Unexplainable

When things fall into bogs, they sometimes wind up being beautifully preserved. T

The bodies buried in the bog

Once upon a time (around 300 million years ago), Earth was home to massive dragonfly-like insects and two meter long millipede-like creatures. Why did they die off?

What happened to the giant bugs?

Five-sixths of all the matter in the universe is this invisible stuff called dark matter, and scientists barely understand what it is.

Dark matter and the end of answers

It's a question that seems impossible to grapple with, but scientists won't take no for an answer.

What happened before the big bang?

An astrophysicist uses the motion of the stars to argue that a single story has been told for 100,000 years.

What's the oldest story ever told?

Unexplainable&nbsp;takes listeners right up to the edge of what we know…and then keeps on going. The&nbsp;Unexplainable&nbsp;team — Noam Hassenfeld, Julia Longoria, Byrd Pinkerton, and Meradith Hoddinott — tackles scientific mysteries, unanswered questions, and everything we learn diving into the unknown. New episodes Mondays and Wednesdays.

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