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BrainStuff Classics: Why Is Our Galaxy Warped?

Our galaxy isn't a flat disk -- it's warped like melted vinyl record. Learn how researchers discovered this and why they think it happened in this classic episode of BrainStuff. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  What Happens When Your Immune System Turns on You?

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  How Can Slime Mold Think Without a Brain?

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  What's the Difference Between Cougars, Pumas, and Mountain Lions?

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  Who Named the Americas?

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  BrainStuff Classics: Would Turkey Be So Popular Without Thanksgiving?

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  Could a Solar Flare Wipe Out Earth's Electronics?

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  How Can Dolphins Detect Sea Mines?

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  How Does the Skin Barrier Work?

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  What's the History of Skid Row?

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  How Do You Make Hoshigaki?

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  How Does Psoriasis Work?

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  Could 'Y'all' Fill a Gap in Modern English?

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  BrainStuff Classics: How Do Paleoartists Create Dinosaur Drawings?

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  BrainStuff Classics: Why Is the Winchester House Built So Strangely?

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  Is the 'Number of the Beast' an Ancient Riddle?

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  Could Piranhas Really Eat a Cow in Under a Minute?