the Space-Time Continuum?

080 EE What Is Bardet-Biedl Syndrome?

079 EE What Is Quantum Computing?

078 EE Super Powered Water: Solubility

077 EE Super Powered Water: Specific Heat and Heat of Vaporization

076 EE Super Powered Water: Cohesion and Adhesion

020 EDE Death by Asteroids!

075 EE What's the Difference Between Baking Soda and Baking Powder?

073 EDE The Science of Minecraft (Part 2): Metal and Minerals

072 EDE The Magic of Magic Shell

071 EDE Why Blowing on a Hot Drink Cools it Off

070 EDE How Natural Is "All Natural" Food Coloring?

069 EDE The Science of Minecraft (Part 1): Smelting Ore

018 EDE The Human Genome

068 EDE My Life as a Meteor

067 EDE That's No Moon...It's a Space Station

066 EDE Star Light, Star Bright...or is that a planet?

030 EDE Why Is the Sky Blue?

065 EDE Despicable Science Part 2: Glow-in-the-Dark Minions

064 EDE Despicable Science Part 1: Freeze Ray

063 EDE The Science of Celiac

062 EDE What Is Gluten?

013 EDE Why do Apples Turn Brown?

061 EDE What Causes Lightning Bolts?

060 EDE Three Lies You Probably Learned In School

059 EDE Correlation versus Causation

058 EDE Why Dead Honeybees Means the Beginning of the Apocalypse

056 EDE Spinning with Screws

055 EDE Wrenches and Wheels

054 EDE Running Up Ramps

053 EDE Kids and Developmental Milestones: What's the Connection?

008 EDE The Science of Fire

052 EDE Lifting with Levers

051 EDE Pulling with Pulleys

050 EDE The Bizarre Love Triangle of Work, Energy, and Power

049 EDE All Work and No Play

048 EDE Why Do Glasses Get Foggy in Cold Weather?

001 EDE What is Radiation?

047 EDE What's the Matter?

046 EDE Everyday Einstein on why static electricity doesn't kill

045 EDE Hydroelectric Power and the City of Ember

044 EDE The Potential and Kinetic Energy of Kung Fu Panda

043 EDE Jumping with John Carter of Mars

042 EDE What Is Density?

041 EDE Bowling and the Conservation of Momentum

040 EDE Newton's 3 Laws of Motion

039 EDE Could Jurassic Park Really Happen?

037 EDE What's a Capacitor?

036 EDE The Science of Violence

035 EDE The Science of Christmas

033 EDE A Tour of the Periodic Table (Part 3)

032 EDE What Is Static Electricity?

029 EDE A Tour of the Periodic Table (Part 2)

028 EDE A Tour of the Periodic Table (Part 1)

027 EDE What is "Supersonic"?

025 EDE Can DNA Evidence Lie?

024 EDE Seasonal Flu Vaccination 101

023 EDE Stem Cell Research

022 EDE Does the MMR Vaccine Cause Autism?

021 EDE What is ENCODE?

019 EDE Are Genetically Modified Foods Safe?

017 EDE Evolution and Super Goblins

016 EDE How to Tips for Teaching Science to Children

015 EDE Why Are Weather Forecasts Often Wrong?

012 EDE The Higgs Boson

011 EDE What is Gut Microbiota?

010 EDE Atomic Bonds - The Ties That Bind

009 EDE The Atom

007 EDE Does Herbal Medicine Work?

006 EDE How the Media Sensationalizes Science

005 EDE The Basics of pH

004 EDE Vinegar + Baking Soda = The Ultimate Cleanser?

002 EDE The Mighty Onion

003 EDE What is Interspecies Breeding?