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2433 episodes transcribedSince the age of Descartes, science has put all of its eggs in the basket of determinism, the idea that with accurate enough measurements any aspect o...
The Gettysburg Address is one of the most famous speeches in political history, despite only being a few hundred words long. What was so special about...
Fortunately, science has very few instances where humans have been exposed to acute radiation poisoning to study for clues to treating radiation sickn...
You may have heard about the Internet of Things and not known what the term meant. It's basically a collection of object conected to your life and the...
People often ask us how we do our research. We're not going to disclose all of our secrets, but we'll give you some tips on how to root out the bad st...
People have been burning fires on cliffs as long as other people have used boats, but after the Age of Exploration, lighthouses took their unmistakabl...
People used to use deer antlers to beat the minerals out of rock hidden in the earth. Luckily, they got better at it, and now modern mining is a mind-...
Economists love their data because somewhere in the numbers lies the answer to the ills of the country. They also love to frame data in a way people c...
It seems like we largely take it for granted these days, but the fact that we have humans living in space is the realization of a scientific dream a c...
There have been many inventions that have advanced filmmaking, but maybe none as important as the steadicam. Invented in the mid-70s, it literally cha...
Between 2007 and 2016, 17 disembodied feet - still wearing shoes - have washed ashore between Washington and British Columbia. What's behind the sudde...
Starting a fire to prevent fire seems counterintuitive, but it makes a lot of sense once you understand it. But controlled burns aren't just to help p...
Motion sickness is the worst and hits about 25 to 40 percent of humans when they ride in cars, boats, or simply watch the wrong 3-D movie. Join us as...
With the discovery of a surprising immune response in E coli bacteria, we are facing a new era of freedom from genetic mutations that lead to disease...
You can thank Wham-O's SuperBall for inspiring the name of the NFL's Big Game (buh) and you can thank the fear and the Soviet launch of Sputnik arouse...
If you've ever been in a bad accident in a newer car, you probably have crumple zones to thank for your life. Much more interesting than you think, th...
Chiggers are tiny little mites capable of making your life miserable. Worse than mosquitoes? Maybe. But they aren't insects - mites are actually part...
In 1945 a house fire took the lives of five children - except that no trace of their bodies was ever found. Dive into the longstanding mystery of the...
For thousands of years people have been taking normal trees and forcing them into miniature. Learn all about the history and art of this strangely eng...
Cannibalism is the macabre practice of eating other humans. But sometimes, people have no choice if they want to survive. It's called survival canniba...
