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Maybe We've Already Made First Contact…

There are hundreds of billions of planets in our galaxy. Scientists now think hundreds of millions of them have conditions where life could arise. What do scientists think are the best ways of reaching out to them? And why do some scientists think that we shouldn't?
Season 11 Episode 23 Length 10:28 Premiere: 01/15/24

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Maybe We've Already Made First Contact…
S11 E23 Length 10:28 Premiere Date 01/15/24

I Don’t Know How to Feel About 2023
S11 E22 Length 09:40 Premiere Date 12/21/23

How Scientists Made the Hottest Thing Ever
S11 E21 Length 13:38 Premiere Date 12/14/23

Can a Billion Oysters Save New York City?
S11 E20 Length 12:56 Premiere Date 11/30/23

Crash Test Science! (Hacking Physics To Save Lives)
S11 E19 Length 37:33 Premiere Date 10/19/23

The Strange Psychology of Superfans
S11 E18 Length 18:10 Premiere Date 10/05/23

How Did X Become the Unknown (and so much else)?
S11 E17 Length 10:57 Premiere Date 09/21/23

What Is The Most Average Thing?
S11 E16 Length 17:34 Premiere Date 09/07/23

The Biggest Myth About Innovation
S11 E15 Length 17:48 Premiere Date 08/22/23

Why Some of the Rainbow is Missing
S11 E14 Length 11:18 Premiere Date 08/10/23

The Truth About Butterfly Metamorphosis (It's Very Weird)
S11 E13 Length 13:54 Premiere Date 07/25/23

How Scorpions Became Earth’s Ultimate Survivors
S11 E12 Length 14:03 Premiere Date 07/11/23

Lab-Grown Meat is Here… and I Taste-Tested It!
S11 E11 Length 14:29 Premiere Date 06/27/23

The Deadly Chemistry That Made Life Interesting
S11 E10 Length 14:03 Premiere Date 06/15/23

How the CIA Secretly Spied On Climate Change
S11 E9 Length 17:58 Premiere Date 06/01/23

Why Y Is a Vowel According to Physics (and so is W)
S11 E8 Length 13:58 Premiere Date 05/16/23

How To Go Faster Than Light Speed
S11 E7 Length 09:56 Premiere Date 05/04/23

The Mystery Behind Earth’s Most Epic Migration
S11 E6 Length 10:40 Premiere Date 04/19/23

Why Does Every Animal Look Like This?
S11 E5 Length 09:10 Premiere Date 03/28/23

Can We Solve the Air Conditioning Paradox?
S11 E4 Length 12:59 Premiere Date 03/14/23

What Makes Birds, Beetles, and Bubbles Shine So Beautifully?
S11 E3 Length 14:49 Premiere Date 02/28/23

The Dark Origins of the Scientific Method
S11 E2 Length 11:53 Premiere Date 02/14/23

Do All Animals Play?
S11 E1 Length 08:32 Premiere Date 01/31/23

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