Today mad scientists are common in fiction, and they appear in everything from comedies to science fiction. But they're also relatively recent. What made them so popular? Tune in and learn more about mad scientists in the public consciousness.

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Deep in the back of your mind, you’ve always had the feeling that there’s something strange about reality. There is. Join Robert Lamb and Joe McCormick as they examine neurological quandaries, cosmic mysteries, evolutionary marvels and our transhuman future.

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Today mad scientists are common in fiction, and they appear in everything from comedies to science fiction. But they're also relatively recent. What made them so popular? Tune in and learn more about mad scientists in the public consciousness.

Mad Scientists: Frankenstein and the Fly

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In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Rob and Joe discuss Arizona’s Kartchner Caverns, a remarkable milestone in living cave preservation and seasonal home to thousands of bats.

In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Rob and Joe discuss Arizona&rsquo;s Kartchner Caverns, a remarkable milestone in living cave preservation and seasonal home to thousands of bats.

Kartchner Caverns, Part 1

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Yes, it’s time to grease up Weirdhouse Cinema with a Shaw Brothers horror film from 1976. “The Oily Maniac” is a tale of sleaze, revenge and a rampaging black-magic oil monster. (originally published 01/22/2021)

Yes, it&rsquo;s time to grease up Weirdhouse Cinema with a Shaw Brothers horror film from 1976. &ldquo;The Oily Maniac&rdquo; is a tale of sleaze, revenge and a rampaging black-magic oil monster. (originally published 01/22/2021)

Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: The Oily Maniac

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In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Rob and Joe discuss the recent discovery of a strange new deep-water predator and highlight some of the various weird, wild and downright gnarly hunters that haunt the deepest, darkest depths of Earth’s oceans. (part 1 of 4, originally published 3/18/2025)

In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Rob and Joe discuss the recent discovery of a strange new deep-water predator and highlight some of the various weird, wild and downright gnarly hunters that haunt the deepest, darkest depths of Earth&rsquo;s oceans. (part 1 of 4, originally published 3/18/2025)

From the Vault: Hunters of the Dark Ocean, Part 1

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Mad Scientists: Frankenstein and the Fly

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