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  • EP27 - Vitamins: The Fuel or the Ignition?

    EP27 - Vitamins: The Fuel or the Ignition?
    2025/10/06
    We reach for vitamins when we feel run down, believing they provide a direct boost of energy to get us through the day. But if vitamins have zero calories, where does that "energy" actually come from? This episode dismantles the billion-dollar myth of energy in a pill, revealing the difference between being a fuel source and being the spark that ignites the fuel.
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    20 分
  • EP26 - X Marks the Myth: The Buried Truth About Pirate Treasure

    EP26 - X Marks the Myth: The Buried Truth About Pirate Treasure
    2025/10/03
    We all know the story: a grizzled pirate, a heavy chest, and a secret map where X marks the spot. But this iconic image of buried treasure is one of history's greatest half-truths. Where did this legend come from, and what did pirates *actually* do with their mountains of stolen loot?
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    21 分
  • EP25 - Bleeding the Patient: The Cure That Was Never a Cure

    EP25 - Bleeding the Patient: The Cure That Was Never a Cure
    2025/09/30
    We all learned about bloodletting as a grim but accepted part of ancient medicine, a practice used by the best doctors for thousands of years. But was it really a legitimate medical treatment based on the "science" of the day? This episode pulls back the curtain on the four humors to reveal how a philosophical idea, not evidence, dominated medicine for centuries and often did more harm than good.
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    21 分
  • EP24 - Marie Curie's Radiant Tomb: A Luminous Lie

    EP24 - Marie Curie's Radiant Tomb: A Luminous Lie
    2025/09/29
    We all learned that Marie Curie, the heroic mother of modern physics, died from radiation poisoning due to her groundbreaking research. It’s a tragic, poetic story of a martyr for science. But what if the official cause of death on her certificate tells a different, more complex, and medically fascinating story about the true cost of discovery?
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    20 分
  • EP23 - The Tongue Map: A Delicious Deception

    EP23 - The Tongue Map: A Delicious Deception
    2025/09/28
    We all remember the colorful map from science class showing where we taste sweet, salty, sour, and bitter on our tongues. It’s a simple, scientific fact we've carried with us since childhood. But what if that map is a complete fabrication, a century-old misinterpretation that has obscured the far more complex and fascinating truth about how we experience flavor?
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    21 分
  • EP22 - The Internet Isn't a Truck, It's a Series of Tubes

    EP22 - The Internet Isn't a Truck, It's a Series of Tubes
    2025/09/28
    We all chuckle at the infamous "series of tubes" metaphor for the internet, dismissing it as the ramblings of an out-of-touch politician. But what if that simple, flawed analogy accidentally became the default way we all think about the web, blinding us to the chaotic, brilliant, and fragile truth of how it actually works?
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    22 分
  • EP21 - The White Desert: Unfreezing the Truth About the Arctic

    EP21 - The White Desert: Unfreezing the Truth About the Arctic
    2025/09/27
    We picture the Arctic as an eternal, silent wasteland of ice, home only to the occasional polar bear. But what if this image of desolate emptiness is a dangerous illusion? This episode journeys to the top of the world to reveal a hidden ecosystem teeming with color, sound, and life that is critical to the entire planet.
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    18 分
  • EP20 - The Birthday Party Placebo: Deconstructing the Sugar Rush

    EP20 - The Birthday Party Placebo: Deconstructing the Sugar Rush
    2025/09/20
    We’ve all seen it: the wild-eyed chaos after a child eats cake and ice cream. The cause seems obvious – a "sugar rush." But what if the science tells a completely different story, one where the most powerful ingredient is our own expectation?
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    20 分