The Mo'Nique Show Explores the Universe With Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson & Giorgio Tsoukalos: July 21
The Mo'Nique Show explores the universe.
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Astrophysicist in the Penthouse - The Mo'Nique Show welcomes Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson. He is an astrophysicist and the director of New York's Hayden Planetarium in the American Museum of Natural History. (Photo: Darnell Williams/BET)
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Natural-Born Scientists - Dr. deGrasse Tyson believes that children, in their own way, are natural scientists. "Almost everything we do to a child limits their creativity. And so, a parent doesn't have to nurture the scientist in the child—they just have to get out of the way," he says. (Photo: Darnell Williams/BET)
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Creative Knowledge - Dr. deGrasse Tyson believes that if kids saw what they could do with scientific knowledge they would be more inclined to pursue it. "There are so many other things you can be to bring creative knowledge to understand the world in. Without that we might as well move back into the cave because it's those discoveries that enable us to harness the power of the Earth that would otherwise be killing us," he says. (Photo: Darnell Williams/BET)
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Real-Life Indiana Jones - Giorgio Tsoukalos enters the Penthouse! Mo'Nique describes the writer/TV producer as "a real-life Indiana Jones traveling to remote locations to discover the truth behind ancient mysteries." (Photo: Darnell Williams/BET)
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Who Built the Pyramids? - Tsoukalos discussed the possibility of the pyramids being built by aliens with Mo'Nique. "I have never suggested such nonsense—of course the pyramids were built by our human ancestors. There is no question about that. However, the ancient Egyptian texts are very clear in stating that they were able to build the pyramids with the assistance of the guardians of the sky or the watchers from heaven," he explained. (Photo: Darnell Williams/BET)
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Who Knows More? - The experts compete with The Mo'Nique Show production staff in this makeshift game show. (Photo: Darnell Williams/BET)
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No Winners or Losers - The final question for the production team: Who is the fourth African-American actress to win an Oscar?Click here for the answer. (Photo: Darnell Williams/BET)
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International Love - Nigerian music artist 2face Idibia drops into the Penthouse! (Photo: Darnell Williams/BET)
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What's in a Name? - Little-known fact: Idibia adopted the "2face" stage name because he wanted something that related to everybody. "Basically there's me that you see on TV and the real me sitting right here, right now," Idibia tells Mo'Nique, saying that every human has two sides. (Photo: Darnell Williams/BET)
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Salute to the African Queens - Idibia hits the stage to sing his international hit "African Queen." The song was also featured on the soundtrack to movie the Phat Girlz, which starred Mo'Nique. (Photo: Darnell Williams/BET)
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