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Acid Rain -- Show 910 -- What causes acid rain? AIDS -- Show 1007 -- What is Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome? Air Pressure -- Show 1010 -- How can we measure the force with which air presses on the Earth? Airbags and Collisions -- Show 911 -- Can airbags help prevent injuries in automobile accidents? Aircraft Carrier -- Show 1202 -- How do airplanes land on such a short runway? Aircraft Fire Rescue -- Show 1306 -- Firefighters practice putting out aircraft fires... Animals -- Season 9 -- Miniature Horses, Bats, Porcupines, Camels, Llamas, Eagles, Bears, Pot Belly Pigs Animals -- Season 11 -- Chimpanzees, Dolphins, Lizards, Hummingbirds, Polar Bears, River Otters, Reindeer, Wolves, Mosquitoes Animals -- Season 12 -- Hedgehog, Red Fox, African Elephant, Kimodo Dragon, Snakes, Siberian Tiger, Tasmanian Devil, Wallaby Antarctica 1 -- Show 1006 -- Why do scientists go to Antarctica? Antarctica 2 -- Show 1006 -- Why is Antarctica important to the rest of the Earth? Antibiotics -- Show 1208 -- How do antibiotics kill bacteria? Archeology -- Show 1108 -- How do archeologists know where to dig? Archery -- Show 1009 -- What is the technology behind the bow and arrow? Arctic Nutrition -- Show 1202 -- How do arctic explorers get the energy they need to complete an expedition? Arctic Survival -- Show 1202 -- How do explorers keep warm in the Arctic? Asthma-- Show 1505 -- What is Asthma and what does it feel like to have an asthma "attack"? Aurora Borealis -- Show 1010 -- What causes the "Northern Lights"? Avalanche Rescue -- Show 1405 -- How do dogs find people buried in an avalanche? Balloon Safari -- Show 1304 -- David explores the Serengeti in a hot-air balloon. Balloons -- Show 1306 -- The kind you don't ride in... Bee Stings -- Show 1407 -- Why do bees sting? The Bends -- Show 1111 -- Why do divers get the bends? Bicycles -- Show 1310 -- How have bikes changed since their invention? Bike Trek (Maya Bike Trek) -- Show 1303 -- A high-tech bike ride through Central America... Bird Songs -- Show 1312 -- How does a bird learn its song? Bison -- Show 1110 -- What role have bison played in North American history? Black Holes -- Show 1102 -- What are they? Blood Typing -- Show 1012 -- Isn't all human blood the same? Black Pearls -- Show 1402 -- How does the oyster make a pearl? Body Fat -- Show 1403 -- Is all fat bad? What's the best way to lose fat? Blue Sky -- Show 909 -- The sky is blue. Why? Bone Marrow -- Show 1309 -- Why do we need bone marrow? Bones -- Show 1412 -- How do bones get so strong? Bones, Broken (Broken Bones) -- Show 1008 -- Why do bones break? How do they heal? Bomb Squad -- Show 1104 -- What is an explosion? Brain -- Show 1203 -- What goes on inside our heads? Bread -- Show 1205 -- What makes bread rise? Bridges -- Show 1213 -- How do different bridge designs work? Broken Bones -- Show 1008 -- Why do bones break? How do they heal? Cancer Causes -- Show 904 -- Why do people get cancer? Cancer Treatments -- Show 905 -- Some of the methods for treating cancer Car Engines -- 1511 -- How does a car enging make the wheels turn? Carpal Tunnel Syndrome -- Show 1107 -- What is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome? Circus High Wire -- Show 1302 -- How do high-wire artists balance on such a thin wire? Clocks -- Show 1410 -- How do clocks keep time? Cockroaches -- Show 1008 -- I want to learn more about these little critters... Coffee -- Show 1311 -- Where does coffee come from, and how is it changed into the stuff we drink? Collisions: Airbags and Collisions -- Show 911 -- Can airbags help prevent injuries in automobile accidents? Compact Discs -- Show 1111 -- Which sounds better -- an LP or a CD? Cows: Dairy Farm -- Show 1109 -- How do cows produce milk? Cryogenics -- Show 1011 -- The physics behind extreme cold... Dairy Farm -- Show 1109 -- How do cows produce milk? Diabetes -- Show 1013 -- Why does this disease occur? Diet and Nutrition -- Show 1005 -- Which foods are good for you? Dinosaur Extinction -- Show 1207 -- Where did the dinosaurs go? Dinosaurs 1 -- Show 906 -- Finding and dating fossils Dinosaurs 2 -- Show 906 -- Assembling a dinosaur skeleton Dinosaurs: Movie Dinosaurs -- Show 1205 -- Behind the scenes at Jurassic Park. Dinosaurs:Movie Dinosaurs -- Show 1501 -- What makes the dinosaurs so believable on the new Lost World ride at Universal Studios? DNA Fingerprinting -- Show 1305 -- Can blood found at a crime scene really identify a criminal? Dolphin Communication -- Show 1307 -- Can animals communicate with humans? Domed Stadium -- Show 907 -- Air keeps this stadium from collapsing. Drinking Water -- Show 1413 -- How do we get the impurities out of drinking water? Earthquakes -- Show 1213 -- What causes earthquakes? Election Polls and Surveys -- Show 1003 -- Are polls valid? Electric Cars -- Show 1003 -- Battery powered cars. (Also see Solar Powered Cars) Electricity -- Show 1211 -- Why birds aren't electrocuted when they sit on wires... Emergency Rescue -- Show 1102 -- How do experts in emergency medicine treat trauma? Engines, Car -- 1511 -- How does the engine make the wheels of a car turn? Equator -- Show 1311 -- What is life like for animals, plants, and people at the African equator? Ergonomics -- Show 1312 -- Modifying our tools to better suit our bodies... Ethanol -- Show 1412 -- What is ethanol and how does it make a car run? Ethnobotany -- Show 1209 -- What IS Ethnobotany, anyway? Extinction, Dinosaur -- Show 1207 -- Where did the dinosaurs go? Family Pack -- 1504 -- What is pack behavior and why do dogs act the way they do? Fire Rescue (Aircraft Fire Rescue) -- Show 1306 -- Firefighters practice putting out aircraft fires... Firefighting -- Show 1109 -- How do fires spread so quickly? Floods -- Show 1207 -- Why river control methods do and do not work. Foley: Movie Sound Effects -- Show 1206 -- Making sound effects at Skywalker Ranch Forests: Old-Growth Forests/Spotted Owl -- Show 1107 -- Why should we save the spotted owl? Frisbee Physics -- Show 904 -- Physics and the flying disk Galaxy Mapping -- Show 1013 -- Why make maps of the galaxies? Garbage -- Show 1112 -- What we throw away says a lot about us... Garlic -- Show 1204 -- The chemistry behind garlic Gems -- Show 1411 -- How do gemstones get their colors? Glaciers -- 1507 -- Tracking the flow of a glacier. Glass Blowing -- 1508 -- How do they make glass into different shapes? Glass Recycling -- Show 1007 -- Making new bottles from old... Glaucoma -- 1501 -- What is glaucoma and how do people get it? Gliders -- 1506 -- How do engineless planes stay aloft? Gold Mine -- 1503 -- How is gold found in the ground? Gravity -- Show 1212 -- Gravity and weightlessness Greenhouse Effect-- 1509 -- How does the loss of ozone affect our climate? Hang Gliding -- Show 1201 -- How do they stay up without an engine? Hazardous Materials -- Show 1308 -- How are hazardous materials spills cleaned up? Hearing -- Show 1303 -- How can noise be hazardous to your hearing? Heart Attack -- Show 1110 -- What goes on inside a person's body during a heart attack? High Jump -- Show 910 -- Learning physics helps high jumpers set new records... High Wire (Circus High Wire) -- Show 1302 -- How do high-wire artists balance on such a thin wire? Hip Replacement --Show 913 -- How do artificial implants work in the body? Hollywood Stunts -- Show 1002 -- What is the physics behind movie stunts? Household Chemestry -- Show 1002 -- What are acids and bases? Hubble Space Telescope -- Show 1209 -- An in-flight repair for the Hubble telescope... Human Eye -- Show 1401 -- How does the human eye see? Human Slingshot Ride -- Show 1309 -- Do rides like this make you feel queasy? Hypercoaster -- Show 1404 -- How do you know a roller coaster is safe? Ice Surfing -- Show 1305 -- Sailing on a frozen lake... Inca Engineering -- Show 1406 -- How did the Incas build without mortar or wheels? Infrared Light -- Show 1112 -- Light that you can't see?!? In-line Skating -- Show 1308 -- The physics of in-line skating... Internet -- Show 1208 -- You probably already know a bit about the Internet... In Vitro Fertilization -- Show 1103 -- Do test tube babies come from test tubes? Jumbo Jets -- Show 1105 -- How does a plane as heavy as three blue whales fly? Jungle Survival -- Show 1313 -- How would you survive if lost in the jungle? Karate -- Show 1201 -- Can karate experts break boards with their bare hands without injury? Kids on Mars -- 1510 -- How do scientist design probes for distant planets? Lightning Bolts -- 1513 -- How is lightning formed? Lions (Wild Lion Vets) -- Show 1301 -- What is being done to ensure the future of lions in Africa? Liver -- Show 1313 -- A chemical factory inside your body... Locks and Dams -- Show 1012 -- How do dams help navigation? How does a lock work? The Lost World -- 1501 -- How were realistic diosaurs created for Jurassic Park: The Ride? The Luge -- Show 901 -- High tech engineering at the Olympics... Malaria Tracking -- Show 1410 -- How can you locate disease-carrying mosquitoes? Mammoth Dig -- 1509 -- Why are there mammoth "burial grounds? Mars, Kids on -- 1510 -- How do scientist design probes for distant planets? Maya Bike Trek -- Show 1303 -- A high-tech bike ride through Central America... Mazes -- Show 1108 -- What's the math behind a maze? Medical Quackeries -- Show 911 -- Can this medicine cure me? Memory -- Show 1103 -- How do we remember? Meteors -- Show 1105 -- Rocks from the sky... Microwave Ovens -- Show 911 -- How do microwave ovens cook food? Money, Printing -- Show 1212 -- A trip to the Bureau of Engraving... Moon, Phases of the -- 1503 -- Why does the moon look different at different times of the month? Monster Makeup -- Show 1004 -- How do make up artists make movie monsters so convincing? Mount Rushmore -- Show 1113 -- Maintaining the world's largest sculpture... Movie Dinosaurs -- Show 1205 -- Behind the scenes at Jurassic Park... Movie Sound Effects -- Show 1206 -- Making sound effects at Skywalker Ranch... Mummies -- Show 1301 -- What can mummies teach us about the past? Murder Mystery -- Show 903 -- How forensic scientists help solve murder mysteries... NASA Robots -- 1512 -- What are robots? How are they used in space? Newspaper -- Show 1104 -- What technologies are used in producing a daily newspaper? Nicotine -- Show 1404 -- Why is it so hard to quit smoking? Novocain™ -- 1506 -- How can the dentist drill my teeth without hurting me? Nutrition, Arctic -- Show 1202 -- How do arctic explorers get the energy they need to complete an expedition? Oil Spills -- Show 1005 -- What is the technology used to clean up oil spills? Old-Growth Forests/Spotted Owl -- Show 1107 -- Why should we save the spotted owl? Olympic Solar Energy -- Show 1409 -- How is the sun used for power? Olympic Training Center -- Show 901 -- Biomechanics helps athletes swim faster, jump higher... Olympics: The Luge -- Show 901 -- High tech engineering at the Olympics... Omnimax -- Show 1009 -- How are those huge-screen movies made and shown? Ozone -- Show 1004 -- Chloroflourocarbons and ozone... Permafrost -- Show 1106 -- What can permafrost tell us about past and future climate? Pet Food -- 1504 -- How do scientists create the perfect dining delights for my pet? Phases of the Moon -- 1503 -- Why does the moon look different at different times of the month? Photography -- Show 1210 -- How does a piece of photographic film form a picture? Photosynthesis -- Show 907 -- How do plants make food? Polls (Election Polls and Surveys) -- Show 1003 -- Are polls valid? Post Office -- Show 1411 -- What happens to a letter dropped in a mailbox? Printing Money -- Show 1212 -- A trip to the Bureau of Engraving... Prosthetic Limbs -- Show 1405 -- How does a person control a prosthetic hand? Proteins -- Show 1513 -- What are proteins and why are they important? Quackery, Medical -- Show 911 -- Can this medicine cure me? Rainforest Animals -- Show 1408 -- How are animals in the rain forest unique? Rainforest Plants -- Show 1408 -- What's unique about plant life in the rain forest? Raptor Hospital -- Show 1208 -- A veterinary clinic for birds of prey... Recycling (Glass Recycling ) -- Show 1007 -- Making new bottles from old... Redwoods -- Show 1211 -- How do these trees grow so tall? Reflexes -- Show 1301 -- Why in the world do we sneeze, cough, yawn, blink, and belch? Riverboats -- Show 1403 -- How does steam power big machinery? Robots -- 1512 -- What are robots and how do they differ from machines? Robots, NASA -- 1512 -- What are robots? How are they used in space? Rock Climbing -- Show 1101 -- Using biomechanics to scale a cliff... Satellite Technology -- Show 1001 -- Television shows and phone calls from space... Science Try Its -- A collection of SciTry experiments from Season 11... Scuba Diving -- 1502 -- What does it take to scuba dive? Sewer Science -- Show 905 -- Where does it go after it goes down the drain? Sharks -- Show 1402 -- How do sharks find their prey? Simulator Rides -- Show 1307 -- Fooling several of your senses makes these rides seem real. Ski Jumping -- Show 1407 -- How do ski jumpers go so far? Sky Blue -- Show 909 -- The sky is blue. Why? Slinky Physics -- Show 908 -- How do they walk down stairs? Smiles -- 1508 -- Why do humans smile? Soccer -- Show 1409 -- How can I control the soccer ball? Solar Eclipse -- Show 912 -- Why don't eclipses happen more often? Solar Energy, Olympic -- Show 1409 -- How is the sun used for power? Solar Powered Cars -- Show 902 -- How fast can you go on solar power? Soviet Space -- Show 909 -- How does the Soviet space program differ from ours? Spelunking -- Show 1401 -- How are caves formed? Spotted Owl/Old-Growth Forests -- Show 1107 -- Why should we save the spotted owl? Steroids -- Show 902 -- Do athletes need to take synthetic steroids? Street Smart -- See how you do on this Street Smart quiz... Sun -- Show 1206 -- It's not really on fire... Sunken Slave Ship -- 1502 -- How and what can we learn from a shipwreck? Survival, Arctic -- Show 1202 -- How do explorers keep warm in the Arctic? Taste and Smell -- Show 1101 -- How are these two senses linked? Tears -- Show 908 -- Why do we cry? Television -- Show 1001 -- Behind the scenes at Newton's Apple... Telecommunications -- Show 911 -- Telephones, lasers, fiber obtics...
Veterinarians (Wild Lion Vets) -- Show 1301 -- What is being done to ensure the future of lions in Africa? Veterinarians, Zoo -- 1511 -- How is a zoo vet different from my puppy's vet? Virtual Reality -- Show 1107 -- Is virtual reality as real as real reality? Waterskiing -- Show 1301 -- How does the shape of a water ski allow someone to stay on top of the water? Wetlands -- Show 1413 -- What are wetlands and why are they so important? Wild Lion Vets -- Show 1301 -- What is being done to ensure the future of lions in Africa? Wilderness Training -- 1507 -- How do adventurers prepare for a long wilderness journey? Wind Blow -- 1510 -- Where do air masses come from and where do they go? Windsurfing -- Show 1106 -- How can windsurfers reach speeds faster than the wind that powers them? White-Water Rafting -- 1505 -- How do white-water rafters navigate the rapids?
Yeast (Bread) -- Show 1205 -- What makes bread rise?
Zoo Veterinarians -- 1511 -- How is a zoo vet different from my puppy's vet?
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