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We Found the First Pregnant Mummy Ever Documented
Learn about a pregnant mummy; the three body problem; and why you should take off your shoes when you enter your house. A newly discovered pregnan…
5 years, 3 months ago
How to Manage Your Work-from-Home Paranoia
Learn 4 tips for managing WFH paranoia; flat-pack pasta; and how eye contact is affected by the shape of a dog’s face. 4 tips for managing your WF…
5 years, 3 months ago
Will Future Civilizations Get Oil From Human Fossils?
Learn the easiest way to forgive and forget; whether human fossils can produce oil; and what bees yell when surprised. The forgetting part of "for…
5 years, 3 months ago
What Does Your Digital Body Language Say?
Learn about “digital body language” guidelines and how scientists brought multiple molecules into the same quantum state. Additional resources fro…
5 years, 3 months ago
Pollen Is Not Actually Plant Sperm
Learn why your mom calls you your sibling’s name; why pollen isn’t just plant sperm; and what really causes sore muscles. If Your Mom Calls You Yo…
5 years, 3 months ago
Painless Tips to Help the Environment (w/ Paul Greenberg)
Learn why there could be stars made of antimatter. Plus: author Paul Greenberg’s tips to reduce your carbon footprint. There could be stars made o…
5 years, 3 months ago
Move Over, CRISPR — New Gene Editing Tech is Here
Learn about the RLR gene editing tool; Victorian-era emoji; and why “night shift” screen settings don’t help you sleep. RLR is a new gene editing …
5 years, 3 months ago
A Good Reason to Resolve Your Arguments
Learn how resolving arguments can erase nearly all bad feelings, and why almost all calico cats are female. Plus: trivia! Resolving an argument ca…
5 years, 3 months ago
The Oldest Kids in Class Are Also the Most Popular
Learn why older classmates are more popular; how some invasive species help their ecosystems; and keyboard cleaning tips. Don't be surprised if …
5 years, 3 months ago
Why We Always Forget that Less Is More (w/ Leidy Klotz)
Learn how human hair can improve solar panels and why people tend to add, not subtract, when trying to improve something. Scientists are using hum…
5 years, 3 months ago