The Secrets Michael Keeps From Himself

Is it better to own something amazing, or to actually experience it? Michael has built a collected a whole shelf of things he refuses to look at, smell or open, and he's about to defend every one of them.

Professor Hannah Fry and Michael Stevens (Vsauce) are back with Field Notes, a show-and-tell where the star attractions stay firmly sealed.

Is a puzzle still a puzzle if the answer is staring you in the face?

What does the tail of a comet smell like, and why will Michael never find out? And what is hiding inside a mystery can that's been sitting on his shelf for years?

Then it's over to your questions.

Can you wake up from surgery knowing something you never learned? What is the oldest everyday object we still use, and where does Lizzo come into it?

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