0:00.0	We live in a divided country, and our media couldn't be more polarizing.
0:04.1	That's why we started The Middle with Jeremy Hobson.
0:06.3	It's about bringing voices not from the extremes, but from the vast middle into the
0:10.7	national conversation.
0:12.1	Each week, we hear from ordinary Americans from all over the country, and when you
0:15.8	subscribe to the middle, you also get an episode each week called One Thing Trump did that
0:20.2	focuses on just one item from the avalanche of news.
0:23.8	Listen to the middle with Jeremy Hobson on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:29.9	Hey Will, do you ever get overwhelmed by how much science happens these days?
0:34.7	Constantly. I'm like, ah, there's so much science. I can't keep track of it all.
0:38.4	Then it's a good thing our podcast, part-time genius, is counting down the 25 greatest
0:43.2	science ideas from the past 25 years.
0:45.9	That's right, Mango.
0:46.8	We're talking animals.
0:48.0	In a paper called, quote, chickens prefer beautiful humans.
0:51.9	This was actually the title of the paper.
0:59.0	They all discovered that much like humans, chickens are attracted to symmetrical faces. Got it.
1:00.0	We're talking medical miracles.
1:02.0	He's an endocrinologist who found a way to stimulate insulin-producing cells using...
1:06.0	Wait for it. The saliva of a Gila monster.
1:09.0	There's no way to make that not sound crazy. We even talk to
1:12.6	some of the experts behind these breakthroughs. It's a week full of fact-packed stories you won't
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