What Is the Shape of This Word?

In this episode of Science Quickly, host Rachel Feltman interviews physician Anuja Dokras about the long road to changing the name of the condition PCOS, or polycystic ovary syndrome, to polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, or PMOS. The conversation covers why “PCOS” was mis ...  Show more

From the mystery of why elevator waits feel endless to the surprisingly tricky problem of splitting a pizza (or even a sandwich) fairly, this episode explores how math shapes everyday experiences in ways you might not expect. Host Rachel Feltman talks with physicist and editor Ma ...  Show more

Are there really dozens of words for snow in northern cultures? What did the movie Arrival have to do with language and cognition? Why are Russians better than Americans at distinguishing certain shades of blue? And what does any of this have to do with space, time, gender, and h ...  Show more

What are the different meanings of the phrase 'to bend over backwards'? 

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Heute erzähle ich dir etwas über die deutsche Sprache. Und zwar über Wörter, die genau gleich gesprochen und geschrieben werden, aber in verschiedenen Zusammenhängen etwas ganz Unterschiedliches bedeuten. Ich erkläre dir, was Teekesselchen und Homonyme sind. Diesen Text hat Matth ...  Show more