Finding Stuff Out

- Season 4

(2017)

From lightning to lightning bugs, nature creates its own light in a spectacular variety of ways. Zoey discovers that we humans have also learned to harness nature's elements to light up our lives.

Zoey - in her quest to make her own egg-salad sandwich from scratch - finds out where different foods come from, and how consumer choices (such as eating locally) can help the environment. But her biggest challenge is taking care of all the egg-laying chickens she borrows.

Zoey braves scorpions and tarantulas to discover why some animals have poison or venom - and to learn how we humans can protect ourselves.

Why do things change when they're frozen? Zoey risks ice cream brain freeze to find out - with a little help from her friends in the Arctic and a scientist who works at the North Pole. She finds out that some animals can survive being frozen, and that Inuit have invented ingenious strategies to help us humans survive in extreme cold.

After burning a batch of cookies, Zoey is determined to find out why heat makes some things melt and others burn - or even explode. A scientist guest will explode Gummi bears and shoot a tennis ball from a cannon, while Zoey finds out why cooking makes food easier to digest.

Scary animals might seem evil, but after meeting a bunch of creepy critters close up, Zoey finds out that they're just doing what they need to do to survive.

How does an octopus walk? Why do snails have shells? Zoey investigates a variety of soft-bodied invertebrates - including leeches. -- to find out how "squishy animals" get along without bones.

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We often think that sticky is icky, but Zoey finds out that nature and technology use stickiness in all sorts of useful ways. From snot and glue to burrs and Velcro, the world needs sticky stuff.

Zoey zip-lines through the woods to discover how forests are important for animals, provide raw materials for useful products, and keep our planet healthy. Some forest critters even come visit her in her studio.

From camouflage to placebo effects to mirages in the desert, the world is full of things that trick our brain. Zoey investigates the science behind the illusions - with help from twin scientists who make her think she's seeing double.

Cuts, bee stings, broken bones - no one likes pain. But Zoey discovers that pain is actually useful - it's our body's way of telling us if we're hurt, sick, or in danger.

Not only is the world full of ingenious inventions - many of them were invented by kids. Zoey meets the next generation of Einsteins, to find out what they're inventing or discovering.