Hallucinations, Music, And Invasions

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🗓️ 12 July 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Today you’ll learn about the science behind near-death-experiences, why some music is made for summer, and how the lionfish is invading southern Brazil.

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Death Hallucinations

“Scientists Detect Brain Activity in Dying People Linked to Dreams, Hallucinations.” by Becky Ferreira. 2023.
- https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy3p3w/scientists-detect-brain-activity-in-dying-people-linked-to-dreams-hallucinations
“Surge of neurophysiological coupling and connectivity of gamma oscillations in the dying human brain.” by Gang Xu, et al. 2023.
- https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2216268120
“Taking Psychedelics Helps People Face Mortality Like a Near-Death Experience, Study Finds.” by Beccy Ferreira. 2022.
- https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxnxxw/taking-psychedelics-helps-people-face-mortality-like-a-near-death-experience-study-finds

Music and Weather

“Here comes the sun: New study shows how UK weather conditions influence music success in the markets.” n.a. 2023.
- https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2023-05-04-here-comes-sun-new-study-shows-how-uk-weather-conditions-influence-music-success
“Here comes the sun: music features of popular songs reflect prevailing weather conditions.” by Manuel Anglada-Tort, et al. 2023.
- https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.221443

Lionfish Invasion

“Brazil's Invasion of Voracious Lionfish Has Reached a Worrisome Phase.” by Herton Escobar. 2023.
- https://www.science.org/content/article/brazil-s-invasion-voracious-lionfish-has-reached-worrisome-phase

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0:00.0	Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily from Discovery.
0:09.0	Time flies when you learn in super cool stuff.
0:11.0	I'm Nate.
0:12.0	And I'm Callie. If you're dropping in for the first time
0:14.0	welcome to curiosity where we aim to blow your mind by helping you to grow your mind.
0:18.0	If you're a loyal listener, welcome back. Today you'll learn about the science behind
0:22.0	near-death experiences, why some music is made for summer,
0:26.0	and how the lionfish is invading southern Brazil.
0:29.0	Without further ado, let's satisfy some curiosity.
0:33.4	We've all heard the stories.
0:35.5	A person wakes up from surgery and says that they saw a blinding white light
0:39.2	and started floating toward it.
0:40.9	Maybe they felt the presence of relatives they've lost and when they wake up the
0:44.4	surgeons tell them that their heart stopped for a couple minutes. They were essentially dead.
0:50.5	Right. Near-death experiences. I've heard a million stories people say they
0:55.8	levitate off the operating table or that they can see their own bodies down
0:59.4	below themselves. Exactly. It's definitely the stuff of science fiction, but an incredible new study is suggesting it might actually
1:06.5	be real.
1:07.5	Hang on, are you saying that they've actually proven that when we die we go somewhere?
1:12.2	Okay, no, not quite.
1:14.0	The researchers observed activity in the brains of people whose hearts weren't beating.
1:18.0	Ah, so what's happening is that their brains are still actually functioning,
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