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Noam Hassenfeld

Host and Senior Producer, Unexplainable

Runners can be disqualified for starting after the gun. What gives?

By Noam Hassenfeld and Brian Resnick September 22

What did dinosaurs actually sound like? Take a listen.

By Noam Hassenfeld August 24

What science still doesn’t know about the five senses

By Brian Resnick and Noam Hassenfeld April 6

Cancer has a smell. Someday your phone may detect it.

By Noam Hassenfeld March 16

How the Nobel Prizes skew science

By Byrd Pinkerton and Noam Hassenfeld October 6, 2021

Astronomers were skeptical about dark matter — until Vera Rubin came along

By Byrd Pinkerton and Noam Hassenfeld August 17, 2021

How a tiny, wobbling particle could unlock mysteries of the universe

By Byrd Pinkerton and Noam Hassenfeld May 12, 2021

Ancient DNA is helping rewrite human history

By Noam Hassenfeld and Byrd Pinkerton March 24, 2021

Systemic racism, explained (to kids)

By Noam Hassenfeld and Byrd Pinkerton August 29, 2020

Why boredom can be good for you

By Byrd Pinkerton and Noam Hassenfeld August 15, 2020