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The Control Variable with Kim Cutter is a weekly podcast series that takes a deep look at the many problems plaguing our fractured country and talks to the people who are offering solutions to help us evolve as a society. Hosted by journalist Kim Cutter, the weekly series picks up from Kim’s five-part investigation into the propaganda that led to the attack on the Capitol and continues to examine the myths we’ve been telling ourselves since the founding of our country and how these myths con ...
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Space Antennas, Love-Struck Flies, and Sneaky Cancer Fighters! (8.18.25)
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5:19Join us for an action-packed 5-minute episode where we explore a massive new antenna in space, discover how one tiny gene makes flies fall head over heels in love, and learn about clever bacteria that act like Trojan horses to fight cancer! Get ready to have your mind blown by these incredible scientific discoveries that sound like science fiction …
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Super Space Diamonds, Mouse Astronauts, and Tiny Molecules! (8.17.25)
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4:42Join us for an incredible 5-minute journey where we'll discover diamonds harder than anything on Earth, follow 75 brave mice heading to space, and learn about scientists who can now spot single molecules using super-precise vibrations! We're exploring the most amazing discoveries that will blow your mind and make you say "WOW!" Don't forget to tell…
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Robot Olympics, Ancient Tools, and Space-Eating Black Holes! (8.16.25)
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5:00Join us for 5 minutes of mind-blowing science as we watch robots compete in their very first Olympic-style games, discover 2.6 million-year-old tools that show our ancestors were super smart planners, and witness a hungry black hole trying to eat a star! Get ready to have your mind blown by these incredible discoveries and don't forget to tell your…
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Crazy Ant Wars, Microwave Brains, and Cute Ancient Whales! (8.15.25)
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4:24Join us for an action-packed 5-minute adventure where we'll discover how tiny predator flies are starting chaos among ants to protect coffee plants, explore the world's first 'microwave brain' on a computer chip, and meet a prehistoric whale that looks adorable but had super-sharp teeth! From mind-blowing science to incredible creatures, this episo…
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Water on Mars, Star Secrets, and Shape-Shifting Robots! (8.14.25)
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4:48Join us for an incredible 5-minute journey as we explore mind-blowing discoveries about Mars's hidden water that could support alien life, uncover Betelgeuse's mysterious companion star that scientists have been searching for over centuries, and meet tiny robots that can talk to each other and transform like magic! Get ready for an amazing adventur…
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Space Storms, Ancient Meteorites, and Brain Power! (8.13.25)
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4:59Join us for an incredible 5-minute journey as we explore a massive star-birthing storm in space, discover a meteorite that's older than Earth itself, and learn how scientists are helping our brains become stronger with age! We'll blast off 160,000 light-years away to watch baby stars being born in a cosmic storm and find out how a space rock that c…
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Star Storms, Golden Secrets, and Dancing Atoms! (8.12.25)
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4:59Join us for an incredible 5-minute journey as we explore a massive star-birthing storm in space, uncover the mysterious behavior of gold that defies physics, and witness the first-ever recording of atoms performing their quantum dance! We'll blast off 160,000 light-years away with the Hubble telescope, discover why gold can survive impossible tempe…
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Quantum Freeze, Wonder Reptiles, and Ice Cube Clouds! (8.11.25)
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5:01Join us for an amazing 5-minute journey through some of science's coolest discoveries! We'll explore how scientists froze quantum motion like a game of freeze tag, meet an incredible ancient reptile that's changing what we know about feathers, and discover mysterious ice cube clouds floating in space that shouldn't even exist. Get ready to have you…
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Dancing Planets, Headless Monsters, and Mars Robots! (8.10.25)
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5:03Join us for an incredible 5-minute adventure as we watch Venus and Jupiter perform a cosmic dance in the night sky, meet a bizarre deep-sea creature called the "headless chicken monster," and discover how a four-legged robot named Olympus could help astronauts explore Mars! Get ready to blast off into space and dive deep into the ocean as we uncove…
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Space Auroras, Mars Coral, and Ancient Maya Mysteries! (8.9.25)
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4:43Join us for an amazing 5-minute adventure as we explore colorful auroras lighting up the sky in 18 states, discover billion-year-old coral-like structures on Mars, and uncover the secrets of the mighty Maya civilization that was twice as big as modern New York City! Get ready to blast off into a world of wonder where science meets excitement. Don't…
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Mars Missions, Nearby Planets, and Northern Lights! (8.8.25)
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5:08Join us for an action-packed 5-minute episode where we blast off to Mars with SpaceX's exciting new mission, discover a possible new planet right in our cosmic backyard (just 4 light-years away!), and learn why colorful auroras might light up the skies in 18 different states this weekend! Get ready to explore these mind-blowing space discoveries an…
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Space Dogs, Baby Stars, and Super Snails! (8.7.25)
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5:06Join us for an action-packed 5-minute adventure where we meet robot dogs exploring Mars, watch baby stars shoot powerful space jets, and discover amazing snails that can regrow their eyes! We'll blast off with astronauts controlling space robots, zoom past explosive stellar fireworks, and learn about nature's most incredible superpowers. Grab your …
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Dino Battles, Mini Brains, and Robot Crab Adventures! (8.6.25)
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4:37Join us for an incredible 5-minute journey into science as we discover how giant dinosaurs hunted their prey, watch scientists grow amazing light-up mini human brains, and meet Wavy Dave - a robot crab who dares to challenge real crabs to a claw-waving contest! From prehistoric mysteries to cutting-edge robotics, this episode is packed with mind-bl…
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Hidden Butterflies, Space Molecules, and Moon Missions! (8.5.25)
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4:56Join us for an amazing 5-minute adventure where we discover six new butterfly species that were hiding in plain sight, witness scientists recreate the very first molecule from the beginning of the Universe, and learn how YOU can help design NASA's next Moon rover! Get ready to explore these mind-blowing discoveries that show just how incredible our…
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Dying Planets, Life on Mars, and Rainbow Diamonds! (8.4.25)
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5:24Join us for an amazing 5-minute adventure as we explore a giant planet in a death spiral, discover how life might exist deep under Mars' surface, and unlock the colorful secrets of diamonds! We'll blast off into space to witness incredible cosmic events and dig deep into Earth's treasures to learn how nature creates these sparkly gems in different …
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Backward Planets, Pink Lakes, and Super-Smart AI! (8.3.25)
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5:02Join us for 5 minutes of mind-blowing science as we explore a bizarre planet that orbits the wrong way around its star, discover why some lakes in Australia are bubble-gum pink, and learn how artificial intelligence is finding amazing new materials to power our future! Get ready to have your mind blown with these incredible discoveries that sound l…
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Drunk Apes, X-Ray Space Photos, and Creepy Lemur Fingers! (8.2.25)
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5:11Join us for an incredible 5-minute journey as we uncover mind-blowing science secrets! We'll explore how our ancient ape ancestors might have shaped human evolution through their fruit-eating habits, marvel at NASA's spectacular X-ray photos of space, and meet the mysterious aye-aye lemur with its super-long, spooky fingers that help it survive in …
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Space Water Worlds, Star Deaths, and Exploding Volcanoes! (8.1.25)
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5:07Join us for an action-packed 5-minute adventure as we explore a possible ocean planet that could host alien life, watch the spectacular death of a star through the James Webb Space Telescope, and witness the powerful explosion of a Russian volcano! We'll discover how earthquakes can make volcanoes even more explosive and learn what our own Sun migh…
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Virtual Reality Medicine, Space Lightning, and Amazon Turtle City! (7.31.25)
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4:41Join us for an amazing 5-minute adventure where we discover how virtual reality can help heal our bodies, uncover the mind-blowing connection between space and lightning on Earth, and explore a hidden city of 41,000 turtles in the Amazon rainforest! We'll blast off into space, dive deep into the jungle, and learn how science is making incredible br…
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Ancient Fish, Super Batteries, and Space Rockets! (7.30.25)
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4:55Join us for an amazing 5-minute adventure where we'll meet a 400-million-year-old fish that's changing what we know about evolution, peek inside batteries to see their tiny atomic dance, and watch Australia's very first space rocket blast off! Get ready to have your mind blown with incredible scientific discoveries that will make you say "WOW!" Don…
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Tree Walking, Super-Salt, and Ancient Shark Caves! (7.29.25)
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4:34Join us for an action-packed 5-minute adventure as we swing through trees to discover how our ancestors learned to walk, explore a mysterious cave where scientists found an ancient shark, and learn about an amazing new salt that could make batteries last 10 times longer! Get ready to be amazed by these incredible scientific discoveries that are cha…
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Hot Oceans, Space Launches, and Ancient DNA Mysteries! (7.28.25)
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4:46Join us for an action-packed 5-minute episode where we dive into Earth's overheating oceans and what this means for our planet's future! We'll blast off with SpaceX as they launch satellites into space, and travel back in time 4,500 years to discover the amazing connection between people living in Finland, Estonia, and Hungary with ancient Siberian…
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Dancing Space Objects, Heart Mysteries, and Dino-Age Possums! (7.27.25)
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5:15Join us for an incredible 5-minute journey as we explore a mysterious object dancing with Neptune in space, discover why heart cancer is super rare, and meet the amazing Virginia opossum that's barely changed since dinosaurs roamed Earth! We'll uncover mind-blowing secrets about these fascinating topics that will leave you amazed at our wonderful u…
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Space Kimchi, Black Hole Bullies, and Tooth-Flossing Vaccines! (7.26.25)
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4:53Join us for an amazing 5-minute adventure where we'll discover how astronauts cook delicious space kimchi, watch a scary black hole chase a star across the galaxy, and learn about a wild new way scientists are giving vaccines to mice - through dental floss! Get ready to have your mind blown by these incredible scientific discoveries and don't forge…
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Exploding Stars, Spider Secrets, and Moon Magic! (7.25.25)
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5:20Join us for an action-packed 5-minute adventure as we watch a star explode through the Hubble telescope, uncover a mind-blowing 500-million-year-old fossil that changes everything we knew about spiders, and learn why July 28 will be the most spectacular night for watching the Moon, Mars, and shooting stars! Get ready to have your mind blown with th…
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Dinosaur Dance Moves, Planet Birth, and Brain Faces! (7.24.25)
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4:58Join us for an incredible 5-minute adventure where we discover how dinosaurs did moonwalk-style dances to find love, watch a giant planet being born 440 light-years away, and learn why our brains see faces in clouds, trees, and just about everything! From dancing dinos to cosmic creation, we're exploring some of the coolest new discoveries that wil…
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Hybrid Drones, Ancient Footprints, and Wolf Power! (7.23.25)
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4:56Join us for an action-packed 5-minute episode where we dive into amazing new technology and prehistoric discoveries! Watch as students create a super-cool drone that can fly AND swim underwater, discover 78,000-year-old Neanderthal footprints from a whole family, and learn how bringing wolves back to Yellowstone caused an incredible tree explosion.…
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Baby Planets, Mini Moons, and Super-Fast Earth! (7.21.25)
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5:00Join us for an incredible 5-minute adventure as we watch planets being born around a faraway star, discover Earth's secret collection of tiny moons, and learn why our planet is about to have one of its shortest days ever! We'll zoom through space to see these amazing cosmic events that are happening right now in our universe. Don't forget to tell y…
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Hidden Gold, Musical Medicine, and Space's Sleeping Beauties! (7.20.25)
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5:00Join us for an amazing 5-minute adventure as we discover a secret side of gold scientists found using lasers, see how music helps people with dementia better than medicine, and explore mysterious "Sleeping Beauty" galaxies spotted by the James Webb telescope where they weren't supposed to be! Get ready to have your mind blown by these incredible di…
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Moon Magic, Giant Meteors, and Earth's Deep Blobs! (7.18.25)
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5:11Join us for an amazing 5-minute adventure as we discover how scientists turned moon dust into water using just sunlight, explore a massive meteor crash that might have shaped the Grand Canyon, and dive deep into Earth to learn about mysterious blobs that cause huge volcanic eruptions! Get ready to have your mind blown by these incredible scientific…
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Ancient Crystals, Giant Rivers, and Exploding Volcanoes! (7.17.25)
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4:45Join us for an incredible 5-minute adventure as we discover a magical purple crystal from a medieval castle, explore massive lost rivers that once flowed through Antarctica, and witness an amazing volcanic eruption in Iceland! We'll travel through time and across the globe to uncover Earth's most spectacular secrets. Grab your science gear and tune…
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Super Dogs, Farting Sloths, and Solar Sky-Drones! (7.16.25)
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3:51Get ready for an incredible 5-minute journey into the world of science where we'll meet amazing dogs that can sniff out diseases, discover the truth about sloth toots (yes, really!), and explore a mind-blowing solar-powered drone that can fly for THREE MONTHS straight! From super-sniffing pups to high-flying solar machines, this episode is packed w…
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Vampire Stars, Mars History, and Space Station Suits! (7.15.25)
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4:00Join us for an action-packed 5-minute episode where we'll explore hungry vampire stars that feast on other stars, celebrate the 60th anniversary of our first close-up photos of Mars, and check out China's awesome new spacesuits floating up to their space station! Get ready to blast off into an amazing universe of discovery, and don't forget to tell…
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Super-Fast Internet, Brain Memory, and Ancient Moon Rocks! (7.14.25)
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3:52Join us for an action-packed 5-minute episode where we discover Japan's mind-blowing new internet speed that's 4 MILLION times faster than what we use at home! We'll also explore whether your brain can actually run out of space like a computer, and uncover the secrets of an incredible 2.35-billion-year-old Moon rock that's changing what we know abo…
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Maya King's Tomb, Brain Breakthroughs, and Solar Close-ups! (7.13.25)
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4:15Join us for an incredible 5-minute adventure as we explore a mysterious Maya king's tomb that's changing everything we knew about ancient history! We'll dive into amazing discoveries about our brains, including how scientists grew hundreds of different brain cells in a lab, and get closer than ever to the Sun with spectacular new photos that will b…
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Razor-Tooth Fossils, Lost Mars Rivers, and Color-Changing Sharks! (7.12.25)
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4:26Join us for an amazing 5-minute adventure as we explore mind-blowing discoveries from Earth and space! We'll meet a tiny ancient creature with super-sharp teeth that's changing what we know about mammals, discover thousands of hidden rivers on Mars, and learn about a incredible shark that can change its color using tiny mirrors in its skin. Get rea…
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Self-Building Machines, Super Lemurs, and Dino Comebacks! (7.11.25)
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3:53Join us for an incredible 5-minute journey into the world of science where we'll discover how tiny machines can build themselves using just DNA and water, meet lemurs with amazing anti-aging powers, and learn about scientists working to bring back giant prehistoric birds! Get ready to have your mind blown as we explore these amazing scientific brea…
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Super Plants, Baby Planets, and Earth-Moving Dams! (7.10.25)
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4:00Join us for an amazing 5-minute adventure where we discover how scientists made plants super-powerful, catch planets being born in space, and learn about giant dams that are so heavy they're actually moving Earth's poles! From boosted plant enzymes that could help feed the world to watching baby planets form in the cosmos, we're exploring some of t…
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Snake Superpowers, Space Owls, and Speedy Earth! (7.9.25)
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4:13Join us for an amazing 5-minute adventure where we discover how pythons have secret cells that help them digest entire skeletons, spot a mysterious owl-shaped galaxy in space, and learn why Earth is about to spin faster than usual! We'll explore these mind-blowing scientific discoveries that sound like science fiction but are totally real. Don't fo…
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Bee Gardens, Sound-Sending Drums, and Fashion-Forward Chimps! (7.8.25)
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4:07Join us for an amazing 5-minute journey into science as we discover how to turn your backyard into a buzzing bee paradise, explore a tiny quantum drum that could change technology forever, and meet some trendsetting chimps who started their own hilarious fashion craze! We'll uncover the top flowers that bees absolutely love and learn about an incre…
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Antarctic Ice Signals, Moon Secrets, and Space Radio Mystery! (7.7.25)
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4:08Join us for an incredible 5-minute adventure as we explore mysterious radio waves discovered deep under Antarctic ice, uncover mind-blowing secrets hidden beneath the Moon's surface, and solve the puzzle of a "zombie" NASA satellite that's suddenly sending signals from space! Get ready to have your mind blown by these real-life space mysteries, and…
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Lost Spaceships, Moon Meteors, and Survivor Lizards! (7.6.25)
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4:05Join us for an action-packed 5-minute adventure where we'll discover how some amazing lizards survived Earth's biggest disaster, explore what happens when millions of meteor pieces crash into the Moon, and follow the mysterious case of a lost spacecraft floating somewhere in our oceans! Get ready to blast off into these incredible science stories a…
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Time-Frozen Worms, Space Gas Giants, and Iron-Stealing Bacteria! (7.5.25)
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4:14Join us for an incredible 5-minute journey through science as we discover worms that haven't changed in 20 million years, explore a massive thread of hot gas linking galaxies that's bigger than our own Milky Way, and learn about sneaky bacteria that pull off microscopic heists to steal iron! Get ready to have your mind blown by these amazing scient…
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Whale Songs, Solar Storms, and Living Buildings! (7.4.25)
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4:00Join us for an incredible 5-minute journey into science as we discover how deep-sea mining might affect the mysterious songs of sperm whales, explore the sharpest-ever views of our Sun showing tiny stripes that cause massive space storms, and learn about an amazing new building material that's actually alive and helps clean our air! Get ready to ha…
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Brain Mysteries, Ancient Burps, and Quantum Dice! (7.3.25)
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4:15Join us for 5 minutes of mind-blowing science as we explore how our brain cells work, discover what ancient ocean "burps" tell us about Earth's history, and learn how scientists are using quantum physics to create truly random numbers! We'll dive into the amazing world of neuroscience, travel back millions of years to understand our planet's past, …
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Mind-Control Ants, Wolf Cub Mystery, and Seaweed-Using Whales! (7.2.25)
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3:54Join us for an incredible 5-minute journey into the world of science! Discover how scientists can reprogram ant behavior using special brain molecules, uncover the amazing story of ancient frozen wolf cubs who snacked on woolly rhinos, and learn about killer whales using seaweed in a totally new way that's never been seen before. Don't forget to te…
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Sleepy Cats, Ancient Sailors, and Super-Smart Rats! (7.1.25)
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3:44Join us for an amazing 5-minute adventure where we'll discover why cats love sleeping on their left side, follow brave scientists recreating an ancient ocean journey, and meet Chicago's incredibly evolving super-rats! We'll explore how these fascinating creatures are adapting and surviving in ways that will blow your mind. Don't forget to tell your…
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Sand Rain, Baby Talk Powers, and Ocean Snow Magic! (6.30.25)
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4:14Join us for an incredible 5-minute adventure where we'll discover a mind-blowing planet where it actually rains sand, learn how talking to babies might be a human superpower, and explore mysterious ocean particles that break the rules of physics! We'll blast off into space, dive deep into the ocean, and unlock amazing secrets about how humans commu…
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Tiny Dinos, Mars Houses, and Earth-Saving Super Plants! (6.29.25)
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4:11Join us for an amazing 5-minute adventure as we meet a brand new dog-sized dinosaur, explore the perfect spot where humans might live on Mars, and discover an incredible plant-like material that helps clean our Earth's air! Get ready to blast off into space, dig up ancient fossils, and learn about nature's newest superhero. Don't forget to tell you…
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"Puppy Dinos, Mars Houses, and Living Super-Plants!" (6.28.25)
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3:42Join us for an incredible 5-minute adventure where we'll meet a newly discovered dinosaur the size of your dog, explore the perfect spot where humans might build their first Mars neighborhood, and learn about an amazing plant-like material that can clean our air like a superhero! Get ready to have your mind blown with these amazing scientific disco…
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