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Animals Being Jerks (rebroadcast)

They’re cute and cuddly. But they can also be obnoxious. Science writer Mary Roach has numerous...

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Phreaky Physics (rebroadcast)

It was a radical idea a century ago, when Einstein said space and time can be bent, and gravity...

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Skeptic Check: Data Bias (rebroadcast)

Sexist snow plowing? Data that guide everything from snow removal schedules to heart research...

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De-Permafrosting

Above the Arctic Circle, much of the land is underlaid by permafrost. But climate change is...

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Like Lightning

Every second, lightning strikes 50 to 100 times somewhere. It can wreak havoc by starting...

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Coming to Our Animal Senses

Animals experience the world differently. There are insects that can see ultraviolet light, while...

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Skeptic Check: Heal Thyself (rebroadcast)

Do we still need doctors? There are umpteen alternative sources of medical advice, including...

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Platypus Crazy (rebroadcast)

They look like a cross between a beaver and a duck, and they all live Down Under. The platypus...

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Rip Van Winkle Worm (rebroadcast)

Your shower pipes are alive. So are your sinks, books, and floorboards. New studies of our homes...

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Webb Feat

The James Webb Space Telescope has turned its golden eye on the cosmos. The largest, most...

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Building a Space Colony

Ready to become a space emigre? For half a century, visionaries have been talking about our...

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Skeptic Check: Shared Reality (rebroadcast)

One of the many shocking aspects of the Capitol attack was that it revealed how thoroughly the...

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Sci-Fi From the Future (rebroadcast)

Are you ready to defer all your personal decision-making to machines? Polls show that most...

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Flush with Excitement (rebroadcast)

The toilet: A ubiquitous appliance that dates to the time of Shakespeare. But billions of people...

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Feet Don't Fail Me (rebroadcast)

Standing on your own two feet isn’t easy. While many animals can momentarily balance on their...

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Skeptic Check: Hypnosis

You are getting sleeeepy and open to suggestion. But is that how hypnotism works? And does it...

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Fantastic-er Voyage

Thinking small can sometimes achieve big things. A new generation of diminutive robots can enter...

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Dinosaurs' Last Gasp

Do we have physical evidence of the last day of the dinosaurs? We consider fossilized fish in...

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DNA is Not Destiny (rebroadcast)

Heredity was once thought to be straightforward. Genes were passed in an immutable path from...

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For the Birds (rebroadcast)

Birds have it going on. Many of these winged dinosaurs delight us with their song and brilliant...

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