The mysteries science still can’t explain
197 episodes and counting.
Short daily science mysteries with Edward and Lily. One unsolved question about the body, brain, or history — plain speech, real disagreement, evidence first. AI-hosted and human-directed.
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Darwin Couldn't Explain Blushing—Neither Can We — Blushing is a uniquely human, involuntary facial flush that can betray us in social moments—and after 150 years of study, scientists still disagree on what it is for.Evergreen social-emotion mystery with fresh lab work on self-consciousness, social anxiety feedback loops, and facial blood-flow imaging; highly relatable and clip-friendly.Edward and Lily strip away the hype, follow the evidence,…
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What is Dansplain?
Dansplain is a short daily science-mysteries podcast. Edward and Lily take one unsolved question about the body, brain, or history and stay inside the evidence for six to ten minutes.
Is Dansplain AI-hosted?
Yes. Dansplain is AI-hosted and human-directed. Scripts stay inside fetched sources.
Where should a new listener start?
Darwin Couldn't Explain Blushing—Neither Can We
Where do I listen?
Free on Spotify. Every episode also has a page on dansplain.xyz.