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1785: "Why the Desert Floods So Fast"
Episode 1785
Interesting Things with JC #1785: "Why the Desert Floods So Fast" – A desert thunderstorm drops rain faster than the ground can absorb it, sending ex…
1 month ago
1784: "The Hydrogen Peroxide Mistake"
Episode 1784
Interesting Things with JC #1784: "The Hydrogen Peroxide Mistake" – Hydrogen peroxide foams on a scraped knee, but the bubbles don't prove germs are …
1 month ago
1783: "Humanity is Unprepared for AI"
Episode 1783
Interesting Things with JC #1783: "Humanity is Unprepared for AI" – A student spends years preparing for a career while AI changes the work before gr…
1 month ago
1782: "Why Sound Would Break Apart on Mars"
Episode 1782
Interesting Things with JC #1782: "Why Sound Would Break Apart on Mars" – A human voice travels through Mars’s thin atmosphere, but its higher freque…
1 month ago
1781: "The Carnyx"
Episode 1781
Interesting Things with JC #1781: "The Carnyx" – Celtic warriors raised bronze carnyxes nearly 10 feet high, blasting sound through open animal jaws …
1 month ago
1780: "The Hoover Dam Angels"
Episode 1780
Interesting Things with JC #1780: "The Hoover Dam Angels" – Visitors rub the bronze toes of Hoover Dam's 30-foot angels for good luck, unaware that t…
1 month ago
1779: "The Encryption Keys Inside the Camera"
Episode 1779
Interesting Things with JC #1779: "The Encryption Keys Inside the Camera" – Hackers examine a stolen Flock camera and find an encryption key stored i…
1 month ago
1778: "The Waffle House Hero"
Episode 1778
Interesting Things with JC #1778: "The Waffle House Hero" – James Shaw Jr. is trapped inside a Waffle House as a gunman fires through the restaurant,…
1 month, 1 week ago
1777: "Your Mind Controls Your Age"
Episode 1777
Interesting Things with JC #1777: "Your Mind Controls Your Age" – Adults who viewed their own aging more positively lived an average of 7.5 years lon…
1 month, 1 week ago
1776: "Ellen Langer - Counterclockwise"
Episode 1776
Interesting Things with JC #1776: "Ellen Langer - Counterclockwise" – In 1979, elderly men entered a retreat rebuilt as 1959 and were told to live as…
1 month, 1 week ago