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March 26, 2018 278 - Asteroid, Meteor, Meteorite, and Comet: What's the Difference?
The terms asteroid, meteor, meteorite, and even comet are often used interchangeably...but what is the difference?
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March 20, 2018 277 - 5 Simple Ways to Boost Our Intelligence
Popular media is full of suggestions on how to improve our brain health and cognition. But can we really boost our intelligence?

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March 19, 2018 277 - 5 Simple Ways to Boost Our Intelligence
Popular media is full of suggestions on how to improve our brain health and cognition. But can we really boost our intelligence?
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March 12, 2018 206 EE Why and How Do Smells Trigger Memories?
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March 05, 2018 276 - How Do We Find Exoplanets?
Astronomers have found more than 3700 worlds outside of our solar system in the past 25 years. How do they find them?

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March 05, 2018 276 - How Do We Find Exoplanets?
Astronomers have found more than 3700 worlds outside of our solar system in the past 25 years. How do they find them?
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February 26, 2018 275 - How Close is Too Close to Live by the Highway?
More and more people are living, working, and going to school close to the freeway. But how close is too close?

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February 19, 2018 274 - Lessons on Early Aviation with Bessie Coleman
Bessie Coleman paved the way as the first black and Native American woman to earn a pilot's license in 1921. What was flying like back then?

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February 19, 2018 274 - Lessons on Early Aviation with Bessie Coleman
Bessie Coleman paved the way as the first black and Native American woman to earn a pilot's license in 1921. What was flying like back then?
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February 12, 2018 273 - The Physics of Figure Skating
Although figure skaters make their sport look easy, executing the perfect jump requires a precise combination of speed, force, vertical velocity, angular momentum, friction and of course timing. How do these crucial pieces work together to create the perfect loop, flip, salchow, axel or lutz?

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