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Cardiologist Dr. Sunil Rao answers your questions about the heart from Twitter. How do you measure your maximum heart rate? Is broken heart syndrome real? What...
Professor of Egyptology and Archaeology Laurel Bestock answers your questions about ancient Egypt from Twitter. What did ancient Egyptians sound like? Why is King Tut so...
Mechanical engineer and Stanford professor Chris Gerdes answers the internet’s automotive questions. Why aren’t solar powered cars a thing yet? How do self-driving cars see? How...
Gabriela Farfan, the Smithsonian’s curator of gems and minerals, answers the internet’s burning questions about gemstones. Are all minerals crystals? How are diamonds cut? How do...
PuckerButt Pepper Company founder Ed Currie answers the internet’s sizzling questions about peppers. Why do only mammals taste capsaicin? What kind of peppers are used in...
Toy analyst and historian Chris Byrne answers the internet’s burning questions about toys. Do kids still play with action figures or are adult collectors fueling the...
Mathematician Jordan Ellenberg answers the internet’s burning questions about geometry. How are new shapes still being discovered? Where are we using Pythagorean theorem in real life?...
Lauren D. Ginsberg, an Ancient Rome professor, answers the internet’s burning questions about the Roman Empire. What did Romans snack on in the Colosseum? Why does...
The Police drummer Stewart Copeland answers the internet’s burning questions about playing the drums. What is the most difficult song to drum? What’s the best way...
Levy Rozman returns to answer more of the internet’s burning questions about the game of chess. What does he make of the Carlsen vs. Neimann controversy?...
