SYSK Selects: Do you stay conscious after being decapitated?
In this week's SYSK Select episode, historically speaking, decapitation was a popular means of...
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SYSK Selects: How Exploitation Films Work
In today's SYSK Select episode, we learn about exploitation films. During the 1930s-80s, the work...
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SYSK Selects: Why can't we find Amelia Earhart?
In this week's SYSK Select episode, famed aviator Amelia Earhart's disappearance in 1937 is a...
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SYSK Selects: The Cheesiest SYSK Episode Ever
In this week's SYSK Select episode, cheese is often overlooked as a one of humanity's great...
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In this week's SYSK Select episode, at long last, Josh and Chuck take on perhaps their most...
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In this week's SYSK Select episode, at long last, Josh and Chuck take on perhaps their most...
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SYSK Selects: Scooby Dooby Doo, Where Are You?
In this week's SYSK Select episode, for decades, Scooby Doo has captivated children across the...
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In today's SYSK Select episode, fly, robin, fly indeed. No musical genre has risen and burned out...
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SYSK Selects: How Shrunken Heads Work
In this week's SYSK Select episode, although U.S. museum collections are rife with counterfeits,...
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SYSK Selects: Did a cow start the Great Chicago Fire?
In this week's SYSK Select episode, Josh and Chuck find who's probably to blame for the Great...
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SYSK Selects: How McCarthyism Works
In this week's SYSK Select episode, if you're accusing someone of disloyalty or subversion...
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Classic Episode: Does birth control affect future fertility?
Do oral contraceptives make it harder to get pregnant down the road? Do IUDs increase pregnancy...
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Classic Episode: Does birth control affect future fertility?
Do oral contraceptives make it harder to get pregnant down the road? Do IUDs increase pregnancy...
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Classic Episode: Women in Science: They Exist!
Why don't more women pursue science careers? Join Caroline and Cristen as they look at 4 female...
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Classic Episode: Were mediums the first feminists?
What are mediums, and what did they have to do with the early suffragists? Join Caroline and...
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Taste seems like a pretty simple sense, but scientists are still trying to figure out exactly how...
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Can your grandfather's diet shorten your life?
Epigenetics is a fascinating field of genetics that studies how the epigenome and environmental,...
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Gilles de la Tourette syndrome, commonly referred to as Tourette's, is a neurological disorder...
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With the world's best weaponry, a shadowy legal status, and almost no oversight, Delta Force is...
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Murphy's law originates in 1949, and states 'anything that can go wrong, will.' Check out this...
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