Short Stuff: Nouns of assemblage... assemble!
A gaggle of geese. A murder of crows. Nouns of assemblage are awesome and we talk about them for about 12 minutes in today's Short Stuff installment. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.i...
24 Jun 202010min
How Ultrasound Works
Sure you know all about ultrasound. You can see pictures of little babies right there cozy in the womb just by waving a magic plastic stick over the mom’s tummy. And magic is basically right. Believe ...
23 Jun 202048min
SYSK Selects: Research tips from SYSK
People often ask us how we do our research. We're not going to disclose all of our secrets, but we'll give you some tips on how to root out the bad studies from the good ones. Learn all about shady st...
20 Jun 202043min
The Manhattan Grid
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18 Jun 202045min
Short Stuff: Haint Blue
Haint Blue is a kind of robin's egg color that you might commonly find on porches of the low country of the Southeastern United States. But what does it have to do with ghouls and ghosts? Listen and l...
17 Jun 202010min
The War on Fat: The Seven Countries Study
The Seven Countries Study was a fairly impressive, long-term study on the effects of fat in our diet, among other things. But it was very flawed and launched the misguided "War on fat." Learn all abou...
16 Jun 202047min
SYSK Selects: How Flamethrowers Work
Who first decided that it would be a great idea to shoot flame at other people from a distance? Josh and Chuck talk about the (very) early origins, history and technology of the flamethrower in this c...
13 Jun 202022min
Can You Eat A Tapeworm To Lose Weight?
There’s a persistent insistence that you can ingest a tapeworm and as the parasite hijacks a lot of the calories you eat, the pounds will fall right off. In theory this could be true, but it’s also ex...
11 Jun 202039min
