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Test Ep 1: Machine Learning, Caterpillar Memories, and Love Island
May 19, 2022This week we're releasing our very first test episode of the podcast! What are neural networks? Do butterflies remember being caterpillars? And what is Love Island? Content Warning: Mentions of suicid...
16: The Trouble with Honeybees, Why Repeated Words Lose Meaning, and Speed Running
May 05, 2022Follow Ella's new job's tiktok! When we say save the bees, which bees are we talking about? What happens when you repeat a word and it loses meaning? And how could you design an experiment to figure t...
15: What the Turing Test Became, Ella's Bodily Quirks, and Pub Quizes
Apr 21, 2022What is the Turing Test, what has it become, and what can we learn from it? How many of Ella's weird bodily quirks do you have? And how did the pub quiz come about? For the next month only,...
14: Domesticating Foxes, The Oldest Potted Plant, and Crosswords
Apr 07, 2022Could you domesticate a fox, and what even IS domestication? What is the oldest potted plant, and, wait, what does Caroline mean by that question? And how did Tom go from hating crosswords to loving t...
13: The Golden Toad Mystery, All the Things we Left on the Moon, and the Oldest Bar Joke
Mar 24, 2022What happened to the golden toad? How many things did we leave on the moon, and what are they? And what is the oldest recorded bar joke? Support us with a Max Fun Membership! Join our Discord! We also...
12: Thermal Biology, Why we have Periods, and Stickers
Mar 10, 2022What do heat and temperature have to do with biology? (It turns out, a lot!) We know what periods are, but why do humans have them? And stickers are delightful but how did they come about? Support us ...
11: Guest Steve Rathje, Insect Consciousness, and Theatre Science
Feb 24, 2022Special guest Steve Rathje (@StevePsychology) asks us, do insects have consciousness? What, empirically, makes things go viral on social media? And what are the scientific effects of live theatre? Sup...
10: Video Game Epidemiology, Sneeze Smells, and Game Jams
Feb 10, 2022What can a video game teach us about pandemics? What are the different things a sneeze can smell like? And what makes game jams so magical? Support us with a Max Fun Membership! Join our Discord! We a...
9: Beaver Reintroductions, Solving Mazes, and ASMR
Jan 27, 2022What are the benefits of reintroducing a species after 400 years? Why do we make rats solve mazes, and can slime molds solve mazes? What is ASMR, and how did it become such a thing? Support...
8: Recorded Sound, Prosopagnosic Pareidolia, and Meeting David Attenborough
Jan 13, 2022To start the new year we learn about the science and history of recording sound, consider whether people with Prosopagnosia experience Pareidolia, and relive what it was like for Caroline to meet the ...