It seems like we largely take it for granted these days, but the fact that we have humans living in space is the realization of a scientific dream a century old. Visit the space stations orbiting Earth past, present and future in this classic episode.
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Laurens Hammond: The Non-Musical Genius Who Changed Popular Music
Short Stuff: Evil Eye
Fordlandia: Brazil Isn't Michigan
Selects: How Toy Testing Works
Plant Migration
Short Stuff: Saturn's Rings
Farmer's Almanac: Literature to Poop To
Selects: How Music Sampling Works
The Mysterious Disappearance of the Franklin Expedition
Short Stuff: Edward Mordake
How We’re Learning to Talk to Animals
Selects: How Magnets Work
Xenobiotics
Short Stuff: History of English
Dear Diary...
Selects: Rainbows: Delighting humanity since forever
The Last Meal Ritual
Short Stuff: NATO Alphabet
BPD: The Worst Disorder or Not a Disorder at All?
Selects: What's the deal with Stradivarius violins?
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