Episodes

• Short Ape-ttention Span Theater

  A new study using eye-tracking software finds that chimps enjoy watching movies featuring humans dressed in ape costumes. Even more surprising, the primates are able to anticipate story turns based on previous viewings. Jeff and Anthony wonder if the eventual …

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  September 30, 2015Episodes

• Stupid Human Tricks

  A Shaolin monk in China recently ran 125 meters across 200 thin planks of wood floating on the water, an incredibly difficult and unprecedented feat some have dubbed “running on water”. He trained for 10 years to accomplish this task, …

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  September 28, 2015Episodes

• Bucket Up

  While many people derided the ice bucket challenge that spread over social media in 2014 as “slacker activism”, the truth is that the huge surge in funds from the campaign has been credited for a major new breakthrough in fighting …

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  September 25, 2015Episodes

• Ominous Hominid

  Amateur cave explorers in South Africa’s famous Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site recently made a remarkable discovery: exquisitely preserved remains of a previously unknown evolutionary human ancestor. This new species, dubbed Homo Naledi, has some very strange physical features, …

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  September 23, 2015Episodes

• Hyper Sleep Hype

  Biomedical scientist Mark Roth believes that suspended animation is within reach. He is conducting experiments using Elemental Reducing Agents to slow down cells’ oxygen burning, and predicts that in 40 years this procedure will be used to shut the body …

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  September 21, 2015Episodes

• Blue Period

  There is evidence to suggest that human beings may not have seen the color blue until modern times. No word for blue shows up in ancient texts, and no one seemed to describe things as “blue” until relatively recently in …

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  September 18, 2015Episodes

• Drone the Coop

  A drone recently flew over the wall at the Mansfield Correctional Institution carrying drugs, cellphones, and other illicit paraphernalia, and landed in the prison yard, starting a riot. Jeff and Anthony wonder whose diabolical plan that was, and what the …

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  September 16, 2015Episodes

• It Came From the Audience (LIVE from PAX 2015!!)

  In this special, double-length episode, Anthony and Jeff take topic suggestions directly from the crowd during their live panel at PAX 2015. Subjects include the animal stone age, snake fish, the singularity, Wrestlemania, and much more! This is a very …

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  September 14, 2015Episodes

• Cephalopods from Outer Space (LIVE from PAX 2015!)

  Anthony has an irrational fear of octopi, the eight-armed denizens of the deep. And now, scientists have sequenced the octopus genome and discovered that their DNA is so different from any other creature on Earth that they could be qualified …

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  September 11, 2015Episodes

• Monkey Sear, Monkey Chew (LIVE from PAX 2015)

  When given the option between raw and cooked food, chimpanzees seem to prefer the latter, even if it means delaying their gratification. This leads researchers to believe that if given the chance, Chimps would cook their food, as humans do. …

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  September 9, 2015Episodes