Episodes

• English as a Sullen Language

  While investigating non-English words associated with positive emotions and concepts, a British researcher recently discovered 216 foreign words for which there is no English translation. The conclusion being that without words for so many positive emotions, perhaps English speakers represent …

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  February 22, 2016Episodes

• Southern Cuddle Circle (LIVE from PAX South 2016!)

  A very different kind of episode of We Have Concerns, this one was recorded live at the PAX South convention in San Antonio Texas, and consists entirely of questions from the audience. It also features not one, but two eulogies …

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  February 19, 2016Episodes

• Black Death of Journalism

  An article on Fox News says that scientists from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Germany have reconstructed the Black Death! Oh no, we’re all doomed! Why would scientists bring back a long dormant killer …

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  February 17, 2016Episodes

• A Prairie Vole’s Home Companion (LIVE from PAX South 2016!)

  The prairie vole, unlike 97 percent of mammals, are monogamous, forming bonds that last long after mating, and scientists have been doing experiments to try to understand if the hormone they share with humans – oxytocin – may be the …

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  February 15, 2016Episodes

• Spectacular Spider-Plan

  Jumping spiders, members of the Salticidae family of arachnids, have a level of cognizance rarely seen in creatures of their diminutive size, which enables them to plan ahead and work out the most appropriate route to catch their prey. Scientists …

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  February 13, 2016Episodes

• Whateverlasting Life (LIVE from PAX South 2016)

  Australian startup company Humai claims to be working on a way to transfer a person’s consciousness into an artificial body after they’ve died. This is something Anthony and Jeff have been dying to see happen, but they have some serious …

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  February 10, 2016Episodes

• Chubmunks

  The exceptionally mild winter in many areas of the world caused by global climate change has led to squirrels across Europe and North America piling on the pounds. They prepare for frigid temperatures that never come, and end up larger …

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  February 8, 2016Episodes

• Planet 9 From Outer Space

  Astronomers at the California Institute of Technology announced that they have found new evidence of a giant icy planet lurking in the darkness of our solar system far beyond the orbit of Pluto. They are calling it “Planet Nine.” Jeff …

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  February 5, 2016Episodes

• No Croaking Zone

  In the Norwegian town of Longyearbyen, it is forbidden to die. The reason? The Arctic region is so cold year-round, that bodies simply do not decompose. Anthony and Jeff are fascinated by anywhere that asks you to kindly leave town …

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  February 3, 2016Episodes

• Mantis! 3D

  The praying mantis is the only known invertebrate with 3D perception, so, of course, scientists have created tiny 3D glasses and a tiny theater to test whether the same kinds of 3D techniques used for humans will work on them, …

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  February 1, 2016Episodes