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How Desalination Works

Episode Date: March 26, 2015

Why would people want to remove salt from water? To solve the world's water problem, that's why. Learn all about the efforts to desalinate H2O in chea...

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Earwax: Live With It

Episode Date: March 19, 2015

Despite tons of people using cotton swabs each day to clean the earwax from their ears, cerumen (as earwax is clinically known) is actually quite bene...

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How Anesthesia Works

Episode Date: March 17, 2015

The use of general anesthesia is less than 200 years old. Before doctors were able to cause unconsciousness in patients, surgery was brutal for all in...

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How Tea Works

Episode Date: March 12, 2015

Legend has it that tea was discovered by a curious Chinese emperor after leaves blew into his boiled water. Now tea is the second only to water in pop...

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How Fleas Work

Episode Date: March 10, 2015

Fleas are the bane of the existence of pet owners. From their eggs to their lifespan to their feeding habits, fleas are practically designed to be a n...

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How Stonehenge Works

Episode Date: March 5, 2015

Even as far back as the Roman invaders, people have had absolutely no idea just what the massive monument complex in England known as Stonehenge was b...

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How ESP Works(?)

Episode Date: March 3, 2015

Even though almost half of Americans believe in it, ESP usually is treated as a load of bull by skeptics. But some respected researchers have dared to...

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Why Do Lefties Exist?

Episode Date: February 24, 2015

For at least the last 200,000 years, between 10-15% of the human population are left-handed and this fact has utterly left science baffled. In searchi...

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How Perfume Works

Episode Date: February 19, 2015

Women consistently rate scent as the most important factor in a man's attractiveness and men have been manipulating that for centuries with scents of...

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What is folklore?

Episode Date: February 12, 2015

What is folklore? Turns out it's just about anything you can think of that's shared by more than two people. Art, literature, stories, dance, music, t...

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How Feng Shui Works

Episode Date: February 10, 2015

Feng Shui is an Asian concept that strives to unlock your chi by how your home or office is arranged. Or at least that's the simplified "Western" vers...

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How Ice Cream Works

Episode Date: February 5, 2015

We all scream for ice cream, sure, but did you know we're all technically screaming about a colloidal foam? Prepare for deep cravings that will surely...

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How Hot Wheels Work

Episode Date: January 29, 2015

If you're an American who had a childhood, you probably have some nostalgia for Hot Wheels. Get your engines revved for this trip down memory lane as...

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How Poison Ivy Works

Episode Date: January 27, 2015

Poison ivy, oak and sumac are all variations of the same plant and they all can make you itch... if you're susceptible that is. In this episode, you'l...