Have We Found the First Planet Outside the Mi...

The tradition of putting diamonds on engagement rings is less than a century old, but some 80% of engagement rings in the U.S. now bear them. Learn how a cartel and an ad campaign created such a pervasive demand for diamonds in today's episode of BrainStuff, based on this article ...  Show more

The police raid and ensuing riots at the Stonewall Inn in June of 1969 became a turning point in queer civil rights because of the larger movement that coalesced around it. Learn about its place in LGBTQIA history in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://hist ...  Show more

The Kepler Telescope has detected hundreds of exoplanets in our galaxy. What's the story behind it and how does it work?

See <a href="https ...

The gargantuan black holes at the centers of galaxies seem impossibly large. How did they grow so large in the short history of our Universe?

How do we know the shape of our galaxy, since we're stuck in the middle of it?

See omnystudio.com ...

Learn about how research into senescent cells and senolytic drugs could change aging. Plus: the Milky Way’s broken arm.Additional resources from Andrew Steele:Pick up "Ageless: The New Science of Getting Older Without Getting Old" at your local bookstore: https://www.indiebound.o ...  Show more