ELI5 Explain Like I'm 5: Bite sized answers to stuff you should know about - in a mini podcast

324 Episodes

1. ELI5 Birthmarks - what causes our skin to have them?

   Published: 8/05/2020
2. ELI5 Left & Right Wings in Politics - why the Elephant and Donkey as mascots?

   Published: 1/05/2020
3. ELI5 Rainbows - how are rainbows formed, and why is the color brown missing?

   Published: 23/04/2020
4. ELI5 Virus vs Bacteria - why getting sick from viruses is different to bacterial diseases

   Published: 17/04/2020
5. ELI5 Wi-Fi - how does wifi hacking work?

   Published: 10/04/2020
6. ELI5 Spanish Flu - as a global pandemic, why was it nicknamed Spanish Flu?

   Published: 27/03/2020
7. ELI5 Everest - how did they measure it (and other mountains) originally?

   Published: 20/03/2020
8. ELI5 Gray Hair - why does stress cause grey hair?

   Published: 13/03/2020
9. ELI5 Sneezing - why our eyes water when a sneeze gets 'stuck'

   Published: 6/03/2020
10. ELI5 Disinfectant Alcohol - why is 70% alcohol better than 90% as disinfectant?

    Published: 28/02/2020
11. ELI5 Credit Card Security - is a chip really safer than a magstripe?

    Published: 21/02/2020
12. ELI5 Ski Jumping - how do they not get injured when landing?

    Published: 14/02/2020
13. ELI5 Credit Scores - why do FICO scores end at 850?

    Published: 7/02/2020
14. ELI5 Face Masks - surgical masks, N95 masks what's the difference?

    Published: 31/01/2020
15. ELI5 Pensions - where did the modern pension come from?

    Published: 24/01/2020
16. ELI5 Gluten - why have folks suddenly become allergic to gluten this past decade?

    Published: 17/01/2020
17. ELI5 Activity Trackers - how do they detect deep sleep?

    Published: 10/01/2020
18. ELI5 Passwords - are password managers safe?

    Published: 3/01/2020
19. ELI5 National Debt - who do countries owe when they are in debt?

    Published: 20/12/2019
20. ELI5 Zero - why its discovery by ancient civilizations was so ground breaking for mathematics

    Published: 13/12/2019