Learn about cutting-edge Shark Week tech; how birthdays impact criminal records; and the time sharks nearly went extinct.

Learn about how huge Megalodon was and why some people have misophonia, a severe hatred of sounds. Plus: a trivia game!

Learn about why daddy longlegs aren’t dangerous; the theoretical Dyson Sphere; and benefits of exercising with a partner.

Learn how nuclear bomb detectors found a secret population of blue whales. Plus: what it takes to film sharks underwater.

Learn about how to combat revenge bedtime procrastination; the power of elephant trunks; and how pineapples eat you back.

Learn about past missions to Venus — and why we’re going back; and how to extract DNA from strawberries in your kitchen.

Learn about the record-breaking glowing kitefin shark; cities’ unique microbiomes; and the true origin of the Milky Way.

Learn about the links between language and music via the speech-to-song illusion and what we can learn from tree rings.

Learn the “Dog Days of Summer”; why scientists did magic tricks for birds; and the smallest conceivable length of time.

Learn about when to use bandages; online shopping’s hidden health benefits; and why tardigrades were shot out of a gun.

Learn about why monkeys imitate other species’ accents; and the “dataome,” a new way to think about information.

Learn how your brain replays the things you’ve practiced at 20 times speed; and an engine that uses information as fuel.

Learn about counterfactual curiosity; the first entanglement-based quantum network; and Rome’s remarkable Cloaca Maxima.

Learn about the social neuroscience of music; songbirds’ ultra-precise song control; and how animals can get skin cancer.

Learn why helping others feels like helping ourselves, how wild animals eat healthy, and how the Sahara feeds the Amazon.