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The Mysterious Disappearance of 10 Billion Alaskan Crabs
In 2021, researchers reported a shocking disappearance in the Bering Sea. Not of people, but of Alaskan snow crabs. And it's taken scientists years to understand how tens of billions of crabs disappeared all at once, so let's take you...
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No, Space Doesn’t Kill You Like That
Hollywood (and other fictional media) loves to show people dying in outer space. And it has several go-to causes of death, on a sliding scale of accuracy. But it turns out, reality has some ways to kill you that are far stranger than...
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NASA's Most Controversial Rock
In the mid-1990s, a meteorite with the unmemorable name ALH84001 became the most famous rock in the world. Because one team of scientists proposed that it had the evidence of real, if microscopic, Martians. Hosted by: Reid Reimers (he/him)
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The Only Generation That Dreamed in Black and White
Do you dream in color? For part of the 20th century, it was so rare, psychologists thought it meant something was wrong with you. For a generation, people dreamed in black and white, and TV might be to blame. Hosted by: Savannah Geary...
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6 Weapons That Changed Human History Forever
Sometimes, humans invent a technology that changes the game. From ancient hand axes to gunpowder, here are 6 weapons that changed the course of human history. Hosted by: Reid Reimers (he/him)
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Humans Lost The Emu War
Have you ever heard of the Emu War? It was a hilariously disastrous attempt at wild animal population control, and while you'd think that humans would have gotten better at that sort of thing in the last hundred-ish years, that doesn't...
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The Clock that Reinvented Time
In 1327, a monk named Richard of Wallingford drafted plans for an engineering marvel: one of the very first truly mechanical clocks in the world, which helped to usher in a complete reinvention of humanity's perception of time itself....
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Some Women Are Ending Their Periods. Is That Safe?
Because periods are inconvenient, many women are choosing to end them entirely with hormonal birth control. This episode explores the research on its safety. Hosted by: Hank Green (he/him)
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Do These Weird CBD Products Actually Work?
Companies are putting CBD in just about every kind of product imaginable these days. Which ones actually work? Hosted by: Niba @NotesByNiba
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Solving the Nazca Lines’ Ancient Archeological Mystery
In the desert of Peru, hundreds of enormous ancient drawings are carved into the dirt. They're called the Nazca Lines, and archeologists are still arguing over what they mean. Hosted by: Niba @NotesbyNiba (she/her)
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Why Are Those Buildings That Weird Shape?
Ever wondered why nuclear power plant cooling towers or salt storage domes are the shape they are? SciShow has the answers! Hosted by: Niba @NotesbyNiba (she/her)
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These Are The Worst Research Papers Of All Time
It's no secret that some people are bad at their jobs. But when those people are scientists, and their jobs are to publish papers about their work, well... Sometimes, bad papers hit the presses. These are a few stories about particularly...
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The Doorway to the Underworld is Growing and We Can't Stop It
Batagay (aka Batagaika) Crater goes by many names. Scientists call it a retrogressive thaw megaslump; the internet may know it best as the Doorway to the Underworld. And since it opened up in the Siberian permafrost over half a century...
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Is Morning Sickness Actually Preventable?
Nausea and vomiting of pregnancy, better known as morning sickness, affects roughly 7 in 10 pregnant people. Scientists have spent decades hunting for the primary cause, and they seem to have finally found it: a hormone called GDF15....
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We Finally Know What Causes Bad Trips
Most of the research on psychedelic drugs is focused on their therapeutic potential. But some studies have investigated a different consequence of these chemicals: bad trips. Hosted by: Jaida Elcock (she/her)
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Do Redheads Feel Less Pain?
You may have heard that redheads need less pain medicine, or that they need more anesthesia in surgeries. And both of those things are true! Which is weird. Let's talk about some of the stuff we know about what the heck hair color has to...
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How to Dispose of a Body
For everyone out there trying to live sustainably, you might also want to consider the best way for your loved ones to dispose of your body after you're gone. Is a green burial best? What about human composting (where it's legal)? And...
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We've Been Collecting This Fossil for 15,000 Years
Trilobites are one of the most iconic fossil animals out there. And people have loved them for centuries! Let's talk about the people across time and space who have loved collecting trilobites, from Elrathia to Calymene, going back...
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The Moon That’s 2 Moons Stuck Together
In November 2023, NASA's Lucy spacecraft flew by the asteroid Dinkinesh and made a startling discovery: not only does this small asteroid have an even smaller companion (named Selam), that companion is shaped like a two-tier snowman....
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You've Never Heard of the World's Most Common Mineral
The most common substance in the world is literally IN the world. It's a mineral called bridgmanite, and it belongs to a class of minerals (called perovskites) that scientists are trying to use in the next generation of solar panels....
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5 Weird Ways Identical Twins Aren't Actually Identical
Identical twins may look exactly alike, but they differ in some pretty weird ways. In this List Show, we'll explore five of them. Hosted by: Jaida Elcock (she/her)
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The 5 Largest Living Things
When you think about enormous living things, mushrooms and seagrass may not be the first organisms that come to mind. But they should be! Hosted by: Jaida Elcock (she/her)
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The People Who Fly Into Hurricanes (on Purpose)
Hurricanes are scary and the idea is usually to move away from them as much as possible. Then there are the intrepid scientist-pilots at NOAA who fly right into them. On purpose. And they do it to save lives. Hosted by: Hank Green...
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How Ancient Roman Baths Could Save People and the Planet
Back in the Victorian Era, Englanders thought that the famous Roman Baths were so healing because there was radium in the water. And there was, but that wasn't the real secret. Turns out that the baths are teeming with microbes that...