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BrainStuff

Whether the topic is popcorn or particle physics, you can count on BrainStuff to explore -- and explain -- the everyday science in the world around us.

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8:19

How Do Pelicans Work?

BrainStuff ·

2024/08/14

Pelicans use their huge gular pouch to easily scoop up fish in water but consume only the fish. Learn more about them in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://animals.howstuffworks.com/birds/pelican-bill-vs-belly.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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8:55

How Can You Prepare for a Hurricane?

BrainStuff ·

2024/08/13

Having a plan in place when a hurricane approaches can help keep you safe -- and take some of the stress out of these scary storms. Learn the basics of hurricane preparedness in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://home.howstuffworks.com/home-improvement/household-safety/prepare-for-hurricane.htm Go to Ready.gov for more info.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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8:39

How Was the Barbie Doll Invented?

BrainStuff ·

2024/08/12

Barbie is an American icon now -- but she wasn't an instant success, and she actually has roots in a slightly ribald German cartoon from the 1950s. Learn how Ruth Handler made Barbie a phenomenon in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/barbie-history.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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6:53

How Does the Blue-Tongued Skink Work?

BrainStuff ·

2024/07/30

These blue-tongued lizards look like snakes with stubby legs -- and that's just one feature they use to make predators think they're more dangerous than they are. Learn more (including why they can make great pets for an experienced owner) in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://animals.howstuffworks.com/animal-facts/blue-tongued-skink.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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7:08

How Can Forest Fires Be Beneficial?

BrainStuff ·

2024/07/29

Although wildfires can be scary, serious disasters, forests and the animals that inhabit them can actually benefit from fires. Learn how controlled burns work and why they help wildlife in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/how-forest-fire-benefit-living-things-.htm/printableSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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5:41

BrainStuff Classics: What Is Light?

BrainStuff ·

2024/07/28

Is light a particle or a wave? Or both? Or neither? Learn how humans have defined light throughout history -- including our best attempts today -- in this classic episode of BrainStuff.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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7:14

BrainStuff Classics: Why Are Peat Bogs So Good at...

BrainStuff ·

2024/07/27

Human bodies buried in bogs can retain some features -- like perfectly preserved skin, right down to forehead wrinkles -- for thousands of years. Learn how this natural mummification process works in today's classic episode of BrainStuff.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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5:05

How Did the Word 'Hack' Get Hacked?

BrainStuff ·

2024/07/26

The word 'hack' was once simply a verb meaning to cut roughly -- it's now a noun and verb with several meanings, from a bad writer to computer criminal. Learn how it transformed in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://people.howstuffworks.com/word-hack.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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7:59

How Do Sharks' Senses Work?

BrainStuff ·

2024/07/25

Sharks are such successful hunters in part because their senses are so well-adapted to finding prey in the water. Learn about sharks' senses of smell, hearing, sight, taste, and electroreception in this episode of BrainStuff, based on these articles: https://animals.howstuffworks.com/fish/sharks/shark-senses.htm/printable; https://animals.howstuffworks.com/fish/sharks/shark-yummy-hum.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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8:30

How Did Annie Londonderry Rock the World on a Bicycle?

BrainStuff ·

2024/07/15

The first woman to ride around the world on a bicycle embarked in 1894, a time when it was still a little scandalous for women to ride bikes at all. Learn the story of Annie 'Londonderry' Kopchovsky in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-figures/annie-londonderry.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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4:45

Is It Safe to Eat Raw Oysters During Any Month?

BrainStuff ·

2024/07/06

You may have heard that you shouldn't eat oysters in any month without the letter R in its name. Learn where this idea came from -- and why it's not true anymore -- in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://health.howstuffworks.com/food-nutrition/raw-oysters-are-safe-to-eat-every-month-year.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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7:24

How Do Space Bathrooms Work?

BrainStuff ·

2024/07/05

Using the bathroom in near-zero gravity is exactly as tricky as it sounds. Learn how space bathrooms have worked (and sometimes not worked) in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://science.howstuffworks.com/10-moments-space-bathrooms.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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7:10

How Do Bald Eagles Work?

BrainStuff ·

2024/07/04

These large, intelligent North American birds weren't everyone's first choice for a United States icon. Learn more about bald eagles in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://animals.howstuffworks.com/birds/bald-eagles.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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6:21

Why Do Music and Art Move Us?

BrainStuff ·

2024/06/25

It seems miraculous that art can be so moving, but there are several scientific theories about it. Learn what we know (and what we don't) in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/emotions/music-and-art-move-us.htm/printableSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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6:11

BrainStuff Classics: Are the Dare Stones Forgeries or...

BrainStuff ·

2024/06/24

In the 1930s, stones surfaced that might explain what happened to the settlers of the lost colony of Roanoke. Learn their story -- plus how modern science might help determine whether they're real -- in this classic episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/dare-stones-forgery-or-key-to-lost-colony-roanoke-mystery.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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4:21

BrainStuff Classics: Why Do Bruises Change Color?

BrainStuff ·

2024/06/23

Bruises can turn a rainbow of colors before they heal -- but why? Learn the science behind color-changing contusions in this classic episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://health.howstuffworks.com/skin-care/information/health-factors/why-do-bruises-change-colors-as-heal.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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7:02

Could You Hear In Space?

BrainStuff ·

2024/06/22

Sound needs matter to travel through -- and matter is scattered pretty far and wide in space. Learn more about how hearing works and how space works in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://science.howstuffworks.com/humans-hear-in-space.htm/printableSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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7:50

How Do Dingoes Work (and Did One Really Eat a Baby?)

BrainStuff ·

2024/06/21

Dingoes are Australia's wiley wild canines -- and yes, they can be dangerous to humans. Learn about the origin of this pop culture phrase in today's episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://animals.howstuffworks.com/mammals/dingo.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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7:42

How Did Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation Work?

BrainStuff ·

2024/06/19

The Emanicaption Proclamation didn't immediately free any enslaved people -- it wasn't meant to. Learn how it succeeded at its actual purpose -- demoralizing the Confederacy -- in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/lincoln-emancipation-proclamation.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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6:58

How Do Pickles Work?

BrainStuff ·

2024/06/18

Pickled cucumbers are a simple snack favored by everyone from deli-goers to Cleopatra. Learn the science and history behind pickling in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://recipes.howstuffworks.com/food-science/pickle-history.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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