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Steve Goldbloom visits the swanky headquarters of BlackV Club, a startup that has precisely one item to sell: black v-neck t-shirts.

Steve Goldbloom spends the day at Dev BootCamp, a short-term intensive "developer bootcamp" designed to turn mere mortals into fully-fledged programmers.

Getting a coffee in San Francisco isn't what it used to be.

Cookie Monster's advice is truly timeless.

Ever wondered what it'd be like to have a smart...cup? Steve visits the headquarters of Mark One, makers of a new product called Vessyl, a cup that knows more about its contents than you do.

Steve Goldbloom visits Stanford's Salisbury Robotics Lab to meet our new robot masters.

Steve Goldbloom visits Stanford University's Salisbury Robotics Lab and meets some frighteningly advanced robots...and their creators.

Steve Goldbloom visits Camp Grounded, a camp for adults where people come to get a respite from the technology that has saturated our modern lives.

Steve visits Daqri, a tech company working on the cutting-edge of interactive, "4D" holograms.

Steve stops by State Bird Provisions, a small plates restaurant in San Francisco that has ranked among the top restaurants in the United States. He told us he was going there to examine the intersection between food and technology, but after watching this, we think he had other ideas.

The Bay Area is gaining a reputation for more than just its booming tech culture. Steve Goldbloom visits one of San Francisco's hottest new spots for...toast?

What if you could read what the people around you were thinking? Steve Goldboom tests a new gadget at SxSW that promises to do just that...almost.

I'm scared of spiders. I'm not afraid to admit it. I love them in a scientific sense, or from a "let me look at you from way over here" sense, but that's as close as I get. Here's a look at the science of why some of us are afraid of spiders, snakes, roaches, and other creepy crawlies. Did I evolve to be this way, or did I learn to be afraid of them? It seems to be an open question…

How does math keep a folded slice from drooping? And what does pizza have to do with the speed of light?

My tribute to Curiosity, both the NASA rover and the human desire to discover, featuring words from some of science's greatest minds and LEGO's special edition Mars rover set

When you stare up at the night sky, you might think that the universe is really black, but that's just because our eyes aren't sensitive enough to see the billions and billions of multicolored stars out there. Ever wonder why certain stars are certain colors? And what color is our sun, really? If we looked at enough stars, could we figure out the average color of the universe?

What is the loudest possible sound? What about the quietest thing we can hear? And what do decibels measure, anyway? In this video you'll learn what makes sound

According to Newton's law of gravitation, the sun should "pull" way harder on the moon than the Earth does. So does the moon actually orbit the Earth? Why?

We use a LOT of energy, but we waste a lot too. Where that waste happens might surprise, you though. We don't just waste energy when we leave the lights on or the thermostat cranked down too low. It happens at the dinner table and the water faucet as too!

Why does fire burn? What's the chemistry and physics of a flame? This week, learn about the beautiful science happening inside a flame!

We know more about some other planets than we do about the deepest corners of Earth's oceans, and the species we've found there are almost alien. Here's some of the most unbelievable oddities ever observed! Special thanks to the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) for help with this video!

How the night sky tricks our brains!

What causes the Blood Moon?

Some of the biggest evolution questions finally answered.

Some of the biggest evolution questions finally answered.