Episodes
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Organ Donor Car’d
As self-driving cars become the norm, road deaths due to driver error will begin to diminish. It’s a transformative advancement, but one that comes with consequences in an unexpected place: organ donation. Jeff and Anthony discuss whether a smaller amount …
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Flesh and Tome
A few years ago, three separate books were discovered in Harvard University’s library that had particularly strange-looking leather covers. Upon further inspection, it was discovered that the smooth binding was actually human flesh… in one case, skin allegedly harvested from …
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Mech it Yourself
Some South Koreans have built a mech, and it has taken its first steps. Designed by a veteran of science fiction blockbusters, the 13 foot tall, 1.5 ton Method-2 towers over a room on the outskirts of Seoul, and will …
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Bat Signals
Researchers recently used a machine learning algorithm to decode the squeaks Egyptian fruit bats make in their roost, revealing that they “speak” to one another as individuals. It turns out, not only do they communicate, but they also argue – …
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Color Be Mine
Artist Stuart Semple, creator the world’s ‘pinkest paint’, has a new invention – the world’d ‘glitteriest glitter’. The product has been made available to everyone, as long as buyers ensured that it would not make its way “into the hands …
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Toyota Care-ola
The 2015 Japanese census laid out a frightening realization for the country: its population is shrinking. In just five years, between 2010 and 2015, Japan’s population shrunk by almost 1 million. But while everyone is quick to blame so-called “parasite …
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Do Run Run Run
A new study suggests that high intensity aerobic activity that requires sustained, repetitive locomotor and navigational skills may stress cognitive domains in ways that lead to altered brain connectivity, which in turn has implications for understanding the beneficial role of …
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Hiding with a Chance of Meatballs
Ikea is urging teenagers to stop creeping into its stores and having illegal sleepovers. About 10 “non-sponsored sleepovers” have been logged across the world by the Swedish furniture giant this year. The craze appears to have been started by two …
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What’s in Bad Movie?
Hundreds of people online have shared memories of a cheesy Nineties movie called “Shazaam”, in which the standup comic Sinbad played a genie. There is no evidence that such a film was ever made. What does this tell us about …
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