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Quarky Explores Cities

Big cities, tiny science secrets

Quarky travels the world and finds the science hiding inside famous cities: towers that grow, domes that hold themselves up, and rivers that flow two ways at once.

Episodes (20)

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5:15

Quarky Explores Cities · Ep 1

Quarky Explores New York

Why does the Empire State Building want to be hit by lightning?

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4:42

Quarky Explores Cities · Ep 2

Quarky Explores Ibiza

Why do salt crystals come out as tiny cubes?

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5:02

Quarky Explores Cities · Ep 3

Quarky Explores Madrid

Can water boil without being as hot?

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5:00

Quarky Explores Cities · Ep 4

Quarky Explores Paris

Can a tower really grow taller in summer?

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4:50

Quarky Explores Cities · Ep 5

Quarky Explores London

How does a giant wheel turn so slowly and smoothly?

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4:55

Quarky Explores Cities · Ep 6

Quarky Explores Tokyo

How can a tower dance through an earthquake?

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4:53

Quarky Explores Cities · Ep 7

Quarky Explores Rome

How has a 1,900-year-old dome stayed up with a hole in the top?

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4:51

Quarky Explores Cities · Ep 8

Quarky Explores Barcelona

Can gravity design a building for you?

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4:59

Quarky Explores Cities · Ep 9

Quarky Explores Dubai

How do you confuse the wind?

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4:54

Quarky Explores Cities · Ep 10

Quarky Explores Singapore

How do you drink the rain?

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4:56

Quarky Explores Cities · Ep 11

Quarky Explores Istanbul

Can water flow two ways at once?

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4:43

Quarky Explores Cities · Ep 12

Quarky Explores Sydney

What do an orange peel and an opera house have in common?

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4:57

Quarky Explores Cities · Ep 13

Quarky Explores Los Angeles

How do still pictures learn to move?

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4:49

Quarky Explores Cities · Ep 14

Quarky Explores Berlin

Why does a shiny ball make a glowing cross?

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5:01

Quarky Explores Cities · Ep 15

Quarky Explores Amsterdam

How do houses stand on soft, squishy ground?

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4:54

Quarky Explores Cities · Ep 16

Quarky Explores Rio de Janeiro

Why does one statue get struck by lightning so often?

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4:54

Quarky Explores Cities · Ep 17

Quarky Explores Cairo

Can a stick and a shadow point you north?

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5:07

Quarky Explores Cities · Ep 18

Quarky Explores Mexico City

Why is a whole city slowly sinking?

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4:50

Quarky Explores Cities · Ep 19

Quarky Explores Seoul

Can a river cool down a whole city?

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4:56

Quarky Explores Cities · Ep 20

Quarky Explores Beijing

How can wooden palaces bend but not break?

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