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