Do you know about snow? ❄️

This episode is Part 2 of our Weird and Wonderful series — and if Part 1 was about pain and itching and boo boos, Part 2 is about the other kind of body science. The kind that makes you giggle a little. Grown-ups: we value your feedback. Our email and message link are in the epis ...  Show more

In this listener questions episode we try to answer questions about our bodies. Why things hurt. Why things itch. And why our body sometimes does things that seem completely strange - until science explains them. Grown-ups: we value your feedback. Our email and message link are i ...  Show more

Sure, snow is one of those amazing natural wonders that we so often take for granted, but this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind is more concerned with the weirder corners of our winter wonderland. We're talking pink snow, black snow, blood snow, blue snow, alien snow, conspi ...

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Well here in Texas, we just suffered through an intense freeze. And many a plant became a casualty of the cold, but why? What's going on at the molecular level that causes freezing temperatures to be bad for many plants? And is t ...

Are you ready to uncover the mind-bending secrets of our universe? Join us as we reveal the unexpected truth about the formation of habitable planets and the potential for multiple habitable worlds within a single solar system. You won't believe how many habitable planets could e ...  Show more

Un vieil homme seul voit un flocon de neige tombé dans son jardin se transformer en une ravissante jeune fille… La légende d’une princesse de neige (parfois appelée Snégourotchka ) prend différentes formes en Russie. Elle a inspiré plusieurs compositeurs. Mais c’est la musique sc ...  Show more