Why Do We Like Being Scared?
Season 44
About the Episode
If a neuroscientist designed a haunted house, would you dare to enter?
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Extras
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This Powerful Psychedelic May Help Treat Opioid Addiction
In recent decades, there's been renewed interest in studying ibogaine.3:28 -
Can Technology Detect Deepfakes Better Than Humans Can?
AI-generated photos are video are getting so good that it’s hard for humans to tell what’s real.7:09 -
Solar System: Strange Worlds Preview
What are the weirdest worlds in our solar system, and how did they come to be?0:30 -
Solar System: Storm Worlds Preview
Discover the dramatic forces creating spectacular weather on neighboring planets and moons.0:30 -
What Happened to the Hole in the Ozone Layer?
In the 1980s scientists discovered a crucial part of the Earth’s atmosphere was extremely thin.3:13 -
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Harvesting the Future
Ak-chin farming makes desert agriculture possible, and now, those practices help communities today.9:22 -
Megadroughts and Indigenous Voices
The Southwest is in a megadrought, but Native Americans have survived them before.7:51 -
Standing the Heat
Reintroducing the hogan, an earthen Navajo structure that stays cool in the summers without AC.8:44
