Unexplainable

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  1. Is insurance doomed?

    9 oktober 2024 · 29 min

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    As the world gets warmer and storms get worse, insurance companies are jacking up rates — or refusing to cover homeowners altogether. Is the future uninsurable?
    Guests: Umair Irfan, correspondent at Vox; Karen Clark, co-founder and CEO of Karen Clark & Company; Joe Skuba, VP at The Gray Insurance Company; and Carolyn Kousky, Associate VP at Environmental Defense Fund
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  2. My animal heart

    2 oktober 2024 · 25 min

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    Doctors have started transplanting animal organs into people, hoping this experimental procedure could one day solve an organ shortage crisis that kills 17 Americans every day. Is this really the solution?
    Guests: Muhammad Mohiuddin, professor of surgery at University of Maryland School of Medicine; L. Syd Johnson, professor of clinical bioethics at SUNY Upstate Medical University
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  3. How hot could the world get?

    25 september 2024 · 24 min

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    Scientists have lots of ways to try to answer that question, and lots of different predictions. So how do they figure out one set of numbers we can all work with?
    Guests: Umair Irfan, correspondent at Vox; Zeke Hausfather, climate scientist at The Breakthrough Institute; Neil Swart, research scientist at the Canadian Centre for Climate Modeling and Analysis
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  4. Should you be eating poison oak?

    18 september 2024 · 29 min

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    Probably not. But Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz decided to try anyway, putting his body — and specifically his butt — on the line to answer a seemingly straightforward question: Is it possible to build up a tolerance to poison oak by eating it?
    Guest: Jeff Horwitz, reporter at the Wall Street Journal; and Mahmoud ElSohly, professor of pharmaceutics at the University of Mississippi
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  5. Dark oxygen could rewrite Earth’s history

    11 september 2024 · 23 min

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    Scientists just discovered oxygen being produced without sunlight — without photosynthesis — at the bottom of the ocean. This “dark oxygen” could fundamentally change the story we tell of life on Earth and in the rest of the universe.
    Guest: Alycia Smith, ecologist at Heriot-Watt University
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  6. You're lost in the wilderness. Now what?

    28 augustus 2024 · 22 min

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    For decades, search and rescue teams followed an accepted playbook. Now, scientists are helping them reimagine how to find lost people.
    Guests: Robert Koester, author of Lost Person Behavior, and Paul Doherty, search and rescue researcher
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  7. Viral dark matter

    21 augustus 2024 · 24 min

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    With antibiotic resistance on the rise, some scientists are turning to viruses as a medical tool. But we barely know anything about the bacteria-eating viruses all around us. (First published in 2021)
    Guest: Nicola Twilley, host of Gastropod
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  8. The good virus

    14 augustus 2024 · 20 min

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    Our bodies are teeming with viruses. But some of them, called phages, might play a really important role in keeping us healthy.
    Guest: Tom Ireland, author of The Good Virus
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  9. Ecstasy therapy

    7 augustus 2024 · 30 min

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    The FDA is about to announce whether it’s going to approve MDMA as a treatment for PTSD. Our friends at Today, Explained explore what this kind of therapy looks like, and why it’s so controversial.
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  10. What did dinosaurs sound like?

    31 juli 2024 · 39 min

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    They probably didn’t roar like lions. Their real voices were likely much, much weirder. We asked scientists to help us re-create these strange, extinct sounds. (First published in 2022)
    Guests: Michael Habib, professor at UCLA, Julia Clarke, professor at the University of Texas at Austin, and Jonny Crew, sound designer at Wounded Buffalo
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  11. Do we live inside an enormous black hole?

    24 juli 2024 · 25 min

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    It’s possible that the entire observable universe is inside a black hole. All we need to do to find out is … build a gigantic particle collider around the moon.
    Guest: James Beacham, particle physicist at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN
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  12. Is good posture actually good?

    17 juli 2024 · 21 min

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    Send this episode to the person who constantly hounds you not to slouch.
    Guest: Beth Linker, author of “Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America”
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  13. Why do we yawn?

    10 juli 2024 · 37 min

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    People yawn when they’re bored, right? So then why do athletes yawn before races? And why do so many animals yawn? … And why does reading this paragraph make you more likely to yawn? (Updated from 2022)
    Guest: Dr. Andrew Gallup
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  14. Embracing economic chaos

    3 juli 2024 · 27 min

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    Can a physicist predict our messy economy by building an enormous simulation of the entire world?
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  15. We still don’t really know how inflation works

    26 juni 2024 · 30 min

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    Inflation is one of the most significant issues shaping the 2024 election. But how much can we actually do to control it?
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  16. Can you put a price on nature?

    19 juni 2024 · 23 min

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    It’s hard to figure out the economic value of a wild bat or any other part of the natural world, but some scientists argue that this kind of calculation could help protect our environment.
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  17. The deepest spot in the ocean

    12 juni 2024 · 28 min

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    Seventy-five percent of the seafloor remains unmapped and unexplored, but the first few glimpses scientists have gotten of the ocean’s depths have completely revolutionized our understanding of the planet.
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  18. What’s the tallest mountain in the world?

    5 juni 2024 · 28 min

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    If you just stood up and shouted, “It’s Mount Everest, duh!” then take a seat. Not only is Everest’s official height constantly changing, but three other mountains might actually be king of the hill.
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  19. Did trees kill the world?

    22 mei 2024 · 27 min

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    Way back when forests first evolved on Earth … they might have triggered one of the biggest mass extinctions in the history of the planet. What can we learn from this ancient climate apocalypse?
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  20. Can we stop aging?

    15 mei 2024 · 37 min

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    From blood transfusions to enzyme boosters, our friends at Science Vs dive into the latest research on the search for the fountain of youth.
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  21. Who's the daddy? There isn't one.

    8 mei 2024 · 20 min

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    A snake. A shark. They got pregnant with no male involved. In fact, scientists are finding more and more species that can reproduce on their own. What’s going on?
    Note: We mention that a stingray named Charlotte might be pregnant via parthenogenesis. It has since been announced that she was not pregnant, but ill.
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  22. Itch hunt

    1 mei 2024 · 18 min

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    Itch used to be understood as a mild form of pain, but scientists are learning this sense is more than just skin deep. How deep does it go?
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  23. How did Earth get its water?

    24 april 2024 · 26 min

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    Life as we know it needs water, but scientists can’t figure out where Earth’s water came from. Answering that question is just one piece of an even bigger mystery: “Why are we here?” (Updated from 2023)
    For show transcripts, go to vox.com/unxtranscripts
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  24. Is Earth alive?

    17 april 2024 · 28 min

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    A cell is alive. So is a leaf and so is a tree. But what about the forest they’re a part of? Is that forest alive? And what about the planet that forest grows on? Is Earth alive? Science writer Ferris Jabr says: Yes.
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  25. The alpha myth

    10 april 2024 · 41 min

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    The researcher who popularized the idea of the alpha wolf has spent decades trying to take it back. Our friends over at Pablo Torre Finds Out try to uncover how science got it wrong.
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  26. The eclipse chasers

    3 april 2024 · 20 min

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    Solar storms can wreak havoc on power grids, satellites, even astronauts — but scientists still struggle to predict them. One possible way forward? Chasing eclipses.
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  27. The Yips

    27 maart 2024 · 28 min

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    Think about the thing you’ve practiced more than anything else in the world. Maybe it’s painting. Or writing. Or playing the piano. Now imagine you wake up one day and you just can’t do it. You’re not sick. You’re not injured. But that one thing is impossible.
    It’s called the yips, and even the most talented people in the world experience it. What could cause them to lose their superpowers? And is there anything they can do to get them back?
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  28. The bleeding edge, part two

    20 maart 2024 · 24 min

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    Diagnosing diseases such as endometriosis can require difficult steps, like surgery. But researchers are hoping to use menstrual fluid to make detecting the condition much easier.
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  29. The bleeding edge

    13 maart 2024 · 19 min

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    Periods and menstrual fluid have long been overlooked by scientists. Now, researchers are starting to suspect they might be sources of medical treasure.
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  30. Aliens from Earth?

    6 maart 2024 · 27 min

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    Was there a technologically advanced species living on Earth long before humans? And if one had existed, how would we know? (Updated from 2022)
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  31. How scientists are searching for aliens

    28 februari 2024 · 16 min

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    They’re not looking for UFOs or decoding government secrets. They’re doing something much simpler.
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  32. A universal virus-killer?

    21 februari 2024 · 24 min

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    Airborne diseases kill millions of people a year, despite available antibiotics and vaccines. But scientists think there might be another solution to fighting these diseases, one that harnesses the power of light.
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  33. Why do we cry?

    14 februari 2024 · 24 min

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    Humans seem to be the only animals that cry from emotion. This Valentine’s Day, we’re wondering: What makes our tears so special? (Updated from 2022)
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  34. Should you quit Diet Coke?

    7 februari 2024 · 26 min

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    Safety questions have haunted aspartame — the no-calorie sweetener used in many diet soft drinks and other low-calorie products — since its invention. Some answers exist, but should we trust them if they were influenced by the beverage industry?
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  35. The case for cursing

    31 januari 2024 · 28 min

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    Can swearing make you stronger?
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  36. The math problem that could break the internet

    24 januari 2024 · 39 min

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    Today's internet is built on a series of locks and keys that protect your private information as it travels through cyberspace. But could all these locks be broken? (Updated from 2022)
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  37. Garbage patch kids

    17 januari 2024 · 20 min

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    Scientists didn’t think it was possible for life to thrive in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Then, they found some anemones ... and some huge questions about entire new ecosystems built on plastic.
    If you want to hear more about plastic in the ocean, we have another episode about how 99% of ocean plastic is missing: http://bit.ly/3HnW9b2
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  38. A stethoscope for the rainforest

    10 januari 2024 · 27 min

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    Researchers planted microphones in a forest and walked away. Listening back could help heal rainforest ecosystems.
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  39. Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

    3 januari 2024 · 30 min

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    What’s up with the weird golden egg at the bottom of the ocean? How do eggs actually choose sperm? Hit sports podcast host Pablo Torre tries to guess which of these mysteries has actually been solved on our latest episode of Unexplainable or Not.
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  40. Something weird near the beginning of time

    20 december 2023 · 21 min

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    The James Webb Space Telescope launched two years ago, giving scientists a new view into the early universe. Now, it's revealed a big new cosmic mystery.
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  41. The tallest mountains on Earth are ... underground?

    13 december 2023 · 20 min

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    An expedition to Antarctica. Strange seismic readings. Clues to uncover a hidden part of our planet.
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  42. Weaponizing uncertainty

    6 december 2023 · 25 min

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    Our show celebrates uncertainty. But as environmental reporter Amy Westervelt explains, the concept also has a dark side.
    For show transcripts, go to bit.ly/unx-transcripts
    For more, go to http://vox.com/unexplainable
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  43. Can we live in space?

    29 november 2023 · 33 min

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    NASA is planning for humans to live on the moon by 2040. But how much space can the human body handle? (Updated from 2022)
    For show transcripts, go to bit.ly/unx-transcripts
    For more, go to http://vox.com/unexplainable
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  44. The ice cream effect

    15 november 2023 · 29 min

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    Decades of studies suggest that eating ice cream reduces diabetes risk. Could ice cream be ... good for you? And what does “good for you” mean?
    For show transcripts, go to bit.ly/unx-transcripts
    For more, go to http://vox.com/unexplainable
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  45. The data vigilantes

    8 november 2023 · 32 min

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    Data sleuths are working outside the system to keep science honest. But is there a better way to prevent scientific misconduct and fraud?
    For show transcripts, go to bit.ly/unx-transcripts
    For more, go to http://vox.com/unexplainable
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  46. Trouble on Pickles Reef

    1 november 2023 · 27 min

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    Coral reefs are an essential ecosystem undeniably threatened by climate change. Can scientists breed a stronger coral for the future?
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    For more, go to http://vox.com/unexplainable
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  47. Redefining death

    25 oktober 2023 · 34 min

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    This Halloween, we look at how technology is forcing us to ask: When is someone actually dead? And we look into research that is raising a further question: Could death someday be reversible?
    This episode originally ran on November 22, 2022.
    For show transcripts, go to bit.ly/unx-transcripts
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  48. The Orcanizing

    18 oktober 2023 · 22 min

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    Over the last few years, orcas have been targeting boats, often leaving them stranded at sea. Are these orcas trying to attack humans, or is there something more mysterious going on?
    For show transcripts, go to bit.ly/unx-transcripts
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  49. Unexplainable or Not with Wyatt Cenac

    4 oktober 2023 · 34 min

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    Our game show is back! This time, comedian Wyatt Cenac is in the hot seat in front of a live audience. Can he guess which climate mystery has been solved and which ones are still unexplainable?
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  50. Rogue waves

    27 september 2023 · 28 min

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    Towering walls of water sometimes appear in the ocean without warning or apparent cause. What drives their terrifying power?
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