Are human bodies good for space? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly discover the effects of space on the human body and if we are ready for long-haul missions with astronaut Leland Melvin and space doc, Dr. Sheyna Gifford.
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Photo Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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This Is Your Brain on Social Media with Anna Lembke, MD
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Cosmic Queries – Wormhole Universe
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Cosmic Queries – Cosmological Curiosities
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Things You Thought You Knew – Where the Sun Don’t Shine
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The Story of Space Imaging with Carolyn “Madam Saturn” Porco
Cosmic Queries – Life on Other Planets with Aomawa Shields
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Cosmic Queries: Until the End of Time, with Brian Greene (Re-Release)
Cosmic Queries – Mirror, Mirror
Things You Thought You Knew – Kicked into Orbit
Cosmic Queries – Discovering Exoplanets with Gáspár Bakos
Cosmic Queries – Black Hole Paradox with Matt O’Dowd
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