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Headset Mindset
Episode 383
After exploring a virtual world, some people can’t shake the sense that the actual world isn’t real, either. Does the new technology of VR bring wit…
9 years, 2 months ago
Goos of Egypt
Episode 382
Plastic surgeon Stanley Jacobs was obsess with an ancient Egyptian text about surgery known as the Edwin Smith Papyrus. Particularly, a recipe at t…
9 years, 2 months ago
Append and Cite Us
Episode 381
Scientists have never been certain what the appendix used to do -- and if it is still, in fact, useless. On Jan. 9, a team of researchers led by scie…
9 years, 2 months ago
Organ Donor Car'd
Episode 380
As self-driving cars become the norm, road deaths due to driver error will begin to diminish. It’s a transformative advancement, but one that comes w…
9 years, 2 months ago
Flesh and Tome
Episode 379
A few years ago, three separate books were discovered in Harvard University's library that had particularly strange-looking leather covers. Upon furt…
9 years, 2 months ago
Mech it Yourself
Episode 378
Some South Koreans have built a mech, and it has taken its first steps. Designed by a veteran of science fiction blockbusters, the 13 foot tall, 1.5…
9 years, 2 months ago
Bat Signals
Episode 377
Researchers recently used a machine learning algorithm to decode the squeaks Egyptian fruit bats make in their roost, revealing that they "speak" to …
9 years, 2 months ago
Color Be Mine
Episode 376
Artist Stuart Semple, creator the world’s ‘pinkest paint’, has a new invention - the world'd 'glitteriest glitter'. The product has been made availa…
9 years, 2 months ago
Toyota Care-ola
Episode 375
The 2015 Japanese census laid out a frightening realization for the country: its population is shrinking. In just five years, between 2010 and 2015, …
9 years, 2 months ago
Do Run Run Run
Episode 374
A new study suggests that high intensity aerobic activity that requires sustained, repetitive locomotor and navigational skills may stress cognitive …
9 years, 3 months ago