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Christmas Music Psychology, Rain Smell Science, Crocodile Paradox, and Pitching the NSF
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2018-12-23
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The Most Influential Film Ever, Your Memory on Riding A Bike, and Mistletoe’s Poisonous Roots
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2018-12-21
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Narwhal Adoption Mystery, Île Sainte-Marie’s Pirate Cemetery, and Solving the Candle Problem
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2018-12-20
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You Believe Your Own Lies Very Quickly, How Dogs Understand Human Speech, and Where to See the Ursids
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2018-12-19
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Voice Changes When You’re Charmed, Work Motivation Types, and Gin and Tonic Curing Malaria
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2018-12-18
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Gene Editing with CRISPR and GMOs (w/ Synthego), Fast Radio Bursts, and Angel’s Trumpet
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2018-12-17
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Donut-Shaped Planets, Hot Aluminum Foil, Why Fish Wiggle, and A Woman Who Can’t Feel Fear
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2018-12-16
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Science-Based Tips for Better Meetings, Dinosaur Mythbusting, and Staying Awake for 11 Days
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2018-12-14
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The Problem With Making Sand (w/ Vince Beiser), Happiest Spouses, and How Pyramids Were Built
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2018-12-13
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How to Take A Compliment, Learn Anything in Four Steps, and Design a New Arecibo Message
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2018-12-12
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Jet Lag Is Worse When You Travel East, Earth’s Wandering Poles, and Geminid Meteor Shower
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2018-12-11
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Kickstart Your Memory with the Jennifer Aniston Neuron, Black Hole Pictures, and Increasing Human Lifespans
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2018-12-10
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Why Humans Are Symmetrical, Fish Electrocution Physics, A Misplaced Equator Theme Park, and Silent Places
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2018-12-09
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Be Brave Using the Science of Vulnerability, Boost Productivity with Fika, and Burn Calories via the Afterburn Effect
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2018-12-07
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Meteorite Hunting with The Aquarius Project, Roommate Drama In Space, and Language Based On Senses
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2018-12-06
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You Can Learn and Unlearn Emotions, Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle, and Loveland Castle’s Weird History
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2018-12-05
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See if You’re a Covert Narcissist, Michelson-Morley Experiment, and The Monty Hall Problem
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2018-12-04
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How Asteroids Can Have Rings, Spiders That Nurse Their Young, and “Lord of the Forest” Tāne Mahuta
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2018-12-03
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Why Everything Takes Longer Than You Think, Storm-Predicting Joints, Barber Pole Origins, and Mary Toft
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2018-12-02
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Keeping Secrets Makes Life Harder, Emotions Change Your Perception of Time, and How We Proved the Earth Rotates
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2018-11-30
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