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Your audio guide to the most fascinating and fun revelations, reports, and studies on the internet. Quick, concise, and infectiously entertaining, This Week I Learned promises to make learning fun aga... more
FAQs about This Week I Learned:How many episodes does This Week I Learned have?The podcast currently has 80 episodes available.
August 04, 2017Ep. 59: This week I learned the only way to use your phone at night without messing with your sleep, and moreBlue-blockers for smartphone addicts | Jimmy wants to lower Jimmy's stress | Who's the boss? Baby knows. | The great Mona Lisa heist of 1911...more17minPlay
July 28, 2017Ep. 58: This week I learned why so many people order tomato juice on airplanes, and moreThe science of bad airplane food | Why you're such a mosquito magnet | Ban soap! | The shy shark...more10minPlay
July 21, 2017Ep. 57: This week I learned what it would take to obliterate all life on Earth, and moreThe surprising resilience of life | Jane Austen, home brewer | You're junk, DNA | The mind-cleansing effect of showering...more16minPlay
July 14, 2017Ep. 56: This week I learned praying mantises are killing your hummingbirds and eating their brains, and morePraying mantises go for the brain | Frogs have ridiculously soft tongues | The 'poorly sleeping grandparent hypothesis' | Coral's magnificent protective glow...more13minPlay
July 07, 2017Ep. 55: This week I learned even smelling your food can make you fat, and moreHow smell affects your weight | The memory boost of forgetfulness | Frogs, evolutionary opportunists | The inspiring fiction of Betty Crocker...more13minPlay
June 30, 2017Ep. 54: This week I learned just having your phone nearby is making you dumber, and moreThe smartphone brain drain | The funky thing blinking does to your brain | The sisterhood of traveling vampire bats | How a California mailman gave us avocados...more13minPlay
June 23, 2017Ep. 53: This week I learned that looking at puppies can save your marriage, and moreAn excuse to look at puppies! | Heat-related airplane delays | The sea’s paragon of parenting | The most spectacular migration on Earth...more13minPlay
June 16, 2017Ep. 52: This week I learned that a low-carb diet may be changing your personality, and moreNew diet, new you | Spain's time-zone woes | The mysteriously flexible pine trees | The dark origin of the word 'gypped'...more14minPlay
June 09, 2017Ep. 51: This week I learned the dark origin story of the seat belt, and moreHugh DeHaven was obsessed with accidents | A raven's revenge | The better, simpler way to wash your hands...more11minPlay
June 02, 2017Ep. 50: This week I learned flight times are longer now than they were 50 years ago, and moreAirline regress | Rainmaking fungi | Semantic satiation | The spider web that gets stronger the more it kills...more13minPlay
FAQs about This Week I Learned:How many episodes does This Week I Learned have?The podcast currently has 80 episodes available.