This Week I Learned Podcast
1) 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
2) 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
3) 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
4) 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
5) 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
6) 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
7) 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
8) 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
9) 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
Ep. 71: This week I learned that salmon sex literally moves mountains, and more
11:26 | Oct 27th, 2017
10) 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