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A Better Way to Stop Implicit Bias, the Murderous “Femme Fatale” Firefly, and Finding the Universe’s Missing Matter Jul 08, 2020

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Learn about how scientists analyzed fast radio bursts to find the “missing matter” in the universe; why “discretion elimination” is more effective than implicit bias training; and how the femme fatale firefly lures mates to their doom.

Scientists have found the 'missing matter' in the universe by Grant Currin

Half the universe’s ordinary matter was missing — and may have been found. (2020, May 27). Science News. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/universe-missing-matter-found-fast-radio-bursts
Macquart, J.-P., Prochaska, J. X., McQuinn, M., Bannister, K. W., Bhandari, S., Day, C. K., Deller, A. T., Ekers, R. D., James, C. W., Marnoch, L., Osłowski, S., Phillips, C., Ryder, S. D., Scott, D. R., Shannon, R. M., & Tejos, N. (2020). A census of baryons in the Universe from localized fast radio bursts. Nature, 581(7809), 391–395. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2300-2

"Discretion elimination" is better than training for correcting implicit bias by Steffie Drucker

Understanding Implicit Bias. (2017). Osu.edu. http://kirwaninstitute.osu.edu/research/understanding-implicit-bias/
Curbing implicit bias: what works and what doesn’t. (2020, June). Knowable Magazine | Annual Reviews. https://www.knowablemagazine.org/article/mind/2020/how-to-curb-implicit-bias
Why Diversity Training Isn’t Enough. (2020, January 7). The New Republic. https://newrepublic.com/article/156032/diversity-training-isnt-enough-pamela-newkirk-robin-diangelo-books-reviews?fbclid=IwAR1-G0hqTr9qupfHunCQOvKW2Vl4UWg1Y8R0scmVSOZTnJcNFX05jqzWPj4
Goldin, C., & Rouse, C. (2000). Orchestrating Impartiality: The Impact of “Blind” Auditions on Female Musicians. American Economic Review, 90(4), 715–741. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.90.4.715
Robertson, C., Shima Baughman, & Sunita Sah. (2016, October 13). One step toward making criminal justice less biased. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/one-step-toward-making-criminal-justice-less-biased-65022

The femme fatale firefly lures males to their doom by Cameron Duke

How and why do fireflies light up? (2005, September 5). Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-and-why-do-fireflies/
Cheyenne McKinley,Sarah Lower. (2019, May 16). 11 Cool Things You Never Knew about Fireflies. Scientific American Blog Network. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/11-cool-things-you-never-knew-about-fireflies/
So ... Sometimes Fireflies Eat Other Fireflies | KQED. (2018, February 27). KQED. https://www.kqed.org/science/1919946/so-sometimes-fireflies-eat-other-fireflies
EarthSky. (2015). Why do fireflies light up? | EarthSky.org. https://earthsky.org/earth/bugs-firefly-light

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Wearables and AI Analytics Are Changing Medicine (w/ Dr. Lloyd Minor) and What Happens to Your Brain After a Breakup Jul 07, 2020

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Dr. Lloyd Minor, Dean of the Stanford University School of Medicine, explains how wearables and AI analytics are changing medicine. But first, you’ll learn about the strange things that happen in your brain after a breakup.

Here's what happens in your brain after a breakup by Kelsey Donk

Lee, C. (2020). Why is it so hard to forgive an ex? Bbc.com. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200608-why-is-it-so-hard-to-forgive-an-ex
Fisher, H. (2004) Dumped! New Scientist. http://www.helenfisher.com/downloads/articles/03dumped.pdf
Reward, Addiction, and Emotion Regulation Systems Associated With Rejection in Love | Journal of Neurophysiology. (2010). Journal of Neurophysiology. https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/jn.00784.2009

Additional resources from Dr. Lloyd Minor:

Pick up “Discovering Precision Health: Predict, Prevent, and Cure to Advance Health and Well-Being” on Amazon https://amazon.com
Apple Heart Study https://med.stanford.edu/appleheartstudy.html
Apple Heart Study: Assessment of Wristwatch-Based Photoplethysmography to Identify Cardiac Arrhythmias - Full Text View - ClinicalTrials.gov. (2017). Clinicaltrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03335800
Stanford profile https://profiles.stanford.edu/lloyd-minor
Stanford University School of Medicine bio http://med.stanford.edu/school/leadership/dean.html
Follow @lloydbminor on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lloydbminor/

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How Summer Affects COVID-19, Why So Many Mars Missions Are Launching in July, and Exercise More by Copying Your Friends Jul 06, 2020

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Learn about whether summer will help or hurt the coronavirus pandemic; why so many Mars missions like Mars 2020 are launching this summer; and how you might inspire yourself to exercise more by copying your friends.

Will summer help or hurt the COVID-19 pandemic? by Andrea Michelson

Heat and humidity battle sunshine for influence over the spread of COVID-19, research. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-06/mu-hah060920.php
Paez, A., Lopez, F. A., Menezes, T., Cavalcanti, R., & Pitta, M. G. da R. (2020). A Spatio‐Temporal Analysis of the Environmental Correlates of COVID‐19 Incidence in Spain. Geographical Analysis. https://doi.org/10.1111/gean.12241

Why so many Mars missions are launching this summer by Cameron Duke

Jones, A. (2020). Here’s Where and How We Think China Will Land on Mars. IEEE Spectrum: Technology, Engineering, and Science News. https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/aerospace/robotic-exploration/where-how-china-mars-mission-news
Emirates Mars Mission (Hope). (2020). Nasa.gov. https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=EMM-HOPE
July 2019, M. W. 25. (n.d.). 4 Mars Missions Are One Year Away from Launching to the Red Planet in July 2020. Space.Com. Retrieved June 17, 2020, from https://www.space.com/4-mars-missions-one-year-from-july-2020-launch.html
Let’s Go to Mars! Calculating Launch Windows Activity | NASA/JPL Edu. (2019, November 19). NASA/JPL Edu. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/lets-go-to-mars-calculating-launch-windows/
NASA - Aiming for an Open Window. (2011). Nasa.gov. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/launchingrockets/launchwindows.html
What is a “launch window”? (2013). Esa.int. https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/What_is_a_launch_window

Copying your friends' workout strategies may help you exercise more by Steffie Drucker

Struggling To Stick To A Workout Routine? Copying Your Friends Might Help. (2020, June 11). Research Digest; Research Digest. https://digest.bps.org.uk/2020/06/11/struggling-to-stick-to-a-workout-routine-copying-your-friends-might-help/
Copy-Paste Prompts: A New Nudge to Promote Goal Achievement | Journal of the Association for Consumer Research: Ahead of Print. (2020). Journal of the Association for Consumer Research. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/708880

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Why You Should Argue to Learn, Dogs Want to Rescue You, and Do Blind People Dream? Jul 03, 2020

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Learn about the right and wrong way to approach an argument; evidence that dogs really do want to rescue you; and how blind people dream.

Don't argue to win, argue to learn by Kelsey Donk

Fisher, M., Knobe, J., Strickland, B., & Keil, F. C. (2016). The Influence of Social Interaction on Intuitions of Objectivity and Subjectivity. Cognitive Science, 41(4), 1119–1134. https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.12380
Are Toxic Political Conversations Changing How We Feel about Objective Truth? (2018). Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-toxic-political-conversations-changing-how-we-feel-about-objective-truth/
You’re wrong because I’m right: Why arguing to win is a losing strategy for all — the behaviorist. (2020, January 23). The Behaviorist. https://www.behaviorist.biz/oh-behave-a-blog/argue-to-learn

Dogs really do want to rescue you, it's science by Kelsey Donk

Yes, your dog wants to rescue you. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-05/asu-yyd052820.php
Van Bourg, J., Patterson, J. E., & Wynne, C. D. L. (2020). Pet dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) release their trapped and distressed owners: Individual variation and evidence of emotional contagion. PLOS ONE, 15(4), e0231742. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231742

Do blind people have dreams? by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from Aakash)

Meaidi, A., Jennum, P., Ptito, M., & Kupers, R. (2014). The sensory construction of dreams and nightmare frequency in congenitally blind and late blind individuals. Sleep Medicine, 15(5), 586–595. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2013.12.008
Zadra A., Domhoff W.G. (2016). Dream content: Quantitative findings. In: Kryger M. Roth N., & Dement, W.C. (Eds.), Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine, 6th Edition. https://antoniozadra.com/sites/default/files/biblio/zadra_dream_content_ch_50_main.pdf
The Tommy Edison Experience Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCld5SlwHrXgAYRE83WJOPCw

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What Neanderthal Genes Are Doing in Your DNA, The Time Photosynthesis Killed Nearly All Life on Earth, and the Inventor of “Do, Re, Mi” Notation Jul 02, 2020

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Learn about what Neanderthal genes might be doing in your DNA; Guido d’Arezzo, the 11th-century Benedictine monk who invented “Do, Re, Mi” notation, or solfège; and how photosynthesis killed off 99 percent of life on Earth during the the Great Oxygenation Event.

How Neanderthal genes might be influencing your skin, mood, and immune system by Andrea Michelson

Genetic data on half a million Brits reveal ongoing evolution and Neanderthal legacy. (2019, January 3). Genetic data on half a million Brits reveal ongoing evolution and Neanderthal legacy. Science | AAAS. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/01/genetic-data-half-million-brits-reveal-ongoing-evolution-and-neanderthal-legacy
Modern humans inherited viral defenses from Neanderthals. (2018, October 4). Phys.org. https://phys.org/news/2018-10-modern-humans-inherited-viral-defenses.html
Akst, J. (2019, September). Neanderthal DNA in Modern Human Genomes Is Not Silent. The Scientist Magazine. https://www.the-scientist.com/features/neanderthal-dna-in-modern-human-genomes-is-not-silent-66299
Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. (2010, March). Homo neanderthalensis. The Smithsonian Institution’s Human Origins Program. https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-fossils/species/homo-neanderthalensis

"Do, Re, Mi" Notation Was Invented by One Man 1,000 Years Ago by Reuben Westmaas

Guido d’Arezzo | Italian musician | Britannica. (2020). In Encyclopædia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Guido-dArezzo-Italian-musician
Liturgical Year : Activities : Hymn: Ut queant laxis (text). (2011). Catholicculture.org. https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/activities/view.cfm?id=1128
Reisenweaver, A.J. (2012). Guido of Arezzo and His Influence on Music Learning. https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Guido-of-Arezzo-and-His-Influence-on-Music-Learning-Reisenweaver/bf534cc325162c9503f586bbd8d744ee5e7b37e4
Magill, F. N., Aves, A. (1998). Dictionary of World Biography: The Middle Ages. https://books.google.com/books?id=CurSh3Sh_KMC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

The time that photosynthesis killed off 99% of life on Earth by Cameron Duke

Kendall, B. (2013, March 18). Earth’s oxygen revolution. Wat on Earth. https://uwaterloo.ca/wat-on-earth/news/earths-oxygen-revolution
Great Oxidation Event: More oxygen through multicellularity. (2013). ScienceDaily. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130117084856.htm
Marshall, M. (2009). Timeline: The evolution of life. New Scientist. https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17453-timeline-the-evolution-of-life/
Plait, P. (2014, July 28). When a Species Poisons an Entire Planet. Slate Magazine. https://slate.com/technology/2014/07/the-great-oxygenation-event-the-earths-first-mass-extinction.html
Tarlach, G. (2018, July 19). The Five Mass Extinctions That Have Swept Our Planet. Discover Magazine. https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/mass-extinctions

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Qualified Immunity in Police Misconduct, Why Longing Is Important in Relationships, and Wandering Stars Regularly Visit Our Solar System Jul 01, 2020

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Learn about how qualified immunity prevents police misconduct from being punished; why we’re due for “wandering star” Gliese 710 to visit our solar system soon; and what studying prairie voles can teach us about successful long-lasting relationships.

Qualified immunity is why police misconduct is rarely punished by Kelsey Donk

Malley v. Briggs, 475 U.S. 335 (1986). Justia Law. https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/475/335/#tab-opinion-1956513
Stoughton, S. W., Noble, J. J., & Alpert, G. P. (2020, June 3). How to Actually Fix America’s Police. The Atlantic; The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/how-actually-fix-americas-police/612520/
Ali, A.H., Clark, E. (2019). Qualified Immunity: Explained. The Appeal. https://theappeal.org/qualified-immunity-explained/
Sibilla, N. (2020, June 10). New Bill Would Abolish Qualified Immunity, Make It Easier To Sue Cops Who Violate Civil Rights. Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicksibilla/2020/06/03/new-bill-would-abolish-qualified-immunity-make-it-easier-to-sue-cops-who-violate-civil-rights/#7aa4d6fa6fbc
Millhiser, I. (2020, June 16). The Supreme Court quietly handed down fantastic news for violent cops. Vox. https://www.vox.com/2020/6/16/21292102/supreme-court-qualified-immunity-police-violence-clarence-thomas

Wandering stars "visit" our solar system every so often, and we're due for another by Grant Currin

Berski, F., & Dybczyński, P. A. (2016). Gliese 710 will pass the Sun even closer. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 595, L10. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629835
Betz, E. (2020, May 21). Wandering Stars Pass Near Our Solar System Surprisingly Often. Discover Magazine; Discover Magazine. https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/wandering-stars-pass-near-our-solar-system-surprisingly-often
Mamajek, E. E., Barenfeld, S. A., Ivanov, V. D., Kniazev, A. Y., Väisänen, P., Beletsky, Y., & Boffin, H. M. J. (2015). THE CLOSEST KNOWN FLYBY OF A STAR TO THE SOLAR SYSTEM. The Astrophysical Journal, 800(1), L17. https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/800/1/l17
Bennett, J. (2018, March 26). How a Passing Star 70,000 Years Ago Changed the Solar System. Popular Mechanics; Popular Mechanics. https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/solar-system/a19574767/passing-star-nudged-solar-system-70000-years-ago-may-have-sent-comets-flying-in/

Prairie vole study suggests longing is a key ingredient in long-lasting relationships by Grant Currin

Are our brains hard-wired for longing? (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-05/uoca-aob051120.php
Scribner, J. L., Vance, E. A., Protter, D. S. W., Sheeran, W. M., Saslow, E., Cameron, R. T., Klein, E. M., Jimenez, J. C., Kheirbek, M. A., & Donaldson, Z. R. (2020). A neuronal signature for monogamous reunion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(20), 11076–11084. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1917287117
Tucker, A. (2014, January 22). What Can Rodents Tell Us About Why Humans Love? Smithsonian Magazine; Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-can-rodents-tell-us-about-why-humans-love-180949441/

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Loving Your Job May Lead to Unethical Behavior, Bumblebees Bite Plants to Make Them Bloom, and Jupiter’s Moons Formed from Specks of Dust Jun 30, 2020

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Learn about how bumblebees bite plants to make them bloom early; why loving your job too much could lead to unethical behavior; and how Jupiter’s largest moons Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto each built themselves up from a single grain of dust.

When pollen is scarce, bumblebees bite plants to force them to flower by Cameron Duke

Daley, J. (2020, May 21). Bumblebees Bite Plants to Force Them to Flower (Seriously). Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bumblebees-bite-plants-to-force-them-to-flower-seriously/
Miller-Rushing, A. J., Høye, T. T., Inouye, D. W., & Post, E. (2010). The effects of phenological mismatches on demography. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 365(1555), 3177–3186. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2010.0148
Pashalidou, F. G., Lambert, H., Peybernes, T., Mescher, M. C., & De Moraes, C. M. (2020). Bumble bees damage plant leaves and accelerate flower production when pollen is scarce. Science, 368(6493), 881–884. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aay0496
When plant pollen scarce, bumblebees biting leaves causes flowers to bloom early. (n.d.). EurekAlert! Retrieved May 27, 2020, from https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-05/aaft-wpp051820.php

Loving your job too much might lead to unethical behavior by Kelsey Donk

The dark side of job engagement. (2019, July 9). The Behaviorist. https://www.behaviorist.biz/oh-behave-a-blog/job-engagement
When Does Work Engagement Lead to Harmful Outcomes? (2019, June 8). Ioatwork.com. https://www.ioatwork.com/does-work-engagement-lead-to-harmful-outcomes/
Wang, L., Law, K. S., Zhang, M. J., Li, Y. N., & Liang, Y. (2019). It’s mine! Psychological ownership of one’s job explains positive and negative workplace outcomes of job engagement. Journal of Applied Psychology, 104(2), 229–246. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0000337

Jupiter's largest moons each built themselves up from a single grain of dust by Grant Currin

Naone, E. (2020, May 18). Jupiter’s Largest Moons Might Have Formed From Dust. Discover Magazine; Discover Magazine. https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/astronomers-re-create-the-formation-of-jupiters-galilean-moons
In Depth | Jupiter Moons – NASA Solar System Exploration. (2019, December 19). NASA Solar System Exploration. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/jupiter-moons/in-depth/
Batygin, K., & Morbidelli, A. (2020). Formation of Giant Planet Satellites. The Astrophysical Journal, 894(2), 143. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab8937

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Periodical Cicadas 101, Why Smarter People Choke Under Pressure, and Analyzing DNA to Solve the Dead Sea Scrolls Mystery Jun 29, 2020

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Learn why periodical cicadas come out every 13 or 17 years; why people with high cognitive abilities tend to choke under pressure; and how DNA analysis could solve the mystery of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Why periodical cicadas come out every 13 or 17 years by Cameron Duke

Bradford, A. (2017, February 9). Facts About Cicadas. Livescience.com; Live Science. https://www.livescience.com/57814-cicada-facts.html
McKeever, A. (2020, June 3). Millions of cicadas are emerging in the U.S. right now. Here’s why. National Geographic. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2020/06/millions-cicadas-emerging-now-united-states/
Salisbury, D. (2011, May 19). What scientists know about cicadas. Vanderbilt University; Vanderbilt University. https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2011/05/19/cicadas-environmental-role/
What’s that noise? The 17-year cicadas are back. (2020). Vt.edu. https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2020/05/CALS-periodical_cicada_2020.html
What’s the difference between the 13-year and 17-year cicada? (1998, July 6). Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/whats-the-difference-betw/
Williams, K. S., & Simon, C. (1995). The Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution of Periodical Cicadas. Annual Review of Entomology, 40(1), 269–295. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.en.40.010195.001413

People with high cognitive ability tend to choke under pressure by Kelsey Donk

High IQ (but not low IQ) people do better with a ‘do-your-best’ mentality — the behaviorist. (2019, March 4). the behaviorist. The Behaviorist. https://www.behaviorist.biz/oh-behave-a-blog/goal-setting-and-iq
Howe, M. (2019). General mental ability and goal type as antecedents of recurrent adaptive task performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 104(6), 796–813. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0000379
Beilock, S. L., & Carr, T. H. (2005). When High-Powered People Fail. Psychological Science, 16(2), 101–105. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0956-7976.2005.00789.x

The mystery of the Dead Sea Scrolls might be solved with DNA analysis by Grant Currin

Anava, S., Neuhof, M., Gingold, H., Sagy, O., Munters, A., Svensson, E. M., Afshinnekoo, E., Danko, D., Foox, J., Shor, P., Riestra, B., Huchon, D., Mason, C. E., Mizrahi, N., Jakobsson, M., & Rechavi, O. (2020). Illuminating Genetic Mysteries of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Cell. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2020.04.046
Fox, A. (2020, June 5). Ancient DNA Helps Unlock Dead Sea Scroll Puzzle. Smithsonian Magazine; Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-dna-helps-unlock-dead-sea-scroll-puzzle-180975041/
Piecing together the Dead Sea Scrolls with DNA evidence. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-06/cp-ptt052820.php

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The Psychology of ‘Animal Crossing,’ How a Failed Death Ray Led to Radar, and Intrusive Thoughts Explained Jun 26, 2020

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Learn about how radar technology came from a failed attempt to build a death ray; how self-regulation helps you handle intrusive thoughts; and why self-determination theory might explain why the video game Animal Crossing: New Horizons is so incredibly popular.

How failing to build a “death ray” led to the invention of radar by Cameron Duke

2.009 Product Engineering Processes: Archimedes. (2019). Mit.edu. https://web.mit.edu/2.009/www/experiments/deathray/10_ArchimedesResult.html
Archaeology and Ground Penetrating Radar. (2019). US Radar. https://usradar.com/gpr-ground-penetrating-radar-applications/archaeology/
Dvorsky, G. (2012, August 20). How Britain’s Failed Attempt to Develop a “Death Ray” Changed the Course of World War II. io9. https://io9.gizmodo.com/how-britains-failed-attempt-to-develop-a-death-ray-chan-5936231
Christensen, B. (2005, October 24). Radar as Death Ray? Livescience.com; Live Science. https://www.livescience.com/435-radar-death-ray.html
Archimedes Death Ray | MythBusters. (2020). Discovery. https://go.discovery.com/tv-shows/mythbusters/full-episodes/archimedes-death-ray
Clark, J. (2008, September 29). What was Archimedes’ death ray? HowStuffWorks. https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-figures/archimedes-death-ray.htm

Intrusive thoughts by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from Guillermo in Miami)

Schmitz, T. W., Correia, M. M., Ferreira, C. S., Prescot, A. P., & Anderson, M. C. (2017). Hippocampal GABA enables inhibitory control over unwanted thoughts. Nature Communications, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00956-z
Baumeister, R. F., & Vohs, K. D. (2007). Self-Regulation, Ego Depletion, and Motivation. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 1(1), 115–128. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-9004.2007.00001.x
DeWall, N. (2014). Self-control: Teaching students about their greatest inner strength. American Psychological Association. https://www.apa.org/ed/precollege/ptn/2014/12/self-control
Impulsivity. (2009, September 15). Goodtherapy.org. https://www.goodtherapy.org/learn-about-therapy/issues/impulse-control-disorders

Self-determination theory may be why everyone is enjoying Animal Crossing so much by Steffie Drucker

Dr. Pete Etchells. (2020, May 29). Why are so many people playing Animal Crossing? BBC Science Focus Magazine; BBC Science Focus Magazine. https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/why-are-so-many-people-playing-animal-crossing/
Cherry, K. (2013, September 20). Self-Determination Theory and Motivation. Verywell Mind; Verywell Mind. https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-self-determination-theory-2795387
Theory – selfdeterminationtheory.org. (2020). Selfdeterminationtheory.org. https://selfdeterminationtheory.org/theory/

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Tap into the 4 Pillars of Learning (w/ Stanislas Dehaene) and How We Get Seedless Fruit Jun 25, 2020

Show notes

Renowned cognitive neuroscientist Stanislas Dehaene explains how you can learn new things by tapping into the four pillars of learning. But first, you’ll learn about how we get seedless fruit.

How do we get seedless fruit? by Cameron Duke

How Do Farmers Make Seedless Fruit? (2015). [YouTube Video]. In YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewtlsEb4Vgk
How do seedless fruits arise and how are they propagated? (n.d.). Scientific American. Retrieved May 29, 2020, from https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-do-seedless-fruits-ar/
Seedless Fruit. (n.d.). ScienceDaily. Retrieved May 29, 2020, from https://www.sciencedaily.com/terms/parthenocarpy.htm
Dunn, Rob. (2017, March 14). Humans Made the Banana Perfect—But Soon, It’ll Be Gone. WIRED; WIRED. https://www.wired.com/2017/03/humans-made-banana-perfect-soon-itll-gone/

Additional resources from Stanislas Dehaene: