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Curiosity Weekly — 1000 episodes
Mythbusting Reproductive Health
Awareness in a Vegetative State
Menstruation in Space
Why Does My Brain Make Me So Sensitive
Lefties, Raise Your Hands
Training the Families of Astronauts: Then and Now
If You Give a Shark a Cookie…
Programming the Body to Fight Cancer
Jealousy Vs. Envy
The Researchers Translating Whale Language
The Machine That Lets Us Look At Dark Energy
Cocaine is in Our Waterways. How are Animals Responding?
Science Needs Creativity
Copy, Paste, Clone: What it Takes to Bring Back the Past
What Out-of-Body Experiences Reveal About Consciousness
Hantavirus Outbreak: Separating Fact from Fear
Why Are People Getting Poop Transplants?
How Violent Video Games Shape Perception
AI in Healthcare Isn’t What You Think
How Much Socializing Do You Really Need?
Ending Animal Testing: Realistic or Not?
The Analog Movement
Inside the High-Tech Hunt for Dinosaur Bones
Medicinal Psychedelics: Hype or Health?
Magic Mushrooms Help Trees Gossip
Online BS Fools Everyone, Even Experts
Life Under the Sea, No Singing Crabs
Happiness IRL
Tips For Pits: The Science of Body Odor
History Punished Scientists - Are We Doing the Same Thing?
Does Your Dog Actually Feel Guilt?
Urban Ecosystems With The Rat Detective
The Biggest Animal Sanctuary in the World with Forrest Galante
The End of the Universe
Why Scientists Can’t Agree on Aging
Why Society Treats Allergies Like a Nothingburger
We Are Starting to Talk Like ChatGPT
The Inequity of Climate Change
This is Your Brain on Sleep
The Batmobile Lab That Chases Storms
How Science Can Hack Flavor
This Episode Will Make You Love Math
The Non-Fiction of Science Fiction
Your Garden Is Not an Island: How to Protect Pollinators
Your Life Runs on GPS. And GPS Runs on Duct Tape
Designing Cities for a Warmer World
How Everyday People Power Big Science
Who Says Science Can’t Be Silly?
Mapping Minds is the White Whale of Brain Science
Is a Lab-Grown “Brain” Conscious?
Connection and Play Can Keep the Doctor Away
How to Not Raise an iPad Baby
A is for Apple… Or is it AI?
And Just Like That, You Have Nostalgia
The La Brea Tar Pits Are a Climate Crime Scene!
Ozempic & Prescribed Quiet with Dr. Emma Beckett
DNA Doesn’t Always Solve Crime
Sharks Ghosted South Africa and Alison Towner Has the Receipts
Shark Week Gets Toxic: Forrest Galante Tracks Alien Sharks
Busting Skincare Myths with Dr. Michelle Wong
The Puzzle of AI Ethics with Dr. Cansu Canca
Genetic Data and Black Americans with Dr. Janina Jeff Ringo
Science Loves a Binary. Dr. Shawn Hercules Is Breaking It Down
Ocean Literacy & Conservation
Digital Privacy & Protecting Your Data
The Scramble to Solve Space Scrap
Climate Change in the Pacific Islands
Birding for Beginners in a Changing World
Will AI Replace Scientists?
Indigenous Climate Solutions, Virus Thaw, AI Brain Implant
Iceberg Ahead, Microbiome Map, Non-Alcoholic Wine
Fungal Zombies, Audible Enclaves, mRNA Vaccines
Adolescent Turtles, Measles, Lab-Grown Diamonds
Flower Trade, Climate Tech, Aquafaba
Women In Science & The Future of Male Contraception
Name That Cell, Ancient Genomes, Cell-Cultured Salmon
The Science of Survival
Sea Sponge, Black in Marine Science, Stem Cell Mice
Longevity Tourism, AI & Mental Health, Fracking
Red Dye 3, Extremophiles, Butterflies
Canine Chat, Emotional Support Animals, Sniffer Dogs
Wildfire Tech, #ADHDtest, Human Echolocation
Electro-Agriculture, Space Exploration, Vision Repair
Habit Formation, Space Bacteria, Leftie Musicians
Introducing: Curiosity Weekly
Re-release :Depression Temp, Cold Water Menopause, Ultrasound Sticker
Re-release: Bipolar Blood Test, Music & Pain, Puffin Hybrid
Re-release: Mind-Reading, Universe’s Brightest Object, Cinnamon
Re-release: B12, Healthy Forests, Ketamine & the Brain
Re-release: Microgravity Gardening, AI Learns Language, Elephant Numbers
Re-release: Silk-Making Bacteria, Deep Coral, CRISPR Agriculture
Re-release: Powerful Polymer, Exoplanet CO2, Adoption Science
Re-release: Daydream Brain, Power of a Laugh, Caffeine & Soccer
Re-release: Baby Language, AI Medicine, Human Collaboration
Re-release: Organ Age, Comfort Food, Speedy Snails
Re-release: 3D Ink, RSVP No, Old Dogs
Re-release: Healthy Tongue, Slippery Surface, Curious for Answers
Re-release: Brain Rewiring, Rat Imagination, Dogs & PTSD
Re-release: Bilingual Brain, Morning Sickness, Cat Purrs
Re-release: Origin of Life, Self Control vs Willpower, Puppy Love
Liquid Cats, Spider Silk, Sound Printing
Barnacle Polymers, Two Week Brain, Elephant Memory
Tractor Beam, Crystal Palace, Botany Dark Spots
Whale Talk, Foster Care History, Blood Pressure Test
Fly Brains, Comb Jelly Fusion, Dog Voice
Static Electricity, Stroke Headband, Exploding Craters
Water Molecules, Mount Everest Growth, Turtle Backpacks
Solar Cell Charging, Nazca Glyphs, Singing & Brain Health
Heart Cells in Space, Ancient Log, Day Chapters
Plant Jet Fuel, 3D-Printed Glass, Feeding Coral
Asteroid Blast, Power Wash Positivity, Picky Eaters
Stem Cells & Diabetes, Rare Earth Metals, Leaping Sharks
Gold Nuggets, New Cell Type, Redefining Sustainability
Defib Placement, Octopus Hunting, Keys to Happiness
Cow Slime, City Rainfall, Golden Lettuce
Pressure & Performance, Bone Concrete, Cancer Decline
Remote Surgery, Isolated Neanderthals, Greenspace & ADHD
Baby Brain Device, CO2 Protein, 15-Minute Cities
Risky Play, Mold in Space, Brain Cravings
Positive Side Effects, Mega El Niño, Bee Protector
Bacteria Behavior, Ant Cannibals, Brain Plastic
Sinuses & Mental Health, Vaporizing Plastic, Monkey Names
Salt & Cancer, Ancient Bridge, Nuclear Clock
Injectable Pacemaker, Starving Black Holes, Bat Blood Sugar
AC Not Conditioned, False Memories, Cat Grief
Microbiome Map, Insect Metalwork, Animal Colors
Mushroom Robot, Horse Smarts, Strongman Muscles
Phones & Brain Cancer, Fungus Food, Crocs & Toads
Moon Clock, Meat Allergy, Bird Culture
Mantle Drill, Tongue Exam, Stonehenge Discovery
Bionic Leg, First Impressions, Nanoplastic Detection
Smart Soil, Smell Preferences, Mars Moss
Larynx Transplant, Sleep Studies, Mammal Brains
Super Synchronizers, Quantum Compass, Seabirds & Cyclones
Rejection Prediction, Cool Fabric, Serotonin & Fertility
Epilepsy Preventer, Tiny 3D Printer, Acts of Kindness
Sunk Cost Fallacy, Wheat Genes, Sweat Monitor
Out-Of-Body Experience, Brain Cell Computing, Cheese & Aging
Maternal Bonds, Jumping Leeches, Urban Birds
Kidneys & Space, Boxing Pride, Art & The Artist
Stroke Blood Test, Hate Speech Monitoring, Healthy Chocolate
Space Firefighting, Sleep Schedules, Polystyrene
Nature & Healthy Food, T.Rex Intelligence, Baby Sawfish
Cryopreservation, Personality Transplant, Fungal Azoles
Peanut Allergy, Ancient Cancer Treatment, Cuckoo Evolution
Chimp Tools, Space Radio, Hyperthermia Treatment
Chimpanzee Learning, Breast Cancer Gel, Singing Brain Repair
Chimp Memory, Bacterial Tumor Killer, Gene Disc Repair
Elite Athlete Hearts, Oxytocin & Loneliness, Nail Diagnosis
Sleepwalker Brain, Games & Navigation, Endurance Hunting
HIV Vaccine, CO2 New Uses, No Noise Fabric
No Inner Voice, Yoga & Brain Health, Monogamous Mice
Anti-Drunk Gel, Hot Spring Viruses, Tiger Beetles
Leeches & Blood Tests, Algae & Carbon, Asthma Cause
Hair Loss Treatment, Aphantasia, Ultrasound Coffee
Asthma & ADHD, Whale Codas, Hidden Lithium
Brainstem Dial, Centipedes & Kidneys, AI Ghosts
Sleeping Brain, Bamboo Glass, Leprosy & Squirrels
Fiction Readers, Bird Flu Transmission, Beluga Heads
Tobacco Treatment, Clean Touchscreen, Parrot Stepdads
Shark Oil, Eco-Friendly Lubricant, Historic Land Management
Ghost Shark, Grief Treatment, Blood Vessel Coordination
Thresher Shark, Laron Syndrome, Sad Music
Newborn Great White, Long-Term Flu Shot, Consciousness Map
Hammerhead Embryos, Free Throw Touch, Kinky Alloy
Giant Shark, Barred Owl Cull, Misophonia Stress
Robotic Nerve Cuffs, Orangutan Medicine, Ritual Nostalgia
Universal Donors, Exercise & Time, Eggshell Plastic
Microgravity Effects, Octocoral, Menstrual Sync
Venus Environment, Forest Stewardship, Auto-Brewery Syndrome
Thistle Extract, Artificial Cells, Autism Language
Clean Water Walking, Metafluid, Underwater Bees
Dragon History, Gold Atom Layer, Low Pressure Diamonds
CO2 Into Electricity, Shapeshifting Cancer, Zebrafish
Left Hand Gene, Heat Wave Trees, Europa
When is Old Age?, Sensitive Mothers, Neanderthal Homes
New Antibiotics, H2O Pollution Test, Cooperative Camouflage
Bird Dreams, Whales & Noise, Fruit-Eaters Save Forest
Paralysis Recovery, Bee Architecture, Perinatal Treatment
Brain Stimulation, Fractal Molecule, Bonobos
AI Medical Research, Watching Sports, Blinking
Romantic Traits, Heart & Gut, Canine Play
Diversified Farming, Sense of Smell, Simple Rhythms
Dark Energy, Electric Rain, Chickadees
Recovered Whales, Old Salmon Cans, Climate Change & Time
Cooling Windows, Mars & Erosion, Didgeridoo Slumber
Artificial Reef, Glasses & Income, AC DNA
Solar Drinking Water, Forgetting Memories, Super-Earth
New Marine Species, Teen Drivers, Animal Microchips
Gossip, Zooplankton, School Bus Science
Grooving to Music, Horse Burial, Coffee & Cancer
ChatGPT in School, Quiet Covid, Healing Contact Lens
Bigger Brains, Reef Songs, AI Speech
Sleep Spray, Insecticide Paint, UK Redwoods
Palm-Less Oil, Polyglot Brain, Ayahuasca & Fear
Extinction Risk, Living Fossils, Asteroid vs Birds
Twin Trauma, Bee Mystery, Sequence Bias
Brewer’s Yeast, Constructed Languages, Memory Direction
Frostbite Treatment, Blood in Space, Small Classes
Printed Skin, Mammoth De-Extinction, Learning Happiness
Glacier Curtain, Good Vibrations, PFAS Water Detox
Chernobyl Worms, Barnacle Proteins, Foot-Eye Coordination
Eclipse 2024, Boiling Microplastics, Self-Control
Geoengineering, Artificial Sweeteners, Butterfly Mimicry
Shark Hunter, Asbestos Cancer Treatment, Creative Flow
Human Diversity, Ancient Tool Use, Deep Sea Discoveries
Learning From Friends, Hair & Heart, Feeding Weeds
ADHD Foraging, Pollution & Pollinators, Big Cats Listen
Mind-Reading, Universe’s Brightest Object, Cinnamon
Category 6, Colo-Rectal Bacteria, Meteorite Loot
Stress & Immunity, Crop Resilience, Psychedelic Scale
Depression Temp, Cold Water Menopause, Ultrasound Sticker
Psychosis Blood Test, Altitude Genes, PCOS Cognition
Fentanyl Rapid Test, Lead Detector, Bach & Math
Chimp Menopause, Ancient Tsunami, Sexism in Science
Ovarian Cancer Treatment, Passive Learning, Lions & Ants
Aging & Colors, First Continents, Phones & Infant Health
Microgravity Gardening, AI Learns Language, Elephant Numbers
Leap Year, Tailored Microgreens, Teenage Advice
Racism & The Brain, Rhino Embryos, Handwriting
Silk-Making Bacteria, Deep Coral, CRISPR Agriculture
Hunter-Gatherer Diets, Self-Checkouts, Penguin Colonies
Insect Robots, Bigfoot & Bears, Chronic Stress
Organ Age, Comfort Food, Speedy Snails
Ant Doctors, Sequestered Carbon, Menstrual Brain
Long-Term Memories, Ear Infections, Mercury Salt
Powerful Polymer, Exoplanet CO2, Adoption Science
Hearing Aids, Quantum Error Eraser, Smalltalk
Dreamtalk, Super Melanin, Garter Snakes
Origin of Life, Self Control vs Willpower, Puppy Love
B12, Healthy Forests, Ketamine & the Brain
Ears & Eyes, Psilocybin & Depression, ADHD & Hoarding
3D Ink, RSVP No, Old Dogs
Daydream Brain, Power of a Laugh, Caffeine & Soccer
Human Genes, Dry Mouth Relief, Yawning Psychopaths
Bilingual Brain, Morning Sickness, Cat Purrs
Baby Language, AI Medicine, Human Collaboration
Brain Game, Goal Paralysis, Salt Cycle
Brain Rewiring, Rat Imagination, Dogs & PTSD
Lab on a Chip, Trauma Headaches, Mantle Blobs
Bipolar Blood Test, Music & Pain, Puffin Hybrid
Healthy Tongue, Slippery Surface, Curious for Answers
Speech Reconstruction, Weighted Blankets, Space Radio Burst
Sixth Taste, HIV Immunity Battle, Altruistic Bees
Re-release: Young Blood, Cinnamon Memory, Microplastic Filter
Re-release: Zombie Virus, Back From the Brink, Bad Cholesterol
Re-release: Roman Concrete Magic, Virovore, Placebo Guilt
Re-release: AI Animal Translator, Big Old Galaxies, Inner Inner Core
Re-release: Podcast Friends, Drunk Plants, Hot Temper
Re-release: Boyhood Nickname, Vampire Grave, Wrecked By Success
Healing Algae, Mayan Reservoirs, Humpback Skincare
Smells and Colors, Bee Preferences, Science and Well-Being
Monkey Pig Kidney Transplant, Goalie Reflexes, Clean Snow
OCD Decisions, Albatross Sound Waves, Ice & Fungi
Bionic Hand, Satellites Watch Crops, AI & Our Moral Compass
Brain & Chronic Pain, Frogs Play Dead, Avian Flu Gene Edit
Nasal Vaccine, Dino Killer Volcano, Pied Tamarins
Hair Loss Clues, Renewable Energy Transition, Citrus History
Stopping Superbugs, Powerful Pulsar, Hippo Poop
Genetic Vegetarianism, Roman Sarcophagus, Homework
3D Print Stem Cells, Puzzling Elephants, Believing Delusion
Steroid Psychopathy, Iceberg Crash, Stand Up Dizziness
Hypno Pain Killer, Mosquito Secrets, Important Worms
Happiest Age, Compassion Fatigue, Arthritis Treatment
Tasmanian Tigers, Intensifying Hurricanes, Dog-Fox Hybrid
PTSD in the Brain, Dopamine Decisions, Love Body Connection
New Mom Pareidolia, Soapy Cilantro, Problem-Solving Birds
Chameleon Buildings, Math Pattern of Cells, Gravity Waves
Water Breakthrough, Suppress Stress, Ancient Wood
Nano Zit Zapper, Super Strong Silk, Plant Communication
Leaf Swab Tell All, Taffy Science, Persistence of Memory
Misophonia, Self-Relevant Artwork, Ancient Artillery
Dirty Toothbrush, Smart Crows, Rare Supermassive Black Hole
Death Experiences, Breast Milk Cancer Test, Job Skill Value
False Memory, Logic in Toddlers, Cake Cutting Math
Microbot Tumor Killer, Keto & PCOS, Do Opposites Attract?
Embryo Model, Breathing Ball, End of a Dynasty
Depression, Penguin Chicks, Peeing In The Cold
The Iceman, Y Chromosome Puzzle, Planets
Climate Change, Group Fitness, Online Dating
Indian Moon Landing, Love or Money?, Giant Sea Lizard
Pink Eye Cause, Seven Year Itch, Andes Dance Floor
MH370 Barnacles, Polar Bear Town, Dino Discovery
Urban Greening, Power Crystals, Darwin’s Paradox
Carbon & Plants, Healthy Walking, Self Esteem in Kids
Pink Floyd Brain Activity, Superhero Science, Bathroom Germs
Comatose Consciousness, Glowing Frogs, Race Car Blinks
Dirty Fog to Clean Water, Hookworms, Paranoia & Memory
Teenage Activism, Sleep Apnea Danger, Aggressive Driving
Chronic Pain Treatment, Tree Planting, Nose Pickers
Early Breakfast, Nanotech & Blindness, Crocodile Crying
TSS Bacto-Battles, Why We Walk, Saber-Tooth Cat Party
Korean Rockfish Power, Machu Picchu DNA, Breastfed Benefits
Ovarian Failure Cure, Honeypot Ants, AI Insomnia
Genetic Eye Drops, Kimberlite Explosion, Creative Bots
Healing Electronics, Grocery Cart Sensors, Large Telescopes
Pain of Uncertainty, Nearsightedness, Doctors Join Forces
Locked-in Syndrome, Anxiety & Nostalgia, Continental Shift
Healing Metals, Sensitive Teeth, Sports Supplements
Time Perception, Heart in a Box, Flying Ticks
Partner Look-alikes, CRISPR Wood, Aggressive Self-Control
Mars Organics, Cognitive Flexibility, Copper Age Leadership
Pine Tree Painkiller, Cell Spitting Creature, Manifestation
Smart Drugs, Frozen Organ Transplant, Curly Hair Cool
High Voice Gene, Egyptian Art X-Ray, Finding Fresh Water
Octopus Death Frenzy, Wildlife Tracking, Fungi to the Rescue
Space Swells Brain Cavity, Cave Fossils, Keeping Cool
Vaccine Menstrual Length, Lonely in a Crowd, Aussie ‘Roos
Amino Acid Fountain of Youth, Plan Ahead, Keto for Cancer
Cartilage Regeneration, Chatbot Virus, Hit Song Prediction
Sharkphones, Cave Engravings, Diaper Houses
Shark Deterrents, Earth Axis Tilt, Hair Loss Reversal
Shark-Eating Eels, Lonely Parrots, Whales Repair DNA
Catatonic Wake Up, Forever Chemicals, Crops With No Sun
Post-Paralysis Walking, Important Naps, History of Kissing
Space Hibernation, New York is Sinking, Baby Talk
Stem Cell Meat, Antarctica Cavern and Ants Playing Dead
Brain Activity Decoder, No Pain Molecules and Psych Tech
Hallucinations, Music, And Invasions
Medicine Patch, Fast Learner Myth, Mediterranean Mega Flood
Spider Silk, Family Meals, Pregnancy Ultrasounds
Lightning Material, Typing Stress, Domesticated Elephants
Brain Language, Ancient Hallucinogens, Unreliable Memory
Lying Signals, Hibernation Blood Clots, Moon Creation
Shark Repellant, Brain Internal Compass, Sleeping Seals
Robotic Beehive, Oral Transmission, Cranberry Juice & UTIs
Noise Pollution, Quantum Light, Pets & Food Allergies
Viagra, Inclusive AI, Mind-Body Connection in Dogs
Real Life Flash, Stomach Cancer, Hole in Coffee Bag
Psychedelic Brain Health, Giant Dinosaur, Donkey Family Tree
Odor Receptors, Whale Vocal Fry, Body Donation
Parkinson’s Chemical, Far Away Love, Secrets of Catnip
Chronic Fatigue, Positive Thinking, Ancient Wine
Plastic Waste Fuel, Colds Got Worse?, Trees and Mushrooms
Chernobyl Dogs, Venus Volcanoes, Cold Mushrooms
Greenwashing, F1 Sustainability, Unhealthy Loneliness
Social Media Saves, Sickle Cell Cure, Breadcrumbs On Mars
Hope for Mass Extinction, Mild Fever, Wax Worm Saliva
Sleep and Vaccines, Moth-Eating Bears, Feeling the Metaverse
Chocolate Mouthfeel, Teaching Moms, Daylight Saving
Immortality Tech, Please Is Not Polite, Snap Fit Physics
Time Relationship, Aerosol Injections, Psych Participants
Double Lung Transplant, Blue Whale Behavior, Lie Detector
Social Rewards, Broken Heart Syndrome, 5 Min Walks
Notre-Dame Fire, Hypoxia, Gravity and IBS
SpaceX Crew Returns, Robots With Brains, Cancer Treatment
Zoom Doom, Denali Fault, Modern Moon Suit
Ice Age Survivors, Micro Knots, Octopus Farm
Anxiety Blood Test, Mommy Brain, Linkedin Spy
Genetic Fertility, CO2 Suck Up, 2 Dad Mice
Basketball Positions, Self-Healing Plastic, IQ Decline
Species-Ending Asteroids, Air Into Electricity, Female Mice
Zombie Virus, Back From the Brink, Bad Cholesterol
Endometriosis Shot, Bee Puzzles, Lemonade Kidney Stones
Remote Work Baby Boom, Acne Antibiotics, Chagas Infection
Foreign Accent Syndrome, AI Reads Minds, Alien Marsh
Men At Work, Whale Interrupted, Gender Equality
Birth Order, Braincell Computers, Zimbabwe Hydro
3D-Printed Community, Secret Chamber in Giza, Migraine Hope
GERD Anxiety, Crowd Math, Insect Catapult
Same Sex Same Kids, Face Blindness, Paid Sick Leave
Ancient Brain Surgery, 3D Heart, Supermassive Black Hole
Infant Common Sense, Magnetoreception, Depression Posture
One Drop Robot, Malaria Forecast, Naked Mole Rat Fertility
AI Animal Translator, Big Old Galaxies, Inner Inner Core
School Sleep, Ancient Runestone, Postpartum Depression Pill
Male Contraceptive, Winter Snooze, Whale Fight Songs
Poseidon Temple, Time to Exercise, Queen of Scots Letters
Moon Dust, Mammal Groups, Roman Sex Toy
Fingerprint Formation, I Love This Song, Ancient Tools
Peanut Allergy Blocker, Unreachable Itch, Debt Fear
To Re-Caf Choose Decaf, How Smart Are Rich People?, Cavities
Rockets Ruin Ozone, Neanderthal Smells, Orca Moms
Young Blood, Cinnamon Memory, Microplastic Filter
Social Media Fatigue, Brainwave Tuning, Self-Cooling Tent
Global Singlehood, Anti-Drinking Pill, Moon Ice
Speech Signals of Depression, What Time to Eat?, Monet Haze
Pandemic Brain, Magnetic Migration, Short Pregnancies
Melatonin Anxiety, Lightning Laser, Toddler’s Best Friend
Roman Concrete Magic, Virovore, Placebo Guilt
Gasthma, Sleep Memory, Frozen Reefs
Covid Brain Fog, Freemium Failure, Fungal Vaccine
The Puppy Bowl, Human Candles, Cancer Rate Down
Net Energy Gain, Weak Ankles, Hot Musicians
Mauna Loa Eruption, Wifi Windows, Catching Vapor
Helicon Thruster, Smart Bandage, Stress IBS
Cancer-Fighting Grapes, Dog Brain, Sea Forests
Dangerous Dishwashers, PTSD Prevention, Game Brain
Winchcombe Meteorite, Aya-What Now?, Toxic Cleanup
World Population Reaches 8 Billion, Leprosy, Planet-Killer
Internet Chip, Tomato Diet, Wrong Time Meds
Podcast Friends, Drunk Plants, Hot Temper
Strong Muscle Gene, The Secrets of Viking Poop, Parrot Chat
3-Parent Babies, Shrinking Moles, Being Kind to Narcissists
Aging Clock, Mental Health in Your Gut, Brain Tumor Vaccine
Pain Worse at Night, Who Needs Water, Covid Nasal Spray
Delusion Science, S.A.D. About Day Length, Fentanyl Vaccine
Boyhood Nickname, Vampire Grave, Wrecked By Success
Mosquito Magnets, Laughing Rats, Roman Relics
Decluttering the Mind, Never Forget Faces, Paralysis Neurons
Re-release: Covid’s Bright Side, Frog’s Out On a Limb, Fertilizing Fuel
Re-release: Solar Salads, Cursed Caffeine, Webb’s First Photo
Re-release: Fabric with Ears, Dreaming of E.T., Fast Evolution
Re-release: To the Moon Artemis, Oh Snap!, The Skunky Funk of Cannabis
Re-release: The True Cavity Culprit, Modular Meds, Enzymes vs Plastic
Re-release: A Pill Made from Poop, Universal Organs, Soothing Baby Pain
The Power of the Face, Ultrasound Glasses, Listening Cat
Time Flies, Human Microbiome, Smartphone Death Predictor
Body Map, Brain 2.0, Pig Bystanders
Astronaut Blood, Screen Wrinkles, Save the Snow Crab
Happy Healthy Kids, Hearing Data, Oystersong
Healthy Breaks, Diarrhea Gene, Motorcycle Light
Techno-Lonely, TV Glasses, Snooze Button
Mental Health Robot, Seaweed Coffee, Brain Stimulation for ED
Health and Connection, 3D Dam, Reliance on English
Shower Ideas, Medicinal Chocolate, Black Holes Burping
Smart Contacts, Stoned Dolphins, Birdsongs vs Traffic
Cognitive Bias, Body Battery, 3D Printed School
Asthma Cure, Shark Intestines, Human Brain Cells in Rats
Small Talk, Crab Battery, Ancient Dragons
Remote Mines, Mouse Embryos, Down Syndrome Treatment
A Wandering Mind, Song of the Humpback, Robocap
Frog Skin Cells, Shrimp Robots, Oral Insulin Tablet
Robot Squirrels, AI Labor Prediction, Dolphin Gangs
Music and Dementia, Microbe Rocket Fuel, Bitcoin Mining
The Myth of Man Flu, Arctic Lakes, Buzzing Bats
Hacking Device, Designer Seaweed, Accent Exposure
Flirting Cats, Walking Sharks, Preventing Cerebral Palsy
Geckos & Skin Cancer, Music in Childhood, Underwater Camera
Pee and Seagrass, Heart Sound Maps, Modified Mosquitos
The Dead Speak, Egyptian Discoveries, Pyramid Building
Magic Addiction Fix, Parkinson’s Detection, Wind Turbines
Reverse Aging, Cooperation Increase, Time & Covid
Parents & Screens, BFFs Smell the Same, Locusts Find Cancer
Food for Climate Change, New Water Planet, Stormchasers
VR & Transcendence, Stonehenge Calendar, Pregnant With Covid
Dating App Data, Mass Frog Grave, Cure for Colorblind
Bee Venom Kills Cancer, Giant Manatees, Monkey Masturbation
Online Learning, Alcohol Cravings, Manipulative Dogs
PPE Concrete, Steroid Use and ADHD, Butterfly Chastity
DNA & Lookalikes, Extinct Lineage Found, Alzheimer’s Viruses
Anti-Hangover Pill, Perks of Whale Poop, Found Dino Tracks
Undead Spiders, Dandelion Drones, Dark Energy Made Light
Gates of Hell, Cancer Clues, Hidden Jungle Cities
Mushrooming Minds, Super Plants, Plz Call Your Friends
Fry Flying, Gas Giants at Home, Entangled Atoms
Octopus Culture, Schizophrenia Origins, Killing Cancer
Glass Rain Dinosaur Pain, Snarge Science, Human Skin Cyborg
Big Brain Bestfriends, Mars Exploration Fleet, Brain Unpain
Asteroid-eating Fungi, Psychedelic…Maybe, Printing Organs
Fake Paint Real Carbon, Vanishing Vikings, Sweeping Smarts
Super X-Ray, Seeing Future Weather, Vitamin D-ementia
Neanderthal Roommates, Sea Dragons, Hidden Egyptian
Skin Print, Testing Birth Control, Race To Bring Mars Home
Hot Testes, Blasting Diabetes, Robo Fish Cleans Ocean
Space Slingshot, Ancient Modern Pants, Lifesaving Silence
Nano Cancer Fight, Memory Structure, Coffee Buzz Days
Making Dragon Fire, Dating Ghosts, Blazing Fast Covid Tests
Rice TV Screen, Satellite Warfare, Unraveled DNA
AI vs. Parkinson’s, Dark Sun Power, Death Proof Jellyfish
Poop of Youth, Robot Roaches, Chatty Fungus
Nostalgia Blocks Pain, Uploaded Brains, Sand vs. Nanoplastic
A.I. and Angina, Undead Tigers, Electrici-sweets
The Explorers Club - An Interview With Joe Rohde
Healing Hearing Hairs, Sun Phones, Chicken Gods
Murdering Murder Hornets, ADHD & Hoarding, Pain Pill Ills
Extinct Super Sharks, Mysterious Die Offs, Stopping Attacks
Blood Brothers, Seeing-Eye Shark, Bark vs. Bite
Sleepy Sharks, Sharks Love Grass, Glow-In-The-Shark
The Explorers Club - An Interview with Natalie Schmitt
Wait Less Weight Loss, Birth Control For Men, Seed Bombing
Why Symmetry Wins, Solar-Covered Canals, Plants on the Moon
The Explorers Club - An Interview with Victor Vescovo
Rapamycin For Rover, H-Fueled Flight, Mind-Controlled Arms
Cyanide Seeds, Workout When?, Covid But Ghosts
The Explorers Club - An Interview with Sian Proctor
Blood Pressures, Mercury’s Crusty Diamonds, Dad or Mom Genes
Orangu-slang, Easing Car Queasing, Kicked Across Space
The Explorers Club - An Interview with Steve Elkins
Drink = Brain Shrink, Secret Tree Species, L.H.C. Round 3
Nightlight Plight, Cancer Stinks, Literal Green Energy
The Explorers Club - An Interview with Peter Tattersfield
Gray Matter Gabfest, Our Pulsating Earth, Smarty Cats
Hungry Plants, Concussion Confusion, An Alzheimer’s Theory
The Explorers Club - An Interview with George Nield
Shoo Shoes!, Murmuration Information, Nanoplastic Particles
Fusion: Homeward Bound, The Last Light Show, Burnout Blues
The Explorers Club - An Interview with Nina Lanza
Human Venom, Car Battery Blues, Magic and Personalities
An Eternal Hug, Flea Jump Facts, Fitness Feedback Loops
The Explorers Club - An Interview with Richard Garriott
The Amazon’s Future, Sugar Rush Retcon, A Study on Studies
A Clutterful Mind, Heir To The Earth, Partnership
The Explorers Club - An Interview with Josh Gates
Seeing Stars, Seagull Staredown, Itsy Bitsy Microdrones
Whiff of Victory, Bones be Chattin’, Desalination Innovation
Solar Salads, Cursed Caffeine, Webb’s First Photo
De-agin’ Sensation, Indiana Jones Needs A.I., Rapid-est Test
Stoked Tech, We’ve Got Beef?, Success Against M.S.
The True Cavity Culprit, Modular Meds, Enzymes vs Plastic
Fading into Memories, Music for the Mind, Air Diamonds
Zero G Romance, Our Sixth Sense, Oinking at A.I.
A Pill Made from Poop, Universal Organs, Soothing Baby Pain
Burn Them Cals, Magic of Mushrooms, Flying at Mach 16
5 Seconds to Sick, Animal Spidey Sense, Upset Pterosaur Tummies
Fabric with Ears, Dreaming of E.T., Fast Evolution
Death to Skeeters, Swapping Saliva, Messing with Lightspeed
Otterly Amazing, Let’s Go Bananas, Blingy Mayan Grills
To the Moon Artemis, Oh Snap!, The Skunky Funk of Cannabis
Dirty Disinfectant, Hot Iron Blobs, Infinite Versions of You
Sex! And COVID, The Biggest Comet Ever, Wave of The Future
Curiosity Daily Presents: Monsters Inside Me
Tripping to Run, Everest’s Warning, Investigating Planet 9
Pee Pee Concrete, Black Diamond from Space, Electric Plane
Arctic Alien-ish Life, A Nuclear Donut, Babies Curing HIV
Covid’s Bright Side, Frogs Out on a Limb, Fertilizing Fuel
Volcanic Violence, a Salt & Battery, Crustacean Conspiracy
16 Psyche, Xenotransplantation, Ocean Waves Become a Rave
Introducing: Curiosity Daily
From the Archives: Where Does Mold Come From?
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From the Archives: Earth Is Greener Than Before
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From the Archives: Pi Almost Legally Changed to 3.2
From the Archives: Busting the "Only Child" Stereotype
From the Archives: Fart Humor History
Praising Competitors, Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe, Rock Paper Scissors History
“Like Riding a Bike,” Paradoxes, That Fresh Rain Smell
Glow-in-the-Dark Cities, Feeling Holes, Max Volume on Earth
Remembering Gifts, Animal Diets, Amazon-Sahara Connection
The Medicinal Power of Plants, World Record Internet Speed
Butterfly Effect, How to Cry at Work, Eggcorns in Language
How Science Works (w/ Bill Nye), Noise-Canceling Lungs, Stomach Growls
Tool Use and Language in the Brain, Why Black Holes Get Bigger
Back Pain in Space, Cats’ Mental Maps, Diamond Davemaoite
Opposites Don’t Attract, Liking What’s Nearby, Last Name History
Puppy Anxiety Fixes and Avoiding “Back Burner” Relationships
Mimetic Desires, Testing Witness Memories, Fermilab’s Ferret
Your Romantic Relationships Are All Similar, Oldest Material on Earth, Why Cuttlefish Wore 3-D Glasses
Giant Cheese Race, “Morning You,” Consciousness-Altering Eye Contact
Talking to Whales, Pedestrian Patterns, Women’s Competitiveness
Virtual Gathering Tips, Bilingual Pain, Largest Waterfalls
A Lost Roman Sauce, Earlier Puberty, Elephants Getting Tusks Back
Bombing Volcanoes, Gold from Neutron Stars, Mind Wandering
Brain Freeze, Neural Networks, Spaced Repetition for Memory
Turn Anxiety into Productivity and Grapefruit Juice vs. Meds
Pre-Performance Routines, Panda Camouflage, Baby Sign Language
Why You Should Reveal Your Failures, WASP-12b, Tulip Mania
Linguistic Laws in Nature and Fatherless Condor Chicks from Parthenogenesis
Exercising for Body Image, Ideal Deadlines, Longer Days from Climate Change
Quitting Smoking, Over-Practicing, Bill Nye on Believing Science
David Copperfield’s Magic on the Moon, Fish and Whale Tails, a Giant Magnetic Tunnel
David Copperfield Talks Technology and Magic History
Christmas Music Psychology, Most Influential Films, Mistletoe Science
Future GMO Foods, The Thought Gap, How Your Brain Knows You’re Uncomfortable
Introducing: Dogs 101
GMO Food Science 101 and How to Hear Someone in a Noisy Room
Why You Get Carsick, Climate-Saving Whales, Jupiter’s Rings
Cartoony Robots, Naloxone Myths, Why Dishwashers Dull Knives
Irrational Fear of Robots; Mozart’s Epilepsy-Reducing Sonata
Why Limits Make You Lash Out, Cash vs Cards, Odds of Dying
Medical Value of Mystical Experiences and the Neutron’s Lifetime
Heat Through Your Head, Red Blood Cell Immunity, Venus Oceans
#NoMakeup Fail, Photosynthetic Frogs, Why Atoms Don’t Collapse
Mars’ Jezero Crater Was a Lake and AR to Cure Fear of Spiders
Drinking to Cope, Human Brains Shrank, High Heels History
Does Truth Serum Really Work? and Geology from Indigenous Myth
Socializing Too Much, Rogue Planets, Ancient Persian AC
Hostile Holiday Shopping, Why Cats Love Boxes, Beethoven’s 10th
Sports Fans’ Brains, Hunger After Overeating, the IKEA Effect
Family Meal Peacekeeping, Food Coma Science, Etiquette Tips
A New Stonehenge Discovery and Why Females Feel Colder
Psychedelic Therapy History, Cold Showers, Only Child Myth
Birthday Effect, Psychological Richness, Star or Satellite?
Left Digit Bias w/ Dr. Bapu Jena and Bird-Catching Neanderthals
How to Clean Your Teeth, 52 Blue, Best Way to Argue with a Partner
Magic Mushroom Evolution and When Kids Gain Theory of Mind
Circumtriple Planets, Deep Convos with Strangers, Thomassons in Architecture
Changing Someone’s Identity, Mushballs on Uranus and Neptune, Curiosity Challenge
How to Talk to a Science Denier and Raining Sulfur in Sodom
Finding Dark Energy, Coelacanth Revival, Words of Persuasion
Why Asthma Gets Worse at Night, Earth’s Largest Living Thing
Smallest Flying Tech, Myers-Briggs Myth, Brazil Nut Effect
Adjusting to Time Changes, Saving Jungles, Spiky Ice Cubes
Jungles’ Impact on Climate Change and a Music-Epidemic Link
Specialness Spirals and How Much You Will (and Have) Changed (1000th Episode!)
mRNA Vaccines Are Decades Old and Why White Animal Bellies?
Crowds Fix Fake News, Choking Under Pressure, Punching Robot Shrimp
New Twist on Merlin, Giraffe Hearts, What Carbon Neutral Means
Leeches in Medicine, Potty Training Cows, the Math of Eggs
Fidget-Hating Misokinesia, Blood Fainting, Infrasound Ghosts
Synced Heartbeats During Stories, Vampire Bats’ Social Meals
Early Warning Birds, Ancient Fairy Tales, Breaks vs. Sprains
Art in Space, Screen Time in Lockdown, Mold vs. Chemicals
How Space Changed NASA Astronaut Nicole Stott’s Perspective; Plus, Whistled Languages
A Historic Friendship, Pumpkin Care, Declaring Sovereignty
Animals Shapeshifting to Stay Cool, Albert Einstein’s Brain
Your Extra Artery, Emotional Hangovers, LEDs Are Bad for Bugs
Overfeeding Dogs, Suffrajitsu, and Does Wind Affect Sound?
Protecting Pets from Home Chemicals and How Resilience Works
Bacterial Electric Grid, Females Fight Back, Why Tea Leaves Sink
Muscles Remember Training and a Black Hole Made a Star Explode
School Should Start Later, Daydreaming Perks, Hycean Planets
Simple Wildlife Solutions, Sunlight’s Sexy Hormones, Trivia
Human-Wildlife Conflict and Believing Leisure Is a Waste of Time
Pills Can Detect Radiation, Metabolism Myth, Waking Up on the Wrong Side of the Bed
“Mini Brains” That Grew Eyes and How the FDA Saved Babies
Psychology of Online Trolls, Rattlesnake Illusions, Blazars
Blowhole Origins, Weather Manipulation, How to Slow Aging
Could Science Stop Aging? And the Milky Way’s “Broken Arm”
Future You Is a Stranger, Babylonian Trig, Reversed Organs
Your Second Brain, Jupiter’s Hot Atmosphere, Placebo Buttons
Moral Outrage Online, Cuttlefish Memory, Sounds Have Shapes
Mass Hysteria, Why You Say “Like,” Beauty’s Moral Value
Psychosomatic Illnesses and Seeing Behind a Black Hole
Time Crystals, Freeze-Dried Sperm, and Batching Tasks
Monks Meditating After Death and a Marathoning Woolly Mammoth
Sleep Munchies, Ancient Greek Ship Found, Relationship Trick
Nudge Theory’s Dark Side (w/ Richard Thaler), Hybrid Fruit Science, Words for “Pirate”
Nobel Prize Winner Richard Thaler on How Nudge Changed the World — Plus, Squirrel-Inspired Robots
Apes Say Hello, Life on Snowball Earth, Learn Twice as Fast
Earth’s Core Growing Lopsided and the Science of Gut Feelings
Backward Letters, Dogs Detect Lies, Neutron Star Mountains
Learning to Read Right, Risks of Trusting Science, Trivia
Emily Oster on Parenting Decisions, A New Type of Supernova
Why Facts Don’t Win Arguments, SETI 101, Self-Control Pitfalls
Mapping the Ocean, Soap-Making Cells, Crows Comprehend Zero
Road to the 8-Hour Workday, the Liking Gap, Shocking Tomatoes
Fossil Prep Mistakes, 1840s Electric Cars, Tip of Your Tongue
Dino Fossil Preparation and Newborns “Dream” About the World
Diderot Effect, Animated Cave Art, Running Benefits Your Knees
Infinity in a Used Prayer Book and Vampire-Like Sea Slugs
Talkers Are Leaders, DNA Evidence Myth, Thinking Sans Brain
How COVID Tests Work, Making Decisions with Math, Dog Talent
Turning the Table on Addictive Apps, Black Hole Reflections
Alibi Memory, Denisova Cave History, Cleaning Fruit & Veggies
Pirates Plundered the Metric System, What Marsquakes Teach Us
Romanesco Fractals, Dolphin Names & Evolution vs. Mating
Hamster Microwave, Are Humans Still Evolving?, Art Is Better in a Museum
Easter Island Mythbusting and the Universe’s Expansion Rate
Volcano Perks, Club Soda vs. Seltzer, How to Procrastinate Correctly
Hygiene Hypothesis, Ancient Coronavirus, Black Hole Eats Neutron Star
Cognitive Flexibility, Arctic Dinosaurs, Noctilucent Clouds
How to Talk to Strangers, Red Dead Redemption 2 Naturalists, July Curiosity Challenge
History of Talking to Strangers, Dark Matter Between Galaxies
Meat Disgust, Cosmic Rays for Medicine, Immortal Battery
New Human Species, Digital Library of Babel, Running to Music
Earworms Aid Memory, How Auroras Happen, Don’t Give Cats Milk
Tool to Cure Hiccups, Corvid Childhoods, How Spacecraft Move
An Out-of-Body Experience Without Drugs and Earth’s “Pulse”
Your Biggest Regret, Tall Mountain Myths, The Deep Web
Anger Looks Guilty, Quantum Microscope, Good News About Cancer
Kids v. Sarcasm, 24,000-Year-Old Worm, Why Betelgeuse Dimmed
Your Brain on Music, Super-Singing Songbirds, Animal Sunburns
Alien Dataomes, How Animals Smell Viruses, Why to Read Aloud
Accent-Changing Monkeys and the Information “Dataome”
Brain Replays Memories at 20x Speed & A Real Maxwell’s Demon
Dog Days of Summer, Magic Tricks for Birds, Planck Time
Letting Wounds Breathe, Grocery App Benefits, Tardigrade Guns
Speech-to-Song Illusion and a High-Tech Use for Tree Rings
Daddy Longlegs, Dyson Spheres, and Exercising with a Partner
Missions to Venus and How to Extract DNA from Strawberries
Revenge Bedtime Procrastination, Elephant Trunks, Pineapples Eat You Back
Why Megalodon Was So Huge, Misophonia in the Brain, Trivia
Glowing Sharks, Cities’ Unique Microbes, Milky Way Mistake
Shark Week Tech, Crime & Birth Year, Sharks’ Near-Extinction
Bomb-Detected Whales & What It’s Like to Film Shark Week
Scary Shark Music, Your Brain Predicts the Future, Hydrobot
Does ESP Exist?
Could You Adapt to Having an Extra Thumb?
How to Improve Your Sense of Direction
Weird Dreams Might be a Brain Feature, Not a Bug
Why Song Lyrics Are Getting Simpler
Are Facial Expressions Universal?
The Phantom Torso Experiment Protected Astronauts in a Very Creepy Way
How Life Expectancy Doubled in Just 150 Years (w/ Author Steven Johnson)
We Found the Earliest Evidence of Ancient Human Activity
Looking Into Space Is Looking Back in Time
Mammals Can Breathe Through Their Butts
Bats Map the World By Time, Not Distance
Why We Won’t Have “Robot Butlers” Any Time Soon (w/ AI Researcher Michael Wooldridge)
We Found the First Pregnant Mummy Ever Documented
How to Manage Your Work-from-Home Paranoia
Will Future Civilizations Get Oil From Human Fossils?
What Does Your Digital Body Language Say?
Pollen Is Not Actually Plant Sperm
Painless Tips to Help the Environment (w/ Paul Greenberg)
Move Over, CRISPR — New Gene Editing Tech is Here
A Good Reason to Resolve Your Arguments
The Oldest Kids in Class Are Also the Most Popular
Why We Always Forget that Less Is More (w/ Leidy Klotz)
Stress During Pregnancy Might Affect the Baby’s Sex
A Robot That Talks to Itself Might Be Easier to Interact With
How Do Wild Animals Know What to Eat?
What Rain is Like on Other Planets
What Elevators Can Teach Us About Autonomous Cars (w/ Jason Feifer of Entrepreneur Magazine)
We’re Morbidly Curious About What “Might Have Been”
Why Cavities Are So Sensitive to the Cold
Is Exercise for Work as Good as Exercise for Play?
How a Plant Gene Ended Up in an Insect’s DNA
What’s the Deal with Hot Flashes? (w/ OB-GYN Dr. Jen Gunter)
The World’s Oldest Thumb Belongs to a Dinosaur
Human Screams Communicate a Rainbow of Emotions
Mushrooms Are More Like Humans Than Plants
Roses Smell Different in Space
How LEDs Work (w/ LED Pioneer George Craford)
Octopuses Have Sleep Cycles, Too
Introverts Fared Better Than Extroverts During the Pandemic
Using AI to Play Ancient Board Games
When the Pursuit of Knowledge Goes Wrong (w/ Physicist Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein)
Go Ahead, Google Your Symptoms
Your Roommate Really Doesn’t Know How You’re Feeling
Why Koala Fingerprints Look Eerily Human
How Astronauts Clean Their Underwear
From Music to Bacon, Biology is Everywhere (w/ Biologist Melanie Peffer)
This Dino Was Fossilized Incubating Its Eggs
How Deadliest Catch Navigates a Deadly Pandemic (w/ Captain Sig Hansen)
5 Steps to Hitting Work-Life Balance
How to Change Minds (w/ Bill Nye)
Should You Exercise on an Empty Stomach?
How to Prepare for a Warmer Future (w/ David Pogue)
Throbbing Pain Has Nothing to Do With Your Pulse
The Best Way to Phrase Words of Comfort, According to Science
Science Is a Process — and Bill Nye Explains Why
Bill Nye’s Earth Day Tips to Save Our Planet
Bill Nye on Why Mars 2020 Is So Exciting
Why Cannabis Gives You the Munchies
You Can Totally BS a BSer
Has the Earth Lost Weight?
Some Viruses Do You Good
Blind Gamers Take the “Video” Out of Video Games
Vampire Bats Adopt Babies Too
If Life Existed on Mars, How Would We Know?
We Can Use DNA for Data Storage
The Known Solar System Just Got Bigger
An Outsider’s Guide to Humans (w/ Scientist Camilla Pang)
Post-Traumatic Growth Is a Pandemic Silver Lining
Most Conversations Go On Longer Than We Want Them To
Bad News About Your Wearable Sleep Tracker
Why April Fool’s Day Exists
Aleutian Island Secrets and Electrical Ear Activity
There’s No Such Thing as a Hypoallergenic Dog
Having a Bad Boss Can Make You a Great Boss
Why Are There Bubbles in my Day-Old Water?
This Language Shift Could Signal an Impending Breakup
What Your Ears and Spider Fuzz Have In Common
Local Honey Won’t Cure Your Allergies
Gaining Weight With Age Might Be Healthier Than Staying Slim
How Loud Is the Sun?
Why That Thing You Just Learned Is Suddenly Everywhere
Why Futurists Don’t Need to Know the Future (w/ “Flash Forward” Host Rose Eveleth)
Liars May Imitate Your Body Language
Time Management Can Make You Happier
Identical Twins Aren’t as Identical as We Thought
What a 95% Effective Vaccine Actually Means
Did Your Microbiome Come from Dirt?
The Duck-Billed Platypus Is Weirder Than You Thought
Yeah, About That Phosphine on Venus...
Why Can’t You Hold Your Breath to Death?
Quadruple-Helix DNA Is a Thing
Scientists Finally Know How Sandcastles Work
How to Know You’re Running Low on Vitamins
What Getting Chills from Music Says About Your Brain
The Sun 2.0, “Fresh” Food Fallacies, and Is Math Universal?
What Science Says About Putting 2 Spaces After a Period
What Would Happen If You Stopped Time?
When to Worry About COVID-19 Variants
Introducing If/Then
“Popular Opinion” Isn’t What You Think
Why Do I Cough When I Clean My Ears?
How Copper Changed Our Language (w/ Materials Scientist Ainissa Ramirez)
‘Wanting’ and ‘Liking’ Are Different to Your Brain
What Came Before the Big Bang?
The Dark Ages Weren’t Really Dark
This Trait Could Be Key to Lasting Romance
Your Dog’s Personality Can Change Over Time
Biological Race Is a Myth (w/ Agustín Fuentes)
How Does Fever Help You Get Better?
Why Scientists Made Ants Walk on Stilts
The Safest Way to Ride in a Car During the Pandemic
Was Farming Really a Step Up for Hunter-Gatherers?
You’re Probably Breathing Wrong (w/ James Nestor)
This Ring May Detect COVID-19 Before You Feel It
Why Does February have 28 Days?
Why Do Wombats Poop Cubes?
The Big Mistakes We Make in Virtual Gatherings (w/ Priya Parker)
How to Make Gatherings More Meaningful (w/ Priya Parker)
A Trick for Making Vaccinations Less Painful
Small Talk Is Important, and Remote Workers Aren’t Getting Enough
Why Is Static Worse in Winter?
A Distant Galaxy Is Warping the Milky Way
What Most People Miss When Building Habits (w/ Jen Sincero)
We Still Don’t Know How Ice Skating Works
Why Your Dog’s Paws Smell Like Corn Chips
Disgusting Sights Literally Turn Your Stomach
A New Discovery About That Weird “Aurora” Named STEVE
Beat Stress with Laughter Yoga (w/ Madan Kataria, MD)
Why Are the COVID-19 Vaccines Kept So Cold?
People Respond to Music Even When They Can’t Hear It
Your Brain Treats Human Beauty Differently from Artistic Beauty
Why We Call Computer Glitches “Bugs”
What’s the Shortest Amount of Time Ever Recorded?
Swedish Death Cleaning Can Declutter Your Life
How “Flow” Can Help in Quarantine
The Right Way to Set Goals
When Smokers Quit, Dormant Lung Cells Wake Up
Do People Think More in Words or Pictures?
The Stinky Science of the World’s Smelliest Fruit
Why Cuttlefish Wore 3-D Glasses for Science
Do Opposites Really Attract?
Why Toilet Paper Is White
The Time Pi Was Almost Legally Changed to 3.2
Why Do Bats Cause So Many Virus Outbreaks?
Why It's Good to Reveal Your Failures
Do Single-A Batteries Exist?
Early Female Hunters Were More Common Than We Thought
How Psilocybin Therapy Can Ease Depression
What Are Monoclonal Antibodies? (w/ Dr. Lawrence Purpura)
Why Birds Wore Funny Hats for Science
Are Sleep-Deprived Men More Masculine?
Insecure People Use More Jargon
Why Don’t We Have Battery-Powered Airplanes?
Laziness Isn’t What You Think (w/ Dr. Devon Price)
Why You Need Self-Compassion for Self-Improvement
Why It’s Relaxing to Breathe in Through Your Nose
Why Animals Keep Evolving Into Crabs
The Smells That Existed Before Earth (w/ Harold McGee)
Scientists Finally Found a Dinosaur Cloaca
The Stressful Psychology of a Ghosted Email
Is That Real Money or Fun Money? The Trap of Mental Accounting
The More You Wish for Self-Control, the Less of It You Have
Do Turkeys Really Drown in Rainstorms?
What People Get Wrong About Evolution (w/ Neil Shubin)
Venus Flytraps Store Short-Term “Memories”
Do Rocket Stages Ever Hit Ships? (w/ NASA’s Cody Chambers)
Why Is Life Based on Carbon and Not Silicon?
What to Do When You Make the Wrong Decision (w/ Annie Duke)
The Best Time to Make a Gut Decision (w/ Annie Duke)
4 of the World's Weirdest Weather Phenomena
Why Are Spacesuits White?
Befriend Cats with the Slow Blink
Why Bugs Are Basically Robots (w/ Alie Ward)
Ask Smart People Stupid Questions (w/ Alie Ward)
Why You Need a Virtual Commute
You Can Control Your Dreams with Science
A Brain-Training Task to Reduce Motion Sickness
5G Might Impair Weather Forecasts
How to Make the Most of Your Negativity Bias (w/ John Tierney)
Can a Selfie Screen You for Heart Disease?
The Door to Hell Is a Fiery Pit That’s Been Burning Since 1971
Baby Tortoises Love Faces, and That’s a Big Deal for Science
Einstein Worried That Science Can't Explain "The Now"
How Hollywood Gets Seances Wrong
How 19th-Century Body-Snatchers Contributed to Medical Science
Could Parasites Turn Us into Zombies?
The Martian Moon Phobos Creates a Yearly Solar Eclipse
Viking Was a Job Description, Not Heredity
Why Don’t Predators Hunt Their Prey into Extinction?
Why Social Isolation Could Breed Conspiracy Theorists
How Romantic Partners Influence Each Other's Relationship Goals
Our Ability to Drink Milk Evolved Way Faster Than Scientists Thought
How Superstitions Can Reduce Anxiety
Hacking Earth to Fight Climate Change
Earth's Atmosphere May Be Rusting the Moon
It’s “Patient O,” Not “Patient Zero”
How Cold Was the Last Ice Age?
How Scientists Teleported Fish Behavior
How Cancer Evolves in the Body (w/ Dr. Kat Arney)
3 Mythological Creatures That Were Inspired by Real Fossils
Why The Mantis Shrimp Can Punch So Hard Without Damage
What Happens When You Pull a Muscle?
The Dirty, Smelly History of Soap (w/ Cody Cassidy)
Who Ate the First Oyster? (w/ Cody Cassidy)
Why Friends “Swapped Bodies” for Science (Again!)
Why Don't We Sneeze in Our Sleep?
The Math Bias That Makes You Misjudge COVID-19
Wildfires Can Create Their Own Storms
Why Multitasking Keeps You Snacking
Why Do Young People Have More Déjà Vu?
Children Led a Research Project, Painting Eyes on Cow Butts, and Whether to Rinse Your Recycling
Why You Think You’re Too Smart for Ads, Studying Violinists to Understand Human Synchrony, and Relieving Pain by Holding Hands
A Dark Sense of Humor May Mean a High IQ, Origin of the Word Orange, and Zombie Fires in the Arctic
Can Smiling Actually Make You Happier? And Why a Clockmaker Figured Out Longitude
Two Types of Empathy, Why Razors Dull, and Can You Learn Perfect Pitch?
We All Think We’re Bad With Names, The Genius of Hobo Code, and How Attractive Do You Think You Are?
A Harmful Mutation Evolved for Good, Why Astronauts Are Using Old Sailing Tech in Space, and Cody’s Message
The Rando Who Translated Gilgamesh, Why Horses Lost Their Toes, and a Sperm-Swimming Discovery
Difference Between Unscented & Fragrance-Free and Cow Gene Editing for More Male Offspring
Short-Term Pleasures Are Important Too, the Smelly Armpit Enzyme, and a Thorne-Żytkow Object Is a Star Within a Star
The Myth of Pregnancy Cravings, Why Raindrops Don’t Damage Insect Wings, and August’s Curiosity Challenge Trivia
Aggression and Epigenetics (w/ Bill Sullivan), Calm Down with Box Breathing, and How Anglerfish Fuse Without Immune Rejection
The Invisible Forces Controlling You (w/ Bill Sullivan), You Daydream Surprisingly Often, and Ancient Greek Temples Were Built on Fault Lines on Purpose
Normalcy Bounces Back Quickly in Times of Stress and the Female Astronauts of the Mercury 13
How Blind People Describe Animals, Plague Myths About “Ring Around the Rosie,” and Radiation Shields Made from Fungus
Do Masks Stunt Emotional Development? Plus: Human Ears Perk Up, Too, and Why Your Shower Curtain Clings To You
What to Do When Your Pet Is Scared, You Have Microbes Inside Your Cells, and Meet Natalia Reagan (Again!)
Dying People Can Probably Hear You, Mapmakers Catch Copycats with Paper Towns, and How Woodpeckers Shut Down a NASA Launch
What If You Stopped Showering (w/ James Hamblin) and Are Some Trees Immortal?
A Science-Backed Workout in 10 Minutes, How Collective Narcissism Makes Groups Toxic, and How Dolphins Make Friends
Zoos Have Their Own Dating Apps, Why Grease Is Hard to Clean Off Plastic, and You Don’t Have to Be Married to Be Happy
Are There Really Wasps in Figs? Plus: People Like Round Numbers Even When They’re Bad
Building Healthier Cities (w/ Dr. Aruni Bhatnagar), 3D-Printing a Nuclear Reactor Core, and Why Spaghetti Breaks in Three
How the Environment Affects Your Health (w/ Dr. Aruni Bhatnagar) and How Polynesians Mingled with Native Americans 800 Years Ago
You Create False Memories of Daily Tasks, Dogs Can Sense Earth’s Magnetic Field, and There’s No Up or Down in Space
Why the US Military Made Shark Repellant, Why Moths Are Drawn to Lights, and the Difference Between Mummies and Fossils
Finding Lost Shark Species (w/ Forrest Galante) and the 2 Types of Nostalgia
Sharks Aren’t Just Apex Predators (w/ Forrest Galante), How Cats Affect Online Dating, and When Giant Prehistoric Sea Scorpions Ruled the Seas
Can Sharks Smell Blood from a Mile Away? Plus: Dual-Uterus Sharks and How Interstellar Travel Will Change Language
Why People Are Afraid of Sharks, Discovery of 4 “Walking” Shark Species, and Fighting Climate Change with Rocks
Parents’ Brains Sync When They’re Together, the Genius Math Behind Credit Card Numbers, and July’s Curiosity Challenge Trivia
Why Religious People Have More Children, Sea Turtles’ Clumsy Navigation Skills, and the Real Center of Our Solar System Isn’t the Sun
How Feeling Sick Is Colored by Culture, The Venomous Dinosaur from Jurassic Park IRL, and All the Light Ever Produced in the Universe
You Have Tiny Rocks in Your Ears, How Artists’ Personas Influence Your Music Choices, and Chemotherapy Began as a Chemical Weapon
Why Some Words Are More Memorable, How Hair Growth Works, and How Fish End Up in Landlocked Lakes
Advertising Makes Us Unhappy, The Myth of Maximum Heart Rate, and How Parents Can Help Language Researchers with an App
Why New Habits Have to Be Tiny (w/ Dr. BJ Fogg) and Why Human Infants Are Late Bloomers
A New Way to Build Habits (w/ Dr. BJ Fogg) and the Best Time of Day to Exercise
Why Stress Sweat Smells Worse, Studying Wildlife During the Pandemic, and Do Men Just Not See Messes?
You Navigate with Your Nose, Busting 5 Summer Myths, and Using Horseshoe Crabs’ Blue Blood to Develop New Medicine
Fannie Farmer Created the Modern Cooking Recipe, the Shepard Scale Audio Illusion, and How Scientists Test the COVID-19 Vaccine
Why Some People Can’t Recognize Faces, Weight-Lifting Strengthens Your Nerves Too, and Why Earth’s Core Doesn’t Melt
Teaching Kids to Not Be Prejudiced, Why Cats Have Vertical Pupils, and a Massive Stonehenge Discovery
The Need for Nature During Lockdown, Why Plants Are Green, and How Microbes and Parasites Might Make Us Healthier
Stay Happy and Healthy by Maintaining Your Routines, How Dolphins Learn to Use Tools, and Can Adults Grow New Brain Cells?
Waiting for the Best Option Lowers Your Standards, Spies Can Eavesdrop Using Light Bulbs, and Why Atoms Don’t Look Like the Solar System
Hack Your Short-Term Memory, The Wild Origins of Gallbladder Surgery, and Does Chocolate Cause Acne Breakouts?
The First Prescription Video Game, Solving the Mystery of Short-Term Memory, and Hummingbirds’ Extraordinary Vision
Blame Trolling on “Everyday Sadism,” How to Sleep Better During Lockdown, and a Breakthrough in Random Number Generation
Saturated Fat Could Kill Your Focus, Animals Have Regional Accents, and Rings Around Mars
Black Hole Holograms, How We Make Sense of the Nonsensical, and June’s Curiosity Challenge
Human Hair Was Created in a Lab, You See Less Color Than You Think, and Mapping an Underground City Without Digging
A Better Way to Stop Implicit Bias, the Murderous “Femme Fatale” Firefly, and Finding the Universe’s Missing Matter
Wearables and AI Analytics Are Changing Medicine (w/ Dr. Lloyd Minor) and What Happens to Your Brain After a Breakup
How Summer Affects COVID-19, Why So Many Mars Missions Are Launching in July, and Exercise More by Copying Your Friends
Why You Should Argue to Learn, Dogs Want to Rescue You, and Do Blind People Dream?
What Neanderthal Genes Are Doing in Your DNA, The Time Photosynthesis Killed Nearly All Life on Earth, and the Inventor of “Do, Re, Mi” Notation
Qualified Immunity in Police Misconduct, Why Longing Is Important in Relationships, and Wandering Stars Regularly Visit Our Solar System
Loving Your Job May Lead to Unethical Behavior, Bumblebees Bite Plants to Make Them Bloom, and Jupiter’s Moons Formed from Specks of Dust
Periodical Cicadas 101, Why Smarter People Choke Under Pressure, and Analyzing DNA to Solve the Dead Sea Scrolls Mystery
The Psychology of ‘Animal Crossing,’ How a Failed Death Ray Led to Radar, and Intrusive Thoughts Explained
Tap into the 4 Pillars of Learning (w/ Stanislas Dehaene) and How We Get Seedless Fruit
New Science on How We Learn (w/ Stanislas Dehaene), Why Stores Use Air Curtains, and Desert Microbes that Dissolve Rocks with Acid
Virtual Therapy vs. In-Person Therapy, How Redlining Deepened Segregation in US Cities, and Earth’s Drifting Magnetic Poles
Lockdown Is Changing Our Perception of Time, a Devastating Meteor that Never Landed, and Elephants Can Catch Yawns from Humans
Juneteenth’s Origins, Change Your Routine to Be Happier, and Why Americans Don’t Say “Maths”
Climate Justice 101 (w/ Katharine Hayhoe), Why Peanut Butter Gets Gum Out of Hair, and How Gaslighting Makes You Question Your Sanity
What Science Says About Fat-Burning Foods, Do Great Things by Being a Part of Something Greater, and Telling Male and Female Dinosaurs Apart
Modern Benefits from Archaeological Discoveries (w/ Mary Prendergast and Elizabeth Sawchuk) and Hearing Body Language
Making Life Decisions on a Coin Flip, How You Respond to 2 Types of Injustice, and Why Otters Juggle Rocks
Why People Protest According to Psychology, How Scientists Made Blind People “See” Shapes, and May’s Curiosity Challenge
Hope in the Fight Against Climate Change (w/ Katharine Hayhoe) and Overcoming Bedtime Procrastination
Why Rainy Days Make You Sleepy, A Fix for AI’s Energy Appetite, and Solving Geology’s Mystery of the “Great Unconformity”
Extinct Human Species (w/ Elizabeth Sawchuk and Mary Prendergast) and Moody Teenage Dogs
Differences in CEO and Murdering Psychopaths, How Deep Sleep Cleans Your Brain, and the Mystery of Our Inactive Sun
Fighting Coronavirus with Llamas, Why Rain Stops Rocket Launches, and Listener Questions About Cold Things
How We Know Climate Change Is Caused by Humans (w/ Katharine Hayhoe) and the Myth of “Common Sense”
Defending Against “Murder Hornets” with Bee Balls, Aphantasia and the Two Extremes of the “Mind’s Eye,” and Venus’s Freaky-Fast Atmosphere
How Technology Is Enabling Archeological Discoveries (w/ Elizabeth Sawchuk and Mary Prendergast) and the Privacy Risks of Eye-Tracking Tech
Your Ancestors May Influence Your Work Hours, Coral Reproduced in Captivity, and the First Known Water-Dwelling Dinosaur
Selfish People Remember Being Generous, Why We Can’t Transplant Brains, and Buying Life Insurance from Vending Machines
“Rub Some Dirt on It” to Heal Wounds, Funny Memes Can Save Endangered Species, and Space Changes the Shape of Astronauts’ Hearts
What Makes People Cultural Omnivores, Archaeologists’ Prehistoric Poop Problem, and How to Tell Stars and Planets Apart in the Sky
Y2K Was Actually a Success Story, Sleeping Brains Replay Waking Experience, and Plants Can Hear When They’re Being Eaten
Elephants Get Drunk (and They’re Lightweights), Pigeons Helped Win Wars, and Night Owls May Struggle to Regulate Their Emotions
Marijuana Categories Aren’t Based in Science, Scientists Staged Bronze-Age Swordfights, and How Clean Are Your Clothes, Really?
Why People Ignore Facts in Medical Emergencies, Victorian-Era Credit Cards, and Adding a New Row to the Periodic Table
World of Warcraft Could Help Fight COVID-19, Social Rejection Can Fuel Creativity, and What Mouse Facial Expressions Teach Us About Emotion
An Interstellar Object’s Origin Revealed, Why Superstitions Evolved, and How the Sense of Smell Is More Complicated Than We Thought
Therapy for Parents Can Ease Kids’ Anxiety, What Makes Fruit Mealy, and Lessons from the “Second Earth” Biosphere 2
What Is the Grand Unified Field Theory? (w/ Dr. Adam Becker), Should You Wad or Fold Toilet Paper, and Why You Judge Your Own Hoarding Differently
Where Our Emotions Come From and How to Hack Them (w/ Lisa Feldman Barrett) and Tarantula Venom Could Be an Opioid Alternative
How Antibiotics in Agriculture Changed How We Eat (w/ Maryn McKenna), When Daydreaming Goes Wrong, and Dogs Recognize Faces in Photos
The Universe Might Expand Unevenly, Using a Camera to De-Clutter Your House, and 3 Hominins Lived in the Same Place and Time
Pigeons Can Be Superstitious, Why Allergy Drugs Make You Sleepy, and The 5 Ages of the Universe
Play a Game to Help Cure Alzheimer’s, Building the Perfect Swear Word, and May’s Curiosity Challenge
Gut Neurons Influence Brain Neurons, Why We Still Use the QWERTY Keyboard, and Why You “Shoot the Messenger”
Using Urine to Build a Moon Base, Musicians and Audiences Sync Brain Activity, and Why “Size Matters” for Narwhal Tusks
Early Career Choices Influence Your Personality, Why We Celebrate Cinco de Mayo, and Psychedelic Effects from Placebos
Null Misadventures (w/ Matt Parker), Why Reheated Coffee Tastes Bad, and the Ancestor of Most Living Animals
Why We Get Warning Fatigue, Prehistoric Monkeys Crossed the Atlantic on Rafts, and Why New Lovebirds Feel So Familiar
5 Coronavirus Myths Debunked, Why You Shouldn’t Get Your News on Social Media, and the Discovery of a Black Hole Missing Link
Why Soft Drinks Taste Different Out of Cans, Why Housecats Are Dangerous for Wildlife, and 100 Minor Planets Discovered Beyond Neptune
The Battle of Brains vs Brawn in Aging, Perils of Ultra-Processed Food, and Bats Surviving White-Nose Syndrome
Using Lava Lamps to Generate Randomness (w/ Matt Parker), How Ritalin Makes You Focus, and What Bacteria Beneath the Sea Floor Means for Life on Mars
Quarantine Survival Tips (w/ Dr. Renée Lertzman and “Deadliest Catch” Captains Sig & Keith) and Why We Have Birthmarks
Anniversary Episode! Supersonic Packing Tape, Chronological vs. Biological Age, Why Mirrors Are Next to Elevators, and Anti-Asteroid Spacecraft
Dealing with Uncertainty During the Coronavirus Pandemic (w/ Dr. Renée Lertzman) and One Dog Year Doesn’t Equal Seven Human Years
Fishing Science (w/ “Deadliest Catch” Captains Sig & Keith) and the Psychology of Sour Grapes
Stealing Money with Salami Slicing Attacks (w/ Matt Parker), You Don’t Know the Back of Your Hand, and Tylenol Eases Social Exclusion
Do Masks Prevent Coronavirus, How Tuvan Throat Singers Sing Two Notes at Once, and Predicting Viral Content by Measuring Brain Activity
Why Stress Makes You Eat Differently, Humpback Whales Hunt with Bubble Nets, and the Surprising Genetic Reason Females Outlive Males
Parents Rarely Pass Their Politics to Their Kids, Source of Peanut Allergies Found in the Gut, and Why Stars Don’t Make the Night Sky Bright
Blame Evolution for Back Pain, Showing Off Your Status Doesn’t Make Friends, and Make Babies Smarter by Pretending to Understand Them
The Skyscraper-Shaking Fitness Class (w/ Matt Parker), When Hanger Is Most Likely to Strike, and Studying the Human Brain’s Jiggle
Why So Many Outbreaks (Like the Coronavirus) Come from Bats, Older Siblings’ Surprising Influence, and April’s Curiosity Challenge