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Have you lied today? Was it a big lie or a "white" lie? Why do we deceive? And, is honesty always the best policy?

Mike gets to some truths about lying from Tim Levine, author of the book "Duped" and Chair of Communication Studies at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Dr. Kim Serota, lecturer of Management and Marketing at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan who's given a Ted X talk on why we lie. 

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In the buffet of museum choices, we tend to go right for the mummies. What is their universal appeal? And, how have they stayed so well preserved for centuries? 

This week, Mike unravels the process of mummification with The American Research Center in Egypt's Executive Director, Dr. Louise Bertini. 

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Who comes up with those random national holidays?
Mike finds out from Holly McGuire, Editor in Chief at Chase’s Calendar of Events, and Marlo Anderson, Founder of National Day Calendar.com. 

How long should you keep a toothbrush? And, how dirty are they?
Mike gets answers from Kimberly Harms, D.D.S., The Dental Mediator.

How do navigation apps work? Are they watching you? And, how do they calculate your ETA?
Mike puts questions to Mike Wuerthele at Apple Insider.

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Are you an introvert, an extrovert, or something in between?

Do these terms mean what we think they do?

Mike gets answers from author, speaker, and extrovert, Dr. Jennifer Kahnweiler.

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The term "carnivorous plant" seems almost like an oxymoron. What makes them so different from other plants? Should you feed them? And, why did the Venus flytraps we bought as kids never survive?

Mike chomps down on answers from Josh Brown with Predatory Plants in Half Moon Bay and Shawn Lyons at The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. 

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Companies like Amazon are deploying robots to satiate our desire for instant gratification. But is that a good thing?

Do they have drivers or do they drive themselves? What do robots mean for the future of delivery? 

Mike gets answers from Alastair Westgarth, CEO of Starship Technologies, and Organizational Psychologist, Dr. Gena Cox. 

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When you see someone yawn, do you yawn too? What's up with that? 

Mike learns all about yawns from Andrew Gallup, Ph.D., Associate Professor at the State University of New York (SUNY) Polytechnic Institute.

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We might not realize it but sand is in just about everything! And, it's becoming scarcer. Where is all the sand going? What could we replace it with? And, how do the sands by the beach and the sands in the desert differ?

Mike digs for answers with Vince Beiser, independent journalist and author of "The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization."

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How is horsepower measured? And, where does its name derive from? Mike puts questions to K.C Colwell, executive editor at Car and Driver.

What are hiccups? And, what's the best way to get rid of them? Mike gets answers from Dr. Thomas Yadegar at Cedars Sinai Tarzana Medical Center.

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We do it when we're sad and, even when we're happy. But why do we cry?

Mike gets answers from Ad Vingerhoets at Tilburg University in The Netherlands.

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