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The idea of General George Custer's deadly military blunder being a heroic last stand was constructed over decades to encourage U.S. colonization of the West. Learn how Anheuser-Busch helped in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://history.howstuffworks.com/a ... Show More

When organisms like fireflies, fungi, and fish glow with cold light, there's chemistry at work. Learn what we know (and don't know!) about bioluminescence -- including how humans are harnessing it -- in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://animals.howstuffwo ... Show More

Around the year 1800, Swiss clockmaker Henri Maillardet created a mechanical doll that moves like a person as it produces drawings and poems with a pen on paper -- it's programmed for seven in total, without having any electrical parts. Learn how it and other automata work in thi ... Show More

Roy Wood Jr. travels to Boston to find out why it's often regarded as one of the most racist cities in the U.S. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ... Show More

Sativex to be used in World’s 1st Brain Tumor Trial. The Cannabis Oral Spray will be used in an upcoming study led by Leeds University with the help of The Brain Tumour Charity based in the United Kingdom. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSe ... Show More

Trevor examines the role systemic racism is playing in the outsized rate of coronavirus infections hitting black people in the U.S. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about you ... Show More

<p>In World War II, a secret department of British ‘corkscrew thinkers’ hatched a plan to use the cadaver of an unclaimed homeless man to turn the tide of the war in the Allies’ favor. It worked. Learn all about it in this classic episode.</p><p> </p> Learn more about your ad-cho ... Show More

Smallpox is a viral disease that has existed for millennia. But it’s now one of only two diseases that’s been eradicated through human activity, and a global plan was enacted to do it. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/list ... Show More

Trevor compares South African culture's general acknowledgment of its racist history to the unhealthy denial and discomfort surrounding the topic in the U.S. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informa ... Show More

Daniel and Jorge talk to Ryan North about how to use science to become a supervillain Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

<p>In World War II, a secret department of British 'corkscrew thinkers' hatched a plan to use the cadaver of an unclaimed homeless man to turn the tide of the war in the Allies' favor. It worked.</p><p> </p> Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="https://www.iheartpodcastne ... Show More

Roy Wood Jr. and producer CJ Hunt discuss their 2018 segment exploring Boston's reputation as a racist city, and Boston's NAACP President Tanisha Sullivan weighs in. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy ... Show More