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Be Smart

Join Joe Hanson as he explores curiosity and illuminates the science behind… well, everything.

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Will Earth Run Out of Oxygen

Season 13 Episode 4 | 16m 53s | CC

Plants eat sunlight and air to make life. But the key enzyme behind it all, called RuBisCO, isn’t actually all that great at its job. Let’s talk about how photosynthesis really works, why oxygen isn’t coming from where you think, and whether we can fix the biggest flaw in one of Earth’s most essential processes.

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