Robots are becoming more and more human-like, but something weird happens when things become too human without quite making it all the way - we start to hate them… This is the uncanny valley, and you’ll find a lot of things in it.

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Some children tell stories about lives they used to live… Are they just playing pretend or is this proof of reincarnation? Maybe science has some answers… 

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Past Lives, Jim Tucker & UVA’s Division of Perceptual Studies

False Memories, Source Errors & Other Explanations

Past Life Regression Therapy

The Egg

Some people report being unable to stop daydreaming, to the point that it takes over their entire lives. Maladaptive Daydreaming isn’t yet a recognised disorder, but it only gets more strange from there...

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Maladaptive Daydreaming in the Media

Eli Somer 

Maladpative Daydreaming

Pathologising, Disorders, & The DSM-5

Scientists went hunting for the Loch Ness Monster in 2019, but the search wasn’t all it seemed to be…

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Loch Ness Monster & The Myths

Gimmell & His Survey

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Sophia the Robot is one of the most famous robots in the world, outside of those in Sci-fi. Although, there may be more fiction than fact when it comes to her artificial intelligence…

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What is a Robot?

Sophia The Robot

Strong AI, Chinese Room & Turing Tests

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This week we get sneezy and wheezy, because the plants are being sleazy. Hay Fever is one of the most common allergies in the world & there’s a lot of science behind it that might surprise you...

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Hay Fever

Antihistamines

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/antihistamines/#:~:text=How%20antihistamines%20work,which%20helps%20protect%20the%20body.

Hay Fever In Japan

Hay Fever Treatment

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NoahFinnce joins us this week to talk about PTSD, our patron-voted topic for this month!

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1. https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd/overview/#:~:text=Post%2Dtraumatic%20stress%20disorder%20(PTSD)%20is%20an%20anxiety%20disorder,stressful%2C%20frightening%20or%20distressing%20events.

2. https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd-and-complex-ptsd/symptoms/

3. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3181836/

4. https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd/complex/

5. https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd-and-complex-ptsd/symptoms/

6. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32847484/

7. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29502529/

8. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5604756/

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What would you do if your hand developed a mind of its own? No, this isn’t sci-fi, this is a reality for people with Alien Hand Syndrome… 

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Stubbins Ffirth was a mess student who really went above and beyond to become a doctor, by using himself as a guinea pig to test the infectiousness of yellow fever…

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Yellow Fever

1. https://www.britannica.com/science/yellow-fever

2. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/yellow-fever

3. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/yellow-fever/

4. https://www.cdc.gov/yellowfever/vaccine/index.html

5. https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/yellow-fever

6. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2892770/

Stubbins Ffirth and his experiments

1. https://wellcomecollection.org/works/mrme9h3v

2. http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2050030-2,00.html

3. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newscientist.com/article/dn16735-eight-scientists-who-became-their-own-guinea-pigs/amp/

4. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/1163961

5. https://www.nature.com/articles/nj6959-745a

6. https://www.jstor.org/stable/44450391?seq=1

We know that some people can walk around while fast asleep, but how does it work? What else can you do in your sleep? What would happen if you broke the law? 

Science might have the answers…

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Sleepwalking Basics

Sleepwalking & The Law

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