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Slug Life
Episode 121
Scientists recently discovered a species of sea slug takes genes from the algae it eats, allowing it to photosynthesize like a plant and survive for …
10 years, 11 months ago
Addiction, Affliction, or Avocation
Episode 120
Anthony and Jeff consider the plight of mice in a cage, given the opportunity to drink clean, natural water, or water laced with illicit drugs. Is t…
10 years, 11 months ago
The Opticals of Riddick
Episode 119
A group of biohackers in Tehachapi, California have figured out a way to give themselves night vision by squirting a kind of chlorophyll analog calle…
10 years, 11 months ago
Scared to Death
Episode 118
[UPDATE: It turns out this story isn't true, but our reactions to it still are.]
This year the annual haunted house in Waukegan, Illinois provided an…
10 years, 11 months ago
Urban Vermin Surgeon
Episode 117
A dog walker in New York city has turned her apartment into a veterinarian clinic and rehabilitation center for injured squirrels, pigeons, and other…
10 years, 11 months ago
Altered Beasts
Episode 116
Evidence that a hallucinogenic fungus was readily available to Dinosaurs has some scientists speculating that prehistoric creatures were getting high…
10 years, 11 months ago
Con Charter of Mars
Episode 115
Anthony and Jeff had such high hopes for Mars One - the non-profit offering one-way trips to the red planet to anyone willing to apply. But accordin…
10 years, 11 months ago
The Dogtor Will Smell You Now
Episode 114
A scent-trained dog was able to identify the presence or absence of thyroid cancer in human urine more accurately than lab tests, which leads Anthony…
11 years ago
Snow Crapped Peaks (w/ Hal Lublin)
Episode 113
So much frozen, un-biodegradeable human waste has been left on Mt Everest by climbers, that it is becoming a problem. In fact, Nepal is now requirin…
11 years ago
Growing Brains
Episode 112
Scientists from the University of Wollongong in Australia are 3D-printing their own tiny, artificial human brains to study the physical properties of…
11 years ago