Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, discover the insidious effect nicotine has on your memory; find out why you cough more after you quit smoking than you did before; and learn...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, discover the most expensive planet in the universe; find out how a planet can get as hot as 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit; and learn which planet...
“Bullshit is unavoidable whenever circumstances require someone to talk without knowing what he is talking about.” So says Princeton philosopher Harry Frankfurt in his groundbreaking 1986 essay “On Bullshit.” His insanely precise definition of BS has become legendary in philosophy departments the world over as a way to...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, discover how two cavemen ended up with $7 billion; find out why “finders keepers” isn’t legally binding when it comes to buried treasure; and learn...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, discover what chicken behavior has to do with copulating dinosaurs; find out why the T-Rex was actually a sensitive lover; and learn about the strange...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, discover why we get freckles and moles when we tan; find out what the sun’s radioactive embrace is really doing to your skin; and learn...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, discover why our hands aren’t completely covered in fingers; find out why we’re so puny compared to a gorilla; and learn the deeply unsexy reasons...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, discover which Roman emperor became known as a giraffe-killing coward; find out which Revolutionary War general set a record for running away; and learn the...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, discover why new taxes had everyone in England bricking up their windows; find out what the Roman Emperor Vespasian was doing with the contents of...
It’s pretty common for people at either end of the political spectrum to argue over how their tax money should be spent. For many of us, though, it’s hard to even get a clear idea of how it’s being spent right now, let alone figuring out where...
With Tax Day nearly here, we’ve got money on our minds—one dollar bills, to be exact. In addition to being able to buy you a soda, each note contains a wealth of information about when and where that very bill was printed. Here’s what every symbol on...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, discover why, to a neuroscientist, an orgasm is comparable to heroin; find out what else is happening in your brain during climax; and learn which...