Unexplainable

Before AI became a mainstream obsession, one thinker sounded the alarm about its catastrop... more

This week on Unexplainable or Not, the newest member of our team, [Julia Longoria] (https:... more

And why he thinks you should too. Guest:  [Dylan Matthews] (https://www.vox.com/authors/dy... more

A neuroscientist argues that the focus on dreams has held back the scientific understandin... more

Funding cuts and research censorship have shaken the foundations of America’s health and s... more

For thousands of years, there have been four basic tastes recognized across cultures. But ... more

Some of the largest lakes in the world have been buried under miles of ice for millions of... more

Genetic libraries are treasure troves of information about life from around the world. The... more

Some scientists think an explosion of AI awareness and feeling might be just around the co... more

It’s that time of year again. If you’re changing things up, there’s a lot of diets out the... more

The wildest stories that never made it into our episodes. Until now. Guests: [Amy Boddy] (... more

Dogs were the first domesticated animal in history, emerging from wolves some 20,000 years... more

We know Neanderthals and early modern humans coupled up. But when did they meet, exactly? ... more

It’s not great to be a lab rat. And it turns out, lab rats might not be that great for sci... more

This week on Unexplainable or Not, we’ve got three scientific mysteries all about left and... more

For decades, scientists thought that placebos only worked if patients didn’t know they wer... more

It makes sense that we run away from scary things. That’s a good way to stay alive. But wh... more

Drugs like ecstasy and mushrooms have shown promise as mental health treatments, but they’... more

How we feel emotionally may be influenced by unseen troves of microbial life that live ins... more

As the world gets warmer and storms get worse, insurance companies are jacking up rates — ... more

Doctors have started transplanting animal organs into people, hoping this experimental pro... more

Scientists have lots of ways to try to answer that question, and lots of different predict... more

Probably not. But Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz decided to try anyway, putting... more

Scientists just discovered oxygen being produced without sunlight — without photosynthesis... more

For decades, search and rescue teams followed an accepted playbook. Now, scientists are he... more

With antibiotic resistance on the rise, some scientists are turning to viruses as a medica... more

Our bodies are teeming with viruses. But some of them, called phages, might play a really ... more

The FDA is about to announce whether it’s going to approve MDMA as a treatment for PTSD. O... more