Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 11:48AM 
This episode: Scientists coax yeast to evolve into multicellular clusters!
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News item 1/News item 2/Journal Paper
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Friday, January 27, 2012 at 03:37AM 
The Nursing Show
As a follow up on last week’s episode, this week’s tip of the week will be part 2 of our Physiology of Pain segment. Listen in on this show and get a review on how pain works as well as the chemicals and systems involved in the pain process.
This information will give nurses a better understanding of the pain process and improve delivery of care and management for patients suffering from pain.
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The Nursing Show is a weekly podcast for student nurses and RNs providing news, articles, interviews, reviews, tips and more.
Monday, January 23, 2012 at 01:26PM 
An experiment that shows we really do like what we see. Also, how voices can cycle from attractive to unattractive and back again, and why you’re more likely to remember a fish if you see it next to an attractive man’s face. Yep, that's not a typo...
You can also view the podcast archive, subscribe via iTunes, or visit my homepage to participate in one of my facial attractiveness studies.
Monday, January 23, 2012 at 01:04PM Skeptical Roundup and TNA
Rhys Morgan pops in to round up the latest news from skeptical world, our STEM Ambassador of the Week is Ian Miller and Professor John Chaput explains the difference between DNA, RNA and TNA. All that plus this week’s Subject of Science is Edward Jenner.
Monday, January 23, 2012 at 11:44AM 
"I feel your vibe!” Well, that describes a number of fabled locales that claim to pulse with mysterious energy – perhaps prompting books to fly across the room or airplanes to vanish into thin air. But what’s the science behind it?
We examine spots marked with an X, for “extraordinary” – from a haunted house to the Bermuda Triangle – to sort out natural from supernatural phenomena.
Plus, what causes the aurora borealis… a haywire Russian space probe… and just what the heck is an “energy vortex,” anyway?
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Sunday, January 22, 2012 at 10:52PM
This episode: Bacteria on your skin affect your attractiveness to mosquitoes!
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Show notes:
News item 1/News item 2/Journal Paper
Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles at gmail dot com. Thanks for listening!
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Sunday, January 22, 2012 at 02:16AM 
In today’s episode, OG talks to Dr Duncan Galloway, ARC Future Fellow at Monash University. The discussion included:
- Duncan’s background
- What is a neutron star?
- How big is a neutron star?
- How does a neutron star stay together?
- The formation of neutron stars
- What happens in a binary system where one is a neutron star?
- Is it possible to have twin neutron binaries?
- What is the difference between a pulsar and a neutron star?
- How fast do these systems spin?
- What causes ‘hot spots’ on a neutron star?
- How dense is a neutron star?
- Are neutron stars really made from neutrons?
- How do we make measurements from neutron stars?
Listen in and find out more.
Brains Matter is a podcast out of Australia, which features stories on science, curiosities and general knowledge. It also features interviews with various experts in science and other interesting areas.
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 03:48AM 
The Nursing Show
Studies estimate that 70 million visits to healthcare providers were motivated by pain and that 4.9 million people visited a healthcare provider for treatment of chronic pain, all at an estimated cost exceeding $100 billion. Overall, the quality of life of an individual suffering from pain is deeply affected. Listen in on this episode and have a more in-depth understanding of how and why pain occurs, the underlying mechanism in our system as to how pain is interpreted and transmitted to and from the brain, and the physiology and process of pain in general.
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The Nursing Show is a weekly podcast by nurses and for nurses providing news, articles, news, interviews, reviews, tips and more.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 05:51PM 
Two accounts of brain injury and near-death experiences on this hour of PsychTalk: click to listen. Find out what it is like to face death and come out the other side a different person--or the same person? Listen and let us know. 
First we hear from Dan Rhema, now an artist. He has been profiled in Forbes, he has written a book and our audio comes from a longer interview by Dr. Robert Rose.
Monday, January 16, 2012 at 04:34PM 
A cup of coffee can leave you wired for the day. But a chip in your brain could wire you to a machine forever. Imagine manipulating a mouse without moving a muscle, and doing a Google search with your mind. Welcome to the future of the brain-machine interface.
Don your EEG thinking-cap, and discover a high-tech thought game that may be the harbinger of machine relationships to come.
Plus, the ultimate mapping project: the Human Connectdome Project aims to identify all the neural pathways in the human brain. It may help us understand what makes us human, but could it also point the way to making us smarter?
And, what all this brain research reveals about the mind and free will – who, or what, is really in charge?
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