Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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Stuff To Blow Your Mind

Deep in the back of your mind, you’ve always had the feeling that there’s something strange about reality. There is. Join Robert, Joe and Christian as they examine neurological quandaries, cosmic mysteries, evolutionary marvels and our transhuman future on Stuff To Blow Your Mind, a podcast from HowStuffWorks.com.

Summer Reading: Aliens, Microbes, Cocktails and More

July 20, 2017

01:17:33

The Biophilia Hypothesis

July 18, 2017

01:09:26

Artificial Gravity: Cosmic Wheels and Hurtling Towers

July 13, 2017

01:26:32

Order out of Chaos: How to Create a Universe

July 11, 2017

01:10:24

Cultural Appropriation

July 6, 2017

01:00:10

Sword of the Samurai

July 4, 2017

01:03:26

Ticks, Mites and Mysterious Lone Star Illnesses

June 29, 2017

01:13:17

CRISPR and the Genetic Astronaut

June 27, 2017

01:11:21

Extended Cognition: Brain, Fingers, Web and Krang

June 22, 2017

01:14:18

Name Thy Demons: The Roots of Human Violence

June 20, 2017

01:23:54

AI, Machine Learning and Human Creativity

June 15, 2017

01:20:59

Science Communication Breakdown

June 13, 2017

00:57:31

There But For Science: Blood Navigation

June 8, 2017

01:20:11

The Tower of Babel

June 6, 2017

01:25:50

Neurosecurity: Dawn of the Brain Hackers

June 1, 2017

01:20:23

Height, Health and Human Happiness

May 30, 2017

01:01:25

Five Reasons to Never Take Your Space Helmet Off

May 25, 2017

01:19:22

R. Scott Bakker: On Alien Philosophy & Dark Fantasy

May 23, 2017

01:15:06

Hook Suspension and the Complexity of Pain

May 18, 2017

00:55:15

Escape Velocity: Jack Parsons and the New Magick

May 16, 2017

00:53:58

Weird Wonders of House Gastropoda

May 11, 2017

00:52:18

Jade Immortality: Burial Armor of the Han Dynasty

May 9, 2017

00:44:45

Push the Frontier

May 4, 2017

01:06:16

STBYM Live: Weird Science in the Windy City

May 2, 2017

01:20:18

Listener Mail: In One Ear, Out the Third Eye

April 27, 2017

01:15:47

H. R. Giger and the Biomechanical Soul

April 25, 2017

01:36:03

Where is my mind?

April 20, 2017

01:09:42

Fossil Action Scenes: Dino Birth and Prehistoric Combat

April 18, 2017

01:28:12

Disease Takes Flight on Leathery Wings

April 13, 2017

00:44:11

The Demon-Haunted Mind

April 11, 2017

01:04:15

Beyond the Uncanny Valley

April 6, 2017

00:55:56

Into the Uncanny Valley

April 4, 2017

01:02:44

Sexbots: From Objectification to Therapeutic Surrogates

March 30, 2017

00:59:23

Fertility, Ovulation and Consumer Decision Making

March 28, 2017

01:08:43

Be a Better Guesser With Fermi Estimation

March 23, 2017

01:23:29

Far Below: The London Underground Mosquito

March 21, 2017

00:53:09

Two Minutes To Midnight: The Doomsday Clock

March 16, 2017

00:59:56

The Necessity of Patient Zero

March 14, 2017

00:58:46

Life After Radiation: Sickness, Death and Sustenance

March 9, 2017

01:08:33

One-Armed Bandits: The Science of Slot Machines

March 7, 2017

01:04:50

Mandala: Memory Palace and Simulated Worlds

March 2, 2017

00:52:14

Books of Flesh: Anthropodermic Bibliopegy

Feb. 28, 2017

01:00:32

The Secret Intellect of Animals, Part 2

Feb. 23, 2017

01:20:20

The Secret Intellect of Animals, Part 1

Feb. 21, 2017

01:08:34

The Holy Black Stone of Mecca

Feb. 16, 2017

01:18:25

The Mystery of Crab Boxing

Feb. 14, 2017

00:38:36

Jump Into The Void

Feb. 9, 2017

00:46:54

Scientific Reductionism

Feb. 7, 2017

01:15:28

100 Days Later: Mathematics of a Zombie Apocalypse

Feb. 2, 2017

00:55:31

Chinese Immortality: Elixirs and Enlightened Beings

Jan. 31, 2017

01:14:21

Chinese Zodiac: Superstition, Economics & Destiny

Jan. 26, 2017

01:11:46

Interplanetary War

Jan. 24, 2017

01:53:23

Sailors on a Dark Sea: Political Extremism, Child’s Play

Jan. 19, 2017

01:02:27

Sailors on a Dark Sea: Illusion of Explanatory Depth

Jan. 17, 2017

01:23:20

Mixologia: Potions, Cocktails & Deadly Spirits

Jan. 12, 2017

01:29:02

The Science of Holy Butter

Jan. 10, 2017

00:51:38

The Myth of Green Tea Hallucinations

Jan. 5, 2017

00:56:01

Exorcism/Adorcism

Jan. 3, 2017

01:06:34

What Mind Control Feels Like

Dec. 29, 2016

01:31:38

The Body Illithid: Science of the Mind Flayers

Dec. 27, 2016

01:16:02

Dangerous Foods II: The Second Course

Dec. 22, 2016

01:11:59

A Six Course Feast of Dangerous Foods

Dec. 20, 2016

00:52:39

The Nature of Heroism

Dec. 15, 2016

01:12:53

Euphemisms: Linguistic Transmutation

Dec. 13, 2016

01:22:14

Artes Mathematicall: The Diviner John Dee

Dec. 8, 2016

00:47:01

Artes Mathematicall: The Conjurer John Dee

Dec. 6, 2016

01:07:15

Listener Mail VII: Fill Your Ears

Dec. 1, 2016

01:06:41

Nov. 29, 2016

01:18:11

To The Escape Pod!

Nov. 24, 2016

01:38:29

Is social media driving us insane?

Nov. 22, 2016

01:32:36

I Was Eaten by a Giant Spider

Nov. 18, 2016

01:13:47

A World Before Fire: The Human Flame

Nov. 17, 2016

00:50:04

A World Before Fire: The Terrestrial Anomaly

Nov. 15, 2016

00:41:53

Combat Stims: Better Warriors Through Chemistry

Nov. 10, 2016

01:13:31

Only Child Syndrome: Brats, Myths and Little Emperors

Nov. 8, 2016

01:01:39

Incu-succubi: Demon in the Halls of Sleep

Nov. 1, 2016

01:21:01

Frankenstein: 200 Years of Scientific Dread

Oct. 27, 2016

01:20:02

Creepypasta 3: The SCP Foundation

Oct. 25, 2016

01:28:56

Now I am Become Death: Cotard's Delusion

Oct. 20, 2016

00:46:47

Death Roots: Dreams and Science of Carnivorous Plants

Oct. 18, 2016

01:13:37

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

Oct. 13, 2016

01:25:18

The Creepypasta Experiments

Oct. 11, 2016

01:21:41

The 2016 Ig Nobels: Pale Horses, Dead Flies and Quantified Bullroar

Oct. 6, 2016

01:04:35

The 2016 Ig Nobels: Rat Pants, Mooning and the Sincerity of Rocks

Oct. 4, 2016

01:20:42

Conjoined Dreamers

Sept. 29, 2016

01:20:40

The Nine Dream Worlds of Frederik van Eeden

Sept. 27, 2016

01:23:10

Undead Genes: Genetic Activation After Death

Sept. 22, 2016

00:37:07

Weird Mushrooms!

Sept. 20, 2016

00:54:44

Beyond this Vale of Testing: Post-Empirical Science

Sept. 15, 2016

01:14:52

Scalp Hunters and the Cobra Effect

Sept. 13, 2016

00:58:31

STBYM Live: Prime Directives & Planetary Contamination

Sept. 8, 2016

00:59:39

Chinese Ghost Marriage: The Rite of Mínghūn

Sept. 6, 2016

00:54:18

The Substance of Silence

Aug. 31, 2016

01:08:17

MSG: Umami and Chinese Restaurant Syndrome

Aug. 30, 2016

00:59:59

The Great Transhumanist Rapture War: Part 2

Aug. 25, 2016

00:48:59

The Great Transhumanist Rapture War: Part 1

Aug. 23, 2016

00:53:09

Curious Incident of the Guinea Worm in the Dog

Aug. 18, 2016

00:54:37

OSIRIS-REx: NASA's Journey to the Netherworld

Aug. 16, 2016

00:51:37

Listener Mail VI: The Listener Mailbox of Babel

Aug. 11, 2016

00:48:45

Welcome to the Mosquito Factory

Aug. 9, 2016

00:50:29

Saturn's Brood: Beyond the Outer Ring

Aug. 4, 2016

01:13:22

O Time Thy Pyramids: The Library of Babel

Aug. 2, 2016

01:14:42

Minds of Musical Emptiness

July 28, 2016

00:52:06

The Great Flood

July 26, 2016

00:57:00

The Failings of Forensic Science, Part II

July 21, 2016

00:45:52

The Failings of Forensic Science, Part I

July 19, 2016

01:02:07

Leaping Mullets! Flying Fish! Breaching Sharks!

July 14, 2016

01:21:22

Coral Sex in the Sea (With Guest Marah J. Hardt)

July 12, 2016

01:16:46

Summer Reading 2016: Time Enough at Last

July 7, 2016

01:05:38

Biohacking and the Road to Transhumanism

July 5, 2016

01:35:45

Incomplete/Unfinished

June 30, 2016

01:04:20

Mystery of the Myth-Fleshed Fossil

June 28, 2016

01:10:40

Pieces of a Human: The Science of Artificial Organs

June 23, 2016

01:03:35

A New Kingdom of Life: Synthetic Biology

June 21, 2016

01:03:04

The Forbidden Void: Cases Against Space

June 16, 2016

01:17:09

Colossal: The Science of Human Height

June 14, 2016

01:07:27

Wicker Men, Mock Kings and Ritualized Regicide

June 9, 2016

01:18:05

Penile Transplants (With Special Guest Mary Roach)

June 7, 2016

01:10:37

The Science of Necrophilia

June 1, 2016

01:02:33

The Science of Coincidence

May 31, 2016

00:53:51

Unraveling the Mythic

May 26, 2016

01:10:44

Your Experiences With Aphantasia

May 24, 2016

01:00:01

Akademgorodok: Siberia's Super Science Town

May 19, 2016

00:58:44

Organic Panic: A Dietary Dilemma

May 17, 2016

00:51:56

The Quest for Hollywood Acid

May 12, 2016

01:19:45

Aphantasia: Blindness of the Mind's Eye

May 10, 2016

01:02:03

Cannabis Files: Medical Marijuana

May 5, 2016

00:37:06

Cannabis Files: Humanity's THC Odyssey

May 3, 2016

01:04:56

Listener Mail V: Computing the Hyper-Real

April 28, 2016

01:07:20

Jupiter's Children: A Voyage to the Galilean Moons

April 26, 2016

01:12:02

Tree Man Disease

April 21, 2016

00:49:03

When We Think About Cyborgs

April 19, 2016

01:15:15

Tip of the Tongue

April 14, 2016

00:56:15

Algorithms In The Blood: The P vs. NP Problem

April 12, 2016

00:57:17

Vampire Physics, Mathematics & Evolution

April 7, 2016

00:55:02

Cargoism: Science, Desire and the Cargo Cults

April 5, 2016

01:01:09

The Unsettling Depths of Bird Intelligence

March 31, 2016

01:15:11

Hyper-Real Religion: Pastafarianism and Beyond

March 29, 2016

01:15:36

Wound Mouth of the Undying Hydra

March 24, 2016

00:48:02

Wicked Problems

March 22, 2016

01:03:29

Beekeeping, Ancient Egypt and the Tears of Re

March 17, 2016

01:18:08

Creepypasta 2: Disturbing Smiles & Lidless Eyes

March 15, 2016

01:04:49

Sex Cannibals of the Animal Kingdom

March 10, 2016

01:01:28

Talking Knots in the Inca Kingdom of Fibers

March 8, 2016

01:04:52

Osedax: Sex Life of an Ocean Bone Worm

March 3, 2016

01:07:25

The Medusa Nebula: A Monstrous Beauty of Space

March 1, 2016

00:29:51

Listener Mail IV: The Listening

Feb. 25, 2016

01:02:07

John C. Lilly: Province of the Mind

Feb. 23, 2016

01:19:02

Dreams of Orgonon: Sex, Storms & Death

Feb. 18, 2016

01:15:04

Echoborg: The Computer Controls You

Feb. 16, 2016

00:52:33

Tractable Thunder: Early Days of Electricity, Part 2

Feb. 11, 2016

01:10:17

The Holy Amber: Early Days of Electricity, Part 1

Feb. 9, 2016

00:56:38

Weaponized Animals: From Fire Pigs to Bomb Bats

Feb. 4, 2016

00:41:44

Tooth, Mind and Soul: Dental Modification

Feb. 2, 2016

01:04:25

A Six Course Feast of Dangerous Foods

Jan. 28, 2016

00:56:28

Chinese Zodiac: Superstition, Economics & Destiny

Jan. 26, 2016

01:12:09

Humanzee: Breaking the Species Barrier

Jan. 21, 2016

01:06:29

Space Mirrors: Weapons, Energy & Propulsion

Jan. 19, 2016

00:40:22

X-Files Science Part II: Bugs, Hybrids and Hypnosis

Jan. 14, 2016

01:28:24

X-Files Science Part I: Mutants & Parasites

Jan. 12, 2016

01:20:32

The Stone of Madness

Jan. 7, 2016

00:55:21

New Year's Resolutions: Science and Moral Behavior

Jan. 5, 2016

01:05:40

Pink Snow, Black Snow, Space Snow, Weird Snow

Dec. 31, 2015

00:56:22

The Science of 'Ant-Man'

Dec. 29, 2015

01:07:00

Holiday Monsters & Listener Mail

Dec. 24, 2015

00:58:51

Brain-to-Brain: The Science of Techno-Telepathy

Dec. 22, 2015

01:04:44

Grand Theft Genome: Genestealers in the Wild

Dec. 17, 2015

01:07:04

Twinkle, Twinkle, Killer Child

Dec. 15, 2015

01:04:25

MDMA: Pharmacological Healer

Dec. 10, 2015

00:44:51

MDMA: Pharmacological Ecstasy

Dec. 8, 2015

01:08:55

Better Living Through Tetris

Dec. 3, 2015

00:50:56

Tetris Syndrome: A Mind Made of Blocks

Dec. 1, 2015

01:12:44

Listener Mail: Robot Thanksgiving

Nov. 26, 2015

00:56:40

But, Mom! The Science of Whining

Nov. 24, 2015

00:37:12

The Self-Mummifying Monk

Nov. 19, 2015

00:45:02

Space Weapons: Rods From God

Nov. 17, 2015

00:45:47

The 2015 Ig Nobels: Kisses, Stings & Dino Chickens

Nov. 12, 2015

01:05:47

The 2015 Ig Nobels: Unboiled Eggs & Urine Speed

Nov. 10, 2015

00:56:07

The Fist Punch Theory of Evolution

Nov. 5, 2015

00:44:27

Sanity/Insanity: The Rosenhan Experiment

Nov. 3, 2015

00:46:17

Ghouls: Myth, Fiction and... Evolutionary Heritage?

Oct. 29, 2015

00:54:28

I Drink Your Blood

Oct. 27, 2015

00:55:37

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

Oct. 22, 2015

01:08:03

Final Girls: Feminism, Slashers & Culture

Oct. 20, 2015

00:57:38

The Creepypasta Experiments

Oct. 15, 2015

01:19:31

Human Remains: Past, Present and Future

Oct. 13, 2015

01:18:44

The Halloween Costume Made Me Do It

Oct. 8, 2015

01:12:32

Egyptian Mummies: A Cosmic, Mortuary Odyssey

Oct. 6, 2015

01:08:13

The Science of Dune: Biology

Oct. 1, 2015

01:08:53

The Science of Dune: Technology

Sept. 29, 2015

01:06:52

Poison Arrows, Chinese Medicine and Werewolves

Sept. 24, 2015

00:53:23

One-Armed Bandits: The Science of Slot Machines

Sept. 22, 2015

01:02:30

The Unlanguaged Mind: A World Built With Words

Sept. 17, 2015

00:39:09

The Unlanguaged Mind: Feral Children

Sept. 15, 2015

00:49:22

Palimpsests: Reading History's Blank Pages

Sept. 10, 2015

00:53:04

Wes Craven Tribute: Serpents, Rainbows & Zombies

Sept. 8, 2015

00:52:29

Tail as Old as Time: Part 2

Sept. 3, 2015

00:53:09

Tail as Old as Time: Part 1

Sept. 1, 2015

00:48:03

The Science of Necrophilia

Aug. 27, 2015

01:04:11

V2K: The Microwave Auditory Effect

Aug. 25, 2015

00:48:20

Born Under the Caul

Aug. 20, 2015

00:43:41

Your Health as a Mars Colonist

Aug. 18, 2015

01:03:17

The Strain: Dissecting del Toro's Vampires

Aug. 13, 2015

01:05:21

Echoborg: The Computer Controls You

Aug. 11, 2015

00:49:45

Summer Reading 2015: Books to Blow Your Mind

Aug. 6, 2015

01:13:17

From Hell's Heart: The Science of Spite

Aug. 4, 2015

00:49:48

Listener Mail: The Mailbot Reboots

July 30, 2015

00:52:08

The Dreams of R. Buckminster Fuller

July 28, 2015

00:58:52

Something for Everybody: The Forer Effect

July 23, 2015

00:50:19

My Body is Made of Glass

July 21, 2015

00:48:13

Stigmata: Madness or Miracle?

July 16, 2015

00:40:03

Stigmata: Patient Zero

July 14, 2015

00:53:28

Grizzly Bears from Outer Space

July 9, 2015

01:03:29

The Psychedelic Nightmare of Ergotism

July 7, 2015

00:47:10

The Future of Addiction

July 2, 2015

00:34:41

The Science of Addiction

June 30, 2015

00:39:43

The Memory Palace Revisited (with Nelson Dellis)

June 25, 2015

00:40:39

Escape from Universe 25

June 23, 2015

00:39:05

Detective Story

June 18, 2015

01:06:47

Supernormal Stimuli

June 16, 2015

00:38:16

Techno-Religion for the Masses: Part 2

June 11, 2015

00:57:36

Techno-Religion for the Masses: Part 1

June 9, 2015

00:47:43

Mass Extinction: Earth's Cycle of Annihilation

June 4, 2015

01:02:15

Heartbeat in the Brain, Hole in the Skull

June 2, 2015

00:36:20

Silk of the Spider, Thread of the Future

May 28, 2015

00:38:05

Scientifically Sound Weather Superstitions

May 26, 2015

00:31:13

The Science of Coincidence

May 21, 2015

00:53:30

Gazing into the Eclipse

May 19, 2015

00:59:05

Vacation Tribulation

May 14, 2015

00:39:12

There's a Problem with Your Study

May 12, 2015

00:32:41

Power of the Nap

May 7, 2015

00:40:07

Animal Sexual Fluidity

May 5, 2015

00:33:37

The Ring of Gyges

April 30, 2015

00:33:36

April 28, 2015

00:39:03

April 23, 2015

00:26:47

The Power of Polite

April 21, 2015

00:45:54

April 16, 2015

01:00:20

Grimoire: Occult Books and the Magic of Writing

April 14, 2015

00:59:42

Mean World Syndrome

April 9, 2015

00:40:26

What's the largest snake that has ever existed?

April 7, 2015

00:38:46

The Power of Shame

April 2, 2015

00:33:19

The Gordian Knot of Race

March 31, 2015

00:41:00

The School to Prison Pipeline

March 26, 2015

00:32:49

Send in the Exploding Termites

March 24, 2015

00:25:38

Optimal Inattention

March 19, 2015

00:33:51

Leprechaun Hallucinations

March 17, 2015

00:36:57

March 12, 2015

00:33:15

Could you outrun a fireball?

March 10, 2015

00:34:09

The Scent of Cognition

March 5, 2015

00:29:35

How much does the soul weigh?

March 3, 2015

00:33:18

Respect the Rat

Feb. 26, 2015

00:50:36

Pineal Optics: My Third Eye

Feb. 24, 2015

00:37:59

Love at First Sight

Feb. 19, 2015

00:49:01

Objects of Love

Feb. 17, 2015

00:40:39

Sealed with a Bacterial Kiss

Feb. 12, 2015

00:38:32

Spanish Fly: The Deadly Aphrodisiac

Feb. 10, 2015

00:23:23

Lingerie Probability

Feb. 5, 2015

00:37:39

Feb. 3, 2015

00:41:48

Into the Ossuary: Consult the Bones - Part 2

Jan. 29, 2015

00:31:04

Into the Ossuary: Consult the Bones - Part 1

Jan. 27, 2015

00:34:47

Jan. 22, 2015

00:42:24

So Cute I Could Eat You Up

Jan. 20, 2015

00:29:13

Whisperings & ASMR

Jan. 15, 2015

00:40:27

Extraordinary Science of 2014

Jan. 13, 2015

00:34:38

Astonishing Science of 2014

Jan. 8, 2015

00:37:58

Sonic Illusions

Jan. 6, 2015

00:37:08

Brainhacking 101: New Year, New Habits

Jan. 1, 2015

00:28:50

Dung Beetle Mania!

Dec. 30, 2014

00:31:58

Give the Gift of a Mystery Box

Dec. 25, 2014

00:39:14

The Necessary Spice

Dec. 23, 2014

00:34:38

Scrooge: Post-traumatic Embitterment Disorder

Dec. 18, 2014

00:36:18

Deconstructing the Grinch

Dec. 16, 2014

00:35:36

Mystery of the Antler

Dec. 11, 2014

00:42:56

Bring Your Own Oxygen

Dec. 9, 2014

00:28:40

The Future of Tattoos

Dec. 4, 2014

00:33:17

The Science of Tattoos

Dec. 2, 2014

00:44:49

The Science of Comfort

Nov. 27, 2014

00:44:29

Surviving Thanksgiving

Nov. 25, 2014

00:37:46

Fecal Transplants and You

Nov. 20, 2014

00:37:33

Listener Mail: Arnie's Revenge

Nov. 18, 2014

00:36:01

Reboot the Biosphere

Nov. 13, 2014

00:27:30

Two Years and 20 Minutes Inside Biosphere 2

Nov. 11, 2014

00:50:28

The Spiral of Silence

Nov. 6, 2014

00:38:39

Mass Hysteria and the Mad Gasser

Nov. 4, 2014

00:51:26

The Science of Uncanny Music

Oct. 30, 2014

00:43:10

What's in a witches' brew?

Oct. 28, 2014

00:40:49

Oct. 23, 2014

00:42:49

Steven Johnson: How We Got to Now

Oct. 21, 2014

00:32:08

Trypophobia: Fear of Holes

Oct. 16, 2014

00:34:14

The Zen of Pain

Oct. 14, 2014

00:53:03

The Infinity Hotel

Oct. 9, 2014

00:36:25

Oct. 7, 2014

00:26:37

Oct. 2, 2014

00:39:54

The Horror Movie Aphrodisiac

Sept. 30, 2014

00:51:12

How Rewilding Works

Sept. 25, 2014

00:36:04

The Ghosts of Evolution

Sept. 23, 2014

00:38:12

Money and Happiness

Sept. 18, 2014

00:41:05

Sept. 16, 2014

00:37:17

The Myth of Average

Sept. 11, 2014

00:35:12

Ignorance is Bliss

Sept. 9, 2014

00:36:14

Attention Schema Theory: Consciousness and God

Sept. 4, 2014

00:44:36

Gaming the Flow

Sept. 2, 2014

00:35:39

Syphilis Through The Ages

Aug. 28, 2014

00:49:19

Syphilis: The Great Imitator

Aug. 26, 2014

00:30:10

The Mathematics of Happiness

Aug. 21, 2014

00:39:23

The Power of Origami

Aug. 19, 2014

00:42:12

Aug. 14, 2014

00:32:36

Understanding Ebola

Aug. 12, 2014

00:39:55

The Scientist and the Shaman: Hallucination

Aug. 7, 2014

00:35:30

The Scientist and the Shaman: My Egoic Mind

Aug. 5, 2014

00:36:02

Wind Beneath My Surgical Wings, Part 2

July 31, 2014

00:30:06

Wind Beneath My Surgical Wings, Part 1

July 29, 2014

00:26:49

Lost Continent: Part 2

July 24, 2014

00:26:20

Lost Continent: Part 1

July 22, 2014

00:34:10

Humanity's Lullaby

July 17, 2014

00:33:51

Earwax: Portable Time Capsules

July 15, 2014

00:24:25

Ballad of the Electric Fish

July 10, 2014

00:23:52

Junk Food Junkies

July 8, 2014

00:47:25

July 3, 2014

00:32:01

Summer Reading 2014

July 1, 2014

00:41:40

A Perfect Circle

June 26, 2014

00:33:25

Neural Pixie Dust

June 24, 2014

00:35:14

The Science of H.P. Lovecraft

June 19, 2014

01:05:42

Listener Mail: The Power of Names

June 17, 2014

00:34:43

The Future of Addiction

June 12, 2014

00:35:50

The Science of Addiction

June 10, 2014

00:40:30

The Status of Flatus

June 5, 2014

00:39:22

The Troglofauna of Fraggle Rock

June 3, 2014

00:45:43

Supernormal Stimuli

May 29, 2014

00:38:10

Heartbeat in the Brain, Hole in the Skull

May 27, 2014

00:35:06

You Are Here: Proprioception

May 22, 2014

00:38:04

A Boy Named Sue

May 20, 2014

00:36:17

The Science of Beards

May 15, 2014

00:45:12

May 13, 2014

00:33:28

Future Shock: Part II

May 8, 2014

00:37:22

Future Shock: Part I

May 6, 2014

00:45:09

Rethinking Genitalia

May 1, 2014

00:34:33

The Cuckoo Mafia

April 29, 2014

00:34:38

The Habitable Epoch

April 24, 2014

00:33:32

Rise of the Vampire Bat

April 22, 2014

00:47:02

The Shadow People

April 17, 2014

00:52:58

Can animals be gay?

April 15, 2014

00:34:25

Rites of Spring

April 10, 2014

00:35:03

Through the Looking Glass

April 8, 2014

00:42:55

Extreme Survivors of the Animal World

April 3, 2014

00:32:51

Outsourcing Memory

April 1, 2014

00:45:31

March 27, 2014

00:34:37

March 25, 2014

00:44:19

Acid Flashbacks

March 20, 2014

00:41:25

A Musical Time Machine for the Brain

March 18, 2014

00:42:14

Your Body Odor,Your Destiny

March 13, 2014

00:29:26

March 11, 2014

00:50:47

Listener Mail: Strange Sleep and Past Lives

March 6, 2014

00:26:34

The Barry White Effect

March 4, 2014

00:25:19

Empathic Elephants

Feb. 27, 2014

00:34:37

The Illusion of Continuity

Feb. 25, 2014

00:30:10

Reincarnation Blues

Feb. 20, 2014

00:41:09

Night Janitors of the Brain

Feb. 18, 2014

00:21:42

My Slimey Valentine: Slug Sex Revisited

Feb. 13, 2014

00:27:24

The Problem of Immortality: Terror Management Theory

Feb. 11, 2014

00:47:10

Leechpunk: The Power of Leeches

Feb. 6, 2014

00:28:36

The Meaning of Stonehenge

Feb. 4, 2014

00:27:58

The Building of Stonehenge

Jan. 30, 2014

00:30:44

Jan. 28, 2014

00:39:25

Memory/Story Editing

Jan. 23, 2014

00:40:42

Werewolf Principle: Adapting Humans for Space

Jan. 21, 2014

00:40:20

Hibernation: The Ultimate Suspended Animation

Jan. 16, 2014

00:31:18

The War on Creativity

Jan. 14, 2014

00:35:45

Beauty and the Beholder

Jan. 9, 2014

00:39:28

Jan. 9, 2014

00:40:55

Brain Hacking 101: New Habits for a New Year

Jan. 7, 2014

00:31:57

Cluttered Desks, Cluttered Minds & Toddler Hands

Jan. 2, 2014

00:41:37

Normalcy Bias and Psychogenic Death

Dec. 31, 2013

00:38:28

Comedic Impressions of the Wild

Dec. 26, 2013

00:24:59

Snowflake Doppelganger

Dec. 24, 2013

00:30:22

Thanatosis: Playing Dead to Survive

Dec. 19, 2013

00:44:51

Carrot and Stick: A Genetic Santa Story

Dec. 17, 2013

00:26:26

Fist Bumps vs. Bacteria

Dec. 12, 2013

00:23:32

Urine for a Treat

Dec. 10, 2013

00:33:48

Welcome to the Panopticon

Dec. 5, 2013

00:35:07

The Science of Smiles

Dec. 3, 2013

00:34:56

Gluttony Revisited

Nov. 28, 2013

00:36:56

Into the Mouth of Thanksgiving

Nov. 26, 2013

00:26:49

Skeptics and Sasquatches

Nov. 21, 2013

00:32:32

Nov. 19, 2013

00:22:49

The Dexter of Parasites

Nov. 14, 2013

00:27:29

The Science of Cute

Nov. 12, 2013

00:38:20

Autotomy: Nature's Dismemberment Plan

Nov. 7, 2013

00:39:44

Into the Hologenome

Nov. 5, 2013

00:34:47

Monster Mash: Mummies and Trolls

Oct. 31, 2013

00:26:27

Oct. 29, 2013

00:42:16

Tainted Love Hormone

Oct. 24, 2013

00:29:55

Oct. 22, 2013

00:45:29

Listener Mail Roundup

Oct. 17, 2013

00:36:38

Ig Nobel Science of 2013

Oct. 15, 2013

00:26:33

STBYM: Three Years of Word Salad

Oct. 10, 2013

00:35:03

The Science of Uncanny Music

Oct. 8, 2013

00:42:55

Oct. 3, 2013

00:40:58

Teaching Robots to Love

Oct. 1, 2013

00:39:04

Tyrannosaurus Sex

Sept. 26, 2013

00:25:16

Ouroboros: The Tail-Eating Serpent

Sept. 24, 2013

00:29:00

Nostalgia: The Kryptonite of Existential Angst?

Sept. 19, 2013

00:41:22

Word Aversion: The Story of Moist

Sept. 17, 2013

00:40:40

Fire Tornado vs Sharknado

Sept. 12, 2013

00:27:52

Human Paper Dolls: Enclothed Cognition

Sept. 10, 2013

00:39:42

Microchimerism: The Mother Inside You

Sept. 5, 2013

00:28:23

Here There Be Sea Monsters

Sept. 3, 2013

00:45:36

Fine Young (Animal) Cannibals

Aug. 29, 2013

00:50:21

The Left-Handed Scissors

Aug. 27, 2013

00:30:08

Symbols on the Brain

Aug. 22, 2013

00:49:08

Aug. 20, 2013

00:31:50

The Science of Staring

Aug. 15, 2013

00:39:38

Satellite Junkies and the Day of the Fall

Aug. 8, 2013

00:40:53

Sideshow Secrets Revealed

Aug. 6, 2013

00:44:00

The Science of Hell

Aug. 1, 2013

00:40:16

The Problem of Hell

July 30, 2013

01:00:53

Roller Derby Microbiome

July 25, 2013

00:41:55

July 23, 2013

00:49:14

The Mystery of Human Consciousness

July 18, 2013

00:45:57

Insect Love Song

July 16, 2013

00:29:28

Clap, Clap, Clap Your Hands

July 11, 2013

00:27:40

Grunting the Conqueror Worm

July 9, 2013

00:33:14

July 4, 2013

00:46:15

How to Beat the Thought Police

July 2, 2013

00:46:22

Isolation Chambers: Float Follow-Up

June 27, 2013

00:44:04

Clocking In: The Nature of Time

June 25, 2013

00:45:22

Summer Reading: Guest Picks

June 20, 2013

00:39:48

Summer Reading: Robert and Julie's Picks

June 18, 2013

00:40:40

The Quietest Room in the World

June 12, 2013

00:38:22

Sensory Deprivation Chambers

June 11, 2013

00:37:08

June 5, 2013

00:30:31

Invisible World of the No. 7

June 4, 2013

00:32:08

Ventriloquism: The Science of Dummies

May 30, 2013

00:34:10

Extreme Mammals Part II

May 28, 2013

00:26:32

Extreme Mammals Part I

May 23, 2013

00:28:15

The Science of Beards

May 21, 2013

00:43:44

The Status of Flatus

May 16, 2013

00:37:39

Zombie Apocalypse PSA

May 14, 2013

00:44:15

From Nose to Tail: The Colon

May 9, 2013

00:45:12

From Nose to Tail: Into the Intestines

May 7, 2013

00:26:51

Nude Space Walk

May 2, 2013

00:38:19

Emotions in Outer Space

April 30, 2013

00:43:02

April 25, 2013

00:43:15

From Nose to Tail: Can You Stomach It?

April 23, 2013

00:38:33

Talking 'Gulp' With Mary Roach

April 18, 2013

00:25:25

From Nose to Tail: Mysteries of the Mouth

April 16, 2013

00:42:49

Human Lightning Rods

April 11, 2013

00:28:04

April 9, 2013

00:33:37

3D Printer of the Gods II

April 4, 2013

00:29:48

STBYM Listener Mail Extravaganza

April 1, 2013

00:31:01

3D Printer of the Gods, Part 1

March 29, 2013

00:42:56

Slay Your Paper Tigers

March 28, 2013

00:24:02

Objects of Love

March 26, 2013

00:42:08

Talking 'Space Chronicles' with Neil DeGrasse Tyson

March 22, 2013

00:59:07

SETI: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, Part 2

March 21, 2013

00:30:59

SETI: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, Part 1

March 19, 2013

00:22:17

Wind Beneath My Surgical Wings, Part 2

March 18, 2013

00:34:54

Wind Beneath My Surgical Wings, Part 1

March 14, 2013

00:26:47

Leprechaun Hallucinations

March 12, 2013

00:47:15

Pica: Dirt for Dinner

March 7, 2013

00:30:10

Elevators and the Humans who Use Them

March 5, 2013

01:03:28

Regurgitation Celebration

Feb. 28, 2013

00:34:06

Ghost in the Genetic Machine: Humans

Feb. 26, 2013

00:37:08

Ghost in the Genetic Machine: Animals

Feb. 21, 2013

00:34:15

The Memory of Slime

Feb. 19, 2013

00:23:16

My Slimey Valentine: The Slug Life

Feb. 14, 2013

00:28:59

Trilogy of Slime: Tales of Slimedom in the Animal Kingdom

Feb. 12, 2013

00:38:33

Multitasking Maniacs and the One Track Mind

Feb. 7, 2013

00:46:08

Interrupting Cow: Multitasking, Interruptions and Distractions

Feb. 5, 2013

00:26:15

Pineal Optics: My Third Eye

Jan. 31, 2013

00:38:45

Undercover Actors and the Shadow Self

Jan. 29, 2013

00:44:23

Wrestling with Kayfabe (with guest Colt Cabana)

Jan. 24, 2013

01:05:26

Cool Science You May Have Missed in 2012

Jan. 22, 2013

00:41:13

Big Science of 2012

Jan. 17, 2013

00:50:25

Jan. 15, 2013

00:52:07

Jan. 10, 2013

00:38:01

Jan. 8, 2013

00:44:26

I Was a Teenage Teen: The Science of Teen Angst

Jan. 3, 2013

00:43:41

New Year's Life Hacks

Jan. 1, 2013

00:49:11

The Shaman and the Scientist: Hallucination

Dec. 27, 2012

00:34:58

The Shaman and the Scientist: My Egoic Mind

Dec. 21, 2012

00:34:03

Nutmeg: The Scary Spice

Dec. 20, 2012

00:36:23

The Science of Gremlins and Mogwai

Dec. 18, 2012

00:44:03

The Dark Side of Creativity

Dec. 13, 2012

00:46:00

Parasite Got Your Tongue?

Dec. 11, 2012

00:21:10

The Killing Joke

Dec. 6, 2012

00:41:26

The Healing Power of Laughter

Dec. 4, 2012

00:38:57

Why Fingerprints?

Nov. 29, 2012

00:36:23

Nov. 27, 2012

00:45:05

The Science of Comfort

Nov. 22, 2012

00:43:21

We Are All Scientists

Nov. 20, 2012

00:33:08

How to Think Like a Child

Nov. 15, 2012

00:51:44

Consider the Packrat

Nov. 13, 2012

00:28:15

Hammer of the Witches

Nov. 8, 2012

01:01:32

Anthropocene: The Age of Man

Nov. 6, 2012

00:40:45

Ordovician Waters: Life in the Age of Trilobites

Nov. 1, 2012

00:31:30

Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board

Oct. 31, 2012

00:36:33

The Science of Haunted Houses

Oct. 25, 2012

00:43:02

How do Animals Map the World?

Oct. 23, 2012

00:25:09

Cartocacoethes: Map Mania!

Oct. 18, 2012

00:36:02

The Map-addled Brain

Oct. 16, 2012

00:41:22

Ig Nobel: Strange Science Part 2

Oct. 11, 2012

00:22:52

Ig Nobel: Strange Science, Part 1

Oct. 9, 2012

00:27:53

Oct. 4, 2012

00:48:18

The Song of the Bat

Oct. 2, 2012

00:35:24

The Wild World of Bats

Sept. 27, 2012

00:50:25

Fire Walk With Me

Sept. 25, 2012

00:43:00

Life in the Plastic Palace

Sept. 20, 2012

00:40:04

Sept. 18, 2012

00:34:42

Sept. 13, 2012

00:51:48

The Mind of the Kraken

Sept. 11, 2012

00:46:06

The King-sized World of Gigantism

Sept. 6, 2012

00:44:44

Hear The Mermaids Singing

Sept. 4, 2012

00:32:58

Aug. 30, 2012

00:37:48

Personhood: The Animal and Robot Edition

Aug. 28, 2012

00:28:24

Personhood: The Human Edition

Aug. 23, 2012

00:30:10

It's Performance Art: Challenging Human Nature

Aug. 21, 2012

00:54:46

The Amazing Minds of Infants

Aug. 16, 2012

00:43:07

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Robot

Aug. 14, 2012

00:48:52

The Penis Episode, Part Two

Aug. 9, 2012

00:27:35

The Penis Episode, Part One

Aug. 7, 2012

00:29:20

I Scream, You Scream

Aug. 2, 2012

00:33:37

Fecal Fossils: The Cave of Forgotten Poops

July 31, 2012

00:27:30

There Once Was a Boson Named Higgs

July 26, 2012

00:38:41

Yoga, Sex and Magic

July 24, 2012

00:45:05

The Science of Downward Dog

July 19, 2012

00:55:30

Eliminating River Blindness

July 17, 2012

00:38:10

Magicology: The Science of Magic

July 12, 2012

00:38:56

The Art and Science of Camouflage

July 10, 2012

00:47:18

Life in the Weightless Void

July 5, 2012

00:49:57

An Internet that Spans the Stars

July 3, 2012

00:32:30

Meet Your Bacterial Masters

June 28, 2012

00:38:33

The Search for a New Earth

June 26, 2012

00:31:09

The Science of 'Prometheus'

June 21, 2012

01:05:02

Fiction: Reality's Secret Master

June 19, 2012

00:44:52

June 14, 2012

00:39:56

June 12, 2012

00:34:43

The Sound Aquatic

June 7, 2012

00:33:52

Asteroid Gold Rush

June 5, 2012

00:20:04

The Centaur with Two Hearts

May 31, 2012

00:24:16

Summer Reading List

May 29, 2012

00:40:06

Mitochondrial Eve

May 24, 2012

00:22:25

The Skin We Live In

May 22, 2012

00:32:12

Nebula in a Box

May 17, 2012

00:28:06

Three Minutes Till Impact

May 15, 2012

00:31:56

Touching the Void: Psychedelics and Death

May 10, 2012

00:38:33

May 8, 2012

00:29:02

Hibernation: The Ultimate Suspended Animation!

May 3, 2012

00:30:19

Space Junk in the Trunk

May 1, 2012

00:28:34

Contact Lenses of the Gods

April 26, 2012

00:31:45

Oh the Lucid Dreams we Weave ...

April 24, 2012

00:42:45

Voyager and the Scale of our Solar System

April 19, 2012

00:24:58

The Odorous Language of Plants

April 17, 2012

00:25:40

Illusions and Light

April 13, 2012

00:20:57

The Seven Deadlies: Sloth

April 10, 2012

00:27:21

Cat Parasites Conquer the World

April 5, 2012

00:46:14

The Seven Deadlies: Wrath

April 3, 2012

00:41:23

Virtual Sex and Linked Dreaming

March 29, 2012

00:39:12

The Seven Deadlies: Lust!

March 27, 2012

00:43:00

Organisms: Heavyweight Division

March 22, 2012

00:22:26

Godzilla vs. Kong vs. Barbie

March 20, 2012

00:32:26

Stendhal Syndrome: Kicked in the Brain by Art

March 15, 2012

00:34:54

The Seven Deadlies: Grasping Greed

March 13, 2012

00:40:14

Novelty Junkies

March 8, 2012

00:25:23

The Seven Deadlies: Glutton Chops

March 6, 2012

00:39:14

Tidally Locked Perpetual Darkness

March 1, 2012

00:23:49

The Seven Deadlies: Green With Envy

Feb. 28, 2012

00:38:34

The Fantastic Voyage of Endoscopic Cameras

Feb. 23, 2012

00:33:57

The Seven Deadlies: Pride Cometh Before the Brain

Feb. 21, 2012

00:24:51

Absolute Disgust

Feb. 16, 2012

00:40:36

Monogamy Shamogamy

Feb. 14, 2012

00:33:06

Can animals be gay?

Feb. 9, 2012

00:34:36

In the Lair of the Rat King

Feb. 7, 2012

00:31:53

Virgin Galactic: $200,000 Ticket to Ride

Feb. 2, 2012

00:33:06

The Existential Horror of the Humanzee

Jan. 31, 2012

00:35:15

We Are Stardust

Jan. 26, 2012

00:24:25

Jan. 24, 2012

00:44:36

The Science of Arguing

Jan. 19, 2012

00:30:00

The Magic Eight Ball of Your Existence

Jan. 17, 2012

00:38:30

Would You Rather: Bug Diet vs. Bacteria Diet

Jan. 12, 2012

00:38:21

Black Blizzards of the Dust Bowl

Jan. 10, 2012

00:28:45

Cheating in the Name of

Jan. 5, 2012

00:37:02

The Way of the Sword

Jan. 3, 2012

00:34:59

Anatomy of a Hangover

Dec. 29, 2011

00:39:51

Newton: The Chuck Norris of Science

Dec. 27, 2011

00:31:52

Dec. 22, 2011

00:27:31

Spontaneous Human Combustion

Dec. 20, 2011

00:27:28

The Santa Claus Machine

Dec. 15, 2011

00:25:01

Give the Gift of a Mystery Box

Dec. 13, 2011

00:40:18

Nanohealthcare: The Tiny Doctors Inside Me

Dec. 8, 2011

00:37:23

Pyromania: What's Your Relationship with Fire?

Dec. 6, 2011

00:40:16

The Hashtag Heard Round the World

Dec. 1, 2011

00:35:39

Why do we protest?

Nov. 29, 2011

00:41:56

The Future of Stink

Nov. 24, 2011

00:36:25

Living with Robots: Can we build a better bot?

Nov. 22, 2011

00:42:13

Smells to Blow Your Mind

Nov. 17, 2011

00:29:13

Living With Robots: Worst Roomates Ever

Nov. 15, 2011

00:35:27

Martyrdom: Transcendence on the Rack

Nov. 10, 2011

00:37:12

This is Your Brain on Art

Nov. 8, 2011

00:47:22

The Science of Sports Fandom

Nov. 3, 2011

00:40:28

Humanity's Love Affair with an Apocalypse

Nov. 1, 2011

00:41:11

The Science of Frankenstein's Monster

Oct. 27, 2011

00:36:23

What's in a witches brew?

Oct. 25, 2011

00:45:16

The Candy Corn Menace

Oct. 20, 2011

00:41:56

The Creepy Cool World of Imaginary Friends

Oct. 18, 2011

00:32:25

Hulking Out With Hysterical Strength

Oct. 13, 2011

00:33:30

Evolution and the Orgasm Wars

Oct. 11, 2011

00:39:50

The Bystander Effect and You

Oct. 6, 2011

00:29:20

The Science of Lucky Pants

Oct. 4, 2011

00:37:46

Splendid Isolation

Sept. 29, 2011

00:49:44

Science of Pet Peeves

Sept. 27, 2011

00:37:27

Interview: Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson

Sept. 22, 2011

00:32:11

Misophonia: Why Your Brain Hates the Sound of Gum Chewing

Sept. 20, 2011

00:26:22

Is free will an illusion?

Sept. 15, 2011

00:43:19

What if Earth was a cube?

Sept. 13, 2011

00:30:24

Decision Fatigue: Death by 1,000 Choices

Sept. 8, 2011

00:42:16

The Procrastinating Brain

Sept. 6, 2011

00:42:55

The Science of False Memories

Sept. 1, 2011

00:38:59

Don't Eat The Panda

Aug. 30, 2011

00:41:02

The Big Sting: Wasps vs. Bees

Aug. 25, 2011

00:36:27

Can my nightmares kill me?

Aug. 23, 2011

00:33:29

The Science of Brain Wiping

Aug. 18, 2011

00:36:43

Brood 13: Emergence of the Cicadas

Aug. 16, 2011

00:26:02

Extreme Sleep: Parasomnia

Aug. 11, 2011

00:34:04

Aug. 9, 2011

00:43:00

Into the Dyson Sphere

Aug. 4, 2011

00:32:53

The Cognitive Dissonance of Exorcisms

Aug. 2, 2011

00:39:23

Sharks in Space

July 28, 2011

00:21:51

Electronic Music

July 26, 2011

00:48:09

Bugs, Twinkies and Ancient Foods

July 21, 2011

00:37:33

The Pooping Duck: When Robots Digest

July 19, 2011

00:34:42

Walt Disney the Futurist

July 14, 2011

00:15:59

Microdrone Soup

July 12, 2011

00:31:58

July 7, 2011

00:47:15

Gimme That Old Time Space Religion

July 5, 2011

00:42:29

Math, Music and Mayhem

June 30, 2011

00:28:26

Poking Einstein's Brain

June 28, 2011

00:31:51

Welcome to the Memory Palace

June 23, 2011

00:31:41

Do-it-yourself Organs

June 21, 2011

00:34:03

Fathers of the Wild: The Good, Bad and the Ugly

June 16, 2011

00:37:51

Are you ready for a neo-evolution?

June 14, 2011

00:25:12

Invasion of the iPod People

June 9, 2011

00:29:20

The Brilliant and Terrifying Future of Toilets

June 7, 2011

00:40:27

Night of the Platypus

June 2, 2011

00:26:37

Technology of the Ancients

May 31, 2011

00:46:04

Day of the Dolphin

May 26, 2011

00:36:52

This is Your Brain on Meditation

May 24, 2011

00:33:04

Machines, Morality and Sexbots

May 19, 2011

00:30:44

Is math a human invention or a human discovery?

May 17, 2011

00:41:17

999 Birthday Candles

May 12, 2011

00:39:16

Atomic Bomb Parties and Nuclear Fallout

May 10, 2011

00:34:29

Crimes of Paleontology

May 5, 2011

00:46:07

The Placebo Effect: Brain Over Pain

May 3, 2011

00:37:20

Change Your Mind the Hard Way

April 28, 2011

00:41:27

Tyrannosaurus Sex

April 26, 2011

00:27:47

The Quest for Cyberimmortality

April 21, 2011

00:36:24

Is privacy an illusion?

April 19, 2011

00:35:47

Five-fingered Evolutionary Discount

April 14, 2011

00:28:07

Neuromyths: What You Think You Know About Your Brain

April 12, 2011

00:27:15