Short Stuff: Feed A Cold, Starve a Fever

It turns out that lasers are even cooler than they look. And as far as acronyms go, they’re pretty solid in that respect too. There’s way too much cool stuff about lasers to tease here so listen to this old school SYSK episode and let lasers blow away.See omnystudio.com/listener ...  Show more

In the late 90s, a strange musical instrument was excavated under the streets of CDMX. Listen in to learn all about the Aztec Death Whistle. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

A submitted story of being food shamed. 

En Chine, boire de l’eau chaude est une tradition culturelle profondément enracinée, associée à des bienfaits pour la santé, et qui trouve ses origines dans la médecine traditionnelle chinoise ainsi que dans des pratiques sociales et pratiques anciennes.

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It's a classic trope of crime stories and folklore across the planet: a criminal due for execution is granted one last meal as a send-off to the afterlife. But where exactly does this strange practice come from? The Biblical Last Supper is by far the most famous example of a last ...  Show more

Flu season is upon us. Don your surgical mask, get jacked up on Vitamin C, and embrace obsessive-compulsive disorder in any form that involves non-stop hand sterilization. Someone's a-sneezing and if you don't watch out, it's gonna be you. In this lesson, learn to ...