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Absolutely loved this episode from the hidden brain. I’ve detested checklists for a while now knowing very well how important they are. This podcast totally drove home the point on not only why they’re important but also how it’s effective use is essential for productive and bug free task execution. Podcast: Check Yourself The simple “to-do” list may be one of humanity’s oldest tools for keeping organized. But checklists are also proving essential in many modern-day workplaces, from operating rooms to the cockpits of jumbo jets. ...

#Biocontrols Podcast: Dispatches Ep 14. The Fine Art of Weaponizing Critters Killer frogs! Forest-destroying moths! Bird-eating mongooses! Srikanth Perinkulam

If there’s one thing you were to listen to today, let it be this! August 25, 2012. Apparently that’s when they estimate the voyager crossed the final frontier and entered interstellar space. Cruising at about 35,000 miles/hour it’s the ONLY man made object to enter these realms…All this with technology that’s 45 years old! Podcast: Where the Sun Don’t Shine https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/radiolab_podcast/radiolab_podcast17voyagerupdate.mp3 Today we take a quick look up at a hole in the sky and follow an old story as it travels beyond the reach of the sun. We hear from some moon-peeping listeners and then, on the 40th anniversary of their launch, we check in with the Voyager space probes. We revisit the story of the romantic time capsules that were placed onboard, and a question we asked five years ago: where exactly is Voyager 1? ...

So what? Now what? Podcast: Rethinking School For most of modern history, humans have placed smaller humans in institutions called schools. But what parts of this model still work? And what must change? Srikanth Perinkulam

It’s reality when we agree on our Hallucinations! Ha! Podcast: Your brain hallucinates your conscious reality Right now, billions of neurons in your brain are working together to generate a conscious experience – and not just any conscious experience, your experience of the world around you and of yourself within it. Srikanth Perinkulam

We’re building tools that will push us not to trust ANYTHING we see at levels much worse than where we already stand. Visual media will possibly get heavily diluted(polluted) and then possibly written media will gain more prevelance? Bookmark: Breaking News Today, two new technological tricks that together could invade our most deeply held beliefs and rewrite the rules of credibility. Also, we release something terrible into the world. Srikanth Perinkulam ...

The search for the Alabama sturgeon. Reminded me of the incredible documentary on How wolves can alter the course of a river. Podcast: Science of Survival Ep. 19: A Very Scary Fish Story The swamps of Alabama are one of the most biodiverse places on earth. They’ve been called America’s Amazon for the remarkable number of species of fish, turtles, mussels, and other aquatic creatures. Srikanth Perinkulam

The GDF 10 protein inducing axonal sprouting - an entirely different process when compared to regular learning … amazing what transpires in that tiny space… Podcast: Science of Survival Ep 18: Racing a Dying Brain When something goes wrong in the wilderness, someone needs to evacuate and get help. When that someone is you, and every minute counts, the stress is enormous. And you just might not be fast enough. Srikanth Perinkulam ...

The nuclear force under water. Nature trumps all ingenuity. Podcast: #779: Shrimp Fight Club What happens when an unstoppable shrimp meets an unmovable senator? A researcher goes to Washington to defend herself, her shrimp, and science itself. Srikanth Perinkulam

The power dynamics in the middle east, the unending civil unrest in Syria, the recent spike in terrorist activities in London and Paris, ..and a ton of other things that go unreported…There’s so much negative force playing in the air! Around 20 people are displaced forcefully from their homes every minute..This is insane! We are in pretty turbulent times and hopefully don’t reach critical mass anytime soon. Wishful thinking? Hoping against hope that we as humans don’t become ‘immune’ to this negativity and give as much thought (and action) to consciously nip things in the bud. The world is in dire need of positivity and the onus is on each one of us to give every other person a second ear to try and understand where the disconnect is… ...