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From the Archives: Why You Yawn During Exercise
10 mins; March 25, 2022
From the Archives: A Brain-Training Task to Reduce Motion Sickness
11 mins; March 24, 2022
From the Archives: Do People Think in Words or Pictures?
13 mins; March 23, 2022
From the Archives: The 13 Emotions Music Evokes
10 mins; March 18, 2022
From the Archives: Earth Is Greener Than Before
9 mins; March 17, 2022
From the Archives: Is Cell Phone Radiation Dangerous?
9 mins; March 16, 2022
From the Archives: Pi Almost Legally Changed to 3.2
14 mins; March 11, 2022
From the Archives: Busting the "Only Child" Stereotype
9 mins; March 10, 2022
From the Archives: Fart Humor History
9 mins; March 09, 2022
Praising Competitors, Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe, Rock Paper Scissors History
21 mins; March 04, 2022
“Like Riding a Bike,” Paradoxes, That Fresh Rain Smell
13 mins; March 03, 2022
Glow-in-the-Dark Cities, Feeling Holes, Max Volume on Earth
18 mins; March 02, 2022
Remembering Gifts, Animal Diets, Amazon-Sahara Connection
12 mins; February 25, 2022
The Medicinal Power of Plants, World Record Internet Speed
16 mins; February 24, 2022
Butterfly Effect, How to Cry at Work, Eggcorns in Language
14 mins; February 23, 2022
How Science Works (w/ Bill Nye), Noise-Canceling Lungs, Stomach Growls
15 mins; February 18, 2022
Tool Use and Language in the Brain, Why Black Holes Get Bigger
12 mins; February 17, 2022
Back Pain in Space, Cats’ Mental Maps, Diamond Davemaoite
18 mins; February 16, 2022
Opposites Don’t Attract, Liking What’s Nearby, Last Name History
11 mins; February 11, 2022
Puppy Anxiety Fixes and Avoiding “Back Burner” Relationships
17 mins; February 10, 2022
Mimetic Desires, Testing Witness Memories, Fermilab’s Ferret
18 mins; February 09, 2022
Your Romantic Relationships Are All Similar, Oldest Material on Earth, Why Cuttlefish Wore 3-D Glasses
10 mins; February 04, 2022
Giant Cheese Race, “Morning You,” Consciousness-Altering Eye Contact
15 mins; February 03, 2022
Talking to Whales, Pedestrian Patterns, Women’s Competitiveness
14 mins; February 02, 2022
Virtual Gathering Tips, Bilingual Pain, Largest Waterfalls
12 mins; January 28, 2022
A Lost Roman Sauce, Earlier Puberty, Elephants Getting Tusks Back
16 mins; January 27, 2022
Bombing Volcanoes, Gold from Neutron Stars, Mind Wandering
13 mins; January 26, 2022
Brain Freeze, Neural Networks, Spaced Repetition for Memory
12 mins; January 21, 2022
Turn Anxiety into Productivity and Grapefruit Juice vs. Meds
16 mins; January 20, 2022
Pre-Performance Routines, Panda Camouflage, Baby Sign Language
12 mins; January 19, 2022
Why You Should Reveal Your Failures, WASP-12b, Tulip Mania
12 mins; January 14, 2022
Linguistic Laws in Nature and Fatherless Condor Chicks from Parthenogenesis
10 mins; January 13, 2022
Exercising for Body Image, Ideal Deadlines, Longer Days from Climate Change
13 mins; January 12, 2022
Quitting Smoking, Over-Practicing, Bill Nye on Believing Science
13 mins; January 07, 2022
David Copperfield’s Magic on the Moon, Fish and Whale Tails, a Giant Magnetic Tunnel
14 mins; January 06, 2022
David Copperfield Talks Technology and Magic History
16 mins; January 05, 2022
Christmas Music Psychology, Most Influential Films, Mistletoe Science
23 mins; December 20, 2021
Future GMO Foods, The Thought Gap, How Your Brain Knows You’re Uncomfortable
12 mins; December 17, 2021
Introducing: Dogs 101
41 mins; December 17, 2021
GMO Food Science 101 and How to Hear Someone in a Noisy Room
16 mins; December 16, 2021
Why You Get Carsick, Climate-Saving Whales, Jupiter’s Rings
14 mins; December 15, 2021
Cartoony Robots, Naloxone Myths, Why Dishwashers Dull Knives
15 mins; December 10, 2021
Irrational Fear of Robots; Mozart’s Epilepsy-Reducing Sonata
15 mins; December 09, 2021
Why Limits Make You Lash Out, Cash vs Cards, Odds of Dying
13 mins; December 08, 2021
Medical Value of Mystical Experiences and the Neutron’s Lifetime
11 mins; December 07, 2021
Heat Through Your Head, Red Blood Cell Immunity, Venus Oceans
11 mins; December 06, 2021
#NoMakeup Fail, Photosynthetic Frogs, Why Atoms Don’t Collapse
14 mins; December 03, 2021
Mars’ Jezero Crater Was a Lake and AR to Cure Fear of Spiders
11 mins; December 02, 2021
Drinking to Cope, Human Brains Shrank, High Heels History
16 mins; December 01, 2021
Does Truth Serum Really Work? and Geology from Indigenous Myth
11 mins; November 30, 2021
Socializing Too Much, Rogue Planets, Ancient Persian AC
13 mins; November 29, 2021
Hostile Holiday Shopping, Why Cats Love Boxes, Beethoven’s 10th
16 mins; November 26, 2021
Sports Fans’ Brains, Hunger After Overeating, the IKEA Effect
10 mins; November 25, 2021
Family Meal Peacekeeping, Food Coma Science, Etiquette Tips
13 mins; November 24, 2021
A New Stonehenge Discovery and Why Females Feel Colder
14 mins; November 23, 2021
Psychedelic Therapy History, Cold Showers, Only Child Myth
15 mins; November 22, 2021
Birthday Effect, Psychological Richness, Star or Satellite?
20 mins; November 19, 2021
Left Digit Bias w/ Dr. Bapu Jena and Bird-Catching Neanderthals
14 mins; November 18, 2021
How to Clean Your Teeth, 52 Blue, Best Way to Argue with a Partner
13 mins; November 17, 2021
Magic Mushroom Evolution and When Kids Gain Theory of Mind
9 mins; November 16, 2021
Circumtriple Planets, Deep Convos with Strangers, Thomassons in Architecture
12 mins; November 15, 2021
Changing Someone’s Identity, Mushballs on Uranus and Neptune, Curiosity Challenge
15 mins; November 12, 2021
How to Talk to a Science Denier and Raining Sulfur in Sodom
17 mins; November 11, 2021
Finding Dark Energy, Coelacanth Revival, Words of Persuasion
11 mins; November 10, 2021
Why Asthma Gets Worse at Night, Earth’s Largest Living Thing
10 mins; November 09, 2021
Smallest Flying Tech, Myers-Briggs Myth, Brazil Nut Effect
12 mins; November 08, 2021
Adjusting to Time Changes, Saving Jungles, Spiky Ice Cubes
15 mins; November 05, 2021
Jungles’ Impact on Climate Change and a Music-Epidemic Link
14 mins; November 04, 2021
Specialness Spirals and How Much You Will (and Have) Changed (1000th Episode!)
18 mins; November 03, 2021
mRNA Vaccines Are Decades Old and Why White Animal Bellies?
11 mins; November 02, 2021
Crowds Fix Fake News, Choking Under Pressure, Punching Robot Shrimp
12 mins; November 01, 2021
New Twist on Merlin, Giraffe Hearts, What Carbon Neutral Means
15 mins; October 29, 2021
Leeches in Medicine, Potty Training Cows, the Math of Eggs
15 mins; October 28, 2021
Fidget-Hating Misokinesia, Blood Fainting, Infrasound Ghosts
15 mins; October 27, 2021
Synced Heartbeats During Stories, Vampire Bats’ Social Meals
9 mins; October 26, 2021
Early Warning Birds, Ancient Fairy Tales, Breaks vs. Sprains
13 mins; October 25, 2021
Art in Space, Screen Time in Lockdown, Mold vs. Chemicals
16 mins; October 22, 2021
How Space Changed NASA Astronaut Nicole Stott’s Perspective; Plus, Whistled Languages
13 mins; October 21, 2021
A Historic Friendship, Pumpkin Care, Declaring Sovereignty
13 mins; October 20, 2021
Animals Shapeshifting to Stay Cool, Albert Einstein’s Brain
9 mins; October 19, 2021
Your Extra Artery, Emotional Hangovers, LEDs Are Bad for Bugs
12 mins; October 18, 2021
Overfeeding Dogs, Suffrajitsu, and Does Wind Affect Sound?
16 mins; October 15, 2021
Protecting Pets from Home Chemicals and How Resilience Works
14 mins; October 14, 2021
Bacterial Electric Grid, Females Fight Back, Why Tea Leaves Sink
13 mins; October 13, 2021
Muscles Remember Training and a Black Hole Made a Star Explode
10 mins; October 12, 2021
School Should Start Later, Daydreaming Perks, Hycean Planets
13 mins; October 11, 2021
Simple Wildlife Solutions, Sunlight’s Sexy Hormones, Trivia
14 mins; October 08, 2021
Human-Wildlife Conflict and Believing Leisure Is a Waste of Time
14 mins; October 07, 2021
Pills Can Detect Radiation, Metabolism Myth, Waking Up on the Wrong Side of the Bed
14 mins; October 06, 2021
“Mini Brains” That Grew Eyes and How the FDA Saved Babies
9 mins; October 05, 2021
Psychology of Online Trolls, Rattlesnake Illusions, Blazars
14 mins; October 04, 2021
Blowhole Origins, Weather Manipulation, How to Slow Aging
16 mins; October 01, 2021
Could Science Stop Aging? And the Milky Way’s “Broken Arm”
16 mins; September 30, 2021
Future You Is a Stranger, Babylonian Trig, Reversed Organs
14 mins; September 29, 2021
Your Second Brain, Jupiter’s Hot Atmosphere, Placebo Buttons
14 mins; September 28, 2021
Moral Outrage Online, Cuttlefish Memory, Sounds Have Shapes
12 mins; September 27, 2021
Mass Hysteria, Why You Say “Like,” Beauty’s Moral Value
16 mins; September 24, 2021
Psychosomatic Illnesses and Seeing Behind a Black Hole
14 mins; September 23, 2021
Time Crystals, Freeze-Dried Sperm, and Batching Tasks
14 mins; September 22, 2021
Monks Meditating After Death and a Marathoning Woolly Mammoth
10 mins; September 21, 2021
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