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Hey R U AR?
Episode 423
When we think of augmented reality face filters, we tend to think of goofy novelties like Halloween masks, face swapping, or inadvertent racist caric…
8 years, 11 months ago
Dino MIght Chicken
Episode 422
A chicken embryo with a dinosaur-like snout instead of a beak has been developed by scientists. Is this a good thing or a terrifying thing? Jeff an…
8 years, 11 months ago
Ceph Modifying Code
Episode 421
Squids, cuttlefish and octopuses do not follow the normal rules of genetic information, according to research published in the journal Cell. Their RN…
8 years, 11 months ago
Owe de Toilette
Episode 420
Fed up with the theft of toilet paper from public bathrooms, tourist authorities in China's capital have begun using facial recognition technology to…
8 years, 11 months ago
Starscraper
Episode 419
Architecture firm Clouds Architecture Office has proposed a building that, instead of being supported by the ground and reaching up into the sky, wou…
8 years, 11 months ago
Tyrannosaurus Sex
Episode 418
Tyrannosaurus Rex had a snout as sensitive to touch as human fingertips, say scientists. Experts believe that males and females rubbed their sensit…
8 years, 11 months ago
Owner and Operator
Episode 417
Leonid Rogozov was a Soviet general practitioner who took part in the sixth Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1960–1961. He was the only doctor statione…
8 years, 11 months ago
Never, Never Land
Episode 416
Scientists have long suspected that the common swift remains airborne for extraordinary amounts of time during its annual migration. Now, a team of …
8 years, 11 months ago
No-Show
Episode 415
The contestants of a British reality show that marooned them in the wilderness for a year as a social experiment have returned to civilization — only…
8 years, 11 months ago
A Snack-na Phobia
Episode 414
Scientists Martin Nyffeler and Klaus Birkhofer published their estimate of the amount of spiders in the world, and the amount of biomass they would c…
8 years, 11 months ago