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The Day Science Was Overthrown
Episode 854
A look at six times when there was a major paradigm shift in science.
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Brazil's Roswell: The Varginha UFO
Episode 853
This story of alien visitation in Brazil from 1996 claims to be the most convincing proof we have.
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Electric Cars and the Power Grid
Episode 852
Opponents of electric cars claim that the power grid can't keep up with the growing demand for electricity.
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How Your Smartphone Is Listening to You
Episode 851
Is your smartphone eavesdropping on your conversation?
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Ode to the Nightcrawler
Episode 850
Beware of this creepy cryptid, or you might just fall in love with it.
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Who Really Killed the Electric Car?
Episode 849
Pop culture tells us that a conspiracy is what killed GM's EV1 in 2002. But is an exotic explanation really needed?
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On the Trail of Papillon
Episode 848
How much truth was there to the prison escape story of Henri Charrière?
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The Episodes That Changed My Mind, Part 2
Episode 847
Some more of the episodes where I went in with one idea, and came out with another.
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The Episodes That Changed My Mind, Part 1
Episode 846
Some of the episodes where I went in expecting one thing, but found something different.
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Seeking the Soviet Battle Mole
Episode 845
The story goes that the Soviet Union had nuclear-powered underground vehicles for waging a whole new kind of war.
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