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We Still Don’t Know How Ice Skating Works
We Still Don’t Know How Ice Skating Works

Learn about how social connection may be as basic of a human need as hunger; the ongoing scientific debate around how ice skating actually works; and…

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Why Your Dog’s Paws Smell Like Corn Chips
Why Your Dog’s Paws Smell Like Corn Chips

Learn about why you shouldn’t add oil to your pasta water; a simple way to help kids think better; and why your dog’s paws smell like corn chips. …

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Disgusting Sights Literally Turn Your Stomach
Disgusting Sights Literally Turn Your Stomach

Learn about how disgusting sights literally turn your stomach; and why tattoos are permanent. Then, play along at home as we test your podcast knowle…

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A New Discovery About That Weird “Aurora” Named STEVE
A New Discovery About That Weird “Aurora” Named STEVE

Learn about a new discovery about STEVE, the weird streak of color in the Canadian skies; how a “wind phone” in Otsuchi, Japan, helped thousands cope…

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Beat Stress with Laughter Yoga (w/ Madan Kataria, MD)
Beat Stress with Laughter Yoga (w/ Madan Kataria, MD)

Learn about the benefits of laughter yoga with the founder of the laughter club movement, Dr. Madan Kataria. You’ll also learn about a major breakthr…

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Why Are the COVID-19 Vaccines Kept So Cold?
Why Are the COVID-19 Vaccines Kept So Cold?

Learn about how the Faroe Islands created their own Google Street View using sheep; why some vaccines (like Pfizer’s and Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines)…

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People Respond to Music Even When They Can’t Hear It
People Respond to Music Even When They Can’t Hear It

Learn about why you can have an emotional reaction to music even when it’s not being played; how people have been performing brain surgery for thousa…

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Your Brain Treats Human Beauty Differently from Artistic Beauty
Your Brain Treats Human Beauty Differently from Artistic Beauty

Learn about how your brain treats beautiful faces differently from beautiful objects; why the town of Baarle sits on one of the world’s most complex …

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Why We Call Computer Glitches “Bugs”
Why We Call Computer Glitches “Bugs”

Learn about why Wolf-Rayet stars are the brightest stars in the sky; why immune cells in your brain may have started out in your gut; and the history…

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What’s the Shortest Amount of Time Ever Recorded?
What’s the Shortest Amount of Time Ever Recorded?

Learn about how scientists just measured the quickest event ever recorded; how tiny remoras (suckerfish) stay stuck to fast-moving whales; and why be…

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