Corpse Demon
Where vultures, Zoroastrianism and modern medicine meet.
Super interesting how so many things unrelated connect in weird ways!
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Using Your Nervous System to Enhance Your Immune System
This recent podcast from Dr. Huberman on boosting the immune system was super insightful! A tad bit long but so worth the listen. This episode teaches you a lot about the immune system, immune-brain interactions and offers 12 potential tools for enhancing immune system function. Dr. Huberman discusses how our immune system works and science-supported…
Tonic Immobility
Photographer Brian Skerry swims with killer whales and discovers these apex predators have unique cultures that aren’t that different from our own.
Overheard at NatGeo recently produced a great podcast on Orcas and I learnt about Tonic Immobility. Shasta was watching Octonauts and guess which episode she ends up watching? – The one in which they talk about TI. Now that’s some coincidence!
The Air and the Sea and the Land
A note on notes: We’d much rather you just went into each episode of The Memory Palace cold. And just let the story take you where it well. So, we don’t…
Another brilliant piece from Nate DiMeo. Close to 70 years now and sadly there’s still so much to fight for to get to a level field!
Tit for Tat | Radiolab | WNYC Studios
Do we really live in a selfish, dog-eat-dog world? Or has evolution carved out a hidden code that rewards genuine cooperation?
Another good one from radiolab! Real-life prisoner’s dilemma situation playing out in WW1.