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1712: "The Hidden Heat Sensor in a Dog's Nose"
Episode 1712
Interesting Things with JC #1712: "The Hidden Heat Sensor in a Dog's Nose" – Dogs repeatedly choose one of two identical targets after researchers co…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
1711: "Why McDonald's Coke Tastes Different"
Episode 1711
Interesting Things with JC #1711: "Why McDonald's Coke Tastes Different" – McDonald's serves Coca-Cola using refrigerated stainless steel syrup tanks…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
1710: "The First New Blue in 200 Years"
Episode 1710
Interesting Things with JC #1710: "The First New Blue in 200 Years" – Chemists heating a mixture of metal oxides for a magnetism experiment watched i…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
1709: "A Yard of Flightline"
Episode 1709
Interesting Things with JC #1709: "A Yard of Flightline" – A new Air Force airman is sent to pick up a routine item, but every office on the base ins…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
1708: "The System That Made Blood Banking Scalable"
Episode 1708
Interesting Things with JC #1708: "The System That Made Blood Banking Scalable" – Blood donations begin moving through a standardized collection and …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
1707: "The Greeting Card Cure"
Episode 1707
Interesting Things with JC #1707: "The Greeting Card Cure" – Millions of greeting cards keep arriving for a boy who recovered decades ago after a cha…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
1706: "John Smeaton - The Hero of Glasgow"
Episode 1706
Interesting Things with JC #1706: "John Smeaton - The Hero of Glasgow"– A baggage handler runs toward a burning Jeep after it crashes into Glasgow Ai…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
1705: "Tara Westover, the Girl Who Taught Herself to Study"
Episode 1705
Interesting Things with JC #1705: "Tara Westover, the Girl Who Taught Herself to Study" – Tara Westover opened an algebra book to prepare for the ACT…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
1704: "Lincoln Wasn't the Only Target"
Episode 1704
Interesting Things with JC #1704: "Lincoln Wasn't the Only Target" – John Wilkes Booth killed President Abraham Lincoln while three other assassins m…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
1703: "250 Years of the United States of America"
Episode 1703
Interesting Things with JC #1703: "250 Years of the United States of America" – On July 4, 1776, Congress approved the final text of the Declaration …
3 months, 4 weeks ago