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Left Out
Episode 403
UPS trucks almost never take left-hand turns. By favoring right-hand turns at all times -- unless a left is unavoidable -- the carrier saves million…
9 years ago
Stop, Chop, and Roll
Episode 402
A French electrician proved himself to be a bona fide MacGyver by building a makeshift motorbike out of his wrecked car after becoming stranded in th…
9 years ago
Magnetical Mystery Ewer
Episode 401
By analyzing the pottery from an archaeological dig near Jerusalem, scientists have learned that the geomagnetic field around the earth fluctuated wi…
9 years ago
Taking Debate
Episode 400
When you don’t know the actual, statistical likelihood of something, the brain uses the most readily surfaceable image. This is known as the availab…
9 years ago
Spoiler Assert
Episode 399
The majority of Americans have no clear idea what “sell by” labels are trying to tell them. But after 40 years of letting us guess, the grocery indus…
9 years, 1 month ago
All CPU Can Bee
Episode 398
Honeybees' role in pollination enables the production of at least 90 commercially grown crops, including apples, blueberries, melons and broccoli, bu…
9 years, 1 month ago
Addiction Subtraction
Episode 397
Studying its effects in the brain, researchers set out to genetically engineer mice that would be more prone to cocaine addiction. Instead, they cre…
9 years, 1 month ago
Squid Pro Grow
Episode 396
Human activity has changed the ocean - rising temperatures and acidifying waters has caused fish populations of all kinds to dwindle. But not all cre…
9 years, 1 month ago
Scooter Commuter Computer
Episode 395
Piaggio, the same company that created the Vespa scooter, has announced it will sell a robot called Gita, which is designed to carry and deliver your…
9 years, 1 month ago
Reckoned That Emotion
Episode 394
Many different emotions have similar bodily symptoms. When we are angry, our pulses race, we breathe faster, we feel our faces flush, and our skin be…
9 years, 1 month ago