Scienceing Fiction

What did centaurs evolve from? Can a centaur enjoy a cheeseburger? How can we reconcile the floppy neck of a newborn human with the precocious mobility of a foal? And finally, to solve the question of the custom D&D miniature that sparked the whole conversation, do female centaurs nurse from the human torso, or from the horso?

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And now, for our most in-depth exploration of fictional anatomy to date, it's time to talk about centaurs. How do their circulatory and respiratory systems work? How would they wear body armor? How acute is their sense of smell? Find out all this and more in the first half of our very first two-part episode.

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What exactly is going on when a phoenix is reborn? This week, we give the question of phoenix immortality the third degree as we cross-examine witnesses from ancient Greek historians and philosophers to Starfleet Chief Medical Officers. Will the legend of a single immortal entity prove to be phoenix right or phoenix wrong? We'll be the judge of that.

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Two wrongs don't make a right... but what if you consume the embodiment of evil? Today, we get blasphemous and consider if biting into Baphomet would be considered kosher.

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What do vampires and pirates have in common? Join the gang as they try to rat out whether vampires are prone to scurvy, goiter, and other forms of malnutrition.

PS. Apologies for the dip in audio quality towards the end of the episode. We were having some challenges with our microphone.

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Our intro music is Medusa's on the Loose, which is CC03 licensed by The Crypts

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How viscous is mermaid milk exactly? For that matter, are mermaids even mammals? Join Lee, Rachel, and Troy as they attempt to classify these seeming fish-human hybrids, citing sources from ancient Greek myth to animated films and a cheese company's website that seems a bit too good to be true.

Our intro music is Medusa's on the Loose, which is CC03 licensed by The Crypts

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