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Lava From Kilauea Reaches the Ocean (02:26)
The First Fissures of the 2018 Kilauea Volcanic Eruption Open (03:36)
Apollo 13's Intense Comms Blackout (03:47)
A Moon Sample Reveals a Surprising Link to Earth (02:04)
These Atomic Bomb Tests Used U.S. Troops as Guinea Pigs (03:29)
Why Plague Doctors Wore Strange Masks (03:05)
Baby Orangutans Learn How to Crack Coconuts (03:55)
New Leech Species Macrobdella mimicus (02:16)
The Changing Colors of Deciduous Leaves (02:00)
A Hungry Bird Brutally Separates a Bee From Its Stinger (02:03)
Red Fox Hilariously Pounces Headfirst Into Snow (03:18)
How Adult Elephants Help Feed Younger Herd Members (02:04)
The Design of the Lunar Rover Was Mostly Guesswork (02:37)
Are Dogs Really More Intelligent Than Cats? (03:10)
Five Kitchen Objects Inspired by NASA (02:24)
Why Interest in Space Travel Waned After Apollo 11 (02:48)
How Neil Armstrong Trained to Land the Lunar Module (02:13)
Why the Apollo 11 Crew Was Quarantined Upon Return (02:59)
Why This Whale Ancestor Is an Evolutionary Surprise (02:54)
Capturing a Photograph of an Atomic Bomb Blast (02:54)
The Riskiest Maneuver in the History of the Space Program (03:51)
Scientists Find Skull of an Extinct Crocodile Species (03:14)
NASA's First Chimp in Space (02:11)
How Snub-Nosed Monkeys Adapted to Extreme Cold (02:01)
Coral Grows at About the Same Rate as Human Hair (01:55)
The Noise Made by Wild Hippos Can Be Deafening (02:09)
Why Elephant Moms Always Stay Close to Their Calves (01:48)
The Training Regimen of NASA's First Astronauts (03:07)
Baby Hedgehog Quills Don’t Harden Right Away (00:06)
Why Beetles Are Such an Evolutionary Success (02:08)
Is Sibling Rivalry an Important Survival Tool for Lion Cubs? (01:49)
The Hydrothermal Process That Powers Geysers (01:46)