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Chuck and Josh get to the bottom of ectogenesis - the gestation of fetuses in artificial wombs - and other cool stuff.

Josh and Chuck check out some great artistic renditions of children's drawings of monsters, and Josh has an amusing article about the nature of apologies.

We scoured the Internet (our Pinterest board, at least) for strange things for sale on the Internet. Plus, there's a weird legal loophole that technically would allow you to commit a felony in a small patch of Yellowstone and not be tried.

More businesses are tracking their employees' sexual orientation, but not for nefarious reasons. Plus, a tragic story from China about a woman trapped in an elevator.

In India, cow urine is a hot commodity for uses as diverse as folk medicine and floor cleaners. Plus, a strange funeral wake involving a Green Lantern costume.

You know how when someone has a seizure you're supposed to put something in their mouth to keep them from swallowing their tongue? Don't do that.

If you saw The Shining and loved it, prepare for the re-cut of the trailer that you probably already saw in 2005 or something. Plus, J and C chat about a Buddha bringing peace to Oakland.

You know how some people keep their batteries in the freezer to make them last longer? Those people are insane and you should run from their house when you get the first chance.

A young French-Canadian kid thought he found a lost Mayan city, but it turned out to be a corn field. Plus, a professor at Georgia Tech created a TA powered by AI and students didn't notice.

This week, Josh and Chuck talk about a man accidentally locked inside a jail cell and settle a dispute from the podcast about how best to water one's lawn.

Indonesia is dealing with poaching fishing boats in a unique way: it's blowing them up. Plus, a computer animation that simulates what Pompeii would have been like on the fateful day Mount Vesuvius erupted.

You know how when someone is murdered in a house the realtor has to tell you all about it? They might not, after all! Your couch could be on top of a bloodstain and you'd never know. Here's why.

That doctor who removed your appendix "just to be safe" might have made a big mistake.

Josh talks about some of his favorite useless websites and Chuck discusses the restoration of a famous portrait of George Washington.

The Aurora police have opened up the option of shooting at moving cars, and Josh has a glorious gallery of bitchin' vans.

You love honey. You eat it all the time, honey lover. But what you're eating is bee vomit. How's your precious honey taste now?

In India, cow urine is a hot commodity for uses as diverse as folk medicine and floor cleaners. Plus, a strange funeral wake involving a Green Lantern costume.

Josh and Chuck discuss a screaming bomb once tested by the U.S. military, plus common T.V. tech myths.

A man who called himself Count von Cosel kept a terrible secret for years, and now it's part of a museum. Plus, some frankly pedestrian advice on how to achieve good sleep.

In India, cow urine is a hot commodity for uses as diverse as folk medicine and floor cleaners. Plus, a strange funeral wake involving a Green Lantern costume.

There was once a chicken who survived his head being cut clean off and lived anouther year and a half, gaining six pounds and dying in a hotel room because he choked to death. It's all true and Josh spreads the Gospel of Mike in this video.

Josh and Chuck give you a look inside the podcast studio in a new weekly series. Today's topics include an addendum to our recent How Soccer Works episode, an update about Japanese-American internment camps, and corruption in Venice.

This week, Josh and Chuck get gruesome with an update to the How Cannibalism Works episode featuring a cannibal cop, and talk about a 19th-century lyre made from a human skull. Gnarly.

Have you ever put your finger in a tiny baby's hand and been terrified when it started grasping it? The explanation probably lies in our evolutionary past. Josh explains.

This week, Josh and Chuck talk about some wacky self-experimenters studying testicular pain and a Mexican mannequin that is rumored to be an actual corpse.