Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, we look at why laughter evolved in the first place; what laughter really means most of the time; and why a scientist would want to...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, find out why none of our current theories match our current understanding of physics (and why that’s okay); discover what the “Big Bounce” was; and...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, find out why staring into a fire can be good for your health; discover the (slightly embarrassing) reason we get so excited by fire and...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, find out just how many steps you have to climb to get to the mist-shrouded Tiger’s Nest Monastery; discover how to go on vacation inside...
You probably have a vague idea that your semen contains a few things besides sperm, but you might be shocked at the extent of that mysterious “other stuff” category. In fact, your special sauce contains a laundry list of ingredients, each with its own important function. The...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, find out how long Professor Stephen Hawking thinks we have left to get off this planet before we go extinct; how many potentially habitable planets...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, we look at which organs can grow back by themselves (the most impressive of which is one only women have); how close we are 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 why most of the foods we think of as aphrodisiacs actually do nothing at all; learn the best way to eat stewed lizard feet;...
We explored the surprisingly complex world of the hickie in the February edition of The Bathroom Minutes magazine, but what of its close relative, the kiss? Here’s the etymology of every common phrase involving puckering up. French Kissing This phrase appeared in the English-speaking world in the...
In our new series, What I Learned from Getting My Ass Kicked, people from all walks of life discuss setbacks that could’ve finished them, and how they dealt with those defeats. This edition, ultrarunner Dean Karnazes — who has run across the Sahara Desert and completed a marathon to...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, find out why people keep groaning even after they die; learn the truth about “death erections”; and discover what it really means when people see...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, find out why chimps can’t be taught to have a conversation with you; why parrots repeat everything you say; and why your dog really doesn’t...