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Fascinating Fails

How Pigeon Poop Helped Unlock the Universe’s Secrets

Following those often jaw-dropping (and sometimes hilarious fails) through time to today, host Maren Hunsberger asks: "What's next?". By talking to today's innovative young scientists, engineers, artists, and other big thinkers, we see how the mistakes of the past are leading us into the science of tomorrow...and toward a better future.

How Pigeon Poop Helped Unlock the Universe’s Secrets

Season 1 Episode 3 | 16m 9s | CC

The sound that gave us the answer to one of the universe's biggest mysteries was discovered...completely by accident. This noise let science move on to explore what the heck our universe is doing today, and spoiler alert: we only understand what a measly 5% of our universe is made of.

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Funding for FASCINATING FAILS is provided by the National Science Foundation.

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