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“Breaking the Seal” Myths, Dine Under the Sea in the Maldives, and Tardigrade Superpowers
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2019-03-29
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How to Communicate About Science (w/ 3M’s Jayshree Seth) and Get Out of a Creative Rut
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2019-03-28
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3M’s 2019 State of Science Index (w/ Jayshree Seth) and How You Can Name Jupiter’s Moons
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2019-03-27
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The Four Predictors of Divorce, Why You Love Being Part of a Crowd, and Types of Loneliness
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2019-03-26
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You’d Probably Survive A Plane Crash, Why People Still Fax, and How Spleens Can Multiply
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2019-03-25
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The Active Learning Initiative Is Transforming Education (Julia Thom-Levy, Cornell University)
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2019-03-24
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A Diet That’s Good for You and the World, Milk Temperatures, and the False-Consensus Effect
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2019-03-22
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How Babies Handle Vaccines (w/ Paul Duprex), Sniffing Is Contagious, and Albino Ghost Trees
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2019-03-21
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Equinox and Solstice Science, Foreign Accent Syndrome, and an 80-Year Harvard Study
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2019-03-20
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Metabolic Window Myths, Egg Entropy (w/ Ralph Crewe from SNaQ), and What’s in Tattoo Ink
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2019-03-19
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Human Bones on the Red Market (w/ Brian Switek), Stop Venting Anger, and Asparagus Pee
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2019-03-18
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Why Hangovers Get Worse, How Quickly You’d Age at Light Speed, and Upright Neanderthals
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2019-03-17
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Why Pockets Are Rare in Women’s Clothes, Why Earth Twinkles, and Where Life Originated
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2019-03-15
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“What Is Life?” with Carl Zimmer, Why You Always Have Room for Dessert, and Learning Myths
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2019-03-14
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Myths About Your Vision, What Your Dog’s “Guilty” Look Really Means, and the Gaokao Exam
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2019-03-13
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How Vaccines in Africa Protect Everyone in the World (w/ Paul Duprex), and Semantic Satiation
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2019-03-12
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Space Race Stories (w/ Dr. David Warmflash), Why Produce Sparks, and a 1-3-5 To-Do List
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2019-03-11
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Bike Balancing, How Big Data Knows What You Like, and Millions of Copper Needles in Space
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2019-03-10
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Why Your Muscles Are Sore After Workouts, Daylight Saving Time Myths, and Taj Mahal History
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2019-03-08
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Carl Zimmer on What’s “In Your Genes,” Nudge Theory, and Post-Apocalyptic Cockroach Myths
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2019-03-07
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