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Crash Test Science! (Hacking Physics To Save Lives) - Crashing a car is usually a terrible accident. But in this episode, we’ll meet four engineers who crash cars for a living. They do it to understand the physics behind a dangerous crash… so they can hack those same physics principles to protect drivers and passengers instead of endangering them.
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Be Smart is created and hosted by Joe Hanson, Ph.D. We give you deep answers to simple questions about science and the rest of the universe.
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