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The Prime Sinister
Episode 323
For the most part, numbers are simply cold indicators, unable of expressing menace or guile, but then there’s Belphegor’s Prime, a supposedly siniste…
9 years, 7 months ago
And the Beasts Shall Inherit the Earth
Episode 322
What if every animal on the planet has suddenly woken up a rational, self-aware being? Would one creature come to rule all others, much as we humans …
9 years, 7 months ago
Cash Out
Episode 321
Sweden is largely a cashless society, with consumers relying on mobile phone payments or plastic. While the U.S. is still far from achieving the same…
9 years, 7 months ago
The Net Results
Episode 320
Luke Aikins plummeted from 25,000 feet above the desert landscape of California's Simi Valley without a parachute, landing squarely in a 100 feet x 1…
9 years, 7 months ago
Leader of the Pachyderm
Episode 319
Despite reported differences in appearance and behavior, DNA evidence finds that Namibian desert elephants share the same DNA as African savanna elep…
9 years, 7 months ago
The Bore Ultimatum
Episode 318
A Frenchman is suing his former employer for "bore out" - boredom's equivalent of burnout - which he says turned him into a "professional zombie". Fr…
9 years, 7 months ago
Crash Man Be Cute
Episode 317
Melbourne-based artist Patricia Piccinini has created a life-sized sculpture of what a human being would have to look like in order to survive a car …
9 years, 7 months ago
Not Milk?
Episode 316
There’s a cockroach that gives birth to live young, and it produces a “milk” that scientists want humans to drink. Jeff and Anthony talk about drink…
9 years, 7 months ago
Finger Print
Episode 315
Police in Michigan have a new tool for unlocking phones: 3D printing. Law enforcement officers approached a professor at Michigan State earlier this …
9 years, 7 months ago
Check Yourself in Store You Wreck Yourself
Episode 314
Research from the United Kingdom found self-service checkouts allowed people to normalize and excuse stealing, even among those who would never consi…
9 years, 7 months ago