52: Amy Westervelt, Carbon Capture, and the Cartoonishly Evil Atlas Network
Investigative journalist Amy Westervelt from Drilled asks us: what is carbon capture and is it good or bad or... complicated? What is the Atlas Network and why are they comically evil dark avengers ...
23 Nov 20231h 11min
51: Carcinization, The Animal Algorithm Mystery, and The Many Lemming Lies w/ Ellen Weatherford
Are we really all destined to turn into crabs? Why are there so many animal algorithms, and are they all legit? And just how many times have we been wrong about the lemming?Things we talk about:All ...
9 Nov 20231h 50min
49: Goosebumps, (Not) Alien Pyramids, and Nessie & Cryptids
Why do we get goosebumps when we hear nails on a chalkboard? Obviously aliens didn't make the pyramids, but how were they made and what does that teach us about humanity? And what's the story behind...
26 Okt 20231h 55min
50: 🎂 The Ig Nobel Prize, The 2023 Ig Nobel Winners, and the Ig Nobel Peace Prize
For our 2nd anniversary and our 50th episode (which it definitely is, don't check) we cooperatively tackled a topic folks have been asking us to do for ages: The Ig Nobel Prize!Check out our new merch...
12 Okt 20232h 5min
48: Wikipedia w/ Annie Rauwerda, The First Boring Number, and Perpetual Stew
We all use Wikipedia, but how did it come to be? What's the first number to not have a Wikipedia page, and what does that say about math and humans? And what on Earth is Perpetual Stew?Follow Annie an...
28 Sep 20231h 34min
47: The Abyssopelagic Zone, The Crystal Healing Boom, and Time Capsules
What lies below the depths of the sea... and why should we stop being so afraid of it? Okay we know crystals can't heal you, but could they actually do... something? And why are time capsules more c...
14 Sep 20231h 59min
46: Lawn Loathing, Spelling Psammophile, and Guinness World Records
Why are lawns so bad, and what could we grow instead? How much can we learn from an esoteric word like Psammophile? And why is the Guinness Book of World Records wonderful and terrible at the same ti...
31 Aug 20231h 54min
45: Superseded Science, why is TB Still a Thing, and the Radium Girls
What previous scientific theories would turn into the ones we know today, and what can they teach us? Why is Tuberculosis still a thing in the modern age? And who were the Radium girls, and what did ...
17 Aug 20231h 54min
