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Dream Goblin
Episode 271
The Flyboard Air, made by Franky Zapata‘s Zapata Racing is either a clever fake, or the most impressive hoverboard yet in action. Jeff and Anthony a…
9 years, 11 months ago
Worry Thwart
Episode 270
Writer and programmer Paul Ford decided to outsource his anxiety by writing a piece of software that would email him expressions of his worst fears e…
9 years, 11 months ago
The Eight Escape
Episode 269
An octopus at the National Aquarium of New Zealand sliped out of its tank, crawled across floor, and escaped down pipe to ocean, leading Anthony and …
9 years, 11 months ago
Junk Food
Episode 268
In Portugal, thousands of storks have chosen to forgo their typical winter migration to sub-Saharan Africa in favor of sticking around to gorge on g…
9 years, 11 months ago
Prepare Yourself
Episode 267
Science host Greg Foot tries to get to the secret of what human flesh tastes like by performing a biopsy of his leg muscle to smell the aroma of his…
9 years, 11 months ago
Puppy Thaws
Episode 266
Scientists have managed to thaw out and perform an autopsy on an ancient frozen puppy, which was mummified in the Russian permafrost some 12,400 year…
9 years, 11 months ago
You Mar What You Tweet
Episode 265
Microsoft introduced a chatbot that was built to learn from its interactions with Twitter users, but had to disable it after it began spouting some v…
9 years, 11 months ago
Safety Worst
Episode 264
The community of Delta, B.C. is looking at updating its Annieville playground with riskier equipment, after a public health expert told the council t…
10 years ago
Skin Beep
Episode 263
Scientists from Cornell University and the Italian Technology Institute in Pontedera have developed an elastic robotic skin that is able to stretch u…
10 years ago
If You're Lion I'm Dying
Episode 262
A mountain lion miraculously surviving in the urban mountains in Los Angeles is believed to have breached a 9-foot fence at the Los Angeles Zoo and m…
10 years ago