Scope

Our hosts discuss the mechanics and science behind modern trends, and answers lingering questions concerning the safety, legitimacy, and impact of modern technologies. These include the treatment and insemination of farm cows, the physical explanations behind roller coasters' accelerated improvements in safety and experience, and an internet baby-sitting service that allows remote chaperoning via direct surveillance.

Our hosts delve into the recent advancements in technology that have enabled the FBI to create a genetic database in the ongoing fight against sexual predators, doctors to create unprecedented health options to give those suffering from physical disabilities to lead fully functional and self-dependent lives, and even allocating, retrieving and restoring shipwrecked artifacts formerly believed to be lost.

The hosts dedicate this week's episode to such unprecedented technological progress as astrophysicists using models to recreate and make sense of the matter and complexities of the vast universe, a 100-year-old doctor who has the strength and resilience to work a demanding full-time job with a smile on his face, and an American toddler with an incurable illness (which will most definitely conclude with a premature and untimely death) whose parents take him to an Australian laboratory for what appears to be his only hope at a healthy life (let alone survival).

The hosts interview various experts on such exciting topics as the possibility of time travel in a practical sense and what requisites are necessary for it to occur, skunks and their fascinating family and group dynamics, and the science behind nuclear waste and the methods used to safely rid the Earth's surface and population from conceivable leaks and subsequent damage from the highly dangerous materials.

Scope's hosts delve into such captivating topics as Jane Goodall and her historic relationships with wild chimpanzees, as well as her longtime adventure photographer whose daring shoots have been seen in innumerable publications around the world. Their combined efforts have had historic results, successfully informing the public on the realities of the remote fauna life in some of the most primal animal environments on Earth.

Scope's hosts detail such awe-inspiring stories as a multi-decade project from a perpetually rotating team of sculptors to replicate a lost Da Vinci masterpiece, a material used for canoes that could conceivably be used as a cheaper and more effective alternative to common and finite resources, and an amateur pilot whose homemade airplane successfully traveled intercontinentally.

The hosts of Scope uncover the fascinating truth behind a secret Virginian fall out shelter built under President Eisenhower's watch to house our government's most significant in case of a theoretical nuclear attack on the nation's capital, the editor of an influential computer/internet/data corporation whose proven success has earned her the ear of Bill Gates and even the US government, and even a cancer survivor whose experimental drug and healing treatments were revolutionary and successful against all odds.

The hosts hear from experts and firsthand witnesses on the such unique topics as weight loss, surgery, chiropractors, and the health industry as a whole, thanks to expert testimony from a niche health industry professional, the connection between diabetes and blindness and obesity, and most impressively a stunning personal computer for automobiles that functions through response to a commander's voice, and a revolutionary space rocket that could conceivably change the field and future of space travel.

The hosts of Scope use the latest installment to research and discuss the research and preservation of feral wolf populations in their natural woodland habitats and subsequently how those researching them can help shape their image and treatment by the greater public, the scientific breakthroughs in the medical world of genetic and cellular engineering and treatment, and even the inspiring young boy with a tragic allergy to sunlight who uses a NASA-grade spacesuit to protect him from ultralight rays.

The hosts research the world-infamous mystery surrounding the original alleged Roswell, New Mexico UFO incident and interview relevant parties ranging from the director of a conspiracy museum to the original radio dispatcher on the day. They go on to detail subsequent allegations of alien appearances and abductions including testimony and recorded examples of a professional hypnotist who believes the conspiracy surrounding the presence of aliens, and even detail the government's potential role in a coverup: one of many conspiracies UFO enthusiasts collectively maintain.

The hosts research such amazing topics as "miracle" illness cures that, through simple enough dated technology from yesteryear, can alleviate virtually any ailment or physical shortcoming (all found in one man's novelty museum/shop). They proceed to enlighten on equally impressive topics, including NASA's research into hurricane weather patterns through studying plankton under the sea, and even an elderly woman who is woman of many who suffer from an invasive urinary malfunction that results in a weak and unpredictable bladder for adults and the treatment that has helped them.

Scope's hosts take us on a journey of discovery by means of sharing the little heard stories of scientists attempting to break scientific and legal ground by patenting genetic cells, glassblowers using an age old art form to assist in spheres ranging from science to engineering to art, the research behind dinosaurs' skeletons and their contributions to our understanding of Pangaea, and finally an unexpected miracle that has doctors scratching their heads after a perceived terminal illness leaves a woman inexplicably and with no remission.

The hosts of Scope detail the nature of human babies, from conception, to birth, through their first transition through adolescence. The relationship between mothers and their offspring is a bond unparalleled by any other. See the many elements of such a delicate balance like never before. Includes expansive real-life demonstrations of parents and babies going through the various sequential stages of pregnancy, to birth, to infancy, and beyond.

The hosts get to the bottom of how animal hospitals and the brave surgeons who occupy them save thousands of lives every year (as well as the technology that enables them to do so), the effects of alcohol on young adults and the physical/mental dangers it poses, and even the contemporary toy industry, which proves to have evidently advanced at an amplified rate with the advent of computerized games and other digital options.

Scope's hosts tackle challenging and lesser known spheres within the natural world such as the science behind our immune system's functionality, the explanation for salmonella's devastating effects, drug and treatment options for cancer, the biological science behind the loss of muscular strength, and even an artificial heart supplement that is injected into one's chest and does "80% of the work," and finally a revolutionary solar car that can go 60mph on a sunny day and cruise for roughly 200 miles on a cloudy one.

The hosts of Scope know quite a bit about the more obscure fields of work and study than your average television hosts. Their research into the obscure worlds of alternative spheres leads them to studying a psychology professor who can catch liars by their facial expressions, a truck simulator that effectively mimics the conditions of driving long distances, a wire rat who doubles as a class pet, and even how art historians and medical experts alike are using modern technology to learn about illnesses of the past.

The trusty hosts of Scope dedicate this episode to the various and variant major religions found throughout the modern world. They get down and dirty with the details of every discrepancy and similarity between them, going so far as to divulge the backgrounds of dissident religions such as two sects of Christianity (Catholicism and Protestantism), Judaism, Islam, and Hinduism. Their revelations contextualize the many belief systems' comparabilities and help connect the age-old question of where science fits into theology to millions of believers.

The hosts of Scope discuss a range of unusual topic you may have missed on your local news. They go in depth on such atypical sights you might not otherwise see as a robot zoo with animatronic animals twice -- sometimes even ten times -- their normal size, an interactive children's playground whose components are entirely science- and discovery-based, a teenage surgeon who has successfully performed veterinary surgery on countless animals, and even the moral question surrounding the ethics of predetermining an offspring's sex.

See life's most interesting and unusual treasures as you never have before. Join the hosts of Scope for intimate views of SeaWorld's arsenal of seven adult killer whales and their biological use of frequency for communication, the advent of computers' and modern technology's effects on cerebral research and treatment, and even an unprecedentedly powerful telescope capable of even replacing the already world class Hubble Telescope.

Scope's hosts do it yet again with their in-depth analysis of such contemporary wonders as a mobile GPS system capable of revolutionizing the way journalism is captured, where it gravitates, and how it is broadcast. They go on to touch on gene patenting and genetic identification (and the privacy and protection of that information), and finally perceivably incurable impairments finally finding successful treatments due to the perpetually improving medical field.

Take a half hour to learn more about various niche fields you may not have before. Take a look at the underground wildlife trade and the government employees who repossess these illegal items and save them from lives on the black market. Sneak a peak at how modern music producers, masters, and mixers utilize modern technology to store greater, stronger, and more dependable sound into their music through thorough coding and digital decoding.

Scope continues to go where few others before it have gone, highlighting unique and interesting fields of research and perpetual interest that the general public might otherwise not be informed on. Today, these topics include the history, unparalleled accomplishments and function of NASA, how our perpetually evolving technology and understanding of outer space has enabled comprehension of what lies beyond our solar system like never before, and the potential that space exploration brings for the future of humanity. Then to top things off, Scope will debut a brand new feature and interview with John Glenn, who was the first to orbit the Earth and returned to space a second time in his seventies.

The hosts of Scope never shy away from a captivating topic of interest, and today is no exception. This time, Alexandra and Joe get down and dirty with the truth behind the science of home maintenance, specialty pianos and their variations' effects of acoustics, the Earth's optical rays, the Northern Lights, and the biology of bats. They even show one of the world's most touristed natural phenomena - a special surprise composed of millions of bats in Austin.

Due to co-host Joe being unavailable for the shoot, having been called to D.C. to investigate a possible UFO, Alexandra uses the half hour to discuss some unusual topics that are admittedly near and dear to her heart. She studies chronic pain and the associated conditions that cause incessant pain, finally delving into modern pain relief that has successfully treated innumerable victims of perpetual and inexplicable physical discomfort. In a surprise twist of fate, there is a satellite segment from Joe's station in D.C., where he interviews scientists responsible for a new energy converter unlike any other before it. Other featured segments include the benefit and use of gauze, and the theoretical risk and danger of Earth coming into contact with an active meteorite.

The hosts of Scope delve into some dark and murky territory this week, investigating the little-known bigorexia, essentially the opposite of anorexia and essentially an addiction to getting fit. They detail culture's contributions to a fascination, and in some cases fanaticism, with being fit and working out to the point of self harm and destruction. Their next segment focuses on acupuncture and its off-putting but provenly effective nature, having successfully treated millions from many cultures.

The hosts of Scope direct a series of segments focusing on some crazy subjects, many outside the mainstream. Their eclectic catalogue of topics covers a wide span of the spectrum for this episode, starting with a thorough look into affordable housing that even the poorest people with minimal resources can effectively make for themselves and affordably sustain. They proceed to cover research on mosquitos and how scientists are changing their genetic makeup to immunize them. This and more, tonight.

Today's episode of Scope discusses a variety of unique topics, beginning with an analysis of Antarctica, the scientists throughout the international science community researching the history of geology of the ice island, and the continent's effect on the rest of the planet and the planet's weather. Second, Joe details the relationship between sound and shock waves, and adjacently the effect of noises on its surroundings. They even relate its importance to synthesis and the body's ability to receive information and react! Another memorable segment is a victim of a rare syndrome known as 'alien hand syndrome,' that affects his left hand on a perpetually painful basis, which is attributed to an imbalance in his brain chemicals.

The hosts of Scope set out to get to the bottom of the very complex and layered world of mental illness. They trace its causes back to the source, and address both the predictable and unpredictable effects for victims of the various illnesses discussed. Joe and Alexandra interview various experts in their respective fields within the immeasurable mental health community, inquiring as to the biological explanations for the wide array of illnesses' existences, and even discuss treatments and solutions utilized by modern medical professionals.

Today's spectacles featured on this interactive science-based series include an in-depth look into modern artificial technology, focusing on a particularly advanced robot capable of giving meticulous tours of a dinosaur museum. Subsequently, we will receive an expose on mosquitos and similar insects and pests, and the devastating effects they can have on people's homes and even entire eco-systems. They proceed to touch on heart attacks and strokes, and even illustrate the high stakes solutions medical professionals actually use to treat victims of these life-threatening and debilitating incidents. Finally they tackle high speed racing and both the mental and physical preparation that goes into such a demanding and life-threatening career.

Scope's hosts use this installment to home in on a number of fascinating topics, beginning with Vitamin C (and its immeasurable value to life on Earth in its perpetual replenishing living things), a doctor who uses his hobby playing the piano to treat his patients to soothing sounds as part of their treatment, a caver whose fascination with caves has taken her caving into spaces nobody had ever set foot prior, an artifact collector with an encyclopedia comprehension of all things ancient Native American art, and the national epidemic that is the southern fire ant infestation plaguing millions of acres.

The hosts of Scope continue to show us some truly uncommon sights, relaying all that they know on such intriguing world developments as a battery-fueled car that never requires any gas and can drive sixty miles on a single charge, continuing on to the researched effects of colognes and cologne types on attracting the opposite sex, and even going so far as to disclosing the work of human guinea pigs. Finally they wrap with a detailed discussion on the ethical questions human test subjects pose.

The hosts of Scope take on such challenging topics as the possibility of interplanetary travel and the study of moons, stars, and meteors that enable and enhance the plausibility of such travel, a doctor whose focus in aerobics has considerably improved multiple patients suffering from the inevitable follies of aging, the revolutionary vacuum subway train that can clean the perpetually dirty subway tracks under its own volition, and a doctor whose life's work has been to contextualize and identify the relationship and individual roles of creation and evolution with respect to one another.

The hosts of Scope discuss genetic therapy and its practical use in treating illnesses previously deemed fatal or crippling, and interview a biologist about the pragmatics of introducing synthetic chromosomes to a person's DNA. They continue with a segment on types of grass, with a primary focus on astroturf and its allegedly being the ideal surface for sports and other forms of use, before they move on to oral vaccinations, and finally the potential uses of ships and satellites stationed in outer space to make life back on Earth easier and more communicative.

Alexandra handles hosting duties solo today as she delves into a brief history of womanhood, consulting with women across all fields and walks of life. She talks with teachers, businesswomen, and other successful women in their respective arenas to illustrate the immeasurable depth of women's stake in the professional world. The episode depicts the struggles faced by women in the modern world as they balance their personal and professional lives, making a name for powerful women worldwide in the process.

The hosts of Scope detail yet more obscure factoids of this planet we call home, or in some cases, this universe we call home. They talk with experts about the Hubble telescope, its magnitude and capabilities, and the science that allows a telescope on Earth to take such vivid and evocative portraits of deep space. They further expose how hormones from certain frogs can be excreted to create practical antibiotics for humans. Their research even takes them to a family whose longstanding genial disorder has been kept at bay thanks to alternative medicine.

The hosts of Scope dig up another informative half hour of quality information, beginning with an analytical look at contemporary bionics and their unprecedented contributions to a society that had not been afforded replacement limbs before. They then accompany a field trip of sixth graders to a World War II submarine, where they are treated to a firsthand look into their country's military history and are able to experience a taste of how American sailors lived at sea. Their last segment is an equally captivating story of a World War II veteran who overcame prejudice and adversity during a war that was fought against his ancestors' country and returned from war to become an accomplished professor.

Scope goes where few others go once again: investigating and making sense of a number of topics both familiar and non. Today that includes the debilitating Alzheimer's Disease and the detrimental effect it has on its victims. They proceed to interviews Alzheimer's researchers, revealing a swarm of information from the experts themselves on causes, treatments, and general investigative progress. This, plus an elaboration on detection of the illness in young people and so much more.

Alexandra hosts solo from the studio while Joe is on location in Puerto Rico, where he is providing insight on the world's largest radio telescope, a 900 ton figure suspended 500 feet in the air. Through his research we learn about its importance to its local science scene as well as its abilities in attaining unprecedented information about mysterious deep space. Alexandra takes it from there with a segment dedicated to computer hackers and the unconventional realm of computers and cyber security. Their last segment is dedicated to the first and so far only president of the National Science Foundation.

The hosts of Scope take on the world's largest skeleton database, located in Cleveland, Ohio, where they enlighten us on the characteristics of human skeletons and what we have learned from our ancestors through the study of their skeletal remains. They proceed to investigate a high school theater troupe that uses comical sketches to illustrate the importance of knowledge and scientific prowess. The troupe combines wisdom of genetics with humor to captivate their audiences as well as inform them. They segue into a segment on computer viruses, their catastrophic harm and how such a deplorable detriment can even exist.

Scope takes us right in the middle of the action once again with in depth-looks into a number of fascinating topics, beginning with a lifelike dummy used for practice by paramedics in training. They continue on a similar topic with a look into modern technology's role in modern medicine, specifically how it allows real-time treatment under time-pressing and oftentimes life-threatening situations in the ambulance. They catch up with a scientist whose life's work is to preserve the world's natural wonders through finding compatible means for technology and other economical factors to interact without interfering. This plus mosquitos infestations' effects on the Third World, and more.

Scope's hosts dedicate this half hour episode to investigating oral care and its short and longterm effects, both on victims and potentially on victim's offspring. They proceed to touch on leeches and maggots and how, once one can get past the psychological aspect of them, they are enormously healthy and helpful for infections. They finish with an expose on one of the creators of the internet, who has continued to pioneer the emerging online industry he was so instrumental in conceiving.

Scope dedicates an entire episode to facts and anecdotes involving traffic. The show investigates an array of associated elements, including DUI's and the legalities, preventions, and statistics surrounding them. It goes on to examine the causes of gridlock congestion and how intelligent transportation systems have taken scientific approaches to alleviating traffic.

The hosts of Scope detail a vast array of uncommon topics, beginning with an explanation of tumors, their cancerous nature, and revolutionary experimental treatments being developed as we speak to fight them. The episode includes even more intriguing stories, like that of the last astronaut to set foot on the moon, with two different gripping stories of his journeys into space, and that of a tortoise breeder who is trying to accelerate his turtles' growth through exterior interference.

Scope catches us up to date on the state of contemporary firefighting, focusing primarily on the modern technology that has made saving lives infinitely easier and safe for both firefighters and their rescue victims. They follow this by reporting on location from the University of Boulder, where they interview a professor on the aging of cells, as well as their effects on the body's aging process. We are even treated to a segment on a sterilization technique / machine that is revolutionizing the way foods' bacteria is eliminated before it hits consumers' plates, and finally one on amphibians' effects on golf courses.

The hosts of Scope are on the case yet again, this time researching the acquisition and re-creation of scents for attainable and consumable purposes. They continue on this theme of scents with an exploration of how crimes can be solved with no evidence whatsoever other than tracking down a natural smell that was left behind or remained on the suspect's person upon escape. Another memorable segment depicts a teenage science prodigy who knows more about sciences understood almost exclusively by adults than she does about growing up.

Scope goes where only they dare to once again: delving into the nitty gritty details of the very first Christian church, founded in Jordan in 3 AD, a revolutionary laser hair removal system that uses laser without the former inevitability of burning pain, a military-grade t-shirt smart enough to alert others when the wearer has been shot, and an archaeologist whose ambitious but unproven theories include one that the early Asian humans migrated by boat to the Americas and Australia.

The hosts of Scope use today's episode to divulge the secrets behind many lesser-known areas of interest, including the history and entry-level mechanics of transplant surgery, a network with sophisticated sensors capable of detecting lightening strikes as they occur, and even the background on immunizations and how developers are able to create such effective solutions.

With a slew of segments on various gripping subjects, the hosts of Scope have a lot on their plate for today's show. These segments include a detailed analysis of iodine deficiency, including the possibility that it may be too blame for the extinction of Neanderthals. This, followed by a segment on an archaeologist who specializes in preserved or mummified human specimens and studies their connections to modern humans. They follow this up with an investigation into Beethoven's controversial and mysterious death, and how contemporary scientists and historians can still learn more about it even today.

The hosts of Scope bring the facts straight to you: this time with insight on meteorologists' study of hurricanes and the effects of their devastating bulldozing of entire ecosystems, as well as a segment on a family farm that has received innumerable awards over its decades-long history for its commitment to tradition and simplistically revered farming practices. They close with segments on modern internet piracy and its potential for mass damage, as well as on the discovery, testing, and patenting of provenly life-threatening vaccinations.

Scope's hosts take it on themselves to get to the bottom of every case they take, and today is no exception. They tackle such complex subjects as a revolutionary assembly line practice poised to forever change the textile industry, micro-needles that could very well phase out the clunky and oftentimes painful nature of traditional needles, the study of metallic and immunogenic connections to antibodies, and finally the American Heart Association's funding of research on heart disease (the deadliest killer in America).

The hosts of Scope dedicate the latest installment in their series to all things surrounding sleep, with a few unrelated gems thrown in there as well. These includes detailed segments on sleepwalking and snoring, as well as contemporary treatments for both issues, the rare but plausible dangers posed by farming cocoa, and an expose on one of the great staples of American educational culture: the Boston Aquarium.

Scope's ever-inquisitive hosts offer sage insight into a series of yet more interesting topics you might have otherwise missed. They begin with an inside look at a breakthrough treatment for breast cancer unlike any other before it, continue with an expose on the factual basis of which the risk of meteor collision exists, and even touch on the world's stealthiest fighter jet before concluding with an equally compelling piece on the spread of influenza and how its risk endangers all intelligent life on Earth.

Scope goes arguably deeper than it ever has before, relaying the largely overlooked spheres of both the study of enzymes and acidity in the world's water, and the complex realities of the creation and maintenance of world class wood instruments.

Joe and Alexandra dedicate the entirety of the latest installment of Scope to a topic of a more somber tone: the tragedy that is the United States' drug addiction epidemic. They cover a vast array of its components, with interviews featuring accounts from everyone from dealers, to narcotics agents, to former addicts, to medical experts. The information is devastating, but admittedly relayed in a tone intimating a decidedly plausible hope for the future.

The hosts of Scope have put together yet another special show, this time with subjects far different than any they have depicted before. All packed into one episode, they'll show you the specific details of Viagra and the industry it unprecedentedly creates single-handedly, the intimate specifics of the stock market and all that keeps Nasdaq running, the history of the modern crash test dummy, and finally a segment on the direct relationship between one's aging and his/her quality of driving.

The hosts of Scope bring the information directly to you, this time with an emphasis on the bizarre and obscure. Their gripping segments detail topics ranging from a brief history of cellphones (as well as a vision of where their history is headed), the science and methodology behind shoe design, a revolutionary X-ray capable of detecting more acute defects than ever before possible, and a brand new state of the art helicopter with a twist you have to see to believe.

The hosts of Scope delve into such whacky and unusual topics as garlic's and rice's health values particularly with respect to treating cancer, the science of n atomic clock and its effects on global timekeeping and global positioning, the advancements of implants and their advantages over more complex alternatives, and even an academic who proposes that the official calendar year add an additional 24 hours each year to be arithmetically sound.

The hosts of Scope bring us up to date on the modern state of computer programmers' response to open source coding and its effects on the emerging internet culture, a genius whose life's work has been to create a functioning robotic intelligence capable of feeling emotions and reacting empathetically, a mode of transplant that replicate molecules identically at the cellular level, and finally the surprisingly prevalent presence of caviar in world cuisine and the endangered sturgeon family that births it.

The hosts of Scope catch up with a hologram designer who uses lasers to create the complex holographic projection we all take for granted, a state of the art police simulator that prepares the nation's most high stakes officers for conflict deescalation, the genetic engineering of rats and other animals for medicines and other health improvements, and a scientist whose research has shed immeasurable light on the sun's direct effects on the Earth.

The hosts of Scope uncover an array of interesting facts, based around such intriguing topics as a European anti-depressant whose controversial makeup raises international ethical questions, a research method for making sense of electric fires as well as their causes and strategy for diagnosis, the sketchy details and computer-generated analysis of the circumstances surrounding James Dean's death, and more.

The hosts of Scope dig deeper than ever before, resulting in enlightening segments revealing all on topics ranging from the emerging and perpetually transforming sphere of computer law, the science behind artificially capturing and replicating natural smells by digging into its molecular makeup, a career program for adults looking to change paths to seriously consider a conceivable field in medicine, and the drugs that can for the first time help treat manic depression effectively.

The hosts of Scope offer a hefty amount of background information on a slew of interesting topics, including a safer alternative to plastic surgery, deforestation and its comparative effects on urban and rural areas, the newly crowned world's largest telescope, and the unadulterated truth about cholesterol intake and scientists' response by means of genetically engineering chicken eggs.

This latest installment in the Scope series is entirely dedicated to television. Our hosts take us through a comprehensive history of the medium, detailing its fluid chronology from its revolutionary beginnings through its unprecedented present. We are given a special glance into its future as well, becoming privy to the accelerating rate of improvement of the image/content/overall quality. They even touch on the industry's history of censorship and daily maximum time one should realistically spend watching television. All that and more...

The hosts of Scope dedicate this uniquely special episode to all things surround win: winemaking, wine tasting, wine reviewing. Beyond just the basic love of an occasional bottle of wine, there is an entire industry surrounding how this treat gets from the ground to the consumer's cup. We'll hear from experts on all elements of this booming industry, with unyielding insight into the many complexities of such a niche operation. Now join us on our journey to the epicenter of wine knowledge on this week's episode of Scope!