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Whether the topic is popcorn or particle physics, you can count on BrainStuff to explore -- and explain -- the everyday science in the world around us.
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Episodes
  • BrainStuff Classics: Why Is Our Galaxy Warped?

    BrainStuff Classics: Why Is Our Galaxy Warped?
    Jun 4 2025

    Our galaxy isn't a flat disk -- it's warped like melted vinyl record. Learn how researchers discovered this and why they think it happened in this classic episode of BrainStuff.

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    4 mins
  • BrainStuff Classics: How Long Can Animals Hold Their Breath?

    BrainStuff Classics: How Long Can Animals Hold Their Breath?
    Jun 3 2025

    Humans tend to max out at a couple minutes of breath holding, but some air-breathing reptiles and even mammals have evolved to spend extreme lengths of time underwater. Learn how long (and how they manage it) in this classic episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://animals.howstuffworks.com/animal-facts/what-animal-can-hold-its-breath-longest.htm

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    4 mins
  • How Did the Dawes Act Steal 90 Million Acres of Land from Native Americans?

    How Did the Dawes Act Steal 90 Million Acres of Land from Native Americans?
    Jun 2 2025

    In the 1880s, an unlikely collaboration between land-hungry capitalists and social progressives ended in the sale of over 60 percent of Native American lands to non-Native people and corporations. Learn how it happened in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://history.howstuffworks.com/american-history/dawes-act.htm

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    10 mins
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