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Unexplainable

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

It’s surprisingly hard to predict how clouds form, move, and change, but it’s essential to try. Beca

Last month, physicists at Fermilab in Illinois found that tiny subatomic particles called muons were

For decades, scientists thought that placebos only worked if patients didn’t know they were taking t

In 2016, the UN declared antibiotic-resistant bacteria the “greatest and most urgent global risk.” O

Every day, untold numbers of strange organisms rise from the middle of the ocean to its surface. The

Scientists don’t understand why so many people suffer from Covid-19 symptoms for months, well after

A decade ago, psychologists realized much of their science was fatally flawed, calling untold number

For millennia, people have been reporting stories of mysterious spheres of light that glow, crackle,

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

Sixty years ago, geologists tried to drill down through the Earth’s crust to pull up a piece of the

Believe it or not, scientists still don't know how the sense of smell works. But they're looking at

Scientists all over the world are searching for dark matter: an invisible, untouchable substance tha

Scientists don’t know what 95% of the universe is made of. They don’t know how a bike stays up. They