

How Do Toilets Work?
When you have to go, where does it go? Prepare for some potty humor as we hear from engineer Francis de los Reyes. In this episode,...
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Gas Busters- Life Lab, Part 5
If there’s too much gas in the atmosphere, who you gonna call? Gas Busters! Find out how a bacteria from a rabbit’s gut could help fight...
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Fashion's New Spider Sense - Life Lab, Part 4
Shirts made from spider silk? Leather made from fungi? In this episode, we're exploring how synthetic biology is pushing the future of...
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"Is This a Good Idea?" - Life Lab, Part 3
So far in Life Lab, we’ve uncovered the power of synthetic biology. But with great power comes great responsibility! In this episode,...
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Moving to Mars? - Life Lab, Part 2
Should we make the move to Mars? And how would we live there? Join us as we pack our bags for Mars with the help of synthetic biology....
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More Cheese, Please - Life Lab, Part 1
What does cheese have to do with technology? What does engineering have to do with biology? And why should we know about it? We’ll slice...
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Reinventing the Wheel
EDUCATION RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: PS How would you reinvent something that’s been used for thousands of years, by millions of people?...
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The Case of the Shrinking Laboratory
EDUCATION RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: PS What if you could shrink your technology down to a size that’s 100,000 times smaller than the...
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The Barcelona Supercomputer Adventure
EDUCATION RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: PS In this episode, we visit a supercomputer! It's called MareNostrum 4, and it's house in a former...
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The Charge of the Everlasting Battery with Mya Le Thai
This weeks episode is inspired by a question from Daniel Cunha all the way from Brazil. He wants to know "Why are some batteries not...
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