Stuff to blow your mind
Stuff To Blow Your Mind
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A Perfect Circle
What is a mathematically perfect circle and why doesn’t it ...
What is a mathematically perfect circle and why doesn’t it exist in our universe? Find out in this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind.
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Neural Pixie Dust
The future of brain-machine interaction will expand human intelligence and ...
The future of brain-machine interaction will expand human intelligence and forever alter our experience of reality, but where are we now and how long till neurotechnology elevates us to higher human form? Find out in this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind.
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The Science of Lovecraft
Legendary weird fiction author H.P. Lovecraft revolutionized our understanding of ...
Legendary weird fiction author H.P. Lovecraft revolutionized our understanding of supernatural horror in the early 20th century, but he was also a science writer and lived in a time of tremendous scientific advancement and global war. Join Robert and Julie as they chat with S.T. Joshi about the science of H.P. Lovecraft’s fiction and how it influenced popular culture. Plus, hear from a few HowStuffWorks podcast personalities on their own favorite Lovecraft tales.
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Listen Mail: The Power of Names
As a follow-up to their podcast episode on the nominative ...
As a follow-up to their podcast episode on the nominative determinism, Robert and Julie share YOUR thoughts on names and the power of names in this special listener mail episode. Plus, who knows what else they’ll chat about?
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The Future of Addiction
Highly addictive substances like meth and heroine are formidable enemies ...
Highly addictive substances like meth and heroine are formidable enemies for the recovering addict, but what does the future hold for their treatment? In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Julie explore the use of electromagnetic stimulation, vaccines and other treatments to help win the battle.
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Addiction
What is addiction? Why are some people predisposed to it ...
What is addiction? Why are some people predisposed to it and what happens in the brain when addiction takes hold? In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Julie break it all down for you and ponder the addiction-shattered brain.
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The Status of Flatus
What is a fart? What’s the science behind passing gas ...
What is a fart? What’s the science behind passing gas and why does volume, frequency and stench very so much from person to person? Answers await, gentle listener, as Robert and Julie discuss the biology behind breaking wind in this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind.
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The Troglofauna of Fraggle Rock
What do the fun-loving denizens of Jim Henson’s “Fraggle Rock” ...
What do the fun-loving denizens of Jim Henson’s “Fraggle Rock” have in common with real-life cave animals? Find out in this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind as Robert and Julie discuss the ecology of Fraggle Rock and the show’s ecological message.
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Supernormal Stimuli
No longer limited by the constrains of their environment or ...
No longer limited by the constrains of their environment or biology, humans have remade their world. Why walk when you can soar? Why shout when you can whisper in the ear of a listener halfway round the world? And why limit yourself to normal stimuli when you can condense the sensory world into nuggets of superstimuli. Join Robert and Julie as they discuss junk food, gaming, pornography, the Internet and beauty itself all in the framework of natural biology.
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Heartbeat in the Brain, Hole in the Skull
Trepanation is an ancient surgical procedure and we’ve found the ...
Trepanation is an ancient surgical procedure and we’ve found the millennia-aged skulls to prove it – each punctured and gouged to relieve inner-pressure and inner-madness. But is such cranial perforation truly a relic of a primitive age or do modern trepanation advocates have a point in their quest to free the brain’s heartbeat from its prison of bone? Tune in to this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind to find out.
