Do You Really Have Two Brains?
Does being creative means you are “right-brained”? Or if you like math and science, are you definitely “left-brained”? More importantly, did a quiz on Facebook…
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Which Came First – Flowers or Bees?
] Here’s a riddle: Roses are red, violets are blue, flowers need bees, but bees need flowers too. These two branches on the tree of…
The Amazing Science of… Dust?
Today on It’s Okay To Be Smart, we’re gonna do a little bit of spring cleaning. I just cleaned that! It’s all stardust anyway, right…
How Did We Figure Out What Light Is?
If a light is on and no one is around to see it, is anything actually lit up? The ancient Greeks didn’t think so. They…
How to See Time Travel!!!
Right now we’re sitting in the middle of a storm. Not rain, though. There’s an invisible shower of subatomic particles pouring down on our bodies.…
The Essentials of Energy
Nuclear or solar? Fracking or tar sands? Pipelines or no pipelines? And what the heck is a kilowatt-hour anyway? Confused? You’re not alone. The world…
Orchid Mantis: Looks That Kill
In 1879, when James Hingsley returned to Australia from Indonesia he brought back tales of an orchid that engulfed butterflies in its petals and devoured…
How Many Trees Are There?
This episode is brought to you by Squarespace. The world’s tallest tree reaches 380 feet into the sky. One giant sequoia is made of enough…
23 Reasons to be Cheerful (Thanks to Science!)
2016, you were a [bleep], i mean a real [bleep], right in the [bleep]. Geopolitical upheaval, record temperatures, Brexit, Aleppo, Brussels, our favorite comic books…
A Brief History Of Time(keeping)
A long time ago on a far-away island, the people kept time by sunrise, sunset, and the cannon. Every day at noon, on the hill…