Boring Science For Sleep
By Sleepless Scientist
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Episodes: 100
Description
Can't sleep? Let boring science help. Each episode explores space, physics, biology, and the universe in a slow, calm voice designed for deep rest. No dramatic music or cliffhangers - just fascinating facts delivered quietly until you drift off. Perfect for overthinking minds that need gentle distraction. Topics include black holes, ocean depths, chemistry, and quantum physics. Great for insomnia, anxiety, or anyone who wants to learn while falling asleep. New relaxing episodes daily. Background-friendly with no interruptions. Close your eyes, breathe deeply, and let science guide you to sleep
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What It Was Like to Be a 1930s BOSTON Elevator Starter
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May 07, 2026 |
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Weird 1890s LEEDS Vat Porter Rules That Actually Made Sense
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May 06, 2026 |
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Why We Forgot the 1920s LISBON Scale House Scribe
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May 05, 2026 |
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How HAPSBURG Wax Seal Pressmen Actually Spent Their Days
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May 04, 2026 |
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Why It Sucked to Be a 1920s DETROIT Milk Bottle Washer
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May 03, 2026 |
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What It Was Like to Be a MING Tea Brick Packer
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May 02, 2026 |
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Why It Sucked to Be a TUDOR Fuller
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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What It Was Like to Be a MEIJI Silk Reeler
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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Why Nobody Remembers the WEIMAR Parcel Post Stamper
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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Weird KYOTO Loom Oiler Rules That Actually Made Sense
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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How OTTOMAN Paper Mill Rag Picker Actually Spent Their Days
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Apr 26, 2026 |
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Why Nobody Remembers the 1940s OMAHA Grain Inspector
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Apr 25, 2026 |
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Weird 1900s VENICE Gondola Ferryman Rules That Actually Made Sense
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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How 1910s BOMBAY Textile Mill Bobbin Winder Actually Spent Their Days
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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Why It Sucked to Be a 1890s LONDON Lamp Lighter
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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What It Was Like to Be a 1920s CALCUTTA Jute Sorter
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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Why Nobody Remembers the 1910s MILAN Tram Conductor
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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Weird 1910s OTTAWA Mail Sorter Rules That Actually Made Sense
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Apr 19, 2026 |
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Why Nobody Remembers the 1940s OMAHA Grain Inspector
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Apr 18, 2026 |
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Weird 1900s VENICE Gondola Ferryman Rules That Actually Made Sense
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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How 1910s BOMBAY Textile Mill Bobbin Winder Actually Spent Their Days
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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Why It Sucked to Be a 1890s LONDON Lamp Lighter
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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What It Was Like to Be a 1920s CALCUTTA Jute Sorter
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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Why Nobody Remembers the 1910s MILAN Tram Conductor
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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Weird 1910s OTTAWA Mail Sorter Rules That Actually Made Sense
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Apr 11, 2026 |
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What it Was Like to Be a 1920s Switchboard Operator - and more
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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What it Was Like to Be a COLONIAL Ropewalk Worker - and more
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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Why it Sucked to Be a GILDED AGE Linotype Typesetter - and more
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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What it Was Like to Be a MEDIEVAL Toll Collector - and more
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Apr 05, 2026 |
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Why it Sucked to Be an EDWARDIAN Clock Winder - and more
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Apr 04, 2026 |
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What it Was Like to Be a VICTORIAN Telegraph Clerk - and more
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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Why it Sucked to Be an INDUSTRIAL Canal Lock Keeper - and more
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | Why You Wouldnt Last a Day as an Antarctic Ice Core Driller
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | Why It Sucked to Be a Uranium Miner in the Cold War
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | WEIRD Parasites of Freshwater Fish
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Mar 29, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | Why You Wouldnt Last a Day as a Spacecraft Cleanroom Technician
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Mar 28, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | What Operating a Lighthouse Was Like in the Age of Early Radio...
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | How Geneticists Discovered the CRISPR Immune System in Bacteria
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | WEIRD Insects of Cave Ecosystems
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | Why It Sucked to Be a Test Subject in Early High-G Experiments
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | What Piloting a Hot Air Balloon Was Like in the 1780s
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | Why You Wouldnt Last a Day as a Volcano Gas Monitoring Technician
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Mar 22, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | How Astronomers Discovered the First Black Hole Image
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Mar 21, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | WEIRD Fungi of Hospital Ventilation Systems
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | Why It Sucked to Be a Mercury Thermometer Maker
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | What Running a Polio Vaccine Clinic Was Like in the 1950s
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | Why You Wouldnt Last a Day as a Nuclear Submarine Sonar Operator
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | How Botanists Discovered the Corpse Flower’s Hidden Pollination Trick...
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | WEIRD Bacteria of Space Station Water Systems
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Mar 15, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | Why It Sucked to Be a Victorian Sewer Gas Tester
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Mar 14, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | What Weather Forecasting Was Like in World War II Britain
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | Why You Wouldnt Last a Day as a HAZMAT Responder Inside a Chemical...
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | How Oceanographers Discovered the Lost Hydrothermal Vents of the...
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | WEIRD Robotics of Deep Sea Cable Repair
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | Why it Sucked to Be a Radium Dial Painter
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | What Doing Surgery Was Like in the Days of Ether Anesthesia
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Mar 08, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | How Geologists Discovered the Chicxulub Crater That Ended the...
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Mar 07, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | Why It Sucked to Be a Manhattan Project Uranium Chemist
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | WEIRD Chemistry of Victorian Glow-In-The-Dark Paints
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | What Deep Sea Diving Was Like in the Age of the Diving Bell
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | Why You Wouldnt Last a Day as a Yellowstone Geyser Basin Ranger
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | Why You Wouldnt Last a Day as a Chernobyl Liquidator
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | Why it Sucked to Be a 19th Century Bridge Riveter
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Mar 01, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | Why You Wouldnt Last a Day as a Volcano Researcher
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Feb 28, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | How Geologists Discovered the Chicxulub Crater
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | WEIRD Weather of Venus
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | Why It Sucked to Be a Mercury Miner
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | What Spacewalking Was Like in the Apollo Era
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | Why You Wouldnt Last a Day as a Nuclear Sub Reactor Operator
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | How Radio Astronomers Discovered the First Fast Radio Burst
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Feb 22, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | WEIRD Forensics of Crime Scene Bloodstain Analysis
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Feb 21, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | Why It Sucked to Be a Scuba Diver in Decompression Research
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | What Running a Particle Accelerator Was Like at Early CERN
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | Why You Wouldnt Last a Day Handling Smallpox Samples
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | How Astronomers Discovered the First Exoplanet Around a Sun-Like Star
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | WEIRD Botany of Desert Superblooms
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | Why It Sucked to Be a Radium Dial Painter
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Feb 15, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | What Collecting Moon Rocks Was Like in the Apollo Era
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Feb 14, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | Why You Wouldnt Last a Day as a Deep Sea Submersible Pilot
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | How Seismologists Discovered the Earth's Inner Core
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | WEIRD Ecology of Urban Subway Tunnels
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | Why It Sucked to Be a Human Computer at NASA
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | What Testing the First Atomic Bomb Was Like in the Trinity Era
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | Why You Wouldnt Last a Day as a Chernobyl Liquidator
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Feb 08, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | How Epidemiologists Discovered the 1854 London Cholera Outbreak
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Feb 07, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | WEIRD Microscopy of Forensic Soil in Criminal Investigations and more
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Feb 07, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | Why You Wouldn't Last a Day Inside a Black Hole
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | WEIRD Science of Deep-Sea Pressure and more
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | WEIRD Symbiosis of Rainforest Fungi and more
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | STRANGE Origins of Common Medicines and more
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Feb 01, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | WEIRD Physics of Time Dilation, When Seconds Stop Behaving
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | WEIRD Paradoxes of The Quantum Realm
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | Gentle Tour of The Cosmos (2 HOURS)
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May 29, 2025 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | Why You Wouldn't Last at The Edge of Space
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May 10, 2025 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | The WEIRD Hidden Rivers of The Ocean
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May 09, 2025 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | Gentle Story of Life on Earth (2 HOURS)
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May 08, 2025 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | WEIRD Secrets of The Periodic Table
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May 07, 2025 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | Why You Wouldn't Last a Day on Pangea
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May 06, 2025 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | Gentle History of The Universe (2 HOURS)
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May 05, 2025 |
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Boring Science For Sleep | WEIRD Things That Happen Inside A Star
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May 04, 2025 |