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Season 1

  • S01E01 Songs, Sweets, and Space

    • September 28, 2019
    • CBS

    Two Hollywood music producers explain the science behind your favorite pop hits, an inventor who engineered a sweet twist on ice cream, and a NASA roboticist explains what it takes to drive the Mars Curiosity rover. LaurDIY shows how to make colorful "Liquid Lava" at home.

  • S01E02 Tools, Teeth, and Tusks

    • October 5, 2019
    • CBS

    Building a tool box; strange ocean creatures; the prehistoric giants hiding below one of America's biggest cities; the science behind a chocolate shell.

  • S01E03 Nets, Neighborhoods and NASA

    • October 12, 2019
    • CBS

    An engineer with an exciting double life; a researcher leads a scavenger hunt to find the environmental factors affecting neighborhoods; two NASA scientists search for the origin of life; kinetic sand.

  • S01E04 Bots, Beans, and Bones

    • October 19, 2019
    • CBS

    A mechanical engineer who teaches robots to dance; a carnivore ecologist who tracks bears; a paleoanthropologist who studies the evolution of the human diet by looking at the markings on million-year-old bones; the brain science behind softball.

  • S01E05 Teeth, Tremors and Tech

    • October 26, 2019
    • CBS

    A biomedical engineer fixes bones with oyster shells; a geologist shares the science behind quakes on Earth and beyond; a data scientist explains how information shapes communities and lives; a "mathmagical" trick.

  • S01E06 Fusion, Friends, and Flerovium

    • November 2, 2019
    • CBS

    A brilliant scientist can make stars here on Earth using lasers; an augmented reality game teaches kids how to get along better, quantum computers are the future of computing; and meet a scientist who helped add new elements to the periodic table.

  • S01E07 Sharks, Songs, Sports and Sand

    • November 9, 2019
    • CBS

    A shark is discovered right in the middle of a museum storage area. Plus, learn the secret behind writing hit songs, how your brain reacts to sports, and how to make kinetic sand in the comfort of your own kitchen.

  • S01E08 A Biochop, a Bot and a Biobus

    • November 16, 2019
    • CBS

    Meet a biomedical engineer who’s working on putting your brain on a microchip, the woman behind the amazing Mars Rover; and a bus that is really a traveling biology lab in New York City.

  • S01E09 A Night Flier, a NASA Natural, and a New Innovation

    • November 23, 2019
    • CBS

    Meet a zoologist who loves bats so much she’s dedicated her whole life to them, the former NASA Chief Scientist who is certain you’re going to mars, and a high school student who invented a new way to make a prosthetic device for a man in need.

  • S01E10 Conservation, Crystals, and the Corpus Callosum

    • January 18, 2020
    • CBS

    On this episode: a marine biologist who helps turtle conservation (and shows us the miracle of life!), a physicist who accomplished what scientists said was impossible, and a neuroscientist who understands how your brain talks to itself.

  • S01E11 Algae, Asteroids, and Astrophysics

    • January 25, 2020
    • CBS

    An engineer who saves the environment from a dangerous undersea threat, a team of superheroes who protect the planet using physics, and a scientist who knows what's science and what's fiction in your favorite sci-fi films.

  • S01E12 Bots, Bacteria, and Building

    • February 1, 2020
    • CBS

    A robot that can show kids how to share, a scientist who studies octopi and their unlikely symbiotic friends, and a mechanical engineer who is building toys for our nation's future female STEM stars.

  • S01E13 Athletes, Apes, and Artificial Intelligence

    • February 8, 2020
    • CBS

    a coach for the U.S. women's soccer team who uses science to keep her players in shape, an expert who studies singing apes, and a computer engineer who is making artificial intelligence more equitable for all people.

  • S01E14 Fingertips, Fractures, and Frequencies

    • February 15, 2020
    • CBS

    a forensic scientist who uses STEM to solve crimes, a bioengineer who makes playing sports safer for our bodies, and a military specialist who works on the most sophisticated radar systems in the world.

  • S01E15 Turtles, Teeth, and Technology

    • February 22, 2020
    • CBS

    a marine biologist spends her day with baby sea turtles; a biomedical engineer uses techniques from the Mayans to improve modern dentistry; and a dancer trains robots to move a little more like you.

  • S01E16 Propulsion, Probability, and Perseverance

    • April 4, 2020
    • CBS

    On this week's episode: a statistician who shows us the math behind games of chance, a physicist who is launching a rocket to learn about the sun, and what does NASA do when a space mission doesn't go according to plan?

  • S01E17 Flying, Fitness, and Forensics

    • April 11, 2020
    • CBS

    On this week's episode: a mechanical systems engineer who knows how to make things fly, a biomedical engineer who takes us rock climbing in the name of science, and a nurse who specializes in treating radiological accidents.

  • S01E18 Pictures, Protection, and Pressure

    • April 18, 2020
    • CBS

    On this week's episode: a scientist who uses photography to document the impact of severe weather events and climate change; cybersecurity specialists who purposefully break into the army's computers; and a team of female firefighters who make putting out flames an exact science.

  • S01E19 Marine Biology, Moon Rock, and Molecules

    • April 25, 2020
    • CBS

    In this week's episode: a marine biologist who trains sharks, a geologist who compares Hawaiian rock to moon rock, and a cloud research specialist who knows exactly where your water has been.

  • S01E20 Stinger, Statues and Solar Power

    • May 2, 2020
    • CBS

    Scorpions that glow in the dark, life-size statues that can be made in record time and how lasers are helping advancements in solar power.

  • S01E21 Movement, Microscopes, and Mechanical Engineering

    • May 9, 2020
    • CBS

    A roboticist who teaches robots to share, a community leader who puts science on wheels, and an engineer who builds toys.

  • S01E22 Big Bones, Boss Waves, and Burning Stars

    • May 16, 2020
    • CBS

    On this week's episode: a paleontologist showing us how to get dinosaur bones out of rock; the science behind surf; and stars that are different colors based on what they're made of

  • S01E23 Coding, Coral and a Concoction

    • May 23, 2020
    • CBS

    On this week's episode: a computer expert who makes sure everyone can be a coder, the fight to save our oceans' coral reefs, and how science is using stretchy material to make cutting-edge electronics.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Caves, Chemistry, and Crickets

    • January 2, 2021

    An archeologist talks about the evolution of early man. A chemist uses exercise to show how science solutions play an important role in exercise for our bodies. A weather influencer shows us how to make a thunderstorm in an aquarium. An invertebrate keeper at the Museum of Science talks about the millions of insects she takes care of and their roles in the environment.

  • S02E02 Foragers, Filter Feeders, and Phones

    • January 9, 2021

    Pika biologist talks about how pikas thrive in certain environments. Marine biologist shows how oysters help clean the ocean. STEM Queen/ Pageant Winner shows us how to make a kitchen science elephant. AT&T Business CEO shows the importance of networks.

  • S02E03 Speech and Space Suits, Beetles and Bursts

    • January 16, 2021

    How speech is used in training dogs; how beetles can be used to control invasive plant species; how to make milk fireworks; an innovative space suit.

  • S02E04 Physics, Flames, and Funnels

    • January 23, 2021

    The physics behind makeup; how fires spread in different environments; how to make a tornado in a garage; how to use STEM to recycle.

  • S02E05 Construction, Clouds and Climate

    • January 30, 2021

    Delivering medicine to people more quickly; building a skyscraper; how to make a cloud in a bottle; climate change.

  • S02E06 Birds, Biomes, and Bitey

    • February 6, 2021

    Pelicans on the Great Salt Lake; plants that are resistant to heat; how to make a DIY oobleck; where sharks live.

  • S02E07 Microbes, Metals, and Museums

    • February 13, 2021

    Salt-loving microbes in the Great Salt Lake; how the immune system fights viruses like COVID-19; what makes gallium different from other metals; a museum exhibit developer shows how she develops interactive exhibits.

  • S02E08 Make-Up, Medicine Delivery, and Milk Fireworks

    • February 20, 2021

    The evolution of early man; the physics behind makeup; delivering medicine to people more quickly; how to make milk fireworks.

  • S02E09 Extraction, Electricity, and Engineering

    • February 27, 2021

    How to extract DNA from fruit; use of electric currents to help the sick; how to use science to blow up a balloon; developing devices to help people with disabilities.

  • S02E10 Resting Repairing and Roasting

  • S02E11 Darling Whales, Dry Deserts, and Do-It Yourself Science

    • April 17, 2021

    A beluga whale trainer shows how to care for and train beluga whales. A naturalist teaches about how plants and animals survive in extreme environments like the desert. STEM innovator shows how she created a technology to track early signs of neurological diseases.

  • S02E12 Combat, Chemistry, and Communication

    • April 24, 2021

    Immunologist shows how the immune system fights viruses like COVID-19. A chemist uses exercise to show how science solutions play an important role in exercise for our bodies. Doctor of Neuroscience and Cognitive Science shows how speech is used in training dogs.

  • S02E13 Crickets, Cakes, and Crawlers

    • May 1, 2021

    A Graduate researcher shows how to use insects to reduce meat consumption. A Mathematician shows how to use math in baking. Influencers get a science surprise from Miranda. A Science Educator teaches about environmental conservation and snakes.

  • S02E14 Friction, Flurries, and Foliage

    • May 8, 2021

    A group of arborists show how they take care of trees. A microbiologist who studies animals and humans explains how animals and humans experience illnesses differently and how they can be spread to each other. Influencers show you how to make DIY snow. Tribologists teach about friction and lubrication.

  • S02E15 Lassoing Lizards, Surveying Sharks, and Problematic Perception

    • May 15, 2021

    A herpetologist teaches about lizards and shows how to lasso and catch lizards safely in the desert. A shark researcher who studies what sharks eat shows how she gets samples of their shark's eating habits. Miranda Cosgrove calls Esther Povitsky with science facts about quokkas. A cognitive scientist explains how perception works.

  • S02E16 Astronomy, Aquariums and Artificial Heart

    • May 22, 2021

    An educator shows how she swabs frogs to make sure their skin and environment is healthy and safe for them. A children's cardiologist is creating cutting-edge technology for heart surgery. An astrophysicist teaches about her studies in finding new galaxies that have not been discovered yet. An influencer shows how to make a DIY glitter experiment.

  • S02E17 Super Stars, Savvy Screens and Sensory Robots

    • May 29, 2021

    An astrophysics professor shows how to build telescopes and shows how they work. A designer shows how design and engineering work together to make cutting-edge technology in cars. An engineer shows how she made a fingertip sensing robot. Miranda Cosgrove calls Esther Povitsky with science facts about wisdom teeth.

  • S02E18 Landscape, Seascape, Mindscape

    • July 3, 2021

    A deep sea explorer shows the equipment she uses to explore the depths of the oceans. A neuroscientist explains the science behind dreams. A middle school teacher prepares her students for their robotics club competitions. A hydrologist demonstrates how fires impact the water supply.

  • S02E19 Snow, Snakes and Sports Science

    • July 10, 2021

  • S02E20 Printing, Planting and Popularity

    • July 17, 2021

  • S02E21 Trekky, Tricky and Tasty

    • July 10, 2021

    A deep sea explorer who goes on unique expeditions to discover parts of the sea that have never been explored. A mathematician shows tricks to make math fun. A neuroscientist explains what's going on in the brain when someone has a crush. A food scientist demonstrates how we taste and experience food.

  • S02E22 Your Brain, Your Breath and Your Blow Dryer

    • July 31, 2021

    A neuroscientist tests how well someone's brain is aging. A scuba instructor explains the science behind SCUBA diving. Miranda shows how to make your own ring light. A beauty scientist shows what's inside a blow dryer and how it works.

  • S02E23 Artifacts, Attraction, and Aurora Borealis

    • August 7, 2021

    A digital archeologist uses technology to discover and learn more about the past. A scientist shows how she studies the weather in space. A content creator shows how she uses science to pull pranks on her friends. A high school student uses beets to detect infections in sutures.

  • S02E24 Innovative Islands, Capturing Carbon and Awesome Absorption

    • August 14, 2021

    The president and CEO of an aquarium shows how they work to restore wildlife inside and outside of the aquarium. A professor shows how she is finding ways to trap and reduce greenhouse gases to help the environment. A content creator shows how she uses science to pull pranks on her friends. A materials scientist shows how different surfaces react differently to falling objects.

  • S02E25 Forgeries, Frequencies and Phenolphthalein

    • August 21, 2021

    A forensic scientist shows how she uses handwriting to help her solve crimes. A scientist studies how atomic clocks work. A content creator uses science to pull pranks on her friends. A video game producer shows a game she created using virtual reality.

  • S02E26 Best of — Biology, Buds, and Brains

    • August 28, 2021

    MIT student who studies synthetic biology demonstrates how to extract DNA from fruit. A food scientist demonstrates how we taste and experience food. Miranda calls her friend with science facts. A neuroscientist explains what's going on in the brain when someone has a crush.

Season 3

  • S03E01 Beats, Bugs, and Bismuth

    • October 2, 2021

    How STEM plays a role in dance, Bug catching with an entomologist, Growing bismuth crystals, and Portable labs.

  • S03E02 Tones, Trees, and Temperatures

    • October 9, 2021

    Looking at sound waves, Forest ecology and experiments, How circuits react to temperatures, and Climate conservation

  • S03E03 Robots, Rocks, and Rivers

    • October 16, 2021

    Origami robots, Chemist making bioplastics, Testing minerals, and River toxins.

  • S03E04 Handwings, History, and Henna

    • October 23, 2021

    Scientist teaches about bats, What goes into fossil prep, How technology is used to learn about the past, and How to make glitter glue

  • S03E05 Caves, Chemistry, and Coral

    • October 30, 2021

    Cave microbiology and exploration, Making your own lipstick, How plate tectonics work, Octocorals in the Caribbean.

  • S03E06 Electricity, Engineering, and E-Games

    • November 6, 2021

  • S03E07 Bass, Batteries, and Bees

    • November 13, 2021

    How the latest technology is being used to improve agriculture; the giant sea bass population off the coast of California; how to make a battery with a lemon; the importance of bees to crops and the food supply.

  • S03E08 Spelunking, Swabbing, and Self-Folding Robots

    • November 20, 2021

    How to make a cloud in a bottle; an educator shows how she swabs frogs to make sure their skin and environment is healthy and safe for them; a roboticist combines her passion for origami with robotics; the microbes existing in caves.

  • S03E09 Tracking, Training, Tracing

    • January 15, 2022

    An oceanographer makes sustainable fuel from kelp; a computer scientist codes a program to track wild orca populations; a digital forensic expert explains how she finds deleted data; how to form positive habits and break bad ones.

  • S03E10 Excellence, Excipients, and Engineerings

    • January 22, 2022

  • S03E11 Starch, S'mores and Soundwaves

    • January 29, 2022

    Chemical Kim makes plastic out of potatoes. Barbosa Rocks uses s'mores to explain the Earth's plate tectonics. A computer engineer combines STEM with her passion for dance through LED dance outfits. An engineer uses a sand experiment to explain how you can actually '"see" sound waves.

  • S03E12 Racing, Roaming and Radioactivity

    • February 5, 2022

    A nuclear engineer opens our eyes to radioactive decay that's all around us. A STEM educator races lunar rovers on earth inspired by NASA's own lunar missions. Dr. Brain explains the science behind anxiety. In the Alaskan wilderness, civil engineers make maps of the wild.

  • S03E13 Sensors, Spinels, and Scary Movies

    • February 12, 2022

    A structural engineer who can make buildings as sensitive as humans. A gemologist who teaches us what makes gems so unique. A neuroscientist explains why scary movies make our palms so sweaty. Permafrost experts show us ancient finds preserved in layers of soil and ice for thousands of years.

  • S03E14 Wildlife, Wattage, and Writing Code

    • February 19, 2022

    A wildlife biologist tracks animals from shrews to wolverines, deep in the Alaskan forest. A teacher shows us how she inspires the next generation of STEM innovators. An astrophysicist takes us through the totally stellar life cycle of stars. A mechanical engineer gives us a glimpse into the future of alternative power through the use of hydro-kinetic turbines.

  • S03E15 Defying, Diving, and Detecting

    • February 26, 2022

    Feeling weightless here on Earth, Erika gets scuba certified, and how we find new planets in deep space.

  • S03E16 Sea Bass, Static, and Salmonella

    • March 5, 2022

    Tracking sea bass, detecting dangerous diseases, and the power of static electricity.

  • S03E17 Sea Anemones, Solar Power, and Sports Science

    • April 23, 2022

    A marine biologist helps save coral, how sea slugs use solar power, and a sports scientist improves athletic performance

  • S03E18 Flies, Floating, and Fuel

    • April 30, 2022

    The science behind catching bugs, a zero-gravity flight, how kelp could be the answer to sustainable fuel.

  • S03E19 A Payload, A Pilot, and A Paradox

    • May 7, 2022

    A rocket scientist shows us how precious cargo gets to space. A biologist who is tracking wild bird populations uses her plane to get the job done. Explaining the Fermi Paradox, and how scientists build wind turbines that create massive amounts of energy- all using the power of the wind.

  • S03E20 Chemistry, Coding, and Climbing

    • May 14, 2022

  • S03E21 Battles, Biology, and Braille

    • May 21, 2022

  • S03E22 Space, Sensors, and Sharks

    • May 28, 2022

    A team of high school students makes and races mock lunar rovers here on earth. How scientists are using vibrations to discover the effects of earthquakes on buildings. The science behind making crystals out of metal, and sharks: they've been on our planet even longer than trees.

  • S03E23 Singing, Swarms, and Scares

    • July 2, 2022

    A music engineer shows us how she masters vocal tracks to make them sound great, the reason bees are so important to our food resources, a neurologist explains how our brains react to scary movies, and koalas have fingerprints.

  • S03E24 Coasting, Printing, and Landing

    • July 9, 2022

    Amazing, life-size statues that were made in just days and why they are so important to the future of STEM, a space-suit designer shows us the latest technology being used to build lunar landers, and how engineers use the laws of physics to build thrilling roller coasters.

  • S03E25 Amusement, Astronomy, and Animation

    • July 16, 2022

    An engineer shows us how she uses physics to make roller coasters fun. An astrophysicist explains how galaxies form. A graphic designer shows us how she builds sets for feature films- digitally, and a biophysicist who uses a powerful microscope to help find new ways to fight bacteria and viruses.

  • S03E26 Scuba, Space, and Sievels

    • July 23, 2022

    Learning to scuba dive opens up the world below the ocean's surface. Radioactive decay is happening all around us and we learn how to see it at home, and how electrical engineers must consider the extreme temperatures of space when they're building spacecraft.

Season 4

  • S04E01 Bivalves, Bits, and Biofuel

    • October 1, 2022

    How oysters help the ocean, the math behind video games, a battery made out of lemons, and a chemistry teacher's biodiesel.

  • S04E02 Pikas, Phones, and Promethium

    • October 8, 2022

    An ecologist studies adorable pikas, the hidden secrets on our phones, rare isotopes that power Mars rovers, and the world's first computer programmer.

  • S04E03 Makeup, Minerals, and Mammals

    • October 15, 2022

    The chemistry behind lipstick, an Alaska wildlife biologist, identifying everyday minerals, and how turbines harness wind power.

  • S04E04 Pink Salts, Printers, and Project Engineers

    • October 22, 2022

    Clues about Martian life at Utah's Great Salt Lake, the teams that build skyscrapers, large scale 3D industrial printing, and a science experiment to try at home.

  • S04E05 Sounds, Snacks, and Space

    • October 29, 2022

    A Hollywood foley artist, alternative sources of protein grown from fungi, an engineer conducts a tiny train, and the mind-blowing discoveries of NASA's latest telescope.

  • S04E06 Cosmetics, Corals, and Contaminants

    • November 5, 2022

    Using virtual reality to help Coral Reefs, making moisturizer with a cosmetic chemist, the latest tools to fight smog, and why we feel déjà vu.

  • S04E07 Singers, Short Circuits, and Stones

    • November 12, 2022

    A limestone miner, a Broadway vocal coach, why water is bad for electronics, and incredible shark facts.

  • S04E08 Tilling, Testing, and Treadmills

    • January 7, 2023

    The tech of physical therapy, how composting helps the environment, citizen scientists testing our rivers, and why we love our phones.

  • S04E09 Couture, Colors, and Connections

    • January 14, 2023

    Making vegan leather, your brain can't create a new color, the truth behind Tesla Coils, and virtual reality you can feel.

  • S04E10 Scents, Sadness, and Spaceflight

    • January 21, 2023

    A perfume chemist makes scents with science, a team tries to help birds in Texas, how our brains can make us cry, and Electric Kat goes to space.

  • S04E11 Ballet, Baking, and Blue Penguins

    • January 28, 2023

    A ballerina builds robots who dance, a look at Marie Curie, baking substitutions and what it takes to care for blue penguins.

  • S04E12 Singing, Sports, and Smog

    • February 4, 2023

    The techniques and tech of physical therapy, a Broadway vocal coach, the latest tools to fight smog, and an engineer conducts a tiny train.

  • S04E13 Ecology, Eating, and Engines

    • February 11, 2023

    Invasive beetles impacting forests in Hawaii, your brain is the ultimate taste bud, using helicopters to airlift Pronghorn and the science behind race car engines.

  • S04E14 Teaching Code, Tastebuds, and Training Dogs

    • February 18, 2023

    Learn about Supertasters, and how algae can make a sweet gummy treat, coding self driving cars, the science behind medical service dogs.

  • S04E15 Meat, Mining, and Marie Curie

    • February 25, 2023

    A limestone miner, alternative sources of protein grown from fungi, who was Marie Curie, and why we love our phones.

  • S04E16 Space, Soil, and Senses

    • April 22, 2023

    Electric Kat goes to space, how composting helps the environment, the mind-blowing discoveries of NASA's latest telescope, and virtual reality you can feel.

  • S04E17 Satellites, Sea Dragons, and STEM in Landscaping

    • April 29, 2023

    Using satellites to track floods and fires, how brain freeze affects your brain, saving sea dragon species, learning about tech in landscaping.

  • S04E18 Teachers, Tiny Fish Teeth, and Trash in Space

    • May 6, 2023

    A robotic garden made by grade-schoolers, the truth about sandy beaches, making a "quick pickle" with science, and how NASA manages garbage in space.

  • S04E19 Cephalopods, Cuticles, and the Comforts of ASMR

    • May 13, 2023

    The senses of cephalopods, the chemistry behind hair care, why ASMR might tickle your brain, and a STEM BESTIE makes her debut.

  • S04E20 Bytes, Brains, and Birds

    • May 20, 2023

    Teaching girls to code, Miranda investigates an elephant's memory, the chemistry of tie-dye and wildlife rehab for Hawaiian birds.

  • S04E21 Penguins, Picturing Colors, and Protecting Forests

    • May 27, 2023

    What it takes to care for blue penguins, your brain can't create a new color, Invasive beetles impacting forests in Hawaii, and a teacher codes self driving cars.

  • S04E22 Tastebuds, Tee Shirts, and Texas Pronghorn

    • June 24, 2023

    Learn about human "supertasters", the chemistry of tie-dye, a ballerina who builds bots that dance, and using helicopters to airlift pronghorn.

  • S04E23 Maple Trees, Mentors, and Munchies in Space

    • July 1, 2023

    Using technology to track tree DNA, using computers to animate movies, learning about patents and computer science, growing vegetables in space.

  • S04E24 Cultivating Grass, Chemiluminescence, and Conservation

    • July 8, 2023

    We learn what grass does below ground, Miranda spills some science gossip, how chemistry can create light, and promoting sustainable palm oil.

  • S04E25 Voyagers, Volatile Weather, and Volcanoes

    • July 15, 2023

    A CEO at Nat Geo, what happens in your brain when you feel shame, a storm chaser sends up a weather balloon, a volcanologist in Hawaii.

  • S04E26 Whiffs of Science, Wings, and Worms

    • July 22, 2023

    A perfume chemist makes scents with science, learn about sharks, wildlife rehab for Hawaiian birds, and how algae can make a sweet gummy treat.