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Laughter Might Be the Best Medicine, How Your Romantic Style Affects Your Finances, and Why Some Amphibians Glow
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2020-03-30
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Coronavirus Vaccine Development: Scientific Challenges and Timelines with Dr. Julia Schaletzky (COVID-19 Bonus Episode)
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2020-03-29
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Coronavirus Test Shortages Explained (w/ Dr. Julia Schaletzky), Anonymous Anime Fan Helps Solve 25-Year-Old Math Mystery, and Can Ketamine Help with Depression?
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2020-03-27
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How a Coronavirus Vaccine Might Work (w/ Dr. Julia Schaletzky) and Why We Call Steak “Beef” and Not “Cow”
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2020-03-26
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Memory’s Role in Social Anxiety, The First Synthetic Self-Replicating Genome, and Penguins Can Call Underwater
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2020-03-25
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No One Born Blind Has Had Schizophrenia, Bacteria Engineered to Protect Honeybees, and The Surprising Way WWI Helmets Beat Modern Ones
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2020-03-24
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First Animal That Doesn’t Breathe Oxygen, Biggest Explosion in the Universe’s History, and Improving Memory with the Brain’s Immune System
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2020-03-23
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How to Clean Your Phone, More Info About a New Disease Won’t Comfort You, and the Best Workout Music According to Research
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2020-03-20
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Robot Workers May Change Prejudices, Hormonal Changes in Dads-to-Be, and How Salamanders Regrow Their Limbs
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2020-03-19
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Hearing Loss and Technology (w/ David Owen) and the Psychology of Reacting to a Crisis (Like COVID-19)
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2020-03-18
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Coronavirus Myths and FAQs with Dr. Amesh Adalja, Epidemiologist
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2020-03-18
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Dr. Amesh Adalja Explains Social Distancing for COVID-19, Birds Won’t Spread Fake News, and Using Auroras to Find Exoplanets
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2020-03-17
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New Antibiotic Discovered by AI, How to Handle Traumatic Memories, and Why Extreme Temperatures Mess with Your Batteries
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2020-03-16
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Speed Listening’s Effects on Emotion, Surprising Differences Between White and Brown Rice, and Pi Almost Legally Changed to 3.2
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2020-03-13
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Myths and Science of Binaural Beats, How to Talk About Historical Injustices, and Australian Dingos Evolved from Pet Dogs
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2020-03-12
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Protecting Yourself from Hearing Loss (w/ David Owen) and Why Woolly Mammoths Went Extinct
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2020-03-11
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Why Yoga Reduces Depression, Why Plastic Bag Fees Work So Well, and How Bumblebees Can Carry So Much
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2020-03-10
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Pop Songs Are Getting Sadder, Mysterious Radio Signals from Outer Space, and It Pays to “Just Be Yourself”
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2020-03-09
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Astronomy’s Problem with Starlink (w/ Vivienne Baldassare) and Why Toilet Paper Is White
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2020-03-06
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Boost Self-Control by Asking for Support, Gene-Stealing Organisms, and How Lipreading Works in the Brain
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2020-03-05
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