This Week I Learned
This Week I Learned
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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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Ep. 79: This week I learned that crows make up after fights, and more
Ep. 79: This week I learned that crows make up after fights, and more
Considerate crows | The Vatican's milky walls | When Iceland's women went on strike | Mountain-climbing madness
Dec 21, 2017
11 min
Ep. 78: The week I learned your ice is teeming with bacteria, and more
Ep. 78: The week I learned your ice is teeming with bacteria, and more
Your gross ice | Play Super Mario with Grandma | The Eiffel Tower at night | Our forcefield atmosphere
Dec 14, 2017
35 min
Ep. 77: This week I learned dogs really are smarter than cats, and more
Ep. 77: This week I learned dogs really are smarter than cats, and more
Dogs are nerds | The trick to learning new skills | The great Halifax explosion | Pumice stones for whales
Dec 7, 2017
15 min
Ep. 76: This week I learned that prehistoric women were ridiculously strong, and more
Ep. 76: This week I learned that prehistoric women were ridiculously strong, and more
Prehistoric girl power | Turtles' butt-breathing power | How cuddling changes genetics | The negative power of perception
Nov 30, 2017
13 min
Ep. 75: This week I learned America really struggled to pin down a date for Thanksgiving, and more
Ep. 75: This week I learned America really struggled to pin down a date for Thanksgiving, and more
America's Thanksgiving indecision | The long history of the wishbone | Your gluten-less gluten sensitivity | A primer on naming countries
Nov 23, 2017
16 min
Ep. 74: This week I learned the dinosaurs could still be alive today if the asteroid had hit pretty much anywhere else, and more
Ep. 74: This week I learned the dinosaurs could still be alive today if the asteroid had hit pretty much anywhere else, and more
How the dinosaurs could have survived | The healing powers of daytime | The room in your house that bugs prefer | The incredible efficiency of the penguin waddle
Nov 16, 2017
11 min
Ep. 73: This week I learned that dogs can smell happiness, and more
Ep. 73: This week I learned that dogs can smell happiness, and more
How you're hijacking your dog's emotions | Right-handed bees | Chopin's pickled heart | England's sin-eaters
Nov 9, 2017
12 min
Ep. 72: This week I learned plants can smell predators coming, and more
Ep. 72: This week I learned plants can smell predators coming, and more
Plants can smell | Bacteria can feel | It snows sunscreen on a planet far, far away | The purpose of those silly little T. Rex arms
Nov 2, 2017
13 min
Ep. 71: This week I learned that salmon sex literally moves mountains, and more
Ep. 71: This week I learned that salmon sex literally moves mountains, and more
Earth-shattering salmon love | The secret genius of daydreaming | Our innate arachnophobia | Diagnosed with a broken heart
Oct 26, 2017
11 min
Ep. 70: This week I learned worms can smell danger, and more
Ep. 70: This week I learned worms can smell danger, and more
The olfactory defenses of the roundworm | Stress is ruining your diet | A fish's lament | The murderer behind the OED
Oct 19, 2017
16 min
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