Robert Krulwich
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How Human Beings Almost Vanished From Earth In 70,000 B.C.
By some counts of human history, the number of humans on Earth may have skidded so sharply that we were down to just 1,000 reproductive adults. And a supervolcano might have been to blame. → Read More
Neil Whosis? What You Don't Know About The 1969 Moon Landing
The year he landed on the moon, astronaut Neil Armstrong was famous, iconic, an American hero. One year later he wasn't. In 1970, how many people remembered his name? This will surprise you. → Read More
Where Did I Come From? Some Stolen Children Don't Want To Know
A campaign to reunite Argentinean children kidnapped from their parents in the 1970s is being met with skepticism, as some children aren't sure they want to to take a test that would reveal their ancestry. → Read More
How Human Beings Almost Vanished From Earth In 70,000 B.C.
By some counts of human history, the number of humans on Earth may have skidded so sharply that we were down to just 1,000 reproductive adults. And a supervolcano might have been to blame. → Read More
After Tens of Thousands of Pigeons Vanish, One Comes Back – Phenomena: Curiously Krulwich
At first the whole thing seemed preposterous. No way this could happen. Tom Roden, 66 at the time, was standing at the door of his home near Manchester, England. “I was just setting out on a walk w… → Read More
Stravinsky’s Secret and the Art of Saying No – Phenomena: Curiously Krulwich
How self-imposed limits can help art—and science—flourish. → Read More
What Makes a Blond Blond? Very Little. – Phenomena: Curiously Krulwich
From a biological point of view, your skin and hair color is 1/ 3,200,000,000th of your body’s chemistry. That’s it. → Read More
Why Aren’t There More Scientists? A One-Word Explanation – Phenomena: Curiously Krulwich
You’ll be surprised to learn that scientists worry about this one thing almost as much as they worry about actual science. → Read More
We Built the World’s Simplest Cell—but Dunno How It Works – Phenomena: Curiously Krulwich
Scientists recently unveiled the most pared-down creature ever, but even they can’t figure out what all its genes are for. → Read More
The Scariest Vine You Never Ever Want To Meet – Phenomena: Curiously Krulwich
What might survive after an apocalyptic plant attack? → Read More
Baobab Trees Attacked by Giant Mammal – Phenomena: Curiously Krulwich
When an elephant looks at a baobab tree, it thinks it’s time for happy hour. → Read More
You (and Almost Everyone You Know) Owe Your Life to This Man. – Phenomena: Curiously Krulwich
Temperament matters. Especially when nuclear weapons are involved. → Read More
An Empty Beach Isn’t Empty At All. – Phenomena: Curiously Krulwich
If you lined up all of Earth’s beaches they would reach to the moon. That’s a lot of room for life. → Read More
The Earth Has Lungs. Watch Them Breathe. – Phenomena: Curiously Krulwich
There are more trees on Earth than there are stars in the Milky Way, and what they do for the planet is amazing. → Read More
The Earth Has Lungs. Watch Them Breathe.
There are more trees on Earth than there are stars in the Milky Way, and what they do for the planet is amazing. → Read More
Vanished! The Surprising Things Missing From Ancient Art – Phenomena: Curiously Krulwich
Why are the color blue—and plants—so absent from historical texts and cave walls? → Read More
The Sneaky Life of the World’s Most Mysterious Plant – Phenomena: Curiously Krulwich
It looks so ordinary, this vine. But it’s not. → Read More
An 80-Year-Old Prank Revealed, Hiding in the Periodic Table!
Glenn Seaborg did more than just discover oodles of chemical elements. He had a sense of humor too. → Read More
My Manic-Depressive Cereal Spoon Just Lost Consciousness
I’ll get to the spoon in a minute. But first I’d like to mention zippers. Because the guy who made the spoon once had a problem with zippers. He thought he could make a better zipper. Here’s what h... → Read More
Every Solar System Image You’ve Ever Seen is Wrong. Till Now.
So which one are we (we human beings, I mean)? Infinitesimal String scale Nanoscale Subatomic scale Atomic Molecular Mitochondrial Cellular Microscopic Minuscule Tiny Lilliputian Small Medium Bulky... → Read More