Unexplainable
Unexplainable is a science show about everything we don’t know. Host Noam Hassenfeld is joined by an array of experts and Vox reporters each week to look at the most fascinating unanswered questions in science and the mind-bending ways scientists are trying to answer them. New episodes drop every Wednesday.
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The Unexplainable team includes Noam Hassenfeld, Byrd Pinkerton, Meradith Hoddinott, Mandy Nguyen, Cristian Ayala, and Brian Resnick. The show is a production of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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7 ocean mysteries scientists haven’t solved yet
And the adventures scientists go on to better understand our enigmatic seas.
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The underwater “eye” that is unlocking ocean secrets
A marine biologist built a stealth camera that’s collected images of some of the most elusive deep sea animals.
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Doctors learned how to save premature infants’ lives. They forgot about pain.
Scientists are investigating how to treat pain in babies who can’t tell you when it hurts.
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Ball lightning is real, and very rare. This is what it’s like to experience it.
Close encounters with mysterious, hovering balls of lightning, illustrated.
Humans and Neanderthals had sex. But was it for love?
The discovery of human-Neanderthal mating is changing our understanding of what it means to be human.