Hey Will. Do you ever get overwhelmed by how much science happens these days?

Constantly. I'm like, ah, there's so much science. I can't keep track of it all.

Then it's a good thing our podcast, part-time genius, is counting down the 25 greatest science

ideas from the past 25 years. That's right, Mango. We're talking animals.

In a paper called, quote, chickens prefer beautiful humans.

This was actually the title of the paper.

They all discovered that much like humans, chickens are attracted to symmetrical faces.

Got it.

We're talking medical miracles.

He's an endocrinologist who found a way to stimulate insulin-producing cells using, wait for it, the saliva of a Gila monster.

There's no way to make that not sound crazy.

We even talk to some of the experts behind these breakthroughs.

It's a week full of fact-pack stories you won't want to miss.

So listen to the part-time genius countdown of the 25 greatest science ideas of the past 25 years.

Starting Monday, March 3rd on the IHeart

Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind,

a production of IHeart Radio. Hi, my name is Robert Lamb, and this is The Monster Fact, a short-form series from

Stuff to Blow Your Mind focusing on mythical creatures, ideas, and monsters in time.

At last, I can speak to you of the most recent cinematic treatment of Count Orlock,

the off-brand Dracula from 1922's Nosferatu, a symphony of horror,

who went on to become a horror icon in his own right.

We have to remember that in 1922, Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula, was only 35 years old. In fact, F.W. Murnau's

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