You are opening your mail, the last part of your life that refuses to turn digital. As a kid, it was fun but it's a different story as an adult. As you get through this chore, you accidently give yourself a dreaded papercut - UGH! Why do they hurt so much?!?

Your inner Alien kicks in you and you need to know - Why do paper cuts hurt so much? Is there an explanation for this?

In this short-form episode, we will answer this very question and we hope it will make for great alien dinner conversation!

Enjoy!

-The Alien Among You

In North America, we are starting to see EVs more and more commonly. But we are still behind: The rest of the world is pulling ahead in this regard at an alarming rate. And yet, so many North-Americans still have their heads burried in the sand of innacurate EV myths.

As the world is rapidly transitioning to electric passenger vehicles, we explore all the ways that electric cars make sense and tradiotnal gas cars don't.

Hint: We kind of need them ASAP to keep the planet liveable at this point.

Enjoy!

-The Alien Among You

I was walking after a summer rain and suddenly noticed something that felt new to me. And yet I knew it wasn't. But it was the first time I was REALLY noticing it. The wet sidewalk was now darker than when it was dry.

Of course this is normal and expected after some rain, but today my inner Alien suddenly needed to know - Why does water make everything look darker?

In this short-form episode, we will answer that question and we hope it will make for great alien dinner conversation!

Enjoy!

-The Alien Among You

Alien Confusion : Lawns - Why They Suck and How We Can Improve on Them

Have you ever noticed all the lawns we have around us? They seem normal to us because they are so ubiquitous. But have you ever stopped to to think about what a lawn truly is? Where else in nature do we see a huge expanse of only one type of plant? Almost never. And because of that, lawns have a huge global impact.

In this episode, we will go over how lawns came to be so prevalent, how they suck, and how we can improve on them. I promise you, after this episode, you will never see lawns the same way.

Join us for our very first episode!

-The Alien Among You