Episode 150 - Terraforming, White Noise, and Science Party Tricks - a podcast by Mike McHargue

from 2018-04-09T14:39

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Here’s the questions on this week’s show: Can you blow our minds with science? What are your thoughts on terraforming? Does white noise help or harm human sleep cycles? How do you cope with religious guilt?
Here are some resources for anyone who wants to dig deeper: 
Can you blow our minds with science?
CRISPR–Cas encoding of a digital movie into the genomes of a population of living bacteria
An extra-uterine system to physiologically support the extreme premature lamb
Lunar volcanism produced a transient atmosphere around the ancient Moon
Bees are first insects shown to understand the concept of zero
 
Does white noise help or harm human sleep cycles?
The influence of white noise on sleep in subjects exposed to ICU noise
Spontaneous brain rhythms predict sleep stability in the face of noise
 
How do you cope with religious guilt?
Finding God in the Waves

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