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David M. Howard

Can we recreate the voice of a 3,000-year-old mummy?

Posted Jun 2023
11:56

Normand Voyer

Are life-saving medicines hiding in the world's coldest places?

Posted May 2023
4:58

G. Richard Scott

Why do we have crooked teeth when our ancestors didn't?

Posted May 2023
8:08

Prosanta Chakrabarty

The new natural history

Posted Apr 2023
5:14

Kathryn M. Stephenson and David L. Suskind

What is a poop transplant, and how does it work?

Posted Apr 2023
5:43

Susan Freitas and Darren Parker

How does this all-female species reproduce?

Posted Apr 2023
4:44

Malachy McHugh

How stretching actually changes your muscles

Posted Mar 2023
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Michael Middlebrooks

The fantastically weird world of photosynthetic sea slugs

Posted Mar 2023
9:23

Saad Bhamla

The fascinating physics of insect pee

Posted Feb 2023
5:14

Shannon N. Tessier

Can you freeze your body and come back to life?

Posted Feb 2023
5:06

Shannon Odell

When are you actually an adult?

Posted Jan 2023
5:32

Miles Zhang

The bizarre world of parasitic wasps

Posted Jan 2023
11:59

Colin Averill

How to harness the ancient partnership between forests and fungi

Posted Jan 2023
4:26

Glynnis Hood

Why do beavers build dams?

Posted Jan 2023
10:45

Christine Blume

How daylight could help you sleep

Posted Dec 2022
9:13

Sofia Crespo

AI-generated creatures that stretch the boundaries of imagination

Posted Nov 2022
11:03

Jason W. Chin

A virus-resistant organism — and what it could mean for the future

Posted Oct 2022
4:42

Kenny Coogan

This weird trick will help you summon an army of worms

Posted Jul 2022
4:43

Liesbeth Demuyser

What causes yeast infections, and how do you get rid of them?

Posted Jul 2022
4:46

Noah R. Bressman and Douglas Fudge

The world's slimiest animal

Posted Jul 2022
52:49

Lucy Cooke

What can animals teach us about sex and gender?

Posted Jul 2022
5:36

Tierney Thys and Christian Sardet

Meet the microbes that could eat your trash

Posted Jul 2022
4:34

Judy Grisel

How does alcohol cause hangovers?

Posted Jul 2022
4:43

Grace Smith-Viduarre and Tim Wright

Why can parrots talk?

Posted Jun 2022
4:52

Luka Seamus Wright

These animals are also plants ... wait, what?

Posted Jun 2022
4:44

Victoria Hwang

What is the rarest color in nature?

Posted Jun 2022
4:54

Roni Shanoada

How does heart transplant surgery work?

Posted May 2022
9:01

Ermias Kebreab

What seaweed and cow burps have to do with climate change

Posted Mar 2022
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Thomas W. Cronin

Which animal has the best eyesight?

Posted Jan 2022
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Emma Bryce

Why do cats have vertical pupils?

Posted Jan 2022
5:53

Gowri Shankar

A king cobra bite — and a scientific discovery

Posted Dec 2021
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Steve Rothstein

Would you raise the bird that murdered your children?

Posted Dec 2021
4:20

Alayna Vaughan

Why do some people snore so loudly?

Posted Nov 2021
5:26

Jeffrey A. Lockwood

Are locust plagues unstoppable?

Posted Nov 2021
12:40

Isha Datar

How we could eat real meat without harming animals

Posted Oct 2021
9:49

Mads Tang-Christensen

The brain science of obesity

Posted Oct 2021