Why are our dreams so friggin’ weird? Why does it happen in the first place? I have a theory. And that’s just one of 12 questions I covered in today’s Lightning Round video. Enjoy!
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Why are our dreams so friggin’ weird? Why does it happen in the first place? I have a theory. And that’s just one of 12 questions I covered in today’s Lightning Round video. Enjoy!
Project Hail Mary opened in theaters last week, introducing the world to Rocky, the alien creature whose friendship with the main character, Ryland Grace, forms the heart of the story. Rocky quickly became a fan favorite of readers of the book, partly because of the extensive research and...
There are many things in this world that seem simple but are actually insanely complex and took humanity thousands of years to figure out. Take, for example, the screw. Even though people have been using threaded machines to do work since the ancient Greeks, what we think of as the screw...
Alcatraz. The Rock. The inescapable prison that held some of the most ruthless and colorful criminals the world has ever seen. Some of whom were notorious for escaping other prisons. But there’s only a handful of escape attempts at Alcatraz that could remotely be considered successful...
In the wide pantheon of tough jobs, your friendly neighborhood baker might not be the first thing that comes to mind. But pre-industrialization, bakers had one of the most strenuous, back breaking jobs you can imagine, which broke their bodies down aggressively. All this was exacerbated...
Can we ever actually cure cancer? With the explosion of research in mRNA vaccines that can be coded for specific cancer antigens, the answer is more optimistic than you might think. Also questions about gravity, AI, and the benefits of living in the DFW area, on today’s Lightning Round...
Corporate America is full of stories of recalls from products that have injured or killed consumers, but none can touch the scope and cost of the Takata Airbag Recall. After making the decision to use aluminum nitrate as the propellant in their airbag inflators, multiple people have been...
We’ve heard them in movies for decades, but of course we don’t know what they sounded like in real life. But we do have some educated guesses, and today we’re going to look at the theories behind dinosaur sounds, what they sounded (or felt) like, and ponder the likelihood that maybe some...
The Khara-Hora shaft in Russia is one of the most mysterious rock formations ever found, and has become something of an internet mystery. Depending on who you ask, it could have been built by an unknown ancient civilization (who may still be at the bottom of it), or it could be a secret...
It’s been talked about for a while (in fact I covered this 6 years ago), but a lot of things have been said about the potential collapse of the Atlantic Gulf Stream, also known as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation or AMOC. This global current that keeps Europe and North...
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Why are our dreams so friggin’ weird? Why does it happen in the first place? I have a theory. And that’s just one of 12 questions I covered in today’s Lightning Round video. Enjoy!
Project Hail Mary opened in theaters last week, introducing the world to Rocky, the alien creature whose friendship with the main character, Ryland Grace, forms the...
There are many things in this world that seem simple but are actually insanely complex and took humanity thousands of years to figure out. Take, for example, the screw...
Alcatraz. The Rock. The inescapable prison that held some of the most ruthless and colorful criminals the world has ever seen. Some of whom were notorious for escaping...
In the wide pantheon of tough jobs, your friendly neighborhood baker might not be the first thing that comes to mind. But pre-industrialization, bakers had one of the...
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Why are our dreams so friggin’ weird? Why does it happen in the first place? I have a theory. And that’s just one of 12 questions I covered in today’s Lightning Round video. Enjoy!
Project Hail Mary opened in theaters last week, introducing the world to Rocky, the alien creature whose friendship with the main character, Ryland Grace, forms the heart of the story. Rocky quickly became a fan favorite of readers of the book, partly because of the extensive research and...
There are many things in this world that seem simple but are actually insanely complex and took humanity thousands of years to figure out. Take, for example, the screw. Even though people have been using threaded machines to do work since the ancient Greeks, what we think of as the screw...
Alcatraz. The Rock. The inescapable prison that held some of the most ruthless and colorful criminals the world has ever seen. Some of whom were notorious for escaping other prisons. But there’s only a handful of escape attempts at Alcatraz that could remotely be considered successful...
In the wide pantheon of tough jobs, your friendly neighborhood baker might not be the first thing that comes to mind. But pre-industrialization, bakers had one of the most strenuous, back breaking jobs you can imagine, which broke their bodies down aggressively. All this was exacerbated...