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  1. Does garlic break magnets?

    20 september 2023 · 31 min

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    What would an episode of Unexplainable have sounded like if it had been made in 100 CE?
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  2. How to decode a thought

    13 september 2023 · 32 min

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    Can researchers decipher what people are thinking about just by looking at brain scans? With AI, they're getting closer. How far can they go, and what does it mean for privacy?
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  3. It’s getting harder to see

    30 augustus 2023 · 21 min

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    Something about modern life is leading to higher rates of nearsightedness across the world. What is it?
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  4. Jumping the gun

    23 augustus 2023 · 34 min

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    At last year’s World Athletics Championships, sprinter TyNia Gaither was disqualified for false starting... after the gun went off. Officials said she started faster than humanly possible. How can that be? Lees meer

    This episode originally ran on June 15, 2022.
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  5. Can we talk to animals?

    16 augustus 2023 · 34 min

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    Two scientists explain how AI might help us translate animal communication, and what we might learn from their squawks, chirps, songs, and chatter. This episode was recorded live at the Aspen Ideas Festival.
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  6. Unexplainable or Not: Beach day!

    9 augustus 2023 · 30 min

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    Sam Sanders, host of Vulture’s Into It podcast, is in the hot seat for a new episode of our game show. Can he guess which sandy mystery has been solved and which ones are still unexplainable?
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  7. Who let the wolves in?

    2 augustus 2023 · 25 min

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    Dogs were the first domesticated animal in history, emerging from wolves some 20,000 years ago. But how did wolves become dogs? To find the answer, scientists have to play with a lot of puppies.
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  8. Why do we have a moon?

    26 juli 2023 · 27 min

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    In all our searching of the universe, we’ve never seen another moon like ours. It's big, it's weird, and it has played a huge role in shaping our planet. But how did we get it? Every possible story points to cataclysm.
    This episode originally ran on June 15, 2022. It is part of our Lost Worlds series exploring scientific mysteries buried in the deep past.
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  9. The Black Box: In AI we trust?

    19 juli 2023 · 31 min

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    AI can often solve problems in unexpected, undesirable ways. So how can we make sure it does what we want, the way we want? And what happens if we can’t?
    This is the second episode of our new two-part series, The Black Box.
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  10. The Black Box: Even AI’s creators don’t understand it

    12 juli 2023 · 35 min

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    AI has the potential to impact our society in dramatic ways, but researchers can’t explain precisely how it works or how it might evolve. Will they ever understand it?
    This is the first episode of our new two-part series, The Black Box.
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  11. Do animals grieve?

    28 juni 2023 · 27 min

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    A dog on its owner’s grave. A killer whale carrying around its dead calf. A goose that isolates when its mate dies. These behaviors in animals may look like human mourning, but should scientists call them "grief?"
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    Jennifer Vonk's research study on pet cats reactions to the death of companion animals can be found here.
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  12. Why do we dream?

    21 juni 2023 · 23 min

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    Dreams are weird, but can they be a scientific tool? Can they teach us anything about humanity? About ourselves? Lees meer

    This episode originally ran on April 12, 2022.
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  13. Cracking the Indus code

    14 juni 2023 · 24 min

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    The Indus Valley civilization was one of the largest, most advanced civilizations in the ancient world. But we barely know anything about them, in large part because we haven’t been able to decipher the cryptic symbols they left behind.
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  14. Awestruck

    7 juni 2023 · 25 min

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    Awe is what takes our breath away when we face a sky full of stars or listen to a moving piece of music. But scientists are still trying to pin down why we feel such a powerful emotion, and whether it’s possible to cultivate more of it in our lives.
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  15. Expecting: Weed and pregnancy

    24 mei 2023 · 31 min

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    Many states have extremely punitive policies around cannabis and pregnancy. But researchers don't actually have great data on cannabis's harms.
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  16. Expecting: Baby brain

    17 mei 2023 · 28 min

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    Caring for a child seems to change parents’ brains. But what does that actually mean for how parents think and experience the world?
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  17. Expecting: Pregnancy souvenirs

    10 mei 2023 · 37 min

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    Fetuses leave cells behind in their parents' bodies, where they braid themselves into tissues, and remain, for years. What are they doing in there?
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  18. The tornado problem

    3 mei 2023 · 25 min

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    2023 has been a record-setting year for tornadoes, and these storms came with barely any warning. So to better understand tornadoes, scientists might need to confront more of these storms head-on. Lees meer

    This episode originally ran on July 12, 2021.
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  19. How to resurrect a mammoth

    26 april 2023 · 33 min

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    Scientists are hard at work trying to bring back woolly mammoths (and dodos). But should they? And what would they actually be bringing back?
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  20. Live show, dead dinosaurs

    19 april 2023 · 37 min

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    We did a live show! We talked about how one of our favorite episodes came together and how we went about creating (somewhat) accurate dinosaur sounds.
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  21. Talking trees

    12 april 2023 · 23 min

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    Studies suggesting trees communicate through an elaborate underground fungal network have captured imaginations. It’s a beautiful idea, but the fantasy may have gotten ahead of the science.
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  22. Your questions, unexplained

    5 april 2023 · 27 min

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    This week, we tackle three listener questions — on sleepwalking, deja vu, and Earth’s magnetic field. Next time, we could be (not) answering yours. Email us at unexplainable@vox.com, or fill out this form.
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  23. What's so funny?

    22 maart 2023 · 19 min

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    Scientists are digging into what makes something funny. We compare their notes with comedians — including Atsuko Okatsuka, Josh Johnson, Dulcé Sloan, and Chris Fleming.
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  24. Origins: The meaning of “life”

    15 maart 2023 · 26 min

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    For every definition of life, there’s a creature that sends us right back to the drawing board.
    This is the third episode in our three-part series, Origins, about the beginnings and boundaries of life on Earth.
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  25. Origins: The first living thing

    8 maart 2023 · 28 min

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    How did life on Earth start? To help answer that, researchers are trying to create some life for themselves.
    This is the second episode in our three-part series, Origins, about the beginnings and boundaries of life on Earth.
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  26. Origins: How did Earth get its water?

    1 maart 2023 · 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?”
    This is the first episode in our new three-part series, Origins, about the beginnings and boundaries of life on Earth.
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  27. What is love?

    15 februari 2023 · 33 min

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    Can science help us predict whether a relationship will succeed? Or is it all just chaos?
    This episode originally ran on February 9, 2022.
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  28. Why we hiccup

    8 februari 2023 · 30 min

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    Listeners told us that eating baby carrots or telling lies can bring on the hiccups. Burping or kissing can make them stop. Um, what? Lees meer

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  29. We booped an asteroid

    1 februari 2023 · 22 min

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    Last fall, a NASA spacecraft slammed into an asteroid to test a way to avert a disaster on Earth. So are we safe now? Lees meer

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  30. Your creepy, crawly roommates

    25 januari 2023 · 27 min

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    Our houses are homes to hidden worlds of bugs. And the more ecologists explore those worlds, the more they realize that some of our tiny roommates actually have a lot to teach us.
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  31. Henrietta Leavitt and the end of the universe

    18 januari 2023 · 32 min

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    In the early 1900s, Henrietta Leavitt made one of the most important discoveries in the history of astronomy: a yardstick to measure distances to faraway stars. Using this tool, scientists eventually transformed our understanding of the universe. They realized space was expanding, that this expansion was accelerating, and that ultimately, everything will end.
    This episode originally ran on June 30, 2021.
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  32. Plants with eyes?

    11 januari 2023 · 27 min

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    In the temperate rainforests of Chile, there is a vine that can shapeshift to copy the look of other plants. But how? Can it... see them? Or is something weirder happening?
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  33. Unexplainable or Not: Bikes, planes, ice skates

    4 januari 2023 · 30 min

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    Our game show is back! This week, Avery Trufelman, host of the Articles of Interest podcast, tries to guess which of these three mysteries of movement have been solved and which are still unexplainable.
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  34. Your gut's feelings

    21 december 2022 · 28 min

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    How we feel emotionally may be influenced by unseen troves of microbial life that live inside us. Is it possible to harness this gut power? Lees meer

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  35. Nuclear fusion breaks through

    14 december 2022 · 30 min

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    Back in January, we spoke to a scientist at the National Ignition Facility about how close they were to achieving what’s been called “one of the most impressive scientific feats of the 21st century.” This week, they announced they’ve finally done it.
    A version of this episode originally ran on January 5, 2022.
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  36. Basic instinct

    7 december 2022 · 29 min

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    How do animals know how to do things like spin a web or build a dam? A neuroscientist argues it's not “instinct.” Something bigger is going on.
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  37. Why we cry

    30 november 2022 · 24 min

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    Humans seem to be the only animals that cry from emotion. What makes our tears so special?
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  38. Can we live in space?

    16 november 2022 · 31 min

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    NASA just launched the Artemis program, a series of missions that will eventually take humans back to the moon, and beyond. But can humans actually survive in space long-term?
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  39. Holding on to power

    9 november 2022 · 31 min

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    A mountain, a tower, a thermos full of molten salt: These are the batteries that could power our renewable future.
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  40. Redefining death

    2 november 2022 · 33 min

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    Death used to be fairly self-evident, but new technologies have forced us to ask: When is someone actually dead? And now, new research is raising a further question: Could death someday be reversible?
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  41. Talking to ghosts

    26 oktober 2022 · 31 min

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    Why do so many people think they can see and hear ghosts, and what does that say about our conscious experience of the world? This episode originally ran on October 27, 2021.
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  42. Why is everyone getting food allergies?

    19 oktober 2022 · 26 min

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    In the past few decades, the rate of food allergies in both children and adults has dramatically increased. What’s causing this rise, and what can we do about it?
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  43. Introducing The Gray Area

    15 oktober 2022 · 54 min

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    On the first episode of Vox’s new podcast, The Gray Area, host Sean Illing talks with Neil deGrasse Tyson about the limits of both politics and science.
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  44. Let’s play Unexplainable or Not

    5 oktober 2022 · 29 min

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    For the first time, we get some answers. Lees meer

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  45. The math problem that could break the internet

    28 september 2022 · 38 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?
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  46. Jumping the gun

    21 september 2022 · 33 min

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    At the 2022 World Athletics Championships, sprinter TyNia Gaither was disqualified for false starting ... after the gun went off. Officials said she started faster than humanly possible. How can that be?
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  47. An Alzheimer's uproar

    14 september 2022 · 37 min

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    This past July, a bombshell report in Science magazine suggested that a key Alzheimer’s study might have contained manipulated evidence. What does this mean for over a decade's worth of research? And where does the field go from here?
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  48. Salamander search party

    31 augustus 2022 · 27 min

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    One of the world’s most biodiverse aquifers is full of strange, blind creatures that have evolved in isolation for millions of years. But one is missing.
    This episode was reported by Benji Jones and Mandy Nguyen, who produced the episode. Editing from Meradith Hoddinott, Katherine Wells, Brian Resnick, and Noam Hassenfeld, who scored the episode. Mixing and sound design from Cristian Ayala. Fact-checking from Richard Sima.
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  49. What did dinosaurs sound like?

    24 augustus 2022 · 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 recreate these strange, extinct sounds.
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  50. Can ovaries make new eggs?

    17 augustus 2022 · 29 min

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    There's an old story scientists tell about human ovaries: that they are ticking clocks that only lose eggs, never gain them. Now that story might be changing, opening the door to new treatments for infertility and menopause.
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