Magnetic Pole Reversal
Once every 450,000 years or so, the Earth undergoes a radical transformation. The planet’s magnetic field will literally flip. The north pole becomes the south pole and vice versa. Despite the fact ...
15 Feb 202311min
The Dunning-Kruger Effect
In 1999, two social psychologists, David Dunning and Justin Kruger, published a seminal paper on a cognitive bias that can affect nearly everyone. Since the paper was published, it has given a name t...
14 Feb 202311min
The Thirty Years’ War
17th-century Europe was witness to one of the longest and most brutal wars in human history. The conflict lasted over a generation and was responsible for the deaths of up to half the population in s...
13 Feb 202312min
The Super Bowl (Encore)
One day every year, the United States celebrates its biggest non-official holiday: Super Bowl Sunday. The championship game of the National Football League is almost always the biggest television aud...
12 Feb 202310min
Vitamin D
Of all the vitamins and nutrients which are required by the human body, there are 13 of which that are considered essential nutrients. That means they can’t be produced within our bodies. One of those...
11 Feb 202311min
Neptune
In 1612, when Galileo Galilei first looked at the stars through a telescope, he might have accidentally discovered a new planet, although he had no idea at the time. It wouldn’t be for another 300 ye...
10 Feb 202311min
The Cult of Reason
The French Revolution wasn’t just a political revolution where one government was replaced with a new one. The French Revolution was also a social revolution. The largest social institution in France...
9 Feb 202313min
The Spruce Goose
During the height of the Second World War, American shipping to Europe was constantly being attacked by German U-boats. In an attempt to completely bypass German subs, aviation pioneer Howard Hughes ...
8 Feb 202314min
