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Mind-Blowing Science: Season 2

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Mind-Blowing Science is back! Season 2 of our National Capital Emmy® Award-winning series has arrived and it’s chock full of even more mind-blowing moments as a new batch of Scientific American’s most intriguing articles are brought to life.

For those who are not already familiar with the venerable publication Scientific American, it was founded in 1845 and is the oldest continuously published magazine in the United States. Devoted to covering the advances in research and discoveries that are changing our understanding of the world and shaping our lives, Scientific American provides insights and illumination about the most important developments at the intersection of science and society. More than 200 Nobel Prize winners have contributed to this flagship publication, along with thousands of scientific experts across dozens of subjects, including Albert Einstein.

We invite you to join more than a dozen esteemed experts and take a deep dive across a broad assortment of fascinating topics that range from the Antikythera mechanism to the 300 “close calls” the Earth has had with asteroids.

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Scientific American

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Scientific American covers the advances in research and discovery that are changing our understanding of the world and shaping our lives. Founded in 1845, it is the oldest continuously published magazine in the United States and now reaches more than 10 million people around the world each month through its website, print and digital editions, newsletters, and app. Authoritative and engaging features, news, and opinion pieces; and multimedia stories from journalists and expert authors—including more than 200 Nobel Prize winners—provide need-to-know coverage, insights, and illumination of the most important developments at the intersection of science and society. Scientific American is published by Springer Nature. As a research publisher, Springer Nature is home to other trusted brands including Springer, Nature Research, BMC, and Palgrave Macmillan.

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#1: 1. Do we live in a simulation?
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1. Do we live in a simulation? Demo
15:09
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2. A model octopus
12:17
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3. How to control your feelings?
20:31
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4. How birds branched out?
12:49
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5. Survival of the friendliest
19:09
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6. A new map of the universe
16:52
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7. How stress shuts down your brain?
16:16
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8. Protecting earth from asteroids
19:56
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9. Extreme birding
25:36
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10. Lifting the venus curse
15:52
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11. Top emerging technologies
12:44
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12. Secrets of Antikythera machine
15:09
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13. Humans are still evolving
16:03
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14. Psychedelic treatments for psychiatric desorders
07:18
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15. Should doctors stop prescribing weight loss?
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