Animals
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#1703: Why Sloths Don't Send Mother's Day Cards
From sloths to elephants, we explore why most animals break family ties cleanly—and why some grieve for decades.
#1372: Why 18.9 Hertz Makes You See Ghosts
Explore the eerie science of infrasound, from haunted laboratories and elephant rumbles to the legendary "brown note" urban legend.
#1199: When Biology Becomes a Garage Hobby
From garage-made vaccines to 200 million protein structures, AlphaFold is turning the building blocks of life into a software problem.
#977: The High-Wire Act of Slowness
Discover why the sloth’s slow pace isn’t laziness, but a high-stakes survival strategy in a world that treats them like a digital mascot.
#976: From Monkey Jaws to Sleep Apnea: A Career Pivot
Discover how years of primate research paved the way for modern sleep apnea treatments and a new era of dental sleep medicine.
#179: The Sloth's Smile: When We Misread Animal Stress
Think that sloth is smiling at you? Think again. Herman and Corn dive into the biology and ethics of responsible wildlife tourism.