Pat Walters

Everyone on the planet has been told to stay six feet away from each other. Why six? And is six even the right number?

Could a century-old treatment become our best weapon in the fight against Covid-19?

Ever wonder what happens to your poop after you flush? So did we, but we weren't quite prepared for where it would take us. 

Tales of lethargic farmers, zombie cockroaches, and even mind-controlled humans (kinda, maybe).

When you run the math, who comes out on top, the living or the dead?

In 1822 a stork that got speared like a kabob helped baffled scientists answer a thousand-year-old question. Of course, that led to another question, then another, then another ...

Do we really live in a selfish, dog-eat-dog world? Or has evolution carved out a hidden code that rewards genuine cooperation?

More than a million American kids a year get IQ tested, but in the state of California, if your kid is Black, they almost surely won’t be given one.

Can IQ tests ever be used ... for good? This episode, we meet a few people who think they can be.

When Albert Einstein died, someone stole his brain — and kicked off a scavenger hunt for genius that won’t seem to let us go.

A journey to one of the darkest sides of humanity’s attempts to measure the human mind and put people in boxes.

What’s the smartest animal in the world? We figure it out the best way we know how... an animal game show.

Parasitic genes, public poop, and the eerie sound of a subway train. What is ... the answer to your stupid question?

We decided to shake things up at the show...bear with us.

The creature with the world’s most complex visual system seems to be terrible at telling colors apart.

A fresh look at how, why, and who we blame.