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Underwater Nit-Pickin': Cleaner Shrimp And Why Big Fish Won't Eat Them
Episode 161
Mindy is feeling the entrepreneurial spirit as she opens up a "Nit-Pickin'" stand to pluck the lice from her neighbors' heads. When Guy Raz asks her …
6 years, 8 months ago
Betelgeuse! Betelgeuse! Betelgeuse! An Outer Space SUPERNOVA
Episode 160
One of the brightest stars in the sky, Betelgeuse, has been getting dimmer and dimmer. Could this be a sign that the young star is about to explode? …
6 years, 8 months ago
Good Habitat Keeping
Episode 159
Guy and Mindy go on a home tour of some of the strangest homes and habitats in the animal kingdom. And the one that stops them in their tracks was bu…
6 years, 8 months ago
An UnFROGettable Day At the Museum of Wow! (encore)
Episode 158
The Museum of Wow just opened its new amphibian exhibit, and everyone from pollywogs to old croaks agree that the new discoveries featured there are …
6 years, 9 months ago
MY ASTEROID IS BLOWING UP! (encore)
Episode 157
Imagine a giant asteroid is out in space and headed on a collision course with planet Earth. Your mission, is to annihilate this giant mass of space …
6 years, 9 months ago
Song Of The Singing Mouse (encore)
Episode 156
What do humans, bottlenose dolphins, and the singing mice of the Costa Rican cloud forests have in common? Well according to a new scientific study, …
6 years, 9 months ago
Bored Out Of Your Bonkerballs? (encore)
Episode 155
Bored out of your bonkerballs with nothing to do? Turns out, being bored can be good for you! A new study from the United Kingdom suggests that perio…
6 years, 9 months ago
Duck Duck Poop! - A Tale Of Symbiosis (encore)
Episode 154
It's time for the regional library Story Slam Potluck & Pajama Party, and the gang's all here! First up, it's Mindy, with a non-fiction story involvi…
6 years, 10 months ago
Totally Spiced Out! (encore)
Episode 153
What in the world makes chili peppers hot? How in the world do we measure their spiciness? And where in the world are kids least likely to get spiced…
6 years, 10 months ago
The Rise And Fall of Static Man
Episode 152
A 2,500 year old mystery solved! Scientists have finally answered the age-old question of how friction leads to static electricity. But it's not all …
6 years, 10 months ago