What You Do and Don’t Dream About & What Happens to You When You’re Alone
So many of us fantasize about being rich. Wouldn’t it be great to win the lottery or inherit a ton of money or be born into a wealthy family? Well it isn’t always as wonderful as you might imagine. Li...
3 Kesä 202449min
The Science of Evil & How the Bicycle Changed Our Lives - SYSK Choice
Why do they call it PLASTIC surgery? It seems like a weird word to use. What’s even weirder is that the term goes back a couple of centuries, even before we had plastic as we know it today. This episo...
1 Kesä 202448min
An Easy Way to Make Good Friends & Housekeeping Hacks You Will Love
The sound of crickets on a summer night can be quite pleasing. And the little critters making that sound have some interesting characteristics and abilities I bet you never knew. Listen to my explanat...
30 Touko 202450min
Where Your Deep Desires Comes From & How Evolution Shaped You
Here is a problem about spaghetti that has stumped some of the brightest minds in science, including Nobel prize winning physicist Richard Feynman: Hold one strand of spaghetti at each end and try to ...
27 Touko 202450min
The Psychology of Personality & Why Argument Matters - SYSK Choice
Even though we have celebrated Memorial Day for a long time, it wasn’t made an official national Holiday until 1971. And it wasn’t always called Memorial Day either. We start this episode with a few f...
25 Touko 202445min
Ozempic: Weight Loss Risks and Benefits and What We Miss About Analog
Look at any can of cooking spray and it will say on the label that it has zero calories. How can that be? It can’t be. Listen as I explain how they get away with saying that when it isn’t really true ...
23 Touko 202449min
Why People Waste So Much & How Creative People-Create
Whenever I fly, I see people on the plane who look like they are doing important work on their laptops. That may actually be a really bad idea because it is hard to do high quality work at 30,000 feet...
20 Touko 202448min
The Fascinating Evolution of Surgery & Asking Questions That Connect-SYSK Choice
Why do you suppose it is that dogs love to hang their heads out of a moving car window? What’s the thrill? More importantly, should you let your dog do it? This episode begins with an explanation of w...
18 Touko 202449min
