Episode 150 - Terraforming, White Noise, and Science Party Tricks

Mike's Multiverse

Mike McHargue

Science, Leisure, Society & Culture, Games

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2018

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Here’s the questions on this week’s show: Can you blow our minds with science? What are your thoughts on terraforming? Does white noise help or harm human sleep cycles? How do you cope with religious guilt? Here are some resources for anyone who wants to dig deeper: Can you blow our minds with science? CRISPR–Cas encoding of a digital movie into the genomes of a population of living bacteria An extra-uterine system to physiologically support the extreme premature lamb Lunar volcanism produced a transient atmosphere around the ancient Moon Bees are first insects shown to understand the concept of zero Does white noise help or harm human sleep cycles? The influence of white noise on sleep in subjects exposed to ICU noise Spontaneous brain rhythms predict sleep stability in the face of noise How do you cope with religious guilt? Finding God in the Waves

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0:00.0	Terraforming white noise and science party tricks.
0:04.0	All that and more on this week's episode of Ask Science Mike. You've got questions, he's got answers, even though he may not understand, don't talk anyway,
0:17.0	we have problems, he won't solve them, but I'm talking, talking, talking till it's blue in the face.
0:23.6	Science, faith, and life.
0:25.7	Ask Science, Mike.
0:30.2	Welcome to Ask Science Mike, the weekly podcast where I answer questions about science, faith, and life.
0:36.3	I'm your host, Science Mike.
0:38.4	My real name is Mike McCarg.
0:39.7	I'm a non-scientist, non-expert here reads a lot and does my best to offer authentic insights and reliable
0:49.2	answers on your scientific questions using research.
0:51.6	That's how it works. That's how it works.
0:53.0	Let's get it started.
0:54.0	Hey Mike, so, uh,
0:56.0	one of your live shows you started an answer by saying that this was
1:06.7	top-shelf knowledge that you reserve for your friends at parties and I want more of that so I don't know what to ask I just want you to blow my mind
1:16.8	thank you so this is the part of the show where I make a confession as I often do I've learned that most of my job is just being honest about my experiences and
1:27.9	feelings and giving how much we as a society tend to hide our feelings and our experiences in order to look strong and impressive to other people.
1:37.0	The fact that I don't do that as often draws a lot of people to listen to me talk.
1:43.4	It's a very strange way to make a living for sure.
1:46.6	My memory is bizarre.
1:50.6	It's truly strange because I think people have an impression that I have really great memory recall and I do have pretty phenomenal recall and reading comprehension with a small caveat.
2:08.3	I only remember things when I am asked about them.
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