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The Last DROP Of Gasoline!
Listener Helina asks: what the if we just pumped the last drop of gasoline? The answer goes well beyond empty parking lots and quiet highways. Along …
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Build A Brand New ALPHABET - with Linguist DANNY BATE!
What the if you had to invent the alphabet from scratch? The Pharaoh hands you a stone tablet, a chisel, and an impossible assignment: condense every…
4 months, 1 week ago
Moon Babies Meet EARTH!
Picture this: you're a moon baby, born and raised underground on Luna, and you've just landed on Earth for the very first time. Meet the loonies, a c…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Microbe Grudge Match!
What the if microbes held a grudge? We're thrilled to welcome Ethan Rappaport, theoretical ecologist at the University of Maryland, to take us inside…
5 months ago
Space JUNK!
In honor of the 25th anniversary of the MIR SPACE STATION's spectacular farewell reentry, we're featuring an encore of our August 11, 2023 episode ab…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Telepathy!
What the if you could read minds — but only when someone's nearby? Congratulations, your subway commute just became a psychic nightmare. Babies would…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Reality Is Making Stuff UP!
Right now, billions of particles are popping in and out of existence in your pocket. That's not a metaphor — that's quantum mechanics. Inspired by a …
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Ants Adopt A CATERPILLAR!
What the if you got zapped by a shrink ray while walking past the physics department and your only hope of survival was convincing a colony of ants t…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
The Buddy System Run AMOK!
What the if humans moved in schools — not classrooms, but like fish? Inspired by Carl Zimmer's New York Times article on how misinformation spreads a…
6 months, 1 week ago
Black Holes
MIT physicist David Kaiser is one of those rare scientists who can make mind-bending physics feel like a great conversation over coffee — funny, gene…
6 months, 2 weeks ago