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Bomb-Detected Whales & What It’s Like to Film Shark Week
Learn how nuclear bomb detectors found a secret population of blue whales. Plus: what it takes to film sharks underwater. Dive deeper into all you…
4 years, 8 months ago
Scary Shark Music, Your Brain Predicts the Future, Hydrobot
Learn about ominous music’s effect on conservation efforts; why our brains constantly predict the future; and “Hydrobot.” Dive deeper into all you…
4 years, 8 months ago
Does ESP Exist?
Learn about ESP; why people panicked about electricity in the 1800s; and how embryos use sound to prepare for the world. Please vote for Curiosity…
4 years, 9 months ago
Could You Adapt to Having an Extra Thumb?
Learn about a robotic “third thumb”; how measuring time increases entropy; and how to distinguish friends from foes. People's brains adapted to h…
4 years, 9 months ago
How to Improve Your Sense of Direction
Learn about how to improve your sense of direction; the true story of the pied piper; and how our planets got their names. Please vote for Curiosi…
4 years, 9 months ago
Weird Dreams Might be a Brain Feature, Not a Bug
Learn how weird dreams may help us in the real world; how we date dinosaurs; and why a healthy grip means a healthy body. A theory from AI says ou…
4 years, 9 months ago
Why Song Lyrics Are Getting Simpler
Learn how a man wrote sentences using only his mind; how popular song lyrics got simpler; and the bitterness of Bitrex. Brain-computer interface …
4 years, 9 months ago
Are Facial Expressions Universal?
Learn about common ancestors shared by every human; evolution’s multiple directions; and universal facial expressions. There's a point in the past…
4 years, 9 months ago
The Phantom Torso Experiment Protected Astronauts in a Very Creepy Way
Learn about why we need memorials for medicine; NASA’s Phantom Torso experiment; and why we often overestimate outliers. Additional resources from…
4 years, 9 months ago
How Life Expectancy Doubled in Just 150 Years (w/ Author Steven Johnson)
Learn how we doubled life expectancy in the last 150 years. Plus: “impossible” quasicrystals formed from nuclear bombs. Additional resources from …
4 years, 9 months ago