Podcast Episodes

Are Different Types of Salt Really That Different?

Table salt, Kosher salt, sea salt, pink salt -- it may all be sodium chloride, but you can't always directly substitute one kind of salt for another …

4 years, 4 months ago

How Can You Get Paid to Break Into Stuff?

Crime doesn't pay -- but penetration testing does. Learn why companies pay hackers to break into their networks and offices in this episode of BrainS…

4 years, 4 months ago

BrainStuff Classics: Why Do Hounds Have Floppy Ears?

Sure, scent hounds' noses are powerful tools -- but their ears may be the secret to their success. Learn why in this episode of BrainStuff, based on …

4 years, 4 months ago

BrainStuff Classics: Why Did Victorians Think Green Tea Causes Hallucinations?

We attribute lots of potential health effects to green tea, but the Victorians had a strange one: they thought it caused hallucinations. Learn why in…

4 years, 4 months ago

How Does Iambic Pentameter Work?

Poets like Shakespeare have written extensively in a particular type of verse called iambic pentameter. Learn what it is and how to write in it in th…

4 years, 4 months ago

‘Alalā: The Disappearance of the Hawaiian Crow

Season 1 Episode 8

They’re endemic to the Hawaiian Islands and found nowhere else in the world. We’re exploring how the introduction of cats, dogs, rats, and mongooses …

4 years, 4 months ago

How Powerful Are Magnetars?

When some massive stars go supernova, they then collapse into magnetars -- the most powerful magnetic objects in the known universe. Learn more in th…

4 years, 4 months ago

Can the Endangered Vaquita Porpoise Be Saved?

Around ten of the world's smallest porpoise, the vaquita, are alive today -- but researchers think they can be brought back from the brink of extinct…

4 years, 4 months ago

Can Carrots Really Turn Your Skin Orange?

It would take a LOT of carrots (or other veg pigmented with carotenoids), but yes, the color from carrots can build up in your skin. Learn how carote…

4 years, 4 months ago

Why Do Fishing Superstitions Prohibit Bananas and Suitcases?

Most people identify as being at least a little superstitious, mariners included. Learn why bananas and suitcases, of all things, are often turned aw…

4 years, 4 months ago