Can Flatworms remember how to find food after re-growing their heads? Science rolled up its sleeves and found out. Flatworms Transcript: Welcome to Brain Junk, I’m Trace Kerr, and I’m Amy Barton, and this is a Brain Storm. …
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Why do we want to crush-hug cute things like babies and young animals? It may have something to do with adorableness overload and how our brains compensate to get things done. Cuteness Aggression Transcript: Welcome to Brain Junk, I’m…
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Born in 1832, Mary Fields was the first African-American female Star Route mail carrier in the United States. Wearing two guns that she sometimes belted over men’s clothing, Stagecoach Mary had no time for mail thieves in 1890s Montana. …
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56: Not Your Mom’s Mythology
Amaryllis and her bleeding heart, the origin of the Milky Way, Maori style, Thor and Loki crash a wedding and hippo poop. They didn’t teach these myths in school. Share this…TwitterPinterestFacebookLinkedinReddit
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Two percent of the population has the almost uncanny ability to recognize and remember faces from chance meetings even years before. We talk about how and why AND tell you about a test you can take to see where you…
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Meet C. explodens; where worker ants rupture their own abdomens–filled with toxic goo–to protect the colony from predators. Exploding Ants Transcript: Welcome to Brain Junk, I’m Trace Kerr, and I’m Amy Barton and this is a Brain Storm. And…
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