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Astrobiology
Bill Nye explores the concept of life on other planets by taking us everywhere from Earth's oceans and deserts to Mars a
Pseudoscience
Bill shows that astrologers and tarot card readers are doing nothing other than making vague guesses, and that walking o
Addiction
Bill argues that addiction is a disease by using scientific instruments to show that the part of the brain responsible f
Cloning
The possibilities of cloning reach far beyond creating genetically exact duplicates of animals or human beings. The same
Nuclear Energy
With evidence of global warming mounting, Americans are revisiting the idea of nuclear energy. It's a clean energy sourc
Sports
Bill explores the physics of a variety of sports, from the 100-meter sprint of Olympic champion Maurice Green to the cat
Population
Bill explains what birth and death rates mean and looks at population issues around the world, from demographics to soci
Race
Bill explores why people of different skin colors look so different on the outside when the DNA on the inside is so simi
Antibiotics
The battle between microbes and humans is far from over. In fact, deaths from infectious diseases have increased since t
Genetically Modified Foods
Through genetic engineering, scientists can pull off such outrageous-sounding feats as crossing a tomato with a flounder
Transportation
Bill examines the problem of pollution from transportation—which has outstripped manufacturing to become America's lar
Global Climate Change
The world is getting warmer. Is it our fault? Is the rise in temperature a product of the Industrial Revolution, the bur
Evolution of Sex
Why sex? For one thing, with sex we're trying to stay ahead of the germs that are always attacking us. With one act of m
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