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Why Pets Get the Zoomies, How to Avoid Giving Up After a Mistake, and Why Vision Is Important for Babies in the Womb
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2020-01-17
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2 Forces Determine What a Group Can Accomplish (w/ Safi Bahcall) and the Taste Receptors Beyond Your Tongue
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2020-01-16
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The 3-Encounter Rule, Why Weak Passwords Survive, and Saturn’s Rings Aren’t as Old as We Thought
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2020-01-15
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Positive vs. Negative Goal-Setting, Kids Read More with Dogs, and Why Teleportation Is (Probably) Impossible
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2020-01-14
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What if Earth Stopped Turning, Why We Blurt Things Out, and the Little Black Dots on Your Windshield
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2020-01-13
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Why Women Started Shaving, Universal Features of Music, and “Split-Brain” Studies
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2020-01-10
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Why Good Teams Kill Great Ideas (w/ Safi Bahcall) and the Medieval History of Almond Milk
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2020-01-09
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The Germs Lurking in Your Makeup, Why Progress Feels Better Than Achieving a Goal, and What Horsepower Really Means
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2020-01-08
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How Cats Land on Their Feet (w/ Greg Gbur) and Why Most People’s Favorite Color Is Blue
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2020-01-07
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Financial Infidelity, Saving Coral Reefs with Sounds, and Weird Winter Weather Phenomena Explained
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2020-01-06
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It’s OK to Only Exercise on Weekends, Difference Between Brown and White Eggs, and Setting Expectations for Star Wars
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2020-01-03
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Where Good Ideas Come From (w/ Safi Bahcall), Why Illness Puts Your Brain in a Fog, and a Place on Earth that Supports No Life
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2020-01-02
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Strengthen Your New Year’s Resolutions, Rethinking How We Judge a Planet’s Age, and the Truth About Apple Cider Vinegar and Health
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2020-01-01
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Carl Zimmer on Defining Life, Learning Myths Even Educators Believe, and The Truth About “Dessert Stomach”
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2019-12-31
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Heredity Isn’t What You Think (w/ Carl Zimmer), How Nudge Theory Changes Behaviors, and Could Cockroaches Survive a Nuclear Blast?
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2019-12-30
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How the Medicine You Take Knows Where to Go, The Amazing Physics of Baseball, and Boosting Productivity with the Pomodoro Technique
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2019-12-27
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Chimps Can Play Rock Paper Scissors, a Metamaterial Blocks Sound Without Blocking Light, and Staying Creative by Switching Tasks
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2019-12-26
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History of Kissing, The Unbelievable True Story of the First Chiropractor, and Moons That Leave Their Planets Are Called “Ploonets”
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2019-12-25
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A Trick for Unblocking Creativity, Hitting Snooze Can Ruin Your Morning, and How We Know What Color Dinosaurs Were
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2019-12-24
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Earth’s Atmosphere Extends Beyond the Moon, Hearing Damage from Concerts, and How Music Affects Productivity
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2019-12-23
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