Unexplainable

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Science #7, Life Sciences #1

Unexplainable takes listeners right up to the edge of what we know … and then keeps on going. Host Noam Hassenfeld and an all-star team of reporters — Byrd Pinkerton, Meradith Hoddinott, and Mandy Nguyen — tackle scientific mysteries, unanswered questions, and everything we learn by diving into the unknown. New episodes drop every Wednesday.

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Recent Episodes
  • Embracing economic chaos
    Jul 3, 2024 – 26:42
  • We still don’t really know how inflation works
    Jun 26, 2024 – 30:02
  • Can you put a price on nature?
    Jun 19, 2024 – 23:07
  • The deepest spot in the ocean
    Jun 12, 2024 – 28:14
  • What’s the tallest mountain in the world?
    Jun 5, 2024 – 28:09
  • Did trees kill the world?
    May 22, 2024 – 26:56
  • Can we stop aging?
    May 15, 2024 – 37:19
  • Who's the daddy? There isn't one.
    May 8, 2024 – 20:21
  • Itch hunt
    May 1, 2024 – 18:27
  • How did Earth get its water?
    Apr 24, 2024 – 25:31
  • Is Earth alive?
    Apr 17, 2024 – 28:01
  • The alpha myth
    Apr 10, 2024 – 40:40
  • The eclipse chasers
    Apr 3, 2024 – 19:32
  • The Yips
    Mar 27, 2024 – 27:52
  • The bleeding edge, part two
    Mar 20, 2024 – 24:26
  • The bleeding edge
    Mar 13, 2024 – 18:55
  • Aliens from Earth?
    Mar 6, 2024 – 26:44
  • How scientists are searching for aliens
    Feb 28, 2024 – 16:30
  • A universal virus-killer?
    Feb 21, 2024 – 24:22
  • Why do we cry?
    Feb 14, 2024 – 24:10
  • Should you quit Diet Coke?
    Feb 7, 2024 – 25:36
  • The case for cursing
    Jan 31, 2024 – 27:36
  • The math problem that could break the internet
    Jan 24, 2024 – 38:33
  • Garbage patch kids
    Jan 17, 2024 – 20:18
  • A stethoscope for the rainforest
    Jan 10, 2024 – 26:33
  • Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
    Jan 3, 2024 – 30:23
  • Something weird near the beginning of time
    Dec 20, 2023 – 21:01
  • The tallest mountains on Earth are ... underground?
    Dec 13, 2023 – 19:59
  • Weaponizing uncertainty
    Dec 6, 2023 – 25:21
  • Can we live in space?
    Nov 29, 2023 – 32:50
  • The ice cream effect
    Nov 15, 2023 – 29:21
  • The data vigilantes
    Nov 8, 2023 – 31:53
  • Trouble on Pickles Reef
    Nov 1, 2023 – 26:47
  • Redefining death
    Oct 25, 2023 – 33:55
  • The Orcanizing
    Oct 18, 2023 – 22:12
  • Unexplainable or Not with Wyatt Cenac
    Oct 4, 2023 – 34:06
  • Rogue waves
    Sep 27, 2023 – 28:26
  • Does garlic break magnets?
    Sep 20, 2023 – 30:40
  • How to decode a thought
    Sep 13, 2023 – 31:54
  • It’s getting harder to see
    Aug 30, 2023 – 20:51
  • Jumping the gun
    Aug 23, 2023 – 33:55
  • Can we talk to animals?
    Aug 16, 2023 – 34:21
  • Unexplainable or Not: Beach day!
    Aug 9, 2023 – 29:35
  • Who let the wolves in?
    Aug 2, 2023 – 24:46
  • Why do we have a moon?
    Jul 26, 2023 – 27:25
  • The Black Box: In AI we trust?
    Jul 19, 2023 – 30:45
  • The Black Box: Even AI’s creators don’t understand it
    Jul 12, 2023 – 34:58
  • Do animals grieve?
    Jun 28, 2023 – 26:51
  • Why do we dream?
    Jun 21, 2023 – 23:28
  • Cracking the Indus code
    Jun 14, 2023 – 24:27
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