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Smell Wishers
Episode 543
What are the ingredients of a good relationship? Trust? Communication? Compromise? How about a sense of smell? When researchers in the United Kingdom…
8 years, 1 month ago
Some Snail a Prey
Episode 542
Conservationists have been sounding the alarm over invasive species for years, warning of the damage they can cause to habitats and native animals. B…
8 years, 1 month ago
Face: Your Fears
Episode 541
The next time a police officer in black-tinted glasses gawks at you, they may be pulling up your personal information. Railway police in Zhengzhou, t…
8 years, 1 month ago
Why Are You Crying?
Episode 540
We can cry out of sadness, fear, frustration, anger, or even joy. But why do streams of liquid leave our eyes? The truth is no one really knows for s…
8 years, 1 month ago
Don’t Sweat the Ball Stuff
Episode 539
The average athlete loses about a liter of sweat an hour; Alberto Salazar, an American marathoner, lost 3.7 liters per hour and 12 pounds of his tota…
8 years, 1 month ago
Banana Bred
Episode 538
Japanese researchers made a botanical announcement on Monday that quickly circled the world. They had developed a banana with an edible peel, allowin…
8 years, 1 month ago
Face/On
Episode 537
Last month, Motherboard reported on a Redditor using deep learning technology to map female celebrities’ faces onto pornographic performers, with sta…
8 years, 1 month ago
Can a Peacock Fly?
Episode 536
Any animal could feasibly provide a human with emotional support, but it doesn't mean that they all should. According to a report by the BBC, the con…
8 years, 1 month ago
Retro Virus
Episode 535
Inside the brain, proteins don’t stick around longer than a few minutes. And yet, our memories can hang on for our entire lifetime. Recently, an inte…
8 years, 1 month ago
Macaque of the Clones
Episode 534
For the first time, scientists say they created cloned primates using the same complicated cloning technique that made Dolly the sheep in 1996. Shang…
8 years, 1 month ago