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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episode 40: Ep. 39: This week I learned some metals have memory, and more
Metal memory | Living the slow life history strategy | Your dog, the liar | Why we itch
episode 39: 38: This week I learned you could probably outrun a T. Rex, and more
T. Rex, speed walker | Forever-young ants | Tattoos for health? | The sad truth about seltzer
episode 38: 37: This week I learned the unexpected ways an asteroid could kill us all, and more
How an asteroid takes us down | The revolting necessity of vultures | That "grima" feeling | Sleepless in the Serengeti
episode 37: Ep. 36: This week I learned why we're all suckers for the good cop/bad cop routine, and more
The emotional seesaw phenomenon | Fatherhood hormones | How fish "talk" | Introducing: Zealandia!
episode 36: Ep. 35: This week I learned honeybees say 'oops' when they're startled, and more
Decoding clumsy bees | Your morning cup of memory boost | Goat BFFs | Panda diplomacy
episode 35: Ep. 34: This week I learned that Brazil and France almost went to war over lobster, and more
The Lobster War | The efficiency of right-hand loops | How whales yell | Lunar hay fever
episode 34: Ep. 33: This week I learned dogs dig reggae, and more
Music fit for a dog | A plant's smelly defense | Our terrifying ancestors | The mystery of synched pendulums
episode 33: Ep. 32: This week I learned ancient otters were terrifyingly huge, and more
Wolf-sized otters | How nicotine calms a schizophrenic brain | The real power of ritual | Where the Declaration of Independence safely sleeps
episode 32: Ep. 31: This week I learned the CIA once hired psychics for intelligence gathering, and more
Program Star Gate | Human-hunting vampire bats | Leonie, the asexual zebra shark mom | The dinosaurs' cold, dark death
episode 31: Ep. 30: This week I learned your appendix might be useful after all, and more
Your hard-working appendix | Cramming for exercise | The end of the Megalodon shark | Baby talk and your dog