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Unexplainable Vox
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4.6 • 1.3K Ratings
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Unexplainable takes listeners right up to the edge of what we know ... and then keeps right on going. This Vox podcast explores scientific mysteries, unanswered questions, and all the things we learn by diving into the unknown. New episodes every Wednesday.
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What's so funny?
Scientists are digging into what makes something funny. We compare their notes with comedians — including Atsuko Okatsuka, Josh Johnson, Dulcé Sloan, and Chris Fleming.
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Origins: The meaning of “life”
For every definition of life, there’s a creature that sends us right back to the drawing board.
This is the third episode in our three-part series, Origins, about the beginnings and boundaries of life on Earth.
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Origins: The first living thing
How did life on Earth start? To help answer that, researchers are trying to create some life for themselves.
This is the second episode in our three-part series, Origins, about the beginnings and boundaries of life on Earth.
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Origins: How did Earth get its water?
Life as we know it needs water, but scientists can’t figure out where Earth’s water came from. Answering that question is just one piece of an even bigger mystery: “Why are we here?”
This is the first episode in our new three-part series, Origins, about the beginnings and boundaries of life on Earth.
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What is love?
Can science help us predict whether a relationship will succeed? Or is it all just chaos?
This episode originally ran on February 9, 2022.
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Why we hiccup
Listeners told us that eating baby carrots or telling lies can bring on the hiccups. Burping or kissing can make them stop. Um, what?
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Customer Reviews
A great service to humanity
This show never ceases to amaze me. The revelations I get from learning some radical science I had never known before are innumerable. So grateful for this podcast.
Big Questions
Takes the things you’ve been quietly musing about for years and gives the science we have on the big questions so far. I love the origins season especially. Thank you!
Great pod
I love the podcast and I listen to it when I go to sleep
Some episodes you do twice