
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
This week: New research on the first known interstellar object in our solar system, A/2017 U1—or Oumuamua—suggesting it’s probably a chunk of a Pluto-like planet, and not from aliens; research that used 2,000 microphones to get super detailed recordings of hummingbirds and learn how they make the sounds they make; the impact of alcohol consumption policies at major league baseball stadiums; and new research on people with aphantasia—the inability to form mental imagery—and how scary stories are less likely to scare them.
Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds
4.4
825825 ratings
This week: New research on the first known interstellar object in our solar system, A/2017 U1—or Oumuamua—suggesting it’s probably a chunk of a Pluto-like planet, and not from aliens; research that used 2,000 microphones to get super detailed recordings of hummingbirds and learn how they make the sounds they make; the impact of alcohol consumption policies at major league baseball stadiums; and new research on people with aphantasia—the inability to form mental imagery—and how scary stories are less likely to scare them.
Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds
44,014 Listeners
43,660 Listeners
5,678 Listeners
10,735 Listeners
1,708 Listeners
945 Listeners
526 Listeners
12,171 Listeners
6,338 Listeners
24,205 Listeners
3,736 Listeners
4,159 Listeners
6,332 Listeners
2,288 Listeners
491 Listeners