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GMO Food Science 101 and How to Hear Someone in a Noisy Room
Learn about GMOs with help from Dr. Patrick Cournoyer of the FDA. Plus: a trick for hearing someone in a noisy room. FDA's Feed Your Mind website…
4 years, 3 months ago
Why You Get Carsick, Climate-Saving Whales, Jupiter’s Rings
Learn about how saving the whales could help combat climate change; Jupiter’s rings; and why reading makes you carsick. Plus: a major announcement ab…
4 years, 3 months ago
Cartoony Robots, Naloxone Myths, Why Dishwashers Dull Knives
Learn why robots should look like cartoons; why more access to an opioid antidote doesn't make people think heroin is safe; and why dishwashers make …
4 years, 4 months ago
Irrational Fear of Robots; Mozart’s Epilepsy-Reducing Sonata
Robotics researcher Ruth Aylett explains why some people fear robots. Plus: how a sonata can reduce epilepsy seizures. More from Ruth Aylett, prof…
4 years, 4 months ago
Why Limits Make You Lash Out, Cash vs Cards, Odds of Dying
Learn why you act irrationally when your freedom is threatened; why you spend more with your credit card than you do when you use cash; and how stati…
4 years, 4 months ago
Medical Value of Mystical Experiences and the Neutron’s Lifetime
Learn about why scientists study “mystical experiences” in psychedelics; and precisely measuring a neutron’s lifetime. Mystical experiences might …
4 years, 4 months ago
Heat Through Your Head, Red Blood Cell Immunity, Venus Oceans
Learn about whether you lose more heat through your head; red blood cells in immunity; and Venus’ non-existent oceans. You Don’t Lose The Most Hea…
4 years, 4 months ago
#NoMakeup Fail, Photosynthetic Frogs, Why Atoms Don’t Collapse
Learn why the #NoMakeup movement actually drove more makeup sales; photosynthetic frogs; and why atoms don’t collapse. The #nomakeup movement is l…
4 years, 4 months ago
Mars’ Jezero Crater Was a Lake and AR to Cure Fear of Spiders
Learn what the Perseverance Rover taught us about Mars’ Jezero Crater; and new exposure therapy using augmented reality. The Perseverance Rover co…
4 years, 4 months ago
Drinking to Cope, Human Brains Shrank, High Heels History
Learn about why having a “drink to cope” doesn’t work; why human brains shrunk 3,000 years ago; and high heel history. Having a "drink to cope" d…
4 years, 4 months ago