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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