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Unexplainable takes listeners right up to the edge of what we know … and then keeps on going. Host N

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Total: 173

Close your eyes and try to imagine an apple. Can you see anything? Aphantasia is the inability to se

For thousands of years, there have been four basic tastes recognized across cultures. But thanks to

Dogs can smell cancer, Covid-19, and many other health problems in humans. Now, scientists are tryin

Doctors can save the lives of premature infants, but the process is often painful. Luckily, a soluti

In the same way optical illusions trick our eyes, audio illusions can trick our ears. This raises a

Methane traps more than 80 times as much heat as CO2 over the short term. So we could make a real di

Can science help us predict whether a relationship will succeed? Or is it all just chaos?For more, g

What does it sound like on Mars? On Jupiter? Titan? This collaboration between the podcast Twenty Th

Scientists are constantly searching for asteroids that could crash into Earth. But if they find one,

When scientists examined the DNA of ancient bones found near a Himalayan lake, they were forced to c

In 2017, researchers published an explosive finding: Sperm counts may be declining in some countries

Scientists are closer than ever to harnessing fusion power — the same process that powers the sun —

Noam wrote an end-of-year song with Today, Explained host Sean Rameswaram, so we thought to drop it

Most of the matter in the universe is dark matter, an invisible, untouchable, mysterious substance.

How can we solve the problem of ocean plastic if we don’t know where most of the plastic is?For more

Until 1993, many researchers excluded women from clinical drug trials, leaving doctors in the dark a

Venus is the hottest, scariest planet in the solar system, but billions of years ago it may have bee

Will scientists ever fully understand the human brain? In their quest for knowledge, they’ve tried k

Slime molds can navigate mazes, control robots, and make complicated decisions, all without a centra

Every year, thousands of marine mammals end up trapped on beaches, but it’s often hard to figure out