Season 1
Could We Rid The World Of Mosquitoes?
A new technology could make diseases like Zika a thing of the past. But should we use it?
Could We Rid The World Of Mosquitoes?
Hate going to the dentist? Keep the millions of microbes in your mouth happy.
What Really Causes Cavities?
How To Make Glow-In-The-Dark Slime!
You can make glow-in-the-dark slime with common household items—and learn some really cool
How To Make Glow-In-The-Dark Slime!
How Far Do Sneezes and Vomit Travel?
Germs can travel way farther than you might think.
How Far Do Sneezes and Vomit Travel?
Why Don't Vultures Get Food Poisoning?
Vultures have a number of traits that allow them to eat the grossest stuff.
Why Don't Vultures Get Food Poisoning?
Can Microbes Solve Murder Mysteries?
Meet your necrobiome: The microbes that feast on your body after death.
Can Microbes Solve Murder Mysteries?
The Horrors of Ancient Cataract Surgeries
Doctors have been slicing into eyeballs for over 2500 years.
The Horrors of Ancient Cataract Surgeries
What Is the Black Plague... And Should You Be Worried?
osemite National Park just shut down two campgrounds due to the plague.
What Is the Black Plague... And Should You Be Worried?
Can Spider Venom Cure Erectile Dysfunction?
Venom from the Brazilian wandering spider can give men a long-lasting, painful erection.
Can Spider Venom Cure Erectile Dysfunction?
What Can You Learn From Ancient Poop?
Fossilized poop, called coprolites, can reveal surprising secrets about the past.
What Can You Learn From Ancient Poop?
Why Neuroscientists Love Kinky Sea Slugs
The California brown sea hare has gigantic neurons. It also has a very strange way of repr
Why Neuroscientists Love Kinky Sea Slugs
Would You Wear Clothing Made of Slime?
Scientists think hagfish slime could be the next eco-friendly, high-performance material.
Would You Wear Clothing Made of Slime?
These Baby Toads Burst Out Of Their Mom's Back
Like popping pimples? Then you'll love how the Surinam toad gives birth.
These Baby Toads Burst Out Of Their Mom's Back
Barnacle Penises Can Teach You A Ton About Biology
Well-endowed barnacles can change the size and shape of their penises.
Barnacle Penises Can Teach You A Ton About Biology
The Strangest Use For Bacon... Ever?
Everyone loves bacon. Even parasitic botflies living under your skin.
The Strangest Use For Bacon... Ever?
What makes cheese so delicious? It's the bacteria, fungi, mites, and maggots living in it.
What Lives In Cheese?
You Have Mites Living On Your Face
Right now, there are tiny mites eating, laying eggs, dying, and leaking feces on your face
You Have Mites Living On Your Face
What Can Herpes Do To Your Brain?
Herpes is probably hiding in your nerve cells right now.
What Can Herpes Do To Your Brain?
Why Most Sand Tiger Sharks Die in the Womb
Sand tiger shark fetuses eat their siblings in the womb.
Why Most Sand Tiger Sharks Die in the Womb
Can Cocaine Make Your Ears Rot?
Cocaine is being mixed with a dangerous drug called levamisole.
Can Cocaine Make Your Ears Rot?
Why Do These Babies Eat Their Mother's Skin?
Legless amphibians, called caecilians, have a very strange way of feeding their young.