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Whether the topic is popcorn or particle physics, you can count on BrainStuff to explore -- and explain -- the everyday science in the world around us.

What Were Prehistoric 'Hell Pigs'?

6 mins; March 24, 2025

When Did We Start Calling American Citizens 'Consumers'?

7 mins; March 23, 2025

How Does Saliva Work?

8 mins; March 22, 2025

Who Was Harriet Tubman?

12 mins; March 21, 2025

Is Pluto Really Not a Planet?

8 mins; March 20, 2025

How Do Flying Snakes Work?

6 mins; February 26, 2025

Who Is Uncle Sam?

5 mins; February 25, 2025

BrainStuff Classics: Should You Be Squatting More?

5 mins; February 15, 2025

BrainStuff Classics: Why Don't Penguin Feet Freeze?

3 mins; February 14, 2025

How Did 'Silent Spring' Change the World?

11 mins; February 13, 2025

Who Invented Sports Drinks?

6 mins; February 12, 2025

Great Escapes: What Happens When Animals Make a Run for It?

6 mins; February 11, 2025

Do Astronauts Need Sunscreen in Space?

6 mins; February 07, 2025

How Did a Team of Immigrants in America Help Win WWII?

9 mins; February 06, 2025

Introducing: TechStuff Trailer

2 mins; January 24, 2025

How Do Our Eyes Get Their Color?

9 mins; January 22, 2025

Who Actually Wins (and Loses) in a Trade War?

12 mins; January 21, 2025

Why Are Komodo Dragons So Deadly?

7 mins; January 20, 2025

Do Other Planets Have Tectonic Plates?

6 mins; January 04, 2025

Why (and How) Does Paper Crumple?

9 mins; January 03, 2025

BrainStuff Classics: What Exactly Are Frankincense and Myrrh?

5 mins; December 26, 2024

How Does Fruitcake Work?

7 mins; December 25, 2024

Why Carve Radishes for Christmas?

6 mins; December 24, 2024

BrainStuff Classics: Why Don't Evergreen Trees Lose Their Needles?

3 mins; December 20, 2024

BrainStuff Classics: How Do Cold-Blooded Animals Survive the Winter?

6 mins; December 19, 2024

How Did Transcendentalism Shape America?

11 mins; December 18, 2024

How Can We Help Prevent Suicide?

9 mins; December 17, 2024

Which of Today's Animals Lived Alongside Dinosaurs?

7 mins; December 16, 2024

How Has Honey Been Used in Warfare?

5 mins; December 15, 2024

What Happens During a Supernova?

11 mins; December 14, 2024

Why Does Poison Ivy Cause a Rash?

9 mins; December 08, 2024

What's the History of Frozen Dinners?

8 mins; December 07, 2024

How Do We Build Tunnels Underwater?

11 mins; December 06, 2024

How Do Platypuses Work?

6 mins; November 30, 2024

Why Do We All Have Snot?

6 mins; November 29, 2024

How Do Pop-Up Turkey Timers Work?

5 mins; November 28, 2024

BrainStuff Classics: Do Footballs Fly Farther in Denver?

6 mins; November 24, 2024

Is There a Dark Side of the Moon?

7 mins; November 23, 2024

How Does Cream of Tartar Work in Baked Goods and Beyond?

8 mins; November 22, 2024

Do You Know These Myths About the Flu?

14 mins; November 21, 2024

How Does Jane Goodall Work?

6 mins; November 20, 2024

How Does the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) Work?

11 mins; November 11, 2024

Why Can a Convicted Felon Run for U.S. President?

8 mins; November 05, 2024

How Does Xenophobia Work?

9 mins; November 04, 2024

BrainStuff Classics: Why Should You Stop Raking Fall Leaves?

3 mins; November 03, 2024

How Did Tyrannosaurus rex Work?

8 mins; November 02, 2024

La Pascualita: Bridal Mannequin or Embalmed Corpse?

6 mins; November 01, 2024

How Do Ouija Boards Work?

10 mins; October 31, 2024

Does Gunslinger Tom Horn Haunt the American West?

8 mins; October 30, 2024

BrainStuff Classics: Why Do We Make Our Monsters Cute?

5 mins; October 26, 2024

How Do Yaks Work?

5 mins; October 25, 2024

Can Absinthe Really Make You Hallucinate?

9 mins; October 24, 2024

Is There Life in Antarctica's Volcanic Ice Caves?

9 mins; October 23, 2024

How Was Vasco da Gama, Portugal's Columbus, Just as Controversial?

11 mins; October 22, 2024

Is Genius Genetic?

5 mins; October 16, 2024

BrainStuff Classics: Why Are Suburbs So Unwalkable?

5 mins; October 15, 2024

BrainStuff Classics: How Many People Really Have Food Allergies?

6 mins; October 14, 2024

Who Was Sparticus?

9 mins; October 13, 2024

Why Is the Panama Canal a Modern Wonder of the World?

11 mins; October 12, 2024

How Can Microorganisms Make Food Delicious and Nutritious?

8 mins; October 11, 2024

How Common Is Depression?

9 mins; October 10, 2024

How Does Jupiter Work?

9 mins; October 09, 2024

BrainStuff Classics: Skim Versus Whole Milk: Which Spoils Faster?

4 mins; September 29, 2024

BrainStuff Classics: Why Do Scorpions Glow Under Black Light?

3 mins; September 28, 2024

How Have Hispanic Scientists Changed the World?

10 mins; September 27, 2024

Could We Resurrect the Dodo?

9 mins; September 26, 2024

What Do We Know (and Not Know) About Depression?

9 mins; September 25, 2024

Should There Be Age Limits on the U.S. Presidency?

7 mins; September 24, 2024

Who Invented Doughnuts?

7 mins; September 10, 2024

How Can Owls Fly So Quietly?

5 mins; September 09, 2024

How Did Calamity Jane Work?

6 mins; September 06, 2024

What Is the Pacific Ring of Fire?

8 mins; September 05, 2024

How Did the Arc de Triomphe Become a Parisian Icon?

5 mins; September 02, 2024

How Did Pretty Boy Floyd Become Public Enemy No. 1?

7 mins; August 30, 2024

Why Are People Mean on the Internet?

7 mins; August 29, 2024

How Does the Pink Fairy Armadillo Work?

5 mins; August 28, 2024

How Do the Three Branches of the U.S. Government Work (Or Not Work) Together?

12 mins; August 19, 2024

BrainStuff Classics: Will Saturn's Rings Last Forever?

5 mins; August 18, 2024

BrainStuff Classics: Do Whales Have Pop Songs?

3 mins; August 17, 2024

How Did the Internet Get Its Start?

7 mins; August 16, 2024

What Does It Mean When Art Is Public Domain?

11 mins; August 15, 2024

How Do Pelicans Work?

8 mins; August 14, 2024

How Can You Prepare for a Hurricane?

8 mins; August 13, 2024

How Was the Barbie Doll Invented?

8 mins; August 12, 2024

How Does the Blue-Tongued Skink Work?

6 mins; July 30, 2024

How Can Forest Fires Be Beneficial?

7 mins; July 29, 2024

BrainStuff Classics: What Is Light?

5 mins; July 28, 2024

BrainStuff Classics: Why Are Peat Bogs So Good at Preserving Human Remains?

7 mins; July 27, 2024

How Did the Word 'Hack' Get Hacked?

5 mins; July 26, 2024

How Do Sharks' Senses Work?

7 mins; July 25, 2024

How Did Annie Londonderry Rock the World on a Bicycle?

8 mins; July 15, 2024

Is It Safe to Eat Raw Oysters During Any Month?

4 mins; July 06, 2024

How Do Space Bathrooms Work?

7 mins; July 05, 2024

How Do Bald Eagles Work?

7 mins; July 04, 2024

Why Do Music and Art Move Us?

6 mins; June 25, 2024

BrainStuff Classics: Are the Dare Stones Forgeries or the Key to the Roanoke Mystery?

6 mins; June 24, 2024

BrainStuff Classics: Why Do Bruises Change Color?

4 mins; June 23, 2024

Could You Hear In Space?

7 mins; June 22, 2024

How Do Dingoes Work (and Did One Really Eat a Baby?)

7 mins; June 21, 2024

How Did Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation Work?

7 mins; June 19, 2024

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