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Do You Fall for Corporate Bullsh*t?
A researcher at Cornell has designed a Coporate Bullsh*t Receptivity Scale, noting that employees most impressed by corporate nonsense may be least equipped to make effective decisions. Jeff and Anthony dig into the findings, and discuss their own encounters …
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Time is Perception
A new study comparing the visual capacity of various animals indicates that the perception of time is linked to the pace of their lives. Anthony and Jeff discuss the ramifications of such a study, and what it might mean …
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Why We Retreat When We’re Sick *FIXED*
Sorry about the truncated episode! This version is fixed! Do you wanna crawl under the house and hide like a dog when you’re sick? You’re not alone. I mean, you’re alone, you’re under the house like a dog. But …
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Why We Retreat When We’re Sick
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A Horse is a Horse, of Course of Course
Two stories this week, both involving horses. In the first, a recent study of unearthed bones in Britan reveals that horses were much smaller in medieval times than they are today. Then, the world of polo is dominated by …
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The AI Social Network
A Reddit-style social network called Moltbook lets AI agents post, comment, upvote, and create subcommunities without human intervention. Anthony and Jeff take a look at this bizarre experiment to suss out why anyone would want this to happen and …
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Microplastics aren’t a big deal
We’ve all spent the last couple years being worried about microplastics- but maybe we shouldn’t be. More experts have reviewed the original study that freaked us all out, and they say it’s full of errors.
Today’s story: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/13/microplastics-human-body-doubt Support …
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You’re selfish and you never think about sea urchins
It’s about time you considered the lowly sea urchin. It’s about time you considered their thoughts and feelings, especially since we have just found out they’ve got thoughts and feelings.
Story: https://www.sciencealert.com/shock-discovery-reveals-sea-urchins-are-basically-all-brain
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Discovering the Noperthedron
Can one six-sided cube seamlessly pass through another of equal size? The answer may surprise you. And the quest to discover convex polyhedrons that don’t behave that way is even wilder. After more than three centuries, a geometry problem …
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How Recent is Recently?
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word ‘recent’ is defined as “having happened or started only a short time ago.” And yet, in the world of scientific publishing, it may be one of the most imprecise terms ever …
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