Will-o'-the-Wisp: A Light in the Swamp

In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss Arizona’s Kartchner Caverns, a remarkable milestone in living cave preservation and seasonal home to thousands of bats.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

In this episode of STBYM’s The Monstrefact, Robert discusses the monstrous Kalisk from “Predator: Bad Lands.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

If you've ever bitten into a Wint-O-Green Life Saver candy in the dark, you've probably noticed an accompanying spark of light. Marshall Brain explains the chemistry behind the phenomenon known as triboluminescence in this episode.

While Fred and Andrew head off on an end of year break....we dip back into our recent past and bring you one of our 'all-questions' episodes for a repeat run, just in case you missed it the first time or simply need a refresh.

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This 2018 episode covers an even from June 30, 1908, when at approximately 7:15am, the sky over Siberia lit up with what was described by witnesses as a massive fireball, or the sky engulfed in fire. For the last century, scientists have been trying to figure out exactly what hap ...  Show more

Creating fire was possibly the most important human discovery, but it's easy to take for granted. But. Josh and Chuck get to the bottom of the chemistry of fire in their quest to explain everything in the universe, in this classic episode.