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Spotted lanternfly goo is surprisingly tasty
Gifts for the person who’d rather listen to podcasts than talk to you
Inside the cutthroat world of competitive meat judging
Fascinating science stories to help you survive holiday small talk
Death ‘by planet’ was surprisingly common in the 1600s
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Imagine traveling to the moon only to realize you’re allergic to it. One astronaut did.
Bill Nye talks killer clowns, mermaids, pigeon poo, and deadly bicycles
How sexy Victorian mediums tricked scientists into believing in ectoplasm
Did food taste better 50 years ago?
What happens when the sun burns out?
How close can you get to the sun? Closer than you’d think.
Why can’t we all touch our toes?
What does space smell like?
What scientists learned when they tried to raise a chimp with a human baby
What would a dinosaur taste like?
What would happen if I ate my computer? Asking for a friend.
A complete guide on how to safely take, send, and store nudes
What is a hangover? And can you cure it?
This dog was genetically engineered to be a kitchen appliance
Ask Us Anything: Can you survive on a single food forever?
Why were chainsaws invented? To help with childbirth.
The weirdest things we learned this week: Falcon sex hats and buying human skulls on Instagram
Some skyscrapers are so shiny they turn into death rays
How Abebe Bikila won the Olympic marathon without shoes
Essential gear to start your own podcast studio
The weirdest things we learned this week: Giant sloths, caged babies, and spicy horse butts
Viagra could have been a groundbreaking cure for period cramps
The weirdest things we learned this week: smoke enemas, sneaky sound design, and stranded lighthouses
What’s stranger than bees telling time? How we learned that they can.
The weirdest things we learned this week: wild weather, Victorian cannibalism, and the female orgasm (as told by a 12th-century nun)
Why baseball players ‘bone’ their bats
The weirdest things we learned this week: doctors drinking pee and telephones made of cats
Ask Us Anything: Why do humans stop growing?
The historical significance of Harry Styles’ nipples, explained
Ancient athletes did something truly shocking with their genitals
Ben Franklin invented a mesmerizing instrument with a deadly reputation
There’s a secret room in the basement of the female body
People used to drink a very specific kind of urine to treat motion sickness
Ask Us Anything: Why can’t we see more colors?
Ask Us Anything: What are allergies?
Ask Us Anything: What happens in your brain when you daydream?
Ask Us Anything: Why can’t we burn our trash in volcanoes?
Craving a radioactive snack? Grab a banana.
Ask Us Anything: What causes side stitches when you exercise?
Ask Us Anything: How much sleep do you actually need?
Ask Us Anything: What would happen if you fell into a black hole?
A science podcast with cursing
You get brainwashed whenever you go to sleep (and that’s a good thing)
Ask Us Anything: Can you actually boost your immune system?
Your favorite brunch foods are thousands of years old
Eating soy does not make men grow boobs
How to convert text articles into audio (and why you might want to)
There’s no stopping this immortal jellyfish
What really happened during the ‘Kentucky meat shower’?
Delivery drones could drive us batty—unless they take some sonic cues from owls
The story behind the most fraudulent election in history
How to cave to peer pressure and start listening to podcasts
Egg yolk color doesn’t mean what you think it does
Pig sex and celery have a surprising connection
This scientist thought he’d found the source of all sexual energy
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Your car is probably full of spiders