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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Why the new James Webb Space Telescope images are such a big deal
The JWST can simply see more of the universe than the Hubble Space Telescope could.
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Why scientists really, really want to know if there was ever life on Mars
If there was life on Mars billions of years ago — even just microbial life — it could change our understanding of how life begins.
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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.
