Episodes List
Ep.1 Harvesting GMO Salmon & Vertical Farms
Air Date: 2013-08-25
Hosts 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.
Ep.2 Exo Bionic/Cancer Test
Air Date: 2013-09-01
A bionic exoskeleton helping paralyzed people walk again and meet a teenage inventor of a cancer screening test.
Ep.3 Heart-in-a-Box/NYC Electric/NASA Kid
Air Date: 2013-09-08
A 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.
Ep.4 Drones/Predictive Policing/Mushrooms
Air Date: 2013-09-15
Explore how a remotely piloted Predator drone helped fight the Rim fire in Yosemite National Park
Ep.5 Face Transplants/Condors
Air Date: 2013-09-22
Meet 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.
Ep.6 Bees/Amazon Animal/Wine
Air Date: 2013-09-29
Join our expert contributors as they explore high-tech methods to artificially inseminate honey bees, which are dying in record numbers.
Ep.7 Back-to-School / Cow Manure
Air Date: 2013-10-06
Join 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.
Ep.8 NASA Seac4rs / Bamboo Bikes
Air Date: 2013-10-13
Phil takes a ride with NASA in a flying science lab that measures evidence of climate change.
Ep.9 Shark Robot/Driverless Cars/Predictive Policing
Air Date: 2013-10-20
Marita goes swimming with sharks to see first-hand how a new underwater robot is tracking animal behavior in the ocean.
Ep.10 Concussion Tech / Mushrooms
Air Date: 2013-10-27
Crystal, a nicotine researcher, investigates the science behind e-cigarettes and vape culture.
Ep.11 E-Cigs/Heart-in-a-Box/Foodology
Air Date: 2013-11-01
Crystal, 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.
Ep.12 Earthquake Tech / Mosquitoes / Exo Bionic
Air Date: 2013-11-17
Marita 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.
Ep.13 Orange Blight / Bugs as Protein / Space Boy
Air Date: 2013-11-24
Phil puts his entomology chops to the test to learn how bugs may be the most overlooked protein.
Ep.14 Hi Tech Police / Bionic Arms / High Tech Wine
Air Date: 2013-12-08
Lindsay learns how police departments are using lapel cameras and acoustic sensors to maximize efficiency and reduce crime.
Ep.15 PTSD / Oysters / Driverless Cars
Air Date: 2013-12-15
Lindsay 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.
Ep.16 Exo Bionic / Cancer Test
Air Date: 2013-12-22
Ep.17 Drones/Predictive Policing/Mushrooms
Air Date: 2013-12-29
Ep.18 3D Printing/Texas Tech/Vertical Farms
Air Date: 2014-01-05
Kosta 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.
Ep.19 Lungs-in-a-Box/Bamboo Bikes
Air Date: 2014-01-12
Shini goes to Oklahoma to visit infamous "Tornado Alley" to see new innovations being developed to better track tornadoes and lessen the damage they cause.
Ep.20 DNA Pt 1/Molten Solar/Bugs as Protein
Air Date: 2014-01-19
Phil travels to Peru to uncover whether a spider or mite could be constructing never-before-seen circular web structures.
Ep.21 DNA Testing at Home
Air Date: 2014-01-26
Ep.22 Fountain of Youth?
Air Date: 2014-02-02
Ep.23 Lung in a Box
Air Date: 2014-02-09
Ep.24 Space Archaeology
Air Date: 2014-02-16
Ep.25 Inside the CSI
Air Date: 2014-02-23
Ep.26 The Frozen Zoo
Air Date: 2014-03-02
Ep.27 Medical Marijuana for Kids
Air Date: 2014-03-09
Ep.28 Designer Drugs: Legal & Lethal
Air Date: 2014-03-16
Ep.29 Hollywood Resurrection
Air Date: 2014-03-23
Ep.30 Eyes in the Sky
Air Date: 2014-03-30
Ep.31 Facial recognition, faux eggs, and solar energy
Air Date: 2014-04-06
Shini 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.
Ep.32 Survivors: Help in a Heartbeat
Air Date: 2014-04-13
Testing out satellite technology that can detect a heartbeat buried under rubble.
Ep.33 Smoking out the Truth: E-cigarettes Exposed
Air Date: 2014-04-20
New data on e-cigarettes reveals what's really in them and the secondhand smoke impact.
Ep.34 Sniffing Out Cancer
Air Date: 2014-04-27
Taking their cue from cancer-detecting dogs, scientists work towards developing high-tech devices that can sniff out cancer early.
Ep.35 The Amazing Spider Web
Air Date: 2014-05-04
Scientists want to harvest spider silk, which could be used to hold up bridges or create artificial body parts.
Ep.36 Frozen: Operation IceBridge
Air Date: 2014-05-11
NASA observes shrinking glaciers and fast rising seas; charts impacts of climate change.
Ep.37 Science Slumber Party
Air Date: 2014-05-18
Living laboratory; one of the greenest houses on earth; high-tech house may help solve climate change issues.
Ep.38 Distracted Driving
Air Date: 2014-05-25
Ep.39 Farms Without Fields
Air Date: 2014-06-01
