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Do Animals Understand Death? Apr 16, 2025

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What do chimpanzees, whales, and dogs understand about the concept of dying? Do possums ponder their passing? Jorge talks to two animal mind experts to find out.

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What If You Dig a Hole to the Center of the Earth? Apr 09, 2025

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What's the deepest hole we can dig? And what would we find there? Jorge digs deep with drilling engineers to get to the bottom of things.

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Are Near-Death Experiences Real? Apr 02, 2025

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A light at the end of a tunnel, your life flashes before your eyes, an angel speaks to you. Are these signs of an afterlife, or can science explain them?

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Can You Survive Being Cryogenically Frozen? Mar 26, 2025

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Want to travel to a distant star? Or fast-forward to the future? Jorge chills with scientists to figure out if freezing your body (or just your brain) is the answer.

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What is a Quantum Computer? Mar 19, 2025

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What is this mysterious technology, and how is it going to affect our lives? Jorge talks to a Quantum scientist and visits their lab to see and hear these machines in action.

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Do You Have to Wait 30 Minutes After Eating Before You Can Go Swimming? Mar 12, 2025

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It's a rule that has frustrated kids everywhere. But is it a myth, or is there real science behind it? Jorge finds out if it passes the float test.

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Do Our Pets Lie to Us? Mar 12, 2025

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Is your feline friend fibbing? Is your dog duplicitous? Jorge dives into the world of animal lying and finds out if they have the same tells as humans. Special guest: science fiction author Mary Robinette Kowal.

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Introducing: ScienceStuff Feb 25, 2025

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Ever wonder if your pet is lying to you, what's inside a black hole, or whether you'd survive being cryogenically frozen? With infectious curiosity, cartoonist and former roboticist Jorge Cham makes science fun and accessible as he answers your biggest questions on the ScienceStuff podcast.

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