The Number Zero Might Be Older Than We Though...

Light and tender fried fish plated with crisp fried potatoes is a classic English comfort meal, but it's only a little over a century old. Learn the history of fish and chips in today's classic episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://people.howstuffworks.com/culture ...  Show more

Lemmings are small, fierce rodents that make their home in Arctic environments -- and (spoiler alert) the idea that they kill themselves by following each other off cliffs is a myth. Learn what Disney had to do with it (and what lemmings are really like) in today's episode of Bra ...  Show more

Discover the surprising journey of the number zero and its late arrival in Western thought. Listen to the "Did You Know" podcast for fun history facts! Find the full transcript of this episode and learn more about it on https://englishpluspodcast.com/mind-blowing-math-europe-didn ...  Show more

Zero, which was invented late in history, is special among numbers. New studies are uncovering how the brain creates something out of nothing.

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Today, time travel fiction is everywhere – and we understand the cosmos enough to even speculate what is and isn’t possible. But how old is the notion of travel through time? What sorts of attitudes and ideas concerning the nature of time were seemingly necessary before humans fi ...  Show more

Today, time travel fiction is everywhere – and we understand the cosmos enough to even speculate what is and isn’t possible. But how old is the notion of travel through time? What sorts of attitudes and ideas concerning the nature of time were seemingly necessary before humans fi ...  Show more