BrainStuff Classics: How Old Is the Numb...

Light and tender fried fish plated with crisp fried potatoes is a classic English comfort meal, but it's only a little over a century old. Learn the history of fish and chips in today's classic episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://people.howstuffworks.com/culture ... Show More

Lemmings are small, fierce rodents that make their home in Arctic environments -- and (spoiler alert) the idea that they kill themselves by following each other off cliffs is a myth. Learn what Disney had to do with it (and what lemmings are really like) in today's episode of Bra ... Show More

Our bodies need salt and our bodies need water, so why is drinking saltwater not good for you? Learn what salt does in our bodies and why seawater will actually dehydrate you in today's episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myt ... Show More

Discover the surprising journey of the number zero and its late arrival in Western thought. Listen to the "Did You Know" podcast for fun history facts! Find the full transcript of this episode and learn more about it on https://englishpluspodcast.com/mind-blowing-math-europe-didn ... Show More

It’s round. It has a hole in it. It symbolises nothing and yet it is the possibility of something... meet zero.The zero we know and love today is the foundation of our modern world. And we have India to thank for it; in particular one special Indian birch bark book — the Bakhshal ... Show More

Zero, which was invented late in history, is special among numbers. New studies are uncovering how the brain creates something out of nothing. <p>The post <a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-the-human-brain-contends-with-the-strangeness-of-zero-20241018/" target="_blank"> ... Show More

In this classic episode of the Stuff to Blow Your Mind podcast, Robert and Joe discuss the history and principles of the vacuum airship or null ship. Will futuristic materials ever make this 17th century concept possible? (originally published 08/18/2022)See omnystudio.com/listen ... Show More

Join Robert and Joe as they continue their discussion on numeracy and the origins of numerals on Stuff to Blow Your Mind. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

What are numbers and where does our number sense come from? Is numeracy an innate part of our biology, or is it a cultural invention? In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe explore the origins of numbers. (originally published 6/15/2021)See omnystudio. ... Show More

Join Robert and Joe as they continue their discussion on numeracy and the origins of numerals on Stuff to Blow Your Mind. (originally published 6/17/2021)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

In this episode of the Stuff to Blow Your Mind podcast, Robert and Joe discuss the history and principles of the vacuum airship or null ship. Will futuristic materials ever make this 17th century concept possible?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

In this episode of STBYM’s The Artifact, Robert discusses an ancient style of writing that involved reading left to right and right to left…See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Today, time travel fiction is everywhere – and we understand the cosmos enough to even speculate what is and isn’t possible. But how old is the notion of travel through time? What sorts of attitudes and ideas concerning the nature of time were seemingly necessary before humans fi ... Show More