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190. Craters

When PhD student Annie Lennox discovered a crater on Mercury, she got the chance to name it....

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Tranquillusionist: Person In Scene

This is the Tranquillusionist, in which I, Helen Zaltzman, soothe your brain by saying a load of...

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189. Mouthful of Fortune

At Lunar New Year, certain foods are particularly lucky to eat. Why? Because in Chinese, their...

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188. Lipread

Lipreading has been in the news this month, thanks to gossip-stoking mouth movements at the...

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187. Bonus 2023

It's our annual end of year parade of all the extra good stuff this year's podguests talked...

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186. Ravels

We’ve got knitting! We’ve got eponyms!! We’ve got knitting eponyms!!! Which come with a whole...

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185. Gems and Patties

We’re returning to the theme of renaming, for two food-related renamings: the first one that...

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184. Misophonia

The word 'misophonia' describes a condition that statistically, 20 per cent of you have: an...

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Apple Fest!

All aboard, we're off to the 2023 Apple Festival at the University of British Columbia, to taste...

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183. Timucua

When Spanish missionaries arrived in what is now called Florida, there were 100,000-200,000...

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182. Siblings of Chaos

Lexicographer, author and Dictionary Corner resident Susie Dent has been studying words to make...

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181. Cairns

There's an abiding myth that the landmark dictionaries are the work of one man, in a dusty...

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180. Project ENABLE

Sterling Martin was in grad school, studying C. elegans worms, when COVID19 hit and suddenly he...

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179. Andy Quiz

It's the annual etymology quizlusionist! I’m on a family holiday for the first time since 1988,...

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178. Uranus

Have you ever wondered why the planets in our solar system are all named after Roman deities,...

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Tranquillusionist: Gay Animals

This is the Tranquillusionist, in which I, Helen Zaltzman, say a load of words which aren’t...

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177. Fat part 2

“The starting point is, and the research questions are all framed by: 'We know it's terrible to...

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176. Fat part 1

It should just be an accurate descriptor of my body, but the word 'fat' has shaped so much more...

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175. Eurovision part 2

Oh, you thought the Eurovision Song Contest was about songs? Or a fun international TV event that...

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174. Eurovision part 1

There aren't many multilingual, multinational television shows that have been running for nearly...

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