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Engines of Destruction: How Hurricanes Work

The physics of the perfect storm
Season 4 Episode 90 Length 06:02 Premiere: 08/15/16

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Season 4 Episodes

Engines of Destruction: How Hurricanes Work
S4 E90 Length 06:02 Premiere Date 08/15/16

How An Igloo Keeps You Warm
S4 E60 Length 05:04 Premiere Date 01/09/17

23 Reasons to be Cheerful (Thanks to Science!)
S4 E59 Length 04:53 Premiere Date 12/28/16

This Land Is Your Land - Project For Awesome 2016
S4 E58 Length 04:11 Premiere Date 12/09/16

Pigeon Story: How the Rock Dove Became the Sky Rat
S4 E57 Length 05:50 Premiere Date 12/07/16

Why Don’t Woodpeckers Get Concussions?
S4 E56 Length 06:07 Premiere Date 11/28/16

The Surprising Origin of Thanksgiving Foods
S4 E55 Length 05:09 Premiere Date 11/14/16

Asteroids, Meteors, and Comets… OH MY!!!
S4 E54 Length 07:09 Premiere Date 11/07/16

We Got Ants In Our Plants!
S4 E53 Length 06:05 Premiere Date 11/01/16

How Baby Sea Turtles Find Their Way Home
S4 E52 Length 06:10 Premiere Date 10/17/16

Is Sugar A Drug?
S4 E51 Length 05:35 Premiere Date 10/10/16

This Rainforest Caterpillar Looks Like Donald Trump
S4 E50 Length 05:01 Premiere Date 10/03/16

Why Don't Ants Get Stuck in Traffic
S4 E49 Length 06:03 Premiere Date 09/26/16

Why Do More Species Live Near The Equator?
S4 E48 Length 06:37 Premiere Date 09/19/16

What’s REALLY Warming the Earth?
S4 E46 Length 05:30 Premiere Date 08/29/16

Do Plants Think?
S4 E45 Length 05:26 Premiere Date 08/23/16

Why Hurricanes Are Earth's Most Powerful Storms
S4 E44 Length 06:34 Premiere Date 08/15/16

The Invisible Creatures That Keep You Alive!
S4 E43 Length 05:23 Premiere Date 08/08/16

Why Are Some Animals Venomous?
S4 E42 Length 05:08 Premiere Date 08/01/16

Could You Really Survive Being Shrunk?!
S4 E41 Length 04:44 Premiere Date 07/26/16

Attack of the Cosmic Space Junk!
S4 E40 Length 05:14 Premiere Date 07/18/16

Why Salt & Pepper?
S4 E39 Length 05:23 Premiere Date 07/11/16

Why Don't Other Animals Wear Glasses?
S4 E38 Length 05:03 Premiere Date 06/27/16

Where Did Zika Come From?
S4 E37 Length 05:45 Premiere Date 06/20/16

Musical Tesla Coils in Slow Motion! Featuring Physics Girl
S4 E36 Length 06:46 Premiere Date 06/14/16

Spit: Everything You Never Wanted To Know
S4 E35 Length 04:41 Premiere Date 06/06/16

How These Ants Took Over the U.S
S4 E34 Length 06:32 Premiere Date 05/30/16

Is Your Brain Too Old For Video Games?
S4 E33 Length 06:25 Premiere Date 05/23/16

6 Chemical Reactions That Changed History
S4 E32 Length 07:18 Premiere Date 05/17/16

The Cosmic Afterglow
S4 E31 Length 03:27 Premiere Date 05/09/16

The Most Important Moment in the History of Life
S4 E30 Length 06:13 Premiere Date 05/02/16

Why Are You Multicellular?
S4 E29 Length 04:41 Premiere Date 04/25/16

Are You Smarter Than A Slime Mold?
S4 E28 Length 04:39 Premiere Date 04/19/16

Is Epigenetic Inheritance Real?
S4 E27 Length 04:51 Premiere Date 04/04/16

How Do Bees Make Honey?
S4 E26 Length 05:15 Premiere Date 03/28/16

How Many Trees Are There?
S4 E25 Length 04:15 Premiere Date 03/21/16

The Equinox Isn't What You Think It Is
S4 E24 Length 02:11 Premiere Date 03/16/16

Einstein Was Right: Gravitational Waves Edition
S4 E23 Length 06:07 Premiere Date 03/07/16

Why Going to Mars Would Totally Suck
S4 E22 Length 08:26 Premiere Date 02/29/16

How Do Squirrels Find Their Nuts?
S4 E21 Length 02:08 Premiere Date 02/25/16

Is Big Data Getting Too Big?
S4 E20 Length 04:28 Premiere Date 02/16/16

100,000,000 Years From Now
S4 E19 Length 05:28 Premiere Date 02/08/16

Why Seasons Make No Sense
S4 E18 Length 03:01 Premiere Date 02/01/16

This Is Not a Rainbow
S4 E17 Length 03:17 Premiere Date 01/25/16

Who Shares Your Birthday?
S4 E16 Length 05:16 Premiere Date 01/18/16

Could Bigfoot REALLY Exist?
S4 E15 Length 06:36 Premiere Date 01/13/16

Does Evolution Have a Point? 12 Days of Evolution #12
S4 E14 Length 02:51 Premiere Date 12/24/15

Are Humans Still Evolving? 12 Days of Evolution #11
S4 E13 Length 01:27 Premiere Date 12/23/15

Why Are There Still Monkeys? - 12 Days of Evolution #10
S4 E12 Length 01:25 Premiere Date 12/22/15

Can Evolution Create Information? - 12 Days of Evolution #9
S4 E11 Length 01:28 Premiere Date 12/21/15

Does Evolution Violate Thermodynamics?
S4 E10 Length 02:09 Premiere Date 12/21/15

Why Do Men Have Nipples? - 12 Days of Evolution #7
S4 E9 Length 01:31 Premiere Date 12/20/15

Evolution Is Dumb - 12 Days of Evolution #6
S4 E8 Length 01:25 Premiere Date 12/19/15

Have We Seen A New Species? - 12 Days of Evolution #5
S4 E7 Length 02:05 Premiere Date 12/18/15

Can Evolution Make an Eye? - 12 Days of Evolution #4
S4 E6 Length 01:47 Premiere Date 12/15/15

Have We Ever Seen Evolution Happen - 12 Days of Evolution #3
S4 E5 Length 01:52 Premiere Date 12/15/15

Is Evolution Random? - 12 Days of Evolution #2
S4 E4 Length 01:17 Premiere Date 12/15/15

What Is Evolution, Anyway? - 12 Days of Evolution #1
S4 E3 Length 01:25 Premiere Date 12/14/15

Could Planet Minecraft Actually Exist?
S4 E2 Length 04:47 Premiere Date 11/30/15

Can Coral Reefs Survive Climate Change? #OursToLose
S4 E1 Length 05:05 Premiere Date 11/23/15

Musical Tesla Coils in Slow Motion! Featuring Physics Girl
Preview Length 06:20 Premiere Date 06/14/16

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