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Cell Phone Radiation, Why It’s OK to Contaminate Other Worlds, and Types of Human Goals
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2019-11-22
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Phone Typing Is Speeding Up, A Supernova May Be Why Humans Walk Upright, and Rain on Antarctica
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2019-11-21
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Sneezing with Your Eyes Open, How to Think About Wealth, and Why Bird Poop is 2 Colors
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2019-11-20
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How to Stop Overspending on Groceries, Tattoos May Toughen Up Your Immune System, and How Physical Activity Boosts Kids’ Learning
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2019-11-19
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Can Calculus Solve Quantum Physics? (w/ Steven Strogatz), Full Moon Behavior, and Why You Complain About “Kids These Days”
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2019-11-18
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Maps as Weapons and Art (w/ Justin Fornal and Emiliano Ruprah) and Fidgeting Explained
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2019-11-15
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Your Internal Compass, How Long a Flu Virus Survives, and the Creativity/Mental Illness Link
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2019-11-14
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Tracking and Adventuring 101 (w/ Forrest Galante) and Plagiarizing Without Realizing It
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2019-11-13
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Foods to Curb Sleep Deprivation, Light Levels Affect How Cold You Feel, and Kangaroo Pouches
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2019-11-12
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How Calculus Is Different (w/ Steven Strogatz), Distraction Can Alter Your Memory, and Why the Hindenburg Used Hydrogen
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2019-11-11
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History Is About the Present (w/ Justin Jampol), What Makes the Wind, and Blaming Games for Society’s Problems
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2019-11-08
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Babies’ Heads Smell Distinct, Illegal Drugs That Used to be Medicine, and Lemming Myths
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2019-11-07
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Finding “Extinct” Animals (w/ Forrest Galante) and How Bacteria Cooperate to Survive
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2019-11-06
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Smartphones Impair You Even When They’re Off, Eco-Friendly Laundry, and How Babies Laugh
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2019-11-05
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Why You Should Care About Calculus (w/ Steven Strogatz) and Why Lying to Kids Is Harmful
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2019-11-04
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How to Have Fun with Simple Curiosity (w/ Alan Alda) and How Toilets Work
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2019-11-01
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How Long a Decapitated Head Stays Conscious, Autumn Leaf Chemistry, The Batman Effect
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2019-10-31
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What to Say When Someone’s Upset with You, Bermuda Triangle Myths, Tardigrade Superpowers
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2019-10-30
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Persuading Others When Facts Don’t Seem to Matter (w/ Lee Hartley Carter), Cross-Dressing Cuttlefish
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2019-10-29
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Types of Psychotherapy, Your Urge to Nibble Baby Feet, and Why Animals Don’t Have 3 Legs
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2019-10-28
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