Odcinki
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Signals: Lingo
This week sees the new hosts of 3-2-1 Contact gather at the Blue Sky Café in Montclair, New Jersey. David Quinn and his…
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Signals: Talking Birds, Talking Rooms
Debra sees an anthropologist understanding a parrot's simple form of English. Chantal enters a hospital room that respo…
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Signals: Looking for Visual Clues
French-born David says his dog obeys human speech, but it's clear he is signaling the commands to the dog.
Mary goes to…
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Signals: Getting Them Around
Debra sees how quickly USA Today uses satellites to send information for printing in the next day's paper. David does a…
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Signals: Cracking Codes
The final visit to the Blue Sky Café finds the hosts mystified. How does Maxine the waitress know what everyone wants i…
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Oceans: On the Sea
Todd gets to see, on the shore and in a lab, the motion of waves in the ocean. There are no still waters out there. Th…
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Oceans: In the Sea
Adventures include: placing artificial reefs off the coast of Florida; moving two whales from one pool to another.
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Oceans: From the Sea
There are a lot of things in the seas, such as salt and kelp. This program talks of humans surviving on sea voyages, di…
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Oceans: By the Sea
Oceanographer Jill Yager takes up much of this program with her studies around an island, followed by another installmen…
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Oceans: Of the Sea
Along with some previously-broadcast bits from earlier in the week, this program includes a visit to Penguin Encounter a…
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Motion: What's Up?
The show begins at "Maggie's Machine Shop," where Maggie discusses pulleys. In Barre, Vermont, we see how granite is re…
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Motion: Bones
David rides a bicycle with a skeleton at a Paris science museum. Robin visits veterinary radiologists in action. At Ca…
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Motion: Smashing
Robin, Paco, and Mary learn about the illusion of impact in stunts. In Vitry sur Seine (near Paris), Chantal visits a c…
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Motion: Getting a Grip
Friction is emphasized in demonstrations with snakes, TGV trains, and ice-gliding boats.
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Motion: Heave Ho!
Leverage is discussed at sea, in a French village, and at Maggie's Mechanical Shop.
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Eating: Tooth Detectives
David's dental visit anchors a discussion on teethkinds of teeth and their uses.
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Eating: Picky Eaters
The natural world is full of fussy eaters. In this program, the flea, koala bear and panda bear are singled out for the…
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Eating: Zoo Food
The bulk of this show is set in the San Diego Wild Animal Park, where certain meals are arranged for the animals. The B…
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Eating: Down the Hatch
David polls people about digestion, without success. Todd discovers what digestion means to the body. The Bloodhound G…
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Eating: Leftovers
An online stat page says this episode "explores the ways in which food is processed by the body for energy and building …