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Located at the very front of your brain, your prefrontal cortex is vital for things like your memory, morality, sense of time, and personality. Phil and I talk about, but do not understand, your prefrontal cortex.
Continue reading Ep 225: The front of the front of the front of your brain
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Phil and I get back to the brain and brain bits, by talking about bits of your brain. Today is the diencephalon, with extra attention paid to your thalamus, a part of your brain that passes information around to just about every other part of your brain.
Continue reading Ep 224: Third eyes, pineal glands, and your thalamus
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Our show has made it to the two year point. So, we did an episode that doesn’t really have a point. We drift passed history, blackholes, astrology, Chinese emperors, waterclocks, and eventually land on an explanation of time dilation. From Einstein’s theory of special relativity, find out why the faster you go, the more time will slow.
Continue reading Ep 223: Our two year anniversary show!
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It’s the second part of the two part episode on black holes, where not even our point can escape.
Continue reading Ep222 part 2: Black hole business
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We decided to do an episode on blackholes. It was by Phil’s request. it is the fiftieth episode wherein I have been joined by my brother as my co-host. Turned out to go a bit long, so here’s the first part, which turns out to be a bit short. It’s the story of how we figured out there were blackholes long before we ever saw one.
Continue reading Ep 222 part1: Blackhole background