Earth Sciences
When Did Humans Start Walking? This Fossil Might Hold the Answer
Elements
S4 E9

When Did Humans Start Walking? This Fossil Might Hold the Answer

You might want to take a seat for this one: early humans walked on two feet WAY before we previously thought.

What Has No Brain, 720 Sexes, And the Ability To Self-Heal?!
Elements
S3 E116

What Has No Brain, 720 Sexes, And the Ability To Self-Heal?!

With its ability to self-heal and farm bacterial “crops,” slime mold is challenging everything we know about intelligent life.

There’s a Hidden Continent Lurking Beneath Europe
Elements
S3 E99

There’s a Hidden Continent Lurking Beneath Europe

How did we lose an entire continent? Scientists have spent nearly 10 years to figure out the history of the lost continent they’re calling Greater Adria.

This Underground Economy Exists in a Secret Fungi Kingdom
Elements
S3 E90

This Underground Economy Exists in a Secret Fungi Kingdom

We now have a new understanding of the underground ecosystem. It turns out that fungi barter and trade with other organisms like little stockbrokers.

How Did Radioactive Carbon End Up in the Deepest Part of Our Ocean?
Focal Point
S5 E6

How Did Radioactive Carbon End Up in the Deepest Part of Our Ocean?

Traces of nuclear explosions from the past have embedded themselves in our biosphere, and according to a new study, have even found their way into the deepest part of our ocean.

How Close Are We to Saving the Bees?
How Close Are We
S4 E2

How Close Are We to Saving the Bees?

A world without bees would… sting, to say the least.

Earth’s Magnetic North Pole Is Shifting South… So What Now?
Elements
S3 E69

Earth’s Magnetic North Pole Is Shifting South… So What Now?

The Earth's magnetic poles are constantly shifting, and scientists believe they've figured out why.

Scientists Just Got One Step Closer to Solving an Antarctic Mystery
Elements
S3 E61

Scientists Just Got One Step Closer to Solving an Antarctic Mystery

Giant holes in the Antarctic, called polynyas, have baffled scientists for years. But now with the help of seals and robots, they might have the answers to these mysterious phenomena.

No Human Has Ever Left Earth’s Atmosphere... Here's Why
Elements
S3 E33

No Human Has Ever Left Earth’s Atmosphere... Here's Why

New observations of our atmosphere calculate that it extends far beyond what we thought, encompassing the moon! This means that we've actually never left Earth's atmosphere. Here's what else these observations can tell us.

A Dead Satellite Is Unlocking The Secrets Lurking Beneath Antarctica
Elements
S3 E29

A Dead Satellite Is Unlocking The Secrets Lurking Beneath Antarctica

A hypothetical ocean model called a "geoid" is helping us uncover the hidden gravity points underneath our landmasses; including the ever mysterious Antarctica.

There’s a Subterranean Biosphere Hiding in the Earth’s Crust and It’s MASSIVE
Elements
S3 E9

There’s a Subterranean Biosphere Hiding in the Earth’s Crust and It’s MASSIVE

This mysterious new ecosystem is being called the ‘subterranean galapagos’ and it’s almost twice the size of earth’s oceans. We’ve never seen anything like it.