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10 Mar, 5 tweets, 2 min read
1/ What we don’t know is awesome.

Unexplainable is our new science podcast about the most fascinating unanswered questions in science and the mind-bending ways scientists are trying to answer them.

Listen now to the first two episodes.

vox.com/science-and-he…
2/ First up: Scientists all over the world are searching for dark matter: an invisible, untouchable substance that holds our universe together. But they haven’t found it. Are they chasing a ghost?

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mos…
3/ Next: Scientists still don't understand exactly how the human nose works.

But this mystery isn't holding researchers back from building a robot nose with artificial intelligence. The hope is that the robot nose can eventually detect diseases.

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/no-…
4/ A new episode of Unexplainable will be published every Wednesday.

In future episodes, we'll explore topics like the Earth’s crust, ball lightning, and the ocean’s twilight zone.

Follow now: pod.link/unexplainable
5/5 What about our world has always made you curious?

Let us know about it, and we might cover it on an upcoming Unexplainable episode: trib.al/h5jqj5i

By signing up, you'll also get weekly links to things we mentioned in the show and stories that spark your curiosity.

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26 Feb
1/ Sharon Lavigne lives in St. James Parish, Louisiana, a predominantly Black town with one of the highest cancer risk levels from air pollution in the US.

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25 Feb
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