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5G Might Impair Weather Forecasts
Learn about how 5G may impair weather forecasts, and how the first confirmed exoplanet was discovered a lot more recently than you may realize. Plus,…
5 years, 5 months ago
How to Make the Most of Your Negativity Bias (w/ John Tierney)
Learn about two new neuroscience studies that show why birds are so dang smart. Then science writer John Tierney will talk negativity bias and how yo…
5 years, 5 months ago
Can a Selfie Screen You for Heart Disease?
Learn about whether it’s better to be a big fish in a small pond or a small fish in a big pond, a mysterious, ancient city called Cahokia that’s, wei…
5 years, 5 months ago
The Door to Hell Is a Fiery Pit That’s Been Burning Since 1971
Learn about a new theory for the uncanny valley effect and the Door to Hell, a giant fiery pit that’s been burning since 1971. We’ll also answer a li…
5 years, 5 months ago
Baby Tortoises Love Faces, and That’s a Big Deal for Science
Learn how deliberate practice makes perfect, what the New England Vampire Panic is, and how baby tortoises are attracted to faces from birth. Curi…
5 years, 5 months ago
Einstein Worried That Science Can't Explain "The Now"
Learn why Einstein worried that science can’t explain “the now,” how high-impact exercise is actually good for your bones, and why in Haiti, zombies …
5 years, 5 months ago
How Hollywood Gets Seances Wrong
Learn about how bacteria in your gut can produce electricity. Then, performer and lecturer Thom Britton will tell us about the origins of seances and…
5 years, 5 months ago
How 19th-Century Body-Snatchers Contributed to Medical Science
Learn how calling loved ones builds stronger social connections than texting does, why the return of wolves improved life for every animal in Yellows…
5 years, 5 months ago
Could Parasites Turn Us into Zombies?
Learn about whether parasites can turn us into zombies, why awkward silences are so awkward, and why bubbles form in boiling water. Could parasite…
5 years, 5 months ago
The Martian Moon Phobos Creates a Yearly Solar Eclipse
Learn about how eclipses on Mars can tell scientists more about the planet’s interior, why we behave irrationally when our freedom is threatened, and…
5 years, 5 months ago