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    Selects: Birthmarks: Probably Not the Mark of the Devil

    20/06/2026 | 49 mins.
    It’s a pretty safe assumption that people have been born with birthmarks since humanity began, and between then and now we’ve come up with some wacky, even dangerous, explanations for them – even a few that survive still today. Learn all about them in this classic episode.
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    The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: How Chaos Theory Changed the Universe

    19/06/2026 | 55 mins.
    Since the age of Descartes, science has put all of its eggs in the basket of determinism, the idea that with accurate enough measurements any aspect of the universe could be predicted. But the universe, it turns out, is not so tidy.
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    The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: How Global Warming Works

    19/06/2026 | 1h
    It's a confusing part of climate change when it seems winter is as cold as ever, but as global temperatures creep ever so slightly higher, a cascade of catastrophic events will almost surely follow. The ball is in humanity's court.
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    The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: Elastics: Where God and Science Smooch

    19/06/2026 | 52 mins.
    You could be forgiven for thinking the story behind elastics was boring. You’d still be wrong, though. The story of what’s holding up your underwear is a global drama, replete with war, industrial espionage, colonialism, destitute inventors – everything!
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    The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: Can Nuclear Fusion Reactors Save The World?

    19/06/2026 | 44 mins.
    The world's energy consumption is ruining the planet but for decades physicists have been working on what could solve the world's energy and climate change woes for centuries to come - nuclear fusion. Learn about building stars on Earth in this episode.
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If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
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