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Krulwich considers the strange powers, and brilliant hue, of horseshoe crab blood. Read the full post here.

For our new Colors episode, we reached out to dozens of amazing artists and asked them to record covers for the show. What we got back blew our minds.  Here's a list of all the recordings we featured in the show.

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Latif Nasser recounts a strange tale of 19th century scandal and spirituality. Read the article (and check out a belly dancing video from the late 1800s) here.

If you've got advice on how to achieve middle school science fair glory, one of our listeners could use a little help...

We discovered a ton of amazing music while putting together our short Crossroads, about the legendary bluesman Robert Johnson. Check out the line-up here--if you listen through, you end up with something of a history of the roots of rock n' roll.

Latif Nasser makes an unexpected discovery in a psych ward in Denmark--an unusual museum full of stunning artifacts. Read more, and check out a ton of photos.

For our Guts episode, producer Tim Howard bravely headed to Rutgers University to see, feel...and smell...a fistulated cow firsthand. Check out his pictures here.

We’re creating a series of digital posters for a new Radiolab membership we’re launching this spring...and we’d love your input on which episodes you’d like to see turned into high res art. Thanks for weighing in, and check back next month to see the first posters!

While visiting Sweden, Latif Nasser encountered the spirit of a long-dead legend of taxonomy. And he found himself wondering about an age-old puzzle: how do you savor the mystery of new-found oddities while you're uncovering the facts behind the weirdness?

In our latest short, The Turing Problem, we described the importance of a wholly imaginary invention--Alan Turing's theoretical "universal machine." But thanks to a listener, we found out that someone actually figured out a way to build one! And there's video.

Robert considers the solitude of discovery, versus the grand public statements we tend to expect from the big moment. And he recounts one famous instance--when humans first reached the deepest place on Earth--when no words came. Read more, & watch a beautiful animation, here.

Sean Cole tries to square the idea that the fallout from a war between teensy organisms and teensier viruses can be seen from space. Luckily, he finds a perspective-shaking demo built by two 14-year-old boys that helps him get his bearings. Read more, and play with the demo, here.

Inspired by Daniel Kahneman's Thinking Fast and Slow, Ellen Horne puts her mind to the task of explaining the two (sometimes in sync, sometimes at odds) operating systems that our brains use to solve problems. Try out your own systems here.

Tim Howard shares a couple of great getaway stories (including one that didn't actually work) that caught our attention while we were putting together our Escape! show.

For our episode, The Bad Show, Pat Walters reported a piece about a psychologist who found that 91% of men and 84% of women have had at least one serious homicidal fantasy. So Pat decided to hit the streets to see if anyone was willing to fess up on ...

After hearing our Death Mask podcast, a listener writes in with another sighting of l'inconnue--and includes some pictures.