Your audio guide to the most fascinating and fun revelations, reports, and studies on the internet. Quick, concise, and infectiously entertaining, This Week I Learned promises to make learning fun again.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 17 hours 16 minutes
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Blue-blockers for smartphone addicts | Jimmy wants to lower Jimmy's stress | Who's the boss? Baby knows. | The great Mona Lisa heist of 1911
episode 58: Ep. 58: This week I learned why so many people order tomato juice on airplanes, and more
The science of bad airplane food | Why you're such a mosquito magnet | Ban soap! | The shy shark
episode 59: Ep. 57: This week I learned what it would take to obliterate all life on Earth, and more
The surprising resilience of life | Jane Austen, home brewer | You're junk, DNA | The mind-cleansing effect of showering
episode 57: Ep. 56: This week I learned praying mantises are killing your hummingbirds and eating their brains, and more
Praying mantises go for the brain | Frogs have ridiculously soft tongues | The 'poorly sleeping grandparent hypothesis' | Coral's magnificent protective glow
episode 56: Ep. 55: This week I learned even smelling your food can make you fat, and more
How smell affects your weight | The memory boost of forgetfulness | Frogs, evolutionary opportunists | The inspiring fiction of Betty Crocker
episode 55: Ep. 54: This week I learned just having your phone nearby is making you dumber, and more
The smartphone brain drain | The funky thing blinking does to your brain | The sisterhood of traveling vampire bats | How a California mailman gave us avocados
episode 54: Ep. 53: This week I learned that looking at puppies can save your marriage, and more
An excuse to look at puppies! | Heat-related airplane delays | The sea’s paragon of parenting | The most spectacular migration on Earth
episode 53: Ep. 52: This week I learned that a low-carb diet may be changing your personality, and more
New diet, new you | Spain's time-zone woes | The mysteriously flexible pine trees | The dark origin of the word 'gypped'
episode 52: Ep. 51: This week I learned the dark origin story of the seat belt, and more
Hugh DeHaven was obsessed with accidents | A raven's revenge | The better, simpler way to wash your hands
episode 51: Ep. 50: This week I learned flight times are longer now than they were 50 years ago, and more
Airline regress | Rainmaking fungi | Semantic satiation | The spider web that gets stronger the more it kills