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Something unexpected at the North Pole, World Toilet Day and other toilet news, why golf balls have …
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Dimpled Cars
A listener asks: Would the dimples on a golf ball also speed up a car or an airplane?
Father Pheromones
Fathers may emit pheromones that keep their daughters young.
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Your birthday greetings to us, hopeful news about malaria in Africa, robots that can recover from …
Resilient Robots
Scientists are developing robots that can recognize and compensate for injuries.
Money Mentality
Thinking about money can encourage both self-reliance and self-centeredness.
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Our special birthday show! A louse killer that's evolution-proof, what comes after Hubble, the …
Inheriting Expressions
New evidence suggests we may inherit our facial expressions from our parents.
Vitamin C Plastics
Adding vitamin C could make molecule-by-molecule plastics manufacturing commercially viable.
Changing Physics
A listener asks: Was physics different when the universe was young?
Iceberg Songs
Scientists are listening to the sounds icebergs make, and trying to figure out what they mean.
Color Categories
Despite dramatic differences in the number of categories and color names, people categorize colors …