Anacondas: Not Like in the Movie

You’d think terms like cage-free and free-range means the chickens we eat are frolicking happily in the fresh air under the shining sun, but you’d be so, so wrong. Cage-free is a huge improvement but free-range is lacking and both have a long way to go. Find out all about both in ... Show More

Biggie Smalls and Tupac Shakur had a famous beef with one another in the mid-90s. It was so intense, it sparked an even wider rivalry between the East and West Coasts. In just a few years, both men had been murdered and the music world was changed forever.See omnystudio.com/liste ... Show More

The Seven Deadly Sins are tied to religion, but not really in the Bible. So where did this naughty list come from?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Piranhas are very efficient eaters, but their frothing feeding frenzy seen in horror movies is mostly based on a myth started by Theodore Roosevelt. Learn more in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://animals.howstuffworks.com/animal-facts/piranha-eat-cows.ht ... Show More

HOW LONG DO ANIMALS (and people) SURVIVE WITHOUT THEIR HEADS?   Does a human head remain conscious after being separated from its body?   It sure does. But just how long do you actually survive? Not that long.  But, if we look at other animals, some of them can survive for longer ... Show More

They eat trash and they look a little freaky, but the North American opossum is a smart, clean, disease-fighting, and all-around fascinating creature. Learn why in this classic episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://animals.howstuffworks.com/mammals/opossums-so-dar ... Show More

<p>For as long as humans have sailed the seas, they have feared the deadly predators lurking just beneath the waves. But what if the most terrifying monster wasn’t a known species, but an ancient ghost of impossible size, a creature science says has been extinct for millions of y ... Show More

A list just came out of the wild things that constantly happen in movies that are 100% unrealistic! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Humans tend to max out at a couple minutes of breath holding, but some air-breathing reptiles and even mammals have evolved to spend extreme lengths of time underwater. Learn how long (and how they manage it) in this classic episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://a ... Show More

<p>Neuromarketers claim that their techniques provide new and profound insights for consumers buying everything from soda to new cars. But can they really interpret data in a way that allows them to nudge a user's subconscious mind? And, if so, what does this mean for the future? ... Show More

<p>This is EXPLICIT, so make sure you’re not listening with young ones around! We’re talking about sex, our own bodies, sharing personal&nbsp;sex stories,&nbsp;and also&nbsp;looking at&nbsp;the&nbsp;evolution of penises and&nbsp;the decrease of male fertility around the world. If ... Show More

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