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Недавно умер нобелевский лауреат, первооткрыватель структуры ДНК Джеймс Уотсон. В последние десятилетия жизни он стал утверждать, что генетически женщины менее интеллектуально развиты, чем мужчины, а одни расы — чем другие. В этом бонусном эпизоде Илья Колмановский и Андрей Бо ...

«Голый землекоп» возвращается с серией бонусных эпизодов, для которых мы взяли темы старых выпусков и поговорили о новых открытиях, с ними связанных. В первом таком бонусе Илья Колмановский и Андрей Борзенко вспоминают истории об индустрии обезьян на озере Туркана и о самом древн ...  Show more

What do we really know about octopuses? For starters, they don't have 8 tentacles...they're called arms. Did you know they had 3 hearts? 9 brains? And that some people believe they aren't originally from Earth? If you've been lucky enough to catch the Netflix documentary "My Octo ...  Show more

How fast is a porta-potty slingshot? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and professional stuntman and comedian, Steve-O, break down the science of Jackass, explosions, and what it takes to survive the laws of physics. 

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So imagine that all of the reports of UFO's, visitations and alien abductions were true...but sort of not? Confused? How about instead of "aliens" being alien, they were actually humans travelling back in time from the future to study their origins as a species? This is the thesi ...  Show more

Does size really matter when it comes to our brains? Does a bigger brain mean a smarter person? And how much do we really know about our brains? Michio Kaku, one of the world's most popular science communicators, will join Richard and Peter to help try to answer the big "What IF" ...  Show more