Yesterday

BrainStuff Classics: When Has a Single Vote Decided an Election?

Voting is an incredibly important way to make your voice heard, but it's very rare for a candidate to win or lose by just one vote. Learn how rare -- and about a few times that it's happened -- in today's classic episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://people.howstu ... Show More

7m 50s

Oct 16

How Do You Grow a 3,000-Pound Pumpkin?

The largest pumpkins in the world now weigh well over a ton, and the record gets broken just about every year. But how (and why) would you go about growing one? Learn how competitive gourd growing works in today's episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://home.howstuf ... Show More

11m 56s

Oct 14

How Do Your Nerves Tell Your Muscles to Function?

Every movement our bodies make -- from waving at a friend to pumping blood -- is goverened by complex electrochemical handshakes among our nerves and our muscles. Learn how voluntary, involuntary, and reflexive movements work in today's episode of BrainStuff, based on these artic ... Show More

13m 30s

Mar 2022

Meteors and Meteorites

Learn about "shooting stars," the makeup of meteors, meteorites, and the history of human belief and research about this spectacular astronomical phenomenon.📖 Full Text @ BedtimeHistoryStories.com📺 YouTube👍 Facebook | Instagram🇲🇽 Spanish | "Déjame contarte la Historia" Get ... Show More

11m 45s

Aug 2021

Lucy in the Sky With Asteroids

How did the planets form? How did life happen? Where did Earth’s water come from? To answer questions like these, scientists used to go big—looking at planets, dwarf planets, and moons—but now small is the new big. Technology is zooming in on the pint-size stuff—asteroids, comets ... Show More

28m 51s

Apr 2019

Meteorites Probably Don’t Land Hot, Break-Up Struggles, and Why Babies Hardly Ever Blink

Learn about why meteorites probably aren’t hot when they land; why babies hardly ever blink; and why couples have such a hard time breaking up.In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter and learn something ... Show More

8m 51s

Feb 2024

Have interstellar meteors hit the Earth?

Daniel and Kelly analyze recent claims of the recovery of iron spheres from interstellar meteors.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

54m 19s

Oct 2019

Season Two, Episode 1 - The Sky Is Falling

Earth is in a cosmic shooting gallery. With so many asteroids zipping around, how can we find them all before they find us?

27m 26s

Apr 2024

The Very Dust, Part 1

What exactly constitutes dust? What creatures thrive on it? How does it factor into our planet’s atmosphere? In this series of episodes from Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe explore the world of dust, from the scientific facts to the magical and the mythical. See omnystudi ... Show More

42m 8s

Apr 2024

The Very Dust, Part 3

What exactly constitutes dust? What creatures thrive on it? How does it factor into our planet’s atmosphere? In this series of episodes from Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe explore the world of dust, from the scientific facts to the magical and the mythical. See omnystudi ... Show More

47m 25s

Apr 2024

The Very Dust, Part 4: Mythology in Dust

What exactly constitutes dust? What creatures thrive on it? How does it factor into our planet’s atmosphere? In this series of episodes from Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe explore the world of dust, from the scientific facts to the magical and the mythical. See omnystudi ... Show More

40m 5s

How Big Does a Meteoroid Have to Be to M...