How Do Octopuses Work?
These marine invertebrates can solve puzzles, use tools, and camouflage themselves by changing their very skin -- yet they live only three t...
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20 of 2,686 episodesHow Do We Get Iron and Steel Out of Stone?
Iron processing is a benchmark of civilization for good reason -- this metal makes a lot of technology possible. Learn about the history and...
Did a Journalist's Probe into JFK's Assassination Lead to Her Death?
In the mid-1900s, Dorothy Kilgallen was a famous journalist and popular media personality -- but her investigation into the deaths of Presid...
BrainStuff Classics: Could the Great Depression Happen Again?
There were many factors that led to the depth and length of the Great Depression, but some of these mistakes are being repeated today. Learn...
How Many Arachnids Live in Your Eyelashes?
Pretty much every human has thousands of microscopic mites living in the hair follicles on their face, feeding off of the dead skin cells an...
Are Induction Cooktops Better than Gas or Electric?
Instead of putting a pan on a source of heat (like a gas burner or electric element), an induction cooktop creates heat in the pan itself th...
How Did Mastodons Defend the Legitimacy of America?
In the 1700s, fossil finds along the Ohio and Hudson Rivers indicated that North America was home to mysterious beasts. Learn how mastodon b...
BrainStuff Classics: Why Do Some People Eat Dirt?
The craving for and practice of eating earth is more widespread than you might think. Learn why researchers think people engage in this form...
What Advice About Lightning Is Wrong?
A lot of sayings and ideas about how to avoid getting struck by lightning are misguided. Learn how to stay storm safe in a building, a vehic...
How Did Wild Bill Hickok Become America's First Gunslinger?
In the mid-1800s, the archetype of the gentleman gunslinger emerged through tall tales of real people like James Butler 'Wild Bill' Hickok....
What Colors Are Impossible?
All colors only really exist in the mind of the beholder -- and there are colors that we can't perceive, or can only perceive under particul...
BrainStuff Classics: What's the Controversy Behind 'Mary Had a Little Lamb'?
No, it's not the lyrics -- the author of this nursery rhyme is what's in question. Learn why (and how Henry Ford was involved) in today's cl...
What Was the World's Largest Nuclear Weapon?
In 1961, the USSR set off a 57-megaton atomic bomb, nicknamed the Tsar Bomba. It's still by far the most powerful nuclear weapon ever built....
How Do Red-Tailed Hawks Work?
This large, loud hawk is probably North America's most common because it's so adaptable. Learn more about red-tailed hawks in today's episod...
How Does Ketchup Work?
This all-American condiment got its start as a fermented fish sauce and featured in the formation of the Food and Drug Administration. Learn...
BrainStuff Classics: How Can You Help a Friend with Depression?
We all know we're supposed to reach out to friends and family experiencing depression, but it's an intimidating prospect. Learn how to get a...
How Does the Myth of the Minotaur Work?
The Minotaur -- a monstrous half man, half bull -- has raged through stories for millennia. But where did he and his labyrinth come from? Le...
How Do Manatees Work?
Manatees swim the calm waterways of tropical Atlantic coastlines with no worries of natural predators. Learn why humans are their only real...
Why Do We Put Diamonds on Engagement Rings?
The tradition of putting diamonds on engagement rings is less than a century old, but some 80% of engagement rings in the U.S. now bear them...
How Did the Stonewall Riots Work?
The police raid and ensuing riots at the Stonewall Inn in June of 1969 became a turning point in queer civil rights because of the larger mo...