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Cosmo and I learn about all kinds of life cycles: holometabolous (big change), hemimetabolous (small change), and ametabolous (no change). 
Check out how a caterpillar makes the big change with Deep Look
And then watch some aphids
Peep inside a cocoon with Insider Science
Learn more about the history of insect wings, thanks to PBS Eons
Sound effects: Pixabay
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Today I'm talking with Julie Ménard, a planetary scientist at Washington State University. She told me about the terrestrial planets in our solar system, how we're about to visit Mars—and could even set up a station there someday, and the possibility of life in our solar system and beyond.
See what NASA says about sending humans to mars
Learn more about NASA's Gateway, the first space station around the moon
Check out the planets in our solar system
Find out how we're searching for life on other planets
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Cosmo and I learn about shots—and new technology our friend WSU's Roland Chen is working on to make painless vaccines.
Learn more about microarray patches 
Find out how vaccines work with the Amoeba Sisters and why we get vaccines with SciShow Kids
Check out how other vaccine technology gets rolled out, from Ted-Ed

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Today Cosmo and I learned all about dog paws from our friend, WSU veterinarian Dr. Natasha Hottmann. 
Learn more about being a veterinarian with Nat Geo Kids
Find out how to check your dog's paws
Can dogs communicate? Find out what PBS NewsHour thinks
Sound effects courtesy Zapsplat and Pixabay

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Cosmo and I learn how cell phones send texts, images and calls from phone to phone—thanks to our friend, electrical engineer Ben Belzer. 
Resources you can use:
Learn more about binary code with Crash Course
Check out this binary code character table to make your own messages
Get more info about pixels from NSU Florida library
Sound effects courtesy Zapsplat and Pixabay
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