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Back to SearchThe Science of Who You Love - and Why & What Strangers Do To You
Episode 603
In the last several years, a lot of different kinds of salt have popped up on store shelves. It used to be just salt and kosher salt. Now there is se…
4 years, 7 months ago
Unusual Ways Technology Affects You & The Strange Science of Sweat
Episode 602
You have probably noticed that aluminum foil has a shiny side and a dull side. Why? What’s the difference - and why do some recipes call for it to be…
4 years, 8 months ago
SYSK Choice: Why Your Mind and Brain Are Different & Understanding Insecurity
Episode 601
Anyone who travels knows you often don’t sleep well on the first night at your new destination - especially if you have travelled across time zones. …
4 years, 8 months ago
The Fascinating Chemistry of Everyday Life & What Does it Mean to Be Alive?
Episode 600
When you order something online, do you then track the package to see where it is and when it is coming? This episode begins with the results of a su…
4 years, 8 months ago
Why Businesses Charge Sneaky Fees & Where Slang Comes From
Episode 599
You’ve washed your hands a million times. Yet there is a pretty good chance you are probably doing it incorrectly. Over the last year and a half we h…
4 years, 8 months ago
SYSK Choice: The Science Behind Aliens, and UFOs & How to Deal With Gaslighting
Episode 598
Are you neat or messy? You most likely have a preference for either a neat or a cluttered work environment. There is a general assumption that neat i…
4 years, 8 months ago
Why Watching Sports Is Really Good for You & Simple Strategies to A Great Relationship
Episode 597
Moms have been passing down health and beauty advice for generations and some of it is just plain wrong! Listen as we bust some myths about some of t…
4 years, 8 months ago
The Impact of Keeping Secrets & Why Unreturned Messages Drive Us Crazy
Episode 596
Hard to imagine a hot summer day without a can of soda or beer. Before the mid-60s those cans were absolutely useless unless you had a can opener han…
4 years, 8 months ago
SYSK Choice: Why Great Ideas Fail First & Compulsion Investigated
Episode 595
Do you know what happens to your brain when you are sleeping? In a sense, a cleaning crew gets in there to clean out all the toxins so that your brai…
4 years, 8 months ago
The Human Need to Own Things & The Origins of American Cuisine
Episode 594
Have you ever had déjà vu - that feeling that what you are experiencing now, you have experienced before? Most people have. This episode begins with …
4 years, 8 months ago