21 August, 2019 – Episode 735 – What’s In a Brain?

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast?

Human Brain Evolution, Brain Lanes, Brain Maps, Toxoplasmystery Solved!, Lake Of Bones!, Koala Poo Pills, Locust Face Plants, Underwater Boat!, Beneficial Recklessness?, Mongolia!, Practice Or Perfect, Spider Storms, Memory Ripples?, Bioluminescent Schools!, And Much More…

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DISCLAIMER, DISCLAIMER, DISCLAIMER!!!

The following program is not intended for all audiences…

If you are curious minded

Or like learning about curious things

If you like thinking logically

Or speculating wildly about where logic may lead

If you like methodical inquiry

Or asking questions with no established pathways to answers

If you like science.

You have come to the right place.

If on the other hand

The very idea that the world is more complicated than might have assumed

Fills you with dread

And you enjoy a good scare

You have come to the right place.

If on the other… other hand

You are physically allergic to knowledge, wonder and un biased curiosity…

By all means stay tuned and document your symptoms so that we may find a cure…

Come to think about it, this show may actually be intended for all audiences

So welcome everyone to another episode of

This week in science,

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First up, the BIG science news stories of the week!

Human Brain Evolution

It wasn’t a very straight line.

Brain Lanes

Reading and math are relegated to different parts of the brain, but they follow the same tracts of white matter between brain regions. Digging deeper, neuroscientists discovered that the subject matter signals are also separated into sub-tra...