Episode 101 - BRRRAAAAAINS!! - 8/13/21

Episode 60 of the Six Degrees of Rumination podcast, hosted by Nina Reno and Michael, titled "Episode 101 - BRRRAAAAAINS!! - 8/13/21" was published on August 13, 2021 and runs 98 minutes.

August 13, 2021 ·98m · Six Degrees of Rumination

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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 https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-identify-key-neurological-switch-that-makes-human-brains-so-large?fbclid=IwAR18IntcUGST5FrumzykTIO429y7JJY1kxlhfLIIMAWxjvtV5bzKCcDauBI     Fun with magnets! https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210204144005.htm?fbclid=IwAR1f7I5hR6Xgcd2kGS9bWKn1wvvmM1VaxCEYoG-ZWYAoIKiIY5xmz-S5B2U     Ultrasound waves can help restore your memory https://interestingengineering.com/ultrasounds-restore-human-memory-reverse-dementia?fbclid=IwAR04KKXJpFbKaBYQXZo2kTl0ttzcNG-QzJv7ESif-YolfXrve7CNYX3AuEM       Brain implants translate imagined handwriting into text https://www.sciencenews.org/article/brain-implants-translate-handwriting-text?fbclid=IwAR3Rcm5zp90RimTso2D0oREsQjEmev1iufzmfeVKTXfQpwqzjxnEXi0S8dE       Elon Musk is at it again https://consequence.net/2021/02/elon-musk-human-trials-neuralink/?fbclid=IwAR18VEnNpNDiQTMvLGR5SLt540LnIIvxd7jj64i_5CgxV1DLCN02NVZ1rCs       Apparently, your brain can support an extra limb https://interestingengineering.com/human-brain-can-support-extra-robotic-body-part-third-thumb?fbclid=IwAR04KKXJpFbKaBYQXZo2kTl0ttzcNG-QzJv7ESif-YolfXrve7CNYX3AuEM   While my artificial tear gland...gently weeps https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-make-tiny-lab-grown-tear-glands-cry-180977267/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_tab&utm_content=algorithm&fbclid=IwAR3JB6kkS60gnayLWc2VgiE0V0RGUJt8BkLCFUw-H6y0scb8OylUt15slsU     People experiencing depression could actually be seeing the world differently https://www.sciencealert.com/study-shows-how-depression-really-does-change-how-we-see-the-world?fbclid=IwAR29JH72mPgwctfXZNrjniZPSU17-gKIEFTrISbTCa1-GqQ8mtaKyeUTQ_s     The "dark watchers" phenomenon https://www.livescience.com/dark-watchers-california-optical-illusion.html?fbclid=IwAR3ZHclY8KYkGJjBcMjpAWw_aQfGgtUm7uAsrKa22kxaJrtzIOFAfguOVGA   *if you have time to venture down a rabbit hole* CIA: how to escape the confines of space and time https://www.vice.com/en/article/7k9qag/how-to-escape-the-confines-of-time-and-space-according-to-the-cia?fbclid=IwAR0oJNRspm-7lcXjb7vpe1zxgIJL--CUraQ-I1FLxLP0-o7osCgCDc-Y4UE

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