Debunked
6 Myths Debunked About The Human Body
Just how unique are your fingerprints? Appendix’s purpose? Why aren’t we totally human? How do we really taste things?
Debunked
How To Survive Falling From A Plane Without A Parachute! #SURVIVAL #MYTHS #
You wake and suddenly you're no longer on the plane! But what are your chances and how do you increase your odds of surviving a fall from the cruising altitude of an airliner?
Debunked
What If You Destroyed The Internet?
We investigate how the internet could be taken down, the consequences of an Internet Apocalypse, and if it could all be done by a single person.
Debunked
Why Do We Go Bald?
WHY DO WE LOSE OUR HAIR? Do you inherit it from your mother? Does stress make your hair fall out? Can too much testosterone and even too much sex make you go bald? Join us as we quash some of the biggest myths, and investigate what can...
Debunked
What's The Largest Thing To Ever Live On Earth? #MYTHS#WorldRecord
We look at the largest things to have ever lived on our planet, and it doesn’t stop with the Blue Whale or the Patagotitan!
Debunked
The Left Brain Right Brain Myth
Can a dominant side of your brain dictate your personality. LOGICAL vs CREATIVE? The Theory goes that if you are more creative and artistic then you are ‘right-brained’ and if you’re more methodical and better with numbers then you are...
Debunked
Can You Survive A Nuclear Blast In A Fridge?! #SURVIVAL #MYTHS
A nuclear blast is about to detonate! Where do you hide?! Indiana Jones opted for a lead lined fridge and survived, but just how safe would it really be?
Debunked
Can You Survive An Elevator Fall By Jumping?
Find out the best way to survive a 150 meter elevator fall, and at the same time learn about gravitational acceleration and understand Newton’s Laws. Your monthly dose of hypothetical physics scenarios is here, and today we’re dropping...
Debunked
What Happens When Something Goes Down The Wrong Hole?
Whether it has caught us off guard when we’re merely sipping water or scoffing down a foot long, you find yourself cough and spluttering all over the place, and it’s because ‘something’s gone down the wrong hole.’ But where exactly does...
Nature League
The Truth About Ireland and Snakes
On this episode of Nature League, Brit checks in on St. Patrick’s Day with some info about the real reason why snakes aren’t in Ireland.
ShortCutsTv
A Mythology of Mass Killers
Mass killings (described by the FBI as four or more unlawful killings in a single event) devastate communities and create fear across countries. But if we’re going to begin to understand what makes someone randomly kill large numbers of...
Curated Video
I WONDER - Is Cerberus Dangerous?
This video is answering the question of is Cerberus dangerous.
Curated Video
I WONDER - What Powers Did The Minotaur Have?
This video is answering the question of what powers did The Minotaur have.
Healthcare Triage
Sugar Doesn't Make Kids Hyper: Healthcare Triage #3
Do you think that sugar makes kids hyper? Well, you're wrong. Yes, WRONG. How do we know? Randomized controlled trials. RCTs are pretty much the most robust study design there is, and also the only way to prove causality. This week's...
Healthcare Triage
Myths About Foster Care and About Abused Kids: HCT News
Two studies this week bust some myths about sensitive topics and kids. This is Healthcare Triage News.
The Africa Channel
Currency of Wealth: The currency of the TransAtlantic Slave Trade
Host Gugulethu Zuma-Ncube introduces the unusual yet fascinating forms of ethnographic African currencies; from personal adornments such as beads, shells, jewelry and even massive iron forms weighing as much as 100 pounds, to the...
Healthcare Triage
Poinsettias Aren't Poisonous, and Other Holiday Myths: Healthcare Triage #8
On Thanksgiving, we destroyed the myth that turkey makes you sleepy. But there are lots of holiday myths, and in this episode of Healthcare Triage, we take apart some more. These all come from a paper Aaron co-wrote in the BMJ.
Religion for Breakfast
The History of Hell
Hell is well-known in popular culture and is a widespread belief among Christian communities today. But where did this doctrine come from? Jewish apocalyptic literature from the 2nd Temple period reveals the idea was evolving even before...
Debunked
Does Sugar Affect Your Behavior?
Parents have been telling us for years, that if you give a child candy and cola it will hype them up and make them go nuts! But, how much truth is there to the 'sugar rush', and how much of it is just in the parents perception?
Healthcare Triage
Strangers Aren't Going to Poison Your Kids' Halloween Candy
Have you heard the scary news reports of how people are going to taint kids' candy with pot now that it's getting more legal? There's no evidence for that. There's also no evidence that strangers poison kids' Halloween candy in general....
Cerebellum
Rings, Kings and Things - Fantasy Fiction
The 3 Ms of Fantasy; Mythology, Medievalism and Magic and The Lord of The Rings. This is part 1 from the series 'Rings, King and Things'.