It's an old joke that lots of meats taste like chicken. But why is that? Jorge takes a bite out of this meaty topic.

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What makes diamonds so hard? And could anything beat it? (The answer is yes.) Jorge gets the hard answers from physicist Jodie Bradby.

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Is it humanity's destiny to colonize Mars? Jorge talks to Martian experts to learn whether we can ever move to our sister planet.

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Is beauty in the eye of the beholder? Not according to science! Jorge takes on a beauty of a topic.

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Is the ability to regrow missing limbs hidden in our genes? Jorge talks to animal regeneration experts to find out what's been cut off.

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Which animals like to booze it up? Jorge takes a swig of science with animal expert Katie Goldin to find out.

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Sure, there's a lot of space out there, but not all of it is prime real estate. Jorge answers questions about exoplanets for popular cartoonist Randall Munroe (XKCD).

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Why do canines go cuckoo from cocoa? Jorge talks with veterinary toxicologists to find the real reason behind this animal health hazard.

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What's hidden inside the most mysterious object in the Universe? Jorge gets sucked in with three astrophysicists to learn the truth.

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Is your reality a lie? Jorge talks to a philosopher and a quantum scientist to learn if we're real or not.

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