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• Alpha Wolf Brain Parasite

  A study of 26 years’ worth of wolf behavioral data, and an analysis of the blood of 229 wolves, has shown that infection with a parasite that can only reproduce in cats makes wolves 46 times more likely to …

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  February 17, 2025Episodes

• Old at 44

  A new study finds that the human body does not age at a constant rate throughout adulthood. Instead, it accelerates dramatically around ages 44 and 60. Jeff and Anthony discuss the findings while trying not to admit how old …

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  January 31, 2025Episodes

• Gut Health Among Friends

  More and more research points to the fact that the microbiome in our gut contributes sigificantly to both our phsyical and mental health. But what defines this microbiome? New analysis of nearly 2,000 people living in remote villages in …

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  January 22, 2025Episodes

• Bat-Powers Can Be Yours

  Contrary to previous assumption, a new study shows that bat-like echolocation is a skill that can be learned by both blind and sighted practitioners in as little as 10 weeks. Anthony and Jeff discuss the ramifications of this discovery, …

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  January 10, 2025Episodes

• Spicy Expectations

  A new study used varying levels of hot sauce to test whether the expectation of spice and discomfort impacted the actual experience. Jeff and Anthony discuss how our brains deal with expectation – and also the way this study …

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  January 1, 2025Episodes

• History’s Greatest Con Man

  In the 19th century, Scottish scammer Gregor MacGregor made a fortune selling land in Poyais. The only problem? Poyais never existed. Jeff and Anthony step through the history of this nortious fraudster, and try to resist parallels to modern …

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  December 13, 2024Episodes

• Not-So-Happy Slappy

  The sport of Slap Fighting has taken the Internet by storm over the last year. But would you believe: it is stupid and dangerous? I KNOW. Jeff and Anthony discuss a new study that says the very good and …

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  October 28, 2024Episodes

• Blue Food

  When you see food that is colored blue, what flavor do you expect it to be? As the rarest color in plants and animals, blue might be the strangest color to eat. Jeff and Anthony dig into the unusual …

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  October 21, 2024Episodes

• Lightning Milk

  Among rural communities in the 18th and 19th centuries, it was taken as fact that a thunderstorm would turn milk sour. Jeff and Anthony look at the journey of scientific discovery around such a strange myth, and what it …

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  October 14, 2024Episodes

• The Strangest Science of 2024

  It’s time to celebrate the strangest, silliest, and most weirdly useful science of the last year! The Ig Nobel Prizes are back, and we’re going to cover this year’s winners.

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  September 23, 2024Episodes