Episode 39, 30th August 2015

Running Order for episode 39 of the Wonder of Stuff...

- Ross talked about "Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity"
- Richard talked about "Is Psychology Science?"
- John talked about "Sorry Albert, You Were Wrong"

• http://arxiv.org/abs/1508.05949

Audio Link: Episode 39

Episode 38 Audio Only

We're starting to make the entire archive of WoS available in audio only format.  To start off with, here is episode 38.

Episode 38, 23rd August 2015

We're covering the following this week...

Richard talked about "Growing Brains in the Lab"

• https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28075-scientists-reject-claims-of-lab-grown-mini-human-brain/

John talked about "Soylent. The future of food?"

• https://diy.soylent.com/recipes

Episode 37, 17th August 2015

In this special Double Header edition we have...

• Richard talking about 'Stratolaunch' 
• John talking about 'The Octopus' Genome Garden'
• Richard talking about 'Tianjin Explosions' 

Episode 37 Postponed Until Tomorrow!

Unfortunately due to a poorly Richard and an absent Ross, we've had to postpone episode 37 of the Wonder of Stuff until tomorrow night (17th August) at the same time of 20:00 BST, 19:00 UTC, 21:00 EST.  The link for tomorrows show is here;

https://plus.google.com/u/1/events/c9mma8m3b799f32trhitmbtc46s

Episode 36, 9th August 2015

Running Order for episode 36 of The Wonder of Stuff...

• Richard talked about Earthworms and Drilodefensins
• Ross talked about the EmpPad
• John talked about The Darkside of the Moon and There She Blows!

Episode 36 is Tonight!

Episode 36 of WoS is on air tonight and if you want to watch live, just use this link :-)

https://plus.google.com/events/c6soa0o1uthk2iuhvh56ha7otig

It is online at 19:00 UTC, 20:00 BST and 21:00 EST.

Science, Engineering and Technology Stories We Didn't Have Time To Cover...

As there is no Wonder of Stuff Vodcast tonight, I thought I'd pull together some of the stories we marked out to cover, but sadly didn't have time.  So, instead of pining for the WoS, how about reading some of these articles? #wonderofstuff #massageyourbrain

Engineering

• Ambulance Drones to Fly Defibrillators to Emergencies, Save Lives
• Facebook Tests Laser Drone Over UK Skies

Space

• Martian meteorite may contain evidence of extraterrestrial life
• Mysterious Mars Plumes Defy Explanation
• Mysterious cosmic radio burst spotted in real time from Australia
• In Saturn’s Rings, a Portal to the Planet’s Interior
• NASA’s Plan to Give the Moon a Moon

Nature & Biology

• The Surprising Power of an Electric Eel’s Shock
• Pacific Coast sea bird die-off puzzles scientists
• Extreme Migration: Geese Hug the Himalayas
• A honey bee hive tells all
• Why Some Mushrooms Glow in the Dark
• Nearly 200,000 ‘new’ marine species turn out to be duplicates
• 'Extinct' Bird Not Seen Since 1941 Suddenly Reappears

Physics

• Laser blast makes pure quantum dots
• Quantum teleportation reaches farthest distance yet
• Nanoscale resistors for quantum devices
• New Doubt About Dark Matter
• Quantum Entanglement Can Now Be Performed on a Chip
• They've finally solved it: Schrödinger's cat is both ALIVE AND DEAD
• At the third beep, the Atomic Clock will be 60 ... imprecisely
• Update on General Fusion

Chemistry

• Biofuel From Sewage Biosolids Project Envisions Community-Sourced Energy

Neuroscience & Psychology

• Why We're So Easily Fooled, and Why It Matters
• Researchers Find Link Between Sleep Deprivation and Cell Damage
• ‘Long-Term Memory Is Not Stored At The Synapse’
• Parkinson’s disease linked to gut bacteria
• 'Big brain' DNA found in humans: Single gene that made us more intelligent than chimps is identified for the first time

The Next Wonder of Stuff Episode will be the 9th August

There will be no Wonder of Stuff episode this evening due to life getting in the way (yes, we do have other things to do!)  So the next exciting instalment of WoS (episode 36) will be on Sunday 9th August at 20:00 BST (19:00 UTC) where we will continue, with our batteries re-charged and ready to take you on the journey to knowledge once again... In the meantime, why don't you pick one of our other episodes on YouTube to watch and massage your brain for 45 minutes?

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyyADv5b0kBsu3pmPZR6pg/feed?activity_view=3