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Popular Science podcasts unearth the universe’s strangest histories. They answer your most mind-burning questions. They tell spin yarns about scam artists and celebrity diets and video games and poodle haircuts. PopSci’s shows are simply the best science and tech podcasting: shamelessly entertaining, painfully smart, and fiercely fascinating.

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The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is where PopSci editors go to unleash the most bizarre stories they can find. You’ll be shocked, delighted, and ready to fill awkward silences for the rest of your life.

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Popular Science answers your most outlandish, mind-burning questions—from what the universe is made of to why not everyone can touch their toes. Join Popular Science staff as they work through questions big and small.

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Ready to hunt some enormous snakes? The Florida Python Challenge returns.

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Futuristic canned space drinks could spice up that three year trip to Mars

The custom drinks made with sugars, flavorings, acids, and omega-3 fatty acids provide both nutrition and variety.

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Probiotics: What are we swallowing?

Almost one in 20 adults are taking probiotics.

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The Great Pyramid of Giza is surprisingly earthquake-proof

Seismologists found yet another benefit to ancient Egyptian engineering.

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