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Learn about why younger kids don’t understand sarcasm; a 24,000 year old living worm; and Betelgeuse’s “Great Dimming.”

Luke Tipple speaks with marine biologists & stars of the Shark Week show Shark Women, Alison Towner & Leigh de Necker.

Learn how earworms could be helping your memory; how auroras are created; and what your cat should drink instead of milk.

Luke Tipple speaks with former Australian Navy bomb disposal diver, environmentalist & star of Shark Week special Monsters Under the Rig, Paul de Gelder.

Learn about how meat-eaters really feel; using cosmic rays in medical diagnoses; and the Oxford Electric Bell mystery.

Learn about two newly discovered ancient human species; the Digital Library of Babel; and benefits of running to music.

Learn about how cognitive flexibility helps you learn; why dinosaurs may have been warm-blooded; and noctilucent clouds.

Learn why talking to strangers shouldn’t be scary; and a new map revealing hidden dark matter “bridges” between galaxies.

Learn how to get better at talking to strangers; and how Red Dead Redemption 2 turns gamers into naturalists. Trivia too!

Learn about whether being too clean makes kids sick; an ancient coronavirus epidemic; and a black hole-neutron star merger.

Learn about the benefits of living near a volcano; different types of carbonated water; and how to procrastinate right.

Learn why Easter Island never had a population collapse; and how scientists are measuring the expansion of our universe.

Learn about a microwave to revive hamsters; whether humans are still evolving; and why art is more moving in a museum.

Shark Girl Madison Stewart, star of Shark Week’s Jaws vs. The Blob, talks about the changing habits of and dangers to great white sharks.

Marine biologist and shark expert Luke Tipple recalls his first shark interaction and the importance of sharks to oceans and planet earth.