The Lab With Brad

Phil plays anyway

This week, we hurt Phil’s brain with the game multi-heap nim.

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Patrick plays anyway

We take a quick look at combinatorial game theory by playing a nice simple game.

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Take 149 of Episode One: Games, movies, and camel spiders

Here’s a video about a 1960s toy that plays the same game we did.

The Unbeatable Game from the 60s: Dr NIM

And if you’ve got a 3d printer handy, this link will let you build one for yourself.

The Amazing Dr. Nim Scale Model

The unfortunate affair of the sacred chicken

We get some backstory for Twibble and Fidget, as we examine the prisoners’ dilemma.

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Here are a couple of articles about the prisoner’s dilemma.

Survival of the nicest?

The Prisoner’s Dilemma and the "Virtues" of Tit for Tat

The adventures of Twibble and Fidget, part 2

Using hints from 391, 392 and 393, we finish a D and D like game, for science!

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Here’s a link to a site offering help for those struggling with a gambling addiction. Or you can call the number.

1-800-gambler

Here’s a link to the podcast that inspired this madness.

Girls Who Don't D and D

The adventures of Twibble and Fidget, part 1

Using hints from 391, 392 and 393, we play a D and D like game, for science!

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Here’s a link to a site offering help for those struggling with a gambling addiction. Or you can call the number.

800-gambler

Here’s a link to the podcast that inspired this madness.

Girls Who Don't dAndD

A gamble that isn’t a gamble

After a rough sketch of how bookies work, we present a way to bet so that you can’t lose.

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Here’s a link to the girls who don’t D&D, who inspired these episodes.

Girls Who Don't D&D

Here’s a link to help resources for those with a gambling addiction.

National Helpline 1-800-GAMBLER

And here are a couple of sites about how bookies work.

How Do Bookmakers Create Sports Odds?

How Do Bookmakers Generate Odds and Lines?

Gambler’s ruin

What went wrong? You had such a clever system, but still lost all your money.

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Here’s a link to where you can get help with a gambling addiction

1-800-gambler, 1-800-426-2537.

And here’s a link to the “Girls Who Don’t DnD” podcast, who inspired this madness.

Girls Who Don't DnD

What if I want the goat?

For our first episode on games and game theory, inspired by “The Girls Who Don’t D&D” podcast, we take a look at the Monty Hall problem.

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Here’s the podcast that inspired this episode, and the next several to come.

Girls Who Don't D&D

Here’s an article on the Monty Hall problem.

Why You Should Always Switch: The Monty Hall Problem

Here’s that Leeroy Jenkins meme we talked about.

Leeroy Jenkins

Here’s a video about that Leeroy Jenkins meme we talked about.

What is Leeroy Jenkins? How a Joke Among Friends Birthed an Internet Legend

And here’s the video that inspired them to make that Leeroy Jenkins meme we talked about.

Leeroy Jenkins First Take/Dry Run

How microbes went nuclear

We try to figure out how eukaryotes, which include everything from single cells to the blue whale, got their nucleus.

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Here’s an article about how the nucleus might have originally been a virus.

Medusavirus Ancestor in a Proto-Eukaryotic Cell

Here’s something on the inside out theory of the nucleus.

An inside-out origin for the eukaryotic cell

Here’s a bit about how the nucleus might have been an archaea that climb inside another archaea.

Archaeal Origins of Eukaryotic Cell and Nucleus

Here’s another article about the viral origin of the nucleus.

Did Viruses Create the Nucleus? The Answer May Be Near.

And here’s a bit about the giant viruses.

Giant Viruses With Arms and Other Appendages Found In US Forest

Those sexy prokaryotes

Have a look at prokaryotes, and how they do some of what they do. Including, but not limited to, mixing their genetics, without sex.

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Check out our latest attempt at Episode One.

Take 141 of Episode One: Our retroactive podcast

Here’s an article about proton gradients, what they are and how they’re used.

Proton Gradient, Cell Origin, ATP Synthase