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Mind-Blowing Science: Season 2

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<p><strong>Mind-Blowing Science</strong> is BACK! Season 2 of our National Capital Emmy® Award-winning series has arrived and it is chock-full of even more astounding and mind-blowing moments as a new batch of <em>Scientific American</em>’s most intriguing articles are brought to life.</p>

Syllabus

  • 01: Do We Live in a Simulation?
  • 02: A Model Octopus
  • 03: How to Control Your Feelings
  • 04: How Birds Branched Out
  • 05: Survival of the Friendliest
  • 06: A New Map of the Universe
  • 07: How Stress Shuts Down Your Brain
  • 08: Protecting Earth from Asteroids
  • 09: Extreme Birding
  • 10: Lifting the Venus Curse
  • 11: Top Emerging Technologies
  • 12: Secrets of the Antikythera Machine
  • 13: Humans Are Still Evolving
  • 14: Psychedelic Treatments for Psychiatric Disorders
  • 15: Should Doctors Stop Prescribing Weight Loss?
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