BrainStuff

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BrainStuff episodes

August 30, 2020 BrainStuff Classics: How Do Squirrels Organize Their Nuts?
Research suggests that squirrels use memory strategies to remember where they put the good nuts. Learn more in this classic episode of BrainStuff.

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5 min
August 29, 2020 BrainStuff Classics: How Old Is the Number Zero?
An analysis of the ancient Indian Bakhshali manuscript suggests the numerical symbol zero, as we use it today, may be centuries older than previously believed. Learn more in this classic episode of BrainStuff.

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4 min
August 28, 2020 What Do the Numbers on Interstate Signs Mean?
American interstates aren't given those numbers randomly. Learn how information is coded into every number -- and how this high-speed road system got its start -- in today's episode of BrainStuff.

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8 min
August 27, 2020 What's the Largest Lake in the World?
Siberia's Lake Baikal is so massive that it contains islands that have their own lakes. Learn about this ocean in the making, its amazing wildlife, and the myths about it in today's episode of BrainStuff.

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6 min
August 26, 2020 How Do Hurricanes Get Their Names?
Hurricanes weren't always given names. Learn how the tradition began and how the names rotate from year to year in this episode of BrainStuff.

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5 min
August 25, 2020 Who Were the First Cowboys?
The cowboy is an American icon, but the profession originated with Native American workers tending Spanish horses and cattle in Central America. Learn about the vaquero in this episode of BrainStuff.

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7 min
August 24, 2020 What Were the World's Last Woolly Mammoths?
Early humans did help hunt woolly mammoths to extinction, but the last surviving pockets of these animals were remote from humans. Learn more about them in this episode of BrainStuff.

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4 min
August 23, 2020 BrainStuff Classics: Are Wolves Smarter Than Dogs?
A new study put dogs and wolves head to head in the intelligence department. Guess which species won? Find out on BrainStuff.

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5 min
August 22, 2020 BrainStuff Classics: What Ruined City Lies Under Tunisia's Waters?
Archaeologists discovered what they believe to be ruins of the Roman city of Neapolis in the Mediterranean, near Tunisia. Learn what they found out about it in this classic episode of BrainStuff.

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5 min
August 21, 2020 How Do Trebuchets Work?
Trebuchets are a type of catapult that crushed castles in the Middle Ages. Learn how these siege engines helped kingdoms wage war in today's episode of BrainStuff.

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9 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.