The Alien Biped

The Alien Biped

As humans, we’re quite accustomed to our weird vertical spines and precarious two-legged gait. But habitual bipedalism is far from the norm. When did it first occur on planet Earth? Will the robotic future walk on two legs? And can we reasonably expect alien lifeforms to follow suit? Robert Lamb and Joe McCormick explore in this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind.

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Three Minutes Till Impact

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Touching the Void: Psychedelics and Death

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Walls

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Hibernation: The Ultimate Suspended Animation!

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Space Junk in the Trunk

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Contact Lenses of the Gods

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Oh the Lucid Dreams we Weave ...

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24 Huhti 201238min

Voyager and the Scale of our Solar System

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