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Batteries Caught, Extruded
Episode 282
MIT says that every year in the US there are more than 3,500 reports of swallowed batteries. If left in the stomach or esophagus these can burn the t…
9 years, 10 months ago
Nature vs Searcher
Episode 281
A small mammal has sabotaged the world's most powerful scientific instrument. The Large Hadron Collider, a 17-mile superconducting machine designed …
9 years, 10 months ago
Mind Blind Defined
Episode 280
Certain people, researchers have discovered, can’t summon up mental images — it’s as if their mind’s eye is blind. This month in the journal Cortex, …
9 years, 10 months ago
The Eye of the Patent Holder
Episode 279
According to a new patent filing, Google has devised a method to inject a device directly into your eyeballs. Per the patent filing, the device is m…
9 years, 10 months ago
Watch Where You're Roaming
Episode 278
A small city in southern Germany may be the first place in the world to introduce in-ground traffic lights. The move by authorities in Augsburg come…
9 years, 10 months ago
Building Excitement
Episode 277
A growing body of research in cognitive science illuminates the physical and mental toll bland cityscapes exact on residents. It turns out boring arc…
9 years, 10 months ago
Fail the Testimony
Episode 275
The Justice Department and FBI have formally acknowledged that nearly every expert scientific witness gave flawed testimony in almost all trials in w…
9 years, 10 months ago
Tiger Mom
Episode 274
The Toronto Zoo is investigating a video that shows a woman climbing into part of its tiger enclosure to retrieve her hat. That's right, she scaled …
9 years, 11 months ago
Castle Hassle
Episode 273
Robert Fidler built a castle at Salfords in Surrey, England without planning permission and hid it behind straw bales for four years. He has now bee…
9 years, 11 months ago
A Boat By Any Other Name
Episode 272
Although Boaty McBoatface decisively won a public poll that Britain's Natural Environment Research Council launched last month to whip up enthusiasm …
9 years, 11 months ago