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Learn how to think like EINSTEIN! Every week we learn science by asking the BIGGEST question in the universe.

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Does A Watched PLANET Ever BOIL?
Does A Watched PLANET Ever BOIL?

WTiF HUMANS ARE DESTROYING THEIR OWN PLANET? HOW did all the scientists of WORLD come to agree that THE END IS NIGH? And who can stop it?

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Philip ShaneDecember 11, 2018
Victory Over GRAVITY!
Victory Over GRAVITY!
Philip ShaneNovember 27, 2018
Dummies For Gravity!
Dummies For Gravity!
Philip ShaneNovember 20, 2018
Are We Entertaining the MARTIANS?
Are We Entertaining the MARTIANS?
Philip ShaneNovember 13, 2018preview
KEPLER'S Planets & EGOMANIACAL Mathematicians!
KEPLER'S Planets & EGOMANIACAL Mathematicians!

This week the NASA telescope, Kepler, got arthritis and slipped into retirement. Wait until you hear all the classes clinking and whips cracking and bottles popping that went on in the REAL HISTORY of KEPLER's namesake... and his crowd of rowdy astronomers!

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Philip ShaneNovember 6, 2018
Danger, SLOW BRAIN Ahead! TIME DILATION From Head To Toe
Danger, SLOW BRAIN Ahead! TIME DILATION From Head To Toe

Our BRAIN SIGNALS slowed down so much that they couldn't keep up with our dancin' feet!

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Philip ShaneOctober 31, 2018
Can You Trust Your Family ROBOT?
Can You Trust Your Family ROBOT?

Will Robots really CARE for us? Or will they be faking it?

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Philip ShaneOctober 25, 2018
Physicist CLIFFORD JOHNSON Peers Deep Into A BLACK HOLE And Finds...?
Physicist CLIFFORD JOHNSON Peers Deep Into A BLACK HOLE And Finds...?

WTiF our entire solar system drifted TOO CLOSE (!!!) to a BLACK HOLE?

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Philip ShaneOctober 18, 2018preview, guests
Astronomy SMELLS - The Art & Science Of Data Visualization
Astronomy SMELLS - The Art & Science Of Data Visualization

On Feb 22, 2017, astronomers announced four additional exoplanets around TRAPPIST-1. Inspired by the incredible BLIND ASTRONOMER, Kent Cullers, we ask... WTiF we could SMELL THE STARS?

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Philip ShaneOctober 8, 2018
GHOSTS!
GHOSTS!

What the IF... We could get scientific evidence of GHOSTS?

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Philip ShaneOctober 3, 2018
FLAT EARTH YouTube LIVE Special! - Joining Forces With The NonSequitur Show
FLAT EARTH YouTube LIVE Special! - Joining Forces With The NonSequitur Show

We’re guest stars on the awesome YouTube channel, The NonSequitur Show! We team up, to learn REAL SCIENCE so we can flummox the crackpots, and bust up the FLAT EARTH club!

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Philip ShaneSeptember 23, 2018guests
See The RADIO WAVES All Around YOU! The Science & Wonder Of Electromagnetic Fields
See The RADIO WAVES All Around YOU! The Science & Wonder Of Electromagnetic Fields
Philip ShaneSeptember 17, 2018
DEEPER Into THE SUN We Go - Flying And Frying... For Science!
DEEPER Into THE SUN We Go - Flying And Frying... For Science!

Our journey continues... to the CENTER of the SUN!

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Philip ShaneSeptember 9, 2018
How To THINK Like A BIRD! The Science of Animal Consciousness With DR. KIKI
How To THINK Like A BIRD! The Science of Animal Consciousness With DR. KIKI

What The IF... we were tiny, adorable, musical, KILLER BIRDS, the Shrikes. Yikes! With our very special guest, DR. KIKI SANFORD! Imagine having bird behavior and animal consciousness… Let’s fly!!

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Philip ShaneSeptember 5, 2018guests
Our SUBMARINE Dives... Into The SUN!
Our SUBMARINE Dives... Into The SUN!

NASA just launched the Parker Solar Probe, flying toward the Sun to get closer than anything we've EVER sent before. WTiF we could have James Cameron build us a solar SUBMARINE? Let's go… into the SUN!

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Philip ShaneAugust 28, 2018
CRUSHED Or BROILED - Choose Your Fate At The Global Warming BBQ!
CRUSHED Or BROILED - Choose Your Fate At The Global Warming BBQ!

The heating up of our planet just won't stop! Will our nice chilly dome survive? WTiF!

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Philip ShaneAugust 20, 2018
Standing On A SIZZLING Earth - Ultra Fast Greenhouse Effect!
Standing On A SIZZLING Earth - Ultra Fast Greenhouse Effect!

What The IF we sped up CLIMATE CHANGE so we could see it happening before our eyes, and under our feet?

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Philip ShaneAugust 13, 2018
BACTERIA Have Sent You A FRIEND REQUEST!
BACTERIA Have Sent You A FRIEND REQUEST!

Scientists have discovered a snail that NEVER NEEDS TO EAT because it grows a humongous, self sustaining BACTERIAL FOOD FACTORY in it's gut. What the IF you could do that, too?

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Philip ShaneAugust 6, 2018
Honey, I Shrunk The UNIVERSE!
Honey, I Shrunk The UNIVERSE!

We shrunk the universe down to the size of a football field. We also shrunk your dorm room. And it's Friday night. Things are about to get downright WTiF! Put on your lampshade and let's party!

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Philip ShaneJuly 31, 2018
Is Earth A BOSS LEVEL, Or Just A LOOT BOX?
Is Earth A BOSS LEVEL, Or Just A LOOT BOX?
Philip ShaneJuly 23, 2018
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