On this episode… Instead of implanting ready-made electronics into the body, Swedish researchers went a completely different route: they’re growing what they need inside the brain. Injecting a gel filled with enzymes directly into a specific area, the method allows the soft material to combine with biological tissue to grow electrodes for future medical use. […]

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On this episode… The Schumann Resonances are a set of frequencies produced by electromagnetic waves in Earth’s lower ionosphere. The frequencies, created from thunderstorms and lightning, range from 7.83 Hz, called the Earth’s “heartbeat,” to 33.8 Hz. Can our bodies truly be affected by electromagnetic frequencies generated by incessant lighting strikes? Certainly some of the […]

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On this Kibble… Do you know who’s watching you? Are your devices secured? What do you think about facil recognition software? All this questions and more in today’s episode! This episode is part of the back catalog that was not published but was recorded during the pandemic. Don’t forget to subscribe and share your comments!

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On this episode… Our two new topics of the week are some very interesting ones: The importance of casual relationships and the Peter Principle or the reasons why people become incompetent at work! A recent study shows that while close friends remain to be important for our personal development, t building networks of casual acquaintances […]

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On this Kibble… The wandering albatross can fly 10,000 km in a month, making these tireless birds ideal agents to catch the very same fish pirates that are killing albatrosses. The discovery came about by accident when researchers at the Centre d’études biologiques de Chizé in France were investigating bycatch in fishing lines and nets […]

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On this episode… We keep advancing in science and space exploration, along this development we have an update to the Drake equation where a team of astronomers has now revised that figure down to 36. On the other hand falling fertility rates mean nearly every country could have shrinking populations by the end of the […]

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On this episode… EncroChat was a Europe-based communications network and service provider allegedly used by organized crime members to plan criminal activities. Police forces across Europe celebrated their infiltration of EncroChat, disrupting international organised crime networks which were using the company’s encrypted phones. Europol described the company as advertising perfect anonymity, even at the point […]

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On this episode… The second part is here! The Ig Nobel Prizes honor achievements that make people LAUGH, then THINK. Like in previous years we cover the ceremony and winners of each category. The 30th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony happened on September 17, 2020. Because of the Covid-19 epidemic, this year’s ceremony was […]

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On this episode… The Ig Nobel Prizes honor achievements that make people LAUGH, then THINK. Like in previous years we cover the ceremony and winners of each category. The 30th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony happened on September 17, 2020. Because of the Covid-19 epidemic, this year’s ceremony was held entirely online. The coverage […]

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On this Episode… For years people have put grapes in a microwave to watch them explode and during the process watch them create plasma. What it means is that if you cut a grape in two, but leave the two halves connected by a skin bridge, the grape in the microwave will spark and produce […]

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On this Kibble… Some insects and now talking about caterpillars defend themselves from predators using toxic chemicals, repugnant smells, or stinging hairs. Some camouflage themselves. But this particular caterpillar stacks its molted heads atop each other. As the caterpillar of the moth Uraba lugens grows, it sheds its exoskeleton – but rather than getting rid […]

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On this Episode… There’s one thing you should always know: Don’t microwave an egg. Don’t forget to subscribe and share your comments!

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On this episode… Most people are familiar with psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, but some conditions are so rare that many psychiatrists won’t come across a single case in their professional lives. In today’s episode we’ll check 5 of those very Unusual Psychiatric Syndromes! Share your comments below and let us know […]

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On this Episode… After our return with Episode 70 we bring a whole new episode with 2 very interesting topics that go from Coffee to Mars. Don’t forget to subscribe and share your comments!

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Enter the Kibbles… Rabbit Hole Kibble is a new way for our podcast to deliver bites of information to take you Down the Rabbit Hole! The Kibbles will appear in between the publication of a full episodes. On this kibble… Don’t forget to subscribe and share your comments!

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What happened so far… We had a break, it was a long break. Our last episode was about Blockchain and was published in November 2018. During this break we had lot of work to do, we had time to think and rethink topics, and other things related to the show. We also have been going […]

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Origins of Blockchain There’s an immense amount of buzz around blockchain and it’s most known offspring cryptocurrencies. Where did it all come from, what the hell is a Merkle Tree, and where is all this crypto-craziness heading anyway? To get to the genesis of blockchain we need to take a trip back to 1991, Americans Stuart Haber […]

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On this episode… Premonition: “A strong feeling that something is about to happen, especially something unpleasant.” Do you agree with that definition? Could we actually predict the future? What’s the difference between premonition and prediction? Check out our conversation with our special guest Daniel Patrick Cohen and get ready for a trip down the rabbit hole! Links: […]

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On this episode… Evidence is pointing to the human race being infertile within 50 years In summer 2017 scientists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem announced the results of their research. Male sperm counts have fallen by almost 60 percent in 40 years. How was this conclusion arrived at? From a meta-study analysing data from […]

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On this episode… Right now, while you listen to this podcast, there is a hidden global war underway. The motivation for a lot of what is happening is money – no surprises there. But some of it is a deliberate, persistent, attempt to do harm. To critical infrastructure, financial systems, health care systems and private […]

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Today we are going to take a look at the origins of that most secret of societies – the Illuminati. Unfortunately the question of whether the Illuminati actually exists today is probably not possible to answer with any certainty. What can be said is that for one reason or another, over time, the Illuminati has […]

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Incredibly, people are starting to alter their own DNA with cheap, easy gene-editing technology. In a number of countries it’s not illegal and is completely unregulated, so what is biohacking and what are people trying to accomplish? We’ll try to find out mor din today’s episode! News: Links: Books: Movies:

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Episode  063 On this episode… These 5 ideas are going to change the 21st Century like no other. They may seem like science fiction, or a nightmare, but they may prove essential to our survival. Check them out and let us know your opinion regarding those ideas. News: Links: Movies:

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On this episode… In 1966, in Britain, an extraordinary project took shape. An UK wide attempt to determine whether people really could predict future events by reporting premonitions as they had them, to a centralised bureau. John Barker, a Cambridge-educated psychiatrist whose interest in clairvoyance led him to pitch the Evening Standard late in 1966 […]

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Episode 062 On this episode… Today we are going to look at a rare but fascinating neurological disorder: Synesthesia. And a remarkable form of blindness: Blindsight. That title, where did it come from? The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales is a 1985 book by neurologist Oliver Sacks describing the case […]

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Episode  061 On this episode… Question: Based on available resources what is the optimum population for planet Earth? Answer: The truth is it varies, depending on who you ask and how you ask. Overall the answers come in a range – around 1.5 billion to 2 billion people. Today we talk about overpopulation and we […]

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Episode  060 On this episode… We are delighted to present the new edition of the Ig Nobel Prizes! The Ig Nobel Prizes are parodies of the Nobel Prizes given out each autumn for 10 unusual or trivial achievements in scientific research. They have been awarded since 1991, with the stated aim to “honor achievements that […]

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Episode  059 On this episode… Charming: Very pleasant or attractive We all know, from the first moment you walk into a room people are making judgements about how much they like you. And then there are the charmers, most of us have come across them at some point – the kind of people who can walk […]

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Episode  058 On this episode… Yes, we are talking about water. It’s been called the ‘next oil’. In the coming decades, the supply of water has the potential to influence geopolitics, diplomacy and even conflict. The Rule of 3s – Survival basics It goes without saying that drinkable water, and access to it, is fundamental […]

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Episode  057 On this episode… For decades, fusion power has been an almost fanciful dream of those hoping to crack the world’s energy problems. Nuclear fusion powers the stars and burns in the heart of our own Sun. Here on Earth, it could provide an almost limitless, safe and clean source of energy as it […]

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Episode  056 On this episode… Taking risks is impossible to avoid when trying to getting ahead, how can you become more comfortable with leaping into the unknown? We now live in a world where the idea of a job for life is now a rarity rather than the norm, conventional career paths no longer exists […]

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Episode  055 On this episode… Live forever or die trying it’s attributed to either Groucho Marx or a character in Joseph Heller’s book ‘Catch 22’. But who wouldn’t want to live longer? We are bombarded with health and lifestyle messages about how to live healthier and, by implication, longer, throughout our lives. And of course […]

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Episode  054 On this episode… A Bacteriophage is a virus that infects and replicates within a bacterium. The term is derived from “bacteria” and the Greek: φαγεῖν (phagein), “to devour”. Phages replicate within the bacterium following the injection of their genome into its cytoplasm. Bacteriophages are ubiquitous viruses, found wherever bacteria exist. It’s estimated there […]

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Episode  053 On this episode… June is always the busiest month of the year in Dark Mind Radio and we usually need to take a break to deal with all the duties we need to do, but the wait is over and after this small break we are back with more episodes of Down the […]

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On this episode… In this episode we discuss Project Silica by Microsoft. Microsoft’s Project Silica is a world first storage technology designed and built from the media up to address humanity’s need for a long-term, sustainable storage technology. It’s not a jetpack, but it still seems like the future! Share your comments below and let […]

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Episode  052 On this episode… What would be the steps to take to rebuild after the Apocalypse? You might say, which Apocalypse?, it doesn’t matter! Choose you favourite one and then think how would you rebuild. During this show we walkthrough a certain scenario and what would be the necessary steps and skills to have […]

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Episode  051 On this episode… If you can’t seem to resist a scroll through your Facebook or Instagram feed during working hours, or if you feel anxious when you can’t check your smartphone or have no signal, you might need a digital intervention. In the last few years, social media users who find it impossible […]

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Episode  050 On this episode… Episode 50! Almost 1 year of episodes and we would like to dedicate this special episode to us, humans. Over the course of several million years, apes gradually evolved into humans. During this show we’ll go through the 15 steps that happened during this evolution that ends into modern humans. Have fun! […]

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Episode  049 On this episode… How much damage do you think a simple GIF image can do? Today’s episode was inspired by a very surprising and scary news: a GIF that triggered a US journalist’s seizure should be considered a deadly weapon, a Texas grand jury has said in an unprecedented ruling. Therefore we revisit some […]

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Episode  048 On this episode… Some scientists think we already understand what consciousness is, or that it is a mere illusion. But many others feel we have not grasped where consciousness comes from at all. For one thing, the mind seemed, to the great discomfort of physicists, to force its way into early quantum theory. “Quantum […]

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Episode  047 On this episode… Why happy music makes you do bad things? This was the question that launched our curiosity to talk about it. For this we invited our previous guest: Daniel Patrick Cohen is a British musician and teacher based in Romania with a range of musical interests, including film music, hip hop […]

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Episode  046 On this episode… Artificial Intelligence, we have talked about it before in the show (check episodes Rise of the Machines Part 1 and Part 2), but this time it has a different approach. We will talk about the impact of the development of AI, socially and economically. How do you think AI will impact […]

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Episode  045 On this episode… Welcome to a floating episode of Down the Rabbit Hole! In this episode we talk about Seasteading or as we also called it: Water World. Have you heard about Seasteading? Seasteading is the concept of creating permanent dwellings at sea, called seasteads, outside the territory claimed by any government. Seasteaders […]

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Episode  044 On this episode… In this trip Down the Rabbit Hole we talk about Cognitive Bias. A cognitive bias refers to the systematic pattern of deviation from norm or rationality in judgment, whereby inferences about other people and situations may be drawn in an illogical fashion. Individuals create their own “subjective social reality” from […]

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Episode  043 On this episode… This episode is all about Magic. Magic: The power of apparently influencing events by using mysterious or supernatural forces. Abracadabra, will take us through some insights regarding magic and who were some of the most known performers of magic and magicians as well. The new format starts to settle better and […]

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On this episode… Welcome to the new era of the previously known as “Down The Rabbit Hole”. We are a podcast that started back in 2015 and we are starting our new journey in video format. We start going through this rabbit Hole with the topic: Morbid Curiosity Uncovered. Link to the Morbid Curiosity test: https://www.coltanscrivner.com/morbid-curiosity-test […]

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Episode  042 On this episode… The new format is here! Check out what are we doing and for sure this is a work in progress. We will be adapting and slightly adjusting to this new way to present the show. We would greatly appreciate your feedback regarding not only the subjects but also your suggestions […]

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Episode  041 On this episode… With this episode we finish the best and worst of 2016 related to science. This time we go through the good and noteworthy that we found. If we missed something let us know! One important announcement: From the next episode you will be able to listen our new format. We […]

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Episode  040 On this episode… The first episode of 2017! We wanted to make a fast review of some of the best and worst discoveries of 2016. During our research we noticed that it was a bit hard to find “bad” science outcomes during the year and that mostly all the lists refer to what […]

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Episode  039 On this episode… We are in 2017. But we really had a great time while doing the live show and recording with people that were guests in our show. This is our Christmas show. We talk about how was it for us, how it’s nowadays and how we imagine will be in the […]

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