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40,000 Recipes for Murder
Episode 469
Two scientists realize that the very same AI technology they have developed to discover medicines for rare diseases can also discover the most potent…
3 years, 6 months ago
Rodney v. Death
Episode 468
In the fall of 2004, Jeanna Giese checked into the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin with a set of puzzling symptoms... and her condition was deterior…
3 years, 7 months ago
Gigaverse
Episode 467
A pizzeria owner in Kansas realizes that DoorDash is hijacking his pizzas. A Lyft driver conquers the streets of San Francisco until he unwittingly p…
3 years, 7 months ago
9-Volt Nirvana
Episode 466
Learn a new language faster than ever! Leave doubt in the dust! Be a better sniper! Could you do all that and more with just a zap to the noggin? May…
3 years, 7 months ago
Infinities
Episode 465
In August 2018, Boen Wang was at a work retreat for a new job. Surrounded by mosquitoes and swampland in a tiny campsite in West Virginia, Boen’s min…
3 years, 7 months ago
Escape
Episode 464
This episode originally aired in 2012.
An all-star lineup of producers — Pat Walters, Lynn Levy, and Sean Cole — bring you stories about traps, getaw…
3 years, 8 months ago
The Humpback and the Killer
Episode 463
Killer whales — orcas — eat all sorts of animals, including humpback calves. But one day, biologists saw a group of humpback whales trying to stop so…
3 years, 8 months ago
You v. You
Episode 462
This episode, originally aired more than a decade ago, attempts to answer one question: how do you win against your worst impulses? Zelda Gamson trie…
3 years, 8 months ago
The Gatekeeper
Episode 461
This week, Reporter Peter Smith and Senior Producer Matt Kielty tell the story of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that set the standard for scientifi…
3 years, 8 months ago
Baby Blue Blood Drive
Episode 460
This is an episode that first aired in 2018 and then again in the thick of the pandemic in 2020. Why? Because though Horseshoe crabs are not much to …
3 years, 8 months ago