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1759: "Gestalt Language Processing"
Episode 1759
Interesting Things with JC #1759: "Gestalt Language Processing" – A child repeats a phrase they heard hours, days, or weeks earlier, sometimes using …
2 months ago
1758: "The Oxytocin Feedback Loop"
Episode 1758
Interesting Things with JC #1758: "The Oxytocin Feedback Loop" – A dog holds its owner’s gaze, and oxytocin rises in the human. The owner then intera…
2 months ago
1757: "The Tracking Device We Carry"
Episode 1757
Interesting Things with JC #1757: "The Tracking Device We Carry" – Your phone tracking everywhere you go once sounded like a conspiracy. Now smartpho…
2 months ago
1756: "What Happens When You Skip Sleep?"
Episode 1756
Interesting Things with JC #1756: "What Happens When You Skip Sleep?" – Stay awake long enough and adenosine signaling increases sleep pressure while…
2 months ago
1755: "How Do Dogs Know How to Herd?"
Episode 1755
Interesting Things with JC #1755: "How Do Dogs Know How to Herd?" – A Border Collie can crouch, stare, and move around sheep before learning herding …
2 months ago
1754: "Jose Alberto Gutierrez"
Episode 1754
Interesting Things with JC #1754: "Jose Alberto Gutierrez" – Bogotá garbage collector José Alberto Gutiérrez keeps pulling discarded books from the t…
2 months ago
1753: "Charlie"
Episode 1753
Interesting Things with JC #1753: "Charlie" – The name is very common today, but it kept changing as it passed through different languages.
2 months ago
1752: "The Blind Man"
Episode 1752
Interesting Things with JC #1752: "The Blind Man" – A blind man’s eyes are touched, and he begins to see people, but they look like trees walking aro…
2 months, 1 week ago
1751: "The Wasps That Know Your Face"
Episode 1751
Interesting Things with JC #1751: "The Wasps That Know Your Face" – Northern paper wasps recognize individual nestmates by their faces. Change a fami…
2 months, 1 week ago
1750: "Trebizond"
Episode 1750
Interesting Things with JC #1750: "Trebizond" – Ships carry coffee, copper, cloth, salt, and other goods through Trebizond while steep roads climb fr…
2 months, 1 week ago