What Is the Doomsday Clock and Why Should You Care
Picture a clock. Not the one on your phone, and definitely not one you’d want on your wall. This clock wasn’t built to tell you the time of day. It was built to tell you the time of our world.…
Smart Curiosity
Explore, Learn, Discover. Your journey of curiosity begins here.
Smart Curiosity
Explore, Learn, Discover. Your journey of curiosity begins here.
Smart Curiosity
The Untold Story of the Suez Canal
Picture this: it’s March 2021, and the entire global economy is being held hostage… by a single ship, stuck in a ditch. For six days, the container ship Ever Given a vessel longer than the Eiffel Tower is tall was…
The Untold History of Ancient Cat Worship
We all think we know the story. In ancient Egypt, cats were practically gods. They were pampered, jeweled, and adored. When a cat died, its family mourned as if they’d lost a child, and anyone who harmed one would face…
Smart Minds of History: Albert Einstein
His name is basically a synonym for genius. His face, with that halo of wild hair and those gentle, knowing eyes, is one of the most recognizable on the planet. He was a thinker whose ideas were so big they…
EP. 5 – Who Were the Neanderthals? The World Before Homo Sapiens
Picture a world shrouded in ice, some 400,000 years ago. It’s a world not yet our own, but it’s home to a different kind of human. They’re shorter, stockier, and powerfully built to survive the biting cold. They’re skilled hunters,…
Why Planes Tell Their Secrets: The Story of the Black Box
Every fallen aircraft has a story. A final, silent message whispered among twisted metal and scattered debris. But how do you hear the secrets of a plane that lies in pieces, miles deep at the bottom of the ocean, or…
Smart Minds of History: Leonardo da Vinci
What if one person could not only paint the world’s most famous smile but also design flying machines 400 years before the Wright brothers? What if that same person could map the human body’s inner workings, design terrifying war machines,…
Top 50 Surprising Facts About India You Won’t Believe
What if I told you that in India, there’s a post office that actually floats? Or that the Himalayan mountains are still growing, right now, as we speak? What if I said that the world’s first plastic surgeons weren’t in…
The Shocking Similarities Between The World’s Major Religions
Most of us have been taught to see the world’s major religions as fundamentally separate, even competing, belief systems. We draw these sharp lines in the sand: this is Hinduism, this is Buddhism; this is Judaism, this is Christianity, this…
The Secret History of Why We Believe Conspiracies
What if I told you that your brain has a secret? A hidden feature, hardwired into your psychology, that makes you brilliant at spotting patterns… but also makes you the perfect audience for a good story. Even one that isn’t…
