Waste Not\r\n Why create more landfill? Perhaps you should resist the urge to toss those old...
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We all get defensive sometimes. For some animals, evolution has provided a highly effective...
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The Earth’s surface is dappled with more than a thousand volcanoes. They mark the edges of...
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Skeptic Check: Useful Delusions
Can self-deception be useful? During the pandemic, it has been fashionable to say that...
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Back off, you Neanderthal! It sounds as if you’ve just been dissed, but maybe you should...
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They were pioneers in their fields, yet their names are scarcely known – because they...
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The world is a colorful place, and human eyes have evolved to take it in – from vermillion...
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Eclectic Company We present a grab bag of our favorite recent science stories – from how...
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Creature Discomforts (rebroadcast)
Okay you animals, line up: stoned sloths, playful pandas, baleful bovines, and vile vultures....
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Granting Immunity (rebroadcast)
“Diversity or die” could be your new health mantra. Don’t boost your immune...
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Earth invades Mars in February. In a historic trifecta for space exploration, spacecraft of three...
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Maybe you don’t remember the days of the earliest coal-fired stoves. They changed domestic...
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One of the many shocking aspects of the Capitol attack was that it revealed how thoroughly the...
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Supercomputer Showdown (rebroadcast)
Do you have a hard-to-answer question? The Summit, Sierra, Trinity, Frontier, and Aurora...
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Skeptic Check: Betting on Pseudoscience (rebroadcast)
Psychics may not be able to predict the future or sense your thoughts. Nonetheless, they rake in...
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Headed for Trouble (rebroadcast)
The stone heads on Easter Island are an enduring mystery: why were they built and why were they...
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For Good Measure (rebroadcast)
The reign of Le Grand K has come to an end. After 130 years, this hunk of metal sitting in a...
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Handling the Holidays (rebroadcast)
The stress of the holidays can make you want to hide under the covers with a warm cup of cocoa....
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Small bodies will hit the big time next year; a sample return from asteroid Bennu and the launch...
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Skeptic Check: Shroom with a View
Magic mushrooms – or psilocybin - may be associated with tripping hippies and Woodstock,...
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