The 2016 Ig Nobels: Rat Pants, Mooning and the Sincerity of Rocks
Each year, a magazine called The Annals of Improbable Research awards the Ig Nobel prizes to honor the weirdest and funniest scientific projects ever undertaken by humans. In this pair of Stuff to Blo...
4 Okt 20161h 14min
Conjoined Dreamers
Is the dream world a solitary creation of the sleeping mind, or can we share these spaces of fear, wonder and desire with other dreamers? In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Christi...
29 Sep 20161h 14min
The Nine Dream Worlds of Frederik van Eeden
Have you ever desired a map of the dream world? Look no further than the ideas and practices of Dutch psychiatrist Frederik van Eeden. Influenced by Hindu philosophy, mysticism and panpsychism, van Ee...
27 Sep 20161h 16min
Undead Genes: Genetic Activation After Death
While more elaborate visions of the afterlife view mortal existence as a sort of larval stage in a grander human timeline, science tells us that death is the end. The human mind blinks out of existenc...
22 Sep 201633min
Weird Mushrooms!
Join Robert and Christian as they crack open the sacred book of the shroom and examine a half-dozen examples of magnificently weird mushrooms. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpo...
20 Sep 201649min
Beyond this Vale of Testing: Post-Empirical Science
Most scientists declare empirical falsifiability -- the notion that a theory may be proven right or wrong via scientific investigation -- to be the core principle of science. Others, such as string th...
15 Sep 20161h 8min
Scalp Hunters and the Cobra Effect
In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe explore the perverse world of unintended consequences and the cobra effect. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnet...
13 Sep 201654min
STBYM Live: Prime Directives & Planetary Contamination
The Prime Directive serves as the Federation’s philosophical backbone, no matter how often our favorite Trek heroes bend and break its values in order to save the day. How does this policy match up wi...
8 Sep 201654min
