Episode 62, 17th April 2016 : Memory

Wonder of Stuff is a Vodcast (and Podcast) about Science, Engineering and Technology and anything else we find interesting.  In Episode 62 we talk about...

"Memory: Inside the Human Brain"

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Episode 61, 3rd April 2016 : Nicola Tesla | The State of Consumer VR

Wonder of Stuff is a Vodcast (and Podcast) about Science, Engineering and Technology and anything else we find interesting.  In Episode 61 we talk about...

"The Life and Times of Nicola Tesla"
"How the Oculus, HTC and others are impacting the Consumer"

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Stories We Didn't Cover...

Occassionally, we have more stories stockpiled than we can actually cover in the show.  This is especially the case now we've changed the format, so in order for you not to miss them, we've put the links to them below so you can read and inwardly digest in your own time! 

Medicine & Human Biology

• Does Exercise Help Keep Our Brains Young? - http://brainmysteries.com/exercise-help-keep-brains-young/

• Healthy or sick? Tiny cell bubbles may hold the answer - http://phys.org/news/2015-12-healthy-sick-tiny-cell.html

• Vein Viewer Shows Blood Veins In Your Body In Real Time. - http://wonderfulengineering.com/vein-viewer-shows-blood-veins-in-your-body-in-real-time/

• Human Synthesis of Vitamin C - http://interestingengineering.com/human-synthesis-of-vitamin-c/

• Study reveals connection between fitness level, brain activity, and executive function - http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-09-reveals-brain-function.html

• Cancer patient receives world's first 3D printed rib cage - http://interestingengineering.com/worlds-first-3d-printed-rib-cage/

• Common chemical used to clean fish tanks 'could magically reverse signs of ageing' - http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/science/common-chemical-used-clean-fish-6994442

• Include Spices And Herbs In Your Diet To Boost Brain Function - http://www.medindia.net/news/include-spices-and-herbs-in-your-diet-to-boost-brain-function-156087-1.htm

Physics

• Scientists discover that a single layer of tiny diamonds increases electron emission 13,000-fold - http://phys.org/news/2015-12-scientists-layer-tiny-diamonds-electron.html

• A Quantum Physics Problem Has Been Proved To Be Unsolvable - http://www.iflscience.com/physics/quantum-physics-problem-has-been-proven-unsolvable

• World's thinnest diffraction gratings made from graphene - http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2015/aug/27/worlds-thinnest-diffraction-gratings-made-from-graphene

• Top 10 Nikola Tesla Inventions - http://interestingengineering.com/top-10-nikola-tesla-inventions/

• At the nanoscale, concrete proves effective for nuclear containment - http://phys.org/news/2015-11-nanoscale-concrete-effective-nuclear.html

• See the radio waves constantly bathing you with this app - http://www.engadget.com/2015/11/28/see-the-radio-waves-constantly-bathing-you-with-this-app/

Biodiversity & Biology

• Australian vegetation 40 to 50 million years older than thought - http://www.uncommondescent.com/intelligent-design/australian-vegetation-40-to-50-million-years-older-than-thought/

• Do we underestimate plants and trees? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-34849374

• Study finds there is less knowledge about global species diversity than previously assumed - http://phys.org/news/2015-12-knowledge-global-species-diversity-previously.html

• Galapagos expedition reveals unknown seamounts, new species - http://phys.org/news/2015-12-galapagos-reveals-unknown-seamounts-species.html

• Dung beetles use cues in the night sky to roll balls of poop in straight lines - http://www.theverge.com/2015/8/29/9222765/dung-beetles-sky-moon-navigate-polarized-light-roll-poop

• Deep-diving whales could hold answer for synthetic blood - http://phys.org/news/2015-09-deep-diving-whales-synthetic-blood.html

• Why Do We Smell the Change of Seasons? - http://gizmodo.com/why-do-we-smell-the-change-of-seasons-1735548623

• Living Ink is the first time-lapse bio-ink - http://interestingengineering.com/living-ink-is-the-first-time-lapse-bio-ink/

Genetics

• Cheetah genome shows a cat with nine lives - http://www.foxnews.com/science/2015/12/11/cheetah-genome-shows-cat-with-nine-lives.html

• Bumblebees Quickly Mutating In Response To Global Warming Say Scientists - http://www.inquisitr.com/2450313/bumblebees-quickly-mutating-in-response-to-global-warming-say-scientists/

• Primordial Traits Linger in Primate Vision - http://www.rdmag.com/articles/2015/11/primordial-traits-linger-primate-vision

• Synthetic biology is turning into industrial design, says Daisy Ginsberg - http://www.dezeen.com/2015/12/10/synthetic-biology-closer-to-industrial-design-genetic-engineering-crispr-daisy-ginsberg/

Food Supply & Technology

• Sustainable farming critical to food security in South Africa - http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/sustainable-farming-critical-to-food-security-in-south-africa-2015-08-21

Engineering

• Check Out This Amazing House Created Completely From Shipping Containers - http://wonderfulengineering.com/check-out-this-amazing-house-created-completely-from-shipping-containers/

• Aurora, the American secret hypersonic spyplane - http://interestingengineering.com/aurora-the-american-secret-hypersonic-spyplane/

Space

• Rosetta spacecraft captures incredibly bright outburst from Comet 67P - http://mashable.com/2015/08/28/comet-outburst-rosetta-photo/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss#EbqLtEqQo8q4

• Europe-Russia lunar mission could see humans settle Moon's South Pole - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/11937475/Europe-Russia-lunar-mission-could-see-humans-settle-Moons-South-Pole.html

• What Is A White Hole? - http://www.iflscience.com/physics/what-white-hole

• More tests confirm quantum spookiness - https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/science-ticker/more-tests-confirm-quantum-spookiness