BrainStuff (Podcast)

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  • Premiered: Jul 2008
  • Episodes: 2553
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Season 2014
2014x1
When you have an itch, what's happening under your skin?
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Jan 01, 2014
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2014x2
How does a CB radio antenna work?
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Jan 03, 2014
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2014x3
How do stabilizer bars work?
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Jan 08, 2014
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2014x4
What is the difference between hardwood and softwood?
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Jan 15, 2014
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2014x5
What can you do to make yourself really unhappy?
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Jan 29, 2014
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2014x6
What is making my backyard sparkle at night?
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Jan 31, 2014
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2014x7
Can cans and string really be used like a telephone?
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Feb 03, 2014
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2014x8
How do jet engines start?
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Feb 05, 2014
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2014x9
Why doesn't gasoline burn cleanly?
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Feb 08, 2014
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2014x10
How does a movie clapperboard work?
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Feb 10, 2014
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2014x11
How do photochromatic lenses work?
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Feb 12, 2014
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2014x12
Why does the moon look bigger when it's near the horizon?
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Feb 14, 2014
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2014x13
How can you measure the height of a tall tower?
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Feb 17, 2014
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2014x14
How does the lighter in a barbeque grill work?
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Feb 19, 2014
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2014x15
Why do tools have "drop forged" stamped on them?
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Feb 21, 2014
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2014x16
Could I see a flashlight beam from Earth on the moon?
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Feb 24, 2014
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2014x17
What makes your knuckles pop?
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Feb 26, 2014
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2014x18
How do mood rings work?
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Feb 28, 2014
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2014x19
What causes poison ivy blisters?
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Mar 03, 2014
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2014x20
Where did the potato chip come from?
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Mar 05, 2014
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2014x21
How do smoke detectors intercommunicate?
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Mar 07, 2014
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2014x22
What is a Nor’easter?
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Mar 10, 2014
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2014x23
Tiny Houses
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Mar 19, 2014
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2014x24
What is a stratospheric aerosol?
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Mar 24, 2014
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2014x25
How are LCD screens backlit?
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Mar 26, 2014
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2014x26
What is a funicular railway?
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Mar 28, 2014
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2014x27
What happens when pregnant women smoke cigarettes?
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Mar 31, 2014
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2014x28
What is an IP address?
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Apr 02, 2014
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2014x29
How does satellite Internet work?
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Apr 07, 2014
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2014x30
What is low-power FM (LPFM)?
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Apr 09, 2014
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2014x31
How do self-cleaning ovens work?
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Apr 18, 2014
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2014x32
How does hemp work?
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Apr 21, 2014
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2014x33
How do hopping cars work?
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Apr 25, 2014
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2014x34
What is a rice krispy?
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Apr 28, 2014
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2014x35
What is a blowout preventer?
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Apr 30, 2014
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2014x36
What makes glass transparent?
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May 02, 2014
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2014x37
What is Windows Safe Mode?
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May 05, 2014
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2014x38
What makes us yawn?
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May 07, 2014
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2014x39
What Happens to Blood During the Embalming Process?
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May 12, 2014
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2014x40
What do the yellow and black wires in a home telephone jack do?
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May 14, 2014
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2014x41
How Liquid Smoke Works
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May 19, 2014
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2014x42
How Phones Work During Power Outages
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May 21, 2014
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2014x43
How Light Wave Interference Works
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May 23, 2014
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2014x44
How can I recover a deleted file from my computer?
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May 26, 2014
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2014x45
What would happen if the polar ice caps melted?
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Jun 04, 2014
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2014x46
How do the Northern Lights work?
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Jun 06, 2014
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2014x47
What is a light year?
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Jun 09, 2014
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2014x48
How do space suits work?
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Jun 11, 2014
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2014x49
Why does my hard drive make that churning sound?
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Jun 20, 2014
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2014x50
How does water desalination work?
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Jun 23, 2014
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2014x51
What is a medical leech?
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Jun 25, 2014
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2014x52
Why does hydrogen peroxide foam when you put it on a cut?
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Jul 02, 2014
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2014x53
How big is the universe?
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Jul 04, 2014
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2014x54
Should you turn your computer off when it's not in use?
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Jul 07, 2014
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2014x55
What do those diamond-shaped signs on buildings mean?
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Jul 09, 2014
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2014x56
What is an Omega-3 fatty acid?
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Jul 11, 2014
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2014x57
Why can you hear the ocean in a seashell?
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Jul 14, 2014
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2014x58
What is market capitalization?
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Jul 24, 2014
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2014x59
How much sugar do they really put in soda?
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Jul 28, 2014
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2014x60
Why does lettuce stored in a bag stay fresh longer?
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Jul 30, 2014
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2014x61
How do one-way mirrors work?
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Aug 01, 2014
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2014x62
What is the right way to remove a leech?
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Aug 06, 2014
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2014x63
Why do electric plugs have holes?
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Aug 08, 2014
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2014x64
Why do limbs fall asleep?
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Aug 11, 2014
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2014x65
How Color Blindness Works
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Aug 13, 2014
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2014x66
Why do cats have whiskers?
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Aug 15, 2014
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2014x67
How Cooking at High Altitudes Works
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Aug 18, 2014
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2014x68
How does popcorn work?
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Aug 20, 2014
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2014x69
How do calorie meters work?
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Aug 22, 2014
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2014x70
How did the moon get there?
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Aug 25, 2014
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2014x71
Is it possible to rescue water-soaked electronics?
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Sep 03, 2014
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2014x72
Where should I sit to get the best ride on a roller coaster?
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Sep 05, 2014
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2014x73
What is Low-E glass?
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Sep 08, 2014
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2014x74
How do big city shell and three-card monte games work?
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Sep 10, 2014
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2014x75
How do gasoline direct injection engines work?
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Sep 15, 2014
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2014x76
How often do state quarters come out?
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Sep 19, 2014
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2014x77
How do flies breathe?
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Sep 22, 2014
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2014x78
How can water cut through steel?
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Sep 24, 2014
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2014x79
How valuable is exercise to your health?
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Sep 26, 2014
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2014x80
How do terrorist bombs work?
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Oct 06, 2014
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2014x81
What is superconductivity?
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Oct 08, 2014
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2014x82
What is a fossil?
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Oct 10, 2014
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2014x83
Is it possible to carbonate your own water?
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Oct 13, 2014
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2014x84
Is there a way to detect illegal phone taps?
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Oct 15, 2014
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2014x85
Do you have a hidden savant inside your brain?
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Oct 24, 2014
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2014x86
How do kosher foods work?
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Oct 27, 2014
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2014x87
What does "not guilty by reason of insanity" mean?
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Oct 29, 2014
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2014x88
How can we eliminate fossil fuels?
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Oct 31, 2014
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2014x89
Why do Wint-O-Green Life Savers spark in the dark?
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Nov 03, 2014
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2014x90
How does a credit card's magnetic stripe work?
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Nov 05, 2014
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2014x91
When I pay by check, where does that check go?
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Nov 07, 2014
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2014x92
How many people work at a Formula 1 pit stop?
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Nov 12, 2014
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2014x93
What is the worst invasive public species?
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Nov 14, 2014
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2014x94
Why is carbon monoxide so poisonous?
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Nov 19, 2014
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2014x95
How do scratch-and-sniff stickers work?
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Nov 21, 2014
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2014x96
Why is a popsicle called a quiescently frozen confection?
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Nov 24, 2014
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2014x97
How do people pull large objects with their teeth?
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Nov 26, 2014
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2014x98
How do polymer crystals work, and why do they absorb so much water?
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Nov 28, 2014
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2014x99
Why can't a couch potato run a marathon?
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Dec 03, 2014
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2014x100
What is chewing gum made of?
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Dec 05, 2014
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2014x101
How does Nitroglycerin work?
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Dec 08, 2014
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2014x102
How does fusion power work?
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Dec 10, 2014
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2014x103
How High-level Nuclear Waste Works
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Dec 12, 2014
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2014x104
Is there a way to compare a human being to an engine?
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Dec 17, 2014
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2014x105
Why are my power bills so high?
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Dec 22, 2014
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2014x106
How Replacing Toilets Works
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Dec 24, 2014
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2014x107
How long before sharks start going extinct?
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Dec 29, 2014
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2014x108 Season finale
What's the birthday paradox?
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Dec 31, 2014
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