Supernormal Stimuli

Supernormal Stimuli

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 in this classic episode as they discuss junk food, gaming, pornography, the Internet and beauty itself all in the framework of natural biology.

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Interview Interlude Playlist, Part 3: Thomas S. Mullaney

Interview Interlude Playlist, Part 3: Thomas S. Mullaney

Let's talk about the Chinese typewriter. Here's our 2018 chat with Thomas S. Mullaney about his book “The Chinese Typewriter: A History.” Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcast...

27 Mars 20201h 4min

Interview Interlude Playlist, Part 2: Brian Greene, Max Tegmark and Barbara J. King

Interview Interlude Playlist, Part 2: Brian Greene, Max Tegmark and Barbara J. King

Let's talk about string theory, super AI and animal emotions. Here are our 2018 World Science Festival interviews with physicist Brian Greene, physicist Max Tegmark and anthropologist Barbara J. King....

27 Mars 20201h 9min

Interview Interlude Playlist, Part 1: Diva Amon

Interview Interlude Playlist, Part 1: Diva Amon

Let's talk about deep sea ecology and conservation. Here's our 2019 chat with deep sea marine biologist Diva Amon. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystud...

27 Mars 202059min

Twilight of the Moa

Twilight of the Moa

The Moa of New Zealand were among the weirdest birds to ever live, and their history is full of evolutionary wonder, interspecies conflict, tragedy and scientific hope. In this Stuff to Blow Your Mind...

26 Mars 202053min

Rise of the Moa

Rise of the Moa

The Moa of New Zealand were among the weirdest birds to ever live, and their history is full of evolutionary wonder, interspecies conflict, tragedy and scientific hope. In this Stuff to Blow Your Mind...

24 Mars 202057min

From the Vault: The Lost Daughters of Aten, Part 1

From the Vault: The Lost Daughters of Aten, Part 1

Pluto may not be a planet, but it definitely exists. Not every case is so clear. The history of near-Earth astronomy contains many cases of bodies that may or may not have ever existed in the solar sy...

21 Mars 202054min

Space Between: A STBYM Update Episode

Space Between: A STBYM Update Episode

In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe catch you up to date on the podcast’s production schedule and generally check in with listeners in the wake of current events. Learn more ab...

19 Mars 202046min

Invertebrate Emotions, Part 2

Invertebrate Emotions, Part 2

Humans are feeling creatures, constantly awash in a sea of emotion. We struggle to understand the waters that suffuse us, but what about other denizens of the animal kingdom? What about the octopods? ...

17 Mars 202050min

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