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Maniac Firebird
Episode 251
Certain birds of prey are picking up burning sticks from brush fires and dropping them in dry grass. Why? Because then all the little critters will r…
10 years, 1 month ago
High Fructose Corn Worship
Episode 250
Writer Jeff Wilser ate nothing but processed, packaged junk food for an entire month, and still managed to lose 11 pounds. His hypothesis: If you l…
10 years, 1 month ago
Sleeper Agent
Episode 249
New research published in the journal Nature Communications, suggests that being an early riser is in some people's DNA -- and not in others'. The st…
10 years, 1 month ago
English as a Sullen Language
Episode 248
While investigating non-English words associated with positive emotions and concepts, a British researcher recently discovered 216 foreign words for …
10 years, 1 month ago
Southern Cuddle Circle (LIVE from PAX South 2016!)
Episode 247
A very different kind of episode of We Have Concerns, this one was recorded live at the PAX South convention in San Antonio Texas, and consists entir…
10 years, 1 month ago
Black Death of Journalism
Episode 246
An article on Fox News says that scientists from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Germany have reconstructed the Black De…
10 years, 1 month ago
A Prairie Vole's Home Companion (LIVE from PAX South 2016!)
Episode 245
The prairie vole, unlike 97 percent of mammals, are monogamous, forming bonds that last long after mating, and scientists have been doing experiments…
10 years, 1 month ago
Spectacular Spider-Plan
Episode 244
Jumping spiders, members of the Salticidae family of arachnids, have a level of cognizance rarely seen in creatures of their diminutive size, which e…
10 years, 1 month ago
Whateverlasting Life (LIVE from PAX South 2016)
Episode 243
Australian startup company Humai claims to be working on a way to transfer a person’s consciousness into an artificial body after they’ve died. This…
10 years, 1 month ago
Chubmunks
Episode 242
The exceptionally mild winter in many areas of the world caused by global climate change has led to squirrels across Europe and North America piling …
10 years, 1 month ago