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BrainStuff

BrainStuff

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 Whether the topic is popcorn or particle physics, you can count on BrainStuff to explore -- and explain -- the everyday science in the world around us.2025 iHeartMedia, Inc. © Any use of this intellectual property for text and data mining or computational analysis including as training material for artificial intelligence systems is strictly prohibited without express written consent from iHeartMedia Nature & Ecology Science
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  • What Happens When Your Immune System Turns on You?

    What Happens When Your Immune System Turns on You?
    Dec 9 2025

    Your adaptive immune system remembers specific germs and fights them really effectively -- but it can sometimes make mistakes and attack your own healthy cells. Learn how the adaptive immune system works (and how it can go wrong) in this episode of BrainStuff.

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    12 mins
  • How Can Slime Mold Think Without a Brain?

    How Can Slime Mold Think Without a Brain?
    Dec 8 2025

    Slime molds are collectives of single-celled organisms that don't have neurons, much less brains, but they can move, solve mazes, and remember where food is located. Learn what we know (and don't know!) about them in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/biology-fields/slime-mold-facts.htm

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

    What's the Difference Between Cougars, Pumas, and Mountain Lions?
    Dec 5 2025

    Although there can be small differences, all of these are local names for the same species of cat, Puma concolor. Learn about them in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://animals.howstuffworks.com/mammals/cougar-vs-mountain-lion.htm

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    7 mins
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