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Wednesday Jan 03, 2024
Wednesday Jan 03, 2024
Welcome to Episode 110 and a whole new year! But wait, before you forget about 2023 completely, we ask that if you have not yet listened to Episode 109 (air date 12/20/23), go back and do so before enjoying Episode 110. There are lessons to be learned before you delve further into the holy terror that is AI....
Elongated skulls in Rome
The Mandela Effect
Theta waves
Shape of the brain
AI scores in top percentile for creative thinking
https://www.psypost.org/2023/12/ai-scores-in-the-top-percentile-of-creative-thinking-214895
AI can read your thoughts
https://www.iflscience.com/ai-brain-activity-decoder-can-translate-thoughts-into-written-words-68686
A breakthrough in understanding whale language
AI lie detector
https://www.freethink.com/robots-ai/ai-lie-detector#Echobox=1680279620
AI faces perceived as more real than human ones
Wednesday Dec 20, 2023
Wednesday Dec 20, 2023
Producer Mike LOSES HIS MIND and treats us to his best rant ever. Enjoy Episode 109 during your holiday travels or when you want to escape familial joy for a bit and indulge in some sarcasm. We cover hibernation, 3D printing (food and otherwise), caffeine intake, and of course - artificial intelligence.
Hibernation for space travel
Astronauts going to Mars should be all women
https://www.iflscience.com/astronauts-going-to-mars-should-be-only-women-its-basic-science-68736
Are AI relationships cheating?
Human skin 3D printing
3D printed cheesecakes
How much caffeine is too much?
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-much-caffeine-is-too-much/
Optimism affects decision making
https://neurosciencenews.com/optimism-cognition-decision-making-25307/
Dinosaur legs on chickens
https://www.iflscience.com/dinosaur-legs-grown-genetically-modified-chickens-world-first-34465
Friday Dec 15, 2023
Friday Dec 15, 2023
It's Episode 108! We're glad to be back after such a long time away. What better way to say hello to you all again than with weird animal articles? Some of our favorites! Hear about reanimated pigs, what snakes have that some humans also have, and how monkeys have made wolves do their bidding. Oh, and dolphins make an appearance, of course.
Snakes have clitorises
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/scientists-snakes-clitorises-evolution
Dolphins and snakes
Monkeys have domesticated wolves
https://www.zmescience.com/science/monkeys-and-wolves-domestication-423/
The hidden language of chimpanzees
AI talking to animals
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jul/31/can-artificial-intelligence-really-help-us-talk-to-the-animals?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Plants make noise
https://www.sciencealert.com/plants-really-do-scream-out-loud-we-just-never-heard-it-until-now
Mass of humans vs animals in the world
Reanimated pigs
https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/zombie-pigs-brainex/#Echobox=1646437812-1
Saturday Dec 09, 2023
Saturday Dec 09, 2023
Welcome to Episode 107, a delightful romp about the psychology of being human. We're glad to be back after a long and sort of accidental hiatus. Join us for this semi-focused discussion on all things psychology, like analyzing stress through typing patterns and the particular strategies of raising a genius. Also covered are ketamine spas, mystical thinking vs. psychosis, and lots and lots of brain stuff.
You’re probably using these psychological terms wrong
https://lifehacker.com/youre-probably-using-these-psychological-terms-wrong-on-1848582251
Identifying stress through typing
AI reads emotions with radio signals
https://futurism.com/the-byte/ai-emotions-radio-signals
How to raise a genius
https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/how-to-raise-genius-kids/#Echobox=1652422457
Creative brains
https://neurosciencenews.com/creativity-connectivity-20274/
Mystical or psychosis?
Presence, not impostor sydrome
Types of sleep patterns
https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-split-up-adult-sleep-into-16-distinct-types
Ketamine spas
https://apple.news/A5tNvzsdJSHSzTQpvbMHxsA
https://apple.news/A5tNvzsdJSHSzTQpvbMHxsA
Situationships
Monday Aug 15, 2022
Monday Aug 15, 2022
Episode 106 - Big Questions, Little Answers
In this episode, we explore the macro "why"s: why are we here, what entity or unseen force made this universe we live in, why are there so many mysteries surrounding our earth and the space around it? These "why"s don't always have concrete answers, but we found a few!
Where are we relative to the Big Bang?
The first spacecraft to touch the sun
The Earth is pulsing every 26 seconds - no one agrees why
Two massive black holes will merge in 10,000 years
Monday Jul 18, 2022
Monday Jul 18, 2022
Episode 105 - Life and Living in Space
Ever wondered about the day to day ins and outs of living in space? How does the altered environment affect your bodily functions, daily routine, and mental state? You might be surprised by some of the answers...
9 reasons sex in space is difficult
Russia threatens that ISS will drop if sanctions continue
Would NASA warn us if an asteroid were about to wipe us out?
Maybe octopuses came from space
World’s first skyscraper to hang from asteroid
Thursday Jan 13, 2022
Thursday Jan 13, 2022
It's official - society has reached that terrifying point where technology knows more about you than your own family. Hooray!
Welcome to a world of brain implants, AI turning your thoughts into texts, legislation for sexbots, and, of course - a toilet that recognizes you by your...well, we don't want to give everything away.
But don't be afraid! Technology can be good, too. Technology is your friend...with technology, the sky (net) is the limit.
Tesla bot to take over boring work
Brain implant turns thoughts into text
Tuesday Dec 28, 2021
Tuesday Dec 28, 2021
It's the mammals episode! From humans lucid dreaming to camel beauty contests, in this episode you'll hear everything you wanted to know about mammals - and maybe a bit more.
Analyzing the construction of spiderwebs
Octopuses classified as sentient beings
Octopuses grow extra organs - then they disappear
Squirrels have distinct personalities
Cats have 7 distinguishable personality traits
Cats can track you so watch out
Flesh eating plants - a 12th one found!
Friday Sep 03, 2021
Friday Sep 03, 2021
Welcome to episode 102!
We'll take you on a journey through the day in the life of a human, from (before!) birth, birth defects, all those years of punching the clock, health problems, revitalizing marriages...and, finally, to the inevitable end.
Magnetic testes
Baby with 3 penises
Eight hour workday
80’s and heavy metal music lowers blood pressure
Ukranian couple splits after handcuffed together
https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/ukrainian-couple-split-after-123-days-ha-idUSRTXDE49E
Yoga conspiracy theory
Human composting funeral home
Friday Aug 13, 2021
Friday Aug 13, 2021
Get your brain fix here!
Episode 101 is all about brains: their altered properties after death, the feats they can achieve when paired up with a little technology….or how they take to EXTRA BODY PARTS!
Oh, and there’s a little Elon Musk in here.
Brain cell activity spikes after death
https://gizmodo.com/some-of-our-brain-cells-get-more-active-hours-after-we-1846537888
How to grow a bigger brain
Fun with magnets!
Ultrasound waves can help restore your memory
Brain implants translate imagined handwriting into text
Elon Musk is at it again
Apparently, your brain can support an extra limb
While my artificial tear gland...gently weeps
People experiencing depression could actually be seeing the world differently
The "dark watchers" phenomenon
*if you have time to venture down a rabbit hole*
CIA: how to escape the confines of space and time