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Season 1

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Episodes

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Episode 125 min2013-08-25

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.

Episode 225 min2013-09-01

Exo Bionic/Cancer Test

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

Episode 325 min2013-09-08

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.

Episode 425 min2013-09-15

Drones/Predictive Policing/Mushrooms

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

Episode 525 min2013-09-22

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.

Episode 625 min2013-09-29

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.

Episode 725 min2013-10-06

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.

Episode 825 min2013-10-13

NASA Seac4rs / Bamboo Bikes

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

Episode 925 min2013-10-20

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.

Episode 1025 min2013-10-27

Concussion Tech / Mushrooms

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

Episode 1125 min2013-11-01

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.

Episode 1225 min2013-11-17

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.

Episode 1325 min2013-11-24

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.

Episode 1425 min2013-12-08

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.

Episode 1525 min2013-12-15

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.

Episode 1625 min2013-12-22

Exo Bionic / Cancer Test

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Episode 1725 min2013-12-29

Drones/Predictive Policing/Mushrooms

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Episode 1825 min2014-01-05

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.

Episode 1925 min2014-01-12

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.

Episode 2025 min2014-01-19

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.

Episode 2125 min2014-01-26

DNA Testing at Home

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Episode 2225 min2014-02-02

Fountain of Youth?

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Episode 2325 min2014-02-09

Lung in a Box

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Episode 2425 min2014-02-16

Space Archaeology

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Episode 2525 min2014-02-23

Inside the CSI

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Episode 2625 min2014-03-02

The Frozen Zoo

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Episode 2725 min2014-03-09

Medical Marijuana for Kids

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Episode 2825 min2014-03-16

Designer Drugs: Legal & Lethal

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Episode 2925 min2014-03-23

Hollywood Resurrection

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Episode 3025 min2014-03-30

Eyes in the Sky

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Episode 3125 min2014-04-06

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.

Episode 3225 min2014-04-13