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How Bronze Changed The World
Episode 2310
Most people probably don’t have anything made of bronze at home.
Yet bronze used to be a big deal… a really big deal. In fact, an entire age of hist…
6 hours ago
Questions and Answers: Volume 47
Episode 2309
In 1964, two students at Pomona College in California, Laurie Mets and Bruce Elgin, jokingly attempted to prove that the number 47 appeared in nature…
1 day, 6 hours ago
The Headless Horseman
Episode 2308
For centuries, travelers have told terrifying stories of mysterious riders appearing on lonely roads in the dead of night.
Some were omens of death; …
2 days, 7 hours ago
Ghost Ships
Episode 2307
For centuries, sailors have told stories of mysterious vessels emerging from the fog and drifting aimlessly across the ocean.
Some ships were actuall…
3 days, 7 hours ago
The Japanese Invasion of Alaska
Episode 2306
During World War II, the United States fought battles across Europe, North Africa, and the Pacific.
However, one of the war’s most unusual campaigns …
4 days, 7 hours ago
Rubber
Episode 2305
For thousands of years, humanity has relied on a remarkable material whose properties seem inexplicable.
It can stretch several times its original le…
5 days, 7 hours ago
The History of Tennis
Episode 2324
It began almost a thousand years ago as a game played with bare hands in medieval France.
It eventually became a favorite pastime of kings, spread ac…
6 days, 7 hours ago
The Battle of Zama
Episode 2303
For over fifteen years, one of history's greatest military commanders had terrorized the Roman Republic, destroying entire armies and bringing Rome t…
1 week ago
The Fastball
Episode 2302
In baseball, milliseconds can mean the difference between a home run and a strikeout.
For over a century, pitchers have pushed the limits of human pe…
1 week, 1 day ago
The Fibonacci Sequence and the Golden Ratio (Encore)
Episode 2301
Two of the most important concepts that can be found in the world of mathematics and nature are the Fibonacci Sequence and the Golden Ratio.
These tw…
1 week, 2 days ago