Season 7

We Made Pop Rocks at Home with Science
Making pop rocks at home is so much harder but so much fun. Check it out!
We Made Pop Rocks at Home with Science

How Do Hydrogen Fuel Cells Work?
Let's explore how fuel cars work and if they're truly sustainable.
How Do Hydrogen Fuel Cells Work?

How Oxygen Masks Brought Down a Plane
How did something meant to keep you safe end up killing over 100 people?
How Oxygen Masks Brought Down a Plane

We try to find some of the 700 trillion dollars worth of gold in the ocean.
Extracting Gold from Seawater

Better Pizza Through Chemistry
We show you how two simple changes can turn cardboard-y pizza into award winning pie.
Better Pizza Through Chemistry

Science of Concrete & the Surfside Condo Collapse
We discover how the Surfside Condominium—a modern building built in 1981—fail.
Science of Concrete & the Surfside Condo Collapse

Are We Standing on a Quadrillion Tons of Diamonds?
But the furthest we’ve traveled is 7 miles down, so how could we know that?
Are We Standing on a Quadrillion Tons of Diamonds?

Why is There Plastic in Our Rain?
Every year more than 1,000 tons of plastic rains down onto national parks and wilderness.
Why is There Plastic in Our Rain?

We Tried to Preserve a Strawberry Forever. Things Got…Ugly
See what happens when we try to make a strawberry last forever.
We Tried to Preserve a Strawberry Forever. Things Got…Ugly

How Lead (Maybe?) Caused the Downfall of the Roman Empire
We unwrap the possibility that lead caused the Roman Empire’s collapse.
How Lead (Maybe?) Caused the Downfall of the Roman Empire

Pub Chemistry Trivia to Help You Interact With Humans
Get back out in the world with Pub Trivia!
Pub Chemistry Trivia to Help You Interact With Humans

Can Science Make Less Addictive Opioids?
Will we ever have painkillers as good as opioids, but without the risk of addiction?
Can Science Make Less Addictive Opioids?

Catalytic Converter Stolen? Here's Why.
Catalytic converter theft is on the rise, and that’s partly because of their chemistry.
Catalytic Converter Stolen? Here's Why.

Dog's Nose vs. Electronic Explosives Detector, Who Would Win
Is a dog or chemical detector better at finding a bomb? We find out!
Dog's Nose vs. Electronic Explosives Detector, Who Would Win

The Science of How Life Started
We explore how are we using what we know to look for it throughout the galaxy.
The Science of How Life Started

COVID, One Year Later: What Do We Know Now?
We’re catching up with experts we talked to at the start of the pandemic.