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Sex, war, and getting insanely high: Society might’ve changed in the last 60,000 years or so, but these interests have remained constant. In a way, this is a kind of golden age for the aspiring recreational drug user: putting aside the public health consequences of a market flooded with mass-produced speed, painkillers and anti-anxiety meds, […]
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Mystery Science Theater alum, comedian and author Frank Conniff (@FrankConniff) joins the crew to talk about his new audiobook Dark Apnea. Plus horoscope doubts! Carl Sagan predicting the future! And where dinosaur killing asteroids came from! In the patreon bonus ep we talk about saving the banana from extinction. Sign up here! Source link
Auroras, fireballs and space junk. They are all visible. Prof Lisa and Dr Karl discuss how and where you might spot them. Also, how you can get your name into space. drKarl.com lisaharveysmith.com Source link
Scientists have trained an inanimate lump of goo to play the video game Pong. As reported in New Scientist and described in a research paper from scientists at the University of Reading, researchers took a lump of hydrogel and ran an electric current through it while hooked up to a computer that could play Pong. […]
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Comedian Mark Cohen (@mark_coco_cohen) joins Jesse, Andy and Matt to discuss the two aging bursts humans experience, restoring Tonka trucks, weaning crocodiles off of cane toads, Mark’s video game creations, using slime mold to help map dark matter, and stock photo artists who play Lawn Mowing Simulator. and Mark’s possible record-breaking stint at The Comedy […]
There is a family of chemicals that has drug companies popping corks. Obesity researcher Dr Nick Fuller explains to Dr Karl how they work and why they sometimes fail. Healthy Parents Healthy Kids with Dr Nick Fuller DrKarl Source link
Space exploration has long been a staple of sci-fi films and TV, from the epic battles in Star Wars to gardening on the Red Planet in The Martian. However, many play fast and loose with the laws of physics, and scientific fact often couldn’t be further from the truth. Greg Brown is an astronomer at […]
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