Why Do We Say 'Close, But No Cigar'?

The @ sign goes by many names today, but it's only so commonplace because of medieval merchants and one 1970s programmer. Learn more about the at sign (or arroba, Klammeraffe, strudel, grisehale, or gül) in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://people.howstuf ...  Show more

A human fetus doesn't develop retinas until around gestational week 28. Learn how researchers have tried to figure out what babies can see in the few remaining weeks before they're born in this classic episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://health.howstuffworks.com ...  Show more

How did factory workers in the 1920s pass the time while rolling cigars?  Chris is on a mission to prove his creative genius as he interviews a man from 1925 Florida who proves that the key to making the perfect Cuban cigar isn’t in the tobacco, it’s in the art of storytelling. S ...  Show more

Why is Neil trying to smoke a cigar in the studio? Learn an English expression about almost succeeding 

The Washington Post published an article revealing that the CIA secretly owned and operated an encryption company for decades. How did that happen and what does it mean? And what lessons should we learn from it?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Saviez-vous qu'on fumait notre première cigarette à 14 ans et demi ? Saviez-vous qu'au bout de 48h d'arrêt on retrouvait le goût et l'odorat ? Voici 5 choses à savoir... sur le Tabac. Hébergé par Audion. Visitez https://www.audion.fm/fr/privacy-policy pour plus d’informations.