2013 • 40 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1 • Aug 25, 2013
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.
Episode 2 • Sep 01, 2013
A bionic exoskeleton helping paralyzed people walk again and meet a teenage inventor of a cancer screening test.
Episode 3 • Sep 08, 2013
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.
Episode 4 • Sep 15, 2013
Explore how a remotely piloted Predator drone helped fight the Rim fire in Yosemite National Park
Episode 5 • Sep 22, 2013
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.
Episode 6 • Sep 29, 2013
Join our expert contributors as they explore high-tech methods to artificially inseminate honey bees, which are dying in record numbers.
Episode 7 • Oct 06, 2013
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.
Episode 8 • Oct 13, 2013
Phil takes a ride with NASA in a flying science lab that measures evidence of climate change.
Episode 9 • Oct 20, 2013
Marita goes swimming with sharks to see first-hand how a new underwater robot is tracking animal behavior in the ocean.
Episode 10 • Oct 27, 2013
Crystal, a nicotine researcher, investigates the science behind e-cigarettes and vape culture.
Episode 11 • Nov 01, 2013
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.
Episode 12 • Nov 17, 2013
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.
Episode 13 • Nov 24, 2013
Phil puts his entomology chops to the test to learn how bugs may be the most overlooked protein.
Episode 14 • Dec 08, 2013
Lindsay learns how police departments are using lapel cameras and acoustic sensors to maximize efficiency and reduce crime.
Episode 15 • Dec 15, 2013
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.
Episode 16 • Dec 22, 2013
Episode 17 • Dec 29, 2013
Episode 18 • Jan 05, 2014
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.
Episode 19 • Jan 12, 2014
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.
Episode 20 • Jan 19, 2014
Phil travels to Peru to uncover whether a spider or mite could be constructing never-before-seen circular web structures.
Episode 21 • Jan 26, 2014
Episode 22 • Feb 02, 2014
Episode 23 • Feb 09, 2014
Episode 24 • Feb 16, 2014
Episode 25 • Feb 23, 2014
Episode 26 • Mar 02, 2014
Episode 27 • Mar 09, 2014
Episode 28 • Mar 16, 2014
Episode 29 • Mar 23, 2014
Episode 30 • Mar 30, 2014
Episode 31 • Apr 06, 2014
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.
Episode 32 • Apr 13, 2014
Testing out satellite technology that can detect a heartbeat buried under rubble.
Episode 33 • Apr 20, 2014
New data on e-cigarettes reveals what's really in them and the secondhand smoke impact.
Episode 34 • Apr 27, 2014
Taking their cue from cancer-detecting dogs, scientists work towards developing high-tech devices that can sniff out cancer early.
Episode 35 • May 04, 2014
Scientists want to harvest spider silk, which could be used to hold up bridges or create artificial body parts.
Episode 36 • May 11, 2014
NASA observes shrinking glaciers and fast rising seas; charts impacts of climate change.
Episode 37 • May 18, 2014
Living laboratory; one of the greenest houses on earth; high-tech house may help solve climate change issues.
Episode 38 • May 25, 2014
Episode 39 • Jun 01, 2014
Episode 40 • Jun 08, 2014