Stuff to blow your mind
Stuff To Blow Your Mind
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Grunting the Conqueror Worm
Behold the conqueror earthworm, a creature introduced to North America ...
Behold the conqueror earthworm, a creature introduced to North America mere centuries ago and now virtually unstoppable. And yet some humans know the means of summoning these worms from the Earth using only music or the rhythmic rubbing of stakes. In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Julie take you inside the world of worm grunting.
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A Cuppa Joe
Just what's in a cup of coffee? Why does it ...
Just what's in a cup of coffee? Why does it make us feel so invincible and why does it make us poop so much? Find out in this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind.
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How to Beat the Thought Police
Want to know how to beat a polygraph test? How ...
Want to know how to beat a polygraph test? How about current and near-future fMRI lie detection tests? In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Julie take you to the place where neuroscience and criminal investigation collide.
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Isolation Chambers: Float Follow-Up
In a previous episode, Robert and Julie discussed the science ...
In a previous episode, Robert and Julie discussed the science of sensory deprivation chambers and now they’re back from their own first-hand experiences inside the womb-to-tomb wet box.
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Clocking In
What is time? What’s the best way to measure it? ...
What is time? What’s the best way to measure it? And is it all an illusion anyway? In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Julie discuss the fourth dimension and the clock on the wall.
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Summer Reading: Guest Picks
In this special episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, ...
In this special episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Julie invite six guests to share their recommendations for summer reading. You’ll hear from science author Mary Roach, musician DJ Food and author David Barnett. Plus fellow HowStuffWorks podcast hosts Cristen Conger, Lauren Vogelbaum and Tracy V. Wilson pop in with titles as well.
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Summer Reading: Robert and Julie’s Picks
Once again, your Robert and Julie are here to share ...
Once again, your Robert and Julie are here to share some summer reading recommendations with their curious listeners. Explore their delightful buffet of science, sci-fi, children’s books, literary fiction and graphic novels. Something here might just make your summer.
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The Quietest Room in the World
In Minneapolis, MN there’s a room that blocks 99.99 percent ...
In Minneapolis, MN there’s a room that blocks 99.99 percent of all sound. It’s a place of intense silence, intense calm and possibly intense madness. What happens when things are too quite? Robert and Julie explore in this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind.
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Sensory Deprivation Chambers
Fancy a return to the womb? Ready to shut off ...
Fancy a return to the womb? Ready to shut off the world of senses and dive into the inner you? Well, the sensory deprivation chamber awaits you. In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Julie breakdown the science of the womb-to-tomb wet box.
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Finnish Ed
STEM education in the US has been on educators and ...
STEM education in the US has been on educators and policymakers’ minds. One of the reasons is that the US has become far less competitive in terms of turning out a knowledge-based society. Could Finland hold the answer to raising a generation of science literate brainiacs? Stuff to Blow Your Mind travels to Finland (metaphorically) to find out.
