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How HIV Started a Century Before Anyone Noticed

For decades, one man was blamed for bringing AIDS to America. But the "Patient Zero" story was wrong. This is the story of how genetic detective work traced HIV's true origins—from chimpanzees in Central Africa to a global pandemic—and how science unraveled one of the biggest myths in modern medicine.
Season 14 Episode 8 Length 27:32 Premiere: 07/16/26

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Season 14 Episodes

This Weird Pattern Will Let Us Reshape Matter
S14 E10 Length 23:48 Premiere Date 09/15/26

The Very Weird Reason Hot Water Freezes Faster
S14 E9 Length 14:50 Premiere Date 08/18/26

How HIV Started a Century Before Anyone Noticed
S14 E8 Length 27:32 Premiere Date 07/16/26

The New Kind of Heat Humans Can’t Handle
S14 E7 Length 21:23 Premiere Date 07/01/26

Scientists Finally Figured Out What Love Is For
S14 E6 Length 16:47 Premiere Date 06/11/26

We've never seen an atom. But we know what they look like.
S14 E5 Length 16:47 Premiere Date 05/28/26

Infinity isn’t a number. It's something much weirder.
S14 E4 Length 10:51 Premiere Date 05/14/26

Something Strange Happens When You Flatten the Earth…
S14 E3 Length 24:25 Premiere Date 04/21/26

You've Been Lied to About DNA Evidence
S14 E2 Length 22:37 Premiere Date 03/31/26

Traffic Lights Are So Much Weirder Than You Realize
S14 E1 Length 17:13 Premiere Date 03/10/26

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