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The Insane Real Engineering of the Nazi Enigma Machine

We sent a camera to space to film the solar eclipse

Total solar eclipses occur due to the precise alignment of the Sun and Moon, with the Northern Hemisphere currently experiencing a higher frequency of totality because of the Earth’s elliptical orbit and seasonal tilt. While at least two solar eclipses happen annually during "eclipse seasons," the timing of new moons c...

Is spider web really stronger than steel?

Why does every mammal get 1 billion heartbeats in their life?

The Scariest Chart in Electrical Engineering

We've Been Using The Wrong Science In Court For 50 years

We're 99.9% sure this pattern is true, but no one can prove it

Something is jamming GPS over Europe. Here's what we found

How Does Google Maps Actually Work?

The CIA's new tech doesn't make sense

The Crystal That Could Destroy All Medicine

How easy is it to steal $10,000 from a locked phone?

What happens if you drop 0.125 grams of antimatter?

The Secret Spy Tech Inside Every Credit Card

The podcast explores the history and technology behind credit card security, tracing its evolution from early magnetic stripes to modern contactless payments. It begins with the story of "The Thing," a Cold War Soviet spying device, and its influence on the development of RFID technology. The limitations of magnetic st...

Why are these 3 letters on almost all of my zippers?

This Paradox Splits Smart People 50/50

The Internet Was Weeks Away From Disaster and No One Knew

The podcast explores the 2024 XZ Utils backdoor incident, dissecting how a malicious actor, potentially state-sponsored, infiltrated the open-source project XZ Utils to compromise OpenSSH, a critical component for secure remote logins. It highlights the social engineering tactics used to gain trust within the open-sour...

Asbestos is a bigger problem than we thought

This Common Substance Was Once Worth Millions