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Stress During Pregnancy Might Affect the Baby’s Sex
Learn about how stress during pregnancy can affect a newborn’s sex; skipping stone physics in space; and overspending. Stress can make a pregnant …
5 years, 3 months ago
A Robot That Talks to Itself Might Be Easier to Interact With
Learn about interacting with robots that talk to themselves; “mad honey,” a rare, dangerous hallucinogen; and “alief.” Robots that talk to themsel…
5 years, 3 months ago
How Do Wild Animals Know What to Eat?
Learn why helping others feels like helping ourselves, how wild animals eat healthy, and how the Sahara feeds the Amazon. We're less likely to rem…
5 years, 4 months ago
What Rain is Like on Other Planets
Learn about rain on other planets; why Americans used to not use forks; and whether sleep or exercise is more important. What is rain like on othe…
5 years, 4 months ago
What Elevators Can Teach Us About Autonomous Cars (w/ Jason Feifer of Entrepreneur Magazine)
Learn what the elevator can teach us about our past and our future. Plus: surprising discoveries from bomb-pulse dating. Additional resources from…
5 years, 4 months ago
We’re Morbidly Curious About What “Might Have Been”
Learn about counterfactual curiosity; the first entanglement-based quantum network; and Rome’s remarkable Cloaca Maxima. We're morbidly curious to…
5 years, 4 months ago
Why Cavities Are So Sensitive to the Cold
Learn about why cavities are so cold-sensitive; an ant that shrinks its brain; and why swimming makes you extra hungry. Here's why dental cavities…
5 years, 4 months ago
Is Exercise for Work as Good as Exercise for Play?
Learn about dog jealousy; physical activity at work vs. at play; and why only certain parts of us get pruney when wet. Dogs act jealous of their o…
5 years, 4 months ago
How a Plant Gene Ended Up in an Insect’s DNA
Learn about “brain fog” in menopause; NASA’s patent prevalence; and a plant gene found in an insect for the first time. Additional resources from …
5 years, 4 months ago
What’s the Deal with Hot Flashes? (w/ OB-GYN Dr. Jen Gunter)
Learn about what antimatter is and how we discovered it. Then, Dr. Gen Gunter will demystify menopause. How we discovered antimatter by Briana Br…
5 years, 4 months ago