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High Heels Were Originally Meant for Men, Persuasive Magic Words, and Ancient Graffiti
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2018-07-09
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SETI on How We Search for Aliens (w/ Seth Shostak), Facts Don’t Win Arguments, Self-Control, and The Red Baron
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2018-07-08
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You’re A Different Person in the Morning, Eye Contact Altering Consciousness, and Racing Against Cheese
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2018-07-06
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Why Fake News Spreads, Positive Lightning, and the Habitable Trinity
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2018-07-05
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Saving Dogs from Fireworks, Benjamin Franklin’s Productivity Schedule, and Supportive Texting
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2018-07-04
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Belief Superiority, Why Days Are Getting Longer, and Mr. Rogers’ Checklist
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2018-07-02
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Impostor Syndrome, Moon Landing Photos Explained, and Things You’re Cleaning Too Often
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2018-07-02
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How to Get Over a Breakup, Why Cockroaches Exist, Vestigial Traits, and the Lombard Effect
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2018-07-01
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How to Remove Pesticides from Produce, the Misattribution of Arousal, and Laihana Noon
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2018-06-29
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Space Elevator Science, “HALT” Impulse Control Method, and the 6 Types of Disgust
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2018-06-28
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Mars Opportunity Rover Update, Sunscreen SPF Meanings, Turning Carbon Dioxide into Fuel
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2018-06-27
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Black Hole Alternatives, Literally Immortal Jellyfish Secrets, and The Best Way to Argue
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2018-06-26
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NASA’s Cryosleep Chambers, Your Brain on Puns, and Why Red Delicious Apples Exist
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2018-06-25
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How Marriage Changes You, New Dinosaur Discoveries, and Empathy Quirks
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2018-06-24
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A Trick for Avoiding Regrets, 3D-Printing Your Brain, and a Medieval Security Alarm
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2018-06-22
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Psychopathic AI, Glowing Civil War Soldiers, and Black Lava
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2018-06-21
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The US Government’s Science Knowledge Quiz, Facebook’s Brain Effects, and Manufactured British Accents
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2018-06-20
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Tips to Win an Argument, How to Wash Your Hands, and Summer Blockbuster Origins
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2018-06-19
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How to Stop Overspending, World Population Growth, and Big 5 Personality Traits
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2018-06-18
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Famous LGBT Scientists; How to Catch Up on Sleep; Faces Aren’t Emotions
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2018-06-17
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