Unexplainable
Unexplainable takes listeners right up to the edge of what we know ... and then keeps right on going. This Vox podcast explores scientific mysteries, unanswered questions, and all the things we learn by diving into the unknown. New episodes 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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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.