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Why We Can't Have Mice Things
Episode 101
A new article on i09 describes animal behaviorist John Calhoun's quest to create the perfect mouse city, complete with abundant food, recreation, and…
11 years ago
The No Deathbot Guarantee*
Episode 100
*not necessarily a guarantee
One robotics company, Clearpath Robotics, has promised never to make autonomous killing machines, and hopes all future t…
11 years, 1 month ago
Hale Hydra
Episode 99
The tiny organism known as the hydra is a half inch tube of jelly that inhabits fresh water all over the world, and it may well be functionally immor…
11 years, 1 month ago
Harvest Moon
Episode 98
Now that private companies are getting into space, the legalities of who can own celestial bodies comes into question. Specifically, a company calle…
11 years, 1 month ago
Spousal Recall
Episode 97
According to researchers at Macquarie University, couples in long-term relationships develop inter-connected memory systems. Each partner can rememb…
11 years, 1 month ago
Super Villain Face
Episode 96
A Venezuelan man had his face surgically altered to look like the Red Skull - Captain America's arch-nemesis in Marvel Comics. His nose was removed,…
11 years, 1 month ago
Running is for Dicks
Episode 95
A new study shows that longer, fast-paced running sessions are just as bad for you as not running at all. How much exercise is genuinely good for you…
11 years, 1 month ago
Feels Like Forever
Episode 94
What's more ethical: a life sentence in prison, or a drug that slows someone's perception of time to make them feel like they've spent 10 life senten…
11 years, 1 month ago
Content with Content
Episode 93
Songwriter and youtube song-a-day artist Jonathan Mann has a new video online advocating for abolishing the term "Content Creator" for people who rel…
11 years, 1 month ago
Under the Sea
Episode 92
A Japanese corporation wants to build the perfect underwater city of the future. That is both a real thing that's happening and also something that s…
11 years, 1 month ago