Season 1
40 episodes · Aug 25, 2013
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- S1E1
Harvesting GMO Salmon & Vertical Farms
Aug 25, 201325mHosts 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.
- S1E2
Exo Bionic/Cancer Test
Sep 1, 201325mA bionic exoskeleton helping paralyzed people walk again and meet a teenage inventor of a cancer screening test.
- S1E3
Heart-in-a-Box/NYC Electric/NASA Kid
Sep 8, 201325mA 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.
- S1E4
Drones/Predictive Policing/Mushrooms
Sep 15, 201325mExplore how a remotely piloted Predator drone helped fight the Rim fire in Yosemite National Park
- S1E5
Face Transplants/Condors
Sep 22, 201325mMeet 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.
- S1E6
Bees/Amazon Animal/Wine
Sep 29, 201325mJoin our expert contributors as they explore high-tech methods to artificially inseminate honey bees, which are dying in record numbers.
- S1E7
Back-to-School / Cow Manure
Oct 6, 201325mJoin 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.
- S1E8
NASA Seac4rs / Bamboo Bikes
Oct 13, 201325mPhil takes a ride with NASA in a flying science lab that measures evidence of climate change.
- S1E9
Shark Robot/Driverless Cars/Predictive Policing
Oct 20, 201325mMarita goes swimming with sharks to see first-hand how a new underwater robot is tracking animal behavior in the ocean.
- S1E10
Concussion Tech / Mushrooms
Oct 27, 201325mCrystal, a nicotine researcher, investigates the science behind e-cigarettes and vape culture.
- S1E11
E-Cigs/Heart-in-a-Box/Foodology
Nov 1, 201325mCrystal, 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.
- S1E12
Earthquake Tech / Mosquitoes / Exo Bionic
Nov 17, 201325mMarita 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.
- S1E13
Orange Blight / Bugs as Protein / Space Boy
Nov 24, 201325mPhil puts his entomology chops to the test to learn how bugs may be the most overlooked protein.
- S1E14
Hi Tech Police / Bionic Arms / High Tech Wine
Dec 8, 201325mLindsay learns how police departments are using lapel cameras and acoustic sensors to maximize efficiency and reduce crime.
- S1E15
PTSD / Oysters / Driverless Cars
Dec 15, 201325mLindsay 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.
- S1E18
3D Printing/Texas Tech/Vertical Farms
Jan 5, 201425mKosta 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.
- S1E19
Lungs-in-a-Box/Bamboo Bikes
Jan 12, 201425mShini goes to Oklahoma to visit infamous "Tornado Alley" to see new innovations being developed to better track tornadoes and lessen the damage they cause.
- S1E20
DNA Pt 1/Molten Solar/Bugs as Protein
Jan 19, 201425mPhil travels to Peru to uncover whether a spider or mite could be constructing never-before-seen circular web structures.
- S1E31
Facial recognition, faux eggs, and solar energy
Apr 6, 201425mShini 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.
- S1E32
Survivors: Help in a Heartbeat
Apr 13, 201425mTesting out satellite technology that can detect a heartbeat buried under rubble.
- S1E33
Smoking out the Truth: E-cigarettes Exposed
Apr 20, 201425mNew data on e-cigarettes reveals what's really in them and the secondhand smoke impact.
- S1E34
Sniffing Out Cancer
Apr 27, 201425mTaking their cue from cancer-detecting dogs, scientists work towards developing high-tech devices that can sniff out cancer early.
- S1E35
The Amazing Spider Web
May 4, 201425mScientists want to harvest spider silk, which could be used to hold up bridges or create artificial body parts.
- S1E36
Frozen: Operation IceBridge
May 11, 201425mNASA observes shrinking glaciers and fast rising seas; charts impacts of climate change.
- S1E37
Science Slumber Party
May 18, 201425mLiving laboratory; one of the greenest houses on earth; high-tech house may help solve climate change issues.