November 26, 2025
Oletko havainnut liikenneympyröissä kauniita käyriä ja klotoideja?
The hidden beauty of log-aesthetic curves and clothoids in traffic circles. Pigeons sensing Earth's magnetic field. Jevons's paradox and AI energy consumption.
With Jukka Häkkinen & Samuli Siltanen
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September 24, 2025
'Seitinohuet päiväkännit' -tutkimus voitti Ig Nobelin rauhanpalkinnon
Possible signs of life on Mars. How language biases shape health risk trend perception. Ig Nobel Prize winners. Disinformation vs. science.
With Samuli Siltanen & Anne Liljeström
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July 30, 2025
Komeettahavainnot pistää aina miettimään, kuinka valmiita me ollaan sysäisemään niitä pois törmäyskurssilta
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS observation. Global freshwater availability crisis. AI systems developing their own communication language.
With Elina Hiltunen & Anne Liljeström
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June 25, 2025
Korallit ovat stressaantuneita
Coral reefs as the rainforests of the sea. Rediscovering extinct proto-Indo-European culture. How ChatGPT affects human cognition.
With Elina Hiltunen
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April 30, 2025
Myrkyllisin sieni maistuu 'lempeän pähkinäiselle' – mutta kuka sitä on maistanut?
The world's deadliest mushroom and who dared taste it. A newly discovered color. The world's hairiest synthetic substance.
With Lauri Reuter & Samuli Siltanen
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January 29, 2025
Miksi ihmiset viehättyvät autokolarivideoista ja true crimestä?
The psychology behind fascination with car crash videos and true crime content. What researchers believe about extraterrestrial life.
With Lauri Reuter & Anne Liljeström
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October 30, 2024
Majavan taito rakentaa pato tulee geeneistä, ei oppimalla
Beavers build dams from genes, not learning. Innate vs. learned animal behaviors.
With Sini Merikallio & Lauri Reuter
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September 25, 2024
Velvollisuus kannustaa monesti paremmin kuin raha
Tartrazine dye making skin transparent. Why a sense of duty motivates better than financial incentives. The psychology of picky eating.
With Jukka Häkkinen & Anne Liljeström
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July 31, 2024
Ihminen kertoo, kun sattuu – hevonen yrittää vaan selvitä
Recognizing pain and stress in animals. Why music from your youth is the most enjoyable.
With Lauri Reuter & Sini Merikallio
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June 26, 2024
Mitä avaruudessa oleskelu tekee ihmiskeholle?
Health effects of living in space. Spatial disorientation. The Knoben effect in perception.
With Sini Merikallio & Anne Liljeström
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January 31, 2024
Oliko ennen kaikki paremmin?
Nostalgia bias and whether things really were better in the past.
With Elina Hiltunen & Lauri Reuter
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December 20, 2023
Jälkikaronkkalaiset pohtivat tekoälyn rantautumista
Year-end special discussing AI's rapid impact on scientific fields and everyday life.
With Jukka Häkkinen & Samuli Siltanen
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November 29, 2023
Psykologisten termien hämärtyminen ja arkistuminen
How psychological terms lose their clinical meaning as they enter everyday language.
With Lauri Reuter & Elina Hiltunen
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October 25, 2023
Miksi ihmisten on vaikea hahmottaa isoja lukuja?
The Dartmouth face-scar experiment. Victim behavior psychology. Human curiosity and the difficulty of comprehending large numbers.
With Jukka Häkkinen & Sini Merikallio
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July 26, 2023
Persoonallisuuden 'pimeään kolmikkoon' halutaan lisätä neljäs julma piirre
The Dark Triad of personality and proposals to add a fourth cruel trait.
With Samuli Siltanen & Sini Merikallio
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May 31, 2023
Onhan se huimaa, että ajattelemalla voi ohjata vaikka robottikättä
AI in traffic systems. The effect of classical music on cows. Brain implants and neural interfaces controlling robotic limbs.
With Elina Hiltunen & Sini Merikallio
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April 26, 2023
Pohjaako kiroilu apinavaiheen hätähuutomekanismiin?
Biological origins of swearing. Misophonia vs. normal irritation. The Einstein hat mathematical discovery.
With Jukka Häkkinen & Samuli Siltanen
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March 29, 2023
Kertooko jotakin ihmisestä, jos ei pidä kauhusta?
What your horror preference says about your personality. The psychology of fear and entertainment.
With Sini Merikallio & Lauri Reuter
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January 25, 2023
Mitä ovat kollektiiviset illuusiot?
Collective illusions – when a group believes something that most of its members privately reject.
With Lauri Reuter & Elina Hiltunen
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September 30, 2020
Venuksessa saattaa olla elämää, korona on parantanut lintujen laulun laatua
Possible life on Venus. How COVID lockdowns improved bird song quality. Are all viruses harmful?
With Sini Merikallio & Jukka Häkkinen
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March 25, 2020
Ihmisten ja eläinten terveys yhdistyi toisiinsa koronassa
Soap and mathematics. Epidemic modeling. Psychological threats of COVID-19. The connection between human and animal health.
With Sini Merikallio & Samuli Siltanen
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February 26, 2020
Huoliteoria pitäisi ottaa mukaan jokaiseen sairauteen
Indoor air symptoms and brain science. The challenges of establishing scientific evidence for indoor air health effects.
With Anne Liljeström & Elina Hiltunen
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