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- Why Do Bees Beard?Honeybees can heat and cool their hives to keep the temperature comfortable. Learn about one method -- bearding -- in this episode of BrainStuff.Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com6 min
- How Can a Sea Slug Use Solar Power?Researchers have found a sea slug that incorporates pieces of algae cells into its body to live off of photosynthesis. Learn more about it in this episode of BrainStuff.Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com5 min
- Will There Always Be a North Star?The star Polaris, when viewed in the Northern Hemisphere, points you almost due north. Learn how it's aided navigators for centuries, but why it won't always do so, in this episode of BrainStuff.Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com7 min
- How Did a Mad King Design Disney's Castle?Walt Disney based Sleeping Beauty's castle -- the centerpiece of Disneyland and the Disney logo -- on a real castle in the Bavarian Alps of Germany. Learn about Neuschwanstein Castle's strange and tragic history in this episode of BrainStuff.Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com9 min
- Do You Or Your Dishwasher Get Dishes Cleaner?OK, this one is no contest: Your dishwasher can get dishes cleaner, but that doesn't necessarily mean that using one is healthier. Learn about the science behind the suds in this episode of BrainStuff.Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com5 min
- How Does Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Work?Thousands of participants and millions of viewers turn out every year for the spectacle that is the Macy's Parade. Learn its history and what goes into running it in this episode of BrainStuff.Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com8 min
- Would Turkey Be So Popular Without Thanksgiving?Americans eat a LOT of turkey around the winter holidays, but why? Learn about turkey's festive history and when we eat the most of it in this episode of BrainStuff.Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com6 min
- BrainStuff Classics: How Dirty Is Soap?It’s good hygiene to wash your hands after touching shared bathroom surfaces. But bars of soap are also a shared surface. Learn why soap is pretty clean in this episode of BrainStuff.Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com6 min
- Do Dogs Have Belly Buttons?Spoiler alert: Yep, all placental mammals have belly buttons, but dogs' and cats' look a little different than ours. Learn how belly buttons work in this episode of BrainStuff.Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com5 min
- BrainStuff Classics: Are Plants Conscious?Researchers have found evidence that plants have senses, memories, and can even communicate with each other. But does this mean they're conscious? Learn what science has to say in this episode of BrainStuff.Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com7 min
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Whether the topic is popcorn or particle physics, you can count on BrainStuff to explore -- and explain -- the everyday science in the world around us.